Christmas Transport

Helloeee! Happy Wednesday!

I hope everyone is keeping well and having a great week. 

I know I love the sunshine and the summer months....but it is also quite nice to see the colder months too....there is something lovely about being comfy and cosy at home. Snug jumpers.....hot chocolate....and of course Christmas is now just around the corner! Yes, I said it....its nearly Christmas time! I have already seen mince pies and Christmas gifts in the shops, before we know the John Lewis advert will be making us all go "aahhhhh" on the TV and we'll be wondering if we made it onto Santa's nice list this year!

Over at Christmas at Sweet Stampin we've been getting ourselves for the festive season all year....making a new card each month and growing our Christmas card stash slowly! This month is no different....and our new theme is Christmas travel or transport.

If you've seen my Christmas cards before you'll probably realise that I am rather partial to adding a penguin or two to my festive cards! Not sure why....they just always look so cute! So I was delighted that I had a travelling penguin within my digi stamps! Here he is.....

The super cute paper in background is from the Papermania range Christmas in the Country, which I treated myself to.....last year! Yes, I have had this gem hidden away in my stash! I'm not sure if they are producing a similar pack this year, but I just loved the patterns which remind me of Christmas jumpers!

I decided to make my jumper patterned paper a feature of this card and compliment it with a red and white border. My image is also mounted on red paper. My image is from Digi Stamp Boutique and I have coloured him with my Promarkers. I have tilted the image as I fixed it to the card to make it look like he is speeding down the hill!

For more Christmas travel/transport inspiration pop by the Christmas at Sweet Stampin Challenge blog and take a peek at all the gorgeous DT cards. While you're there you can read all about our fab sponsor this month...

We're looking forward to seeing your creations this month!

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Let's see your penguins....or polar bears!

Hello there,

Happy Wednesday! I hope you are having a fabulous week so far!

Today I am back with a new challenge from Christmas at Sweet Stampin....the perfect challenge blog if you want to get a head start on your Christmas cards! This month our challenge is simple....you just need to include a penguin or a polar bear on your creation.

I opted for a cute little penguin....popping by to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

I have used a bold patterned backing paper, which I think makes my image pop from the card even more. My image is coloured with Promarkers and I have highlighted the holly berries in the hat with a little sparkle (aka Stickles).

For more penguin/polar bear inspiration pop by the Christmas at Sweet Stampin challenge blog and take a peek at the gorgeous DT cards that have been created this month. While you're there take a look at our fab sponsor this month....

Did you know this week in the UK it's Afternoon Tea Week? Yes, you read that correctly....a week dedicated to the art of afternoon tea! Over on Tea With Me and Friends we are celebrating with a week of afternoon tea posts and recipes....take a peek here!

Thank you for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Let's see your stockings.....

...no I'm not being saucy.....over at Christmas at Sweet Stampin this month we want to see your Christmas stockings!

Welcome back to Wedgie's World....I hope you are well and having a fab week so far!

So, I'm not sure where time is going to...but it's already half way through the year and we have another fab stamping challenge for you at Christmas at Sweet Stampin. We want to see your projects featuring Christmas stockings and don't forget you need to include some stamping!

Here is my card....

I have gone with a twist on the usual Christmas colour combo for this card, adding a splash of pink in with my red and green. I am not entirely happy with my paper choices, but it does look a bit different to the rest of my Christmas cards.

My cute little penguin and his stocking have been coloured with my Promarkers and I have added plenty of sparkle with my Stickles. Finally, I have added a little white faux stitching with a gel pen.

For more stocking inspiration pop by the Christmas at Sweet Stampin challenge blog where you can see the gorgeous DT cards that have been created for you this month. You can also find out about our sponsor this month....

Any London dwellers who fancy entering a competition to win a lovely tea adventure at Piacha in London should head over to my afternoon tea blog.

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Cute Christmas!

Hello there,

Happy Hump Day! I do love Wednesdays!

I'm back today with a fab challenge from Christmas at Sweet Stampin....this month we'd love to see your cute Christmas designs! You can create anything as long as you include some stamping and it must be cute, cute, cute!

I decided to combine a couple of my favourite things.....

Yes, penguins and polka dots!

My cute penguin image has been coloured with my Promakers and I have gone with a simple background of kraft card, plain blue paper and blue and white polka dot paper (which always reminds me of snow!).

