Can't have enough' Pink and Sparkly' stuff!!

Happy Saturday morning everyone.....
I am happy to report that after our jet set lifestyle of late I am having a stay at home blogging and blobbing day!
We went to the pictures last night and saw 'A Christmas Carol' in 3D. The last event to celebrate our daughters Birthday!!
We took 5 girls with us who all shreiked and squealed through it...absolutely Incredible...Amazing!!We all loved it!! Do go and see it if you can!!!

Today's pictures show a candy prize that I won in a Craftbubble competition...


Lots of girly handbag and shoe die cuts...glittery Princess paper!
I sent this card to my friends daughter who was 16 a few days ago!



Now, I haven't caught up with any challenges this week so I am going to do some cards today I hope.
Girls are having haircuts today so in between all that I am going to check a few out and continue doing Christmas cards. I have my first fair next Friday!
So... Hope you all have a good day crafting and I will see you back here for more chat and cards! Bye for now!!!

Susie's Sassy Challenge #2....Pink and Sparkly

Good Afternoon ladies!
My card today is my DT offering for Susie's Sassy Challenge #2...Pink and Sparkly!!!
There was a fantastic response to our new challenge blog and we had about 100 entries for the first challenge. Susie is very happy!!!
Do go over and check out who has won the fabulous first prize candy and take a peek at all the DT cards for this new challenge!

I used this cute Tilda with balloons!

My sparkle was added to her balloons and boots and on the bike and flower! I used as many pinks as I could find!

Hope you like it...pop back soon for more chat and cards!

It's me...I'm back!!!

Hello ladies...
We are back from Brussells, a few pounds heavier with all the chocolate that's been consumed! Great weather...not sunny but very mild!
There are so many lovely chocolate shops and they have such beautiful presentation.
All the windows were spectacular!! Here are a few pics for now!...




Le Grande Place....the central square full of historic buildings and museums and little alleyways with all the restaurants etc.




A little drop of the good stuff!!!

Anyone for some waffles?


Back to some cardmaking now....
Susie's Sassy challenge #2 starts on Thursday( my daughters 11th Birthday) so I will have a new DT card to show you for that and some more Wild Rose Studio DT cards!
I came in the top 3 for my Tilda card last week over at 'Stamping Vacation'... Yey me!! thanks for dropping by...more chat and cards soon!

Last post till next week because....

I am away for the weekend!
We are off to London to see 'OLIVER'....can't wait! ...but there's more!
I posted a little competition to see if anyone could guess where I am going at 9am on Saturday morning...Out of the UK...2 hours away and the answer is...'BRUSSELS'
Thank you for having a go at guessing....and CONGRATULATIONS to JANE (Milliesmarvels)
who guessed at Bruge, but that's good enough for me...and was certainly the closest guess! I will bring you back something nice, I hope and something that you can use for some crafting!
So I will leave you for now with another Christmas card.

Black, red and silver stamped and heat embossed flowers. I love this colour combo!!


Hope you all have a great weekend!
More chat and cards next Tuesday and maybe some photos of chocolate and lace!!!

Are you sitting comfortably.....?

Then I shall begin!!
Here is another Magnolia 'Tilda with sledge' card. I love this stamp at the moment. I have kept it quite simple!

I am entering this into the following Challenges:

1. Fab's Big Christmas Card Challenge... Fab would love to see a Christmas card and you can pick from some optional themes of Diva, a hanging card or wavy edge. I think that Tilda has to be the biggest Diva out there at the moment!

2. Cupcake craft Challenge...'Snow much Fun'

3. Roses on Paper...A Christmas Card...there is a list of stamps that you have to use and Magnolia is one of them.

4. Stamping Vacation... Pick any 3 things from a list to use on your card.
I have chosen...Something from my sewing box..(heart button)
Something from a junk drawer..(length of ribbon)
Traditional colours you would see on holiday(red, green and white)


Coloured with PM's and shaded with a grey pencil!


