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

 

Autumn has arrived...

Morning all,

 

Hope you're all well?  Isn't the weather fab!  Well not the rain but the autumnal chill, I just love it!  Jumpers, Jeans and Boots, it's my favourite season (although I do also love the snow too but only when I can play in it, not when I have to be somewhere!!).  And speaking of Autumn, our theme this fortnight over at the Pollycraft Challenge is...

 

Harvest Colours

 

Ooooo, such a rich colour combo.  Here's my card...

 

 

 

A close up of Russell...

 

 

 

And a side view...

 

 

 

You likey?  I really enjoyed making this one  :o)

 

See you over at Pollycraft!

x

 

Challenges I'm entering:

Papertake Weekly - Child's Play

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Pollycraft Lil Dumplings Russell

Card / DP's - MME Stella & Rose Hattie 'Buddies', Basic Grey 'Indian Summer', Hero Arts Kraft Card

Embellishments - Ribbon and Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Button from Woodware, Doodlebug Rub-Ons

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

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

      Hair - E49, 47, 44

      Greens - YG67, 63, 93

      Browns - E29, 27, 23, 53, 51

      Orange - YR04, 02

      Purple - V17

      Yellow - Y26

   Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor:

      Medium Flesh, Black, Bright Orange, Pale Brown

 



Pollycraft Challenge #6

Morning Lovely Bloggers!

 

Hope you're all good?  I'm coming at you from the Pollycraft Challenge today and this fortnight our theme is...

 

For The Kids

 

I've used one of Paula's brand new images, Lil Dumplings Roland - he's so adorable have you seen him yet?  Here he is with the rest of the new releases.....

Aren't they fab!!  And here he is on my card.....

 

 

 

A close up.  I Glossy Accent's his glasses and they look a bit misty don't they, must be all that roller skating making him hot and bothered lol..... 

 

A side view.....

 

Told you he was adorable in his little roller boots!  Ooooo I used to love roller skating when I was younger.  Me and my pals used to go to the roller disco every Saturday, it was so much fun!!  But, I digress lol!  If you play along with us this week you could win a £10 Pollycraft voucher to spend in-store  :o)  And just look at the new releases you neeeeed lol!!

Have a Happy Wednesday peeps!

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering:

Less is More #134 - Recipe Washi Tape

Retro Sketches #78 - Fab Sketch!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Pollycraft Lil Dumplings Roland

Card / DP's - Papermill Direct White Linen Cardstock, Pink Petticoat Gingham printed in Duck Egg Blue

Embellishments - Washi Tape by Doodlebug in Grey, Limeade, Bubble Blue and Ladybug Swiss Dot, Ric Rac Ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, Buttons are Papermania Capsule Collections, Glossy Accents

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

      Skin - E11, 00, 000, R20, 00

      Hair - E27, 25, 23, 21

      Blues - B39, 29, 24

      Greens - YG05, 03, 01

      Reds - R37, 35

      Greys - C7, 5, 3, 1

   Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor:

      Medium Flesh, Black, Indigo Blue and Green

 

Roarsome!!

Good Morning you lovely lot!

 

Hope you're all good?  I know I've been MIA again but I do have a very good reason for it, honest!  You see I've just got back from a fabaroony week away to Gran Canaria, ooooo it was lush!  Weather was hot, hot, hot.....sometimes even a bit too hot!  Food and booze on tap and swimming pools galore, fabulous!  We went with my Father-In-Law and we all had a wonderful time.  The kids were constantly in the pool loving it and by the end of the week they were both so much more confident in the water and even managed a swim, all beit with life vests on but so fab to see!  Back to reality now but I do love coming home, is that sad?  As Dorothy once said, 'There's no place like home' lol!  And your own bed, you just can't beat your own bed can you?.....ha, I'm so old!!  ;o) 

The view from the aeroplane window!!...

 

 

 

Me and Grandad Fred on the 'Boys Room' balcony with our vodka's!  Happy Holidays lol  :o)

 

 

 

Hubby with his coke lol!!

 

 

 

Me and the Hubbster!

 

 

Sorry I can't share any piccies of my little ones but believe me, there's tonnes of 'em!!

 

So there you go, that's where I've been but I'm Home Sweet Home now and back to it, first up is my Pollycraft Challenge DT Card and this fortnight the theme is.....

 

Buttons and Bows

 

.....nice and simples right?!  Here's my card using the adorable Rory, or as I call him, Roarsome!!.....

 

 

 

A close up.....

 

 

 

A side view.....

 

 

 

Isn't he adorable, just sooooo cuuuuute!!

 

Our prize this fortnight is a £10 gift voucher to spend in store so what are you waiting for?!

