Woo hoo! A Guest Spot!

Hello there...Happy Monday!

Well I am a happy bunny this morning, because I get to join the fab Love to Create design team once again as a Guest Designer. Thank you ladies for having me back again...its an honour to design a card for your fab challenge blog!

So, the challenge this week is to pick two of the following elements to include on your card....you can pick from die-cuts, pearls, ribbon, distressing and/or sentiment. We're spolit for choice with all those elements!!

I was lucky enough to be given a fab Bugaboo Stamp digi image to play with, I want to say a big thank you for the digi image as its sooooo cute!

So with further ado here is my card.....

 

Told you the image was cute....and right up my street too!!

 

I've coloured my teacups with my Promarkers and then added a combination of pink and brown papers/elements to finish the card.

 

I have used pink flowery ribbon and the cute sentiment for the challenge (there is also a bit of distressing there too!!).

 

For more inspiration on this challenge pop by the Love to Create challenge blog and see all the gorgeous DT cards.

 

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

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

A sketch....some cakes and a new puppy!

Hello there! Happy Sunday!

Hope you've had a lovely weekend....I had a fab day with my mum and my aunty. It was lovely to spend a couple of hours just drinking tea and relaxing...and of course eating some homemade cakes....

 

We had a selection of sandwiches and some mini quiches. Then we washed that down with some chocolate tarts topped with raspberries....some vanilla cupcakes, some coffee cupcakes topped with walnuts and mum provided some delicious marble cake.

 

Phew! It was all so tasty...do you fancy a close up...

 

 

After all those sweet treats I had to go out for a long run this morning!

 

Anyway, I must apologies to the lovely Sweet Sketch Wednesday ladies...as everytime I enter one of their fab sketch challenges I seem to have lots of photos of cakes to post too!! I'm sorry if I've runied anyone's diets or left anyone with rumbling tummies after visiting me today!

 

Speaking of Sweet Sketch Wednesday...here is the fab sketch that we have this week...

 

 

When I saw this I wasn't 100% sure how much I was going to enjoy using it...but when I combined it with the "Great Outdoors" challenge that Stamping Sensations have this month I soon got cracking!

 

I have to say that I love being outdoors....and now that we have moved to this lovely house in Farnham I finally have my own garden! There is a veggie patch that needs digging, a lovely big flower bed and three cute fruit trees. I can't wait for the springtime to come along!

 

Inspired by this passion I have created the following card:

 

 

Isn't she cute??

 

I've coloured my digi image with my Promarkers and then I have backed her with a combination of green and flowery papers. I have added some faux stitching to both the image and the sentiment in green pen and finally added some dinky pink gems.

 

For more inspiration pop by the Sweet Sketch Wednesday and Stamping Sensation blogs to see the gorgeous DT cards that have been created this week!

 

Finally I wanted to introduce to you someone very special....my sister has a new puppy......

 

 

 

This little lady is called Gertrude (or Gertie) to her friends! And here she is making herself at home in my chair! She is only 14 weeks old and she is incredibly cute!

 

Thank you for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Well thats bad luck!!

Me again...this time I'm back with the My Time to Craft challenge...and guess what...yes, its another embossing challenge!! Aarrgghhh!!

If you saw my earlier Sweet Stampin blog post you'll already know that I'm not the greatest fan of embossing...its just not my thing! Imagine what I thought when I saw that embossing featured in not one, but two challenges that I needed to make DT cards for...and they are both on the same day!!! AArrgghhh!!

Anyway, as I said before...it wouldn't be fun if challenges were always easy...so here is embossing card number two....

Soooo, once again I've gone with dry embossing...because thats a bit easier for me! I've used my Cuttlebug again to create this cute tag. I've coloured my image with my Promarkers again...and this time I have gone with a cute pink and yellow colour combo.

Pop by the My Time to Craft challenge blog to see how the lovely DT ladies have used embossing on their fab cards.

I'd also like to enter this card at:

The Pink Elephant - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Di's Digi Designs - all about children
Cute Card Thursday - something old - the embossing folder

 

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

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Aarrgghh...out of my comfort zone!!

Morning All!

Fancy seeing you here today, I hope you are well and had a lovely week.

I have my mum and my aunt visiting me today in Farnham....I think I'll put on a lovely afternoon tea for them...keep your eyes peeled for yummy photos!

Sooo...as you will have noticed from my post title I'm not in a good place today...no the lovely Sweet Stampin ladies have shoved me right out of my comfort zone with this week's challenge....but there again it would be boring if all challenges were simple!

Sooooo...this week we want to see some embossing on your projects. A simple enough technique...both wet or dry...but just one that I don't get on with and I never use. But a challenge is a challenge and so off I went to create my card.....

 

I've opted for dry embossing, creating my little tag with my Cuttlebug. I'm actually quite pleased with how it looks now, but to start with I thought my embossing looked a bit odd just sat there!

 

I've coloured my image with my Promarkers, giving the Birthday girl a lovely purple dress. I've then carried the purple theme on the card with plain backing paper and pretty paper flowers. I've partners the plain purple with that gorgeous green lacy paper which I love. Finally I added some faux stitching to the image and some little gems to the flowers.

 

Pop by the Sweet Stampin blog to see how Team Abi used embossing on their cards this week....there are some gorgeous creations! While at the blog you can also hear more about our fab sponsors....

 

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

The Pink Elephant - anything goes

Crafty Sentiments - a recipe - 1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Allsorts - for a lady

Cute Card Thursday - something old (I've had the embossing folder as long as I can remember!!)

 

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

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

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