Tuesday 17 February 2009

Dutch dare blog challenge 35 bows and buttons

Wow this card took some gettin to...lol.. she stared off 2night just as a different shaped card... shape is off my cricut basic george cart... but she looked a little bare.. so i added my flowers as bow was already there.. well i was flicking through my blogs and saw DD this was the 1st ever blog that i entered a challenge on... so nipped over to have a look.. and it turned out to be bows and buttons.... so i added a couple of buttons and no i can enter the challenge....!!

i won my 1st ever blog candy..!!!


i won my 1st every blog candy...!!!! wooo hoooo!!! steph had a second blog candy give away as well as her main blog give away and guess what i won...!!! whoo hooo...!!! i am over the moon its the 1st ever blog candy i have won...!!!!

i get a share of papers... and wow what wonderful papers they are

Monday 16 February 2009

a spoon full of sugar challenge


I bumped into an old friend the other day and we got chattin... i go to know debbie when she worked in the local craft shop... but kate who owned it selt up and i lost touch with debbie... i havent seen her for over a year and a bit...well cut a long story sort i bumped into her shoppin the other day.. and found out she has a blog she helps run... and its a spoon full of sugar.. so thought i would check it out.. and decided to do the challenge this week.. i am not 2 sure on the card as i have tried a few different things on it... like doodlin... i am no good at this...lol..!!! and i tried the backgound punch out.. i have had these for years and never getting round to using them so though it was about time i did... but still not sure on them...lol..!!! coloured my magnolia stamp in with watercolour pencils..!!! basic grey backgound papers.. printed flower on the top....


the sugar bowl challenge



Made this one the other week just didnt have time to post it... and found it works for the sugar bowl challenge... so going to enter it into the challenge...!!! its one peice of paper.. which i found very easy with such a wonderful bit of paper to play with....!!! image is a sugar nellie one... coloured with destress inks...!!! i love this image she is just so cute...!!! but arent they all...!!!

whiff of joy challenge 18







i have not done a challenge in a while.... and i decided to do a just for fun challenge on craftycardscrappers forum .. it was use a stamp you have bought but not yet used.. so i used my whiff of joy stamp that i bought months ago and didnt get round to using yet...!!!! and sam on the same forum had set our monthly card challenge as chocolate.. so i decided to use this card for both challenges.... on my way to my blog i popped over to whiff of joy to see what there challenge was ... and it was use 3 papers... 2 flowers and a brad/button... whhhooo hooo it fits this challenge...lol...!!! so going to post it in the whiff of joy challenge...coloured image with distress inks.. nesties to cut round it... papers i am not sure who made them.. had them for ages...soz.. flowers are punched .. brad is one i had already....i even decorated the back page so no need to add insert...lol..!!(not my most fav's of jobs...)

Monday 9 February 2009

wow where does the time go


wow where does the time go...??
i have been a very bad blogger of late....!! what with the pups the kids and the hubby...lol.. hubby always comes last in that list...lol..!!!
well i have managed to get some crafting done... here is one of the sketch challenges that is taken part on craftycardscrappers at this moment.. this is a members challenge set by caroline...she is also puttin up a prize for the winner...!!! my bro's partner is expecting a baby on the 1st April.. so thought i better make a card or 2 as they dont know what the sex is.. so made a boy one for now... girl one is on the list...lol... i used a stamp i got from craft island...made by creative espressions this rabbit is just so cute... i cuttlebugged the background.. used cricut to cut circles... papers are from docraft for about 2 year ago...!!! i coloured image with distress inks and h2o's..which i got from sparklybits shop.. i had fun doing this sketch..!!!