All Stitched Up!

Hello there! Happy Saturday!

Well....one thing I can say is that time sure does fly when you're having fun! I'm not sure what has happened to my week off...its whizzed by!

I've had a fab week....Monday was spent in the spa with my best friend Becca. We really were ladies of leisure - I was soooo relaxed afterwards. Then I spent a couple of days on the Isle of Wight with Joe - and that was brilliant. There is sooo much to do and see, we're definitly going back! I think the best bit was feeding the penguins and walking with the wallabys (yes I am a big kid at heart!!).

Now it's Saturday again and tonight is my 1950s themed birthday party....I can't wait to see how everyone looks! I've baked myself a Birthday cake (the problem with being "the one that bakes" in a group of friends is that there is no one to bake your cake when its your Birthday!!). Here is a sneak peek.....

Anyway, enough of my jabbering....I have a card for you today for the fab challenge over at My Time to Craft. This week we have a "stitching" theme....your card can feature real or faux stitching we don't mind as long as there are some stitches on there!!

I've gone a little mad with the theme....but when I saw this digi image I just had to have it!!

 

 

Isn't ot fab?? Not sure what has happened to the colour of my photo...I messed around with it a bit and seem to have produced some hot pink bits which aren't really that pink!! Think pastel colours!!

 

I've coloured my image with my Promarkers, going with pretty pastel shades (honest!!) to go with the kraft and pretty patterened backing paper. I've added my faux white stitches to the kraft to make them stand out.

 

Pop by the My Time to Craft Challenge blog to see how my lovely teamies used stitching on their cards!

 

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

 

Make it Monday

I Heart Promarkers - pastel colours

Papertake Weekly - one paper taker (one patterened paper only)

Top Tip Tuesday - sewing that isn't machine sewing

 

If you've got a minute pop by all these fab blogs for some great inspiration!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Pretty Pastels

Hello there...Happy Saturday!

I hope you are keeping well and had a lovely week. Today my posts are scheduled as its the first round of the British Drifting Championships and I will be spending the day at the side of a race track in Kent watching Joe slide around the track. I have my fingers crossed that the weather is going to be kind to me....a race track is a cold, drafty place to be on a bad weather day!!

I also have something really exciting to show you...well I think its exciting.....this week I have been lucky enough to become the owner of a gorgeous purple Kitchen Aid mixer!!!

 

Sorry ....probably not as exciting to everyone else, but I really love it! I've wanted a Kitchen Aid for ages and so I decided to treat myself using some money that my Dad left me. Its going to last me forever and I will use it a lot.....so I think Dad would approve!! Oh and that's a rather lovely banana cake sitting next to the mixer...my first bake made with the mixer!

 

Anyway, you're not here today to hear about Joe's cars or see my new mixer....no you're to find out about this week's challenge over at Sweet Stampin! Well, this week we have a very pretty challenge for you...we want to see pastels on your project.

 

Inspired by my love of cakes and my new mixer here is my card.....

 

 

Hee, hee....I wish that sentiment was true of all cakes!

 

This is a new Digi Stamp Boutique image that I recently bought which I think is very cute! I've coloured my image with my Promarkers. I've used a combination of pretty pastel papers both plain and floral, along with a doily cut using a new die. Finally I added some punched flowers and some faux stitching. I'm really pleased with how this card turned out...pretty and girlie and full of cupcakes!

 

Pop by the Sweet Stampin blog to see how the rest of the fab DT used pastels on their cards! While there you can also find out about the fab prizes our sponsors have for you this week....

 

 

 

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

 

Digi Stamp Boutique

Simon Says Stamp - April showers and/or spring flowers

 

Pop by these fab blogs if you've got a spare minute to see the gorgeous DT cards that have been created!

 

Thanks for popping by today!

Wedgie xxx

Easter Wishes

Hello there!

Happy Saturday! I hope you've had a lovely week.

So, today its time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin and this week we'd like to see your Easter themed cards. Now I have to admit when I see the theme "Easter" I do shudder ever so slightly! I know it comes around every year, and I know that I'll need to make Easter cards every year.....but I still do not have many easter themed stamps!!

Some of you may have seen this image before.....I probably used it last year.....

 

I've used a brown card blank for this card, and topped it with pretty pastel coloured papers. I wanted the card to have a spring time feel and I think these papers do a very good job of that! I added some pretty gingham ribbon and finally a lovely easter egg basket topper. Yes, its shop bought....but I think its so pretty with those colourful eggs and bit of bling!

 

If you'd like to see some more inspiration pop by the Sweet Stampin challenge blog and see the gorgeous DT cards that have been created. Whilst there you can read about the fab prizes that we have on offer this week from our monthly sponsor

 

 

and our weekly sponsor

 

 

I'd also like to enter this card at:

Stampavie and More - Easter

Celebrate the Occasion - Spring is in the air

Creative Card Crew - Ribbon

 

Thanks for popping by today....pop back later to see what fab challenge we have for you over at My Time to Craft this week!

 

Wedgie xxx