Cute Card Thursday ~ Food

The theme on Cute Card Thursday this week is

Food/cupcakes

Willow with cookies from Whiff of Joy designed by Elisabeth Bell seemed perfect for this theme and I was thrilled to find I had the perfect rub-on to go with the image! The papers are Love Elsie 'Noel' love this range!

We have fabulous candy to give away very kindly donated by Bea from

Ribbon Oasis!

The DT cards are so gorgeous, pop on over and check them out, they have more photos on their blogs too with information on how their cards were made!

and the inside, more studio G stamps, how cute are these christmas lights?
Supplies: DP ~ Love Elsie 'Noel'

Stamps ~ Whiff of Joy 'Willow with cookies' Studio G 'xmas lights'

Embellishments ~ Flower and leaf Prima, metal flower spacer from Ebay, Lace, rub-on and board button from stash

A spoonful of sugar ~ Christmas!

I am a bit late with my post today! This week on A spoonful of sugar the theme is

Christmas!

yey, great excuse to get a start on your Christmas cards although the amount I am seeing as I go blurfing I am sure everyone is well ahead already!

I love this stamp from Sugar Nellie, it is another Elisabeth Bell designed stamp of Honey and Snowman, little Honey is so adorable, I had to colour her dress red as my eldest had a beautiful red coat in a similar style to this when she was about 18 months, it always looked very festive!
Do pop on over and check out the challenge there is a fantastic Sugar Nellie stamp to be given away and also some amazing cards by the design team!

the inside, decorated with another Studio G stamp, I knew when I bought them last year they would be very useful eventually!Supplies: DP~Basic Grey 'fruitcake'

Stamps ~ Sugar Nellie 'Honey with Snowman', Studio G

Embellishments ~ Prima flowers and leaf, spacers from Ebay, Dovecraft brads, Charms from Jeneca Beads, Ribbon recycled from Thornton's chocolate box!

Angel ~ Friday Sketchers

I coloured this sweet Whiff of Joy Guardian Angel 'Melinda helping angel' earlier this week, she is my favourite of the angels! I wasn't sure what to do with her until I saw the sketch by Heidi over at Friday Sketchers! The slim image fit the sketch perfectly!

I will have to add another photo to show the gloss on the plate, I used a 3d gloss and it really looks like a piece of china, I also added some stickles to the wings.

I haven't done the inside yet, I will add another pic of that too when I get it made.

Supplies: DP~ Basic Grey

Stamps ~ Whiff of Joy 'Melinda helping Angel'

Embellishments ~ Prima flower and leaf, rub-ons, ribbon and buttons from stash

Quick post as it is late, hope you all have a fantastic weekend, thanks for visiting!

Cute Card Thursday ~ Cats and Dogs

This week on Cute Card Thursday the theme is Cats and Dogs!

Debbie Moore who designs for Spiral Whisper, has donated some fabulous downloads to one lucky winner, go check them out, they are so cute!

I used my fabulous lion stamp from Debbie's safari stamp set available from Spiral Whisper, I don't have anything jungle themed to go with them but thought the Magnolia leaves from the Summer Club collection would work a treat.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the design team's fabulous creations!

For extra dimension I added another layer of leaves. The ribbon closes the whole thing as it is actually an image holder!
Supplies: DP ~ Basic Grey 'Mellow'

Stamps ~ Spiral Whisper 'safari set' designed by Debbie Moore, Magnolia 'leaves'

Embellishments ~ Ribbon from Ribbon Oasis, sentiment made with letraset rub-ons

Willow drinking hot chocolate ~ autumn

As soon as I saw this image of Whiff of Joy's Willow I knew I had to have it! She is so adorable and she always makes me think of my eldest, this one especially as she also loves her hot chocolate always with cream and marshmallows! With the recent cold wet weather we have been having I was so ready to do an autumnal card! A lucky coincidence that Stamp Something challenge has a fall theme and Papertake Weekly also has an autumn theme! I am so thrilled to have found time to enter some more challenges at last!

I used a very fine wire to make this spiral to decorate the flower and added some tiny beads.
The inside, a fab Studio G stamp again to decorate, simple but effective!
Supplies: Cardstock ~ SU chocolate chip

DP ~ Basic Grey ' Perhaps'

Stamps ~ Whiff of Joy 'Willow with hot chocolate', Studio G 'sentiment and mug', Basic Grey 'Wintertime' , corner stamps unknown make.

Embellishments ~ Prima flowers, Kaiser flower (small cream), other items of unknown origin.

Blog Candy Alert

Nikki aka Bunny Zoe is celebrating her 20,000 hits! She is giving away a gorgeous High Hopes stamp and also a Basic Grey Pad! Pop on over and leave her a comment to take part!

A Spoonful of Sugar ~ sketch by Nikki

We had a fantastic sketch to follow for this week's challenge over at

A Spoonful of Sugar

it was designed by super talented Nikki

it is such a great sketch, pop on over to check out the challenge, the fabulous prize and some amazing DT cards!

I used my fabulous Sugar Nellie 'Winter Nellie', first time I have coloured her up, I seem to be saying that a lot and yet I still buy more stamps!

and a close up of this cute little Nellie!
The inside, my Studio G christmas stamps are perfect for decorating the inside of the card!

I hope everyone had a great weekend, thank you for visiting!

Supplies: DP ~ Basic Grey 'Figgy Pudding'

Stamps ~ Sugar Nellie 'Winter Nellie', Studio G sentiment and tree

Embellishments ~ All flowers Prima, flower centres from Ebay, Dovecraft brads, Tree charm from Jeneca Beads, all other items of unknown origin.

Cute Card Thursday ~ Pretty in Pink

Pretty in Pink is the theme for Cute Card Thursday this week! I decided on very pretty Claudia the artist by Elisabeth Bell from Sugar Nellie, I knew she would look great in pink!

I can't believe it has taken me until now to colour her!

We have a fantastic new stamp to give away this week, a very cute and sweet Martha who is an Inklebods stamp kindly donated by the very talented Charli!

check out the challenge for some inspiration from our amazing design team and also their blogs for even more wonderful creations.

Supplies: DP ~ Sandylion ~ Kelly Panacci 'paisley pink'

Stamp ~ Sugar Nellie 'Claudia the artist'

Embellishments ~ Flora Doodle flower from Joanna Sheen, Scissor sisters flowers, Papermania adhesive pearls, stones from RAK from Chris, Coaster from RAK from Camilla, sticker from RAK from Bernie

ASOS ~ Anything but a card

The challenge this week on A Spoonful of Sugar is

Anything but a card!

Very good timing as I bought a bracelet for my daughter's birthday pressie but it came in a boring box. I covered the box with pretty paper (wouldn't do that again, much easier and quicker to make a new box from scratch) added a Bella, this one is so my daughter, and some pretty embellishments. Didn't go overboard as she is a teenager and hey, that just wouldn't be cool or she wouldn't care! I was told this morning she doesn't care if she has a cake today! She had a huge birthday party here on saturday night so I think she is suffering from an anti-climax, that and exhaustion as they had 5 hours sleep on saturday night, if they were lucky!

If you were wondering where I was all weekend, I had a houseful of teenagers from thursday night to sunday afternoon! I hardly got out of the kitchen! We did them burgers and pizzas at the party and when we put them on the table they all ran for them like they hadn't seen food in a week! Can you imagine 50 hungry teens running at you?

There is some fabulous blog candy on offer to one lucky participant kindly donated by Dottydocrafts. Pop on over to the see the prize and also the fabulous creations by the rest of the design team, I nearly didn't want to add mine they are so amazing!

Supplies: Empty cardboard box

DP ~ Kaiser bought from Traceyjanescrafts

Stamps ~Bella, ticketed by Autumn Leaves

Embellishments ~ Scissor sisters flower, charm and spacer from Jeneca beads, ribbon from Ribbon Oasis

Cute Card Thursday - In the water!

This week on Cute Card Thursday the theme for the challenge is

In the water!

Okay, you may be confused but we decided to allow frozen water too, I did manage to find another watery stamp but am so pushed for time this week that I recycled an ATC I made a while back and transformed it into a Christmas card!

This week the challenge is sponsored by Helene at Alota Stamps, she very generously is offering 3 amazing stamps to one lucky winner! Pop on over to the blog to see them!

Make sure you check out the design team's creations too, they are fantastic!

Tools: SU tab punch

Stamps : Magnolia 'snowman', Studio G 'let it snow'

DP : Basic Grey 'Figgy Pudding'

Embellishments : Primas, bling from stash, 'for christmas' rub-on

Got visitors and a birthday party to organise this weekend so I may be missing until next week, look forward to catching up with you then and thanks so much for visiting! Have a great weekend!

Sugar Nellie

Look what was featured on the Sugar Nellie blog yesterday! I made this a while back so was so surprised to see it and so thrilled to read such fabulous things said about me, it so made my week! If you missed it look here! Somebody pinch me I think I am dreaming!

Have to keep checking to make sure it really is there!

A Spoonful of Sugar ~ 3 different ribbons

The challenge on A Spoonful of Sugar this week is 3 different ribbons!

I decided this week to make something a bit different and wanted to play with my ScorPal, many thanks to my good friend and SBS sister Seleise for some fabby links!

As it is my eldest's birthday soon I decided to make her a little extra pressie, she is such a chocoholic like her mum so I found a square chocolate bar and made a cover for it. The measurements and more pictures are below!

Check out the challenge this week for fantastic cards from the design team and also some fabulous candy thanks to our sponsor this week Silly Monkey Crafts.

We also have a guest design team member for the next month, the very lovely and super talented Jacqui of Cats Whisper, welcome aboard Jacqui!

As it happens it was Jacqui who sent me this gorgeous image, thank you so much they are adorable! The DP is Basic Grey Lily Kate.

Here are the measurements I used...a piece of card 8.5 inches by 5 inches

score at 4 and 4.5 inches
The folder with the chocolate inside, ready to decorate
The decorated folder with the chocolate inside!
Thanks for looking!

