Oh Look....it's 2016!

Hello there!

Happy Sunday! Yes, I know.....I'm a day late with my Sweet Stampin post! I had every intention of being a well behaved, super organised DT member and then I blinked and guess what....it's 2016 already and I'm late with my first card of the year!!

You may have also noticed something else....yes, I have a very colourful looking blog! I decided to start the year with a bit of colour...I have also been tidying up some of the older links of the blog to make it more up to date. It feels good to start the year with a fresh new look!

Talking of "new things" our challenge over at Sweet Stampin this week is new stash or new occasion...I went along the new occasion route...celebrating a new home.....

As well as my digi stamp image, which has been coloured with my Promakers, I have also added a felt and button flower which matches the backing paper and also a kraft paper frame which I cut out myself with a craft knife. By of these are new things that I have been experimenting with, as many of you know I love all kinds of crafts...including sewing....and I thought it would be nice to combine two of my crafty passions.

I've also included two of my other favourite things.....polka dots and white faux stitching. I spent a long time moving the layout of this card around (at one point I had three house images!) but I am really pleased with this final look. 

For more "new" inspiration pop by the Sweet Stampin Challenge blog and take a peek at all the gorgeous DT cards. While you're there you can also find out about our fab prize this week!

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

Allsorts Challenge - What's new (making my own kraft frame)

Digi Designs Challenge Blog - What's new to you (that kraft frame)

Glitter & Sparkle - anything goes

Tuesday Throwdown - anything goes

Passion for Promakers - let's celebrate

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Pop by all these fab blogs to see some gorgeous DT cards!

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Bingo!

Happy Saturday!

Today at Sweet Stampin we have the fab Crafts and Me joining us our weekly sponsor.....and the more the merrier I say as this week we're having a brilliant game of bingo! You know the rules....you need to feature three of the elements on our fab bingo board on your card....any three as long as they are in a straight line!

Are you ready? Eyes down....

What a lot of fab things! What will you pick??

I was lucky enough to be able to pick a gorgeous Crafts and Me image from their website for my card this week....and for my bingo card I picked ribbon, buttons and spots......

Now isn't that image fab?? Its so detailed that I decided to colour it using my pencils rather than my Promarkers....I think this was a good decision. I've used grey, blue and green as my colour combo....along with some blue ribbon, a blue spotty button and my paper is spotty! I'm really pleased with how this card turned out.

Pop by the Sweet Stampin blog to see what my fab fellow DT members created this week!

Thanks for popping by today,
Wedgie xxx

New Beginnings!

Well, who would believe it.....its the last day of 2011! And what a topsy turvy year its been. There have been wonderful highs...such as joining the lovely Sweet Stampin ladies and finding my new flat....and devasting lows....such as losing Dad back in May....I still can't quite believe he's not with us anymore. However, a new year is about to begin and hopefully it'll bring with it lots of happy times!

I'm lucky to have a wonderful family and fab friends (ones I've met and those in blog land!).....not forgetting my amazing boyfriend Joe....each one has played a valuable part in my life in 2011 and I want to thank each one of you for your love and support.

So, what better way to start the new year than with a "New Beginnings" Challenge! We have the wonderful Angel Crafts sponsoring us this week at Sweet Stampin and we want to see your cards that feature a new beginning.....

2011 brought me a new home...and so I thought it was fitting to make a new home card for this challenge. I've used a cute froggie stamp as well as my large letter stamps (that I've had for ages but never used!!).

Don't forget to pop by all the DT blogs to see some more fab cards!

I want to wish you a very Happy New Year.....you never know what it'll bring, but no doubt we're all up for the challenge!!

Thanks for popping by,

Wedgie xxx

Home Sweet Home

Evening All! Hope you've had a good day.

I have a little card that I'd like to share with you this evening....

In the background I've used plain black and red backing papers and some black and white polka dot backing paper that I created myself using a new stamp! On top of that I've used a house die cut from white card and backed with red card, I've used 3D sticky pads here to add some dimension to the card. I embellished the house with black pen and some black glitter glue.

I then created three paper flowers from punches, layering the flowers and adding a little more black glitter glue. I attached the flowers to the backing paper using some thin black ribbon, finally I added my sentiment.

The colour combo for this card comes from The Shabby Tea Room...this week their theme is "classic elegance" using red, white and black. Take a peek at the gorgeous DT cards for some inspiration. I'd also like to enter this in the "make your own flowers" challenge over at Allsorts this week. The fab DT have got really creative and made all kinds of flowers - take a peek at their blog too!

Thanks for popping by my blog today,
Wedgie xxx

It's Wednesday again...Brownies, Guides and time for a sketch!

I really do enjoy Wednesdays...they go by in a bit of a blur, but they're always fun!

We've got 6 new Brownies at the moment and I introduced them to the world of Brownies this evening... I taught them about good turns and our promise, we practised our salute and I told them the Brownie story without them getting too bored! After that I taught the Guides how to make royal icing roses and we decorated biscuits. I also love Wednesdays because I get to play with a new sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday!

I've managed to leave all my favourite stash at Joe's this week, so I've made this card using papers and cards that are at home. I rummaged through my papers and found papers I'd forgotten about! The sketch is fab, take a peek at the SSW blog to see how the DT used it.

I'd also like to enter this in the Stamp Fairy Challenge this week where the theme is lace and hearts with no red or pink. The cute house image that I've used is a Stamp Fairy image, I found it on their freebie page....isn't it just fab? I'll be popping back to buy some images later! I've gone with a piece of burgandy lace and some green hearts! I'd also like to enter this in the Papertake Challenge this week, their theme is "Have a Heart!".

Do you remember I mentioned that I saw a ballet last week with Becca and Sheree...to be honest we all felt a little unsophisticated as we had to Google the story of the ballet during the interval to figure out what was going on! I've since heard from quite a few people who've done this mid performance....so I'm not feeling so bad now! I did enjoy the performance, I just wasn't very good at seeing the story!

Hee, hee...bet that made you giggle!

Thanks for popping by today, I'll see you again soon.

Wedgie xxx

Happy Saturday!

Hello everyone! Hope you're having a fab weekend!

I've had a lovely Saturday....I had a tiny lie in, followed by a mooch around the shops and the lovely monthly market in Farnham. I then came home and did some baking (there are Pimms cupcakes cooling in the kitchen at the moment!) and I made a card! Doesn't sound like much, but I really enjoyed myself!

I decided to make a new home card...this is dedicated to me...as 2011 is the year that I'm finally going to move out of my parents dining room! I haven't found anywhere yet, but I've decided its about time I found my own place again! Poor mum and dad have put up with me for the last three and a half years!!

The card features purple and black papers, along with a fabric house. I actually found this cute fabric at the market this morning....along with some of those buttons! I've also added some ribbon for the chimney and along the bottom of the card.

I'm going to enter this in three challenges....the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge called for tons of texture....I hope fabric, ribbon and buttons count! The Allsorts challenge called for some fancy folds...I always forget how much I enjoy making easel cards! Finally Simon Says has given the theme "new beginnings". Pop along to all these blogs to see some fab DT cards.

Right, think I might go and decorate my cupcakes now...I'm waiting for Joe to come home from the garage so we can go out for some dinner!

Thanks for stopping by today,
Wedgie xxx

House Warming Card

Ohhhhh...it's sooo cold out there! I'm really not a fan of this cold weather! The only good thing is snuggling up under a blanket!

I've got a house warming card to share with you this evening, I haven't made one of these in ages! The theme comes from this week's Cupcake Craft Challenge:

The layout for the card comes from a sketch over at Allsorts, I really enjoyed using this layout as its very pretty. Take a peek at both blogs to see the gorgeous DT cards.

I've used pink, purple and brown for this card, have no idea why...but luckily I think the colours work well together! I've used the same colour glitter glue on my flowers, for the dots at the top and bottom and for the door handle. Its a lovely platinum colour that works well with so many different colours. I think the only thing I would do differently with this card would be to use a brown pen for the stitches rather than the black.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Going Green!

Evening all! I've decided to squeeze another post in today....I've just finished an evening with the Brownies and Guides, but before then and after work I managed to made a new card for this week's challenge over at the Creative Cottage!

I was so pleased when I popped over to their fab blog earlier and discovered that I've been awarded their favourites badge again...you'll see it's taken pride of place with my other one on my sidebar...its such an honour to be picked again.....a HUGE thank you to the all the ladies.

They've picked a fab challenge for this week...it's called "going green" and you can either enter cards that feature the colour green or that has something recycled on it. I decided to try and be clever and have both kinds of green on my card......

So, this little new home card features the sentiment and the fab little house from the Creative Cottage "Home Sweet Home" digi kit (I hope that I'm allowed that bit of pink, I think it looks fab aganist the green!!).

I've also used a selection of green backing papers, a piece of zingy green ribbon and a selection of green buttons....the buttons are the recycled items! Oh, and I managed to squeeze in a bit of green glitter glue too....I love a bit of sparkle!

The DT cards are all as lovely as ever, pop over to the blog and take a peek. There are so many different shades of green!!

Right, I'm going to go and put my feet up I think...my knee is playing up again and its starting to make me a bit grumpy!!!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog,
Wedgie xxx

Home Sweet Home

Two of my aunts are moving home shortly and so I decided to get crafting and make their new home cards, not leaving family cards to the last min for a change (I still have the Christmas cards for my family that I made too late last year!!!).

I  went with an orange and pink colour scheme for one card....bright and cheerful! With a big flower in the middle, created from a huge punch I bought earlier this year. I added pink ribbon and mini flowers, along with a "home sweet home" sentiment. I was quite pleased with the results.....

I was even more pleased with myself when I checked out the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge this week to discover their theme for this week's challange is orange and one other colour....spooky!!

The DT examples are as cute as ever...lots of aqua and orange, which I think looks fab.....take a peek here: http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2009/10/challenge-55.html

The other card I created was slightly more dramatic, using red and black as my colour scheme. I used some black lace, cute mini punch flowers and my sentiment:

Hope you like my designs and hope my aunts don't find them on here before I send them!


Enjoy!
Wedgie xx