Awesome Candy Alert!!

Been round a few blogs that are advertising this candy this evening soooo just had to go and have a nosey for myself.  There is tons of fabulous stuff HERE.  It's the Kort And Godt's blog and it's well worth a visit.  They are closing the candy on 30th November so you've got loads of time to enter....and I'm sure you'll think it's well worth it when you do.  I've got my fingers, toes and even my eyes crossed for this one! lol

The Witching Hour

Morning all, it's lovely and bright here today...a bit like my card lol.  Took my inspiration from the challenge over at Cards For Men where the colours are Black and Orange.

I love Halloween, especially when the kids come round all dressed up.  I've been busy making and freezing cake pops this week, bought one of those new silicone baking trays - it's taking a bit of practice but most of them came out the right shape lol.  They're still to be decorated but will do that nearer the time.  Pumpkins are bought and in storage ready for carving and the decorations have been dug out of the cupboard! 

The rest of my day will be busy today, got a few cards to make.....good job my new Wellington DVD came, think it's going to be getting some battering today!  Enjoy, whatever you're all up to xx

Recipe :
Backing Card - Papermania
DP's -Freebies that I got from Donna @ Bearly Mine Designs - this link should take you to them if you scroll down the page!
Image - Sarah Paris free Digi Download - Funky Witch coloured with Promarkers
Pumpkins also from Sarah Paris
Black Cat image from T'internet
Sentiment - Done on computer using Chiller Font.
Boo Banner - My Grafico - free from Lindsays Stamp Stuff
Pearls - Home Bargains coloured with Promarkers

I'm entering this card in the following challenges :
Cards For Men - Challenge 21 - Orange/Black
Craft Your Passion - Challenge 132 - Which Witch Is Witch?
Forever Friends - Challenge 47 - Halloween/Autumn
Papertake Weekly - Fright Night - Boo!
Diva's By Design - Challenge 57 - Something Spooky
Dude Time Doodles - October Inspiration - Halloween
Eureka Stamps - Challenge 10 - Halloween and or Spooky
Simon Says - Joy's Eerie Inspiration Board
Allsorts - 176 - Too Cute To Spook
Lexi's Creations - Challenge 76 - Halloween
Stamptacular Sunday - Challenge 185 - Boo-tacular
Sunday Sketch & Stamp - Challenge 128 - Sjoukjes Sketch
Love To Create - Challenge 37 - Trick or Treat
Stampin for The Weekend - Challenge 19 - Something Spooky
Kaboodle Doodle's - Challenge 141 - Pumpkin Patch
Die Cuttin Diva's - Challenge 87 - Use A Pumpkin
Little Miss Muffet - Challenge 46 - Halloween Colours

Falling For Autumn

Evening All, hope you've all had a good weekend! It's been pretty quiet here, bingo Friday night (with a nice wee win) and a lazy day yesterday. Had a birthday card to make for nephew's G/F and found these lovely papers in a set from Shabby Princess and knew the perfect stamp to go with them. Just love the colours in this set.

Been to the cinema today, watched Taken 2 and then Paranorman, enjoyed them both and Paranorman had some really funny LOL bits in it! Saw the trailer for Nativity 2 as well....and it also looks as funny as the first one. Hope whatever you've been up to that you've had fun too! xx

Recipe :
Card : Papermania Capsule Collection
DP : Shabby Princess - Harvest Spice
Sentiment Stamp : LOTV
Image : Gorjuss Girl Ruby coloured with Promarkers
Die Shape : Go Kreate
Ribbon/Gems : From Stash

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :
Kaboodle Doodles - Challenge 139 - Colours Of Autumn
Anything Goes - Challenge 77 - Animals
I Love Promarkers - Challenge 137 - Autumn Colours
Papertake Weekly - Happy Birthday/Anything Goes
Crafts And Me - Challenge 104 - My Sentiments Exactly
Milk Coffee Challenge - Welcome Fall
Sarah Hurley - Challenge 73 - Autumn
Crafty Catz - Challenge 153 - Autumn
Allsorts - Challenge 175 - Autumn Leaves And Trees
Stamptacular Sunday - Challenge 184 - Photo Inspiration

Wedding Bells

Morning everyone!  It's nice and sunny here in Hull at the moment but it's blinkin freezing!!  Not got a very busy day today, got a birthday card to make for the weekend so might even find some time to make a start on that....if the boss stays out a little longer lol! 

Today's card is one of three wedding cards I made just the other week.  Went to the reception and it was lovely.  The Bride looked beautiful, her dress was gorgeous, and the groom had scrubbed up well too...I'm so used to seeing him in a Rugby shirt  lol.

Recipe :
Card from Hobbycraft
DP - Papermania Creative Tones Raspberry Pack
Sentiment - Printed on Computer using Curlz Font
Image - LOTV preprinted square
Ribbon - The Ribbon Girl
Border - Memory Box - Cherish Border
Card Candi - From a swap

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :

Cupcake Crafts - Challenge 212 - Think Pink
Forever Friends - Challenge 46 - Anything Goes
Ladybug Crafts - Let's Play Bingo (Die Cuts/Pink Ribbon/Swirls)
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts - Challenge 136 - Pretty Pastels
Lexi's Creations - Challenge 75 - Pink
Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 151 - Punch And Die
The Squirrel And The Fox - Challenge 27 - Celebrate The Occasion

Donna's Celebrating Her Birthday And Christmas

Just been over to Donna's Blog and she has the most amazing candy on offer.  She's celebrating both her birthday and Christmas and the prizes are fantastic.  Hop on over and have a look! 

Take the time to look at some of her work too, her cards are fantastic and she has some cracking stuff in her store.  Also as a bonus if you live in the UK you also have the chance to win a fabby Epson wireless printer....so what ya waiting for!!  lol

Baby Love

Afternoon all.....well I've been a naughty blogger!!!  Time just seems to have flown these last couple of weeks and I've been busy with this and that so haven't had much time for blog hopping or leaving comments so apologies for that....normal service will be resumed  lol.

I've had loads of cards to do just lately - Sis's birthday was last week also Niece's B/F so that was 4 cards, then we got a wedding invitation through - got asked for cards for that so that was another 3, then a friend needed a Sympathy card, and we had news of a birth - 4 cards for that!!  phew, will need the weekend for a rest!!  Today I've decided to show the baby card I made to give  (will try and get some of the other cards shown over the next week!).

Recipe :
Base Paper - The Clip Art Fairy (Lurvlee Papers)
Image - Decoupage from Funky Fairy Papercrafts (It's an old one)
Pin - Handmade
Lace Doily - Dovecraft Tea Party Range
Gems - From Stash
Ribbon/Lace/Buttons - The Ribbon Girl (from blog win)
Sentiment - Curlz Font done on computer

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :
Whoopsi Daisy - Buttons Or Bows
Papertake Weekly - Things That Make You Go Awwww
Tuesday Throwdown - Challenge 115 - You're A Gem
ABC Challenge - W For Wishes
Crafts And Me - Challenge 101 - In The Pink
Allsorts - Week 171 - Layers
One Stop Craft - Challenge 198 - No Floral Embellishments
The Squirrel And The Fox - Challenge 26 - Anything Goes
Whimsy Stamps - Challenge 51 - Anything Goes

Sailboats on Saturday

Evening all.  Well we've had a cracker of a storm here in Hull today...Mahoosive rumbles of thunder a couple of flashes of lightning and tons of rain (up near my sister had massive hailstones!).  Would of liked the thunder to have been later, I love watching the lightning in the dark  lol

Had a voucher to spend at LOTV so treated myself to some of the boy stamps.  Also received a candy package that I won from  Fleur and couldn't wait to use the gorgeous papers! - thanks Fleur!  The card for today is a result of using some of both as well as a few bits from my stash.  Tried the out of the frame technique for this one which turned out not too bad....also added a bit of glossy accents to make the water look more real.

I have followed sketch 94 from the Sketch and Stash Blog for this card

Recipe :
From Stash
Blue Backing Paper - Hobbycraft
Shapes Cut with Spellbinders Classic Circles/Scalloped Circles and Sizzlits Corner Die
Buttons
Ranger Glossy Accents
We R Memory Keepers Fancy Floss Blue Lagoon Set
Distress Ink Tumbled Glass
New
Image/Sentiment - LOTV Boy Oh Boy Set (Stamp is By The River)
Papers - Bo Bunny Welcome Home Collection

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :
Sketch N Stash - Challenge 94 - Julies Sketch
Dudetime Doodles - August Inspiration - Push My Buttons
Lili Of The Valley - Spots or Stripes
Sweet Stampin - Out Of The Frame
Penny's Paper Crafty - Challenge 90 - Masculine
Ladybug Crafts - Summer Fun

Spring Feast

Hi everyone, as you can see I'm still in the land of the living!  Been a lovely week here apart from the odd shower so didn't get much crafting done....with the result that I've had three birthday cards to finish this week.  Dug out the spring feast papers for the one I'm showing today, I love the colours in this pack - in fact I love most of the first edition packs, there is always a good mix within them.  Nephew is off to Florida in October so can see a spend coming on in Joanns  lol. 

