Reason for absence

So sorry that I haven't been blogging for a while, I can finally tell you all why!

We are moving to the USA!

We are hoping to be there in August and have lots to sort in the meantime! My crafting supplies are already being packed up!

I will be back, hopefully in August but definitely by September when the kids are settled into school!

Take care, I miss seeing all your fabulous creations, hope to get a chance to visit everyone soon!

Whimsy Blog Hop

The Whimsy Blog Hop starts today and runs through till saturday 27th June at noon EST when one mystery design team member will choose a winner for this amazing prize from the comments.

You need to leave a comment on all the Design Team's posts to ensure that you are in the draw for the prize!

The Hop starts here on my blog and you have to go to Denise's blog next, she will tell you where to go from there and so on till you get to the last blog in the hop!

Here is my card for the hop, I used Whimsy Stamps Kids Collection 'Connor on bike' he is from the latest release of Kids stamps at Whimsy. There are some super cute animal stamps just newly released too aswell as the very sweet Princess Emma!

I hope you will join in the Blog Hop to see all the other fabulous new stamps in use, they are all so cute! don't forget that there is a Whimsy Challenge held every monday too with prizes to be won!

have fun, hope you are enjoying the sunshine!

The Crafty Pad Challenge

Snoozin' Albert is so cute isn't he? He is one of the latest stamps over at the Crafty Pad! I am a guest over there this week!

There is a fabulous sketch to follow for this week's Crafty Pad challenge.

Papers and buttons are Basic Grey Archaic.

Sorry I haven''t been around much, it has been a busy time here and I can't seem to find much time for crafting or blogging, hope to catch up with everyone soon!

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Cute Card Thursday ~ Nip and a punch

This week on Cute Card Thursday the very sweet Alicia gave the DT a pack of her fabulous Sheetload Shortcuts to play with. She is sponsoring the challenge week and 2 lucky winners can each win a sample pack of the Sheetload Shortcut goodies!
The theme this week is to use die cuts or punches!

The gift card insert is a ready prepared gift card holder also from Sheetload Shortcuts, all you have to do is decorate! My punched items are the flowers and leaves on the front. I punched some of the larger flowers out of the acetate in the Sheetload Shortcuts sample pack. The main card is a frosted plastic card, so strong and robust, loved working with them!
I used my 7 Gypsies Notting Hill stamps to decorate the folder.
Supplies ~ Stamps - Whiff of Joy 'presents', 7 Gypsies 'Notting Hill'

Cardstock and clear blank - Sheetload Shortcuts

Punches - flowers ~ EK success and woodware, Leaves ~ L-Em

Cute Card Thursday ~ Bit o' bling

Cute Card Thursday

I am so late posting this card, been a busy weekend! I have a few things on just now so Caz is going to take over running the CCT challenge from this week! Thanks so much hun, you are a star! This week the challenge theme is Bit o' bling! I didn't really go mad with the bling did I? Was having an off day when I made this card although I do like its simplicity! The stamp is from the fabulous Whiff of Joy Summer Kit.

I did use the fantastic sketch from the Stamp Something challenge and luckily this challenge continues until this thursday june 4th! DP~ Basic Grey ~ Porcelain

Stamps ~ Whiff of Joy Summer kit

Whimsy Sneak Peek!

Today it is my turn to give you a sneak peek of one of the new Whimsy Kids Collection Stamps, she is Princess Emma! I was so thrilled when I first saw her as I always knew she would make a fantastic princess! All this week the Whimsy Stamps design team are showing a sneak peek of the new stamps so be sure to visit everyone to see them all! Links are on my side bar!

These stamps will be released for sale 1st June!

Whimsy Stamps are also Sponsoring the ABC challenge this week the theme is P for Pearls! I added a few pearls to this card so I could play along! You can win one of the brand new Whimsy stamps this week, the ever so cute new Monkey!

The EverybodyArt Challenge this week is asking for 3d creations! This is very 3d! Not sure what kind of evelope it will ever fit into!

