Get in the Halloween Spirit!

Hello there,

Happy Saturday! I hope you are well and have had a fab week!

Today we're back with a fab, spooky challenge at Sweet Stampin....yes, we want to see you getting in the mood for Halloween with your frighteningly good Halloween cards!

Mine might be a bit more cute than terrifying.....

I love this image - its definitely an oldie but a goodie for me! Especially when matched with a pair of Googly eyes! I really enjoyed making this card.

I've kept the colours fairly limited, opting for hints of Halloween colours here and there rather than great big splashes. I've also used a fab spider's web backing paper....I suppose the one thing I am missing is a spider or two!

For more spooky Halloween inspiration pop by the Sweet Stampin challenge blog and take a peek at the fab DT cards that Team Abi have created this week....while you're there you can read all about our fab sponsor this week...

We're looking forward to seeing your creations.

Wedgie xxx

Brrr...its a bit chilly....time for a quilt!

Hello there,

Well, if you are in the UK I hope you survived the storm on Sunday night! It was really windy here in Farnham and we lost two of our fence panels....apart from that everything else survived ok.

It's also been Halloween this week, so I hope you all had a spooky time! Last weekend I hosted a Halloween themed afternoon tea for my friends.....

 

 

I really love Halloween afternoon teas, you get to be so creative! For this tea we had snail wraps and skull cheese biscuits. We indulged in eyeball cake bites, ghost biscuits and cobweb millionaire shortbreads to name a few of the sweet treats!

 

 

To find out more and to see more scrummy photos pop by the Tea with Me and Friends afternoon tea blog!

 

So, on with this week's challenge from My Time to Craft...this week the weather seems to have got a bit colder and so you might have got your winter quilt out. To mirror the colder weather we'd like to see some quilting on your cards this week....all you need to do is make your background look like a quilt!

 

I've gone with a pink and brown colour combo that I love - I think it looks so sweet, especially when topped with a cake or two! My image is from Digi Stamp Boutique and I have coloured it with my Promarkers - adding a little sparkle with my Stickles. I've also added some faux stitching to the card and a printed sentiment.

 

Pop by the My Time to Craft website for more fab inspiration from the DT.

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

 

Make it Monday

DigiStamp Boutique - Customer Competition

 

If you get the chance pop by these fab challenge blogs!

 

Thank you for popping by today!

Wedgie xxx

 

 

Boo!

Hello there!

Happy Saturday! I hope you are well and have had a fab week!

So, its time for a new challenge over at Sweet Stampin and this week we are getting ready for Halloween - yes we'd like to see your spooky creations!

This week we are sponsored by Stampfairy

 

 

and Team Abi were lucky enough to be given some fab digi images to play with!

 

I think my card is probably more cute than spooky.....

 

 

See....I told you it was cute! I love this image though!

 

I've printed my image and coloured with my Promarkers. My background is made up of purple backing paper and black n white and orange patterned papers. I have also added some bling in the form of my orange Stickles!

 

Pop by the Sweet Stampin Challenge blog to see all the fab Halloween cards that Team Abi have created this week! While you're there you can find out about our fab monthly sponsor.....

 

 

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

 

Crafty Sentiments - anything goes

City Crafter Challenge Blog - Trick or Treat

 

Thanks for popping by today!

Wedgie xxx

 

Spooky Wishes....

Hello there - I hope you've had a fab week!

I'm back with a fab challenge from My Time to Craft...this week we are getting ready for Halloween with a spooky challenge!

We want to see your Halloween creations that feature a black cat! You can include anything on your card....as long as there is a black cat too!

 

I love this super cute Digi Stamp Boutique image that I bought last year, she just makes me smile...especially since she has her kitty cat peeking from behind her dress!

 

I have coloured my image with my Promarkers and have added a little faux stitching around the image. I have coloured my cat black and made him a bit cuter by adding some mini googly eyes! I've gone with traditional Halloween colours...a bit of orange, green and purple!

 

Pop by the My Time to Craft challenge blog to see all the gorgeous DT cards this week!

 

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

 

Make it Monday

Digi Stamp Boutique - monthly competition

The Pink Elephant - digi image

Top Tip Tuesday - get in shape (any shape but rectangle)

I Love Promarkers - anything goes

 

If you've got a spare moment, pop by these challenge blogs...there are some fab DT cards to be seen!

 

Thank you for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Spooky Greetings!

Hello there....me again!

This is my second post for today, if you are looking for my Sweet Stampin DT post please scroll down!

Sooooo......my posts today have been scheduled....this is mainly because I am spending today with my sister and some of my friends having a Halloween themed crafternoon tea! We are going to eat lots of spooky homemade treats and then we are going to make something (when I was writing this I still hadn't decided what craft to do....I hope I made up my mind quickly!!). I love these afternoons...they are always so much fun! Having a Halloween theme just makes it even better....pop back tomorrow to see photos of the day!!

This links in nicely with this week's challenge over at My Time to Craft where we'd like to see your Halloween creations!

 

I love this spiderweb paper and so do lots of you judging by the lovely comments you've been leaving me! I think it looks fab in the background of this card! I have topped the card with some purple and orange swirly papers...perfect for Halloween! I've also added some faux gold stitching to the purple paper. My sweet image has been coloured with my Promarkers and I have added some sparkle to the dress and hat using my Stickles.

Pop by the My Time to Craft challenge blog to see the spooky creations that my fellow DT have made for you!

 

I'd also like to enter this card at:

 

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - stitching

Cute Card Thursday - Something Scary
Alphabet Challenge - S for skeletons, spiders or anything spooky!
Allsorts Challenge - in stitches
Di's Digi Design Challenge - anything spooky!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

A week to go....

...Hello there...Happy Wednesday! So this time next week it'll be Halloween...and then before we know it, it'll be Christmas time! Wow this year has flown by!

This time of year also means its almost my bosses Birthday.... I am very lucky, as my boss is wonderful and so I always try and make her a fab present for her Birthday. This year I am appealing to her sweet tooth with iced butterfly biscuits and fab chocolate spoons that I've made using chocolate moulds and then iced with Viv's name and random squiggles! The mould is fantastic and so easy to use...anyone with some chocolate can make their own chocolate spoons!

 The mould comes from the brilliant "Baked by Me"....a website run by the lovely Iris, they sell all sorts from delicious cookie mixes to a brilliant range of chocolate moulds, and lots of lovely china. The prices are really reasonably and the customer service is awesome too!

 

Here are the pretty butterfly biscuits...

 

Right, enough sweet stuff...time for a card challenge!

 

I've gone for another spooky card today...this time using a fab free image from "The Enchanting Art of Heather Valentin"

 

 

I love this image...I'm not sure if its the cute hat, the cat (which I think I've somehow made a bit evil looking!!) or the huge pumpkin....but I love it! Thank you Heather!

 

I've gone with typical Halloween colours - black, purple, green and orange. Using a combination of plain backing papers and ribbon. My image has been coloured using my Promarkers and I created the purr-fect sentiment on my laptop!

 

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

 

Passion for Promarkers - Pets

Top Tip Tuesday - Halloween

Tuesday Throwdown - Halloween

Papertake Weekly - Fright Night - Boo!

 

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

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Lucky Me! Guest Spot Alert!

Happy Monday!

How exciting! I've been playing along at the Love to Create challenge blog for a little while now, I love their challenges every Monday. Recently I applied to be a Guest Designer and guess what...the lovely ladies asked me to join the fun this week! I am so chuffed to be asked to join such a talented design team...thank you ladies!

Soooo...the challenge this week at Love to Create is Pumpkins....and as well as being a Guest Designer I was also given a fab Crafty Sentiments digi image to play with! Aren't I lucky! Here is what I created.....

 

I've gone with an orange and brown colour combo for this sweet Halloween card. I've coloured the fab image with my Promarkers and added a bit of sparkle with my Stickles. I've used plain orange papers to back the card, image and sentiment. Finally I've used a pretty floral paper and a doilly.

 

 

Make sure you join in the pumpkin fun at Love to Create this week! Pop by the blog to see all the gorgeous DT cards that have been created!

