Love is in the air!

Hello there! Hope you had a lovely weekend!

Well, its been a very wet day in Surrey again today...at least its not snowing! I've got a little card that I'd like to share with you....you can tell its nearly that time of year when there are red hearts everywhere! When I got home from work today I found an exciting looking envelope waiting for me....it was the stamps that I won from a recent Cute Card Thursday challenge! So I decided to use them straight away! Thank you The Stamp Shoppe - I love them!

I've used the latest sketch from Sunday Sketch & Stamp for the layout and the pink colour scheme was inspired by the pretty in pink challenge over at Whoopsi Daisy. The theme this week at Secret Crafter Saturday challenge is "with love" and the theme over at Paper Play is "cutie patootie" - both of which I think fits in with this card perfectly!

I've also managed to fit a little baking in...yes again! I think I've found a new passion in the kitchen...I LOVE making and decorating biscuits! Here are the ones I've made today.....these are butter biscuits, covered in milk chocolate and then decorated with little chocolate stars and some pink edible glitter! I can also confirm that they are indeed yummy as well as pretty!

Right - I can't believe its after 10:30pm already....time is flying by at the moment! I'm off to bed in a bit so I'll say goodnight! Thanks for popping by today.

Wedgie xxx

I'm soooo lucky!

Evening all! Thanks for stopping by today, its lovely to see you!

I'm in such a good mood today as Lady Luck seems to be smiling down on me at the moment. Do you remember last week Sharon awarded me the Stylish Blogger Award....well my week has just got better and better!

Last Saturday I found out that I'd won last months prize at the Secrect Crafter Saturday Challenge. Then earlier today I found out that I won the prize last week on Cute Card Thursday. Finally I checked Faye's blog to see that I'd won her 12 Days of Fluffness quiz! How exciting! Thats lots of lovely new stash for me to play with! Thank you everyone for opportunity to win such fab challenges!!

Talking of challenges...here is my card for today

The fab layout for this card comes from this fortnight's sketch over at Sunday Stamp & Sketch - its a very cute sketch to use. The image is for this week's challenge over at Cute Card Thursday where the theme is "Out with the Old". I've had this stamped image for over a year now...I got it in an image swap and never used it..not sure why, its very cute! Finally you'll probably spot the paper tearing there (one of my least favourite techniques!)...this is for the Paper Tearing challenge over at Crafts & Me...thanks ladies for pushing me out of my comfort zone!

I think I might just have to invest in some lottery tickets this weekend....see if the luck continues!

Thanks for popping by,
Wedgie xxx

Untraditional Christmas

Hello there, thanks for stopping by today - I hope you're well!

I have a little card to share with you today, be warned though...it's quite bright!

This fun, festive card is very girlie and perfect for the following challenges:

The layout and stamped image are from the Sunday Sketch & Stamp Challenge

The fab colour scheme is from the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge

The unusual Christmas theme is from the Cupcake Craft Challenge

I also wanted to show you the Christmas tree that Joe and I have at his flat, but the photo is currently refusing to upload onto my laptop....a case of "computer says no!" In a bid to lift my non-existant Christmas spirit Joe decided we needed the biggest tree we could find! It's actually taller than him and considering he is nearly 6 foot 4 its amazing that it fits in the flat!

I'll have to take another photo of the huge Christmas tree tomorrow and upload it later this week!

Just a quick post this evening, but thanks for popping by.

Wedgie xxx

All pink and purple!

Hello there, thanks for stopping by today. I hope you're keeping well!

I have two cards for you this evening, for three different challenges. The cards also have something else in common as they both feature embellishments from The Creative Cottage shop.

My first card is for this month's challenge over at Sir Stampalot where the theme is "Travel the world", I've gone for an oriental theme using this lovely lady and fab cherry blossom backing paper from the Creative Cottage. I think the pinks and black work very well together. The layout for this card comes from a blog that I've only just discovered called Sunday Sketch and Stamp. They run fortnightly sketch challenges and the only other required element is a stamped image either tradtional or digital - I've opted for digital on this occassion. The sketch is lovely to work with and I think looks fab with the oriental theme.

My second card features my favourite colour purple and is for this fortnight's challenge over at the Creative Cottage where they have called for untradtional Christmas cards. I came across this lovely digi image when browsing their shop earlier - isn't it fab!

Although gold is a common colour at Christmas time it is usually used with reds and greens...I think it looks fab with purple too! I've used purple backing papers, along with a gold tag that I had in my stash. I attached the tree using 3D sticky pads and then finshed the card off with some lovely glitter glue.

Pop over to all three blogs to see some gorgeous DT cards...don't forget the Creative Cottage Shop too!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll leave a comment to let me know you've visited me today!

Wedgie xxx