Supplies: Stamp ~ Whimsy Kids Collection 'Princess Emma'

DP ~ Kaiser and Stampin' Up

Embellishments ~ Prima flowers, Hero Arts pearls, nestabilities for windows and L-Em leaf punch.

Just Magnolia and Stamptacular

The Just Magnolia challenge is asking for different shape cards, while this isn't strictly a card it is an alternative shape of sorts so hopefully qualifies!
The stamptacular sunday challenge is to have chocolate somewhere on your creation. I made a little pocket on my bottle decoration which is holding a packet of Thornton's special chocolate!

This is one of my favourite Edwins. He is from the Magnolia Summer Kit 2008. The papers are Basic Grey 'Archaic', I must find some different masculine papers I always resort to these!

Below is the template I used, I used my nestabilities circles to cut the top, I just stopped short of cutting out the whole circle and wound the cuttlebug backwards to take it out!

I used my Scorpal to create the folds where the points are which helps the card hang correctly on the bottle.

This is the basic shape of the box on the front to hold the chocolate. I haven't added any measurements as they differ depending on what size the chocolate bar is. I measured the chocolate bar and then added 2 cm around.

Hope you all had a fantastic weekend, many thanks for dropping in!

Cute Card Thursday ~ A Sporting Chance

I finally got around to trying out a stair fold card! Been meaning to try it for ages, the Sporting Chance theme over at Cute Card Thursday was the perfect opportunity! I used cute Baseball Connor by Whimsy Stamps, love him! You can see some Whimsy sneak peeks of the fabulous new animal and kids stamps next week on the design team blogs, we each have a day to show a new stamp! I can't wait to see the other stamps made up, so far only seen the images but I promise you will love them! The new stamps go on sale on June 1st!

The stair fold card was based on this tutorial at Ashleys Creative Corner. The netting is rescued from an old trampoline net. The papers are Basic Grey and Stampin'Up. The silver brads are from a SU hodgepodge hardware set.

Over at CCT you can win a 3 month subscription to Scrapbook News and Review E-zine! YOu should really check out this site, it is full of information, it has 2 DT calls on the homepage at the moment!

Our fabulous guest designer this week is Susie Sunshine many thanks to Sue for joining us this week, her card is adorable.

Please pop over and check out the rest of the DT cards, they are fantastic as always!

Hope you have a great thursday!

Whimsy 3 in 1

A 3 in 1 challenge card today! This is my Whimsy Stamps Challenge card, the theme is flower power, I think I added plenty of those! The prize this time is the winners choice of any Whimsy Stamp! You can use any stamp for this challenge it doesn't have to be Whimsy and you can still be included in the draw for the prize but if you do use a Whimsy stamp you get 2 chances to win! Can't say fairer than that eh?

I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers, this has become my favourite sketch challenge lately. This week it is a sketch designed by the very sweet and talented Claudia!

The third Challenge is Cafe Mojo which asks for bling! I added some blingy brads! Whimsy Stamps are sponsoring Cafe Mojo all month and this week you can win Baseball Connor, Knight Connor and a pack of BAsic Grey Brads! Fabulous prize!

I used Whimsy Stamps 'Rainy Day Emma', the papers are Basic Grey 'Marrakesh', sentiment stamp is studio G and the small roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts. Other flowers made with punches.

I hope you will all drop by Whimsy Stamps Challenge and the Cafe Mojo challenge, they are fairly new so only have a few players, of course that means you have a very good chance of winning!!

Have a great day!

Spoonful birthday celebration

You just have to check out the challenge over at A Spoonful of Sugar this week! It is their birthday and are having a fabulous party! The theme is Celebration so pretty much anything goes and they have lots of fantastic prizes on offer! Whimsy is just one of the fabulous sponsors offering the gorgeous Mother goose and babies stamp!

Seems like a long time ago now but I was on the original design team along with Marlou who is also featuring this week as a guest designer, I was so honoured to be asked to return for the birthday challenge! Thanks so much Debbie, it has been fun!

The stamp is by Magnolia from the Summer Stamp Kit 2008,

~DP~ Basic Grey 'Archaic'

Embellishments ~ Doodlebug brads, ribbon scraps, Basic Grey button

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My friend Debbie Moore who owns The Crafty Pad has asked if I would promote this fabulous stamp for her. Here is what she says about it....

For every stamp I sell I shall donate £1.00 to THE CANCER RESEARCH CHARITY. :)

Introducing A Race for Life stamp named June I designed this stamp especially for the Race for Life charity run. I have named her June. :)I shall be donating £1.00 for every stamp sold to the Cancer Research Charity. She is quite a versatile stamp in that the Text is actually seperate to the image and so she can be used for Congrats, Good Luck, Well done etc. I have left the banner blank for you to use as you wish :)

June shall be available for pre-order from Monday 18th May - orders shall be dispatched on the 25th May. ;)She is of course available to buy from The Crafty PadThe price for the June stamp is £3.00I also have her for sale on ebay. :)

I hope everyone will help support this good cause, if like me you couldn't run to catch a bus this is a good way to contribute!

Have a great day!

Stamp something clean and simple

The Stamp Something challenge this week asks you to case a card of Lauren's and also use her style which is Clean and Simple!

A real challenge for me, although I love the look I can't ever seem to achieve it or know when to stop! I saw this sweet little card on Lauren's blog and decided it was the one!

I have had a mojo-less morning and alread ditched a card I made, so ended up rushing this and not happy with it either. I needed to spend a bit more time on it I think! I love the idea and Lauren's examples are gorgeous. I will definitely make another one!
I will decorate the inside more next time! It was a ridiculously quick make though so if ever you need just a little bit more than a card but with little time it is a great little gift!

Incase anyone wants the measurements Lauren does have a template on her blog but I just used a 8 " x 8" square, I used my Scorpal to create folds at 4" on both sides. Then cut out one small square and the corner off the next one to make this shape. So simple!

No supplies list, think the paper is K and Co. Any other questions just shout! I am running late now so have to dash, hope you have a fabulous sunday!

Cute Card Thursday ~ Letters and Numbers

The Challenge on Cute Card Thursday this week is letters and numbers. You can use either letters or numbers or both! I just had to make a card for one of the Post Pal children as I decided that last week's card was a bit too grown up. I chose Ben S who is one of the featured children this month. His lovely face reminds me of Whimsy Stamps Knight Connor!

I am also entering this card for the Ismaki Sketch challenge too, this week it is Manue's sketch that I used.

We have a fantastic prize on offer donated by Frazzled Crafts and Sam and Dawn are sharing their last week as Guest Designers! Please go and check out their cards and the rest of the fabulous Design Team's cards.

Supplies: Stamps ~ Whimsy Stamps 'Knight Connor'

DP ~ Basic Grey

Embellishments ~ Button ~ Basic Grey

Spoonful ~ Buttons Galore!

I was honoured to be asked to be a Guest Designer for A Spoonful of sugar this week by Karen who very kindly brought us some sunshine back from her holiday in Spain last week, thanks hun!

The challenge theme this week is Buttons Galore! The DT cards are amazing and they have a fantastic prize to be won!

I made another of my book cards, this time for my daughter, the first time I made a girly one. She loved it! Her eyes lit up when she saw it!
She especially loved the little bag of sweeties!

The images are the fabulous Sugar Nellie 'Sweet and Sassy' and 'flowers' designed by Elisabeth Bell!

The papers are Basic Grey 'Lily Kate' and Doodlebug

The sentiment is a Basic Grey rub-on

I created a little box to attach so that the sweeties had a little holder.

Make sure you don't miss Spoonful next week as it is their blogaversary so lots of exciting things happening!

Think I covered all supplies but any questions just shout!

I am back in the garden today, just loving the sunshine, lots of jobs to do out there but they are never a problem if the weather is good! Hope you are having great weather too!

Have a fabby day!

Sugar Bowl Challenge - sketch by Marlene

Marlene has designed a fantastic sketch for the Sugar Bowl challenge, I love it! You also have to use buttons.

Here is my entry using the very sweet new Country Cousins stamp from Sugar Nellie 'Fragile Beauty'!

As you can see from the pic the weather has improved so I am off to do some gardening for the rest of the day, hope to catch up with you all later!

Papers are Basic Grey 'Perhaps' and flowers are Primas.
gotta fly, hope you are all enjoying some gorgeous weather where you are! Have a great day!!

Muchas Gracias

I had to make a quick Thank you card this week, for a man! I know he has a good sense of humour so I think he will really like this image!

It is from a tiny pack of stamps by Dimensions. I bought mine at the Craft Barn.

I am entering this card into the Cafe Mojo challenge this week which is to use Stamps (I could be entering every card this week!)

The papers are Fancy Pants 'Papa' and the buttons and brads are Basic Grey!
Hope you have better weather than we do, it is cold and wet here! Have a great weekend!

Cute Card Thursday ~ Happy Mail!

This week on Cute Card Thursday our theme is Happy Mail. We are asking you to make a card to cheer someone up or brighten their day! I also made this card for the Whiff of Joy challenge which has a fabulous sketch designed by Katharina! I used the adorable Whiff of Joy 'Musing Melinda' stamp.

I received an email from an amazing young lady, Vicki from Post Pals. The details are on the CCT post for this week along with a You tube clip. Please take the time to check this out and if possible send some happy mail to one of the featured children.

We have 2 fantastic stamps to give away this week kindly donated by our sponsor this week Debbie from The Crafty Pad! Debbie is also one of our guest designers along with Dawn from Dawn's Craft Time who is joining us for the first of her two weeks as guest designer. Please visit these talented ladies to see how they created their fabulous cards!

As always our amazing design team have created some stunners for your perusal, don't forget to check out their blogs too for more inspirational ideas!
Supplies: Stamps ~ Whiff of Joy 'Musing Melinda', Su ' Best yet', Crafty Individuals

DP ~ Basic Grey 'Sugared'

Embellishments ~ lace and handpunched flowers and leaves.
Thanks for dropping in, have a great day!

Pretty Pajama Time Emma! SS, CCC & SOS

Whimsy Stamps are sponsoring the Sketch Saturday challenge this week and Whimsy designer Debbie has designed the fantastic sketch! You can win the stamp I used on my card Pajama Time Emma and also Rainy Day Emma! You can also get a whopping 20% discount if you order before Saturday 9th May! Check out the Whimsy site for details!

I can also enter this card into the Copics Colour Challenge as I used RO2 flesh on Emma's face!
I am going to be cheeky and also enter this card into the Spoonful of Sugar Challenge which is 'Touchy Feely', I am sure the lovely crocheted flower can count towards being added texture!

I added a little pocket to the inside of the card to add a little flat gift or chocolate bar! Supplies: Stamp ~ Whimsy 'Pajama time Emma'

DP ~ Papertrunk 'Jellybean'

Embellishments ~ Prima hydrangeas, ribbon from Ribbon Oasis, crochet flower from Wild Orchid Crafts

many thanks for dropping in, I will be back in the morning with a card for Cute Card Thursday!

Have a great evening!

Ismaki and Whimsy bookmark

I was in such a rush to make this card that although I used the Ismaki sketch designed by Kianel, I completely forgot the option was to use violet! Whoops!

Not altogether happy with it as I was rushing to catch the Post office (which wasn't open anyway!)

Papers are BAsic Grey 'Porcelain' available in the Whimsy Online Shop (if you shop this week you will get a 20% discount just type in the code VACATION) hurry for one week only while Denise is on vacation! Stamp is Magnolia from last year's summer kit. Punch is Martha Stewart. Tutorial for making the flowers is in my labels under tutorials!

I made this super quick bookmark today in between cutting the grass (I had to keep running in and out between showers!)

This is the boys version of this

having twins I have to make 2 of everything!

Stamp is the Whimsy Animal Collection 'Owl', he is so cute! Don't forget you can get him and all the other stamps at 20% off this week! They are already a fantastic price as they come already backed in EZ mount so with this discount they are not to be missed!
There will be 2 new kids stamps and 3 new animal stamps to be released in a few weeks, they are so cute, I promise you will love them, watch this space!!!

Hope you are all having a fabulous weekend and especially for those of you having an extended weekend with a bank holiday tomorrow!

Cute Card Thursday ~ Mirror, mirror!

This week the theme on Cute Card Thursday is Mirror mirror! To use something shiny. You might be wondering where my shiny thing is........look very closely and you still might struggle to see it! I used glossy accents on the glasses, doesn't show up well in the photo though! I also used a metal plaque and my eyelets are quite shiny. Well, that is about as shiny as I get!
I used the sketch from the Friday Sketcher's challenge, I have seen this one used so many times this week, wasn't it a fabulous sketch?

I am also entering this card into the Spoonful of Sugar challenge which is blue and green this week.
Thanks to everyone who has asked about my finger, it is improving and I am able to use it much more but it isn't perfectly healed unfortunately, looks like it will take a while and still feels a bit numb! The stitches are out but it still looks a mess!

Back to CCT we have another fabulous prize, a Stampin' Up stamp set kindly donated by Jenny of Made on the Farm. We have Marcea and Sam who are our guest designers and of course some fabulous cards made by our regular design team.

Supplies ~ Stamps ~ Magnolia

DP ~ Basic Grey ~ Marrakesh

Embellishments ~ Metal plaque, flowers, ribbon and fibres, eyelets and brads.

Tools ~ Cuttlebug, nestabilities

whimsy challenges and stamp something

The Whimsy Stamps Challenge this week is to create something monochromatic. It had to be all shades of one colour plus a neutral. I think I am stretching the neutral a little as I needed to have brown for the hair, didn't think she would look too good with cream hair!
I used Whimsy Stamps Rainy Day Emma as she fits the theme of Showers or flowers perfectly over on Stamp Something so I can enter this there too!

I decided to make a bookmark as I have just discovered the Twilight novels (thanks Denise) and am using a piece of card as a bookmark. I followed Suzanne Dean's fabulous tutorial for the corner bookmark! They are pretty quick and easy to make!
Last night I realised both my little ones were reading without bookmarks (where do they go?) so I reckon they will both be getting one amongst their birthday pressies!
I have just had a sneak peek at the 2 new kids collection Whimsy stamps, they are adorable, no hints just yet but I promise you will love them, can't wait to get my hands on them!

We also have a new DT member, I am sure you will all know her, Claire of CraftyC!

Watch out for more of her amazing creations!

The Angel Company mini album

A few weeks ago my friend and SBS4 sister Diana asked if I would be her April WOW blogger! I was delighted to be asked and was thrilled with the fantastic The Angel Company products she sent for me to use!

The stamp set reminded me of summer and the coasters and small envelopes came with the set so I felt it was crying out to be made into a mini album.

The Stamptacular challenge this week was to use a charm along with a stamped image. My stamped images are on the front of the album and the charm is hanging inside the book here.

Supplies: The Angel Company papers and stamps, coasters and mini envelopes.

embellishments : various rub-ons and ribbons

Hope you are having a lovely sunday, it has turned chilly here, good day for staying in crafting! We are making up the party bags for the little ones birthday next week!!! Kids are doing most of it themselves, they are clever little cookies!

ismaki

I used the fabulous sketch over at Ismaki designed by the very talented Isa this week. The option was birds but I forgot to add one..whoops! Wonder if Melinda's wings will count?

The image is sweet 'Confirmation Melinda' from Whiff of Joy. This image I coloured a while back with watercolour paints before I got my Copics. My paintbrushes have been neglected since they arrived!

Supplies: Stamps ~ Whiff of Joy 'confirmand Melinda' and studio G

DP ~ Basic Grey 'Sugared'

flowers are punched as shown in this tutorial

I found this fabulous live streaming of some nesting ospreys, anyone interested it is well worth a peek, they are sitting on 3 eggs! See here! I am so distracted by them, I can't stop watching!

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

Just Magnolia

My cards are like buses, you don't see one for a week then you get 2 in one day! I just realised the Just Magnolia challenge will end today, where did that week go?

The sketch by Donalda is fabulous and so quick, luckily!

Keeping this post short and sweet, stamp is Magnolia, DP is Basic Grey Porcelain. Gems are Kaiser. Image is coloured with Copics.

Cute Card Thursday ~ Getting Edgy

First of all I have to thank everyone who left sweet messages for me following my mishap! It is healing well but stitches aren't out until monday now! It is feeling better though and I am managing to create with the other 3 fingers and thumb! I had these images coloured up from last week but hoping to try colouring later today!This card is for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge, I must say a huge thank you to Andrea for stepping in and writing up the post for me to give my finger a break! (Hopefully she will be tempted to come back full time..hehe!)

The theme this week is 'Getting Edgy', you can distress, tear or sew your edges.

I love this challenge, it was one Lynn set before her break!

Hopefully you can see all the distressing and I managed to do a little tearing inside!

I am also entering this card for the Truly Scrumptious challenge, the sketch is amazing, so many layers, just the way I like them! The theme is also to make a card for a child! Whimsy stamps is sponsoring the challenge, you could win a fabulous Whimsy stamp and sentiment stamp set.

I used my Whimsy Kids Collection Baseball Connor, the larger size is on the outside and the regular is on the inside. I think it is so cute to use both sizes. You can still get the larger size Baseball Connor for a limited period and at a discounted price over at the Whimsy Online Shop!

My son chose the sweeties he wanted in his card so the fold was measured accordingly! The little envelope holds some money.

We have a fabulous prize over at CCT this week generously donated by Lisa from C&T Publishing!

We have the very talented and sweet Marcea as our Guest Designer for the next 2 weeks!

Please check out the rest of the Design Team's fantastic cards, they really are amazing!
Supplies: Stamps ~ Whimsy Stamps ' Baseball Connor' large and small sizes,
DP ~ Basic Grey 'Archaic'

Embellishments ~ Basic Grey rub ons, BAsic Grey Archaic brads,

MIA

I had a nasty little accident on friday, gave myself a deep cut with a kitchen knife on the index finger of my right hand, such an inconvenience, it affects so many things!

I ended up in A&E having 5 stitches!

It is still very sore and I am having difficulty typing and don't know when I will complete a card, I will be trying though, where there's a will there's a way!

I hope to get around to visiting again soon but due to the laborious way I am having to type my comments will be short and sweet until my finger heals!

Stitches out on friday so fingers crossed!

Take care, hope you all had a fabulous weekend!

Debx

Cute Card Thursday ~ Floral Fantasy

Our challenge this week over at Cute Card Thursday is 'Floral Fantasy'! Very simple challenge to use any kind of flower! Do pop on over to check out the amazing creations from the DT and Jacilynn is once again our Guest Designer for this week. We have a fantastic prize again this week from Daisy May Designs!

I needed some inspiration for my layout so found a great sketch over at Sketch Saturday!

I used this sweet stamp called 'Reflective' by Sugar Nellie! The papers are Basic Grey 'Sugared'. The image is coloured with my new Copic pens, I love the depth of colour you get with these, so quick to use too which is just as well at the moment!Supplies: Stamps ~ Sugar Nellie 'reflective', Studio G sentiment

DP ~ Basic Grey Sugared

Embellishments ~ Prima flowers, spacers from Ebay, Dovecraft brads

Whimsy Challenge and Ismaki

Not at all sure about this card, I am out of my comfort zone using red and green! I usually save this colour combo for Christmas cards but decided to give them whirl. Think I will keep them for Christmas in future!

This card is for 2 challenges, first of all the fabulous new Whimsy Stamps Challenge which is celebrating its first week so the theme is 'Occasion Celebrations', so I made a birthday card!

The winner can choose any 2 stamps from the Whimsy Animal Collection, what a fantastic prize!

I used the fabulous sketch over at Ismaki this week created by Elisa.

Supplies: Stamps ~ Whimsy Stamps Kids Collection 'Rainy Day Emma', SU 'Circle of friendship'

DP ~ Basic Grey 'Infuse'

Embellishments ~ Papermania adhesive pearls, ribbon and eyelets, Prima flower

Whiff of Joy and Stamp Something challenges

What fabulous service from the Craft Barn! I ordered my copics on thursday and they arrived on friday! This was my first dabble with them, I have put off buying them for a long time but after seeing Rach's fabulous tutorial over on StampARTic I had to give them a try!

I nearly gave up in the first 5 minutes, they are so different from painting but I persevered and now I love them!

I used Katharina's fabulous sketch for the Whiff of Joy Challenge. I used the Whiff of Joy 'Melinda with muffiin basket' stamp designed by the fabulous Elisabeth Bell. The new summer kit by Elisabeth is going to be available to pre-order this monday, after seeing the tiny sneak peek I will definitely be ordering! This card also fits into the Stamp Something Challenge as it has lots of shapes on it. They are giving away a fabulous Sugar Nellie stamp as a prize this week!
Supplies: Stamps ~ Whiff of Joy 'Melinda with muffin basket', Script stamp of unknown make
DP ~ Basic Grey 'Marrakesh'
Tools ~ cuttlebug, nesties, Martha Stewart zigzag border punch, L-Em leaf punch
Embellishments ~ ribbon, Papermania adhesive stones, Panduro wooden heart, Provocraft memory rub-on sentiment
Colouring ~ Copic pens

Hope you are all having a fantastic Easter weekend and get to eat lots of chocolate!

I am off to finish off decorating this bedroom now, fingers crossed it will be finished today!

Thank you so much for your visit and kind words!

Cute Card Thursday ~ marshmallows and chocolate

With school holidays and decorating kiddies bedrooms I am not finding much crafting time so I made this card for 3 challenges!

Cute Card Thursday has a colour challenge Marshmallows and Chocolate or Pink and brown! We have some sweet High Hopes stamps for blog candy kindly donated by Fran our DT member!

I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers which is being sponsored this week by Whimsy Stamps! You can win two of the fabulous, newly released animals stamps!

A Spoonful of Sugar asks How Old? and wants a card with a person's age on!

I used the very sweet Pajama Time Emma from Whimsy stamps, the papers are Basic Grey Sugared.

Supplies: Stamps ~ Whimsy Kids Collection 'Pajama Time Emma', Whiff of Joy 'Presents', SU 'best yet', Panduro 'tag'

DP ~ Basic Grey 'Sugared'

Embellishments ~ Basic Grey buttons 'Porcelain', ribbon, beads and eyelets.

Whimsy Blog Hop

Welcome to the Whimsy Blog Hop!

Hopefully you will have already been to visit Denise and Vicki but if not pop on over there as we are holding a Whimsy Blog Hop today through 'til wednesday.

This is my creation for the Blog Hop, the theme was to use punches! I made my box using nestabilities for the top and bottom, I used a strip of card for the middle. I used a Fiskars lace edge punch for the decoration on the side, an EK success flower punch and Woodware flower punch for the flowers and my favourite L-Em leaf punch. The Whimsy image I used is 'Pajama Time Emma', she is such a sweetie and you can get her at a special price just now at the Whimsy Online Shop! I used my circle nestabilities to get just a portrait. The papers are Basic Grey 'Porcelain' also available at the Whimsy Online Shop.

You can also now get your hands on the newly released Whimsy Animal Collection 'pig', 'lamb' and 'geese'!
The next Whimsy DT member on the blog hop is Erin, hop on over to check out her creation. She will also tell you the next DT on the list to visit! You should end up back at Denise's blog and have visited everyone to be in with a chance of winning a prize!

The DT call for the Whimsy Challenge blog ends today so make sure you get your entry in asap! The challenge goes live next monday, 13th April!

The 'little sister' sentiment is a Basic Grey Rub-on from the Sugared collection.

All flowers are handmade using punches and the same Basic Grey papers!
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Okay, that is it from me for today. Fingers crossed that it worked as I had to schedule it as we are away for a few days. We should be well on our way home as this posts though, so I will catch up with you all soon!

Now, don't forget to hop over to Erin's blog now to continue on the Whimsy Blog Hop!

Have a great sunday, thanks for dropping by!