 

See you soon peeps  :o)

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

 

Deets to follow...

Fun in the Sun!!

Morning all you lovely, lovely bloggers!

 

Hope everyone is well?  I'm happy to report my Dad is doing ok and hopefully (fingers crossed) he'll be coming home from hospital today, yaaaaaay!  :o))

 

Coming at you from Pollycraft today and here we are with Challenge #4...

 

Fun in the Sun

 

This was the kiddie winks birthday card to Dad...

 

 

 

A close up of Lil Dumplings Curly and Shelby...

 

 

 

And a side view...

 

 

 

Not very CAS but oh so much fun to make!!  :o))  If you join us this fortnight you could win the £10 Pollycraft gift voucher up for grabs but remember, you've got to be in it to win it!!

 

I'm so behind on visiting you all, all that boring stuff is still getting in the way but I'm hoping to have a major catch up later.  Until then, laters!

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

hmmmm, later...

 

Card Ingredients:

hmmmmm later still!...

 

Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby.....

Ahhhhh, ahhhhh, ahhhhh, ahhhhh, ahhhhh, ahhhhhhhhhh.....

 

Morning All,

 

Coming at you from Pollycraft today and onto Challenge #3 which, if you haven't already guessed, is.....

 

Ruby Red

 

.....nope, nothing to do with The Kaiser Chiefs but this song just popped into my head as I was typing my post.  Well it was either singing or a reference to do with slippers and there being 'No place like home' lol!!

 

Here's my card.....

 

 

 

A close up of Pollycrafts absolutely adorable Hogs and Kisses (which includes the sentiment!).....

 

 

 

And a side view.....

 

 

 

Cute or what!!  I've loved this image ever since Paula released it but this is the first time I've played with it, let me tell you, a dreeeeeaaaaam to colour!!

 

Our lucky winner will receive a £10 gift voucher to spend in store so what are you waiting for?!!

 

Got lots to do today, sadly none of it is fun or crafty :o(  Oh well, maybe after all my jobs ay!!

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

CAS-ual Fridays #109 - Polka Dots



 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Pollycraft Hogs And Kisses

Card / DP's - Papermill Direct White Linen, Pink Petticoat 'Little Dots' in Cranberry

Dies / Punches - MFT Die-Namics 'Fishtail Flags Stax'

Embellishments - Ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

      Reds - R29, 85, 83, 81, RV10

      Blues - BG01, 000

      Greys - C1, 0, 00

   Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor:

      Deep Fuchsia and Electric Blue

 

Stars and Stripes

Good morning lovely peeps!

 

Coming at you from Pollycraft as we have a new challenge for you today...

 

Stars And Stripes

 

Well I'm really into my stars at the moment (as you might've guessed!) and I've always loved a stripe or two so this should've been simples right?.....WRONG lol!  I've changed the layout and DP's about 3 times on this one and I'm still not sure I'm happy with it!!  Isn't it annoying when all the other things on your mind that you try and escape when crafting just won't let you have a few hours off to have a play!!  Oh well.....I loved colouring this Lil Dumpling and I'm happy with that  :o))

 

 

 

A close up of Brains!...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

I made this card for Big Boy to give to his teacher at the end of term, in his words 'You've done a good job Mummy!' lol!  :o)

 

See you soon lovelies,

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Challenge #64 - Seeing Stars

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Pollycraft Lil Dumplings 'Brains', LOTV Tag Sentiments

Card / DP's - Doodlebug 'Fruit Stand', 'Snips and Snails' and 'Petit Prints'

Embellishments - Glamour Dust

Dies / Punches - Nesties 'Stars', Die-Namics 'Fishtail Flags'

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

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

      Hair - E35, 33, Y26, 21

      Greys - C7, 5, 3, 1, 0, 00

      Yellows - Y15, 11, 08

      Reds - R39, 37, 56, 35

   Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor:

      Medium Flesh, Pale Brown, Deep Cadmium, Deep Red, Steel Grey, Black

 



Pollycraft Challenge Is Back!!

Morning All,

 

Yes it's back today.....the Pollycraft Challenge wahooooo!  I know you've all been waiting for it  :o))  And for the first challenge we have a nice and simple theme...

 

Anything Goes

 

So you've got no excuse not to play along lol!  This time around there's a bit of a change and the challenge will run fortnightly so you have two weeks to get your entries in.....there you go, that's reason number two why you need to play along!!  Here's my DT card...

 

 

 

This was Hubby's Father's Day card from the Kiddie Winks...

 

 

 

And a side view...

 

 

 

Our sponsor for our first challenge is

Pollycraft and if you've seen (which I know you have!) all the amazing new images Paula has been creating, well, there's reason number 3 for you!!  So I'll see you over at the Pollycraft Challenge  :o)

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Little Miss Muffet #63 - Happy Families

Seize The Birthday #19 - Fabby Sketch!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Pollycraft 'Out of this World' and 'Whats the Buzz'

Card / DP's - Papermill Direct White Linen cardstock, Pink Petticoat 'Retro Daisies' in Dainty Daffodil, 'Little Polka Dots' in Envy, 'Gingham' in Duck Egg Blue, Doodlebug 'Up Up and Away', Core d'inations 'French Roast'

Embellishments - Glamour Dust

Dies / Punches - Magnolia 'Grass', Die-Namics 'Fish Tails'

Colour Mediums: 

  Copics:

     Skin - E11, 00, 000, R20, 00

     Hair - E35, 33, Y26, 21

     Browns - E49, 47, 44

     Yellows - YR23, 21

     Blues - B39, 29, 24

     Greens - YG07, 05, 03, 01

     Reds - R39, 35

     Greys - C3, 1

  Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor:

     Medium Flesh, Black, Deep Cadmium, Indigo and Green

 

 

Where has the week gone?!

Hiya!

 

Hope everyone is well?  My goodness I can't believe it's Thursday night already, where has this week gone?!!

 

So enough waffle (as it's really late already) and onto my card.  I've used one of my favourite Pollycraft images (ha, what am I talking about, they're all my favourites!!).  Meet Rusty...

 

 

a close up of the Ro-bo-tastic Robot...

 

 

 

and a side view...

 

 

 

He is absolutely adorable isn't he!!

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Less is More #122 - Colour Challenge - Your Front Door  Mine is Black and White with chrome accessories

Cute Card Thursday #272 - Ebony & Ivory

Seize The Birthday #18 - Sketch  I've rotated it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Pollycraft Rusty the Robot, LOTV Tag Sentiments

Card / DP - Pink Petticoat Vintage Stars in Black, Papermill Direct White Linen card
Dies / Punches - Nesties Stars

Embellishments - Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

      Greys - C7, 5, 3, 1, 0, 00

      Blues - B23, 21, BG000, 0000

   Derwent Coloursoft Pencils:

      Black and Electric Blue

 



I got in, wahooooo!!

Evening All,

 

Just a quickie to share my super exciting news!!  So you remember the DT Call Paula @ Pollycraft had.....have you seen the new badge in my side bar?!  Yes, I got selected to be part of the new, amazingly talented DT, wahooooooooooo!!  I'm very excited lol! :o))  

 

 

 

Cazza

x

Ahoy matey!...

Morning all!

So how was your weekends?  Hope you all had a fantastic one?  But why oh why are they over with so quickly.....and I had an extra day too, lol!  Oh well, one good thing about Monday's is that it's a new challenge over at Pollycraft, and this week the theme is...

CHECK IT OUT

So we'd like to see Tartan or Gingham on your card.  Here's my take on the theme using one of the new releases, meet Barclay!...

Isn't he adorable?!...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

This week we're sponsored by...

Ourselves!  Yes one lucky person will win 10 images from Pollycraft  :o)  And remember, if you enter using a Pollycraft image and you're chosen as one of the Top 3 you also get a digi, wahoo!

Happy Monday's Peeps,

Much Love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Card Ingredients:

Oops, it didn't last!

Evening,

Hope you're all well?  What's happened to the spring weather then, netball tonight was absolutely fffffreeeeezing!!  So much so that I stayed after our game to support one of our club teams and only managed to watch half of their game as I couldn't feel my hands, bbrrrrrrrr!  But another win in the bag for us and player of the match for me too, wahooooo!!  :o)

Onto my card and as the title suggests, my organisation didn't last long did it?  Lol!  I was sure I'd scheduled a post so I'm blaming blogger.....but obviously it wasn't blogger's fault, just me and my usual tardiness, ha ha!  So, better late than never here's my Pollycraft DT card, this week our challenge is...

SKETCH

...Nice and simples and a fab sketch too, here it is...

And here's my card...

A close up of Swings and Slides Fairy...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

This week we're sponsored by...

Bunny Zoes  :o)

Ok, time for bed...I'm shattered!  But before I go have you seen the new Pollycraft releases?.....bet you're going to love them!!
See you soon peeps,

Much love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenges ~ Challenge 107 ~ My Favourite Things  (which are Kraft, Ribbon, Buttons, Clouds, Glamour Dust and Pollycraft Images!!)

Papertake Weekly Challenge ~ For the Girls.....or Mum!

Card Ingredients: