off on my holidays for 2 weeks

Hi guys i wanted to let anyone that reads my blog that im off on my jollies for 2 whole weeks, im off to spain in a gorge villa with its own pool woo hoo, never done a villa before so quite excited, its our first abroad hol for 4 years, and now we have 2 under fives we have soooo much thats been packed lol,

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Anyway i wanted to show you these gift i made for the pre school teachers before i go, i know its been the school holidays for a while now but i am slow lol,

i made them completely from scratch, bought the cello from the local florists, and made individual parcels with rosy apple sweets in along with a lovely vase and artificial flower, there is shiny silver tissue paper too, and ribbon and tags lol

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i hope you like them i know the teachers did thankfully, they said it was nice to get something other than chocs lol.

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Anyway i will see you all in 2 weeks with photos lol

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love ya xxx

MME decoupage card

I made this card for a good friend of mine, they are into the more elegant older type of card so i got out my MME papers and decoupage paper pack and my stickles and gems and this is what happened,

Im entering this card into the following challenges;

1. Creative card crew ~ Sparkle and shine
2. My time to craft ~ glitter and glitz
3. The crafty pad ~ glitz and glitter

I actually like the end result of this i know there is no promarkers or stamps but it looks really pretty i think?

What do you think?

Creative craft challenges ~ Transport

We have a great challenge for you again over at creative craft challenges

our theme this time is

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TRANSPORT

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we have a fab sponsor again and of course its debs from

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THE CRAFTY PAD

With this gorge stamp,

Here is my offering for the challenge

So pop over and have ago.

Im also entering this card into the following challenges;

1. die cut dreams - Tag but no syamping at all
2. Papertake weekly - something old something new something borrowed something new
   

(the papers are old, the iris fold is borrowed, the card is blue and the ribbon is new,)

here is my first rocker card.....watcha think entering into cute card thurs plus others

Well at craft club the theme was to make a rocker card, as id never made one before i wanted to keep it simple, and as ive lots of christmas cards to get made thought why not do a christmas rocker, and even though its a simple one i quite like it......watcha think guys??

Ive entered this into a few challenges as follows;

1. creative inspirations - recycled element (ive recycled the toppers)
2. cute card thurs - whateva
3. ABC christmas - presents
4. dutch dare - anything goes

ive used the joyeux noel papermania papers for this card.

a cute little cowboy

So before you expect to see one of my kiddies dressed up its another card lol,

This one is for 2 challenges

and they are;

1. cards for men - on an adventure

2. dutch dare - anything goes

And here it is..

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I have made the buttons with my scallop circle small punch and used metallic shimy thread, and my martha stewart punch with some gems, its hard to embellish male cards so left it farily blank lol, the paper are from the retro floral papermania pack.

what can ya do with post it notes???

Last night at our local crafting group in derbyshire we had our goody bag night, and this time it was tracy to put together our goody bags, when she told us we had to use post it notes we all thought.....hmmmmm what will we do with those lol,

Here is the end product, a lovely little post it note book,

What do you think?

Im entering this into a few challenges;

1. Dutch dare - anything goes
2. By the cute and girly - animal antics
3. Charisma - something with a tail
4. Creative card crew - something girly

the papers were from unknown source, there is card candy on there and the chipboard came free with my recent mag,

Hope you like it, i sure do.

lets have some animal antics over at creative craft challenges

Well firstly thanks for all your help regards fixing my background, im not very good with that side of things so didnt dare go messing with codes etc so for now will have to use this plain background till i can get something a bit fancier lol.

Anyway this challenge over at creative crafts is called animal antics so anything animal related counts,

For this challenge i have a very very special junior guest designer joining us....

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my 4 1/2 year old son alex he loves "making things" so thought he would love to have a go,

and here is his card for our challenge

Alex's

And here is mine

He puts me to shame bless him.

we have the fantastic little claires sponsoring us with 2 yes 2 great stamps,

pop over and give the challenge a go and good luck.

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can anyone else see.........

My blog background and layout???????????????????its been dodgy for almost a week and wanted to see if it was just me or if it looks blank to everyone else too?

also if its dodgy is there a way i can get a new background without losing all my posts an sidebar stuff? i have it just how i want it now so dont want to lose anything.

HEEELLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

something different from me

Here is a bookmark i originally made this for a friend but changed my mind and started a fresh with something else but this is new and fits in with 2 challenges.

1. Creative inspirations - anything goes
2. The crafty pad - ribbons and flowers

i have not long been making bookmarks but quite enjoy doing them, usually as a swap over at trimcraft but sometimes for friends etc,

i do hope you like it?

finally.....a challenge card

Hi guys finally ive been able to upload a card, my laptop is still in the shop so on hubby's,

i have missed a few challenges id made cards for but managed to get one on lol,

Ive made this card for 3 challenges

1. Dutch dare - Anything goes
2. Crafty pad - ribbons and flowers
3. One stop - patterns

i do hope you like my attempt,

Ive used the following stash;

• sugar nellie gorjuss girls image
• coloured with promarkers
• prima flowers
• silver mirri card
• martha stewart double scallop punch
• dovecraft gem brads
• gems
• white satin ribbon
• DP's from stash
• purple pearly paper
• mini scallop cirle punch
• 6x6 in card blank
• nestie oval scallop

Such a lot of stuff ive used this time hope it looks ok,

sorry for the lack of posting

Hi guys

my laptop has gone into the shop as it has been very very poorly,

ive borrowed a laptop but cant get all my piccies and some cards i made for a couple of challenges grrr,

im hoping to be back up and running properly next week but they have had my laptop for over a week allready and i think its terminal lol.

have a great weekend everyone.

creative craft challenges - here comes the bride

We have a new challenge over at creative craft challenges this time and its called...............

