I'm still alive, honest!!

Evening lovely, lovely bloggers!!

 

Yes I know, a whole fortnight has passed since I last posted *wrist duly slapped!!  I'm really up against it at the moment what with my Little Woo starting school and trying to get my never-ending list of 'Things To Do' done before I go back to work next week.....yes Monday is soon approaching and do you know what, I can't bloomin' wait!!  I'm so excited about starting my new job (never ever thought I'd say that about work lol!).  But unfortunately something's got to give and at the moment it's my crafting and blogging that have taken the hit.  Give me a few more weeks and hopefully I'll be back to normal!!  Oh, and Little Woo is absolutely LOVING school, yaaaaay!!  :o))

 

Onto my card.  This is my Pollycraft Challenge DT card and our theme for this fortnight is...

 

Birthday Girls

 

Easy Peasy and there's loads of fabulous girls to choose from in the shop should you want to use a Pollycraft one (to be in with a chance of being picked in our Top 3)!  Here's my card using Candyfloss Crew Daisy...

 

 

A close up...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

Isn't she gorgeous!  Our prize is of course a £10 voucher to spend in store, so what are you waiting for?!

 

Right I'm going to love you and leave you, I'm absolutely shattered today so I've got an early night booked!  See you when I see you...

x

 

Challenges I'm entering:

Sketch Saturday - Challenge #277  Fab sketch!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Pollycraft Candyfloss Crew Daisy

Card / DP's - Anna Marie Designs Kraft Card blank, MME Miss Caroline 'Fiddlesticks'

Embellishments - Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Button from Doodlebug

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

      Skin - E11, 00, 000, R20, 00

      Hair - E27, 25, 23, 21

      Pinks - R83, 81, RV10, 00, 000

      Blues - BG000, 0000, B93, 91

      Greys - C1, 0, W1, 0

      Yellows - Y11, 02

   Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor:

      Medium Flesh, Deep Fuchsia, Pink Lavender, Iced Blue, Baby Blue

 

What a Week!

Hello!

 

I hope I find you all well?  Me, I'm not too bad thanks, bit of a sore throat but that's probably because the weather has gone from summer to winter overnight!  Not in temperature mind you but the amount of rain we've had today is crazy compared to yesterday which was sunny and hot!  You've got to love the Great British Weather, especially on a bank holiday weekend, it's always the same.....rain, rain and more rain lol!!

 

Apologies for not being about much this past week again, to say it's been manic is an understatement!  My poor Father-In-Law was rushed into hospital on Tuesday with a massive blood clot on his lung.  Thankfully he was diagnosed and given blood thinners before, well, I don't really want to think about that!  We think the clot may have formed whilst we were on holiday, we're blaming the kids, see what they do to you lol!  He's doing much better now thank goodness and was discharged yesterday, he's now at home to rest and recover :o))  So this week we've been juggling the kids and hospital visits (thank you Ma & Pa for helping out!).....we're all absolutely knackered and sooooo looking forward to a PJ day tomorrow!!

 

Onto my card ('finally!' I hear you shout lol!) and this one I made very early yesterday morning as I couldn't sleep.  I really enjoyed making it, I must've been craving a bit of 'think about something else' time!  Here's my card...

 



 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

Very girly and lots of fun!

 

Ok, time to take some lemsip so I'll love you and leave you.  Hope I didn't bore you with all the waffle and well done for sticking with me to the end of the post lol!  See you soon peeps,

 

Much love,

Cazza
x

 

Challenges I'm entering:

CAS(E) This Sketch! #42 - Fab Sketch!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - LOTV Statement 'Fabulous' stamped in Victoria Velvet DI

Card / DP's - Papermill Direct White Linen cardstock, Echo Park Dots & Stripes Bubblegum Small Dots, Hero Arts Kraft Card

Dies / Punches - Nesties Labels 1, Die-Namics Fishtails Flags Stax, X-Cut Butterfly punch

Embellishments - Lace from The Ribbon Girl, Pearls from The Glitter Pot, Glamour Dust

 



Back so soon?!!

Morning all,

 

Yes I know can you believe it, 2 posts in 2 days, I'm getting good at this aren't I lol!! 

 

We didn't have MacDonald's in the end yesterday but we did buy school shoes.....they didn't

cost £80 either, result! (although they weren't much short of it to be honest, Clarks certainly know how to charge don't they!!)  But the kids are going to look sooooo smart!  Ooooo I used to love going back to school after summer holidays - new shoes, new uniform, new bag, new pencils and pencil case, it was so exciting.....and new!!

 

Onto my card and this one I thoroughly enjoyed making!  It was a little fiddly doing the water bit but I was so pleased with how it ended up :o)  I made this for our Niece...

 

 

 

A close up of Saturated Canary's 'On the Edge'...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

My Niece, Nephew's, Bro-In-Law and Sis-In-Law have just had their family holiday in France where they spend most days swimming at the lake (or should that be lac!)  Anyway, as soon as I saw this image I thought she would be perfick for Maisy's card!

 

Today we're off to a kids soft play place.....hmmmmm, I really do think they need to serve wine at those places lol!  Wish me luck!!  Hope you all have a fun day :o)

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering:

Allsorts Challenge #220 - Use Your New Stash (The image was a brand spanker!)

Saturated Canary Challenge #50 - Winged Things

Sketch Saturday #272 - FAB sketch!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Saturated Canary 'On The Edge', LOTV Tag Sentiments

Card / DP's - Papermill Direct White Linen cardstock, Pink Petticoat 'Little Fluffy Clouds', Hero Arts Kraft Card

Dies / Punches - Nesties Circles, X-Cut Butterfly

Embellishments - Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Pearls from The Glitter Pot, Doodlebug Simply Sweet Rub-Ons, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

      Skin - R20, 00, E11, 00, 000, 0000

      Hair - Y26, 21, 11

      Reds - R83, 81, 35, RV10

      Blues - BG01, 000, 0000, B01

      Greens - YG05, 03, 01, 00

      Browns - E29, 27, 23

Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor:

      Medium Flesh, Deep Fuchsia, Blue, Black

 

M I A!...

Morning lovely Peeps!

 

Apologies for my lack of posts recently, life suddenly got very busy indeed.....well it's always busy but it just kinda got in the way, you know what I mean don't you lol!!  But here's a card I made last week that I haven't got around to posting yet!...

 

 

 

Yes, probably just like most of you, I HAD to buy some of the new LOTV sentiment stamps!!  Love how quickly you can make a card when there's no colouring involved!!

 

 

 

This one is kinda like the one I posted here, except this is the girlie version lol!!

 

Hope you're all well?  I've been doing a quick reccy of your blogs but hope to have a proper catch up over the weekend.....along with some crafty time too!!  :o))

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

LOTV Monthly Challenge - Use a Sentiment

Less is More - Week #125 - Happy Birthday

ABC Challenges - P for Pretty in Pink

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - LOTV Statements 'Fabulous' stamped in Victorian Velvet Distress Ink

Card / DP's - Echo Park Dots & Stripes 'Bubblegum Small Dots', Papermill Direct White Linen

Embellishments - Seam Binding from The Ribbon Girl, Glamour Dust

 



Hmmmmm, it's ok.....

Good morning peeps,

 

Hope everyone is good and having a good week so far? We've been stuck indoors the past couple of days as it's done nothing but rain! It hasn't been much fun, the kids are both going through a BIG TIME testing stage at the moment.....thank goodness for crafting keeping me sane otherwise I think I'd be filling up the bottle bank on a daily basis lol!!

 

Onto my card and I'm not entirely happy with this one. You know how some cards you plan in your head and then BAM they come together and you're really pleased with them, well this wasn't one of those! I struggled for ages to think about what to do, changed my mind a hundred times and came up with this. It's ok...that's all I'm saying!

 

 

 

A close up...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

Hmmmmm, it's ok.....

 

See you soon peeps,

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Jen Nelson CAS Monday with LOTV #10

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Sketchie Free For All - Sketch #79 I've adjusted the widths and centered it!

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - LOTV Dandelion Clock

Card / DP's - Doodlebug 'Fruit Stand', Papermill Direct White Linen Card

Embellishments - Ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, Liquid Pearls, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums - Copics and Derwent Coloursoft Pencils:

     Skin & Hair - R20, E11, 00, 000, 53, 42, 50, Medium Flesh and Pale Brown pencils

     Clothes - YG07, 05, 03, 01, 00, R85, 83, 81, RV00, 000, Green, Light Green, Deep Fuchsia & Pink Lavender pencils

     Other - YG05, 03, 01, BG10, 000, 0000, C3, 1

 



 

Check out my side bar.....

Morning!

 

Happy Monday people, although generally speaking Monday's aren't normally happy are they!!  But today I have a HUUUUUGE big smile on my face, and do you know why??  Well as the title of this post says, check out my side bar.....can you see it??  Can you??  Yes that's right, the wonderful Faye and The Cupcakes asked me (yes little old me!!) to join the fabulous Cupcake team for a bit and of course, how could I say no!!  So here I am, coming at you from Cupcake today, wahooooo!!

 

Our challenge this week is nice and simples,

 

Lavender and Lace

 

Told you it was simples!  Here's my card...

 

 

 

A close up...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

This week we're sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps who are offering our lucky winner 7 digi's of their choice  :o) 

 

 

See you at Cupcake!...

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Ribbon Girl - May Colour Challenge - Lilac & Lavender
The Tiny Blue Butterfly (Jen Nelson) - CAS Monday with LOTV #9

Seize The Birthday #17 - Sketch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - LOTV Daisy Chain

Card / DPs - Pink Petticoat Daisy Bouquet, Papermill Direct White Linen Cardstock

Embellishements - Lace & Pearls from The Ribbon Girl, Pearl Gems from The Glitter Pot

Colour Mediums - Copics and Derwent Coloursoft pencils:

     Skin / Hair - R20, 00, E11, 00, 000 and Medium Flesh pencil.  E51, 50, 41 and Pale Brown pencil

     Clothes - V25, 22, 20, 15, C0, Bright Lilac and Royal Purple

     Teddy Bear - R20, 00, E42, 41, 40 and Pale Brown pencil

     Grass - YG07, 05, 03, 01 and Green pencil

     Other - BG10, 00, 000

 

It's a Girl!!

Morning All,

 

Ooooo the sun is shining today and we're off to my Mum & Dads for a roast dinner, I do love Sunday's like this!!  :o))

 

So I promised you a Girlie card this time and I aim to please!  Here's Saturated Canary 'Honey' that I've made for my friends daughter who's turning 12.  I think she looks girlie but with an edge in her big DM's!!...

 

 

 

A close up...

 

 

 

Side view...

 

 

 

OMG, this was tough - CAS and girlie!!  But I managed to resist every urge to add loads of beautiful girlie DP's and embellies to this card and kept it CAS.  Not sure if it's a bit too simple?.....but I'm happy with it, you likey?  :o))

 

Have a spectacular Sunday and I'll see you all soon,

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Saturated Canary #43 - Emerald (Photo Inspiration)

Totally Papercrafts #166 - CAS

 

Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Saturated Canary 'Honey', Lili of the Valley 'Tags', Stampendous 'So Birthday'

Card / DP's - Pink Petticoat 'Little Polka Dots' in Sage, Hero Arts Kraft Card

Embellishments - Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Glamour Dust

Colour Work - Copics & Derwent Pencils:

     Skin - E11, 00, 000, R20, 00, Medium Flesh pencil

     Hair - E27, 25, 23, 55, Dark Brown pencil

     Clothes - YG11, G00, 000, Grey Green pencil, BV31, 13, 04, 02, 00, Royal Purple pencil

                   C7, 5, 3, 1, Black pencil

     Other - W5, 3, 1, C1, 0, 00, Steel Grey pencil, G21