Late night inspiration....

Hello there!

A quick late night post from me tonight! I've had a lovely time this evening zipping around blog-land, catching up on all the gorgeous cards that people have been making recently. I wasn't going to make a card tonight, but after spending so much time looking at gorgeous cards I was inspired!!

So, here is my card....

 

Please excuse the slightly odd shape of the card....and the bad lighting...this is what happens when you get too excited and do things in a rush!!!

 

I love this cute little image, which some of you might recognise from older posts. I just think those little kitties are soooo cute! I always wonder what they might be singing and how bad they sound!!

 

I've used fresh spring time colours for this card, coupled with that gorgeous piece of Kraft paper (my new addiction at the moment!!). I've coloured my image with my Promarkers, and added a sentiment and some punched flowers.

 

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

 

Cupcake Craft Challenge - raining cats and dogs

The Pink Elephant - spring colours

 

Pop by both these blogs to see the gorgeous DT cards that have been created this week.

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

More Bunnies!

Hello there...I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

My Saturday was just lovely...a purely indulgent day! Joe is drifting this weekend, so I'm home alone. Sooooo...I decided to try out the new tearoom in Farnham called The Vintage Cake House. In fact I've been trying to go there for ages, but its so popular that I never seem to get a table...until today!! I arrived early.....and yes I managed to get myself a table! I have to say its a rather pretty place to have tea....complete with wonderful china, delicious cakes and lovely staff! It may have only been 11am when I arrived...but I decided that its never too early for a cream tea!! And I can confirm that this was the correct choice.....

 

Yes, that scone is huge...but more importantly..it was warm and rather yummy!

 

If anyone happens to be in Farnham I would really recommend a visit! Service comes with a smile and the rest of the cakes looked amazing too....I'll be going back again soon!

 

Anyway, high on my mid-morning sugar rush I then paid a visit to my favourite antiques shop....big mistake!! After rather a long time wandering around the various rooms I treated myself some "new" old china and a lovely set of teaspoons! Whoops! I then spent the rest of the afternoon in the kitchen....today I have Lorna, Becca and Alex visiting me and so I decided I need to get my bake on and make some tasty treats of my own (photos to follow!).

 

What a lovely Saturday!!

 

I also managed to squeeze in a little card making you'll be pleased to hear! I have come across another springtime/Easter card....and so I thought I'd give my cute Easter bunny yet another outing....I really need to buy some more Easter stamps!!

 

 

I've gone with soft pastel colours for this card, perfect for springtime I think! I've kept it simple, using just two papers - the plain blue and the cute striped paper. My bunny has been coloured again with my Promarkers. Then I decided to add some embellishments....I've gone with a pretty white ribbon, a polka dot bow and a lovely cream coloured button.

 

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

 

Di's Digi Challenge - Springtime/Easter

I Love Promarkers - ribbons and bows

Allsorts - 1,2,3 challenge (1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments)

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

 

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

 

So, I mentioned that the girlies are visiting me today...thats because we are off to a wine course this afternoon! Hee, hee....I wonder how much we'll actually remember after the course?? Luckily its only a five minute walk back to my house afterwards!!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

All style and no substance!

Hello there...hope you've had a good day!

Mine has been full of meetings....I have so meetings at the moment, but that gives me so little time to actually do the work inbetween the meetings! Silly really!!

Anyway, for all you yummy mummies in the UK I hope you enjoyed your Mothering Sunday and I hope you were spolit rotten. We took mum for her annual Mother's Day afternoon tea in London (an expensive tradtion that we started by accident years ago!!). This year we took mum to a certain 5 star hotel which has a Mad Hatters afternoon tea on offer....it looked brilliant and we were so excited to go.....

 

However, I'm afraid it was a sad case of style over substance! Everything looked so good, and there was a lot of attention to detail. The menu was presented in a copy of Alice in Wonderland, the teas were in minature perfume bottles and the sugar cubes were in a musical box. Shame that they didn't give us enough tea strainers....or spoons...and forget to tell us that the herb butter was in fact garlic butter! They also left us sitting there for ages when we first arrived...after informing us that we only had the table for two hours! When they did finally bring us our tea they managed to mix them all up! The food was questionable...but thats a matter of personal taste rather than anything else....but the service was awful!! We'd never go back and actually we were quite pleased when our two hours were up!

 

Here is Lorna sampling one of their themed delights...

 

 

Not exactly the face you should be pulling at afternoon tea!

 

Anyway, we had a lovely time anyway....we giggled a lot!

 

If you're in the UK you'll know that just as we thought spring had sprung, winter has decided to put in an appearance again...it's freezing!! Thats what make's this evening's card a little bit funny...as I was inspired by all the "spring time" challenge that are about at the moment.....

 

 

I'd love to be in a warm field full of daisys at the moment, wearing one of my vintage dresses and my flip flops...instead I am wrapped in so many layers, sat in front of the heater! Hee, hee!!

 

Anyway, my sentiment has been stamped and coloured with my Promarkers. I have then created a fresh spring time background with a pretty yellow paper and that gorgeous daisy patterned paper. I think this makes a very pretty thank you card!

 

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

 

Allsorts Challenge - springtime

Cupcake Craft Challenge - its only words

The Pink Elephant - green

Crafty Sentiments - hello spring

 

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

 

Nothing like a cuppa!

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

Sooooo....we have a fab challenge for you this week at My Time to Craft....its one of those themes that I always love to see on a challenge blog. This week's theme is "food and drink"...you can create anything as long as there is some food or drink in the image.

Now usually I'd go with a cupcake image...you all know me, thats an obviously choice! But this time I decided to do something a little bit different....

