Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

Good evening

Hope you are all well and keeping warm in this cold weather.  We have had quite a covering of snow here in Norfolk but luckily not as much as some other parts of the UK. 

Today's card is one of the cards my friend ordered.  This one is for her son.  She said anything cute so I hope she likes it.  I still have cards to make for her daughter and parents and hope to get them finished in the next couple of days.  Apart from making a few cards for my MIL I have never made any cards to order and to be honest they have worried me a little so will be glad when they are finished. 

Image ~ LOTV 'James in the Snow'

Papers ~ Daisy & Dandelion 'Penelope & Percy'

Sentiment ~ Sentiments 4 You

Challenges

LOTV ~ Bev's Sketch

ABC ~ I is for Ice and Snow

Cards for Men ~ Christmas

Totally Papercrafts ~ Untraditional Christmas

The Creative Cottage ~ Untraditional Christmas

Milton with Flowers ~ Wild Rose Studio Xmas Blog Hop

Good afternoon

My goodness it's cold here today.  I hope the predicted snow doesn't make it as far as East Anglia until the weekend because I have work tomorrow and Friday so that will make an interesting drive into work :-( 

Yesterday while I was busy with my card order Hazel (my MIL) called and it reminded me that she had asked me if I could make a birthday card for her friend whose birthday is this Thursday.  A few weeks ago I made a card for Hazel for another one of her friends using this cute Milton stamp and she really liked it so I decided to use it again. 

Wild Rose Studio are having a blog hop this week and there are lots of fantastic prizes to be won!  To be in with a change of winning you also have to make a card using a fab sketch by Dawny P.  It isn't essential to use a WRS image but if you have one then that would be great :-)

Sorry for the dark photo but it is so dull here today.

Image ~ Wild Rose Studio 'Milton with Flowers'

Papers ~ Dovecraft 'Back to Basics' and MME 'Quite Contrary'

Sentiment ~ Craftwork Cards die cut

Pearls ~ Wild Orchid Crafts

Challenges

Wild Rose Studio ~ Sketch and blog hop

Anything Goes ~ Animals

Papertake Weekly ~ Cut it out

Pear Tree Designs ~ Colourful

I am now off to tidy up my craft table which I am ashamed to say is in a right mess and then it will be time for the school run.

Adorables Triple Step Card

Good morning

Hope you are all well.  It is pretty chilly here today but the sun is coming out now so hopefully it might warm up a little bit.  Sorry for the lack of posts but I am still playing catch up with the housework after being unwell a couple of weeks ago.  Also my friend and her mum have asked me to make some Christmas cards for them so I am also busy with that. 

Today over on the Crafters's Companion News, Views and Inspiration Blog there is a tutorial by me with step by step instructions on how to make a Triple Step Card.  Here is the card I made using papers and images from the Crafter's Companion Adorables Christmas Collection CD.  The images have been printed onto Papermania textured cardstock.  The 'snow' was created by tearing a piece of textured cardstock and Stickles and Glamour Dust added to the edge.  The images have also been Stickled and Glamour Dusted for extra sparkle.  I have added small pearls to the centres of the snowflakes.  The sentiment is from one of the Adorables stamp plates. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Totally Papercrafts ~ Snow and Snowflakes

2 Sisters ~ Snowflakes

Paper Play ~ Let it Snow

ASFOS ~ Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp ~ Sparkle

Anything Goes ~ Let it Snow

DCD Christmas Club ~ Anything goes

That's all from me because I need to crack on with the card order.

Crafty Calendar Challenge ~ Winter Snowflakes and DT call

Good morning

It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar Challenge and this month the theme is 'Winter' and the optional extra is 'Snowflakes'.  We are also holding a DT call and are looking for 4 people to join our team. If you would like to be considered for the design team all you need to do is make a card for this month's challenge and add 'DT' after your name.

Image ~ LOTV 'James In the Snow'

Papers ~ Daisy & Dandelion 'Penelope & Percy'

Ribbon ~ Bazill Basics White Sheer Dot

Pearls ~ Stash

Sentiment ~ Cats Life Press

Challenges

ABC Christmas ~ Winter Wonderland

Making it with Meslyn ~ Christmas Critters

Pollycraft ~ It's Chill Time!

C.R.A.F.T ~ Dry Embossing

Everybody Art ~ Untraditional Christmas

Paper Play ~ Circles

The Creative Cottage ~ Embossing

Anything Goes ~ B is for (Bear and Bow)

Caardvarks ~ Holiday die cuts

One Stop Craft ~ Embossing

We are going to be busy today tidying up the garden and planting up the containers with winter bedding plants so think we deserve a takeaway tonight :o)

Hope you have a great weekend!

Halloween photos

Good afternoon

Just thought I would share a few photos of Chloe and Jamie dressed up for Halloween.

 

Grim Reaper aka Jamie

Red Devil aka Chloe

The Deadly Duo!

I spent most of yesterday catching up with housework so thought I deserved a treat and met up with my friend for a coffee in town this morning lol!  I'm now going to make a start on the mountain of ironing - no rest for the wicked!  Hope to have a card to share with you in the next couple of days.

Crafters Companion 'After the rain'

Good morning

I can't believe it's the beginning of November.  Where has this year gone?  My children will definitely be counting down the weeks to Christmas now!  Anyway as it's the 1st of the month it means a new challenge has been set at Crafters Companion.  This month we have a fabulous sketch by the lovely Jacqui to follow and the theme is 'One for the Girls'.  Please remember the rules have changed and you can use any image you like (if you do use a Crafters Companion image then your name will be entered into the draw twice).

Image ~ S.w.a.l.k 'After the Rain'

Papers ~ S.w.a.l.k CD Vol 2

Flowers ~ Wild Orchid Crafts, Mulberry Crafts & Crafty Feeling

Ribbon ~ Little Claire Designs

Pearls ~ Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiment ~ Craftwork Cards

The children are back to school today and I need to catch up with the housework so no crafting for me for the next couple of days :o( 

Happy Halloween

Good morning

Hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend.  I am going shopping with my mum for the day which will be nice and then tomorrow the children will be busy preparing for halloween (pumpkins, costumes etc). 

I got up early this morning to finish Jamie's halloween card.  Most things on this card are from the Echo Park 'Happy Halloween' kit.  The image is a CC Designs stamp 'Halloween Hansel'.  The bats and ghost were sent to me by the lovely Jayne at Crafty Feeling in a pack of halloween die cuts.

Challenges

Anyone for Anya ~ Halloween

Crafty Catz ~ Halloween

Creative Inspirations ~ Halloween

Pear Tree Designs ~ Halloween

M.A.W.T.T ~ Card for a Child

Now going to have a quick cuppa and then off to meet my mum.

Hope you have a great weekend!

Have a Monster Birthday and Music Saves My Soul

Good morning

Hope you are all well on this chilly autumn morning.  I won't have much time for crafting this week because it's half term and the children are at home.  We are going to do some baking later and then take Jake (our border collie) for a long walk. 

Yesterday afternoon Jamie was amusing himself on the Playstation and Chloe was on her laptop so I had a couple of hours to make a card for Claire's son, Daniel, who is celebrating his 13th Birthday on 7th November.  Daniel suffers from Asperger's which means he struggles to socialise and interact with others.  He doesn't have parties so Claire has put a request on her blog asking if people would send Daniel a card to help make his birthday special.

Image ~ Pink Gem Designs 'Iggy'

Papers ~ Basic Grey 'Oliver'

Stars ~ Cuttlebug dies

Sentiment ~ Craftwork Cards

Challenges

A Gem of a Challenge ~ Sketch

Cards for Men ~ Anything Goes

2 Sisters Challenge ~ Anything Goes

I am also playing along with Marcea's 'Music Saves My Soul'.  The song i'm posting is Candyman by Christina Aguilera.  This is just sooo catchy and such a feel good song.  I will be singing it all day now lol!

SWALK Grandpa

Good morning

Hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend.  The weather is awful here today.  We are meant to be going out for the day so hopefully it might brighten up later. 

The challenge this week at Cupcake Craft is Boys and their Toys so I thought I would enter this card which uses one of the new Crafter's Companion SWALK stamps.  The image and sentiment are from the stamp plate and the backing paper is printed from the CD. 

Just a quick post today because I am now going to have a cup of tea and a bacon butty :o)

Hope you have a great weekend!

Candy Winner!

Good Evening

I would just like to say a big thank you to everyone who sent me birthday cards and crafty goodies :o) I will email you all personally later this evening.  I had a lovely birthday and got lots of lovely cards and presents from my family and friends. I was very spoilt this year because Chris and the children bought me a very smart mobile phone and my mum gave me £200 to go towards a Cricut machine :o)

Now for the winner of my birthday candy which was kindly sponsored by Lili of the Valley. 

So the winner (chosen at random) of the £20 voucher is .............

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Mandy

Congratulations Mandy!  Please email me to claim your prize.

Thank you to everyone who entered.