Back To School

At last I here you cry - the children are back at school - whoop whoop more crafting time!!! Well I don't have that problem as mine have grown up and flown the nest but I still have to work full time and squeeze in as much crafting as possible. I've currently picked up a V neck sleeveless top that I started knitting about 6 years and have decided I must finally finish it before I start on the boys jumpers. In the meantime I cannot stop paper crafting and tonight I've finished a card with 'school' in mind. This stamp I've had for yonks and never used it before. This image reminds me of my niece. Anyway, coloured with Promarkers I've had apple, pencils, staples & paper clips as embellishments, and cut out a tiny piece paper from a GCSE maths book. It's the answer page so lets hope nobody will ever need it! Oh and by the way the image is from Inkadinkado. I came across a few challenges that I can enter these in and they are:
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Children
Stamp Something - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - At the Office

Gone All Pink For Christmas

Over at MAWTT the theme this week is a sketch. I used Chester from Pollycrafts and coloured with Promarkers, added snow writer to the hat and boots, glossy accents to the eyes (not dry yet!) and to the top of the star bauble. DP is from DCWV Rose Tinted Christmas' Hope you like it. Jeanette

It's Gonna Be A Great Disaster

I created this card with PBSC in mind and their theme is 'Create a Scene' but I wanted it to tell a story as well and here it is. The two fab PB stamps are 'Snow Joy' and 'Ice Pals', so cute.. The Christmas tree and sentiment is from Forever Friends 'Cosy Christmas' collection and Think Snow was a cheapy from many years ago. I've embossed the snow area with dots, used glitter, snow writer on the images and dotted snow with a gel pen on the sky area. Promakers to colour. Brrr makes feel cold just looking at it. I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Make a Scene

Paper Play - Use 2 or more stamped images

Paper Take Weekly (2) - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations Challenge - Anything But A Square

Hope you like it. Jeanette

Whipper Snapper - Kitty Litter

I'm on a roll now and here is another card tonight. This image is from Whipper Snapper and called Kitty Litter and this is the first time I've used this stamp. I've coloured with Promarkers and cut squares to make a patchwork back ground. Faux stitching and glossy accents are also used. I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Cupcake Challenge - Patchwork

Passion for Promarkers - Patchwork

Allsorts Challenge - Green & Blue
Crafting When We Can - Anything Goes

Baby Evie's First Waistcoat

I didn't post much during August as I was busy making cards & books ready for the forthcoming Christmas events. During this time I have had the bug for knitting again and I just finished this little waistcoat for my granddaughter. Now I have done lots of knitting in the past and usually rise to a challenge but this pattern did my head in - I don't know why, it's not exactly difficult but I kept making mistakes mostly on the left front so don't look too closely because after unpicking for the umpteen time I decided enough was enough and this was the best it was gonna get. I'm sure Evie wont mind. Jeanette

Flutter By Wednesday's

I'm hoping my daughter in law is not looking on the blog only I've just finished her birthday card ready for next week. Yes she is the big 30, did I say that loud enough THE BIG 30. Oh to be that young!! Anyway, she very kindly got me some die cut flowers a little while back and I thought I would use them. I bought the stamp in Hobbycraft in a sale and I really love all the effects that you can create with it. I used it as a back ground and as cut outs. I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Flutter By Wednesday

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Bling it.

Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge - P is for  Pretty Pastels
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Christmas Cupcake Toppers

Well these are a great success and with Christmas coming soon (yikes) these are perfect as a novelty on top of cupcakes. The kids will love them. Listen to me sounds like an advertisement ha ha. Anyway, I've used Doodlebug clear stamps called 'Believe' for this set of 12 cupcake toppers which have been coloured with Promarkers and glittered. The sticks are proper food sticks - the sort they use in coffee stores. I'm entering these into the following challenge: I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes. I hope you like them. Jeanette

Glitz & Glam Wedding Card & Gift

Been meaning to add these photos for a fews weeks now and only just found time. Myself and Blue went to our friends wedding a few weeks ago. I wanted to make their card to match their colour theme. Here I've used another sqiggle stamps digi image, i'm addicted to them at the moment. This one is called True Love. I used my pro markers to colour the bride and groom, added some glamour dust to brides tiara. I've matted and layered the image using a shiny purple card and silver glittery card which you can not see very well in the photos. The background paper is from papermania. I'ved used stashes of flowers, pearls and ribbon to decorate. I stuck on some shiny gems in the middles for the flowers. I hope you like. Michelle xx
I'm entering this card into Squiggle Stamps Challenge

I also decided to make a gift that was more personal too and also matched the colour theme to their wedding and also the card I made. Here is a cd photo book that I made using recycled cd's. I've covered them using papermania paper (cannot remember name of it), all the papers used was from a pack that all matched. I then used the computer to personlise the front with the couples names and wedding date, matted and layered the wording using my nesties. I decorated each page slightly using ribbon, gem hearts and flowers. To make the holes I used my crop-a-dile and eyelets for front and back page. Used a ring to clip the pages together adding some ribbon to match from both card and inside the book. Hope you like. Michelle xx

Cupcake Toppers

Phew, we have been busy, and I have neglected our blog but here we are again. I've been working on some new projects and here is one of them. Cupcake Toppers. These are great fun to make and has given my rubber stamps and sizzix dies a new lease of life. I'm bursting with so many occasions that these can be used for, birthdays, Halloween,  bonfire night, Christmas, baby showers, hen nights, baby arrivals, anniversaries and even weddings. Such fun! My next project is to knit a cupcake to display one on. Where will this crafting ever end. Here are some that I have made. I hope you like them. Jeanette

Nappy Cakes

Been a while since our last posting and thought I'd share with you all why we've not been about. Mum has been busy doing some local fayres the weekend and I've been busy making these lovely nappy cakes as well as some other little gifts ready for some fayres coming up nearer to christmas. I will post some more photos of my other items once I've finished wrapping and tagging these cakes. Hope you like. Michelle xx

Lucas Birthday card

Well here I am with my second posting of today. I've been busy tonight making my youngest Lucas's birthday cards as usual I've left it to the last minute. I can't believe my baby is going to be 3yrs old on Thursday. EEK! Time has flown so quickly and he has grown up to be a "Big boy" as his quotes to me on a daily basis. Here to the left is a card I made from his brothers. I googled a Mater image from the film cars which he loves, and used scraps of card to matt and layer the image and card. The paper is from a massive stack I brought whilst pregnant with him. (oops amazing how much you buy and forget about).  The brads are from Dovercraft that I picked up in a sale at a craft show sometime ago. I've not put an insert in the card as I know Harley will want to draw him a picture.  Now onto the card from mummy and daddy.

 Here I've used the same stack of papers I had from Mater card. Lucas likes blue and decided to make him a very blue card. I've used a gatefold card for this one. I picked the number stamp and son stamp at my local shop the range. They were on offer and Lucas keeps telling me he's going to be 3 soon as well as being a big boy now. I stamped the number 3 onto background paper that matches the insert and layered it up using my nesties. I used my pro markers to colour son in. All of the card used was scraps found in my box of stash. The stars I got from hobbycraft again in the sale (love a bargain). The wording on the inside I done using my computer.

Now of  to wrap his presents before bed. Hope you like the cards. Michelle xxx

Pink and Black

Well I'm back with another blog challenge. I enjoyed the last one so much decided to give it another go. Todays card is in the theme of pink and black. I've used a digi image from squiggle stamps, it's called top & tails from their miss evie & ruby range. I used my pro markers to colour her, matt and layered the image using spare card. The background paper is from DCWV.  The sentiment is from pink petticoat. The ribbon and flowers are from my stash. Hope you like Michelle.
I'm entering this card into the following challenge.
Squiggle stamps

Peppa Pig Birthday Cake

It's my cheeky grandsons birthday soon and I had to make his cake a bit early as it's a busy weekend and week to follow. I can't believe he will be three already, how time flies, how old am I getting arrghhh!!!! Anyway he loves George from Peppa Pig, so here is the cake I made this evening. Hope you like it

Something Different - A Gift

Hello, a quick post as I have to dash off to aqua fit tonight and then on my way back home I can stop in the shop and buy myself some chocolate!!! I have non in the house and I'm climbing the walls. So over at C.R.A.F.T. challenge this week the theme is Gifts. This little container once housed some paper flowers which have long gone but I hung onto it as it was too good to be thrown away. I've filled it with little foam stamps, punched butterflies, small ink pad and a few other goodies and may pop it the table at the next craft fair. I've coloured the image with Promarkers and Polar White Flowersoft on the ear muffs, cuffs and boots. Added a bit of lace along the top and ribbon on the bottom. The handle is completely covered with tied ribbon bows. Hope you like it. Jeanette

In The Pink!



Another Christmas card and it seems we are all getting well stuck into our festive cards. This image is from The Greeting Farm, isn't she sweet. Backing paper from DCWV Rose Tinted Christmas,snowflake die from MC, heart embellie and lots of glitter. I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Sir Stampalot - What Ever You Fancy

Fussy & Fancy - Christmas In July

Raise The Bar - Anything Goes

Flutterby Wednesday - Angel/Fairy/Butterflies

Bye for now. Jeanette

My first challenge

 At last I'm back to the crafting world again after my wedding and getting right into it. I stumbled across a website the other evening looking for a digi image for a wedding believe it or not. After lots of browsing on there I purchased some digi and some freebies too. Such lovely images on there. Whilst there I noticed they have a blog and decided to look for inspiration, when I noticed a challenge and thought why not give it a go to get me started.
The image is called Daisy with a gift from Squiggle stamps. I used my pro markers to colour her and couldn't resist going girlie pink, my nesties to matt and layer her sitting in a circle. Paper, ribbon and snowflakes are from stash I've got.

I'm entering this card into Christmas Creations at Squiggle Stamps.
Hope you like. Michelle xx

Oh No Not Christmas In August!

Well this is what I thought might happen, we get so carried away in July with our Christmas cards that it spills over to August!! So here is my first for this month. Digi again, from Pollycrafts, and now I said I would not do digi's but I have to say since searching for different designs for Christmas I am really impressed with the cute characters that there is out there, but I'm not giving up on stamping yet, old fashion girl at heart. This one is called 'Hello Robin' and currently you can purchase for half price and this did make me chuckle. Anyway coloured with Promarkers, added die swirls, snowflakes, pearl stars, pearl dots, glittered and my new 'vintage' lace purchased from a 'proper' vintage craft shop newly opened near me. I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Winter Wonderland - White on White - only colour on image
Do it With Digi's - Christmas In August

Real & Paper Flowers

My daughter and SIL presented me and Sue with a beautiful bouquet of flowers for the help towards their wedding. It was a lovely surprise and I have to say it is one of the best bouquets I've ever received. The sunflowers are stunning. So here is a photo of them.

Aren't they gorgeous. 

I've also been playing with making some paper flowers. I saw this on Youtube - great place for learning new skills, anyway just had to have a go, and then found I couldn't stop.

They are great fun to make. Jeanette

Concertina Books - Wedding

Haven't made anything tonight - been busy putting old, no longer use, or need craft stuff on ebay, this of course is because I have other items I'm desperate to get my hands on but need to make some space first. So tonight I thought no challenge just a couple of books. Jeanette

Penny Black Background

Well that's it, 2nd reception done and now I'm all at a loss, nothing to panic about!! So trying to get back into the swing of things, tonight I made a quick card and to be honest I do not like it one bit. There's too much stamping, it's boring and I don't know, it just not how I wanted it to be but hey, I'm posting it anyway. So I'm entering this card into the Penny Back Saturday Challenge which this week the theme is PB Background. I've used  Burst of Stars which I've stamped around the edge, a bit too much I just wanted a little border and then stamped the whole flower leaving out the stem and leaves. Added black and red ribbon with a red bow and some little gems in each corner. I'll try a little harder tomorrow and hopefully come up with a card a little less busy and more gentle on the eye. Still that woke you all up!!! Jeanette