It's all peachy.....and a bit blue

Hello there,

I hope you're well today.

I had a spare hour before I dinner prep this evening, so I headed to my craft room to make some cards. There is something so therapeutic about being creative and playing with colours - I blast my (country) music up loud, sing badly and get my craft on!

So tonight I decided to play with some colours that I don't use together very often....a bit of peach and a bit of blue....

I have used a combination of pretty papers, ribbon, a digi stamp birthday cake and a die-cut notelet that looks like a doilie. The notelet is part of a new set that I have, there are six different designs in the pack, but I think this is my favourite - its so pretty!

I have used two ribbons, they have been stitched to each other to keep them in place (which meant I got to use my sewing machine - woo hoo). At first I thought the blue ribbon was a little too dark, but I think I have balanced it out well with the blue cake plate in the image. I have coloured my image with my Promarkers, using an ivory colour for the cake, an orange and green for the flowers and a blue for the place. 

Finally I added a little glitter to my flowers with my Stickles.

All in all I am pretty pleased with this card. I think the colours give a delicate look to the card, which matches my fake doilie. 

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

Allsorts - ribbon and lace

Fab n Funky - something new - the diecut notelet

Cute Card Thursday - hey what's new - the diecut notelet

Pop by all these fab challenge blogs for more DT card inspiration.

Thank you for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Buttons and Ribbon

Hello there! Happy Saturday!

I hope you've had a fab week. Mine has been filled with good news!

Firstly one of my lovely friends has got engaged, her partner completly surprised her. Becca is a bit of a twitcher, she loves wild birds and David proposed to her at the RSPB headquarters in Bedfordshire while listening to  "Close to You"...how romantic!

I also recieved some good news of my own....a little while ago I told you that I had entered my little afternoon tea blog into the UK Blog Awards. Well, from the 95 fab blogs in the food and drink cateogry, I got shortlisted! The first phase of the awards was open to the public vote, so I want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who voted for me. I am so chuffed! Next is the judged phase, which is followed by the awards ceremony in April. I am so excited!

This week's challenge from My Time to Craft is a lovely embellishment challenge, as we want to see buttons and ribbon on your creations. You need to feature at least three buttons and a gorgeous piece of ribbon.

I made my card for the lovely Becca and David to celebrate their special day.....

I have used a plain grey backing paper and some gorgeous patterened papers that feature birdies and bird houses. I have gone with a grey ribbon, and three old buttons. My cute birdie image has been coloured with my Promarkers and I have added some personal details into the heart.

I'm really pleased with how this card turned out, featuring birds and having a slightly vintage feel - all perfect for the happy couple!

For more inspiration pop by the My Time to Craft challenge blog and take a peek at the gorgeous DT cards that have been created!

I'd also like to enter this card in

Make it Monday

The Pink Elephant - photo inspiration

Take a peek at these fab challenge blogs to see more gorgeous creations!

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Ribbons

Hello there,

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

So, are you ready for Christmas yet? I'm not! Looking at my diary I'm not too sure when I'm going to get ready either...oh dear! Still, as you all know I love this time of year...all the music and Christmas coffee and mince pies...I'm just going to go with the flow and enjoy the season!

This week's challenge over at Sweet Stampin is a fab one...we'd like to see ribbons featuring on your cards...along with a stamped image of course!

Here is my card....

 

Now I love this fab digi image that I've found...it's right up my street and I think it looks fab with the mince pie and Christmas pudding backing paper! I've teamed it all with some festive plain red and gingham ribbons. The image has been coloured with my Promarkers and I have added a little extra sparkle with my Stickles. I made the holly from scrap paper in my stash.

 

For more ribbon inspiration pop by the Sweet Stampin Challenge blog to see the fab cards created by Team Abi. While you're there you can also see what prizes our fab sponsors have for you.

 

This week we are joined by.....

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Hellooeeee!

Good Morning!

I hope you're well and had a lovely weekend. I'm sorry to say that the drifting that I went to see on Saturday was a little bit of a wash out.....Joe's car broke before he even got a practice go on the track! So, he didn't get to qualify this round...it was very disappointing considering the amount of time and money he has spent so far.....lets hope round two is much better! It was a bad day all around really as our friend who was also competing also ended up with a broken car!!

Joe's drift car has had a bit of a makeover this season....here it is in all its glory.....

 

I'm not sure about the colour personally, but he loves it!

 

Soo....you might be wondering what I'm doing here on a Monday morning posting on my blog...shouldn't I be at work?? Well, no...I'm pleased to say that I'm on annual leave this week! Woo hoo! And tomorrow is my Birthday! Woo hoo! So today I am going to a day spa with Becca.....we can't wait...a day relaxing and being pampered!

 

But first I thought I'd do a little crafting!!

 

 

Isn't he a cutie??

 

For this card I have used the fab sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday and a cute bear image which has been coloured with my Promarkers. Here is the sketch that I used.....

 

 

 

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

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Allsorts Challenge - use a letter from your name - R for ribbon and the colour red (Rachel is my real name!!)

Di's Digi Design - all about bears

Cupcake Craft Challenge - cute and cuddly

Make it Monday

 

Pop by all these fab blogs if you've got a spare minute to see the gorgeous DT cards that have been created.

 

Right, I'd better get going....I've got a day of lazying around a pool ahead of me!!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

More Bunnies!

Hello there...I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

My Saturday was just lovely...a purely indulgent day! Joe is drifting this weekend, so I'm home alone. Sooooo...I decided to try out the new tearoom in Farnham called The Vintage Cake House. In fact I've been trying to go there for ages, but its so popular that I never seem to get a table...until today!! I arrived early.....and yes I managed to get myself a table! I have to say its a rather pretty place to have tea....complete with wonderful china, delicious cakes and lovely staff! It may have only been 11am when I arrived...but I decided that its never too early for a cream tea!! And I can confirm that this was the correct choice.....

 

Yes, that scone is huge...but more importantly..it was warm and rather yummy!

 

If anyone happens to be in Farnham I would really recommend a visit! Service comes with a smile and the rest of the cakes looked amazing too....I'll be going back again soon!

 

Anyway, high on my mid-morning sugar rush I then paid a visit to my favourite antiques shop....big mistake!! After rather a long time wandering around the various rooms I treated myself some "new" old china and a lovely set of teaspoons! Whoops! I then spent the rest of the afternoon in the kitchen....today I have Lorna, Becca and Alex visiting me and so I decided I need to get my bake on and make some tasty treats of my own (photos to follow!).

 

What a lovely Saturday!!

 

I also managed to squeeze in a little card making you'll be pleased to hear! I have come across another springtime/Easter card....and so I thought I'd give my cute Easter bunny yet another outing....I really need to buy some more Easter stamps!!

 

 

I've gone with soft pastel colours for this card, perfect for springtime I think! I've kept it simple, using just two papers - the plain blue and the cute striped paper. My bunny has been coloured again with my Promarkers. Then I decided to add some embellishments....I've gone with a pretty white ribbon, a polka dot bow and a lovely cream coloured button.

 

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

 

Di's Digi Challenge - Springtime/Easter

I Love Promarkers - ribbons and bows

Allsorts - 1,2,3 challenge (1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments)

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

 

Pop by all these fab blogs to see the gorgeous DT cards that have been created this week!

 

So, I mentioned that the girlies are visiting me today...thats because we are off to a wine course this afternoon! Hee, hee....I wonder how much we'll actually remember after the course?? Luckily its only a five minute walk back to my house afterwards!!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Woo hoo! A Guest Spot!

Hello there...Happy Monday!

Well I am a happy bunny this morning, because I get to join the fab Love to Create design team once again as a Guest Designer. Thank you ladies for having me back again...its an honour to design a card for your fab challenge blog!

So, the challenge this week is to pick two of the following elements to include on your card....you can pick from die-cuts, pearls, ribbon, distressing and/or sentiment. We're spolit for choice with all those elements!!

I was lucky enough to be given a fab Bugaboo Stamp digi image to play with, I want to say a big thank you for the digi image as its sooooo cute!

So with further ado here is my card.....

 

Told you the image was cute....and right up my street too!!

 

I've coloured my teacups with my Promarkers and then added a combination of pink and brown papers/elements to finish the card.

 

I have used pink flowery ribbon and the cute sentiment for the challenge (there is also a bit of distressing there too!!).

 

For more inspiration on this challenge pop by the Love to Create challenge blog and see all the gorgeous DT cards.

 

I'd also like to enter this card over at Make it Monday.

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Feeling a little sorry for myself...

...sniff, sniff...hello there...Happy Friday!