For more cute Christmas inspiration pop by the Christmas at Sweet Stampin challenge blog and take a peek at the super cute cards that the DT have created for you! While you're there you can also take a peek at our fab sponsor this month...

Sweet Pea Stamps

If you are looking for something sweet to read/watch you could also pop by my other blog which is dedicated to our afternoon tea adventures....grab a cuppa and prepare to drool!

Tea With Me and Friends

We also have a lovely YouTube channel full of vlog posts....some tea related some not!

Thank you for popping by today!

Wedgie xxx

Something New....

Hello there,

Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and that your new year has started well. I have to say I have enjoyed the laziest Christmas I have had in ages....I celebrated with Joe, my friends and family...watched lots of Christmas movies, ate and drank far too much and generally had a rest! It was wonderful!

Now, I'm back with a lovely new challenge for you from Sweet Stampin....to start the new year off we have a "something new" challenge for you. Your project can feature anything new...whether that be a new home, a new baby or maybe like me some new stash!

I love sending letters and cards and so after Christmas love to make thank you cards for the gifts I have received. While looking in the Digi Stamp Boutique online store I came across a lovely collection of thank you images that I thought were perfect for my thank you cards.

As well as the new stamps I have also used new papers to create my cards. The images have been coloured with my Promarkers and I have of course added a little bit of sparkle with my Stickles.

For more "new" inspiration pop by the Sweet Stampin challenge blog to see the gorgeous DT cards that have been created this week. While you are there you can find out about our fab sponsor this week.....

Wild Orchid Crafts

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Winter Sports

Hello there,

Happy Hump Day! I do love Wednesdays....half way through the week! This week Wednesday is even more welcome as its my last day of work this week....tomorrow I am off to Germany with my family to visit the Christmas markets near the Rhine. I love that part of Germany and cannot wait to get back out there!

But before I go...we have a new challenge for you over at Christmas at Sweet Stampin, and for the last challenge of 2014 we have a winter sports challenge.

I have picked ice skating as my winter sport....and have gone a little overboard with the Christmas jumper inspired backing paper! 

My image is coloured with my Promakers and I have made my ice shine and sparkle with my stickles. I have this Do Crafts backing paper for ages and thought it went well with my ice skating theme.

For more winter sports inspiration pop by the Christmas at Sweet Stampin challenge blog and take a peek at all the gorgeous DT cards that have been created this month!

While you're there you can also find out about our fab sponsor this month....

Thank you for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Brrr....It's cold outside!

Hello there!

Happy Hump Day - I do love Wednesdays....the weekend is in sight again!

I'm here today with a new challenge from Christmas at Sweet Stampin......this month we'd like to see your Christmas cards featuring the theme "it's cold outside". So many possibilities with this theme!

I found a super cute new image called "wrong hats" which is a Lilyboo image at Cuddly Buddly......

See....I told you it's a cute image!

To go with my cold outside theme I picked some icy blue backing papers. My little penguins are coloured with my Promarkers and I have added a little bit of sparkle to their hats with my Promarkers.

For more inspiration pop by the Christmas at Sweet Stampin challenge blog and take a peek at the fab DT cards that have been created this week. While there you can also read about our fab sponsor this month.....

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

Make it Monday

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Winter Animals

Hello there!
Happy Wednesday - I hope you are well and you're having a fab week!

Today is the beginning of our monthly challenge over at Christmas at Sweet Stampin (I'm not sure what happened to July....it felt like only yesterday that I was making my snowman card!!). Anyway, this month's challenge is winter animals....

 

I've opted for a cute Digi Stamp Boutique penguin as the main focus of my card, I have coloured him using my Promarkers. I then decided to create an elegant background using blue and brown backing papers....and a herd of reindeer! I'm not entirely sure that the cute penguin matches the elegant background that well.....is he too cute looking??

 

POp by the Christmas at Sweet Stampin challenge blog to see which winter animals appear on the DT cards this month. While you're there you can also learn about our fab sponsor this month....

 

 

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

 

Make it Monday

Digi Stamp Boutique monthly competition

Papertake Weekly - occasion-ally

 

If you get the chance don't forget to pop by these fab DT blogs!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

 

 

Christmas with no red or green!!

Ho, ho, ho....Happy Wednesday!

