Mid-Month Reminder...Snowflakes Everywhere!

Hello there!

Happy Wednesday! I hope you are having a good week!

Sooo...I'm here today with a little mid-month reminder for this month's challenge over at Christmas at Sweet Stampin! This month we're all of a flutter, featuring snowflakes on our cards! Its so cold in my house at the moment that I'm surprise there aren't snowflakes fluttering around me in here!

Anyway, this month we are joined by Funky Kits as our fab sponsor...

 

They have given us a fab prize for our lucky winner....

 

 

And here is my card....

 

 

I have to say that I'm not particularly impressed with my card this month...as I feel my snowflakes could have been more creative!! I've used a pretty blue backing paper, which has been topped by my cute DigiStamp Boutique image. The image has been coloured with my Promarkers and I have added a little sparkle to the snowball. I have then punched snowflakes out of white and blue paper. I have fixed them to my card using 3D sticky pads and then I have added some more glitter.

 

For more inspiration pop by the Christmas at Sweet Stampin blog.

 

I'd like to enter this card at:

 

Make it Monday

DigiStamp Boutique monthly challenge

Allsorts - Animals

 

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

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

 

Its a tad bit cold out there!!!

Hello there! Happy Sunday....hope you've had a lovely weekend so far.

My part of the world continues to be covered in snow (it has snowed all day!!)...I have decided that this is the best method of transport....

 

Yes, those are my feet and yes thats Joe pulling me along!! Poor thing!! Personally I think it counts as exercise and will help him work off the yummy Welsh Cakes that he devoured when we got home....

 

 

My mum used to make these when we were little, me and my sister would be lined up next to the stove waiting to eat them hot and fresh from the griddle pan!!

 

Inspired by the weather outside I have created the following card today....

 

 

Just what everyone needs...a pretty mug of hot chocolate (or tea or coffee!!).

 

The fab layout comes from this week's sketch over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday:

 

 

I've added a little sentiment box at the bottom...hope thats ok SSW ladies!!

 

My pretty mug image has been paper pieced, and I've gone with wintery blue colours....I love that blue cloudy backing paper, it goes perfectly with my punched snowflakes. I've added a little sparkle to the snowflakes using my Stickles.

 

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

 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Fab Sketch!

Di's Digi Designs - Winter

Love to Create - Sparkle & Snowflakes

Papertake Weekly - Cold

City Crafter Challenge Blog - Winter Blues

 

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

 

Thanks for popping by today,

hope to see you again soon.

 

Wedgie xxx

Hello there....

.....Happy Saturday!

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

We have another cute challenge for you over at My Time to Craft this week.....after seeing your santa creations last week....we'd like to see animals in the snow.....

 

Hee, hee...yes its that cheeky little DigiStamp Boutique penguin again! Isn't he the cutest??

 

I've gone with a blue colour scheme for this card....along with some sparkly snowflakes and a glittery snowball! My penguin is coloured with my Promarkers.

 

Pop by the My Time to Craft challenge blog to see the gorgeous DT cards that have been created this week.

 

Thanks for popping by,

Wedgie xxx

Snowflakes everywhere!

Hello there,

Happy Tuesday! I hope you are keeping well.

Sorry I've been rather quiet recently...but I have some fab news....I am moving house! This is of course causing me all kinds of chaos (between packing and internet providers!!) and therefore I'm relying a little bit on scheduled posts at the moment. I've also been a bit limited in the card making and the baking!! This is a very sad state of affairs!!  However, in a couple of weeks time we will be settled into our new home and I really can't wait!!

Anyway, enough of me moaning....we have a new challenge for you this week at Celebrate the Occasion...we want to see your punches or dies this week. I got a little bit carried away with this challenge and made two cards.....

Card one is made using a fab image from our current sponsor Floppy Latte.....

 

I've gone with an icy blue and grey colour scheme to match the cute north pole image...my snowflakes are punched from white paper and are covered in glitter glue. The image is coloured with my Promarkers.

 

Card number two uses the same punch, but with a fab santa image.....

 

 

I've used polka dots and snowflakes in the background to compliment my glittery snowflakes. My cute Stamp Fairy image is coloured with my Promarkers and I've added a little sparkle to Santa's hat with my Stickles.

 

Pop by the Celebrate the Occasion blog to see what the fab DT have created for you this week!

 

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

 

Make it Monday

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Merry Christmas

Love to Create - anything goes

 

Pop by all these fab blogs to see what the DT have created for you.

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Lets see your dies and punches!

Hello there!

Happy Saturday! Hope you've had a fab week!

Sooo....did you see that we launched a fab new challenge blog this week as part of Sweet Stampin?? We will now celebrate Christmas every month of the year with our fab challenge blog ....Christmas at Sweet Stampin! Launching officially in 2013, this will be a monthly Christmas challenge blog and we wanted to start the fun a little early with an anything goes challenge! Pop over to the blog to meet the team and join the fun!

We also have a new challenge for you over at Sweet Stampin this week....we'd like to see your projects which features dies and/or punches this week. Here is my card....

 

Its a bit of a shame really as you can't really see my punches...but I promise they are there!! I have gone with a simple colour scheme for this cute card...colouring my image with my Promarkers and adding some sparkle to the snow with my Stickles. I have then added some punched snowflakes that have been coated liberally with more glitter!!

 

Pop by the Sweet Stampin blog to see the fab DT cards that Team Abi have created this week!

 

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

Crafty Sentiments - snowmen or ladies

Tuesday Throwdown - White Christmas

 Oldie But A Goodie - Let it Snow (my oldie is the paper which I bought last Christmas!)

Simon Says Stamp - Snowflakes!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xx

I seem to be a bit broken!

Normally I love Christmas....I'm usually annoying Joe at the beginning of Christmas asking when we're putting the tree up. I love everything about Christmas - the cheesy music, the tree, all the goodies you can eat, decorating the house and spending time with friends and family. But this year is different....I'm just not feeling it! This really isn't normal for me!

As usual I've been busy making Christmas cards for other people to send, so I decided to spend this morning making all my cards. I've got Christmas music on, there is a huge Christmas tree next to me and I'm surrounded by cards for my work colleagues, friends and family...but still the Christmas spirit seems to be missing!

I've even decided to mass produce my Christmas card this year...something I don't usually like doing! This was me earlier this morning mid-production.....

I've gone with a snowflake theme for my cards this year. My poor colleagues have listened to me moan about the cold and the snow so much recently that I thought a few snowflakes might be funny! I've hand stamped various snowflake images onto white cards using a lovely blue ink. I've also stamped "Merry Christmas" in the corner. Once dry, I then embellished my snowflakes using sparkly stick on jewels and gems from my stash. I've used silvers and blues to add a little sparkle.

Here is the finished card:

This card is for several challenges this week:

Allsorts Challenge - Last minute Christmas

Paper Cutz Challenge - snowflakes or snowmen

ABC Challenge - J is for jewels and gems

I'm about half way adding the gems and sparkle to these cards, I'm hoping by the time I've finished I might be feeling a bit more festive.

Thanks for stopping by today and thank you for all your lovely comments, I really enjoy reading them.

Wedgie xxx

Cupcake and snowflakes!

Ok, before I show you the cards that I just made I want to share a very valuable lesson that I just learnt.....never, ever eat pizza at your craft desk!!!! Yes, I realise now how very silly I was being, and yes I managed to get pizza sauce on both of these cards!! Luckily they weren't finished yet and so I managed to avoid having the sauce as the main feature of the cards!!

Right, lesson over with.....I've made two cards this evening for two different challenges....first off is the fab challenge that has been set at the Creative Cottage this week...they want to see projects that feature food or drink. As you probably know by now I love cupcakes...I love making them for my cards, I love baking them and I love eating them!! Hee, hee!

I've used this sentiment before with cocktails, it seems that it works just as well with cupcakes! I've used some gorgeous papers from the Creative Cottage for the background and the cupcake is made out of paper from my stash. Cupcakes feature quite a lot in the DT cards, take a peek here to see their cute creations.

The second card I created for this week's challenge over at Bah! Humbug! where they wanted to see cards featuring snowflakes.......

I did think about having a pretty background and then having a big snowflake on top, but I decided when I finished stamping and punching that I really liked this simple effect. I've added a little glitter glue and a sentiment made on my computer. Take a peek here to see the lovely DT cards.

So, can you guess where the pizza sauce landed?? Hee, hee!

Right, I'm off to my Brownie meeting now...we've got pack holiday this weekend so need to make sure all the girls know what to bring with them....I've got my fingers crossed for good weather!!

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx