Get creative with Kraft!

Hello there!

Me again! I'm back with my second post for today...if you're looking for my Sweet Stampin DT post please scroll down!

Soooo.....we have another fab challenge for you over at My Time to Craft this week...we'd like to see you using some kraft on your project! Simples!

I've used a cute DigiStamp Boutique image.....

 

I love this sentiment...it always reminds me of my friend Becca who can shop for England!!

 

I've gone with bright colours to compliment the kraft that I have used. I have also added a punched kraft flower and added a gem for a little sparkle. My image has been coloured with my Promarkers.

 

Pop by the My Time to Craft challenge blog to see how the other lovely DT members have used kraft on their projects this week!

 

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

 

Make it Monday

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

DigiStamp Boutique - april challenge

 

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

 

Now I must tell you that fab little Barry and Gerty (the cutest dogs ever - you'll have seen them on previous posts) have gone viral and now have their own blog! To see more cute photos and see what they've been up to pay them a visit!

 

Ohhh...and I couldn't resist adding one more photo from Saturday night....

 

 

I really did love my victory roll and bright red lips!

 

Thanks for popping by today!

Wedgie xxx

Anything but a Birthday!

Hello there...lovely to see you!

I'm sorry that I haven't been around much in blogland this week...after my lovely week off work I was rudely brought back to reality with a rather busy work diary this week! I'm currently demonstrating some new software to colleagues around the business and this has meant trips to Leeds, our head office in New Malden and Cheltenham....lots of travelling!

Anyway, I wanted to say a BIG thank you to everyone for their lovely Birthday messages, I've really loved reading them all and will be visiting you all soon I promise. I had a brilliant birthday and a fab party last Saturday, everyone dressed for the occassion and we listened to rock n roll all night ......

 

This is me and Joe ready to party...my fab hair stylist Lucy gave me my retro do!

 

Everyone made such an effort...here I am with the girlies (and Gerty the puppy!)

 

Finally, it wouldn't be a blog post without some cake!

 

Soooo....today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin this week is really quite good for me. The challenge is "anything but a Birthday"....so we want to see your projects that do not include Birthdays! Considering all the lovely pressies I recieved last week I opted to make a thank you card....

 

 

I've gone all pretty and girlie for this card, using soft pastel colours to compliment the pretty doilly and flower paper. My cupcakes have been coloured with my Promakers and I have added a little bit of sparkle to the cherries.

 

Pop by the Sweet Stampin challenge blog to see all the fab projects that the Team Abi have created this week. While you're there you can find out about the fab prizes that our sponsors are offering this week...

 

 

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

 

Make it Monday

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

 

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

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

All Stitched Up!

Hello there! Happy Saturday!

Well....one thing I can say is that time sure does fly when you're having fun! I'm not sure what has happened to my week off...its whizzed by!

I've had a fab week....Monday was spent in the spa with my best friend Becca. We really were ladies of leisure - I was soooo relaxed afterwards. Then I spent a couple of days on the Isle of Wight with Joe - and that was brilliant. There is sooo much to do and see, we're definitly going back! I think the best bit was feeding the penguins and walking with the wallabys (yes I am a big kid at heart!!).

Now it's Saturday again and tonight is my 1950s themed birthday party....I can't wait to see how everyone looks! I've baked myself a Birthday cake (the problem with being "the one that bakes" in a group of friends is that there is no one to bake your cake when its your Birthday!!). Here is a sneak peek.....

Anyway, enough of my jabbering....I have a card for you today for the fab challenge over at My Time to Craft. This week we have a "stitching" theme....your card can feature real or faux stitching we don't mind as long as there are some stitches on there!!

I've gone a little mad with the theme....but when I saw this digi image I just had to have it!!

 

 

Isn't ot fab?? Not sure what has happened to the colour of my photo...I messed around with it a bit and seem to have produced some hot pink bits which aren't really that pink!! Think pastel colours!!

 

I've coloured my image with my Promarkers, going with pretty pastel shades (honest!!) to go with the kraft and pretty patterened backing paper. I've added my faux white stitches to the kraft to make them stand out.

 

Pop by the My Time to Craft Challenge blog to see how my lovely teamies used stitching on their cards!

 

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

 

Make it Monday

I Heart Promarkers - pastel colours

Papertake Weekly - one paper taker (one patterened paper only)

Top Tip Tuesday - sewing that isn't machine sewing

 

If you've got a minute pop by all these fab blogs for some great inspiration!

 

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

Up in the Air!

Hello there....me again!

This is my second post for today...please scroll down to see my Sweet Stampin DT card.

This time I'm back with the My Time to Craft challenge...and this week our theme is "Up in the Air"....and by this we mean we'd like you to include something on your card that is in the sky. Birds, bees, airplanes, spaceships...the sky's your limit! Plus we'd like to see the item as the main focus of your creation, not just an embellishment.

I decided to aim high...very high.....

 

Hee, hee!

 

I love this backing paper, the colours are just fab and those little stars are a nice extra. Plus I think it goes really well with my fab spaceman image! The image has been coloured with my Promarkers and I tried to go with brighter colours aganist the darker background.

Pop by the My Time to Craft blog to see how the fab DT used the theme this week!

I'd also like to enter this challenge at:
Make it Monday

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Pretty Pastels

Hello there...Happy Saturday!

I hope you are keeping well and had a lovely week. Today my posts are scheduled as its the first round of the British Drifting Championships and I will be spending the day at the side of a race track in Kent watching Joe slide around the track. I have my fingers crossed that the weather is going to be kind to me....a race track is a cold, drafty place to be on a bad weather day!!

I also have something really exciting to show you...well I think its exciting.....this week I have been lucky enough to become the owner of a gorgeous purple Kitchen Aid mixer!!!

 

Sorry ....probably not as exciting to everyone else, but I really love it! I've wanted a Kitchen Aid for ages and so I decided to treat myself using some money that my Dad left me. Its going to last me forever and I will use it a lot.....so I think Dad would approve!! Oh and that's a rather lovely banana cake sitting next to the mixer...my first bake made with the mixer!

 

Anyway, you're not here today to hear about Joe's cars or see my new mixer....no you're to find out about this week's challenge over at Sweet Stampin! Well, this week we have a very pretty challenge for you...we want to see pastels on your project.

 

Inspired by my love of cakes and my new mixer here is my card.....

 

 

Hee, hee....I wish that sentiment was true of all cakes!

 

This is a new Digi Stamp Boutique image that I recently bought which I think is very cute! I've coloured my image with my Promarkers. I've used a combination of pretty pastel papers both plain and floral, along with a doily cut using a new die. Finally I added some punched flowers and some faux stitching. I'm really pleased with how this card turned out...pretty and girlie and full of cupcakes!

 

Pop by the Sweet Stampin blog to see how the rest of the fab DT used pastels on their cards! While there you can also find out about the fab prizes our sponsors have for you this week....

 

 

 

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

 

Digi Stamp Boutique

Simon Says Stamp - April showers and/or spring flowers

 

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

 

Thanks for popping by today!

Wedgie xxx

Wishing you a Krafty Christmas!

Hello there!

Happy Wednesday! It's hump day....and that means that after today I only have two days of work left until my week's annual leave is here! Woo hoo! I am so looking forward to having some time off...can you tell?? I'm lucky enough to have lots of plans and so I'm really wishing the days away this week! I'm off to a day spa with Becca, then Joe and I are spending a couple of days on the Isle of Wight...then I'm having a 1950s themed birthday party!

Anyway, I'm not here to bore you with my plans.....no I'm here to tell you about this month's challenge over at Christmas at Sweet Stampin! This month we'd like to celebrate a Krafty Christmas.....with cards or projects featuring kraft paper!

I like using kraft on my projects and so I really enjoyed making this card....

 

I've gone with traditional red and greens to go with my Kraft...which I've used as a card base and a panel in the background. I've coloured my cute image with my Promarkers, adding a little sparkle to the snow with my Stickles. I've added a sentiment and finally some faux white stitches.

 

Pop by the Christmas at Sweet Stampin challenge blog to see all the gorgeous DT cards that have been created this month. While there you can also find out about the fab prize on offer from our sponsor this month....

 

 

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

 

Make it Monday

Stampin Sensations - Special Occasions (a celebration that's not a Birthday!)

Pop by these fab challenge blogs to see the gorgeous DT cards that have been created.

Thanks for popping by today,
Wedgie xxx

 

Late night inspiration....

Hello there!

A quick late night post from me tonight! I've had a lovely time this evening zipping around blog-land, catching up on all the gorgeous cards that people have been making recently. I wasn't going to make a card tonight, but after spending so much time looking at gorgeous cards I was inspired!!

So, here is my card....

 

Please excuse the slightly odd shape of the card....and the bad lighting...this is what happens when you get too excited and do things in a rush!!!

 

I love this cute little image, which some of you might recognise from older posts. I just think those little kitties are soooo cute! I always wonder what they might be singing and how bad they sound!!