 

I'd like to enter this card over at:
 Make it Monday!
The Pink Elephant - Halloween
Cute Card Thursday - Got Glitter!
Simon Says Stamp - Eerie Inspiration - love the white and orange and all those pumpkins!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Couldn't resist another.....

...cute little spook!

Hello there....Happy Wednesday!

While I was busy making my "tea at grannys" card last night I couldn't resist also making another little halloween card! I never normally make many halloween cards, but I love my new images so much that I can't stop using them!!

So here you go.....

 

I've gone with a black and yellow colour combo, and used more of that fab spider web backing paper. I've coloured my cute little spook with my Promarkers. Simples!

 

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

 

Papertake Weekly Challenge - fright night boo!

Passion for Promarkers - happy bee (yellow and black colours please!)

Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes

Fashionista Challenge - anything goes

 

Pop by all these fab blogs to see the gorgeous DT cards that have been created for inspiration!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

See you again soon I hope!

 

Wedgie xx

It takes two!

Hello...Happy Monday!

Hope you've had a good day. So I learnt a good lesson this evening....I shouldn't be left alone in a kitchen full of baking goodies...yes I made more cakes!! Very naughty cakes!! I currently have some chocca mocha caramel cakes waiting to be iced! Yes, you read that right...chocca mocha caramel!! As well as being a normal naughty cake, there is also bits of chopped up chocolate bars in the cakes!! Whoops!! Pop back tomorrow for photos of the finished cakes...and my verdict on yumminess!!

Sooooo...its Monday...that means one thing...its a new challenge over at Cupcake Craft Challenge! Woo hoo! This week's challenge is "two's company" and for this challenge I created this spooky pair.....

 

Aren't they cute??

 

I've used plain black paper to back my card and to frame my Digistamp Boutique images and sentiment. I have added some fab spiderweb paper and a strip of patterned paper to the background, before attaching my images and sentiment. The image is coloured with my Promarkers....I've tried to match the colours in the patterned paper to tie everything together.

 

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

 

Make it Monday

Love to Create - trick or treat

Cupcake Craft Challenge - two's company

The Poodles Parlour - Halloween

Di's Digi Designs - too cute to spook (2nd entry)

Allsorts - too cute to spook (2nd entry)

I Love Promakers - Halloween (thanks Lorraine for letting me know!)

 

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

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

A Cute Boo!

Morning! Brrr....its a tad bit cold in Aldershot this morning! Better wrap up warm!

I hope you are well today....I have to say that I am feeling much better after my lovely long weekend!

 

Today I have another halloween card for you....and I'm afraid its another cute one! I'm just not very good at spooky halloween cards!

 

I really love this DigiStamp Boutique image, hes soooo sweet!

 

I've used a brown recycled card blank for this card and I've topped it with that gorgeous swirly blue paper. My image has been printed and coloured with my Promarkers, and I've added some googly eyes! I created my sweet sentiment on my computer and backed it with some plain brown paper. I stamped some sweets onto plain card, coloured them with my Promarkers and added a little sparkle with my Stickles. My sweets have been attached using 3D sticky pads.

 

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

 

Allsorts - too cute to spook!

Crazy 4 Challenges - make a sweet treats

Aud Sentiments - halloween

DigiStamp Boutique - October challenge

Di's Digi Designs - too cute to spook!

 

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

 

Thank you to everyone for your lovely comments about my blog header photo - that was a fab tea that I put on for a work colleaue and her friends earlier this year. The ladies were all very pleased with the tasty feast that we layed on! I'll be hosted a halloween themed crafternoon tea later this month - watch this space for a new blog header!!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Hello There!

Happy Monday! Hope you've had a good day.

Mine has been long...again! I've still got a bit of a pathetic cold...bit sniffly..really annoying cough, but at least its not too bad! Thank you for all your well wishes...I really was feeling sorry for myself on Friday!!