Now the lovely Susie has sent her Sassy Challenge DT a list of 35 questions to answer in one word...so here goes;

1. Where is your cellphone?....Handbag
2. Your hair?....Long
3. Your Mother?....Heaven
4. Your Father?....Reading
5. Favourite Food?....Chocolate Cake
6. Your dream last night?....Bizarre
7. Favourite drink?....Tea
8. Your Dream/Goal?....Rich!
9. What room you in?....Landing!
10.Your hobby?....Cardmaking
11.Your fear?....Death
12.Where do you want to be in 6 years?....Relaxing!
13.Where were you last night?....Home
14.Something that you aren't?....Nasty
15.Muffins?....Chocolate!
16.Wish list item....Chauffeur!
17.Where did you grow up?....Reading
18.Last thing you did?....Blog
19.What are you wearing?....Black
20.Your TV?....Big!
21.Your pets?....None
22.Friends?....Great!
23.Your Life?....Fabulous!
24.Your mood?...Impatient!!!
25.Missing someone?...Mum!
26.Vehicle?....KA
27.Something you are not wearing?....Shoes
28.Your favourite Store....M&S
29.Your favourite colour?.... Red
30.Last time you laughed?...Today
31.Last time you cried?....Saturday
32.Best Friend....Sister!
33.One place you go to over and over again....School!!
34.Facebook....Dangerous!
35.Favourite place to eat?....Harvester!

Now I am supposed to pass this on to 5 people...so..
'Scrappyjacky'....Jane(cupboard under the stairs)....DawnyP(pink piggy).....Danni's Dreams(Flutter by Wednesday Challenge and Karen Wilson....
It's all yours girls!

Now onto my little weekend away competition...no-one has got it yet!!!
Please have another go if you like...
It will take us a couple of hours to get there!
We will be out of the UK.....Where are we going?
Sorry for the long post...Phew.....It's over!!!

Butterfly Bling.... and a weekend Away?

Afternoon ladies......
I have had another busy day , even though I was intending to chill!
Rushed into town at 9am as I realised that this was the only morning I had this week to get a few bits and bobs for the weekend. Then home to some hoovering and just time to photograph my cards before pick up from school..but the sun was very strong so I pulled the blind down in my craft room and now all the photos have a warm, greenish tinge! It doesn't matter on this one but the pink ones will have to be done again!

I think I said in my previous post that I have lots of these family labels to use up so I am matching up paper and card to them at the mo! I used some DCWV Luxury cardstock for the base and the layers. Sizzix Butterfly is cut from Gold glitter card and decorated with gold glitter glue and green jewells.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
1. Allsorts...Bring out your Bling!
2. ABC Challenge...'G' is for Green!
3. Flutterby Wednesday challenge....Butterfly or fairy!
4. Play along Monday...Anything Xmas!
5. Sophisticats Challenge...Wings!


We have a busy weekend planned to celebrate our eldest daughters 11th birthday which is on the 19th November! We are leaving the country for a mini break away....If anyone wants to guess where we are going......I will give a little prize out to the correct answer! I might even buy it there!
We are off to London on Friday afternoon and we go to the Theatre Royal, Drury lane to see 'OLIVER' then stay in a Hotel and leave at 9am for our destination????
Hope a few people give it a go! Thanks for dropping by!

It's snowy..man!

Hi there ladies....
I'm just finishing off a very productive craft weekend. In between taking my little one to a party each day I was able to make quite a few christmas cards.

I'm entering this Sizzix Snowman into the following Challenges;
1. Creative Craft Challenge....Christmas Fun!
2. The Craft Garden....November challenge is 'Sparkle'!
3. Crafty Calendar Challenge 2....Weather..(Snow)!
4. One stop craft Challenge....Card for Kids!

I hope you can see all my glitter!

I'm off to watch X Factor now and watch from behind a pillow as I can't bear the thought of any of Simon's over 25's going out!!!
See you soon....

Shopping Sisters...

Well ...It's a late post for me this Saturday evening...my last job before bed!
I've been working my little socks off today, making christmas cards and doing orders. I seem to have a lot for 'Sisters' at the mo and especially ones that like shoe shopping!
So here is my latest order.

Hand bag and shoes layered with Sizzix circle and scallop!

The 'Special Sister' sentiment is from a big box of all different family cards and was bought from QVC. You will see a lot more of them coming up especially on my Christmas cards.

I did my monthly market on Friday and I got the impression that if people are going to spend a couple of pounds on one special christmas card then they want it to say
MUM, DAD, SISTER, GRANDMA etc so I promised a few customers more of those for next month!

