The right shoes...

I'm off to Birmingham tonight til Sunday for a veterinary conference, and one of my best friends from school  has very kindly offered to have me to stay! I've made her this card to say thank you (and I've made some chocolate chip cookies to take too)!

Supplies:
Image: "Fancy Pants" by House Mouse Designs, coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment: "You can deal with anything if you have the right shoes" from MM Designs
Paper: Smirk "Naughty but Nice"
Tools: Nesties Classic Squares Large
Embellishments: Yellow bow from Papermania Capsule Collection, keyring charm made by me, yellow flowers.

Challenges:
House Mouse Monday #92 - Sketch
Moving Along with the Times #91 - Precious Metals
Sentimental Sundays #48 - Cute & Cuddly
Crafty Creations 112 - Bunnies

Happy Hedgehogs!

Some more goodies to show off from the NEC - the MS flower punch (from Oyster Stamps) and gorgeous springy Smirk paper (from Every Crafts A Pound)!

This card is for Sophie, who I've known all my life. We don't see each other that often (haven't seen her since her wedding last May), but she's still a very special friend.

Supplies:

Image: "Partying" from Penny Black, coloured with Promarkers. Sentiment from Digi Doodle Shop.
Paper: Smirk "Naughty but Nice". Pink vellum/parchment
Tools: Martha Stewart scalloped border punch, MS floral double edge punch.
Embellishments: Glamour Dust!

Challenges:
Sketch & Stash #58 - Sketch (new punch & paper)
Allsorts Challenge #96 - Special Lady
Totally Gorjuss #73 - Spring has sprung
Pile It On #13 - Cutie Patootie
Colour Create #67 - Pastels
Creative Cottage #35 - Spring has sprung
Bee Crafty Challenge #20 - Spring has sprung
Incy Wincy Designs #87 - Sparkle & Shine

Christmas in Spring!

Well, we're out of winter now - the clocks have changed, so Christmas seems like so far away...

Supplies:
Everything is from the Papermania Henbury Lane Poinsettia decoupage pack!

Challenges:
Winter Wonderland - Oh Baubles
Secret Crafter Saturday #127 - Christmas in Spring

Deckchair Dreaming!

Well, I just couldn't wait to create something with this gorgeous stamp I brought back from the NEC!

Supplies:

Image: "Deckchair Dreaming" from Lili of the Valley, coloured with Promarkers.

Paper: Blue flowery paper is from Papermania, checked is a magazine freebie.

Tools: Nellie's Multiframes MFD 005, star punch

Embellishments: blue/white baker's twine, inked edges.

Challenges:

Lili of the Valley #89 - Punch It

Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenges #7 - Sketch

Craft Your Passion #51 - Grin and "bear" it

Crafty Purple Frog Challenge #11 - Going Green

Totally Papercrafts #59 - Cuddly & Cute

Anya with flowers & some butterflies!

Supplies:

Image: Anya with flowers from The Greeting Farm, coloured with Promarkers

Paper: Blue with white dots from Daisy & Dandelion paper pack

Tools: Screen fold template, deckled rectangle nestabilities, XCut butterfly punch, MS scalloped border punch.

Embellishments: Gems

Challenges:

Farm Fresh Friday - Spring Break
Creative Inspirations #104 - No square cards
Fab n Funky Challenge #65 - "Do it more than once" (more than one fold)
Meljen's Challenge #51 - Get creative with punches

Crafty Emma's Store Challenge #29 - Die cut crazy
Pollycraft Challenge #86 - Friends
I Love Promarkers #58 - Go Dotty
Stamp Something - Spring
Polka Doodles #12 - Spring has sprung

Relax....

Here's a card for a very hard worker!

Supplies:

Image: Forever Friends Decoupage (as is sentiment)

Paper: From FF Decoupage pack

Embellishments: Clear Zoomz

Challenges:

Forever Friends Challenge - Blog Candy

Creative Card Crew - No Stamps

Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight - Decoupage

Off to the NEC!!

Super quick post just to tell everyone how excited I am to be going to the Hobbycrafts show at the NEC today!! Just about to leave with Mum, and I can't wait. I have a list (although it's not "exhaustive" - I believe that's what they say when the list is really just the bare minimum)!

Woohoo!!

Mother's Day Gift Box & Jewellery!

Mum's been asking me to make her some hair slides for AGES, and I have now done two different ones (although keep trying to distract her so that it's a surprise for Mother's Day)! I've also made her a bracelet, and having had some nesting boxes sitting on my desk for ages, thought that one would make a good jewellery box!

Supplies:

Image: "Wee Suzi" by Wee Stamps coloured with Promarkers. "Happy Mother's Day" from Delicious Doodles.

Paper: Pink Petticoat Vintage Rose Collection.

Embellishments: Chipboard flowers coloured with Promarkers.

Base: Nesting box from Papermania

Supplies: 80mm Hair barette, green bugle beads, acrylic flowers/leaves, 4mm pearls & nylon thread

Supplies: 80mm hair barette, 4mm red firepolish beads, 4mm red/black bicone crystals, red/black seed beads, nylon thread.

Supplies: Textured silver plate chain, black suede cord, silver plated head pins, Swarovski cubes, cord ends, lobster clasp.

Challenges:

Allsorts Challenge #95 - Make a gift box

Stamping for the weekend #6 - Mother's Day
Crafty Catz #74 - Mother's Day

Craft Your Days Away #16 - For Mum
One Stop Craft #123 - Diamonds are a girl's best friend

Secret Crafter Saturday #126 - Anything but a card
Dream Valley Challenge #3 - Mother's Day
Simon Says Challenge - Mother's Day
Papertake Weekly - It's a Mom thing
Ooh La La Challenge #76 - Mother's Day
Die Cut Dreams #85 - Mother's Day

Daisy in the Garden!

I really must look for some more Sugar Nellie's at the NEC Hobbycrafts show this week - poor Daisy looks a bit lonely and she's the only one I have!

Crafty Emma's Store Challenge is asking for a card inspired by a song...mine is:

"Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do...

I'm half crazy, all for the love of you,

It won't be a stylish marriage,

I can't afford a carriage,

But you'll look sweet upon the seat,

Of a bicycle made for two."

I remember Mum singing this to me when I was little.

Supplies:
Image: "Daisy" from Sugar Nellie coloured with Promarkers
Papers: Blue butterfly & yellow striped paper from Papermania
Embellishments: Chipboard flowers & tag (inked yellow), with gems & peel off sentiment

Challenges:
The Sugar Bowl #55 - Sketch & Spring
Passion For Promarkers #92 - In the garden
Truly Scrumptious #53- Tag It
Crafty Emma's Store Challenge #28 - Inspired by a song
Stamp Something - Sweet

One for the boys!

Finally a man card! Oakley's been ready to go for ages but I just didn't have a need for boy cards in the start of the year! (Now there's loads all in April!)

Supplies:

Image: "Cool Oakley" from Whiff of Joy coloured with Promarkers.

Papers: Both from Dovecraft Masculine paper pack

Embellishments: Eyelets & die cut sentiment from Forever Friends Spring Time.

Challenges:

Cards for Men #6 - Sketch

I Love Promarkers #57 - Men's Cards
Whiff of Joy Challenge #100 - Let's celebrate & Blog Hop
One Stitch at a Time #54 - Something for the Boys