Lovey Dovey Dottie!

It was Juliet's turn to set the challenge over on Dottie's World today and I loved it-being a born romantic at heart what more could a girl (well ol' lady) want than a bit of mush!

"The challenge this Sunday is 'Love is....' a card to tell someone you love them. This could be Anniversary, Christmas, Birthday, Valentines or just to say I Love You to someone special. The only other rules are to use at least one image from the collection AND I would like to see a journalling spot/message on the front of your card."


I used the Christmas Kiss image and circular sentiment from the Xmas Bundle Download and some of my fav paper (MUST buy some more now!!!)

Short and sweet!

I am so excited, one of my cards went into the Craft Stamper magazine today.....still can't get a copy so I haven't even seen it.... but this is a peep of my card using Nikki's Bride & Groom Stamp!

A DewDrop Craftz Challenge!

I snuck in (is that a real word?) a little card today for Nikki's challenge.

"I would love to see all your cards/layouts/altered art projects using patterned ribbons.."

I used Charlotte Ragdoll , some fabby patterned ribbon that Nikki sent me a while back with one of my design team stamps, primas and some Zoomz (Blog candy that arrived arrived this morning along with some sweeties and ribbons and some wonderful chipboard angel wings!!!!)THANKS KYM!

Not sure about the design......might add a sentiment but haven't decided yet!

A DewDrop Craftz challenge!

Nikki has put on a challenge this week and one of her stamps is up for grabs!

I have decided to set a challenge on my blog today....
I would love to see all your cards/layouts/altered art projects using patterned ribbons..
This will be open to all until next Saturday and the winner will receive 'Walter'

So, have a 'whale' of a time entering.. and can't wait to see your projects..
Nikki x

I MUST try to fit in a bit more crafting...I AM crafting ....but it's a secret mission!

Blog Candy alert!

Hazel is celebrating 20,000 hits and giving away some totally scrummy candy. LOOK!!

The draw is later on today so be quick!!!!

Dottie goes GEOMETRIC!

Hi everyone, I hope your Sunday is treating you all well. I cannot believe how quickly time has passed and that it's my turn to challenge you over on Dotties World again! So here it is!



When I first told my son that I was on the Dottie Design Team, he asked loads of questions about what I needed to do. You can now blame Jack for this week's challenge as this was all his idea...but I have stretched it a little.

Dottie goes Geometric!

Jack suggested that I made a card using triangles but I am going to open up the possibilites and ask you to make creations with bold geometric shapes. This could simply be part of some patterned papers or a fancy shaped card...the choice is yours BUT I want to see some geometric shapes as a main part of your work....no cheating and telling me the brad is a circle!


The design team have worked wonders so go over to their individual blogs to take a closer look and get more details of their stunning creations.



I had ideas of exploding boxes a weird shaped cards but with everything that has been going on this week - once again - I have hardly had time to do ANY crafting so I really had to stick to some basics.

I used the Angel Dottie and circular sentiment from the Bumper Christmas Collection to create this card. My shapes are; triangles for the trees, rectangles for the tree stums, circles for the brad and sentiment, square for the card itself...ermmm I suppose a star is a geomentric shape too?

Pop over to Dotties World and join in the fun- I would love to see what you come up with!

Dottie goes Green!

Karen set this week's challenge over on Dottie's World!

Everything today is focused on environmental issues, so lets GO GREEN in our Sunday Challenge! Show me how green you can get! But this is a green dish with a few extra ingredients, sprinkle it with three buttons or brads, season with a little ribbon, and finally add that special little "recycled something". Plus of course it must contain at least one Charmed Cards & Crafts download.

I have had an awful week and to sit down and craft for even a short while was such a blessing. I used some green polka dot paper mixed with a weird combination of bright pink and burgundy! I cheated again with this as the ribbon was recycled (from around a birthday cake) the buttons were recycled (off an old shirt) and the pale pink mirror card was part of some old packaging I thought too good to bin! Even the strands of green embroidery silk was a left over from a cross stitch kit I had years ago.

Another NUMBER challenge!

I am struggling day by day at the moment with just SO much going on with school issues and Amelia's education and health. I still have DLA forms to complete and my NVQ and now work as well.....I just need a few 48 hour days to help keep me afloat! (and possibly catch up on a bit of much needed sleep too!) I could have easily cried my eyes out in the school playground this afternoon but somehow I found the strenght to hold myself together....LOL....although after a nice glass of wine later I may may well curl up and have a little cry to myself then! I have even got the possiblility of Home ED going through my mind now, constantly fighting the system to get my daughter the appropriate support in mainstream is wearing me down but I cannot and will not be beaten when her education is at stake. I haven't a clue which way to turn next to be honest!