RAKS

I got this fabulous card from my SBS4 sister Seleise, isn't it just gorgeous? I love the amazing stamping that Seleise adds to all of her cards and the colours on here are my favourite, how sweet is she? Thanks so much Seleise, you are a pal! It was a belated card and I have been holding onto it a while before photographing it, I haven't just had a second birthday!!

This gorgeous card is from Jacqui, she was so kind and sent me some Precious Moments images, thanks so much Jacqui, so appreciate them and love your pretty card!
and last but not least, my amazing blog candy! Only Debbie's fantastic Jungle stamps from Spiral Whisper! They stamp up a dream, I haven't got around to painting any of them yet but can't wait, so cute!

Cute Card Thursday ~ bright colours

This week on Cute Card Thursday the challenge is to use bright colours!

This seems to be as bright as I go, so this was quite a challenge for me as I tend towards more muted tones and distressed finishes. The paper is Kaisercraft, I only discovered them recently but the paper is fabulous quality! You can buy it from TracyJanecrafts along with more beautiful papers and embellishments.

This is the first outing for this sweet stamp by Sugar Nellie, it is the gorgeous Sweet Art Ebony 'sitting with bear' designed by Elisabeth Bell.

This week we have two fabulous stamps to give away from Kitty at

Spiral Whisper

they are from the fantastic Max and Milly range designed by Janet Roberts

Pop on over to see the stamps and also the fabulous cards created by the design team!

Supplies: Stamp ~ Sugar Nellie 'sitting with bear' coloured with watercolour paints

DP ~ Kaisercraft 'Bloom-bouquet'

Embellishments ~ Kaiser adhesive pearls, Prima leaf, Scissor Sisters flower, rub on from stash and charms from Jeneca Beads.

A Spoonful of Sugar ~ sketch

Make sure you check out the challenge on A Spoonful of Sugar this week, Debbie has designed the sketch for the challenge and its a goodie!

Not only that but you can now use any image you like!

And if that wasn't enough, the multitalented Katharina has sponsored the challenge this week and is offering one of her fantastic Whiff of Joy stamps to one lucky winner!

I needed a new home card for today so I decided on this sweet Bella image holding flowers, very appropriate as I took them a large bouquet of flowers complete with vase, well you can't find a vase when you first move in can you?

Supplies: Tools ~ sewing machine, ribbon slot punch

DP ~ Basic Grey 'Perhaps'

Stamp ~ Bella Basic Grey 'wintertime'

Embellishments ~ Prima flowers and leaf, Cricut swirl, Organza ribbon, brads, wire and rub on from stash

blog candy shout

Debbie (Crafting fairy) has some fantastic blog candy to celebrate her 10,000 hits! Go and check it out, she is offering some fabby christmas stash and a sweet Whiff of Joy stamp!

Trina also has some pretty amazing blog candy, you have to make a card using her scrummy sketch to be included in the draw!

Shary has another sweet Alota stamp to give away as blog candy, hurry it ends friday 22nd August!

Cute card thursday~Soft furnishings

This week on Cute Card Thursday the theme is

soft furnishings

you can use fabric, ribbon, stitching, buttons etc anything you can find on your soft furnishings in the home.

I don't need any excuse to get the sewing machine out so this one was an easy one for me!

Also, I was so excited as my Whiff of Joy stamps arrived earlier in the week so I just had to stamp up the sweet 'Charlotte decorating the tree' stamp drawn by Alison Acton!

These stamps are fabulous, they stamp beautifully and are a dream to colour in!

This week we have fantastic blog candy to give away to one lucky winner, Shary very kindly provided us with 2 fabulous Alota stamps given to her by Helene.

Supplies: Tools ~ Sewing machine,

DP ~ Love Elsie 'Noel'

Stamp ~ Whiff of Joy ' Charlotte decorating tree' coloured with watercolour paints

Embellishments ~ pearls, ribbon and ribbon slide from stash

A Spoonful of Sugar ~ Boo!

There is a great challenge over on A Spoonful of Sugar this week, it is to have a secret message on your card.

Do check out the challenge, there is fabulous blog candy on offer and the rest of the design team have come up with some fantastic ideas!

I thought my Halloween stamps would be good for the challenge this week and used this fabulous Sugar Nellie spooky character!

And so onto my secret message.....
Just look at this fab wood look paper, I only had to add score lines and some ink! I have had it ages but think it came from the Paper Mill Shop.
Supplies~ Tools ~ Scorpal

DP ~ Laura Ashley

Stamp ~ Sugar Nellie 'Halloween'

Embellishments ~ Prima flower and leaf, spacers from Jeneca Beads, Dovecraft brads, Kaiser Rub-on.

awards

I have been given this fabulous award, thank you to Jacqui, Sandra, Nikki and Bernie, you have all really brightened my day!

The rules of the award are:1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.2. Link the person you received your award from.3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.4. Put links of those blogs on yours.5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you’ve nominated

Now I am not good at nominating others as I always feel bad that I might have left someone out so I will get back to you when I am feeling braver!

I was also given this Wylde Women award from Gisela last week, thank you so much I love this award!