Keeping it Simple

Hello there....is it only Thursday?? Why is this week going by sooooo slowly?? Surely if I've had a Bank Holiday Monday the week should whizz by!!

Today I have a clean and simple card to share with you.....

 

Being one of those rather girlie crafters I always struggle a little when it comes to thinking of you cards. Trying to get the balance right is something I find a bit hard...so when I made this one I decided to go down the clean and simple route. Using just two stamps and some sparkly Stickles.

 

I love this mini tree stamp, and some of the eagle eyed of you might notice this is a smaller version of another one of my favourite stamps! I think its very elegant and works for so many different occasions.

 

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

 

Pink Elephant - thinking of you

Crafty Sentiments - sparkle

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Alphabet Challenge - only one colour plus white (black and white)

 

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

 

Thanks for popping by today, see you again soon I hope!

 

Wedgie xxx

Flowers, flowers everywhere!

Hello There.....Happy Wednesday!

I hope you're well and having a lovely week so far!

Don't you love flowers? I do! There are so many different ones, all so pretty in their own way. I To be honest I'm a big plant fan too....many of you know that I'm growing my own mini tomatos in my kitchen, along with some peppers. I also have a pineapple plant and a lemon plant! I love growing things!

Anyway, inspired by pretty flowers here is my card for today.....

 

Isn't she pretty....and more importantly wouldn't you love a big bunch of flowers like those?? They are also sooo pretty! I've used floral papers, along with a dollie and some plain blue paper to create the background. My image has been coloured with my Promarkers and I have added some sparkle with some mini gems. I have added some more mini gems, and some beautiful paper flowers.

 

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

 

Cupcake Craft Challenge - flowers

The Paper Shelter - anything goes

Top Tip Tuesday - Birthday Gift (those pretty flowers!)

 

I also thought I'd share my latest bake with you.....

 

 

Hmmmm....yummy! The ones in the blue paper cases are peanut butter cupcakes and the ones in the pink paper cases are vanilla cupcakes. Both are topped with vanilla butter cream and a sprinkle of black sugar. I really wanted to add some homemade caramel to the peanut butter ones, but I burnt my caramel!!

 

I'd like to enter these sweet treats in the "bake sale" challenge over at City Crafter Challenge this week. They'd like to see creations featuring baked goods....or anything baking related. Hopfully these fit the bill!

 

Don't forget to pop by all the blogs mentioned to see the gorgeous DT projects that have been created this week!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Milestone Birthdays

Hello Folks.....me again!

If you are looking for my Celebrate the Occasion DT card please scroll down!

It's time for a new challenge over at My Time to Craft....and this week's challenge is just fab! We'd like to see your milestone birthday cards.....so think big...or small....as long as its an important birthday!

I've opted to celebrate someone's 30th Birthday for my card.....30 is an odd age really and some people seem to react to turning 30 as if its the end of the world. For me age is just a number, something you shouldn't get hung up about (yes you can all remind me of these wise words as I hit other milestone Birthdays!!).

Here is my card....

 

I've opted for fab pinks and greys for this card (I love this cute flowery paper!), which I think work so well together. My shoes are stamped and attached to the card with 3D sticky pads to make them pop from the card a little. I've coloured my fab shoes using my Promarkers and added a little sparkle to the hearts with my Stickles.

 

I love to dance (badly) and so I think this sentiment is just fab!

 

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

 

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

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Birthday Fun!

Hello folks!

Happy Tuesday! Hope you're keeping well.

So we have another new challenge for you over at Celebrate the Occasion and this week we are celebrating birthdays......with a twist....your card needs to be for a child's birthday.

We are sponsored this month by  the wonderful Digi Doodle and I am lucky enough to have one of their fab images to play with this week....its called anticipation....isn't it cute.....

 

I've coloured the cute image with my Promarkers....all the time thinking to myself that the cake in the image must taste wonderful!!

 

I've then used some cute polka dot backing paper, along with some plain yellow and blue for the background. I made the sentiment on my computer.

 

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

 

Pop by the Celebrate the Occasion challenge blog to see all the gorgeous DT cards that have been created this week.

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

 

Back to School

Hello there peeps...hope you're all well and having a lovely weekend!

Can anyone else believe its nearly the end of August already?? Where has the summer gone?? So, its nearly time for the children to go back to school and for my Brownies to start meeting again! Although its nice to have six weeks away from Brownies, its  always lovely to see them again in September and hear what they've been up to over the summer.

Sooo....inspired by this time of year here is today's card....

 

I love this cute Sweet & Sassy digi image!

 

I've gone for a clean and simple look for this card, using different white papers and cards to create the layout. The image is coloured with my Promarkers and I've added a couple of pearls in the corner.

 

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

 

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - White on white

Always Crafting - kids

Simon Says Stamp - back to school

My Sheri Crafts - back to school

Digi Doodles - use pearls

 

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

 

Thanks for stopping by today,

Wedgie xxx