This morning I had a rush 50th Anniversary card to make but my mojo was buried under the piles of stash I had left abandoned in my craft room...I shuffled a few papers around and ended up with a completely mish mash card, but any card complete was enough for me today- at least I can say I have achieved something!

I made a feature of the 50 for the challenge over on Crafts by Carolyn's.

It about time I had some.....

............BLOG CANDY!!!

Never done this before and I was going to be all prepared for when I got to
15000 hits...and it's crept up on me all of a sudden.

I will put together some bits and bobs....at least 50 images including Sugar Nellies, Magnolias, Crafty Individuals, Cuddly Buddly.........

I will run this until midday on Sunday 14th and I will draw a name out of the hat after that.

To enter please leave a comment and link on your blog.

Thank you for popping by!

Please scroll down for newer posts!

PLEASE NOTE: I AM LEAVING THIS OPEN UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY (UK time) AND TOMORROW I WILL SELECT TWO NAMES FROM THE HAT!!

Blog Candy Draw!!!!!!

Drum roll please...........

I have been busy snipping all the names and folding them up this afternoon ready for my first ever blog candy give away. Jack wanted to help so we grabbed Amelia's Scooby Doo hat and Jack took great pleasure in giving them a good shake by dancing around the conservatory! Well and truely shook up!

We drew 3 names out of the hat and I will send a little candy to the 2 extra bloggers!

The first name out the hat is........

........................................

Kitty Kats Krafts (oooh spooky another Kentish Crafter! Hello!)

then we have..........

M.S ( from Poland)

and last but not least we have..........

Enjay (Berkshire)

I'll leave messages on your blogs ASAP, please email me your details for your candy. Congratualtions.

Thank you to everyone else for taking part in my first Blog Candy....I have really enjoyed it.

A difficult card to make!

I have been asked to make a card in memory of a little boy who died about 2 years ago. He was only 10 weeks old and I have been looking at his memorial site, at the messages and pictures and I have been crying my eyes out!

I wanted this card to be a celebration of his life rather than a sympathy card but it didn't make it any easier to make. I used a poem I wrote last year, in fact it was one of my very first blogs posts here. I re-worded it a bit to suit the circumstances and embellished the card with his name and a stamped image....I do hope it is OK!!

Lettering-Sizzlits, In my Heart.

Stamps- Sugar Nellie

A number Challenge

Tracy over on Crafts by Carolyn has set a challenge;

I want you to make a card or LO or whatever you like, just as long as it includes a number on it, its my Sister in Laws 40th tomorrow, (she is so not looking forward to it!) so i have just made this card, also made the 9th card for a party my DS went to yesterday, there is a prize up for grabs. I will put all the names in a hat and get my DH to pick one out.

It was rather perfect timing as next on my list was an order for a 4 yr olds birthday card! So today I set to work using an image I was given in a RAK. I am really into working with pinks and oranges at the moment and I thought it ideal for the card. Finished with a glossy crown and a few sprinkles of glitter glue....and some flowers of course!

Dottie's World- Going for a song!

This week it was Louise's turn to set the challenge over on Dottie's World! And her challenge is:

Going for Song!

It's quite an easy one this week, to celebrate my good mood I've gone for a music theme (I love to sing). All you have to do along with using a Charmed download, is incorporate the words of a song or the title of a song into your card but you're not allowed 'happy birthday' or 'congratulations' for your song, I know I said easy but that's a step too far along the easy road!

The results the rest of the Design team come up with never cease to amaze me so make sure you pop over to have a look and have a go at the challenge. This week you have the chance of being the next Guest Design Team member too!

Once again I had more ideas than I had time! I am not sure that's better than having all the time in the world and no ideas...but hey ho! I had some amitious ideas that were once again cast aside as I juggled everything else around me and I opted for an easy choice using one of the images from the Christmas Collection!

After takng the pics (sorry for awful lighting that I TRIED to improve but failed miserably!) I read the lyrics as "...how he come to life one day!" I cut and pasted this from a lyrics site but I always sing it as "he CAME to life one day!!!" hmmm


Sorry, waffle over, let's get on!