Busy, busy, busy.....

Morning Peeps,

 

Wow, I can't believe it's been a week and a half since I last posted - where has the time gone?  Well for me I've been madly busy getting Big Boy ready to go back to school and enjoying my last few days off with Little Woo before she starts school tomorrow.  I don't know what it's like with you but round here they do a staggered start when they first start school so she's in tomorrow and Tuesday morning only this week then she does all mornings next week, until after lunch the week after and it's not until the week after that that she starts full time.  I have no idea how people that work manage this, it is a bit of a palaver!  And speaking of work.....I've gone and got myself a new job, wahooooo!!  I wasn't even thinking about it really and then a friend of mine txt me saying there was a role going at her place, 3 days a week and would I fancy it?  That got me thinking and by the end of the following day I was lined up for an interview.....I went in and got the job wahooooo!!  And now I really can't wait to get back to it :o)  It's about a 40 minute drive away near Tunbridge Wells but I'll be back doing proper IT as a SQL Server Database Developer.  It doesn't sound very exciting does it but for a nerd like me it is ha ha!!  I start on the 30th September which is when Little Woo starts school full time too so a big day for the 'Girls Team' that day!  :o)

 

So that's my blurb and now you're all up to date with me lol!  Onto my cards and these are the Good Luck ones I made the kids for school.  Really quick but the kids loved them!...

 

 

 

A close up of LOTV Back To School Boy...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

Little Woo's card...

 

 

 

A close up of LOTV Back To School Girl...

 

 

 

A Side view...

 

 

 

Both of them...

 

 

 

Awwww!  Big Boy had a fab time back at school and I know Little Woo will love it too, she can't wait for tomorrow, we're counting down the sleeps lol!!

 

Apologies for missing out on your blogs this past week, normal service will resume shortly I promise lol!

 

See you soon peeps,

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

CAS ology #60 - Apple

CAS-Ual Fridays #114 - Back To School

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - LOTV Back To School Boy & Back To School Girl, LOTV Sentiment Tags

Card / DP's - Papermill Direct White Linen Cardstock, Pink Petticoat 'Apples' printed in Golden Rod, Hero Arts Kraft Card

Embellishments - Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Button from Papermania Capsule Collection

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

      Skin - R20, 00, E11, 00, 000

      Hair - E35, 33, Y26, 21

      Yellows - Y15, 11

      Greys - C7, 5, 3, 1, W5, 3, 1

   Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansador:

      Medium Flesh, Pale Brown, Deep Cadmium, Persian Grey, Black

 

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

 



Happy Birthday!

Good Morning!

 

Well as per usual, so much for me posting soon after my last post...I've decided I'm rubbish at this blogging lark lol!  However, I have made a couple of cards in my absence so at least I'm doing something, right?!  In my defence, it is half term!  Today we're off to town to buy new school shoes, that'll probably set me back about £80, yikes!!  And then maybe a sneaky MacDonald's.....well as I said earlier, it is half term!!  ;o)

 

Onto my card and this is a sentiment only one, I'm getting quite into these!!...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

Nice and simples, just the way I like it :o)

 

Hope you're all good?

 

See you soon lovelies...

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering:

CAS-ual Fridays #112 - Colour Challenge - Aqua, Green and Orange

Papertake Weekly - Occasion-ally

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - LOTV

Card / DP's - Papermill Direct White Linen, Pink Petticoat Tiny Twinkles printed in Peppermint Cream, Cool Aqua and Perfect Papaya

Dies / Punches - Die-namics Fishtail Flags Stax

Embellishments - Pearl is Opaline from Basic Grey

 

Happy Birthday Daddykins!

Afternoon lovely people!

 

Well so much for me popping back soon after my last post lol!  This past week has been manic, not only with the kiddies breaking up from school but I've had loads of stuff to sort out for hubby's company - getting all the accounts stuff sorted for the accountant, PAYE stuff, VAT stuff, blah, blah, blah stuff!!  BORING or what!!  Can't keep moaning about it though as that won't get it done any quicker will it and today my super duper Mum (thanks Mum!) has come to the rescue and taken the kids for me so I can get on.....so I best get moving!!  :o))

 

Onto my card and as you can see by the title of my post it's my Dads birthday today - Happy Birthday Pa!!  So why the Get Well Soon card??  Well poor Dad has had to go into hospital today to have an op to have his kidney stones removed, or in his words, have the quarry dug up!!  The hospital have cancelled on him twice now so even though it's his birthday, he's so pleased to be having the op!  We did have a Birthday Curry (yum!) on Saturday to celebrate his day so at least he still got some cake ay!!  Here's my card.....

 

 

 

Side view.....

 

 

 

As you can see, it was quite a quick make.....that'll be all the boring stuff ^ ^ getting in the way again then!!

 

Right, I'm off to carry on plugging the numbers but before I go I just wanted to say a massive Thank You to Faye over at Cupcake for having me on her DT.  As you may have already seen, Cupcake is having a break for the foreseeable (sob!).  I for one will miss it and I know I'm not alone but I completely understand why the break is needed, so Fluffster, Thank You for being such an awesome DT Mummy and for having me at Cupcake  :o)

 

Toodles!

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

I'll do it later...

 

Card Ingredients:

I'll do that later too!...



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

 



Happy Father's Day!!

Evening All,

 

And a Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there.  I hope everyone has enjoyed their day?  We went out for dinner with my Father In Law and then went over to see my Mum & Dad, a fabby day  :o))

 

Here's the card I made for my Dad and my Father In Law, normally I make them different cards but due to time constraints, they had the same style this year!

 

  

Colouring on Kraft, my first attempt at this technique too!...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

I really enjoyed colouring on Kraft, I was very nervous to even try this but it was more fun than I thought it was going to be and surprisingly quick too!

 

Ok, hope you all have a super evening, Marple for me - I love it!!  See you in the morning with my Cupcake DT card  :o)

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Papertake Weekly - Hello Boys

Freshly Made Sketches #90 - I rotated it!

 

 



  

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - LOTV 'Put Your Feet Up', Elzybells 'Happy Father's Day'

Card / DP's - Hero Arts Kraft Card, Papermill Direct Ivory Linen Card, Pink Petticoat 'Little Check' in Milk Chocolate printed onto Kraft card

Embellishments - Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Glamour Dust

Dies / Punches - Die-Namics Fish Tails

Colour Mediums - Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor:

     Medium Flesh, Dark Brown, Pale Brown, Earth Brown, Black, Persian Grey, Indigo, Deep Red

 

 

Have you 'Scene' it?!

Morning lovelies,

 

And a Happy Monday to you all  :o))  Today I'm coming at you from Cupcake and we have a great challenge for you this week...

 

Summer Scene

 

We want you to create a Summer Scene so grab your dies or background stamps and have some fun!  Here's my card...

 

 

 

 

A close up...

 

 

 

And a side view...

 

 

 

I thought I'd make a start on Fathers Day cards (as I have 4 to make!) so this one is for my Step Father-In-Law.  He restores classic cars so LOTV Toot! Toot! was a perfect image to use!

 

Pop over to Cupcake to join in the fun with us, this week we're sponsored by Marianne Design who are offering Two Dies and Two packs of gorgeous Ribbon Trim  :o))

 

See you soon guys,

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

The Ribbon Girl June Card Challenge - Add a Die Cut
The Paper Players #148 - Summer Holiday

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - LOTV Toot! Toot!  Elzybells Happy Fathers Day

Card / DP's - Core d'inations French Roast, Papermill Direct White Linen and Black card, Pink Petticoat Fluffy Clouds in Duck Egg and Pink Petticoat Gingham in Envy

Embellishments - Glossy Accents, Glamour Dust, Cast Bronze Metallic Guilding Wax, Inkessentials White Pen

Dies / Punches - Memory Box Marshmallow Clouds, Magnolia Grass and Lovely Fence

Colour Mediums - Copics and Derwent Coloursoft Pencils:

     Skin & Hair - E11, 00, 000, R20 and Medium Flesh pencil.  E25, 23, 21

     Clothes - E29, 27, 25, 23, 21, B26, 23, 21, G05, Indigo and Black pencils

     Car - R29, 27, 24, C7, 5, 3, 1, 0, 00, Black and Cloud Blue pencils

 



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

 



 

Ooops!

Morning All,

 

Hope everyone is well?  We have yet more colds and sore throats in our house this week, my goodness I'm sooooo bored of illness!!  Hopefully we'll all be better by the weekend.  It was mine and Hubby's 9th Wedding Anniversary yesterday and we're going out tomorrow night to celebrate, it'll be the first time we've been out together since the children came home (almost a year!!) so I really hope we'll be better.....or it might end up with us drinking lemsips instead of vino lol!

 

Onto my card and today, yes you've guessed it, it's another kids card lol!  This one is for my cousins son who'll be 2 on Saturday.  This image is absolutely perfect for Finley, he is a complete whirl wind lol!  Here's my card...

 

 

 

A close up...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

Another CAS, I'm liking this style a lot!!

 

See you soon peeps,

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

LOTV Monthly Challenge - Boy oh Boy!

Lili's Little Fairies - Spots AND Stripes

Allsorts Challenge Blog #207 - True Blue

Sketch Saturday #259 - Awesome Sketch!

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - LOTV Ooops!

Card / DP's - Melissa Frances 'Daniel', Navy Card from Papermill Direct

Embellishments - Happy Birthday Rub-On, Liquid Pearls, Glamour Dust

Dies / Punches - Die-Namics Simply Scallop Large

Colour Mediums - Copics & Derwent Coloursoft Pencils:

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

     Hair - E53, 50, 42 and Pale Brown pencil

     Clothes - E29, 27, 25, 23, 21, B29, 26, 23, 21, Black, Indigo and Pale Blue pencils

     Other - E33, 31, 30, C0, R39, 37, 35, BG10, 0000, B000, 0000

 

 



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

 

Kids, kids and more kids!!

Morning All,

 

You know I said on one of my other posts how card themes are like buses and you always seem to need to make loads of the same type at the same time - loads of male cards, then loads of female ones etc.  Well now for me I need kids cards.....and lots of 'em!  So, here we go with the first one on the list and this one is for one of my Little Woo's friends at Pre-School, she's going to her birthday party on Sunday.....the kids have a way better social life than me lol!!

 

 

 

A close up...

 

 

 

Side view...

 

 

 

And you know what'll be up next after all the kids cards.....Fathers Day!!

 

Have a good day all,

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Simon Says Stamp - Flower Power

Jen Nelson - CAS Monday with LOTV #8

Sketch Saturday #258

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images:  LOTV 'Butterfly Meadow' and 'Tags'

Card / DP's:  Doodlebug 'Fruit Stand', Hero Arts Kraft Card

Embellishments:  Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Pearls from The Glitter Pot, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums:  Copics and Derwent Coloursoft Pencils

     Fur - R20, 00, E42, 41, 40, Medium Flesh and Pale Brown pencils

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

     Flowers - V22, B21, R83, 81, 35 and Royal Purple, Indigo, Deep Fuchsia and Dark Red pencils

     Other - BG10, 000, 0000

 



Sketch Saturday (on a Sunday again, again!!)

Coo-ee!

Oh I'm so, so late again, for the third week running!!  I blame the new routine which I'm just getting myself into so fingers crossed I'll be back to 'normal' soon lol!  But I have managed to catch up with you all, wahooooo!!  So at least I'm definitely heading in the right direction!!  So far this weekend I've been into town to do a bit of shopping, filed and paid the VAT, filed hubby's Tax Self Assessment, done all the washing, done my big food shop and sorted out my new work bag (which was actually an old work bag that was full of rubbish!!).  Now to post my Sketch Saturday DT card from yesterday, a quick hoover up and then I can sit and make a card, wahoo!  Oooo it's tough fitting in what used to fill a whole week into just 2 days lol!  Buuuuut, it is such a nice feeling knowing I'm earning money again, and the first week went well too so happy days!  Hope next week is as good?...

Onto my card and this one I made for my cousin's wife who was 30 last week...

A close up of LOTV's 'Rosie with Cake'...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

Here's this week's fabby sketch (I rotated it!)...

And this week we're sponsored by...

The Craft Barn who are donating a very generous prize for the lucky winner.  Head over to the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog for more info  :o))

Ok, time to get that hoovering done!  I've got a lovely Roast Beef to cook up this afternoon too, yum!  And then the ironing, I haven't done any ironing for ages, damn the work clothes lol!!  Oh well, at least we have Dancing on Ice on tonight.....and then The Only Way is Essex!!  My guilty pleasure, we all have them right?!

Have a fab rest of the weekend everyone and I'll see you soon,

Much love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Simon Says Stamp! Challenge Blog ~ Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday ~ Challenge 201 ~ You're a Gem

Card Ingredients:

Card / DP's ~ Core d'inations 'French Roast', MME Lost & Found 'Madison Avenue'

Stamps / Images ~ LOTV 'Rosie with Cake', LOTV Clear Sentiments, Stampendous 'So Birthday'

Dies / Punches ~ Nesties 'Labels Three', Cricut 'George & Basic Shapes' and 'Don Juan' cartridges, Woodware Circle punch

Embellishments ~ Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, Pearls from The Hobby House

Other ~ Sizzix Big Shot, Cricut Create, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers:  Skin ~ E21, E00, E000, R20, R00;  Hair ~ E51, E50;  Clothes ~ E27, E25, E23, R85, R83, R81, E42, E41, E40;  Other ~ E31, E30, YR00, Y000, RV00, RV000, RV29, W1, 0.  Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor ~ Pale Brown, Deep Fuchsia, Pink

Sketch Saturday...on a Sunday (again!!)

Evening All

I know, I know, it's been waaaaay too long again and I'm so far behind with my commenting too  :o(  I think I'm going to give myself the last two weeks off as I wouldn't even know where to start now?!  It's been pretty hectic here as I've been trying to get all my jobs done before starting my new job tomorrow.....eek!  I keep getting butterflies, I'm so nervous!  Fingers crossed it all goes ok!...

Onto my card and this is my Mum's birthday card, it's her birthday tomorrow, Happy Birthday Mum!  I made it using this week's Sketch Saturday sketch, here's my card...

A close up of LOTV's 'Teddy - For Mum'...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

Here's this weeks sketch...

And we're sponsored by...

Bunny Zoe's Crafts who are giving the lucky winner a £10 gift voucher to spend in store  :o)  We've also got a DT Call running over at Sketch Saturday as the moment, click here for full details if you fancy joining our fab team  :o)

Do you remember me telling you that aswell as trying to get all my jobs done I also re-decorated our bedroom, well here's some pics of that too...

Very girly I know!  I wallpapered (with the help of Mum!) just the back wall, the rest of the walls are painted...

You can't beat new bedding can you?!...

Oooo I love it and it still smells of fresh paint, my favourite!

Ok I'm off now, need to get settled so I can try and have an early and hopefully sleep filled night!  But to be honest, I'm not sure I'll be getting much sleep!  Wish me luck and starting from tomorrow I'll be back round to see all your wonderful creations, I promise!!  :o)

Much love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Lili's Little Fairies Challenge ~ Challenge 3 ~ Lavendar & Lace

Card Ingredients:

Card / DP's ~ Hero Arts Kraft Card, Basic Grey Kioshi 'Lily Child', Magnolia Butterfly Dreams 'Lilac Butterfly'

Stamps / Images ~ LOTV 'Teddy - For Mum', LOTV 'Postcard Greetings', Stampendous 'So Birthday'

Dies / Punches ~ X-Cut Butterfly punch

Embellishments ~ Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, Lace & Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Charm from Mad Cow Beads, Pearls from Hobbycraft

Other ~ Dusty Concorde and Milled Lavendar Distress Ink, Doodling, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers:  Fur ~ E53, E51, E50, E0000, R20;  Flowers & Balloons ~ V15, V12, V95, V91, YG03;  Other ~ E31, B00, B000, B0000, 0.  Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor ~ Deep Fuchsia, Bright Lilac, Pale Brown