Baby Girl card

I needed to make a baby girl card for a lady at work, but I really don't have the strength tonight to spend ages making a card. So out came these really cute embellishments I got from Mei Flower at a show last year. Checked paper from my stash and the little chipboard plaque from the poundshop!!!!

New Stash

Very excited when I came home from work today, as I had 2 crafty deliveries waiting for me. First was my Penny Black stamps that I ordered a couple of weeks ago from the states. Jo - no more bothering you with how long does delivery take and are yours here yet!!!!

Secondly was the last monthly kit from Little Silver Hat. It's gorgeous, all reds and blacks. My red jar is now full with ribbon

First Sweet Sugar Challenge

The first challenge is over at Sweet Sugar Challenges, for all you lovers of Sugar Nellie stamps - the link is under challenges on the left hand side.

'Here we are, welcome to the very first challenge at Sweet Sugar Challenges! We hope that you will find our challenges and cards inspiring and that you will all join in!So, to our very first challenge, it is.......stars and stripes. The challenge team have made some fabulous cards! Isn't funny how we have all used the rock star stamp! Remember that you don't have to use this stamp, you can use any of the Sugar Nellie stamps!'

We have all grabbed the same stamp for this challenge, I did think about the cowboy but thought that was too obvious. Good job I didn't use a big star as well, but decided to use my star as the'A' in Rockstar. The strippy paper is from pink petticoat, the embossing has been done with the Spots & Dots cuttlebug embossing folder, rockstar has been cut out using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge on my cricut and the sentiment is from Pink Petticoat.

Queen Kat Bloggers Club

How exciting, I've had an e-mail from Queen Kat Designs to say I am going to be featured on 13th April.

Blimey

I've just had the quote for a new boiler in our house, we are having it moved back into the kitchen and as our house is so old we need new piping as it doesn't meet new regulations!!! I'm definitely in the wrong job, you can make a killing being a plumber. Also had the quote for the new bathroom, so it is bread and water for a few weeks!!!!

Tilda & Co Challenge - Buckles

There are 2 challenges this week over on Tilda & Co, one is a Valentines one but I only have 1 person to send to and I've made his!!! So I decided to try the other one which is to use a buckle on your card.

I coloured and paper pierced tilda last night in front of the telly, so I used brown and pink as my colour scheme. The pink and brown spotty paper I have had in my stash for over a year and the buckle has also been in my embellishment box for ages. The stripy pink and brown ribbon was part of my order from Ribbon Oasis the other week and the sentiment is an A Muse Art stamp

Ruby Anniversary

My mum phoned this morning and asked if I could bring my Ruby Wedding Anniversary cards with me this afternoon when we go over for Sunday lunch. I explained that I wasn't Clinton cards, but that I could make her something today to bring with me!!!

I used a red base card and then added red heart paper onto white card and put this across the middle of the card. I mounted this Pink Petticoat image onto red and white card, coloured red and added white liquid pearls to the centre of each flower. I tied white ribbon round the strip of paper and then tied on the red tag. Then added a white peel off to finish

Daring Card Makers - Red & White

The challenge over on Daring Card Makers is to design a card using only RED AND WHITE on your cards- it doesn't have to be a Valentine themed card - it can be any theme- as long as use incorporate RED and WHITE on it.

I've been asked to make a birthday card for a lady who will be 100, but as she doesn't have much sight left I was asked to make something that she would be able to feel. She is also Welsh, so I have had a verse that I have printed for the insert and I was also asked to put happy birthday in Welsh on the front of the card.

I have covered the bottom half of the card with paper from Pink Petticoat and added a strip of paper across the top. I've used my favourite Sizzix die, the daisies as I thought she would feel the outline of the flowers and I've also used some glitter card to give it some texture, then added a gem to finish. The 100 has been cut out with my Cricut and I've printed out Happy Birthday in Welsh and mounted onto red card and added to the bottom right hand corner.

New Stash

Look what was waiting for me when I got home tonight! Kitty at First Class Crafts has lots of great stamps in her sale and this is what I've bought.

I've got an award!!!!

Jo from Only-Joking has awarded my the You Cheer Me Up Award!! Seemingly I made her feel better about all the stash that she buys, as I'm just as bad :o)

I award this to all my SBSisters and Natty K who's cards I love even if she does support Leeds Utd and I'm Man Utd!

Sweet Sugar Challenges Design Team

My fellow SBSista Claire has set-up a challenge blog for lovers of Sugar Nellie stamps and I have been selected to be one of the Design Team!!!!!!! This first challenge will be this Monday and a new challenge will be set fortnightly. I know there are loads of you out there who love a bit of sugar, so please come and join us at http://sweetsugarchallenges.blogspot.com/

x

My Paper World - Sketch 3

I loved Nicola's last sketch challenge, so I've made another one for Sketch 3.

I feel this is a bit of a cheat for me, as I love this layout and have used similar before. The card was covered with swirly paper from Pink Petticoat and then I added a strip of the same colour paper, but with swirls and flowers onto purple card and added this across the centre of the card. The handbag is a Pink Petticoat image, coloured and glittered with stickles. This has been mounted onto a purple scalloped circle and stickles added to the edge and then mounted with 3d foam. I have stamped Shop Til You Drop onto purple card and added this to the strip of card and then added a Pink Petticoat Happy Birthday sentiment to the bottom right hand corner

Blog candy

I was going to do a little blog candy when I hit 10,000, but I'm very impatient and have decided to do it when I hit 9,000 instead. Already put a little kit together, so if you like pink and girly watch out for it!

I've been tagged

I've been tagged tagged by Jo at Only-Joking in the Middle Name Game!

These are the rules:-

• You must post the rules before you give your answers.
• You must list one fact about yourself for each letter of your middle name. Each fact must begin with that letter. If you don't have a middle name, just use your maiden name.
• After you've been tagged, you need to up-date your blog with your middle name and answers.
• At the end of your post, you need to tag one person for each letter of your middle name. (Be sure to leave them a comment telling them they've been tagged and need to read your blog for details.

Well I have no middle name, as my maiden name is Seroczynska and my parents thought that was enough to deal with. This will take me some time to think of and I will struggle to find people to tag with all my letters!!!!!!

Scotland, where I was born and I'm proud to say I'm Scottish, although I live in England now!

Ed Mcbain, my favourite author, such a shame he is no longer with us.

Red, this was the colour I choose for my wedding, as I wanted red roses and hearts and to have something that wouldn't date.

On time, I hate people who are always late and i think it's rude if you can't get somewhere on time, esp if I'm left on my own looking like billy no mates.

Cheshire, where I live. Lovely county just wish we had a bit less rain and the house prices weren't pushed up by all the footie stars!

Zoo's, I love them. Luckily I live about 30 mins from Chester Zoo so we make sure we go at least once a year.

Yo yo, this sums up my diet!!! Seem to have spent my whole life losing weight, then gaining and then losing again!!! would love to stay at a 10 but it creeps upto 12 and back on the diet again

Never gone for more than 2 weeks without seeing my parents and that's only if one of us has been on holiday, very close to my parents and they have been told they can never move more than 20 mins away from me.

Shopping, I love buying crafting goodies as much as I love making cards :o)

Kids, I'm hoping that these will happen in the not too distant future

Ahhhhh, can't think of anything to say now!

I really don't know enough people to use all my letters, so I am tagging Natty K, Julie, Joani, Sue, Nikki and Gina x

Planet Pootle Blog Candy

Michelle at Planet Pootle is having a blog candy giveaway and has extended the deadline to Thursday. This is great for me as I didn't get chance to finish my card on Sunday due to being very hungover (must remember at 34 it is not a good idea to drink like I did in my 20s)!!!

The challenge is to make a valentines card, it must be a new card that has been created just for this challenge and not combined with other challenges.

This card is for my hubby. He is always complaining that in the winter I am straight into my comfy pyjamas and slippers as soon as I get home and even offered to buy me something a bit sexier (it's freezing love!). I decided to use this image from Pink Petticoat as I think this is more what he had in mind!

I've coloured and then glitter the image with stickles and mounted onto black card. I've then covered a card with Pink Petticoat with words like gorgeous and beautiful and then added a strip on animal print Pink Petticoat paper to black and mounted across the centre of the paper. The sentiment is an A Muse Art stamp.

I'm sorry but my PJ's rule and he will just have to make do with this ;o)