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

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

A little Monday humour

Hello there....Happy Monday!

I hope you've had a good Monday! I'm back with a card to make you smile...whether you've had a bad day or not!!

Hee, hee! I know I've used this digi quite recently, but it does make me laugh!

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

Passion for Promarkers - humour

Papertake Weekly - Buttons, Bows, Bling & Blooms - use as many as you like

(I went for blooms, bling and homemade buttons!)

Simon Says Stamp - Sketch

Thanks for popping by,
Wedgie xxx

Feeling a little autumnal!

Oh my goodness! Have you noticed anything different about my blog? I'm so happy - I've gained a shiny new badge in the side bar! The wonderful ladies at Sweet Sketch Wednesday have awarded me with their top three badge for last week's spooky cupcake card - thank you ladies! Its always a pleasure to use Arlana's fab sketches each week, and I love stopping by all the wonderful DT blogs to see what they've been up to. I've had a rather stressful evening and it was so nice to come home and find this lovely surprise - it made my evening!

Without further ado here is this week's card for the new Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge:

I've actually turned the sketch on it's side...I hope thats ok! In the original sketch the flower is on the righthand side....take a peek at the SSW blog and see all the gorgeous DT cards.

I'm also entering this card in two other challenges - both monthly challenges with an autumnal theme.

Penny Black at Allsorts called for a project featuring colours of autumn, and of course a penny black image. As you know I love these cute little mice, they feature on a lot of my cards at the moment! I also love all the gorgeous colours at the moment, deep and vibrant - reds, oranges, browns and whats left of the greenery!

The other challenge I'd like to enter this into is the monthly Sir Stampalot challenge. This month the theme is Autumn Breezes, Buttons and a Bow. For the autumn breezes I decided to opt for the colours of autumn, I have hidden my button on my flower and one of my mice is wearing a red bow!

Pop along to both the monthly blogs to see all the fab DT cards for some inspiration.

Right, I'm shattered....well, there is nothing new there! Thanks again to the wonderful SSW ladies, I was so chuffed to see my name on your blog!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Wedgie xxx

A little distressed!

Hello and thanks for stopping by!

I have to admit that I am feeling a little sorry for myself at the moment, I am exhausted from the whole knee situation and to be honest more than a bit fed up of it all. I know I shouldn't moan, its not life threatening and it could be a whole lot worse......but I'm still just not feeling it at the moment...no stiff upper lip for me! Ha, ha! How very un-British of me! As you can tell one thing that's keeping me going is entering all the fab card challenges that get posted every week - I can't recommend doing them enough as they really push you out of your comfort zone and stretch your imagination!

This week over at the allsorts challenge blog they want us to get all distressed with buttons and a bow! They quite rightly point out that us crafters have a tendency of being fairly neat....we like to cut things in striaght lines with a guillotine! By the way have you seen those laser guided scissors that have been advertised on telly recently?! Apparently you get a straight line if you follow the laser line.....the demo I saw didn't do a fab job though and I'm not convinced....I'd love to hear from you if you have some!

Anyway, shopping aside I decided to rise to the challenge and add a little bit of distressing to my latest card. The DT have been very inspirational, giving me the courage to tear my paper for a change, giving it a raw edge, which I actually think looks quite nice. Take a peek at their designs here. I decided I wanted a bright and cheerful card and so stepped away from the pinks once again, I also wanted to use some new embellishments that I've recently bought - the little person and the car! Super cute!

So, I used a square white card as the base and topped it with a piece of green straight edged paper and a piece of patterend paper with the raw edges, to add a little contrast. I've used some funky ribbon and a brilliant big, green button which is hand stitched onto the card. This was a simple card to put together and I hope it will make someone smile!

I'm going to try and not be so grumpy at work...in fact in life generally......I wish the sun would shine a little more....maybe that would cheer me up a bit!

Thanks for stopping by, see you soon!
Wedgie Xxx