Teddy Stampers GDT

Good morning

Just a quick post with my Teddy Stampers GDT card because I am off to work shortly.  This fortnight at Teddy Stampers there is a fab sketch and I decided to use this cute Forever Friends stamp which I bought last Christmas but never got round to inking up.  I love traditional Christmas colours but for a change I decided to make a non-traditional Christmas card in Pink & Brown. 

Image ~ Forever Friends

Papers ~ ? from my scrap box

Sentiment ~ LOTV

Challenges

Forever Friends ~ Easel Card

Just Cute Bears ~ Pink and Brown

Aud Sentiments ~ Anything Goes

Tanda Stamps ~ Beautiful Borders

Now off to link the challenges and then i'm off to work.

Have a great weekend!

Forever Friends Wedding Card

Good morning

We are going to my cousin's wedding today.  It is a bit dull and overcast at the moment  so hope the sun comes out to play soon!  Anyway here is the card I made for the happy couple.  It is an 8 x 8 size and I have also made a matching box.  I am entering this card at Tuesday Taggers where the theme is 'Weddings' and is being sponsored by The Craft Barn and there is a £15 voucher up for grabs :o)

Image ~ Forever Friends CD

Papers ~ Craftwork Cards

Roses ~ Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearls ~ Prima

Spray Pearls ~ Ebay

Sentiment ~ PC

I am also entering the following challenges

Craftalicious ~ Cute

Alphabet Challenge ~ J is for Jewels

CD Sunday ~ In full bloom (Image ~ Forever Friends CD)

Hope you have a lovely weekend whatever you have planned.

Forever Friends

Good Morning

Yesterday in between taking and collecting Chloe from the birthday party I found time to make a card for the Forever Friends challenge.  I have quite a few FF stamps but don't seem to use them very often ~ not sure why because they are such sweet bears!

Image ~ Forever Friends

Papers ~ CB Swiss dots folder and MME 'Bloom & Grow'

Sentiment ~ Forever Friends die cut

Brad ~ Dovecraft

Flowers, Pearls, Ribbon  ~ Stash

Leaves ~ EK Success 'Rock Fern' punch

This card also fits for the following challenges.

Creative Cottage ~ Sparkle (I have added Stickles to the present and flower)

Crafty Catz ~ White + one other colour (I chose aqua)

Hope you have a super Sunday!

Golden Wedding Anniversary

Good Evening

My MIL asked me if I could make a card for her friends Golden Wedding Anniversary in April so this week's Cute Card Thursday challenge 'Happy Anniversary' was perfect for me.  This card also fits for the One Stop Craft challenge 'Let it Shine', Pollycraft 'Sparkly things and Pile it on 'Furry Friends'.  It doesn't show up well in the photograph but I have coloured the rose and hearts with a Sakura to make them 'sparkle'.   

Image ~ Forever Friends

Paper~ Unknown

Cardstock ~ Paper Cellar gold pearl card and embossed cardstock from local craft shop

Heart ribbon sliders ~ Wild Orchid Crafts

Ribbon ~ Dovecraft

Pearls ~ Joanna Sheen

That's all from me - bed is calling!

Forever Friends Christmas!

Good Morning

Just a quick post to enter my card/s for this week's Bah! Hambug! challenge which ends today at NOON.

The challenge was to use New or Nearly New to make a Christmas project. I bought a few packs of Forever Friends Elements just before Christmas to make some quick cards but never got round to using them. They really are great for making quick cards, so much so I had time to make two!

The image, flower and sentiment are FF Elements and the ribbon is from my stash.

The image and holly embellishment are FF Elements and the sentiment is a Craftwork Cards die-cut.

I am also entering these cards into the following challenges:-

Forever Friends ~ Quick and Simple

C.R.A.F.T challenge ~ Red

Pollycraft ~ Fire and Ice (Red and White)

Creative Card Crew ~ Punch It!

Susie & Vikki's Christmas Club ~ Snow (I have used the snowflake CB embossing folder for the background on the white card)

New Beginnings

Good Morning

My Allsorts teamie Amanda has recently given birth to a beautiful baby boy 'Alfie'.  He was born on 31st Dec and weighed 9lb 10oz!  If you would like to see a few piccies of him pop over to Amanda's blog. 

Last night I decided to make a card for Amanda to congratulate them on the safe arrival of little Alfie and luckily for me there are lots of 'New' challenges at the moment so I can enter it into 11 challenges.  To be honest I don't like to enter a card into more than a couple of challenges because I think it is a bit cheeky but because they are all a similar theme I decided to make an exception just this once!

The challenges are as follows:

Secret Crafter, Stampin' for the Weekend, Papertake, Paperplay, Teddy Stampers ~ 'New Beginnings'

Cards for Men, By the Cute and Girly, Fussy and Fancy, The Craft Garden ~ 'New'

Cupcake Craft ~ 'Baby Card'

One Stop Craft ~ 'Something beginning with B'

Image ~ Forever Friends

Papers ~ Craft Creations

Sentiment ~ Die Cut from The Range

Embellishments ~ Gems and Cuttlebug corners

Anyway I must go and catch up with some housework.  It is snowing again ~ wonder if I will get a phone call to say the schools are going to close early.  Take care if there is snow where you live.