Well I am really pleased that its Friday....another long week over! I've got the start of a cold and I'm feeling a bit pants! I'm going to make myself feel a bit better by curling up on the sofa tonight with Joe and watching a movie...I've bought some gorgeous soft socks that make me smile (yes I am getting old...soft socks make me smile!!) and I think a big mug of hot chocolate is in order...and maybe some chocolate!!

Before all that I have a card that I'd like to share with you.....

 

Sniff! Sniff! I've picked warm colours for this card and used a combination of plain red paper and gorgeous patterned papers. My Pollycraft image has been coloured with my Promarkers and I have added sparkle to the stars with my Stickles. I've created and decorated three paper flowers.

 

The fab layout is from this week's sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday....

 

 

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

 

DYSU - warm colours

Cute Card Thursday - lots of ribbon

Simon Says Stamp - glimmer and sparkle

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - awesome sketch

Tuesday Throwdown - cute and cuddly

 

Pop by all the blogs mentioned to see the gorgeous DT cards that have been created for these challenges!

 

Also, don't forget to pop back here tomorrow to see the first Saturday My Time to Craft challenge!

 

Sniff, sniff...thanks for popping by today!

See you again soon I hope!

 

Wedgie xxx

 

A little bit vintage

Hello there...hope you've had a fab week!

Mine has been another busy one with a big consultant event mid week which I organised for my work. We brought together medical consultants from across the country for the meeting in London...I've been working on it for ages and I'm pleased that it went well.

In fact I've been so busy with this meeting that I nearly didn't have a card for you today! I headed off to work on Wednesday and hadn't planned to go home until fairly late on Friday evening (I stay with either my mum or my sister, both of them live much closer to my office than I do!). When I got to mum's on Wednesday evening I suddenly realised that I needed to make my card for Sweet Stampin this week! Luckily I had my laptop with me and so I had some digi images to choose from. Then I discovered mum's little craft cupboard....and manage to find enough materials to make this card....

 

Isn't that ribbon fab?? Mum's cupboard is technically full of things for our Brownie meetings, so I am really pleased that I could find these bits and pieces!

 

Sooooo...you might be wondering what the actual challenge is this week at Sweet Stampin!! We have a theme close to my heart this week....we want to see your vintage cards! If you'd like some more inspiration, pop by the Sweet Stampin blog to see all the gorgeous Team Abi DT cards!

 

I think this is a bit more shabby chic than vintage, but the sentiment definitly fits the bill and I love this Pollycraft image (it reminds me of me!!). I have also used some brown parcel paper and some gorgeous backing paper that I found in a craft magazine. I've coloured the image with some colouring pencils that I found!

 

We are joined this week by

 

as our weekly sponsor....and we are joined this month by

 

as our monthly sponsor!

 

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

 

Love to Create - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

 

Pop by these blogs to see all the gorgeous DT cards that have been created!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Lots of pink and purple!

Hello there...Happy Wednesday! Its hump day...the weekend is just around the corner!!

 

Today I have decided to go back to my girlie routes and create a pink and purple sensation for you!

 

What do you think?? Girlie enough??

 

Hee, hee! I've used a selection of pink and purple plain and patterend papers, along with a bright pink envelope (more about that in a bit!)....I've also used some pink ribbon, a super cute digi image (coloured with my Promarkers) and lots of glitter!!

 

So, whats this about an envelope I hear you say....well you see that bright pink layer of paper at the bottom of the card...well thats my pink envelope...I've been recycling! My lovely friend Becca sent me a card recently and it came in this fab envelope....I loved the colour and so decided to keep hold of it, thinking that I'd find a use for it!

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

 

Top Tip Tuesday - Recycle

My Tip - keep hold of coloured envelopes that you get in the post, reuse them on your cards!

 

Love to Create - show us your ribbon or twine

Papertake Weekly - things that make you go awwww!

The Poodles Parlour - here come the girls! 

Try it on Tuesday - anything goes

 

Pop by all these blogs to see the gorgeous cards that have been created this week!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

 

What an exciting week!

Hello there...Happy Tuesday! Hope you're keeping well!

Sorry I've been missing for a couple of days....my internet has been playing up, along with everyone elses who has Virgin Media in Aldershot! I had to wait several days for the engineer to pay me a visit...but I'm all fixed now!

Sooo....I've had a busy week...I went to see the Olympic weight lifting at Excel. I enjoyed it soooo much, I'm so pleased that my sister convinced me that I wanted to go!! Those muscley men are amazing (and wear very tight clothes!!).

I'm not sure why we've got union jacks - there were no Team GB members in this class!!

As well as the actual competition, we also got to watch a medal ceremony, which was soooo cool!!

After the Olympics Joe and I hopped down to Bournemouth for a couple of days. The sunshine held, although it was a little cooler than the week before. We paddled in the sea, walked in the gardens, went to the aquarium and saw a performance of Starlight Express. It was so nice to escape!!

Right....time for some cards me thinks!! I've got two for you this evening as I have been catching up on some challenges....

For my first card I've used this cute Pollycraft image, along with some fab blue papers. I've punched some of the light blue paper with my Martha Stewart punch.

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

Make it Monday

Cupcake Craft Challenge - bunting

Love to Create - punches & dies

Polka Doodles - banners and bunting

My second card is made up of funky black and white paper, some blue and white polka dot paper and some pink ribbon. I've used plain black paper to frame the card and the image. The image is from LOTV and I have coloured it with my Promarkers.

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

Simon Says Stamp - inspiration

The Pink Elephant - ribbon

DYSU - polka dots

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Gift

Pop by all the blogs mentioned to see the gorgeous DT cards that have been created.

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Ribbons and Bows

Hello Folks....Happy Saturday!

Well....you remember earlier this week I told you I'd had two fab pieces of news and I wanted to know what the third bit of good news would? I'd been dreaming of a lottery win and spending all my pennies on a tea room....well I can't quite do that but I can go on a spending spree at Simon Says Stamp! Amazingly I won their $50 prize this week!! How exciting!! Thank you Simon Says Stamp....what am amazing prize!

Anyway, enough about that....its time to tell you all about the new challenge over at Sweet Stampin this week. We've got two fab sponsors joining us for this challenge....

our monthly sponor Joanna Sheen

and this week's sponsor Crafty Ribbons

The theme this week is Ribbons and bows...if you need some inspiration pop by the Sweet Stampin blog and see what Team Abi have been creating!

I love this Digi Doodle image, its sew sweet! Hee, hee! I decided to go a bit girlie with this cards with lots of pink, flowery backing paper, some transparent ribbon and a bright pink button complete with pink bow!

We can't wait to see what you come up with this week!

I have one other bit of news this week....as Thursday evening I had the pleasure of meeting the lovely Abi in person! I went to see Carrie Underwood in concert at the Royal Albert Hall with Abi and her family. It was a fantastic evening and wonderful to meet one of my DT!

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

In the Garden

Hello peeps...hope you've had a fab Tuesday!

I'm back again with another creation...this time with a garden theme, using one of my favourite new stamps....

I've used a basic blue background and topped that with two different design papers and a lovely piece of bright yellow ribbon. I have topped my bright and cheerful background with the green house image that I have coloured with my Promarkers. Finally I finished off the top right hand corner with some faux stitching.

Now I bet you're thinking...why has Wedgie used all this bright paper....these aren't patterns you'd normally find in the garden! Well, this is because I have been inspired by the fab photo challenge at Passion for Promarkers this week....take a peep at this photo....now when I saw this fab collection of ribbons I instantly thought of a rainbow - hence the bright, cheerful stripey paper! I also love nothing better than a garden full of bright flowers...so this paper seemed perfect.

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

Passion for Promarkers - photo inspiration - I went for a rainbow look and added a ribbon!

Papertake Weekly Challenge - in the garden

Crafty Ribbons - flowers - I have some in my green house and some on my blue backing paper

Hooked on Crafts - flowers

With all this talk of flowers I thought I'd also show you my latest addition to my flat....this is Larry the lemon plant! He already has several lemons growing and currently smells amazing with all the blossom!

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Another Monday....

Well.....that was my lovely week over with! I'm back at work and I've nearly forgotten that I've been on holiday at all....apart from my little pot belly that I've gained from all the food and drink I consumed last week!!! Hee, hee!!

Anyway, nothing like a bit of crafting to make you feel a bit better! Sooooo.....I've got a couple of cards for you this evening...first up something a little stripey!

This gorgeous layout is from the sketch at Allsorts this week, isn't it lovely? And the stripes are for this week's stripey challenge over at DYSU.

And here is my second card.....another fab sketch....

