Butterflies!

Hello there,

Me again! This time I am back with my second DT post for today, this time for My Time to Craft where we have a lovely theme for you. This week we'd like to see your projects featuring butterflies! Your project must have a butterfly as the main image rather than just an embellishment added to a card.

I opted to create a pretty get well card for this challenge.....

 

I've used some little digi image butterflies which have been coloured with my Promarkers. I have added a little sparkle to their wings using my Stickles. I have used a Kraft card as the base, topped with a little polka dot backing paper and some faux stitching - simple but pretty I think!

 

Pop by the My Time to Craft challenge blog to see what the fab DT have created for you this week!

 

I'd also like to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

Make it Monday

Passion for Promarkers - Give me a P! I have polka dots and I have used my Promarkers to colour!

 

Pop by these fab challenge blogs if you get the chance - there are some gorgeous DT cards to be seen!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Happy Saturday!

Hello there - I hope you are keeping well!

Today is the weekend before Halloween and today I am hosting a Halloween crafternoon tea at my house for my friends. I love creating Halloween themed afternoon teas, I think they are great fun and you can get very creative with your sweet treats! There will be lots of photos on my afternoon tea blog very soon!

Today we have a lovely challenge for you over at Sweet Stampin...this week we would like to see your projects featuring wood, trees or leaves.

I saw this as the perfect opportunity to use one of my favourite tree stamps that I haven't used in a while....

 

The image has been stamped in black ink and I have added a bit of sparkle to the leaves with my Stickles. I've gone with a lovely brown and blue colour combo for this card, featuring some cute polka dot backing paper!

 

Pop by the Sweet Stampin challenge blog to see all the gorgeous cards that Team Abi have created this week! While you're there you can find out about our sponsors this week:

 

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Hello there!

Happy Saturday! I hope you've had a fab week!

Mine has been a bit chaotic again as I have been away with work all week....this time in Leeds. I'm not a big fan of living out of my suitcase and to make matters worse the hotel I was staying at wasn't brilliant either. Oh well, I'm back home now and I have a new challenge for you from My Time to Craft! This week we have a lovely theme for you...congratulations! You can make any card as long as you are congratulating someone!

 

I love this backing paper so much, I think the colours are lovely. I've teamed it with a bright blue plain paper to really make my image pop. My image has been coloured with my Promarkers and I have added a little sparkle to the bottle and the glasses with my Stickles.

 

Pop by the My Time to Craft challenge blog to see the fab cards that the DT have created this week.

 

Today I am taking my Brownie Pack to the Science museum....its a really big event...wish me luck!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Tea-riffic Experience!

Hello!

Me again - I'm back with my second post for today....this time for My Time to Craft.

UPDATE - before you read this post...I must apologise as it appears I have gone slightly mad and managed to mix up my challenges! The card mentioned below was in fact for the challenge at My Time to Craft last week! Whoops!

This Last week we have had a lovely challenge for you, we are were looking for vintage/shabby chic cards or projects. Now, as you can imagine this challenge is right up my street! I love a bit of vintage!

I opted to include one of my favourite vintage items on this card.....yes that's right...some teacups!

 

I've coloured my digi stamp teacups with my Promarkers, I have used plain pink backing paper topped with some pretty polka dot paper (which I have torn to give rough edges). I've added a doily and a collection of pretty buttons. Finally I have used a digi stamp sentiment.

 

I'd also like to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

Make it Monday

Digi Stamp Boutique - monthly customer competition

Papertake Weekly - Two by Two (I used two papers!)

Crafty Sentiments - anything goes

 

This card also reflects the tea-riffic day that I experienced last Saturday - when I enjoyed afternoon tea in a tree house! It was a lovely afternoon which was organised by the Secret Tea Society! This was the first time that I met the other members of the society and I have to say that they are a wonderful bunch of tea loving ladies! We enjoyed scones and cakes, and a really good natter!

 

The tree house

Read more about my experience over on my afternoon tea blog!

 

UPDATE - the theme for this week's challenge over at My Time to Craft is in fact "sorry I forgot your Birthday"....to see the card I made for this challenge, pop by here! I'm blaming all the sunshine on my holiday for this mix up!!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

its lovely to see you!

 

Wedgie xxx

Boo!

Hello there!

Happy Saturday! I hope you are well and have had a fab week!

So, its time for a new challenge over at Sweet Stampin and this week we are getting ready for Halloween - yes we'd like to see your spooky creations!

This week we are sponsored by Stampfairy

 

 

and Team Abi were lucky enough to be given some fab digi images to play with!

 

I think my card is probably more cute than spooky.....

 

 

See....I told you it was cute! I love this image though!

 

I've printed my image and coloured with my Promarkers. My background is made up of purple backing paper and black n white and orange patterned papers. I have also added some bling in the form of my orange Stickles!

 

Pop by the Sweet Stampin Challenge blog to see all the fab Halloween cards that Team Abi have created this week! While you're there you can find out about our fab monthly sponsor.....

 

 

I'd also like to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

Crafty Sentiments - anything goes

City Crafter Challenge Blog - Trick or Treat

 

Thanks for popping by today!

Wedgie xxx

 

Hmmm....out of my comfort zone here!

Hello there - happy hump day!

I hope you are all keeping well and are having a fab week so far!

So, can you believe that we're already in October? I know I say it every month....but I'm really not sure where this year has flown by to! Its time for a new challenge over at Christmas at Sweet Stampin and this month's challenge really stumped me!

This month we want to see masculine Christmas cards. Now any regular visitor to my blog will know how much I struggle with masculine cards at the best of time! I tend to make very girly cards...a bit of pink, a bit of purple....and lots of sparkle and I'm happy! Add a cupcake or two and I'm beaming! As soon as anyone mentioned "masculine" however I shudder a little!!

So, I thought long and hard about this theme....and created the following.....

 

Now, I'm not entirely happy with this creation....its definitely masculine...but is it a Christmas card? I'm not so sure! I've stamped my tree image and decorated it with my Stickles. I have then selected several different masculine backing papers to make up the background. My sentiment was created on my computer.

 

Pop by the Christmas at Sweet Stampin challenge blog to see some great inspiration from the DT....they've created some real masculine Christmas cards for you!!

 

While you're there you can also find out about our fab sponsor this month and the prize we have on offer for you....

 

 

I'd also like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Make it Monday

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Whoops!

Hello there!

I hope you are keeping well and have had a fab week!

I had a wonderful holiday...a week in sunny Spain was just what the doctor ordered. Although after a week back at work that holiday now feels like a very long time ago already! Here is the swimming pool where I spent most of my week....

 

We're already planning our girlie holiday for next year!

 

Anyway, I'm back this week with a fab new challenge from My Time to Craft! This time the challenge is "sorry I forgot your Birthday".....now I think I need a lot of these cards! I have a diary...and I write everyone's Birthdays down...but I seem to forget a lot too!!

 

I went a bit retro with my card.....

 

 

I love this Kenny K image, which I have coloured with my Promarkers. I have gone with a red and grey colour combo with some retro themed papers.

 

If you get the chance pop by the My Time to Craft challenge blog to see all the fab DT cards that have been created this week!

 

I'd also like to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

Make it Monday

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx