Leap Year!!!

Morning all!

Can you believe it's the 1st of February already?!? my gosh this year is going pretty quick i only blinked and January was gone!! hehe!

I'm here this morning to tell you about the brand new challenge at The Craft Garden

This month's challenge see's a very inspirational picture.... check out the deet's on the challenge blog for more info! but it's all about LEAPING! LEAP YEAR!!! Yep your right 2012 see's feb as a leap year!!!

Unfortunatly I have chosen to step down from my Design Team Position from The Craft Garden from this month but i'd like to thank Kerry who has been absolutly wonderful and wish all the team the very best i've loved being on the team!

So naturally when i saw this theme i had to use....

Yep the cutest frog around!!! he's from pollycraft! i absolutly adore him hehe!! I must admit i'm quite chuffed with my card this morning it's got to be one of my fav's i've made in a while it's quite simple but so different colours than i'd normally make!!

How sweet is this sentiment! i really love it!! so sweet! i know just the friend to send it to at the moment no names but she'll know who she is when she gets it hehe!!

I'll be back later to add my card to any challenges it may fit but for now here it is!!!

I'd like to enter my card to Pollycraft this weeks challenge is favourite things, which i loooove my papers and pearls!! and of course the cutest frog around!

*Recipe*

*C/stock - stampin' up!
*DSP - Cosmo Cricket
*Ribbon - American crafts
*Stamp - Pollycraft
*Medium - Promarkers & Flexmarkers
*Brad - Dovecraft
*Pearls from stash
*Sentiment - Charlies Arc

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Notes for a friend...

Morning all!

&

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!

Gosh 2012 came around pretty quick! I'm still snoozing in bed so my trusty scheduley post for you this morning!

I've been meaning to post this little cutie for a while now! I made it back in november! (terrible!) hehe! but... all the same i'm playing catch up! It's for this month's challenge at

The Craft Garden!

We want to see all your monochrome creaions (using shades of the same colour) obviously i've gone for green not a usual choice!! hehe!

The wonderful papers and image are from Debbee's CD's flowerflys and flutterbugs CD! it's so funky!!!

i decided to have ago at making my own notebooks! this is my first of many so sweet and cute!

Thanks for popping by today! hope to see you at the challenge!

Cold & Frosty Recipe...

Morning all!

I've a million and one christmas cards to get made for last min things and people but no time to do it all, so very tired from work nightmare at this time of year honestly! Supermarkets are closed for ONE day not a year!! honest i should know i work there!!! hehe!! anyways.....

I've dug out my favourite Tilda for today's creation she's so pretty and such a wonderful stamp to colour her name is 'silent night tilda' and you'd of seen her alot on my blog last christmas if your a regular! I ♥ Her!! she's defo my fav christmas stamp well... that was before the new collection came out! ok who am i kidding tho i have thinned my tildies collection as it erm got a bit croweded that's all i'll say!

My Creation is for my DT work at My mum's Craft Shop & The Craft Garden & also for Crafty Calendar Challenges this months challenges are....

My Mums Craft shop
Keeping Warm

The Craft Garden

Recipe (pick 4 from list) see blog!

Crafty Calendar Challenge

Cold and frosty!

Now normally i would create three cards one for each challenge but i loved how this one turned out so i thought it'd be nice to show this one off a little more and combined it!

I've used some gorjuss ribbon i found at my local hab shop which was 30p a meter (same ribbon on the market £1 a meter) so of course i went back to my hab shop and brought more!! hehe a girl can never have too much ribbon ASK EMMA!

hehe....

So.... from the craft Garden's challenge i picked Turquoise, Snowflakes, ribbon and office supply which i used a sweet paperclip which i brought yonks ago from fancy pants.....

Here's the card! See you at the challenges!

*Cold & Frosty Recipe*

♥ C/stock - Stampin' Up! Tempting Turqouise

♥ DSP - Basic Grey Joyeux Noel

♥ Stamp - Magnolia silent night tilda

♥ Medium - Promarkers

♥ Snowflakes - Papermania & Karrs
♥ Ribbon - Gems in telford

♥ Punch - EK Success Wavy dotted line
♥Paperclip - Fancy pants

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Red & Green should not be seen.....

Or at least it won't be in my post today!!

Hello all!!! i'm on my hol's from work again! I'm sooo eeeekkkk excited that i'll be going to the NEC on saturday!!! I've a list as long as my arm! Soooo squeely excited!! Can you tell??

We've a brand new challenge at The Craft Garden This month!! (yep you have the hoooolllle well whole! month to join in to win something exciting!

Our theme is.....

CHRISTMAS.... BUT!!!

NO GREEN OR RED

Actually i found this a tad bit difficult even sat and thought right i can do this started colouring and realised i'd coloured an image in green! IDIOT!!! LOL yeah i do beat myself up if i dont get it right lol

so out came my trusty tilda's of course! I wanted to create something a little diffrent so went with the colours blue silver/grey and white! and i must say i looove how my card turned out i may actually send this to moi for christmas hehe (kidding!!)

so sorry it's a short post i've lots to do this week and eeekkkk NEC Saturday!! can't wait so untill then (i promise to share piccys of stash and excitment!!) here's my card!

I'd like to add it to the following challenges:
*Papertake weekly - anything goes
*Dream valley - anything goes

*Just magnolia - christmas is coming

* Magnolia Recipe *

* C/stock - Grey from Papercellar
* DSP - Magnolia Winter Tree
* Stamp - Magnolia Star Tilda Luica
* Medium - Promarkers
* Stickles - Diamond Ice
* Flowers - Prima
* Dewdrops - Crafty Notions
* Ribbon - American Crafts
* Die - Mistletoe doohickey from magnolia & Cuttlebug snowflake
*Sentiment - HOTP
* Gems -From stash

Thanks for dropping by today!!!

Sassy Friends... & DT Call

Morning all!

I can't quite believe it's the 1st of October already!!!

This year is certainly flying by in the wink of an eye!! It'll soon be christmas so out comes all my christmas papers stamps and thingys oooo... i've got to get a move on this year with christmas orders flowing out of my ears already!!

But today i'm here to show you my brand new project for this month's DT work at The Craft Garden!

As you can see i've used the adorable 'little light of mine' simply sassy stamp, she's one of my favourites i think, tho i do tend to love them all and neeeeed them all in my stamp collection (just dont tell hubby he'll shout!!) haha

This Month over at The Craft Garden it's not exactly a challenge... well it is... but... it's also a DT Call!!!

We're looking for some fab fresh new designers to come play with us! there's a wonderful piccy to gain inspiration from but basically we want to SEE YOUR STYLE! Hop over to the Challenge blog for more details, but be warned, you've not got all month... the DT call will close on the 16th October so Kerry can make the toughy choice for the new DT to join us ready for November 1st!!!

So back to my card this morning.... I took inspiration to give my card a vintagey flowery theme from the piccy over at the challenge blog but also at the same time wanted to show my style... that being PINK! of course!! com'on you wouldn't want it any other way would you??? hehe!

I've used the grojuss sassy coloured with promarkers and lots of glitter, the new collection of Kaisercraft papers which i absolutly adore these ones, they're called Chanteuse! so pretty full of greens pinks and browns! along with rubon's!!! i know shock there for me also by kaisercraft same collection!

The little wooden ribbon slider i brought last march at the NEC and truth be told i'd actually forgot i'd brought them until the redeisgning of my craftroom when i found them.... they're on my shopping list for NEC this november again as i do like them! (P.s is anyone going the Sunday?? if so let me know could meety up!)

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
♥Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything Goes

♥4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes

♥Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

♥Crafts and me - Flowers
♥Saturated Canary - Sketch (Which i flipped the circles on the image bit to the right side)
*My mums craft shop - dress up (sleepware for a sleepover!)

Here's my card...

♥ Sassy Friends Recipe ♥

♥ C/stock - Muted Pink from stash

♥ DSP - Kaisercraft Chanteuse collection

♥ Rub ons - As above

♥ Stamp - Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy Little Light of mine

♥ Medium - Promarkers

♥ Stickles - Diamond Ice

♥ Ribbon - Poppicrafts & American Crafts
♥ Lace - Local Market
♥ Dies - Spellbinders labels 10          

 ♥ Wooden sentiment - NEC Show

♥ Flowers - Prima
♥ Buttons - Woodware
♥ Brad - Stampin' Up
♥ Stars from stash

Thanks for popping by today! and for any comments you may leave it's always nice to hear from you!