So, its just gone 7pm and its really, really dark already!! What I love about this time of year though is the fab comfort food we all eat on these dark evenings!! After a long day in the office I decided to make one of my favourite chicken dishes for dinner ....chicken breast, chopped up chorizo, tomatos, pepper, onion, whatever beans I have in the cupboard and big glug of wine. Cook it in a hot oven for about 30 minutes. Its so simple to make and really, really tasty...especially when served with warm crusty bread! Yummy!

Anyway, cookery lesson over! I also have a card for you this evening!!

 

So for this card I have combined my cute little witch digi image from Digistamp Boutique with a fab pumpkin freebie image from Melonheadz. They are both too cute and so I decided that I wanted to use both of them! My images are coloured with my Promarkers and I have added some sparkle to the witches hat and the pumpkins with my Stickles.

 

I've gone with warm oranges and browns for this autumn inspired card. Combining two patterned papers, along with some plain orange and plain brown paper. I have also added a strip of punched border.

 

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

 

Allsorts - autumn trees and leaves (no trees or leaves on my card, but I have gone with the colours...I hope thats ok!)

Crazy 4 Challenges - Halloween

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Autumn/Winter

Pink Elephant - Photo inspiration 

 

I've picked out those gorgeous orange colours and the pumpkins

 

Love to Create - Autumn colours

 

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

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Awesome Weekend...Again!

Hello there...Happy Sunday!

I hope you're having a lovely weekend....I've had such a lovely time. Joe is away for the weekend...its the last round of the British Drifting Championships....and so I decided to invite my best friend Becca over for the weekend.

She popped over on Friday evening and stayed with me until lunchtime today.....and I have had such a nice, girlie time! We've eaten a lot, read magazines, watched movies, went shopping, did some crafting and of course made time for XFactor! What more could a girl want??

I've made Becca a little card that I'm going to pop in the post tomorrow....but I thought I'd share it with you first....

 

Isn't he a cutie?? Becca already loves this little DigiStamp Boutique image....she loves anything cute and Halloweeny! I've coloured the image with my Promarkers and added some fab googly eyes. I've then followed a fab sketch from Papertake Weekly using gorgeous autumn inspired papers. Finally I added some faux stitiching.

 

I love how this card has turned out....and I hope it makes Becca smile too!

 

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

 

Tuesday Throwdown - fall colours

Papertake Weekly - sketch

Crafty Sentiments - autumn colours

City Crafter Challenge Blog - an early boo!

DigiStamp Boutique - September Compeition

 

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

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

More Spooky Happenings!

Hello crafters!



Hope you're having a fab weekend....our Halloween
Crafternoon tea yesterday was so much fun! The table looked fab, the food was really yummy and we had fun carving pumpkins and making spooking FIMO keyrings. Take a look at what we got up to.....

I actually made the spooky aprons that Lorna and I are wearing in the first photo....I'm so pleased with how they came out considering I haven't made aprons before. I used material scraps from my stash and some ribbon, they looked pretty cool and didn't fall apart!

I also have another card to share with you.....it's a little bit similar to yesterday's card....but I couldn't resist using this cute little image again! This time I've turned him into a spooky Birthday card!

This card would be perfect for my friend Becca....she loved the Halloween version of this card! I've opted for black and red papers today, which I think suit my little vampire really well.

I'd like to enter this card into two challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Spooky / whimsical card

Pop by both challenge blogs to see all the gorgeous DT cards that have been made.

Thanks for popping by today.

Wedgie xxxx

Spooky Happenings!

Hello there crafters....Happy Saturday!

I hope you've all had a good week and have a lovely weekend planned. I have spent this week wishing my life away as Lorna and I are hosting a Halloween themed afternoon tea today! We've got Becca, Sheree, Anika, work Becca and Rafina joining us for scrummy Halloween inspired treats and some crafting and I can't wait! Here is a sneak peak of the cakes I have baked for the occassion - these are black forest cupcakes with an orange and cream coloured frosting....

I'll be back tomorrow with some photos for you!

So the theme this week over at Sweet Stampin is "Anything Goes".....so loads of scope to get creative and share your cards with us! What are you waiting for?? I was given a gorgeous Stampin Boutique digi to play with...its soooo cute and perfect for a Halloween card.....

Isn't that the cutest Vampire you've ever seen??

I've used green and orange papers to add to my Halloween theme and I couldn't resist a little sparkle! I actually gave this card to Becca....she loves all things spooky and weird!

Don't forget to pop by all the other Sweet Stampin DT blogs to see all the gorgeous cards that they've been creating this week.

Thanks for popping by,
Wedgie xxx

Getting ready for Halloween!

Hello crafters...hope you're having a good weekend!

I've had a fab day....I got my sewing machine out for the first time in ages. Lorna and I are hosting a Halloween themed afternoon tea next weekend for the girlies and I wanted to get some things ready. I've made bunting for the first time, it was fun picking the materials from my stash and putting them together. Here's what I've got so far....

I'm thinking of adding some little ghosts to the triangles....what do you think??

There are plenty of Halloween challenges out there at the moment....we've got one over at Sweet Stampin this week. But I've decided to make a non-stamped Halloween card for the challenge at Allsorts. I love my stamps...but I use them ALL THE TIME and sometimes I just want to make something out of paper! So, inspired by the HUGE spider that chased me around the living room earlier, here is my Halloween card....

Hee, hee...you can't beat some googly eyes!! More cute than scary, but hey its still a Halloween card! Now just don't ask me what happened to the spider in my flat...he was one those ones with really long legs and he didn't look as friendly as the one on my card!

Pop by the Allsorts blog to see all the spooky cards the DT made this week....and don't forget about our Halloween challenge over at Sweet Stampin!

While I'm talking about my fab teamies at Sweet Stampin I should mention the fab candy that Cathy's got on offer....pop by her blog and take a peek before its too late!!

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Sweet Halloween Wishes

Hi there! We've got some friends coming over for dinner tonight...I've used a trusty Nigella recipe which involved throwing a load of ingredients in the oven...Joe has quickly popped out and so I decided to use my spare half an hour to make a card!

Before I share my sweet halloween card with you I just wanted to give a shout out to a company that has helped me at work recently. As part of my job I organise national events for doctors and for the next event I wanted some fun button badges, I searched the internet looking for a company to use and stumbled upon Button Badges. They make button badges to order and offer three different services depending on how much time you've got. They offer a brilliant, quick service and answered all the questions I had...yes I had lots! Their prices are amazing and the end product was brilliant. If you ever need any custom button badges you should give them a try!

Right, onto my card for this evening...can you believe that I managed to miss the Cupcake Craft Challenge last week?? Not sure what happened there, so I decided I better look at their challenge this week and get a card made! They've asked for a project which features a sweet treat with a halloween twist...so I decided to make a cupcake....as you do! Pop over to their blog to see the other sweet halloween projects.

A week or so ago I made a Halloween cupcake card using a kit from the Creative Cottage, this time I decided to make my own spooky cupcake! I've used red and green backing papers and then used a selection of orange and yellow papers to make my halloween cupcake. I accessorised my cupcake with handmade spiders and added some glitter to my icing. I've got limited supplies at Joe's at the moment, so please excuse my dodgy spiders!

Right...all chaos has broken out here...my guests have arrived, dinner is ready and Joe has come back all at the same time....I better get going!

Thanks for stopping by today,
Wedgie xxx

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

Boo! Spook Fest Time!

Halloween will soon be upon us, and Cute Card Thursday has got us celebrating early as they want to see our spooky cards or projects. There are pumpkins, witches and a little vampire all featuring on the DT cards this week - all very cute...take a peek: http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/2009/10/challenge-82-spook-fest.html

Well I've managed to steer away from pink for yet another week to join in the fun...I did however manage to sneak in a little purple....

I have put this together using my craft box that I keep at my boyfriend's place and to be honest I'm amazed I managed to make anything as my supplies were really low. Note to self....I need a little shopping trip...woo hoo!

Anyway, I've used scraps of paper and a little bit of sticky ribbon as the background, my pumpkin friend and the word BOO! are attached using sticky pads to add some depth.

I've never made a halloween card before and I really enjoyed this challenge.

Enjoy!
Wedgie xx