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

Fab sketch time!

Hello Campers!

Woo hoo....the weekend is in sight! I hope you're having a lovely weekend, this weather has been a real treat...I hear its back to normal temps this weekend!

So another week has flown by and yesterday saw a new sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday and I have to say that I really love this one, its fab to use....

Isn't it fab? Pop by the Sweet Sketch Wednesday blog to see how the lovely DT have used this sketch. Here is my card....

I'm quite pleased with this card....the only thing I'd change is the orange stickles that I've used in the centre of the flowers as I think its a little dark.

I'd also like to enter this card in the "anything goes" challenge over at Simon Says Stamp blog this week and the "Happy Easter" challenge at Cute Card Thursday.

Right, for those of you saw my first post about my Herman cake I'm pleased to say that its currently in the oven and my flat smells amazing! Pictures over the weekend I promise!

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Its time for tea!

Evening Folks!

I've just realised that I haven't changed my clock in my kitchen....how did I realise?? When my boyfriend called to ask where I was and that dinner was ready! Whoops! Here I was merrily crafting away!!

Anyway, I've been given an extra half an hour so I thought I'd post my handy-work quickly (I still haven't changed the clock!!).

Anyway, my fellow Sweet Stampin DT member Tracey left me message to say I should pop by the CES challenge blog this week because they have a fab challenge that is right up my street....and boy was she right!! Its a photo inspiration challenge....

Isn't that cute?? Loads of things to inspire us...so I rummaged through my many teacup/cupcake stamps and decided to make an afternoon tea inspired card! Papertake Weekly Challenge have a fab sketch for us to use this week and Passion for Promarkers wanted to see us using ribbon and buttons on our projects. Soooooo....here you go:

You can't really see the papers in the background....but one of them has more afternoon tea images on and the other is full of afternoon tea words! Soooo cute! I opted to make my afternoon tea a little regal using some gold pen on my image as well as my Promarkers.

Right, I think I better get going now....I'm really pushing my luck with the time!!

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

A bit of shabby chic

Hello campers, hope you had a fab weekend!

I'm amazed that its already Monday evening again...where does time go?? We took the Brownies to London on Saturday, we hunted for eggs in St James Park which was fun. Then on Sunday I watched Joe and his friends play with remote control cars all day....yes, as well as big noisy cars they all now have small remote control cars too!! At least we had a lovely BBQ and I got to relax in the sunshine!

This evening I've been having fun with a little bit of shabby chic crafting and a card with a little suprise.....soooo here's the card.....

Secret Crafter Saturday Challange have a shabby chic/vintage challenge for us this week, and so I've opted for soft muted colours...along with one of my favourite embellishments....a doillie!

"Whats the surprise?" I hear here you cry....well here you are....

Ohhhh....I've created a little secret pocket on my card that contains a cupcake recipe! Perfect for sending to a friend....to hint that you want some cake! This fits in with the "use a cooking recipe" theme over at Allsorts this week.

I'm pleased to report that I am really happy with how this card has turned out! I'd also like to enter it in the "sound of music" challenge over at Cupcake Craft Challenge this week! My music inspiration was "If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake" by Eileen Barton.....remember that little ditty?? I bet that one line is stuck in your head now....I think I'll be going to bed singing it! Anyway, send this card to your friend and they'll have no excuse not to have a cake waiting for you when you pop by!

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

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

I've been busy!

Happy Friday Folks!

Another week has flown by and I've had a busy week! I spent 24 wonderful hours with an automatic blood pressure monitor attached to me...that was fun! During the day it went off every 30 minutes...it was very noisy! At night time it only went off once an hour....but I never got used to it and it woke me up every time!! Anyway, apart from that I've also been busy crafting....I've bottled some vodka that I've flavoured myself with raspberrys, I've made my sister a cute new cushion and I've also made her a skirt (the first time I've attempted this - lets hope it fits!!)....and of course I've been making cards! I'll post photos of my makes at the end of this post!

So, I've not posted since Monday so there are a lot of challenges that I need to catch up on!! My first card is for the following challenges:

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Circle shaped card (hope mine counts!)

Passion for Promarkers - animals (coloured with my Promarkers)

Papertake Weekly - bingo - I went for flowers, free (glitter) and buttons
Emerald Faerie - Easel card

I'm not that happy with this card...I'm not sure why...I'm just not happy with it!! Saying that I'm not particulary happy with my second card either!! And thats why I've gone ahead and posted both of them....I'm either right in my gut feeling or I'm having a bad day!!

My seond card is for the following challenges:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - fab new sketch

Simon Says Stamp - bingo - glitter, lace, punches

Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes

Now I love this image...its a new stamp that I got last weekend at the Olympia craft show...I've coloured it and then used my glossy accents to fill in the windows with a glass like finish.

Sooo.....here are all my makes....

The first photo is the new cushion...isn't that print fab?? Its perfect for Lorna's flat with all her pets! The second photo is a bright pink draw string skirt that I've made for Lorna. Then we have mum at the workshop we took part in last week...shes making paper beads. And finally we have my raspberry flavoured vodka which is very tasty! Isn't that vintage bottle fab too??

Right, I've bored you all enough with my millions of photos!! Don't forget to pop by all the challenge blogs mentioned above...there are some really gorgeous DT cards to be seen!

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx