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

T is for.....

....Tree....a christmas tree!

Morning all....hope you're all well today! A quick post for you this morning, after I left you last night I was very naughty and instead of heading to bed like I wanted to do I started experimenting with some buttons! Here is the result...

I've recently aquired a lot of red buttons and as they seem to be really popular at the moment I wondered how I could use them on a Christmas card. The tree is a triangle of green paper and the base is an old tag that I've cut to size. I used a mixture of red buttons in different shades and sizes.

As well as being a very simple card, this also fits in with two challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge - T is for Tree
Charisma Cardz - anything goes

Pop over to each blog to see all the wonderful DT cards!

Right, I'm off to work now....I'm in the midst of arranging two national meetings at the moment and so my inbox is rather full!

Thanks for stopping by today,
Wedgie xxx

R is for.....

....a very cheeky Rudolph! Hee, hee!

Morning Everyone...I've still got this rotten cold! Thank you for everyone's well wishes. I'm hoping this cold will disappear magically overnight, I'm spending the bank holiday weekend in Ledbury with my sister and her hubby...yes, I know I'm playing gooseberry, but to be honest it never feels like that with those two. I'm really looking forward to it, so I hope I'm feeling a bit better.

So, whats this about a cheeky Rudolph I hear you ask...well the the current challege over at ABC Christmas Challenge is "R is for Rudolph". The DT have all created gorgeous cards featuring out favourite red nosed reindeer. Here is mine....

I love this design for Christmas cards, I used it quite a bit last year as I think the Rudolph looks fab peeking out of the corner of the card. I usually use a plain coloured background, but I decided to try a patterned paper this time and I think it looks good. I always add a little glitter glue to the nose to make it stand out a little more.

Right, I better get going...work is calling.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Wedgi xxx

Q is for.....

....quick and easy! Perfect for an early morning challenge!

Morning everyone....another grey morning greeted me when I drew the curtains this morning! I was also greeted by this week's challenge over at the ABC Christmas Challenge...which is Q is for quick and easy! As well as the letter, there is an optional sketch to follow along with the request for multiple cards. I've opted just to follow the main challenge, but take a peek at all the gorgeous DT cards...there are loads!

I've used this format recently on a Birthday card, but this goes to prove that it works well for any sentiment! I've stamped the sentiment with some gorgeous little stamps and then added some holly which I made from paper scraps. A little bit of glitter added some sparkle and here you go....a very quick and easy, but stylish Christmas card!

As well as this card I've also managed to pack a bit for my weekend trip, so I'm starting to feel a bit more organised now! I'd better get my stakes on though, work is calling!

Thanks for popping by today and I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Wedgie xxx

Take a peek through a christmas window.....

....and what will you see??

Hello everyone, hope you're all well and had a lovely weekend. Mine was nice, uneventful, but fun! This evening I have a little Christmas card for you....I haven't been very good with my christmas challenges over the last few weeks so I decided to crack on and get at least one finished!

Now the main inspiration for this card is the challenge over at Bah! Humbug! this week, where the lovely ladies have asked for a project featuring "through the window". What a cool challenge! The DT have created some lovely cards - go take a peek!

Here is my window scene....

As you know I love easel cards and luckily enough the challenge over at Winter Wonderland is an easel card with sparkle and shine! The ladies have created some lovely cards this week, take a peek! I managed to make mine so shiny that I couldn't take a decent photo without the flash ruining the image slightly - still I hope you get the idea! I've used a selection of patterened, coloured and shiny papers and card to create this window scene. My scene outside the window features two images that I got free with a craft magazine - I never know how to use these when I get them and usually end up with loads of them! So hopefully I've used them well this time!

I've been looking for other Christmas challenges this week and come across two other blogs that I'd also like to enter this card into. There is ABC Christmas Challenge a fortnightly challenge blog where the current theme is P is for presents with the added option of lace....if you peek out of my window you will see lots of lovely pressies waiting to be delivered! I have also found Die Cut Dreams, which is another weekly christmas challenge blog. Their theme this week is snowmen.....I'm hoping they'll let me enter this card even though my snowman isn't that obvious! You should take a peek at both of these blogs for gorgeous cards!

Anyway, I think I'm going to post again with another card in a bit....I've been busy creating a manly card for another challenge, it just needs finishing and then I'll back be!

Wedgie xxx