 

Ok, probably not too different from the type of cards you'd expect to see on my blog.....but at least there are no cupcakes to be seen (although she is probably holding a cupcake in the hand we can't see!!).

 

I've coloured my cute image using my Promarkers....and then I got really girlie with my backing papers and embellishments! I'm really pleased with how this card has turned out, it really reminds me of springtime with the soft colours and cute flowers everywhere.

 

Pop by the My Time to Craft challenge blog to see what food and drink features on the gorgeous cards that the DT have created this week!

 

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

 

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - spring fever

Pop by these fab challenge blogs to see what the DT have created this week!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Spring is in the air....

...well maybe not today....not sure about you, but the weather today in Aldershot has been on the grey and damp side!

I hope you've had a lovely Easter weekend, whatever you've been up to. Mine has sped by...I've fitted so much in and I can't believe its time for work again tomorrow! Never mind....its only a four day week...and then I have a week off! Woo hoo!

Anyway, the theme for this weeks challenge over at Cupcake Craft Challenge this week is "spring is in the air" so I ignored the weather outside my window and came up with this sweet creation....

I've used a selection of plain and flowery backing papers, along with a pretty white border stamped by my Martha Stewart stamp. I've coloured my image using my Promarkers.

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

Make it Monday - my first time joining in here!

Anything Goes - anything goes challenge - my first time here too!

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

As well as the Easter afternoon tea that I made for mum and my sister I've also been in the kitchen baking a birthday cake for my boyfriend's brother-in-laws Birthday! He is a keen meat eater and so we decided he might like a cow cake for his Birthday....I think this was probably a bit too cute for a 33 year old man....but I was really pleased with it!!

Talking of Birthdays...don't forget about my birthday candy...you can still join in until 16th April...just leave a comment on the post to be entered into the draw!

Thanks for popping by today,
Wedgie xxx

Spring time sketch

Hello Folks - Happy Saturday!

Sooooo...this week at Sweet Stampin we have a fab sketch for you.....and since the weather has been lovely and the clocks have gone forward we'd like to see a spring theme on your cards this week.

Our sponsor this week is Lili of the Valley who are offering a fab prize of a £10 gift voucher! And don't forget that our monthly sponsor for March is Joanna Sheen!

Sooo...what are we waiting for? Here is the sketch....

Isn't it cute? Check out the Sweet Stampin blog to see how Team Abi have used the sketch for their spring cards!

Here is mine....

Yes, I realise that is probably the worlds smallest bow and it looks a bit silly.....but I'm really not a bow kinda girl and this was all I had in my stash!!

We look forward to seeing all your cards this week.

Thanks for popping by,

Wedgie xxx

Spring is in the air

What a lovely day it is today....it might be cold out there, but the sun is shining and that always makes me smile! I hope you're having a lovely weekend wherever you are in the world today!

I have a card to share with you which is inspired by colours of spring...blossom pinks, fresh greens and sunny yellows....

I've used a patchwork background, made up of three different papers (two plain and one patterned), on top of that I've added my stamped image. As you all might know I love cupcakes and so its probably not a surprise to see them on my card! I think the stamped image really compliments the cupcake backing paper that I've used.

I've coloured the image using some pastels...something I haven't done before as you can probably tell! It was a bit messy and I think I need a bit more practice!

I'm going to enter this in several challenges:

Secret Challenge Saturday Crafter  - patchwork background

Sir Stampalot Challenge - spring is in the air - colour combo

Papertake Weekly Challenge - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - signs of spring - I've picked colours

I hope this card makes you smile!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Spring had sprung...apparently!

More rain today...lots more tomorrow apparently...the clocks are due to go forward this weekend, and spring is upon us...I went for a walk on Sunday and saw loads of lovely flowers peeking up through the grass! I've created some spring flower cards inspired by spring, but I want to share a story first....

I often watch The One Show on BBC 1, tonight they wanted viewers to send in photos of their home cooked dinners..something to do with the British doing more cooking than the French. Well, I got all excited - I was sitting there with my home cooked dinner in front of me! It was my yummy sausage, tomato and bean casserole & I wanted to show it off!! I demanded that Dad got his camera & snap me and mum eating our dinner, I then downloaded the photo onto the computer....then I spent the next 20 mins trying to figure out how to get the photo to TV show!! They said to go to the website...which I have looked throughly around...its very pretty & you can send comments in, but I have no clue how to get my photo sent in!! The programme is now finished & my dinner is cold!! Morale of the story...don't get too excited by what you see on telly!!

I have found two spring challenges this week - one appears on Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge, where the DT have come up with some fab designs.

The other challenge is on the Allsorts Challenge blog, take a peek here to see the DT's gorgeous cards.

I've run with the flower theme for my spring cards, the pink card above features handmade flowers crafted from scrap papers in my stash. I've used a pink flowerly backing paper & some plain pink backing paper (just visible), along with some pretty pink ribbon & a flower button. The second card is much more simple & features a drawing that I did myself. I've coloured my drawing with my brushstroke pens & used coloured pencils to shade the background. I've used a bright yellow backing paper to balance out the deep pink flowers.

I'm not sure which is my favourite card out of these two, but think I'll enter the hand drawn one into both blog challenges as I like its simplicity - a really different style for me!

However, I bet what you're really interested in seeing is what my dinner looked like...since I couldn't get it on BBC 1 I thought I'd spoil you & add it here!! Yes, I know it doesn't look fab, but believe me it tastes delicious!! This photo also proves that I really need to edit my profile picture on here....as you can see I'm a real brunette these days!!  Also featured in this photo is my mum.....bet she'll be pleased to make her blog debut holding her plate of dinner up in the air!! Ha,ha!

Anyway, thats really enough rambling for one evening....you've probably all got bored by now!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Wedgie xxx