I hope you're having a fab week...why the festive feel I hear you ask...well its time for another challenge over at Christmas at Sweet Stampin! This month we'd like to see projects that feature no red or green....now this might sound simple...but be warned...do not overlook the images in your backing papers! I am speaking from experience as my original DT card for this challenge had a brown and white colour theme to it.....until I realised that I'd used backing paper covered in robins...complete with their red breasts! Doh!!

Anyway, here is my card for this month's challenge.....

 

In some ways I'm quite glad that I had to go back to the drawing board as I actually prefer this card to the first one I created!

 

I've coloured my image with my Promarkers and then I've created my background with a collection of blue papers, both patterned and plain. Finally I added my sentiment and some faux stitching to the edge.

 

Pop by the Christmas at Sweet Stampin blog to see all the other gorgeous DT cards that have been created this month. You can also learn about the fab prize that is on offer this month, kindly donated by our fab sponsor....

 

 

I'd like to enter this card at

Make it Monday
City Crafter Challenge Blog - inspired by a song - Winter Wonderland
Papertake Weekly - 1,2,3 - 1 image, 2 shades of blue, 3 papers

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Hello there....

.....Happy Saturday!

This is my second post for today...if you are looking for my Sweet Stampin post please scroll down!

We have another cute challenge for you over at My Time to Craft this week.....after seeing your santa creations last week....we'd like to see animals in the snow.....

 

Hee, hee...yes its that cheeky little DigiStamp Boutique penguin again! Isn't he the cutest??

 

I've gone with a blue colour scheme for this card....along with some sparkly snowflakes and a glittery snowball! My penguin is coloured with my Promarkers.

 

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

 

Thanks for popping by,

Wedgie xxx

Seeing Double.....

Hello there, I hope you are keeping well!!

Today over at Sweet Stampin we have a fab challenge for you called "seeing double"...yes, we'd like to see two of something on your card!

I've opted for two cute penguins....

 

Told you they were cute! I've coloured my Stamp Fairy penguins using my Promakers and I have added some glossy accents to the floor to represent the ice. For the backing paper I decided my penguins might want something to keep them warm!

 

Pop by the Sweet Stampin challenge blog to see the gorgeous DT cards that Team Abi have created this week!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Christmas...but not traditional colours!!

Hello there...fancy seeing you here again today!

This is my second post for today...if you are looking for my Sweet Stampin blog please scroll down!

Sooo....it was fab to see all your snowpeople over at My Time to Craft last week! This week we've got another Christmas challenge...but this time we don't want to see any tradtional colours!! Get your thinking caps on.....

 

I love these bright colours...perfect on a miserable grey December day! I think they kind of remind me of Christmas lights! Anyway, I've coloured my fab penguin image with my Promarkers and have added some gloss to his hat using my glossy accents.

 

Pop by the My Time to Craft challenge blog to see what fab creations my fellow DT have come up with this week!

 

I'd also like to enter this card over at Papertake Weekly in their "anything goes" challenge!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

How Exciting!!

Good Morning All!

Soooo...if you popped by yesterday you'll know that I was going to a local Christmas market last night with my sister and mum. Well, it turns out that we were a little early....in fact we were a whole week early! I had dragged my poor sister and mum on the train to Farnham for no reason at all! Luckily they saw they funny side....we still had dinner and a thoroughly nice evening! What am I like??

Well, I told you I was in the Christmas spirit....and what a way to show it....today we have the first (unofficial) challenge for you over at Christmas at Sweet Stampin! This is a fab new monthly challenge blog, brought to you by the fab ladies over at Sweet Stampin! We were due to launch in 2013...but we can't contain our excitiment and decided to bring you our first challenge a month early!!

This month we have a special "anything goes" challenge....next year we will bring you a different Christmas challenge each month...but we thought we'd start off easy!

Here is my card....

 

I love this cute Digi Stamp Boutique image.....isn't he fab??

 

I've coloured my image using my Promarkers and have added some sparkle to the snow using my Stickles. I have also added some shine to the huge snow ball, using some glossy accents.

Pop by the Christmas at Sweet Stampin blog to meet the team and see what everyone has created this week...there are some fab projects!

I'd also like to enter this card at:

DigiStamp Boutique monthly challenge

Love to Create - Holiday cheer
Top Tip Tuesday - Christmas

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Don't look at the light!

Evening All!