Allsorts Challenge #25 ~ Weddings

Good Morning

Thanks to everyone who participated with the 'Furry Friends' challenge at Allsorts last week. There were over 100 entries! Don't forget to visit the challenge blog to see if you were the winner or one of the Top 5.

This week the challenge has been set by Amanda and she has chosen 'Weddings'. It can be anything related to weddings (i.e. wedding/anniversary cards, invitations, favour boxes, scrapbook layouts etc). Amanda is offering a Stampin Up Xmas 'Perfect Presents' stamp for this week's prize.




Image ~ Forever Friends
Papers ~ Bearly Mine Designs 'Designer Extreme Vol. III'
Pearls ~ Prima E Line
Flowers ~ Stash

Wishing you all a Happy Halloween and hope you have a spooktastic evening!

Forever Friends Baby Word Card

Hello

Earlier in the week I mentioned I had been working on a BABY word card for my cousin and his partner who had a baby boy 'Cameron John' 2 weeks ago. They decided to give him the middle name 'John' in memory of my dad and I must say I did shed a tear when my auntie phoned to tell me. I have also made and decorated a box but couldn't get a good photo. I bought a really sweet baby outfit today and hope to deliver the card and present over the weekend. Hope they like the card.

The word template is a download from Cuddly Buddly and all the images are Forever friends stickers which I have stuck onto card and cut out and mounted with foam pads. The sentiment was done on the computer. I have also added a few clear gems.







I am entering this card for the Forever Friends challenge 'Eyelets or Brads' and the One Stop Craft Challenge 'Cute and Cuddly'.

I will be back in the morning with my Allsorts DT card.

Forever Friends & Secret Crafter

Good Afternoon

Hope you are all having a lovely weekend. The weather in Norfolk has been fantastic today which was perfect because we went to the beach. Chris and I were off work last week so have had several days out and decided to finish our week by spending our last day at Cromer in North Norfolk which is about a 45 minute drive from where we live. We are back to work tomorrow but luckily for me I only work Mondays and Fridays.

Anyway onto my card which I made last night. I have combined 2 challenges for this card ~ Forever Friends 'Lazy Days of Summer' and Secret Crafter 'Fancy Corners'.

I feel like I cheated with this card because the image is a sticker but I didn't have any Forever Friends stamps which suited a summer theme.



Image ~ Forever Friends sticker
Papers ~ Daisy & Dandelion
Corners ~ Die cuts
Flowers ~ Papermania and Petaloo
Sentiment ~ K&Co

Allsorts Challenge ~ Week 7

Good Morning

I really enjoyed my day off yesterday. Jamie's class assembly was excellent. It was "Ocean" themed and they finished by singing "Octopus' Garden" with actions. They all looked so cute! Just in case you haven't got a clue what I am talking about copy and paste this link for Octopus' Garden.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgPqmRNjoTE

Also the school fete was a huge success and we made just over £1500 for school funds so all the hard work was worth it.

This week the challenge at Allsorts has been set by Jackie and she has chosen "Acetate". I have never used acetate and at first didn't have a clue what to make. However, my nesties saved the day and I decided to make a shaker card.



Image ~ Forever Friends
Papers ~ Basic Grey Bittersweet
Flowers ~ From stash and Papmania jewel brad
Gems ~ Papermania
Sentiment ~ Done on PC

I am also entering this card for the ASFOS challenge ~ Wedding.

Allsorts Challenge!

Good Morning

Today's the day for the first Allsorts Challenge. This week the challenge is "SWEETS" and you can interpret this however you wish. Also this week we have a fab prize on offer from our sponsors Sir Stampalot.




I am sure I can speak for the rest of the DT in saying that we have really enjoyed designing our projects and can't wait to see what "SWEET" ideas you come up with. Please pop over to see what the rest of the Allsorts DT have made to inspire you.

2 in 1 Challenge

Good Morning

We have woken up to a frosty start to the day here in Norfolk. I do love frosty mornings, especially in the weeks leading up to Christmas as it makes it more festive. Hopefully we will be putting the Christmas tree and decorations up today if I can persuade Chris (my OH) to go up in the loft and get the boxes down for me.

Last night I made a Christmas card for Chris and combined 2 challenges. I stumbled upon a challenge blog I hadn't come across before called My Time to Craft and it was fab sketch designed by Becky so I have used this sketch. Over at Cute Card Thursday they want to see "hearts" and as this card is for Chris I thought it would be nice to add some to his card. Hope he likes it!





Sentiment reads "Merry Christmas" but it doesn't show up very well in the photo.

If you have time to leave a comment it would be most appreciated.

Forever Friends - Contemporary Christmas

This is the first time I have participated in the Forever Friends Challenge where this week the theme is Contemporary Christmas.