This time the sketch is from Pollycraft (as it that gorgeous image that I love!!). I'm also entering this card in the material girl challenge over at Cupcake Craft Challenge....that shocking pink strip is material and I've layered that with some ribbon too. I'd also like to enter this card in the Make it Monday linky party!

Pop by all these blogs to see the gorgeous DT cards that have been created this week.

Right, I'm off....I've got some bread proving in the airing cupboard and I can't wait to get it in the oven! Yummy!!

Thanks for popping by today and I hope to see you again soon!

Wedgie xxx

Its time for tea!

Evening Folks!

I've just realised that I haven't changed my clock in my kitchen....how did I realise?? When my boyfriend called to ask where I was and that dinner was ready! Whoops! Here I was merrily crafting away!!

Anyway, I've been given an extra half an hour so I thought I'd post my handy-work quickly (I still haven't changed the clock!!).

Anyway, my fellow Sweet Stampin DT member Tracey left me message to say I should pop by the CES challenge blog this week because they have a fab challenge that is right up my street....and boy was she right!! Its a photo inspiration challenge....

Isn't that cute?? Loads of things to inspire us...so I rummaged through my many teacup/cupcake stamps and decided to make an afternoon tea inspired card! Papertake Weekly Challenge have a fab sketch for us to use this week and Passion for Promarkers wanted to see us using ribbon and buttons on our projects. Soooooo....here you go:

You can't really see the papers in the background....but one of them has more afternoon tea images on and the other is full of afternoon tea words! Soooo cute! I opted to make my afternoon tea a little regal using some gold pen on my image as well as my Promarkers.

Right, I think I better get going now....I'm really pushing my luck with the time!!

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Bingo!

Happy Saturday!

Today at Sweet Stampin we have the fab Crafts and Me joining us our weekly sponsor.....and the more the merrier I say as this week we're having a brilliant game of bingo! You know the rules....you need to feature three of the elements on our fab bingo board on your card....any three as long as they are in a straight line!

Are you ready? Eyes down....

What a lot of fab things! What will you pick??

I was lucky enough to be able to pick a gorgeous Crafts and Me image from their website for my card this week....and for my bingo card I picked ribbon, buttons and spots......

Now isn't that image fab?? Its so detailed that I decided to colour it using my pencils rather than my Promarkers....I think this was a good decision. I've used grey, blue and green as my colour combo....along with some blue ribbon, a blue spotty button and my paper is spotty! I'm really pleased with how this card turned out.

Pop by the Sweet Stampin blog to see what my fab fellow DT members created this week!

Thanks for popping by today,
Wedgie xxx

More recycling...some ribbon and some hearts!

Hello Campers! I survived another Brownie pack holiday.....or a Brownie Residential Experience as I'm supposed to call it apparently!!! We had tiaras, tears and cupcakes!Two little ones decided go home, but apart from that the little princesses all had a fab time!!

Today I took an annual leave day in order to recover.....I've spent my morning sleeping (I'm getting too old for these weekends!!) and the afternoon crafting! What a wonderful day! I'd like to share a card with you that I'm really quite pleased with....its pretty and sparkly...but not pink or purple (yes, I know how shocked you are!!).

I've gone with a rich red and orange colour combo.....along with a pretty white lace butterfly (taken from a birthday card my aunty sent me last year), some pretty ribbon from my stash and two little hears on pins. I stamped my sentiment and backed it with more of the red paper.

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

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - ribbons

Allsorts - one or more hearts

Cupcake Craft Challenge - recycle

Pop by all these blogs to see the fab DT cards that have been created for us this week!

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Feeling a bit girlie....again!

Ok, so I couldn't resist...give me spare time and I either surf the web or make cards! Tonight I did both...inspired by SSW earlier I decided to surf the web some more and see what other gorgeous blogs I could find....there are so many out there, but one that grabbed my eye is The Shabby Tea Room (do you think it was the name that grabbed my attention?!?). The DT create gorgeous cards on a weekly basis and their blog is absolutely gorgeous too - take a peek!

Their challenge this week is buttons and bows, so I thought I'd give it a go. I decided I wanted to create a really girlie card for this challenge.....

The layout for this card is from this week's sketch challenge over at Papertake Weekly. Take a peek at their blog to see how the DT used this sketch to create some fab cards.

The backing paper on my card is a beautiful pearlised gold card with the pink pattern over the top, I think its really pretty and suited this card. I've used ribbon and pink twine on my pink paper teacup, along with some cute tiny buttons (why do things get cuter when they are smaller??). I've also used a white pen to add some detail on the teacup and the pink backing paper. I think I got a bit carried away! I added another tiny button and a cute bow to the bottom corner for extra girlie appeal. I'm really pleased with this card too - thats two in one evening...I'm on a role!

While looking at the Shabby Tea Room blog I came across Lilsweetpea's blog which is also so gorgeous! As well as fabulous makes you can watch fab tutorials. Lilsweetpea has over 400 followers and to celebrate she is giving away some gorgeous candy - take a peek here!

Right, thats me done for the evening I think - my bed is calling (yes I know its only 10pm, but I'm sleepy!!).

Thanks for stopping by today,
Wedgie xxx

Happy Saturday!

Hello everyone! Hope you're having a fab weekend!

I've had a lovely Saturday....I had a tiny lie in, followed by a mooch around the shops and the lovely monthly market in Farnham. I then came home and did some baking (there are Pimms cupcakes cooling in the kitchen at the moment!) and I made a card! Doesn't sound like much, but I really enjoyed myself!

I decided to make a new home card...this is dedicated to me...as 2011 is the year that I'm finally going to move out of my parents dining room! I haven't found anywhere yet, but I've decided its about time I found my own place again! Poor mum and dad have put up with me for the last three and a half years!!

The card features purple and black papers, along with a fabric house. I actually found this cute fabric at the market this morning....along with some of those buttons! I've also added some ribbon for the chimney and along the bottom of the card.

I'm going to enter this in three challenges....the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge called for tons of texture....I hope fabric, ribbon and buttons count! The Allsorts challenge called for some fancy folds...I always forget how much I enjoy making easel cards! Finally Simon Says has given the theme "new beginnings". Pop along to all these blogs to see some fab DT cards.

Right, think I might go and decorate my cupcakes now...I'm waiting for Joe to come home from the garage so we can go out for some dinner!

Thanks for stopping by today,
Wedgie xxx

Gorgeous Buttons!

Hi there! Hope you're well! Look what I found waiting for me at home after work today.....

....lots of gorgeous pink buttons! Can you see the cute little alligator button? How cool! This lovely selection came from Pixie Rose, a lovely site full of goodies!

I got all my timings wrong this morning, I left Joe's in Aldershot far too early and ended up at my desk at 7:35am! I set off early to miss all the traffic on the A3....but there wasn't any this morning!! Its been a very long day! After work I came home and had time to create the card that I'm going to show you, then off to Brownies and then Guides. I'm now looking forward to going to bed!



Anyway, enough moaning and feeling sorry for myself...here is my card for today:

I based this card on a lovely sketch from Arlana at Sweet Sketch Wednesday, it was lovely to use...pop over to the blog to see how the wonderful SSW DT used it on their gorgeous cards too.

I've used another Penny Black image from the micey days stamps, they're all so cute! The colour scheme of purple, brown and cream was provided by the Penny Black Saturday Challenge blog. This is another new blog I've discovered, which gives a weekly challenge. Anyone can enter as long as they follow the challenge and use at least one Penny Black image. Pop over and take a look at the cute cards the DT have created this week.

Right, I'd better get going before I fall asleep on my laptop!

Thanks for stopping by today and thank you for all the lovely comments that people have been leaving me, they are so nice to read.

Wedgie xxx

Tea for Two

Morning All, the sun is shining, all is good! I got up early for my shower this morning, only for someone else in the house to turn a tap on somewhere else and freeze me mid shower! Bbrrr!

Another blogger has mentioned the Penny Black at Allsorts challenge blog, they run monthly challenges which involve a theme and of course a Penny Black image. The theme for this month's challenge is Punch Away. They are currrently looking for new DT members and since I seem to have developed quite a taste for stamping I thought I give it a go....

This cute image is from the Micey Days stamp set...isn't it lovely?! I decided on a shabby chic feel for this card. For the Penny Black at Allsorts challenge I used my trusty flower punches. I've also followed the recipe from this week's Paper Cutz challenge:

1 ribbon - the pink and white polka dot bit

2 buttons

3 colors - my colours are maroon, pink and cream

Right, time for some breakfast I think....I've also got a lovely treat for my morning coffee today as I baked coffee cupcakes last night - yummy!

Have a fab day everyone and thanks for popping by!

Wedgie xxx