A cupcake with a difference...

...hello there....another Wednesday is upon us! As you all know I love Wednesdays because its time for a new challenge from two of my favourite blogs!

I've had a nice evening with my Brownies tonight, we had less girls than normal so we decided to make pizza! The girls loved getting their hands messy with the dough and I have to say they are very creative with their toppings! It was a fun evening! I then came home and got a bit creative with a new mini kit that I've bought from the Creative Cottage, this card is for the Creative Cottage challenge this week where the theme is Halloween:

I told you that it was a cupcake with a difference! This is a fab mini kit with papers and embellishments, Tracy is a very talented lady! Pop over to the Creative Cottage shop to see all her other delights...plus at the moment you can save 20% on anything you buy! As well as the mini kit I added some orange and purple papers from my stash and some fab black glitter - spooky! The DT have all created some fab cards, pop over to their blog and take a peek!

The wonderful layout for this card comes from my other favourite blog...yes you've guessed it...it's from Arlana at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. This is yet another wonderful sketch, and I really enjoyed using it. Take a peek at the blog to see all the gorgeous DT cards.

Finally you'll notice that this isn't a particularly neat offering...there is quite a bit of distressing within my layers. Don't worry...I did it on purpose...this for the "distressing" theme from the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge! I'm not keen on distressing....but I thought it would work well on a spooky halloween card! Take a peek at the blog to see all the gorgeous DT cards.

Right, I'm off for a bit of blog hopping now!
Thanks for popping by today, oh and I wanted to say a big hello to all my new followers!

Wedgie xxx

Er....scary creatures are coming...honest!

Morning All,

I think I'm getting the beginning of some bug...I'm feeling quite lously this morning! Anyway, health report over...I found something really exciting (at least for me) yesterday...I popped over to Cupcake Craft Challenge to see this week's challenge...and found that I'd won last week's top prize! How exciting! I now have $20 to spend at Simon Says Stamp! I haven't got a clue what I want so I am really going to enjoy browsing! Thank you ladies!

The challenge that cupcake have set this week is Scary Creatures, take a peek at the blog to see all the gorgeous DT cards. I have to admit that my card features some little creatures that appear to be more cute than scary...but they are supposed to be cute!!

I'm not that great at Halloween cards and my mojo is still hiding away at the moment, so I decided to aim for a bright, fun "hello" card that could be used on any occasion. I did really enjoy making this card, which is basically made with paper from my stash, some speech bubbles created on my computer and two mini monsters. The finished card really makes me smile!

Right, I'm off to work now, already running late so I better get a wiggle on!

Thanks for stopping by today,
Wedgie xxx

Dancing Queen!

Hello everyone, hope you're having a good day.

Just a quick post for you this evening...I can't believe its nearly 11pm already!

This card is called Dancing Queen and I am entering it in two challenges....first off the theme came from this week's challenge over at Allsorts where we have been asked to create something inspired by a song title. I love a bit of Abba, and have been known to sing along (badly) at the top of my voice to "Dancing Queen" on more than one occasion...I therefore thought it was a brilliant title to inspire a card. Pop over to Allsorts to see all the lovely DT cards for more inspiration. I've used sheet music for "Dancing Queen" on the card, just so everyone knows my inspiration!

Cute Card Thursday's challenge is "make your own"...so no shop bought embellishments allowed! I've created my shoes and dress from paper in my stash...regular visitors will know that I love making things so this challenge was right up my street! For more handmade embellishments pop over to the Cute Card Thursday blog.

Right, I'm off....my bed is calling...there is something about the colder months of the year that just make me want to crawl into bed at every opportunity....maybe I should be hibernating!

Thanks for stopping by today,
Wedgie xxx

Hello there!

Sorry its been a while since my last post....not sure whats been going on really, I just haven't really felt like making any cards! Shock horror I know!! My knee has been playing up again and I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself really. Hopefully it won't last though!

For the first time in a week I decided to make a new card.....

The layout for the card has come from the fab sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday and the theme for the card came from Cupcake Craft Challenge where the theme is "Happy Hour". I decided because I am feeling a little gloomy I wanted to make a nice, bright card...when I looked at the final card I decided it reminded me a bit of autumn...those lovely reds and oranges. For that reason I'm also entering it in the Charisma Cardz challenge this week where the theme is autumn colours.

Check out all the blogs mentioned above to see all the gorgeous DT cards.

Right, I've got to get going....I'm out in london tonight with my friend Becca. We're having dinner and seeing a movie, I'm really looking forward to it. Then my friend Sheree is popping by tomorrow...but hopefully I'll be back with another card then.

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxxx

Nearly Time For Christmas!

Hello there! How are you today?

My lovely mum took me out for dinner this evening which was really nice...until a group of 16 young girls arrived to celebrate a birthday. I watched as they made lots of noise, laughed at other diners and generally made a nuisance of themselves...then I uttered the words that made me realise that I'm no longer a spring chicken...."I hope we weren't like that when we were their age!" My goodness! When did I stop associating myself with the younger generation?!? I then ranted for about ten minutes about good manners! My poor mum...at least she knows she brought me up properly!

Anyway, I've got a little card for you this evening that is perfect for three different challenges:

This is a Christmas card for a man....something that I've never done before!

Winter Wonderland - A male Christmas card

Charisma Cardz - Christmas

Cute Card Thursday - Tic Toc

I always struggle with male birthday cards, so when I saw the Winter Wonderland theme I think I actually shuddered! However, when I started thinking about what might make a good masculine Christmas card I realised that it would fit in quite nicely with the tic toc theme over at CCT. I've kept the card layout simple and used strong contrasting colours.

Take a peek at the three blogs above to see all the gorgeous DT cards.

Right, thats it from me tonight...I'm off to watch a bit of Strictly Come Dancing! Thanks for popping by today and for all your lovely comments.

Wedgie xxx