Well..I am going to take lots of photos tomorrow and show you some more christmas cards soon! Thanks for coming by to take a look!...Until tomorrow..

Susie's Sassy challenge # 1...Christmas

Good morning ladies and Welcome to a new Challenge blog that I am very proud to be on the Design team of....Susie's Sassy Challenge!
There will be a challenge every fortnight on a Thursday, starting from today..so off we go and the theme is..... 'CHRISTMAS'

My peace Angel image and cute doves paper is from the new Wild Rose Studio christmas CD..she is coloured with PMs and glittered with crystal Stickles.

I used handmade cream paper and ripped, distressed and chalked the edges for a golden glow before using my sewing machine for layering it all together.
Buttons and flowers are from my stash and I used some twisted paper to make a feather shape...

So...let's see your Christmas Creations ... you can get to Susie's blog by clicking on the link in my side bar. The other DT's work will be up for you to get some more ideas....have fun!
Thanks for popping by... Bye for now!

Home Alone today....

Afternoon Ladies....
Today has been my first day Home Alone for just over a week and I have been able to work undisturbed making up some card orders...(I did do some housework as well)
This card is a special order from my cousin for her step-sister.
The cute cat with flowers image is a stamp from Wild Rose Studio, coloured with PMs and shaded with a grey pencil. The papers are from the WRS Spring CD and co-ordinate so well with the stamps. They are just so beautiful and come in all the lovely pastel shades, Pink, Lemon, Blue, Green and in Ginghams, Florals and Stripes.

The flowers are from a mixed bag that I bought in The Glitter Pot. Just layered up with a button and a brad in the centre. The lovely green ribbon Ric-Rac was given to me by a friend last week. Thanks ,Fiona!

I distressed the edges and then stitched around them.

Finishing touch was this net and wire butterfly.
I am entering this card into the following Challenges:
1.Sophisticat...Ribbon and Button
2.Flutter By Wednesday...Fairy or Butterfly

CANDY ALERT!!!!

So...do you fancy some Die Cut candy?
To celebrate the launch of Susie's Sassy challenge this Thursday she is giving you until Thursday to win some goodies. Pop over to her blog from my side bar and enter.
Don't forget to join us on Thursday for the unveiling of the DT cards...and the 1st challenge, then you can make something spectacular for us to come and look at!
Thanks for dropping by....Bye for now

Tilda and her sledge are back!

Good Afternoon...
I have been out and about with my eldest daughter today having a girly shopping day!
Popped into 'Wilkinsons' which has taken the space vacated by Woolworths and went to Sussex Stationers and picked up some sale card blank packs...50 tall cream cards and envelopes for £2.99! Bargain!
My card today is another Tilda with sledge and this time I have coloured her in with more traditional christmas colours.

I used a grey blendable pencil to add some shading. As it's Christmas ..lots of sparkle on the snow and her hat, wings and trim on her jumper and gloves.

This card is being entered for a couple of challenges.
1. Winter Wonderland....Jingle Bells.
2. Simon Says Stamp....All that Sparkles.
The girls are back to school tomorrow so I can tidy up the house... thanks for popping by..... please leave me a nice comment! Bye...

Tilda with sledge...

Afternoon Ladies......
Today has just whizzed by...although it doesn't help when you knock over a cup of tea on the computer desk just as you start to begin your post!
All cleared up now but I am very behind.
Girls just getting changed into their cute Black cat outfits and then we are off to the village hall for the Kids Halloween party and then back to the close for some 'Trick or Treat' and home made soup and Hot Dogs with the neighbours.
My card today is the gorgeous Christmas Tilda with sledge.

I have made a few of these in different colours and this is the pastel one. I coloured her with PMs and added a bit of shading with a soft grey blendable pencil.
I added some punched snowflkes with white sequin centres down one side and small fluffy blue pom poms on wire down the other.

She is glittered with crystal sparkles and I've used some blue sparkly ribbon along the centre and on the 'Let It Snow' tag.
I'm entering her into the following Challenges.
1. Winter Wonderland....Open theme this week.
2. Creative Card crew...Snowflakes
3. LaLa land...Ribbon


Must go and get some black clothes on now and get my witches hat....'Cackle cackle'
Have a very Happy, safe and fun filled Halloween evening!!