Eat Cake....

Afternoon all...
Let's get another card up on this blog...
Just got home from work and looking forward to a week and a day off...Told my girls that I will be crafting all weekend and possibly a bit of lemon drizzle cake baking and they are free to join in!
Hubby is refereeing football on Saturday and then going to watch NFL at Wembley on Sunday..
Mmmm...enough said about that!

 Here is my last Millie baking card...just had to make another one when I found this fab chipboard message in my stash!

Millie is coloured in with Promarkers...which are running out, so I need a little stock up soon. I cut her out and layered her onto lots of lovely Wild Rose Studio spots and ginghams papers...

I love this message panel....added a little piece of gingham ribbon for texture.

My sizzix cupcake die just finishes it off and I used glitter and  mini jewels for a touch of bling..

Some challenges

Top Tip Tuesday...layer it up

I love promarkers...Ain't it Cute

Whoopsi Daisy...Free and Easy

Polly Craft...Girls,Girls, Girls,

Hope Millie Bear can be included...she is a very cute girl bear!

Thanks for popping by!

Have a great start to the weekend whatever you are doing tonight!

We will be glued to Big Brother (Get Anton Out) and The Bachelor!

Be back soon

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My Wild Rose Studio Blog Hop Winner.....

Evening All....
The time has come to announce the winner of a 'Pickle with present' stamp.

If you joined in our Festive Blog Hop by leaving us some lovely comments and making a card then your name is in the basket.

We gave the names a good ole swirl around and then my daughter delved in!

and the winner is.........

CONGRATULATIONS TO

DIANE....Dianes card design.

Well Done Diane and also to all the other winners on my team mates blog!

Dulcie will be putting all the winners on her blog and will be arranging to get all your details so we can get your stamps out to you asap.

Hope you enjoyed the Hop...we loved visiting you all and seeing all the wonderful Christmas cards...

Back soon with more cards and chat!

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If I knew you were coming....

Hi there guys...
Just want to say 'Thank you' to everyone who entered the Wild Rose Studio Festive Fun Blog Hop.... and as it's nine o'clock....as Dermot would say...'The lines are now Closed'.

There will be a lot of checking now and when I have the final names and we have made sure we have comments and cards, I will do the draw and post up the winner, so please bear with me.

I really enjoyed coming to visit all your blogs and seeing all your christmas makes especially seeing Milton and Pickle!
So how about a little peek at Miltons girlfriend, Millie.

She's baking again... All papers are Wild Rose Studio.
I coloured Millie and layered her onto gingham...the background paper was the inspiration for the colours...soft lilacs, greens and lemons!

                              I used my little cupcake Sizzix die just as a little added extra.

                       The Happy Birthday strip is from East India Company and come in a pack...
                                                        they are actually paperchains.

I love using glitter and beads on my cake frosting.

                     I will be back with more Millie and hopefully some more Christmas Cards..
                       This weekend has been very busy...lots of dancing...Disco and Barn!



                                                                     TTFN......X

Wild Rose Studio Blog Hop....

Hello there and Welcome to a Wild Rose Studio Blog Hop...

Dulcie, the owner/designer of Wild Rose Studio has just released some gorgeous new Christmas Stamps and we thought we would celebrate with a hop to show you the new designs and also give you the chance to win some of these lovely cute stamps....

Join in with the theme..'.Festive Frolics' and you could win a fabulous Grand Prize.  All you need to do is make a card/creation for us. You don't have to use a Wild Rose Studio stamp, but if you have we would love to see it, and then link it up with the linky on the Wild Rose Studio Blog...

There will be Candy at every stop along the way on the Design team blogs and you have one week as the hop finishes on Monday 17th October at 9am (8am CET time).

So if you have arrived here from Lyndsey's blog then you are going in the right direction...if not then start at the beginning on the Wild Rose Studio Blog...

From here you need to hop over to Zoe's Blog 

Here is the very cute 'Pickle with present' stamp you can win from me.

I coloured him in with a mix of Promarkers and colouring pencils...

I added lots of glitter to his fluffy hat and used some white snowflake brads.

So to win this stamp please leave a comment on all the DT blogs and don't forget to make a card/creation and link it up here

We hope you enjoy the hop and we look forward to seeing your creations.

Millie Baking...and an upcoming WRS Blog Hop.