With the weather being so nice we're kind of glad that we're not going away this year (and funds wouldn't allow it anyway, so much I want doing in the house!) but we've decided that next year we're going away....so it was down to the Travel Agents on Sunday and we're now counting the year, months and days till next September when we'll be flying off to Salou for two weeks AI!  I don't like it too hot (just enough to sit out is hot enough for me) so that should be just perfect...can't wait!!

Anyway back to my card for today, it's my nieces birthday on Friday so had two cards to do for her, then I have a friend who's birthday is on Sunday so the other card is for her.  Would have been my Mum's birthday too, we lost her nearly four years ago so although there is no card going to her I just want her to know that we still love and miss her very much.

Enjoy the rest of your week folks xx

Recipe :

All card/paper - First Edition Spring Feast
Image - LOTV Coffee Break coloured with Promarkers
Die Cuts made with Spellbinders Scalloped Hearts, Circles/Rectangles and Plain Rectangles and Circles
Sentiment - LOTV
Jewels - Back To Basics.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges :
Whoopsi Daisy - Include A Sentiment
Diva's By Design - Challenge 49 - Anything Goes
Whimsy Stamps - Challenge 50 - Lots Of Layers
Lili Of The Valley - Oh So Girlie
Stamptacular Sunday - Challenge 176 - Let's Hear It For The Girls
The Crafty Pad - Challenge 184 - To Die For

Flutterby's n Flowers

Afternoon all, hope you're all well today. Just watched Andy Murray winning the gold medal in the mens singles! Fantastic tennis!!

Exciting visit to the bingo on Friday.....someone shouted on the link on no. 9 for £2800 and my sister only wanted no. 10.  Turned out to be a false call and lo and behold 3 numbers later number 10 arrived!!  Two other clubs had winners too but £900+ wasn't to be sniffed at!  We'd had a couple of other wins so a very productive night on a three way split....wonder if my wish list will get any smaller now!  lol!

Anyway had a couple of cards to do today, one for a 40th birthday.  I was struggling to think what I could do and then remembered the free LOTV images I had saved.  Thought these two worked well together and decided to try my hand for the first time, a double twist easel. Off to have a visit to the LOTV shop...got a voucher to spend and might just make a wee dent in my winnings!  lol

Enjoy the rest of your weekend folks xx

Recipe :
Card Stock - From Stash - Crate Paper and My Minds Eye
Sentiment - LOTV (Cut with Spellbinders Circles and Scalloped Circles)
Corners - Martha Stewart PATP corner punch reversed.
Images - LOTV Teddy Bouquet and Thomas Big Bunch Of Flowers.
Flowers and butterflies coated with stickles.
Buttons/Hemp Cord- From Stash

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :
Cupcake Challenges -Challenge 203 - The Great Outdoors
Kaboodle Doodles - Challenge 130 - Birthday or Special Day
Anything Goes - Challenge 72 - Let's Not Be Square
Diva's By Design - Challenge 46 - Flowers
Milk Coffee Challenge - Tic Tac Toe 3 In A Row (top line)
Ready Teddy Go - Challenge 13 - Anything Goes
Catch The Bug - August Anything Goes
The Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes
Wags And Whiskers - Challenge 85 - Birthday
Delightful Sketches - Delightful Birthday

The Little Things

Morning All, Sorry I haven't been around for a while, been away for a few days and think when I came back I'd left my Mojo behind! Anyway, back in the land of the living today and I've done a card for my Sister/BIL. It's their 33rd Wedding Anniversary tomorrow! I used a precoloured square from LOTV for this card....and at last I've got round to purchasing a couple of Memory Box dies. Can't understand why I didn't get them sooner....I'm in love again lol.

Having a quiet weekend so might even get a few more cards made (dare I say I might even make a start on the C*******s ones! lol). Hope whatever you're all up to that you have fun xx

Recipe :
Backing Card : First Edition Desert Blooms
Backing Paper : From Stash (will check and update later)
Image : PRECOLOURED square from LOTV (cut using Spellbinders Classic Circle and backed with Classic Scalloped Circle)
Sentiment : LOTV - Done with gold ink (Circles as previous)
Border : Memory Box Cherish Border  (Hearts from cutout used on card sprinkled with glamour dust)

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :
Perfect Sentiments Challenge - PSC41 - Anything Goes
Divas By Design - Challenge 44 - Anything Goes
Milk Coffee Challenge - Round And Round We Go - Circles Challenge
Crafty Catz - Challenge 142 - Monochromatic