Fab n funky

Here is one of the fathers day cards i have made for my father in law, he is quite a traditional fella so i went with dufex and layered it up, as opposed to my beloved stamp collection,

i have made this card for the fab n funky challenge blog, which is just for dad,

To make this card i used;

• dufex stickers
• blue/white card
• A5 card blank
• bulldog clip
• peel offs
• card candy

hope this is ok, oh also there is a dt call over at fab n funky as well,

just got back

I have just got back from taking my mum to 2 appointments at the queens med, and to add to her angina, heart attack at 45 and mental health problems she has just been diagnosed with emphysema and has abnormal nodules on her lungs which look to be fibrosis, and she is only 51

she has to have yet another ct in 4 months to check the nodules out,

now i do realise that things could be worse and there are far worse conditions but i feel so upset as i worry so much for her health and well being as it is, im struggling to manage everything at the moment what with sorting mum out my 2 under 5's and a husband that works away mon-fri.

well anyway to cheer myself up i have ordered few crafty bits today so there is something to look forward to when postie arrives i hope everyone is having a lovely day today?

what a massive job

We have decided to get our garden landscaped, its quite a large garden and is 3 different levels and allsorts of rubbish on it, we want to get it all flattened and relawned, to make it safe for the kids and then when its done we are getting a new patio set and a pagoda, we wanted it to be done for his summer but looking at the slow progress i think it will be ready for next summer instead lol,

This is what it looked like to start with........the fence is new as well we had that put in a couple of months ago,
We hired a lawn cutter to get rid of the old lawn as it was full of weeds etc, we are getting grade a turf when its readyI cant wait to get this all clear, then we are getting a mini digger and some chaps in to get it all level,

Im so sick of all this mess, it will look great when its all done xx

manga boy card

Hi guys i made this card for my little nephew for his birthday,

its one of the sugar nellie manga stamps, he is super cute dont you think?

im entering this card into 2 challenges,

1. Totally gorjuss - for the boys
2. OCC - gotcha cornered

I know this card is simple but i think he will like it as he looks a bit like the little fella in the card,

cute card thursday - anything but a square

here is my non square card we made these cards at craft group, it was abit tricky but fun to make, the papers etc were part of a goody bag so not sure of type/brand etc,

ive entered this card into the cute card thurs challenge as it wants a card but not square which this definately is lol.

hope its ok?

another summery colours card

Here is another summery card but more in the colours this time, ive tried to get the colours to come out n the photo but this was the best i could do, ive followed 4 challenges this time,

1. Sketch saturday - sketch
2. My time to craft - xtra special (for my niece)
3. Fab n funky - summer in colour
4. Stamp something - happy somethings

I used another of my magnolia stamps as i sooo love them all lol and i got my lovely orangey papers out and here is the result, i hope you like it?

my summery card for 5 challenges

Here is a summery card for you, as the weather outside doesnt know what to do i thought id make a bit of sunshine on a card lol,

Ive made this card to fit 5 challenges too, and they are;

1. ABC - W is for weather (ive chose summer)

2. A spoonful of sugar - floral delights ( flowers on paper and image)

3. OCC - summer inspiration

4.Stampin for the weekend - summer/travel theme

5.Charisma - flowers

I hope you like it,

also we have closed the creative crafts dt call so if you have entered we will contact you soon to let you know the results of this......good luck to all who applied.

new challenge over at creative crafts

Well its that time again over at creative craft challenges and we have chosen this challenge to be called

"for the man in your life"

we are being sponsored by little claires who design thier own polymer stamps/paper/peel offs ,

Here is the prize for this challenge so get your skates on and have fun

here is my card for this challenge

you have till monday 21st 10pm to enter

DT call still open

Just to remind you all our DT call over at creative craft challenges is still open till 10pm 8th june and we are after 2 new dt members, we are looking at everyone you dont need previous dt experience as long as you can post comments on entrants blog and post regular on your own blog, and of course commit to making 1 card a fortnight thats the main thing,

please pop over to our blog for all details, and email us if your interested.

A challenge card for 3 challenges

Well here is a challenge card for 3 challenges, at long last ive been able to get my camera sorted out and here is a card for you, ive made it for;

1. sunday sketch and stamp - the sketch
2. A spoonful of sugar - celebrations
3. the crafty pad - male themed card

i thought id go on a bit of a male themed cardathon and ive made a few but this one was for these particular challenges,

To make this card ive used;

• charcoal dovecraft papers
• magnolia edwin image
• coloured with promarkers
• sakura pens
• dovecraft tag punch
• handwritten sentiment
• martha stewart scallop punch
• gems
• white ribbon
• embossed ivory card
• blue paper

hope you like it xxxx

its fixed woo hooo

Well i thought my camera was completely broke but it seems hubby is worth something (only jokin babe) and he fixed it, so hopefully im going to get some cards uploaded tomorrow, ive made a few for chllenges which have now expired,
hope everyone has had a lovely bank holiday xxxx

what a sad day

Today has been one of "those"days, my husbands aunty mary passed away last thursday and today was her funeral, she was a wonderful lady and will be sadly missed by many,

she was fine a couple of months ago but was diagnosed with 3 brain tumours 6 weeks ago and had a rapid decline, i suppose in some ways that was best as they were too far gone by the time they were found and it saved her being in pain for a long time, but she was only 64 so far too young,

sorry to be so morbid guys but thats how i feel today,

on the upside the weather has been lovely and my hubby took me out for lunch after the wake and we chatted about aunty mary, so was really nice,

and i thought i would share this lovely picture with you that my 4 year old drew, i love it and it really cheered me up, its one of his lovely butterflys he loves to draw.

Anyway i hope everyone is having a lovely long weekend? we are very busy here trying to re arrange our bedroom so we can tidy,

see you soon xx

ribbons and bows at creative craft challenges

Well its that time again over at creative craft challenges,

our next challenge is called .........ribbons and bows,

we have the lovely crafty pad as a sponsor this time and debs has donated a gorgeous stamp, which i have used on my design, which is below

a card for several great challenges

Well ive not been able to craft much of late as ive got a few personal things going on aat the moment, this card is going to be entered into several different challenges,

Which are;

1. Allsorts - tag/label
2. C.R.A.F.T - birthdays/celebrations
3. Charisma - 3d
4. La La Land - birthdays
5. Crafty creations - encouragement/celebrations
6. ABC - u for unused stash

I think thats a record for me to combine so many lol,

I have used;

• forever friend papers male theme
• tag is a stamp that i have made 3d
• blue gems
• blue brad
• silver twine
• old pieces of ribbon that were too small to use for anything else
• blue ink

I hope you like this it was very simple and a great way to use those small pieces of ribbon that would otherwise get thrown out,

Allsorts meets OCC

I have made this card for my father in law who loves old cars, thought it would be perfect and it was really easy lol,

I will enter it into the following 2 challenges;

1. Our Creative Corner-masculine birthdays
2. Allsorts-birthdays

i hope you like it, i used the forever friends male papers a die cut sentiment and blue ribbon,

creative crafts DT call and my challenge card

Over at creative craft challenges we are looking for 2 new DT girls for a minimum of 6 months, so if you think you can commit to this we would love to hear from you,

• all we ask is that you have an active blog
• take decent photos
• you do not need to be the best crafter in the world we all have difference experience levels at creative crafts so everyone is eligible to join
• make at least 1 project each fortnight using any images supplied
• comment on entrants blogs (as many as you can)

So if this could be you please email us at creativecraftchallenges@live.co.uk

• with some info about yourself
• 3 projects of your choice
• link to your blog
  

Also our new challenge is a colour combo which is blue and brown my card for the challenge is above, hope you like it?

cupcake crafts meets spoonful,my time and mojo

Well i have been so busy this last few weeks as my MIL is in hospital so havent had much time for blogging, but last night i made this card for the following challenges

1. cupcake - buttons
2. mojo 138 - sketch
3. my time to craft - toooo cute
4. a spoonful of sugar - recipe

hope you like it i used the following;

• dcwv garden matt stack
• inkadinkadoo stamps
• button brads
• white sakure pen
• black sakura pen
• green gems
  

twycross

Well last week end we spent a lovely day at twycross zoo, we had a picnic anyone of you who no me no that our time as a family is limited due to the fact my hubby is only at home weekends, so even though the top piccie is not planned it is one i love the bottom one i had to force hubby to do lol,

here are all of my boys (hubby will kill me if he sees this he hates his photo being taken lol)

creative craft challenges and bloomin marvellous

Hi guys our next challenge is out over at creative craft challenges and its called bloomin marvellous so get out your flowers etc and get creating as we have a fab sponsor up this time round...............meljen design who are going to offer the winner 4 digi images to the lucky winner.Above is my dt card with a meljen designs image on it, why not pop over and take a look at the other dt cards for some inspiration.

happy crafting and good luck xxx

Creative craft world blog GDT card - Prima

Over at creative craft world blog the 4th challenge is called prima so get your blooms out and get your thinking caps on, the gorgeous prize will be some beautiful new flowers for 2010 over at creative craft world,

My GDT card is above i made this easel card using;

• all dressed up glitter matt stack
• prima flowers
• dovecraft gem brads
• martha stewart scallop punch
• dark green ric rak
• pearl gems
• white sakura pen
• 5x5 card blank
• stamp from a craft fair
• sentiment computer generated
• hope you like it x