I hope you're well this evening and have had a good day. I've just got in from an evening with mum and Lorna at a local Christmas market, it was great fun and I bought a couple of gifts....plus sone things for me!

Before bed I wanted to share a quick card with you, this glam little creation is for the "Don't look at the light" challenge this week over at Cupcake Craft Challenge. With the party season just beginning the lovely Cupcake Ladies want to see everything that sparkles and shines on our creations this week!

For my glam Christmas card I have used a gorgeous pink glitter backing paper, topped with a gorgeous silver shoe, accessorised with a blue sparkly gem! I hope this is shiny enough for the cupcake ladies!

I'ved also been busy in the kitchen (no surprise there!!), I've made our Christmas cake this year and I was wondering how to decorate it, when I saw these cute little fellows in a craft book. They are made out of sugar paste and just make me smile....I can't wait to finish off the cake!!

Right, I know its early still, but I'm all shopped out and my bed is calling!

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Punches & Dies

Hello campers, hope you've had a good week!

Mine's been another hectic one.....with Joe's 30th Birthday and Joe's sister's wedding. This week I've been bowling, played on arcades, went go-karting for the first time, visited the V&A, went on a flight simulator at the Science Museum and spent an evening at The Comedy Store (this was all on Monday & Tuesday!!). The end of the week sees me back in London for the wedding - my outfit is sorted  (I've been inspired by the 1950s) and Joe has his Morning Suit.

Phew, its been hectic!! But I did have some time late one night for some crafting! The challenge this week at Sweet Stampin is Punches & Dies and we are sponsored by the fab Pollycraft - pop over to their store to see all the gorgeous digi images they have - they'll be spoilt for choice!! I was very lucky to be given the cutest little penguin to play with...he went perfectly with my snowflake punch and I got a little carried away and created two cute little Christmas cards!!

Isn't he the cutest??

So, what are you waiting for....we want to see your cute cards which feature either punches or die shapes...or both! Don't forget you also need to use a stamped image...either traditional with ink or a digi!! Need some inspiration?? Visit the Sweet Stampin blog and my fellow DT blogs...there are lots of gorgeous cards!!

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

What a lovely day!

Hello everyone!

I'm at my sister Lorna's flat today....and we're decorating their second bedroom, turning it from a boring white bedroom to a wonderful pink craft room! I really hope that her hubbie thought it through before agreeing to this!

This is Lorna finishing off some of the edges....we've been working all morning and the room is now a gorgeous candy pink colour!

I'm very jealous of Lorna, having a whole room that she can dedicate to crafting!

Before I headed over to Lorna's I had the chance to make a card for a couple of challenges....Anika if you are reading this is one of the cards that you asked me for...I promise I'll get it to you along with the rudolph one ASAP!

This is a Christmas card for this week's challenge over at Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge:

The red and green colour combo comes from the ABC Christmas challenge where the theme is Y for Yueltide and the cute little penguin is for the Winter Wonderland Challenge where they asked to see penguins or polar bears...or both!

Right, I better get going...we've got a pink craft room to finish off!
Thanks for stopping by today,
Wedgie xxx

Lots of Christmas cards and some exploding cakes!

Morning All,

Hope you're all having a lovely weekend. I'm in a lovely mood this morning...not sure if its the crafting, the baking or the fact that I'm seeing two of my lovely friends in a bit....we're heading off to a local food festival! Yummy! for

I love this time of year...I get to make so many cards! Friends, family and work colleagues all start requesting cards, here are some I've been working on this weekend...

....I've been using my favourite tree stamp, adding red, green and gold glitter to make it festive, I've made lots of cheeky Rudolphs and some festive penguins! I've had to stop because I seem to have run out of black card for my penguins!




One of these cards is perfect for the challenge over at Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge where they have a colour combo theme this week - red and gold. One of my penguin cards is for a girl who loves the colour red....

I've used gold card and red paper for the background of this card. I've made my little penguin from papers in my stash...I accessorised him with a red and gold bow tie! The Christmas message was created on my computer and backed with more gold card. I then added a little bit of holly.

I mentioned baking at the beginning of my post....yesterday I decided to make some marble cakes....not really sure what happened in the oven, but they seemed to explode out of their cases....


....ha, ha...not exactly my usual pretty cupcakes, but they taste wonderful! Perfect on a chilly autumn afternoon with a mug of coffee!

Right, I better get going...I have a food festival to get to!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Wedgie xxx