Gone fishing....

...Evening All! Hope you all had a brilliant weekend - mine was lovely and relaxing. I spent my afternoons on a new card project which I'll share with you a bit later! Joe is getting ready for the next round of the British Drifiting Championships which is this coming Saturday in Kent. He is currently ranked 18th which I'm really proud of! The prep means he spent quite a bit of time in the garage, leaving me with loads of time to craft!

First off here is a card I've created for three different challenges this week........

This card has been created with the following challenges in mind:
Cupcake Craft Challenge - one for the boys
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - include a quote

Allsorts - Lace and or buttons - I went with buttons as they're a bit more manly than lace!

I really like these stamps, I think the images are sooo cute! I found the quote to match the image on a fishing website, which will hopefully appeal to all  fishers out there. For my manly theme I decided to go with a blue colour scheme! Although if you look closely you'll see a bit of bright pink on the worm...well, I couldn't miss out pink completley! Hee, hee!

I just love buttons, not sure why, but they always seem to look cute on a card.....my button collection is quite large now! Not sure why I'm boasting about my button collection - thats a tad bit sad!!

Now, for my latest card project....

I've created all these car cards from images I've found on the internet. I've used paper from my stash, and added simple detail lines to add definition. I'm really pleased with how they've turned out and have recieved got reactions from friends and family. I think they would make great cards for a car fanatics.

Right, I've just looked at the time...I can't believe it's gone 8pm all ready!! Where has my evening gone??

Thanks for stopping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Time for a quote!

Morning All, a really quick post this morning as I've just discovered a fab challenge over on the My Time To Craft blog - they want projects that feature a quote....and I love finding quotes for my cards! Here is one of my favourites......

I know this is a popular quote, but it also always makes people smile when they see it! You should pop over the My Time To Craft and see all the lovely cards that the DT have designed, they are all so different, take a peek here!

This was a simple card to make, I've used some fab shiny blue backing paper and topped that with that cute cupcake paper. I've used my favourite dotty ribbon underneath. The cupcake is made from scrap paper, and I added a little sparkle to my cherry!

Anyway, I'm off to work now....I'll be back later hopefully with my Creative Cottage entry for this week!

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Good advice....

Afternoon all - what a lovely day I've had...I'm at a craft fair in Liss tomorrow so I decided to take an annual leave day today from the job which pays all the bills! I had a lovely lie in, watched some craft TV, got all my cards ready for tomorrow, prepared dinner for some friends tonight, made some yummy brownies and made lots of new cards!! Utter bliss!!

Here is one of my new cards...its a Birthday card which features some good advice....

I love finding new and unique quotes for my cards, as I think they make people smile...this one from Lucille Ball is a perfect example! I decided this was a girlie girl and so I've used two different pink backing papers. I then added my sentiment, which I found using Google.

Finally I thought about what topper I should use to compliment my sentiment and I decided that one of my favourite ways to celebrate my Birthday is with a glass or two of champagne! So I made my champagne bottle and glass out of scrap paper, and once attached I added a little glittler glue to add some sparkle!

I'm entering this card into this week's Cute Card Thursday challenge. Caz is celebrating her 21st wedding anniversary this week (Congratulations!!) and she set the theme for this week's challenge - anniversaries. It doesn't have to be a wedding anniversary...it can be anything you celebrate every year....so I think this fits quite nicely! The DT have all come up with some gorgeous cards, take a peek here to see them all.

I've just had a nibble on the edge of the brownies that I made earlier and they are rather delicious, so I think I'm off for a cup of coffee and a piece of brownie! I hope you all have a lovely weekend, and I'll be back on Monday!

Thanks for stopping by,
Wedgie Xxx