Anniversary - and moggy with no self-respect!

Ha ha - yep, mention a kitty cat and you just had to come and check it out!

OK - pics of card first....

And now the moggy - no self-respecting cat would let his photo be taken like this!  His name is Pickles!

I suspect he is a "Rock Kitty" and is practising his air guitar!  Josh said Pickles is going to be in atomic kitten!!!!  MWAH HA HA x

Rx

New School!

Like so many others, Josh has started his secondary school today!  YAY!  

One obligatory pic of him in new uniform.

Picture of Josh removed

And his Good Luck card...

 ...with a face like this...he doesnt need luck!  Lol x

Picture of Josh removed

Hope today went as well for all the other newbies!

Rx

Wedding Wishes!

My friend Ella "does" weddings!  The latest craze is to have a tree and get guests to write little notes and tie them onto the tree!  The little notes are then taken off, boxed off and act as the bride and groom's guest book. 

Ella asked me to make some of the little tags for the tree, so I thought I would post them up here!  I had to make 150 of the plain "Wedding Wishes" hearts and a little box to go with them and then she asked me to do a few more samples for her.  Seriously, you could go for days making these things!

Phew!  If I can get a little confidence doing these, then I am going to look at making some invites etc!

Thanks for taking the time to look

Rx

Delicious Doodles - Fresh Start!

Ooooo - its been lovely having the summer off!  Teri is fabby and never puts any pressure on us to keep up with the challenges, but it has been nice to not have any to do over the summer... until about a week ago, then I got jittery because I didnt have a challenge to ... errrr...challenge me!

To celebrate our return, the first challenge is "Fresh Start" - we want to see you using new stuff!  

I am not heavily into all the darkness and gothic stuff, but there are some of Teri's "dark" images that I just love as soon as I see them - and this was one of them.....

Not only is the image new to me, but I am still really new at the dark and gothic look!  I have to say, its quite difficult to see the card properly in the pic below - not sure how I managed to take quite such a bad picture!

OK - now its your turn - lets see some of your new stuff for our FRESH START challenge over at Delicious Doodles!

Rx

Aud Sentiments - Card/Sentiment for a girl

Hey, we got new DT members, you are gonna love them - they compliment our team beautifully.   They will be joining in from the next challenge - but here they are....

Audrey G. from A Day In The Life Of A Country Mouse

Michelle from Krazee Craftin' Mama

Carol from CM Design

Penny from Penny Busch Creations

Lisa from One Happy Little Crafter

OK - onto the challenge - we were sponsored this time by  Di's Digi Downloads.   I hadnt come across Di's work - but will definitely be popping back now I have - they are cute!  The winner of this challenge will get 5 free digis to play with!

 

Di very kindly gave the team some digis to play with, but I just couldnt decide which one to use!  Typical! 

So, I thought I would use....lots of them - to create a colouring in card! 

They ARE cute arent they?  Hey Ho - its off to work I go now - enjoy your day - ooooo forget to tell you - the challenge is a card or sentiment for a girl - why not give it a go?

Rx

Aud Sentiments - DT CALL!!

Hello Hello!  

Its been ages and I am a week late with this post!  I have a reason, really - I am doing an RE course (in case I get made redundant from libraries!) so that I can go and apply to become a secondary school teacher.  Phew!  Eventually I got to make this card!  I dont normally fret too much about missing the odd challenge because Aud (and Teri for my other DT) is really chilled if we cant contribute...thanks hun!

 

We are losing a couple of our DT members (Carolina and Piali :(), so we are having a DT call!  

All you have to do to apply is put DT next to your challenge entry over at Aud Sentiments Challenges.

The term will be for 4 months.
Your duties will be...
Comment on the entries
Make a card/project every other week
Be active in our Yahoo group
Have fun
We are a very laid back group and craft to have fun and get to know other crafters so if all that sounds good to you we would love to see you apply.

OK, now onto the challenge...

We are so lucky to welcome Whimsie Doodles as our sponsor for this challenge. If you haven't seen any of their images you need to go check them out. They are adorable and so easy to work with.

They are giving the winner a $10 Gift Certificate to the store.

So with us having the DT call we are doing another "Anything Goes" challenge so that you can really show us your stuff! 

Whimsie Doodles very kindly gave us some images to play with - but I particularly wanted to use an image from their fundraiser for the SPCA.

 This card was one of those real toughies - if it could go wrong it did!  Lol.

Please do have a go at the DT call - or just go along and play in the ANYTHING GOES challenge.

Thanks for popping by today

Rx

25th Anniversary card

Our lovely boss at working is celebrating her 25th anniversary this week, so I have popped out a card for her...

I used centura pearl in white and embossed it through my big shot with a fiskars plate - yes these really DO work with the big shot.  I then mounted it onto some more centura silver and used blue as my main backing.  The punch is from stampin up, as is the whisper white ribbon.  The "25" I did on my ecraft with MTC - gotta love it!

The inside - with a piccy of them from their wedding - dont let anyone tell you that you cant get pictures off facebook!  You need to use the snipping tool to do it though, you cant just right click and save.

I googled the verse and liked this one best - didnt want it too slushy!  Printed it in light grey.

And a pic with George!  See that little black speck?  Yep, that's George - some sort of buggy thing!  Luckily he didnt decide to stay!   Phew!

I have entered this into the following challenges:-

C.R.A.F.T Challenge want to see anniversary cards..
Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog wants us to use punches..
Quirky Crafts want us to use numbers
Raise the Bar have an anything goes challenge on - and I really think I did raise the bar on this one!  This is nto a style I have tried before and I am quite chuffed with how it turned out.

Thanks for popping by

Rx

Aud Sentiments - Christmas Challenge

Phew - how hot is this weather?  It seems so strange to be making a Christmas card in this heat!  But yes, that is the challenge over at Aud Sentiments this time - to be more accurate, its to use the words "Merry Christmas".

For this next challenge we welcome back Stamping Boutique.

Now I dont normally give out information about the company or designers but I just needed to mention that Tracey, the owner and designer, has a husband, 3 teenagers, 5 mini-dachshunds and a horse!!!!  WOW!!!!!

They are also giving the winner 3 digis of their choice.

So - here is my card.....

Close up on that image - I find these secular images so useful for Christmas.

Just need to mention this frame though....it is cut on my ecraft!  I am just always so pleased with how well it cuts - I dont know what I expect, but I just very rarely have a fail on it!

I have to confess that I had this image in my files and I can't remember whose it was - I think it MAY have been Julie Flannagan's from the yahoo MTC group - but, huge apologies if that's not right!  

So, thats me for today, please pop over and see the design team's wonders today - and why not join in the challenge - such an open and easy one!

Rx

Back from Hols! AND a DT CALL!

Have just had the most lovely week away - in Wales!  AND, I got sunburn - not what you would expect from that part of the country.

Just thought I would pop on and remind people that Delicious Doodles have a DT call on at the moment!  Just click on the link in my sidebar to go to the challenges blog.

One gorgeous view - from the top of Mount Snowdon!

Thanks for popping by today - now, just need to deal with all the emails at work/urgent stuff and then can get back to my crafty fun!

Rx

Aud Sentiments - Enjoy your day

Oooo last day at Primary School today for my son - going to be a long one mind as they have their leaver's disco after school tonight too.  I feel a bit mixed about it - no more school runs (well, not on a regular basis!) but the end of a stage in his life.

Oh - back to the challenge!  We were very lucky to be sponsored by Just Some Lines.

They are giving the winner $15 USD of digital stamps.    And we were also allowed to pick an image to work with - so I chose the bride!  I just loved her clean look.

The theme of the challenge is to use the sentiment "Enjoy Your Day" or any other sentiment to make someone smile.

I went for the straightforward with this one.  I thought the image was so clean and simple that I would overpower it if I went wild with embellishments (as if I EVER do that anyway! Lol)

So, thats me done for today - please take time to pop on over and see what the others have made - some gorgeous creations, let me tell you!  AND why not enter the challenge yourself?

thanks for popping by

Rx

Teacher's gifts!

Well, the end of primary education looms close!  End of term is Thursday, so I really needed to get these done this weekend.  I had an idea, you know one that sits and germinates, so I kinda knew what I wanted to do before I sat down.

 

There is a nice big bar of chocolate in the hangy doo-dah

Close up of the image - and a brief explanation

Anti-bacterial hand-wash.

The chocolate.....and of course, the wine!

It was very simple - a bit of fiddling around with the hangy thingy....but mainly just playing around in inkscape to make the labels etc.  I was a bit cheeky because I didnt hand colour anything - did it all in inkscape.  Yeah - cop out, I know - but I had 6 of these sets to make, so they would have taken me forever!

Thanks for popping by

Rx

OOOOOOO forgot to say - the images are all from bugaboo!  

Good News...No, GREAT NEWS!

PROUD MUMMY ALERT*PROUD MUMMY ALERT

We just got Josh's SAT results today.

If you have been a follower for a while, you may have seen the tale of Josh and his schooling - if not, lets just say it hasnt always been easy!  After being in a small private school that, despite asking, kept saying that Josh didnt have any learning needs at all and was just lacking in self-control (!!! - we are relatively strict with him, so I was very insulted by this!), we moved him half way through Yr 5.  One week in the new school and his new teacher suggested (very nervously!) that we might consider getting him tested for ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) - at the end of Yr 5 we had a postive diagnosis - yep he is ADD, he is also gifted and talented. 

Well, we had his results and he is Level 5 for Maths, English and Science (they only do the 3) - Level 4 is achieving expectation for age and level 5 is exceeding expectation for age!

As you can imagine - there are some very jolly happy people in our house at the moment!  I am so proud of him - and whats more (and waaaaay more important) he is actually proud of himself!  Can you just feel the warm glow coming from this post?????

OK gonna go and ring people now!  Lol x

If anyone else has kids waiting for results (whatever exams they may be) - then I hope you are as happy with your results (whatever level they may be!)

Rx

Ickle treat box

Just a quick little box today.  I had some playtime and dragged out a couple of stamps (Stampin Up) - and of course my ecraft - I really dont have enough time to play with this honey!

Thanks for popping by  

Rx

DT Call!

Delicious Doodles

DT CALL

We are seeking FOUR new members to join our wee gang here at Delicious Doodles.

Do you love Delicious Doodles images?

Are you interested in joining our Team?

Are you confident using Digital Images?

Do you have an active blog?

Can you contribute to our Challenge Blog every other week with a project (not necessarily a card) and take turns in hosting a Challenge?

If the answer to all these questions is a 'YES' then apply now!!

All you have to do to apply for the DT posts, is make a new project reflecting your preferred style and personality, and post about it on your blog. Then add your post link to our Blue Froggy on the Challenge Blog for us to come visit you, couldn't be simpler, huh? LOL

(If you want to combine it with challenges at the same time, that's fine by us)

What do you get out of it?

You get to play with any Delicious Doodles image you want!

You also get to play with new images before they are released into the store!!

You get to be part of a lovely easy-going Team, no stress or pressure allowed!!

This DT Call will be open through our summer break, and will end on Friday 19th August at noon UK time,

so be sure to get your application in before then folks!

Successful applicants will be informed as soon as possible after that so we can get you on board and ready for the new challenges in September.

What are you waiting for folks! Off you go, get creative!

Good luck to all of you!

Teri and the girls on the DD Team

xxxx

Aud Sentiments - More than two words!

Aw - such a cute image - and the sentiment works so well - it says "May all your weeds be flowers".  The only thing is that I keep forgetting which way it went round and thought it said "May all your flowers be weeds!".  Oh dear!

The image was from Digital Delights  who are our sponsor for this challenge.   They have some of the cutest digis out there!

Quickie about the card - I used a stampin up punch for the "lace" and then cut the flowers out using my ecraft.  I then inked them up and also inked the paper candy things (the things that look like brads!) to match.  Still think its missing something!  Oh well - very tired so it will have to stay as it is!  (just realised that might not make sense as I will have this scheduled for the morning! - just believe me, when I wrote the post I was tired!).

If you get the chance, why not pop on over to Aud Sentiments to see the rest of the DT cards - then you could even have a go at the challenge!

thanks for popping by today

Delicious Doodles - Flourish and Bling!

Whew - seems to have been a long time since I got a really lovely package in the post!  Teri - da boss - sent us a lovely card each (and you know how much you appreciate a beautiful hand-made card when you make them yourselves!) with two packs of goodies. 

We were very generously sponsored by Flourish with a Bling for this challenge over at Delicious Doodles.  AND they let us have some flourishes and bling!  

I received the most gorgeous green leaf flourish - its really stunning - and I thought  I was going to use that - absolutely convinced I was...but then I ended up using the black set of gems instead!  S'funny how that happens isnt it?

SO - you may have guessed this already - our challenge this week is to use a flourish and also lots of bling!

AND - this is what the winner will win!

 So - without further ado...here is my lickle box....

No - it isnt floating!  Weird that though!  I used a nestability for the top and bottom - and a basic box.  Embossed the red bits (you cant see it in this pic but honest they are embossed - one of the dotty ones!).  Then I used Delicious Doodles' image of the watering can with flowers.

Oh look - you can see the dottiness in this pic - and also the shimmer on the flowers and bling.  What I really liked about this bling is that you can cut the flourish to get it to look how you want it to!  Originally, the flourish on top was far more complicated, but I just didnt have room to fit it all in - so I just chopped some bits on and then rearranged one of the chopped off bits!  In fact, if you look at the prize package, bottom left (grey ones) the actual flourish on the bottom left of that pack is the one that I used.

Gosh, this has ended up as a long post!  Suffice to say, go and have a nosey at the other dt work, and why not join in the fun yourself?

Thanks for checking me out!
Rx