Colour on Kraft

Hello there...Happy Saturday! Hope you've had a fab week!

We've had a little change over at My Time to Craft.....our challenges are now weekly and they will now take place on Saturday each week! I really hope you will be joining us each Saturday!

For our first Saturday challenge we'd like to see you colouring on Kraft paper......

 

I thought I might struggle a little bit with this challenge, but as soon as I got started I actually really enjoyed it! I stamped this cute image onto some Kraft paper and then I coloured it with my Promarkers. I then picked out a selection of blue and brown papers for the background.

 

Pop by the My Time to Craft blog to see all the gorgeous cards that have been created this week!

 

I'd also like to enter this card over at Make it Monday!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Feeling a little sorry for myself...

...sniff, sniff...hello there...Happy Friday!

Well I am really pleased that its Friday....another long week over! I've got the start of a cold and I'm feeling a bit pants! I'm going to make myself feel a bit better by curling up on the sofa tonight with Joe and watching a movie...I've bought some gorgeous soft socks that make me smile (yes I am getting old...soft socks make me smile!!) and I think a big mug of hot chocolate is in order...and maybe some chocolate!!

Before all that I have a card that I'd like to share with you.....

 

Sniff! Sniff! I've picked warm colours for this card and used a combination of plain red paper and gorgeous patterned papers. My Pollycraft image has been coloured with my Promarkers and I have added sparkle to the stars with my Stickles. I've created and decorated three paper flowers.

 

The fab layout is from this week's sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday....

 

 

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

 

DYSU - warm colours

Cute Card Thursday - lots of ribbon

Simon Says Stamp - glimmer and sparkle

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - awesome sketch

Tuesday Throwdown - cute and cuddly

 

Pop by all the blogs mentioned to see the gorgeous DT cards that have been created for these challenges!

 

Also, don't forget to pop back here tomorrow to see the first Saturday My Time to Craft challenge!

 

Sniff, sniff...thanks for popping by today!

See you again soon I hope!

 

Wedgie xxx

 

I have a new toy.....

.....its not for card making, but since I get a lot of lovely positive comments about my baking I thought you might like to see it anyway! I have got my sticky mitts on a Lakeland 12 cup mini sandwich tin....which means I should be able to make perfect mini victoria sponges, mini cheesecakes and other cute delights! I say should because my first attempt has been a little dodgy.....

 

Here I have a mini victoria sponge cake and come cute little coffee cakes!

 
 The wonky tops are due to me rushing (to use the tin!) and not letting my butter come to room tempreture before baking - silly me! However, the tin itself is fab...its got these little removable bottoms to help get the cakes out of the pan and its lovely and heavy (not sure why that makes it good, but it does!!). I'd highly recommend getting on if you are into your baking!

Anyway, enough about my baking....I have also made a card for you today!!

 

 

This little cutie is a Bugaboo image which I have had for ages, but I love...he also makes me smile! I've coloured him with my Promarkers and added a little sparkle with my Stickles. As this is a masculine card I have gone with blue plain and patterned papers. I've added a Birthday sentiment created on my computer.

 

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

 

Passion for Promarkers - for a man/youth

Papertake Weekly - Happy 5th Birthday Papertake! - anything goes challenge with an optional celebration theme

Oldie but a Goodie - inspired by a song - my image is over 6 months old and I was inspired by David Bowie's Space Oddity

Crafty Sentiments - Happy Birthday

 

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

Think Pink!

Hello There...Happy Tuesday!

I hope you are well today. Soooooo...October is with us already...how did that happen?? I'll be wishing you all a Happy Christmas before you notice it!

Here at Celebrate the Occasion this week we are celebrating the fact that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month....we'd like to see your projects following this theme. The fab Celebrate the Occasion DT have created all sorts of cards for you.....here's mine.....

 

I've gone with the pink theme here! Making a pink floral bra out of pretty papers, and adding the breast cancer awareness ribbon to the middle and a bit of sparkle to the edges.

 

Pop by the Celebrate the Occasion blog to see what my fellow DT have created this week.

 

The lovely Cupcake ladies are also celebrating breast cancer awareness month with a fab think pink challenge - I'd like to enter this card in their challenge too!

 

Cupcake Craft Challenge - think pink - use pink on your project!

 

I'd also like to enter this card over at Make it Monday this week. Pop by their blog to see all the gorgeous DT cards and fellow crafters cards!

 

Talking of Make it Monday......I am sooo chuffed...the lovely ladies over at Make it Monday have picked my sports card from last week as their featured card this week! Thank you so much, that made my Monday!

 

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Visiting an Old Friend.....

Hello there...Happy Monday! I hope you've had a lovely day!

Soooo....I enter a lot of challenges and visit a lot of challenge blogs...we all know that....and I seem to go through phases of which ones I visit regularly. One challenge blog that I used to visit every Wednesday without fail, but one that I haven't visited in ages is Sweet Sketch Wednesday. The ladies over there are all so talented and friendly....I couldn't resist popping by this evening to see what they've been creating.

Here is their fab sketch for this week....

 

Plus they have a lovely theme of celebrating women....I decided to make a card that celebrates female friendship....I love to make cakes and cards for my friends "just beacause" and so when I saw this cute freebie image everything fell into place!

 

 

Isn't she sweet?? Just put some glasses on her and it could be me!! The image is from Sliekje Digi Stamps where Angelique creates super cute images. The girl in the image does have legs...but I wanted to make her a bit smaller and so I cut them off - I hope Angelique doesn't mind!!

 

I've gone with pinks and soft pastel colours for this card to make it really girly, but added a bit of blue to make my image stand out. I coloured the image with my Promarkers and added a little sparkle to the cupcake with my Stickles. I've also added my sentiment in a banner.

 

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

 

Love to Create - thinking of you

The Pink Elephant - banners

Top Tip Tuesday - good with food

 

My Tip this fortnight - the ribbon on my card actaully belong's to my sister's new PJs!! Its the ribbon loops that are there to keep your clothes on the hanger. Now before you get the wrong idea, I didn't just cut off the ribbon without her knowing....but she did decide she didn't need the ribbon as she wouldn't be hanging up her PJs and so cut it off and gave it to me! What a fab way to add to my ribbon stash for free!! So what are you waiting for...go check your clothes for excess ribbon!!

 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - fab sketch

 

Pop by all the blogs mentioned to see the gorgeous DT cards that have been created to inspire us!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx