What's Cooking?

Hello there....welcome back to another fab Sweet Stampin challenge! I am soooo excited about this week's challenge...its right up my street!!

This week our theme is What's Cooking or Something to Eat. Now as most of you know I love baking nearly as much as crafting - I can easily spend a whole afternoon locked away in the kitchen creating sweet treats - and so this challenge is perfect for me!!

I've also gone a little retro for my card, using fab tin can backing paper, along with some gorgeous cherry patterened backing paper.....

I love this image and use it quite a lot....I also love the sentiment that goes with it! I've coloured my image with my Promarkers and I've added a little sparkle to the glass and pot using my Stickles. I've used plain blue backing paper to frame everything.

Pop by the Sweet Stampin blog to see all the gorgeous DT cards that have been created this week...there are some really gorgeous images!!

I'd also like to enter this card over at:

 

The Poodles Parlour - anything goes

Don't forget that we have prizes for our lucky winners each week! This week we are joined by....

 

and of course we have our fab monthly sponsor.....

 

I can't wait to see your tasty creations!!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Visiting an Old Friend.....

Hello there...Happy Monday! I hope you've had a lovely day!

Soooo....I enter a lot of challenges and visit a lot of challenge blogs...we all know that....and I seem to go through phases of which ones I visit regularly. One challenge blog that I used to visit every Wednesday without fail, but one that I haven't visited in ages is Sweet Sketch Wednesday. The ladies over there are all so talented and friendly....I couldn't resist popping by this evening to see what they've been creating.

Here is their fab sketch for this week....

 

Plus they have a lovely theme of celebrating women....I decided to make a card that celebrates female friendship....I love to make cakes and cards for my friends "just beacause" and so when I saw this cute freebie image everything fell into place!

 

 

Isn't she sweet?? Just put some glasses on her and it could be me!! The image is from Sliekje Digi Stamps where Angelique creates super cute images. The girl in the image does have legs...but I wanted to make her a bit smaller and so I cut them off - I hope Angelique doesn't mind!!

 

I've gone with pinks and soft pastel colours for this card to make it really girly, but added a bit of blue to make my image stand out. I coloured the image with my Promarkers and added a little sparkle to the cupcake with my Stickles. I've also added my sentiment in a banner.

 

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

 

Love to Create - thinking of you

The Pink Elephant - banners

Top Tip Tuesday - good with food

 

My Tip this fortnight - the ribbon on my card actaully belong's to my sister's new PJs!! Its the ribbon loops that are there to keep your clothes on the hanger. Now before you get the wrong idea, I didn't just cut off the ribbon without her knowing....but she did decide she didn't need the ribbon as she wouldn't be hanging up her PJs and so cut it off and gave it to me! What a fab way to add to my ribbon stash for free!! So what are you waiting for...go check your clothes for excess ribbon!!

 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - fab sketch

 

Pop by all the blogs mentioned to see the gorgeous DT cards that have been created to inspire us!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Having a Clean and Simple Moment!

Hello there...Happy Wednesday!

Sooo....I have a quick card for you this morning that was quick to make, but looks pretty fab (even if I do say so myself!!).

I've loved making cards like this ever since the lovely Faye told me how to create them!! They always seem to turn out fab!

I've stamped and coloured my image in the bottom corner and opposite it I've stamped my sentiment. I've then done a little doodling to finish off the card!

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

Cute Card Thursday - clean and simple

Crafty Sentiments - clean and simple

Always Crafting - food

Make it Monday

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

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Food Glorious Food!

Evening Folks!

Thanks for popping by today...after a busy day at work I've had a really lovely evening....I had absolutely nothing planned and Joe is seeing some friends tonight...so what did I decide to do...make some cards! Bliss!

This month's challenge over at Stampalot Challenge is "Food Glorious Food"....a subject close to my heart! Anyone whose visited my blog before knows that I love cooking....particularly baking and this is often reflected in my cards. This evening is no different....

I went all girlie for this card...lots of pink and sparkle and a fab cupcake to celebrate someone's Birthday!

I've also been asked to make a card for someone at work recently which also kinda fits in with this theme....and another one of my passions....wine! The Birthday boy in question loves his wine too and so I decided to make him his own bottle of wine....a very fine vintage! I've made my bottle out of paper and added a lable printed with the Birthday boy's name and date of birth. I made a little Happy Birthday tag and tied this around the neck of the bottle.

Well, its only just gone 8pm and I'm thining about bed already! The joys of an evening with no plans! I think a mug of hot chocolate and a good book are calling!

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Food Glorious Food!

Happy Saturday everyone!

I hope you're well today.....I'm in a fab mood as its my first official challenge over at Sweet Stampin this week! Woo hoo! The theme this week couldn't be better either....it's Food Glorious Food! I was sooo happy when I found out!

Our fab sponsor in June is Prairie Fairy...they have a cool collection of digi images....and if you're our lucky month winner in June you'll get to pick five images as your prize...how cool! Thank you for a fab prize Prairie Fairy!

In fact you can see one of Prairie Fairy's fab images right here...as I was kindly given an image to play with this week......

...bet you're suprised there are no cupcakes on the card!

I decided to be a bit different for a change and this ice cream cone looked so yummy that I just had to use it! I've coloured it using my Promarkers and I've added an extra layer to my ice cream to make it stand out from the card. I've also embellished with a little glitter glue and a punched flower....yes I'm aware that you don't usually get flowers on ice cream cones, but hey...this is one of my cones!

As well as our monthly sponsor we also have Bunny Zoe's Crafts joining us this week as our weekly sponsor...check out the Sweet Stampin Challenge blog to see what you

could win!

Now don't forget to pop by my fellow DT blogs to check out their gorgeous creations....right with all this talk of yummy food my tummy is rumbling....I'm off to find something tasty to eat!

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx