Bella the Elephant...

Good afternoon crafty bloggers...

It's been a busy week back to work after the Easter break and I've been feeling a bit tired so any spare time has been spent cardmaking rather then on the laptop...

I had some gorgeous stamps and papers sent to me by Dulcie and Matt 

at Wild Rose Studio and the main character in the new range is this little cutie...

Bella the Elephant.

I coloured with Promarkers and used blendable pencils to add a little bit of finer contrast in the shadows.

 The Bella paper pack is in lovely girly pinks and lilacs and has bold and gentle spray florals...spots and dots and some butterflies.

 WRS have also produced a stamping set of 6 very versatile circle sentiments.

One of which you can see here...I have threaded my green ribbon stem through it on this card.

and some challenges...

Paper Crafting Journey...Use 3 or more patterned papers

Paper Playtime.....A Birthday card with a sentiment

Card Makin Mamas...Make it Girly

Wags'n'Whiskers...Anything Goes

Check back here for my next Bella card or pop over to the WRS blog and check out lots of new stamps and maybe some news about the new DT members!

Just sitting watching the London Marathon on TV and enjoying seeing our beautiful Capital city bathed in sunshine...and all the incredible people raising money for some fantastic charities...

First celebrity finished, the model and presenter Nell McAndrew!

2 hrs and 54 minutes....Amazing!!!

 What an inspiration...makes me want to get my running shoes on!

Have a great Sunday!

xxxxxx 

Spotty red ladybirds....

Good Afternoon all...

Saturday is my favourite day of the week and is usually filled with some 

Cupcake baking and Disney film watching with my daughters...a little bit of crafting and a little bit of housework...(I actually quite like cleaning my kitchen)

and of course it's the Penny Black Saturday Challenge!

 with a theme of Spots and Stripes...

I used this adorable Hedgehog and ladybird Stickeroo.

Layered onto a circle and scallop.

 

 I wanted to use some spotty and gingham papers so made some bunting to hang along the top...this just makes everything look like a summer party!

I continued the theme with this cute ladybird ribbon layered onto some more blue gingham paper.

This also links in with The Crafty Ribbons Challenge and their theme of

 Things with wings...

For those of us who have children or who work in Education tonight is our last late night as we are all back to school on Monday morning...so I had best make sure we all have our school clothes/P.E kits ready.

Back to Swimming lessons, Dance club and Gymnastics...

Roll on the summer Holidays!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend..TTFN

xxxx

What's on your workdesk Wednesday?

Morning folks...

It's time to be nosy and see what everyone else is doing in WOYWDW!

Brain child of Julia Dunnit on her stamping ground blog!

Well, here is what is on my workdesk....

Do you wanna a closer look?

Here's a quick tour....

 Lots of circle toppers that I made last night with my

 Home Sweet Home Sizzix die...

I had a little bit of help from my 8 year old daughter

 who actually has a really good eye for picking colours and papers 

...I let her have a free reign with the top one....

3mm Ribbon...some rolls from last years trip to Florida, 50c each and some new ones that I bought from a wholesaler who came to a school craft fair and she was selling 50m rolls for £1...

 Some new stamps...Magnolia and Wild Rose Studio DT package!

Really want to start on those but am feeling very guilty at the pile of toppers that need to be made into finished cards...

I think I may have to help hubby replace two fence panels today and eldest daughter has just told me that she wants to be dropped off at a friends house..twenty minutes drive away and then there will be the picking up the other end and of course there is also this to distract me....

 Ok..better crack on then!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting...

xxx

Spring is in the air....

Well...I sort of thought it was and then came the Easter weekend and it went back to being cold with gale force wind and rain....

I have been away to Derby with the hubster for a 40th birthday of one of my bezzie mates...she hired a band and a caller and we did some square dancing!

Excellent fun!

Good News is....

I still have some Easter Eggs left and I did some crafting today!!!

So here's a Springtime card with an older Wild Rose Studio stamp.

I have some new ones all waiting to go but Mr Mojo hasn't been kicking in recently and as we all know 'Life' gets in the way sometimes.

However I think I may have kick started it today...with a little help from an certain little daughter who wanted to help me in my craftroom.

 

I just love colouring in these little cats.

Gingham and floral papers and sentiment are also from the WRS collection.

Finishing touches are my little punched daisies and bead centres...

It's ages since I did some challenges so here are a couple I found.

Cupcake Craft...Spring is in the air

Crafters Companion...Four legged friends

See you back here soon!

Thanks for stopping by!

xxx

Happy Easter...

Hello all

Hope that everyone is having a lovely Easter!

 

 

We have been busy making some nice choccy treats...

Back with some more cards soon!

xxxxxx  

Fabric squares...

Good Morning all...

I have an inset day today so I should be cardmaking but I stayed a little too long after dropping my daughter to school to chat and join in with the Easter Egg raffle and now I am blogging!

So lets get on...

I saw these fabric squares in my local fabric store and couldn't resist...they were in a row of 8 for 50p...

 

I trimmed and then sewed them onto linen...cut and frayed the edges and then mounted onto two layers of co-ordinating card...

 

 I added glitter glue to the stems and gems to the flower centres and beads and sequins to the butterflies...

 

 

Just needed a change from colouring in stamped images...

Will be back to that soon as I have lots of new Wild Rose Studio DT stash to use.

 

If you love Wild Rose Studio then we are looking for 2 new DT members so check out the details and the stamps and come join a lovely team!

 

Creative Card Crew challenge is Spring so I hope these little cards are jolly enough! 

Back soon with lots more to show!

TTFN

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A sunny Saturday in Bognor Regis

Good Morning all

I know I should do some crafting today but I really wanted to be out and about and taking advantage of living by the seaside..

Breakfast at our favourite beach cafe...

 The beginning of the season is officially April 1st, but the weather was glorious   this morning so it felt like summer already.

This little blue train runs all day from one end of the promenade to the other.

 

 Lots of new apartment blocks are springing up along the seafront....

 I quite fancy living in one of these when I am older...

 I love these seaside shops and these colourful windmills.

Promise to do some crafting soon.....

TTFN...

xxxxxxx

Happy Mothers day!

Hi all...

Just wanted to pop on here and share another 

Mothers day card and hope that all the mums around the world have enjoyed a little bit of pampering today...

 

I started the day quite early with a cup of tea and a tin of chocolates from my daughters, then we set off to watch my eight year old sing in the school choir at a special Mothers day service in our local Church.

The children sang beautifully and then handed out posies of flowers...

 

Yesterday our school choir competed in the Chichester Music festival and won the Primary School Choir category...

They really are excellent!

 

 

 

 The rest of my day consisted of a little bit of crafting and then out for some food in Smith 'N' Western...Ribs and Chicken...Yummy!

 

 Relaxing now with some TV before bed and then another busy week...

Thanks for popping by..

TTFN

xxxxxx

A flower for Mum...

Good Afternoon everyone....

I'm back with a Mothers Day card...

and I've kept it along the CAS lines....

 White space with a single stem...I used all my daisy punches in various sizes, layered up with a pearl centre.

I couldn't resist buying these felt leaves from The Works...

Irridescent butterfly and K&Co alphabet tiles are great for finishing touches...

I also had to add lots of glitter!

Some challenges...

CraftyCatz...Mothers Day

Papertake Weekly...Mum/one for the Girls

Allsorts...Say it with flowers

Hope you have all had a good week...

It's nearly the weekend...so I'm really hoping that I can do some crafting.

It's been a couple of weeks since I had a good session in my craft room.

Wild Rose Studio have got lots of new stamps and papers, including Bella, who is a baby elephant. I am waiting for my DT parcel to arrive...so I can make some cards to show you...and look out for Paula Holifield, a very talented cardmaker who is the newest WRS DT member...

Thanks for popping by....

TTFN

xxxxx

 

Lent Artwork for school....

Hi all...

Just sorting out some cards to show but first I thought I would show what I have been doing at school. 

Lent display with some artwork....

                                       Jesus goes into the desert....

 

The devil speaks to Jesus...

In our assembly, Father Andrew depicts the Devil as a woman with green eyes....

 and so begins the temptations.

Jesus is cold, alone and hungry....

Jesus proves his worth and the Devil gives up....the angels come to take care of him and Jesus travels again...

Our lenten path is filling up with footprints and I will photograph the whole display to show just before Easter...
Hope you like my drawings....
Back with some Mothers day and Easter cards soon...
xxxxxx

Give us a hug...

Hello crafty bloggers...

Hope you are all having a nice week..

I can't believe it's a week since I posted a card...very naughty!

We had a lovely weekend away with friends who live on the Oxford/Cotswolds border so lots of fresh air walking to the pub....

This beautiful church is a stones throw from their house.

So here's a nice Spring coloured card using a Penny Black stamp.

Coloured with my promarkers...a touch of glitter..

lots of paper flowers and die cut swirls...

This glitter butterfly was from a Hobbycraft pack that I got in the sale...99p for a pack of 8...

I got these little pearls from Bunny Zoes.

Some challenges...

Delightful sketches...Spring colours

Little darlings...Pearls

Penny Black at Allsorts...Spring

I've been very busy doing some artwork for school...I hope I can photograph it and show you soon...

I am selling at a Table top sale in school tomorrow...so fingers crossed it will be busy and the mums will come and buy before pick up time...

Thanks for stopping by my little blog.

Please leave me a comment and become a follower and I will do the same for you!

TTFN...xxxxx