Hello...
Another busy, busy, busy week at school so not much blogging I'm afraid.
How about another Wild Rose Studio card?
Christmas cards are still in production but I love colouring in Millie Bear with my promarkers.

The pink polka dot paper is from a WRS paper pack and the Blue and Pink Gingham is from the Spring CD. I cut Millie out and layered her so I could make an easel card.

The organza ribbon is from my stash and the ribbon roses I think I have had for about 20 years...no joke! The happy Birthday sentiment is a Sizzix stamp from their recent sale... I've used my Martha Stewart Doily punch here as well.

Some challenges...
Papertake weekly...Anything Goes..Optional extra is to use a punch.
Totally papercrafts...Animals
Deep Ocean challenge...Happy Birthday

So...who fancies winning one of the new Pickle Penguin Christmas stamps?
If you come back here on Monday you can see a new Pickle card and the details and links for the hop around all the Wild Rose Studio design team blogs...
Hope you can join in!

Have a good weekend..I think I am clothes shopping with my daughters..new coats are needed!
Bye for now....xxx

A bit of a Pickle...

Hello there all...

I have been making some more cards with my little collection of Christmas Pickle stamps from

Wild Rose Studio.

 This is Pickle on his way to deliver a pressie on Christmas Eve and on his way he does a spot of

 star gazing.

I don't normally use black to layer but I think it looks good with Pickle. The Red Gingham paper is also Wild Rose Studio and I just love using this on my Christmas Cards.

I coloured Pickle with a mix of Promarkers and pencils. Added lots of glitter for the snow and on Pickles hat.  

The black gingham ribbon is a very old off cut.

I love brads and couldn't resist using a few scattered around with some hand drawn dots and glitter.

Some challenges...

Cute Card Thursday...Animal crackers

Simon Says Stamp...Anything Goes

ABC Challenge...A is for Anything Goes

Pop back soon for more cards and chat...xxxxx 

The Club Board....

Hi all....
I would love to show you some cards....but I just haven't had any time this week to make any... However....

...there is some craftiness still going on at school.

 

The School Club Board was a bit of a play on the word CLUB!

I don't think any of the children knew who these characters were...but I reckon a few of you will remember Fred and Dino...Captain Caveman and the Wacky races....

I really enjoyed drawing these and then paper piecing them together....

I do have a few images coloured on my desk so maybe I will get some time this weekend...although if this weather holds up I think that the hammock and BBQ may be dug out from the garage....

It has been beautiful here in Sussex...shame I have been in the classroom all day.

Have fun in the sun!

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The Snow fairy....

Good Afternoon all...
It's beautiful sunshine here today...a nice surprise.
A quick post before school pick up and then the girls have dentist check ups.
I have had this Snow fairy image coloured in for ages...but finally made a card with her.

The fairy is a digi image from Prairie fairy.
 I coloured in with Promarkers and glittered away, then cut out and layered her on some chalked paper and then Wild Rose Studio Snowflake paper with lots of purple layers. The sentiment is also a WRS stamp.

The very large plastic snowflake was recycled from a last years christmas gift bag. I blinged it up a bit with a large jewel.

Some challenges...
Jingle bells...using Suzi Snowflake song as inspiration.
Kaboodle...lots of layers.
Cutie Sunday...Christmas.
CC monthly challenge...Christmas Wishes.

Must dash...back soon with more chat!
TTFN....x

WRS Christmas...Pickle Penguin!

Happy Sunday everyone....
Inbetween all the washing and cleaning and feeding the family...I found a little time gap and made a little card using my new christmas Wild Rose Studio stamps...and what fun I had!
I have never made a tri-fold card before or cut out windows...Can you guess what Pickle Penguin is doing?

Here he is peeking throught the glittery snow encrusted windows. The snowflakes are falling all around..large and small...I used white and silver glitter embossing powder for the large ones. 

The blue background snowflake paper is from the Wild Rose Studio Christmas CD and I distressed the edges with dark blue and black chalk...then stamped lots of different sized snowflakes.





As the card opens out you can see the scene inside....

Very cute little Pickle skating away with the wind in his feathers...

I used a grey and black colouring pencil for Pickles body along with Promarkers in Satin, Gold and Lipstick Red...a touch of Blush and Blossom for his cheeks. I absolutely loved colouring Pickle in!!!

and there you have it...just a little card...BIG fun to make!

Charisma Cardz challenge this week is SKY...got lots of that!
I love promarkers Challenge is TRAVEL/TRANSPORT...Hope the ladies will allow Pickles Ice Skates! He is going really fast!

Off to start the veggies now for the Sunday Roast! Hope you're all having a lovely relaxing day!
TTFN......xxxx

Fergus with Toy!

Good Afternoon all...
The first two weeks of the school term have flown by...I'm still playing catch up with getting my cards posted to my blog...poor Fergus has been waiting in the picture file very patiently...
I made this card using' Fergus and toy' stamp that was sent to me by Dulcie at Wild Rose Studio...

I made an Easel Card and used  a new WRS paper pack called Valetta.
Coloured with my trusty Promarkers...I chalked around the edges in a gold colour and did some scribbly lines and doodles.

The flowers were taken from a silk stem...very cheap...purchased for 99c in Florida. Tiny jewels added to the centres...

I threaded some dark green organza ribbon through between the layers...and added some pink fabric butterflies...
Papertake Weekly Challenge is 'Things with Wings'...
Pile it on Challenge is 'Layer it'

I have just received a new package from Dulcie...Pickle Penguin is in my house!!!! I feel some cardmaking coming on tomorrow!!!
Hope you all have a great Friday night...I will be drooling over Gavin Henson in the' Bachelor'!
TTFN...xxxx

Pink Butterflies....

Evening to you all...

My first week back to school has been very busy. Lots of displays to plan and change..rewards charts to make etc....27 children to get to know.... So lots of crafting and making for school but not much cardmaking for me.
Here's one I made earlier....

Lovely pink handmade paper Butterflies..lots of glitter... gems and silver ....the background paper was from The Eden project Gift Shop in Cornwall, purchased about 5 years ago!

I found this last piece in my scrap drawer....

 

Pink velvet ribbon and a simple sentiment flower....

I'm just entering the one challenge as I just haven't had time to look for anymore this week...

Flutter By Wednesday...Open Theme this week but you must use a Butterfly, Fairy or Angel!

 

I have shed a few tears today while watching the 9/11 Memorial service from New York...just can't believe it was 10 years ago...So very, very sad!

That's all from me...be back soon!

xxxxx

 

Baby Boy Christening Card...

Hello there...
Well back to the daily grind today...
I had a lovely morning at school getting to know the new children and catching up with the old ones and their holiday news. My two girls have also come out of school happy with their first day and their teachers...both of them have male form tutors this time.

My card today is a Baby Boy Christening Card commission...

The bear is made from a large die and is so lovely to put together... I used beads for eyes and made a ribbon bow.

I printed out the sentiment, name, date etc on the computer...

Cream flowers with Blue glittery brad centres and Silver padded butterflies.

I didn't have any religious embellishments so I used some gems for a cross.

Some challenges for you...
Alys Sunday Challenge...Add a Bow
Crafting for all Seasons...Bingo line...Ribbons, Glitter/Shine, Flowers
Desert Island crafts...from the itinery I used Dimension, Flowers, and Sentiment.
Crafty sentiments...Ribbons and Bows
Pile It On... B is for...Baby Boy, Blue, Bear, Bow, Butterflies.

Hope you have all had a great day as well...
Back soon...xxxxx

Love is like a Butterfly....

Hi there all...

What a lovely sunny day today...we spent quite a lot of it outside in the park.

Another CAS card to share, made very simply with a Butterfly Sizzlet, scraps of patterned paper and some glitter, gems and beads to add a bit of sparkle.

No background paper needed just white card with a lilac border and them mounted on a 7x5 inch white card blank.

Some challenges...
Anything Goes...inspired by a TV/Film...remember the sitcom 'Butterflies'
Creative Card Crew...Anything Goes
Charisma cardz...Anything Goes
One Stop Craft...Anything But Square
Sarah Hurley Challenge...Bling and Sparkle

Like a lot of you who are parents of school age children tomorrow is the last week day at home...
The Summer holidays are over...
I shall miss the lie-ins, lazy mornings, meeting friends for lunch, crafting, Reading my Kindle, watching films and watching my kids play in the park.

We are all back to School on Monday...Hope I don't see too many terrified faces in my new Year 3's.

Hope you all have a great Friday and weekend!
TTFN.....xxx