*******HERE COMES THE BRIDE*******

So why not pop over and have a go?

above is my attempt xx

im hoping to send this card to carly-ann and rob for thier wedding candy lol

My race for life 2010 piccies

WELL WE DID IT

I am soooooo pleased with myself i got my medal sorry this pic isnt very good my flash was playing up big time,Here is elke in her pretty pink t shirt lolAnd here i am lol purple hat to boot lol,
after this pic was taken i got myself a pink tutu to wear over my joggers so i could look even more fetching :-) And here i am again with my very good friend sylvia
We had a fab time and raised alot of money for cancer research, the only problem with the day was getting out of the venue we sat in the car for almost 2 hours trying to get of the flippin field grrrrrrr

getting a head start,

Well i thought id make a start on my xmas cards as have loads to do and didnt get them finished on time last year, ive also decided to enter this into the following challenges, this card was made for my friends little boy on her request,

1. Cute card thurs -get a head start (xmas)
2. Fab n funky - its christmas
3. Cards for men - xmas in july
4. C.R.A.F.T - babies/children

I have made this an easel style and the images are from my pc, and enlarged, as my friend wanted a xmas transport theme,

race for life this sunday

Well two friends elke,sylvia and myself are running the race for life this sunday, well when i say run i mean gentle stroll lol, so far ive raised nearly £180 im so pleased with myself :-)

cancer research is something i feel very close to, as i have seen many folks fet struck with it, family and friends, its a very very wothwhile cause and if anyone feels they would like to sponsor me (anything from £2) my online form is in the sidebar and is secure,

well anyway i hope everyone is having a lovely week despite the dramatic weather change,

sandra xxx

a very good friends anniversary card, also fits for few challenges :-)

I had a bit of a mad rush to make a good friends anniversary card, as i struggle with wedding/anniversary cards i wasnt sure where to start, all i have for wedding is the old dovecraft wedding paper pack, i just about managed a decent enough card in the end lol, hope you both liked it elke lol,

ive made this card also to fit a few challenges;

1. Allsorts - love (needed to use a large heart on the project)
2. Creative inspirations - something in your stash you have had for ages, (my dovecraft papers)
3. Creatalicious challenges - something 3d (the roses and the handmade tag)
4. Papertake - in the garden ( flowers)

I hope you like it ?

just look at these

I just had to show you these pics of my little monsters, they are enough to cheer any one up, what do you think?

Here is my little kyle he is 15 months old and looking like a right cheeky little monkey waiting for his juice bless him.

And this cheeky chappie is my 4 1/2 year old alex,

I was doing an act for a charity night for air ambulance and was lady gaga on karaoke, this was my wig lol, alex disappeared for few mins when he came back he looked like this lolWell there are a few of my newest piccies for you to nosy at hope they put a smile on your face just like they do me xxx

monochromatic card

I made this card out of a goody bag that i provided at craft club,

i messed up the layout completely lol, the lace punched edging was supposed to be on the outside and i had used super sticky tape so it had to stay thier lol,

Ive decided to enter this card into 2 challenges;

1. One stop craft challenges - Monochromatic
2. Creative inspirations - oldest stash

Mine would be the sentiment and also the papers as ive had them from when i first started to craft and havent used them much at all,

Recipe

• sugar nellie gorjuss girls image
• papermania papers
• doily lace martha stewart punch
• promarkers
• gems from stash
• white grossgrain ribbon
• pink/white cardstock
• prima flowers
• gem brads
• 6x6 in card blank
• sentiment from pound shop

Hope you like it?

The 3 C's (charisma/card crew and crafty pad)

Here is a bit of a different type of make for me, this was created using tracy's goody bag at craft group, its not something i would normally create but thats what the goody bags are all about,

I have decided to enter this card into 3 challenges;

1. Charisma - watch the birdie
2. Creative card crew - to die for
3. Crafty pad - challenge 78 - animal

any info you would like about this project just ask an ill happily fill you in lol

my cupcake craft challenge an F"n"F card

I made this card for my bro in law, its actually a bit of a joke as he is no way a sports guy in fact he hates footy, but he has a dry sense of humour the same as me an thought it would be really funny, he agreed and we had a laugh when he opened it lol,

i followed 2 challenges for this card;

1. cupcake - world cup wonders
2. fab n funky - get in shape

the recipe for this card is as follows;

• papers are from forever friends for him selection
• football brad is from making memories i think
• ribbon from stash
• decoupaged footballs from extra paper,
• faux stitching done with sakura
• sentiment stamp was from a local craft fayre so not sure of brand,

hope you like it?