 

I've used fresh spring time colours for this card, coupled with that gorgeous piece of Kraft paper (my new addiction at the moment!!). I've coloured my image with my Promarkers, and added a sentiment and some punched flowers.

 

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

 

Cupcake Craft Challenge - raining cats and dogs

The Pink Elephant - spring colours

 

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

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

What a productive day!

Hello there...hope you're keeping well!

Well, I have to say that I've had a rather lovely productive day! Today I have managed to make a batch of rather scrummy lemon and raspberry cupcakes....

 

I took some of these to my friend who has recently moved house....she was quite pleased with my offering! We had a gossip over a cup of tea and a cake! Then I came back home and I've re-strung a bracelet that I made and broke a while ago. I thought I'd managed to find all the beads when it broke, so I just re-strung what I had....but either I've lost a bead or two.....or my wrist has got larger!! I'm kinda hoping I've lost some beads!!

 

I have also managed to pot four blueberry plants and make a lot of DT cards for my blog! Oh and to compensate for all the cake I also managed to fit a quick run in! I'd say that was a good day, wouldn't you?

 

I also managed to make a card for a couple of challenges.....

 

 

I'm really pleased with how this card turned out, I love the pretty colours and papers! The image is a free one that I got with a magazine recently, I coloured it with my Promarkers and added a little sparkle to the buttlerfly with my Stickles. The flowers are punched from plain pink paper and I have added a gem to the centres.

 

The cute layout comes from Sweet Sketch Wednesday....and its a special one because it's Arlana's 200th sketch! How amazing is that?? Here it is....

 

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

 

Allsorts - spring has sprung

Di's Digi Designs - flower frenzy

Top Tip Tuesday - girls and boys come out to play

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

 

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

 

Thanks for popping by today....I'm off to do a little more cross stitch now!

 

Wedgie xxx

 

Keeping it Clean and Simple

Hello there! Happy Saturday!

I hope you're keeping well and have had a good week...I do love four day weeks!

Soooo.....do you remember last weekend I had an easter themed tea with my sister and my friends? Well, here is the feast that we tucked into....

 

I made cute little bunny and chick iced biscuits, some vanilla cupcakes with rabbit ears and some mini chocolate eggs for everyone. Lorna made her fab scones....and what she called her healthy chocolate nests. Instead of cornflakes covered in chocolate to make her nests she used wholegrain shredded wheat!! To be honest I wouldn't have known if she hadn't told us!!

 

We all had a fab time.....making paper chicks and enjoying the easter egg hunt that mum lay for us. She had us chasing around the neighbourhood, it was great fun!

 

I hope you all had lovely Easter weekends too.

 

This week's challenge over at My Time to Craft is one of those that most crafters either love or they hate....that's right...its a clean and simple challenge!

 

 

I've kept it extremly simple with a cute Simon Says stamped image which is colored with my Promarkers, some doodling and a hand written sentiment. I love the image, it makes me smile every time I look at it!

 

Pop by the My Time to Craft challenge blog to see what beautiful creations all the fab DT have made this week!

 

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

 

Make it Monday

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

 

Pop by these fab blogs to see the gorgeous DT cards!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Time for a quick challenge or two....

Hello there!

How are you today? Its been another really busy week for me....I've hardly had any time to craft! Now thats a sad state of affairs I'm sure you'll agree!!

Soooo, this evening I decided I needed to get crafting!

 

I started off with a quick tag.....

 

I love these cute stamps!

 

Today I've coloured them with my Promarkers, going for fab bright colours. I've used plain backing papers for the main background and then used a pretty patterned paper for the punched flower. Finally I added some faux stitching as a border and a pretty gem to the flower. The last thing I added was the bright and cheerful ribbon.

 

I'd like to enter this tag in the "tag your it" challenge over at Love to Create this week. Pop by the blog to see all the gorgeous tags that have been created by the DT.

 

I then had some more time and so I decided to make a card too....

 

 

I just love this paper...it comes from a set which are all similar....teacups, teapots, flowers, soft colours galore!! I decided to pair the pretty backing paper with this cute tea image and lots of flowers! I've coloured my image with my Promarkers and added gems to the flowers once again. I also added more faux stitching as borders to the image and sentiment. I'm really pleased with how this card turned out.

 

I'd like to enter this card over at the Happy Birthday challenge over at Simon Says Stamp where they are celebrating their 4th Birthday.

 

Pop by Simon Says Stamp to see all the gorgeous DT cards and to see the fab prizes on offer.

 

Thanks for popping by today, I hope to see you again soon.

 

Wedgie xxx