Christmas in July ~ All Wrapped Up

Good afternoon

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend.  It's raining here so think the recent heatwave in the UK has come to an end ... typical because Chloe is going on Guide Camp tomorrow :-(

* Card Recipe *

Image ~ Mulberry Wood 'All Wrapped Up' available at Natalie and Amy's

Papers ~ Papermania 'At Christmas Time' and Swiss dots card stock 

Sentiment ~ Not sure (found it in my sentiment box)

Gold Leaves ~ Marianne D 'Anja's Leaves 1' available at Natalie and Amy's

Flowers ~ Prima (red) but not sure about the green ones

Ribbon ~ Stash

Gold Pearls ~ Habico

* Challenges *

2 Sisters ~ Christmas in July plus sketch 

Sweet Stampin ~ Christmas in July

Hiding in my Craft Room ~ Christmas in July

Crimbo Crackers ~ Penguins or Animals

Pixie Dust Studio ~ Christmas in July

Cutie Pie ~ Christmas in July

Joanna Sheen ~ Animal Crackers

Addicted to Stamps ~ Christmas in July

That's all from me!  Now going to sort something out for tea and then we are having a Movie night with the kids ... Alvin and the Chipmunks Chipwrecked!!

Hope you have a lovely evening :-)

DT News :-)

 

Hi ...Sorry it's been so quiet on my blog for the last couple of weeks.  I have been busy enjoying the long-awaited sunshine so no time for crafting!  I did, however, manage to find time to make a card this afternoon which I will post on here tomorrow.

The last time I posted I had applied for the DT call at Natalie and Amy's.   As most of you will know, I recently stepped down from my DT's because I had lost enthusiasm for crafting and was finding it difficult to fulfil my DT commitments .  Anyway I have been giving this some thought over the last few weeks and realised I have missed the commitment of having to make cards so when I spotted a DT call over at Natalie and Amy's I decided to apply and I am thrilled to say they have asked me if I would like to join their team :-)

 

Congratulations to the other 5 ladies who will be joining me on the team with Natalie, Amy & Shell.

Natalie and Amy's DT Call

Natalie and Amy are looking for 5 DT members that will be able to make at least 1 creation a month from the products in their store and help get the word out about their fantastic online shop.  The only stipulation is you must live in the UK ... no previous DT experience is necessary but enthusiasm is :-)  In return for your hard work you will get 25% discount on products from their store and some free goodies every month.  The DT call is open until 15th August.  

As a bonus if you don't live in the UK or don't want to be on the DT you can still have a chance to win a prize by helping to spread the word. Just grab the DT call badge and show it off on your blog with a link back to * HERE * for the chance to win a surprise package.

To apply for the DT call Natalie and Amy would like us to show some of our favourite creations so here are a few of mine.

Wish Upon a Star

Good afternoon

I was awake at 5:30 this morning and couldn't get back to sleep so decided to get up and make a card.  Seeing as I had coloured this Mulberry Wood image last weekend and there are several Christmas in July challenges at the moment I decided to make another Christmas card.  

The image has been coloured with Spectrum Noirs and I have coloured the night sky following a great tutorial on the lovely Leann Chiver's blog.

* Card Recipe *

Image ~ Mulberry Wood 'Wish Upon a Star'

Papers ~ Mulberry Wood CD and Magnolia

Poinsettias ~ Prima (red) but not sure about the green ones

Gold pearls ~ Habico

Sentiment ~ Die cut from stash

* Challenges *

Card Crafter's Circle ~ Christmas in July

CSAYL ~ Uninked stamp

Jelly Park ~ Christmas in July

Stampavie & More ~ Christmas in Summer

Divas by Design ~ Christmas in July

CCAYR ~ Christmas Flowers

Crafty Sentiments ~ Christmas in July
Totally Gorjuss ~ Christmas in July

We are keeping our fingers crossed for nice weather tomorrow because we are planning a day out at the coast for Jamie's birthday.

Hope you are having a great weekend :-)

Happy 8th Birthday Super Striker

Good afternoon

Just a quick post before the school run!  It's Jamie's 8th birthday today so thought I would share the card I made for him.  As soon as I saw this cute LOTV footballer image I knew it was perfect for Jamie because it's so typical of him kicking a ball in the garden!

* Card Recipe *

Image ~ LOTV Super Striker 

Papers ~ Dovecraft 'Masculine' and MME Lime Twist 'Fly a Kite'

Sentiment ~ Crafter's Companion

Bunting ~ Poppy Stamps 'Simple Banner' die available here from The Stamp Basket

* Challenges *

Cards For Men ~ Happy Birthday

Crafts 4 Eternity ~ Olympics

Crafty Catz ~ Spots

Craft Room ~ Sports

 

We are going out for a family meal tonight for Jamie's birthday. We haven't mentioned that my Mum, Nan and MIL are coming too so that will be a nice surprise for him :-)  

Mulberry Wood ~ Giving

Good evening

Hope you are all well and have had a great weekend.

It's been busy at work so I worked an extra day last week so once again not much time for crafting.  Earlier in the week the new Mulberry Wood stamps and CD I ordered from Crafter's Companion arrived and I couldn't wait to get started but typically I was at work so had to patiently wait until the weekend.  So on Friday night I had a colouring session ... oh I love these cute images and can't wait to see if Crafter's Companion will be adding more stamps to the collection.

I had some spare time yesterday afternoon so made one of the images into a card ... they are all so cute but think this might be my favourite stamp from the collection :-)

* Card Recipe *

Image & Sentiment ~ Mulberry Wood 'Giving'

Papers ~ Dovecraft Christmas Fancy

Ribbon ~ The Stamp Basket

Pearl Brad ~ The Hobby House

* Challenges *

2 Sisters ~ Christmas in July

Crafter's Companion ~ Ho, Ho, Ho Christmas

LCI ~ Christmas in July

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

Sassy Cheryl's ~ Anything Goes

The weather has been awful here today but the rain has finally stopped and the sun has come out so we are going to take Jake out for a walk :-)

Hope you have a lovely evening!

Teddy For MIL!

Good evening

Hope you are all having a good weekend.  We had a few things to do in town this morning so we decided to go early and have cooked breakfast in one of the tearooms :-)  When we got back we caught up with a few jobs around the house ... feels good to tick a few things on the 'To Do' list.

Anyway it's been over a week since my last post so thought I would share a card I made earlier this week for MIL's birthday.  I am ashamed to say I rarely use any of my stamps more than once because I have so many still waiting to be used but it's the second time I've used this LOTV stamp this year.  I used it for my Mum's birthday card back in January and thought I would use it for MIL's card too! 

* Card Recipe *

Image ~ LOTV 'Teddy - For Mum'

Papers ~ MME Miss Caroline - Howdy Doody

Sentiment ~ Pink Gem Designs

Seam Binding ~ Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearl Brad ~ From the NEC

* Challenges *

CYDA ~ Teddy Bears

Charisma Cardz ~ Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter ~ Punches and/or Dies

MAWTT ~ Happy Birthday

Crafts 4 Eternity ~ Bear Necessities

The Poodles Parlour ~ Cute and/or Cuddly

Sketch N Stash ~ Free choice

That's all from me ... now going to sort something out for tea and I am planning to have a catch up in blogland later tonight :-)

The World's Best DAD!

Hi Everyone ... TGIF!!!   


I've had such a hectic week so i'm glad the weekend is here at last.  I am popping round to my friend's for a coffee tomorrow but haven't got anything else planned so looking forward to some R&R and cardmaking!

I haven't had time for crafting this week but thought I would share the Father's Day card I made last weekend for Jamie to give to Chris.  Once again I turned to a pre-coloured image because I was running short on time!  

* Card Recipe *

Image ~ Lili of the Valley die cut 'Special Occasions' 

Papers ~ Docrafts Wellington

Sentiment ~ Pink Gem Designs

* Challenges *

Ready Teddy Go ~ One for the Boys

Crafting For All Seasons ~ For Men

MMCS ~ About the Boys

Cards For Men ~ Sports with a Sentiment

Cupcake Craft ~ Something in the Eyelet

Hope you all have a great weekend :-)

Keep in Touch

Good afternoon

Hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend :-)

I haven't felt too well the last few days so haven't really felt like crafting but made this card a couple of nights ago using a Little Claire die cut because I didn't feel like colouring.  I am pleased to say i'm feeling much better now which is good because we are off to a BBQ at my Mum's tomorrow night ... fingers crossed the weather is dry!  There about 50 people coming and Chris and I are in charge of the BBQ's so think we are going to be busy!

* Card Recipe *

Image ~ Little Claire die cut 

Papers ~ Authentique Collection: Glory

Sentiment ~ Wellington die cut

Star ~ X-Cut die using above papers

* Challenges *

Little Claire's ~ Male

Charisma Cardz ~ Male

Delightful ~ For the Boys

Dream Valley ~ For that Special Guy

Totally Papercrafts ~ It's Raining Cats & Dogs (to include rain, cat or dog)

Just a quick post because i'm off now to the hairdressers!

Hope you have a great weekend :-)

Elise ~ Shades of Violet

Good afternoon

Hope you are all well and having a good week so far.  Thank you for all your lovely comments on my last post ... it does feel very strange not having any DT work but  I do feel it was the right decision.  

Over the weekend I had a look through my stamps and found sweet Elise by Sugar Nellie so decided to make a card for The Sugar Bowl challenge where there is a fab sketch and the optional theme of Shades of Violet.  Hope the Sweeties don't mind too much but I have tweaked the sketch very slightly because I don't really like my images to be at an angle!  I think they look great on other people's cards just not my own ... I have a similar issue with buttons lol!

* Card Recipe *

Image ~ Elise

Papers ~ Prima 'Sweet Fairy' and 'Meadow Lark'

Sentiment ~ Little Claire die cut

Swirl ~ Joy Crafts

Flowers, Leaves & Gems ~ Stash

* Challenges * 

The Sugar Bowl ~ Sketch & Theme

Bunny Zoe's ~ Girls

CAGI ~ Colour challenge

Crafty Calendar ~ Flowers in Bloom (optional swirls)

Sugary Sunday (SN FB group) ~ Dies or Doodles

That's all from me ... MIL wants a birthday card for her friend for tomorrow.  Luckily I have something suitable in my box so now quickly going to do an insert.

Hope you have a lovely evening and i'll catch up with you all again soon.