I'm still alive, honest!!

Evening lovely, lovely bloggers!!

 

Yes I know, a whole fortnight has passed since I last posted *wrist duly slapped!!  I'm really up against it at the moment what with my Little Woo starting school and trying to get my never-ending list of 'Things To Do' done before I go back to work next week.....yes Monday is soon approaching and do you know what, I can't bloomin' wait!!  I'm so excited about starting my new job (never ever thought I'd say that about work lol!).  But unfortunately something's got to give and at the moment it's my crafting and blogging that have taken the hit.  Give me a few more weeks and hopefully I'll be back to normal!!  Oh, and Little Woo is absolutely LOVING school, yaaaaay!!  :o))

 

Onto my card.  This is my Pollycraft Challenge DT card and our theme for this fortnight is...

 

Birthday Girls

 

Easy Peasy and there's loads of fabulous girls to choose from in the shop should you want to use a Pollycraft one (to be in with a chance of being picked in our Top 3)!  Here's my card using Candyfloss Crew Daisy...

 

 

A close up...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

Isn't she gorgeous!  Our prize is of course a £10 voucher to spend in store, so what are you waiting for?!

 

Right I'm going to love you and leave you, I'm absolutely shattered today so I've got an early night booked!  See you when I see you...

x

 

Challenges I'm entering:

Sketch Saturday - Challenge #277  Fab sketch!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Pollycraft Candyfloss Crew Daisy

Card / DP's - Anna Marie Designs Kraft Card blank, MME Miss Caroline 'Fiddlesticks'

Embellishments - Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Button from Doodlebug

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

      Skin - E11, 00, 000, R20, 00

      Hair - E27, 25, 23, 21

      Pinks - R83, 81, RV10, 00, 000

      Blues - BG000, 0000, B93, 91

      Greys - C1, 0, W1, 0

      Yellows - Y11, 02

   Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor:

      Medium Flesh, Deep Fuchsia, Pink Lavender, Iced Blue, Baby Blue

 

Autumn has arrived...

Morning all,

 

Hope you're all well?  Isn't the weather fab!  Well not the rain but the autumnal chill, I just love it!  Jumpers, Jeans and Boots, it's my favourite season (although I do also love the snow too but only when I can play in it, not when I have to be somewhere!!).  And speaking of Autumn, our theme this fortnight over at the Pollycraft Challenge is...

 

Harvest Colours

 

Ooooo, such a rich colour combo.  Here's my card...

 

 

 

A close up of Russell...

 

 

 

And a side view...

 

 

 

You likey?  I really enjoyed making this one  :o)

 

See you over at Pollycraft!

x

 

Challenges I'm entering:

Papertake Weekly - Child's Play

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Pollycraft Lil Dumplings Russell

Card / DP's - MME Stella & Rose Hattie 'Buddies', Basic Grey 'Indian Summer', Hero Arts Kraft Card

Embellishments - Ribbon and Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Button from Woodware, Doodlebug Rub-Ons

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

      Skin - R20, 00, E11, 00, 000, 0000

      Hair - E49, 47, 44

      Greens - YG67, 63, 93

      Browns - E29, 27, 23, 53, 51

      Orange - YR04, 02

      Purple - V17

      Yellow - Y26

   Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor:

      Medium Flesh, Black, Bright Orange, Pale Brown

 



Busy, busy, busy.....

Morning Peeps,

 

Wow, I can't believe it's been a week and a half since I last posted - where has the time gone?  Well for me I've been madly busy getting Big Boy ready to go back to school and enjoying my last few days off with Little Woo before she starts school tomorrow.  I don't know what it's like with you but round here they do a staggered start when they first start school so she's in tomorrow and Tuesday morning only this week then she does all mornings next week, until after lunch the week after and it's not until the week after that that she starts full time.  I have no idea how people that work manage this, it is a bit of a palaver!  And speaking of work.....I've gone and got myself a new job, wahooooo!!  I wasn't even thinking about it really and then a friend of mine txt me saying there was a role going at her place, 3 days a week and would I fancy it?  That got me thinking and by the end of the following day I was lined up for an interview.....I went in and got the job wahooooo!!  And now I really can't wait to get back to it :o)  It's about a 40 minute drive away near Tunbridge Wells but I'll be back doing proper IT as a SQL Server Database Developer.  It doesn't sound very exciting does it but for a nerd like me it is ha ha!!  I start on the 30th September which is when Little Woo starts school full time too so a big day for the 'Girls Team' that day!  :o)

 

So that's my blurb and now you're all up to date with me lol!  Onto my cards and these are the Good Luck ones I made the kids for school.  Really quick but the kids loved them!...

 

 

 

A close up of LOTV Back To School Boy...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

Little Woo's card...

 

 

 

A close up of LOTV Back To School Girl...

 

 

 

A Side view...

 

 

 

Both of them...

 

 

 

Awwww!  Big Boy had a fab time back at school and I know Little Woo will love it too, she can't wait for tomorrow, we're counting down the sleeps lol!!

 

Apologies for missing out on your blogs this past week, normal service will resume shortly I promise lol!

 

See you soon peeps,

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

CAS ology #60 - Apple

CAS-Ual Fridays #114 - Back To School

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - LOTV Back To School Boy & Back To School Girl, LOTV Sentiment Tags

Card / DP's - Papermill Direct White Linen Cardstock, Pink Petticoat 'Apples' printed in Golden Rod, Hero Arts Kraft Card

Embellishments - Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Button from Papermania Capsule Collection

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

      Skin - R20, 00, E11, 00, 000

      Hair - E35, 33, Y26, 21

      Yellows - Y15, 11

      Greys - C7, 5, 3, 1, W5, 3, 1

   Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansador:

      Medium Flesh, Pale Brown, Deep Cadmium, Persian Grey, Black

 

Pollycraft Challenge #6

Morning Lovely Bloggers!

 

Hope you're all good?  I'm coming at you from the Pollycraft Challenge today and this fortnight our theme is...

 

For The Kids

 

I've used one of Paula's brand new images, Lil Dumplings Roland - he's so adorable have you seen him yet?  Here he is with the rest of the new releases.....

Aren't they fab!!  And here he is on my card.....

 

 

 

A close up.  I Glossy Accent's his glasses and they look a bit misty don't they, must be all that roller skating making him hot and bothered lol..... 

 

A side view.....

 

Told you he was adorable in his little roller boots!  Ooooo I used to love roller skating when I was younger.  Me and my pals used to go to the roller disco every Saturday, it was so much fun!!  But, I digress lol!  If you play along with us this week you could win a £10 Pollycraft voucher to spend in-store  :o)  And just look at the new releases you neeeeed lol!!

Have a Happy Wednesday peeps!

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering:

Less is More #134 - Recipe Washi Tape

Retro Sketches #78 - Fab Sketch!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Pollycraft Lil Dumplings Roland

Card / DP's - Papermill Direct White Linen Cardstock, Pink Petticoat Gingham printed in Duck Egg Blue

Embellishments - Washi Tape by Doodlebug in Grey, Limeade, Bubble Blue and Ladybug Swiss Dot, Ric Rac Ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, Buttons are Papermania Capsule Collections, Glossy Accents

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

      Skin - E11, 00, 000, R20, 00

      Hair - E27, 25, 23, 21

      Blues - B39, 29, 24

      Greens - YG05, 03, 01

      Reds - R37, 35

      Greys - C7, 5, 3, 1

   Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor:

      Medium Flesh, Black, Indigo Blue and Green

 

What a Week!

Hello!

 

I hope I find you all well?  Me, I'm not too bad thanks, bit of a sore throat but that's probably because the weather has gone from summer to winter overnight!  Not in temperature mind you but the amount of rain we've had today is crazy compared to yesterday which was sunny and hot!  You've got to love the Great British Weather, especially on a bank holiday weekend, it's always the same.....rain, rain and more rain lol!!

 

Apologies for not being about much this past week again, to say it's been manic is an understatement!  My poor Father-In-Law was rushed into hospital on Tuesday with a massive blood clot on his lung.  Thankfully he was diagnosed and given blood thinners before, well, I don't really want to think about that!  We think the clot may have formed whilst we were on holiday, we're blaming the kids, see what they do to you lol!  He's doing much better now thank goodness and was discharged yesterday, he's now at home to rest and recover :o))  So this week we've been juggling the kids and hospital visits (thank you Ma & Pa for helping out!).....we're all absolutely knackered and sooooo looking forward to a PJ day tomorrow!!

 

Onto my card ('finally!' I hear you shout lol!) and this one I made very early yesterday morning as I couldn't sleep.  I really enjoyed making it, I must've been craving a bit of 'think about something else' time!  Here's my card...

 



 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

Very girly and lots of fun!

 

Ok, time to take some lemsip so I'll love you and leave you.  Hope I didn't bore you with all the waffle and well done for sticking with me to the end of the post lol!  See you soon peeps,

 

Much love,

Cazza
x

 

Challenges I'm entering:

CAS(E) This Sketch! #42 - Fab Sketch!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - LOTV Statement 'Fabulous' stamped in Victoria Velvet DI

Card / DP's - Papermill Direct White Linen cardstock, Echo Park Dots & Stripes Bubblegum Small Dots, Hero Arts Kraft Card

Dies / Punches - Nesties Labels 1, Die-Namics Fishtails Flags Stax, X-Cut Butterfly punch

Embellishments - Lace from The Ribbon Girl, Pearls from The Glitter Pot, Glamour Dust

 



Back so soon?!!

Morning all,

 

Yes I know can you believe it, 2 posts in 2 days, I'm getting good at this aren't I lol!! 

 

We didn't have MacDonald's in the end yesterday but we did buy school shoes.....they didn't

cost £80 either, result! (although they weren't much short of it to be honest, Clarks certainly know how to charge don't they!!)  But the kids are going to look sooooo smart!  Ooooo I used to love going back to school after summer holidays - new shoes, new uniform, new bag, new pencils and pencil case, it was so exciting.....and new!!

 

Onto my card and this one I thoroughly enjoyed making!  It was a little fiddly doing the water bit but I was so pleased with how it ended up :o)  I made this for our Niece...

 

 

 

A close up of Saturated Canary's 'On the Edge'...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

My Niece, Nephew's, Bro-In-Law and Sis-In-Law have just had their family holiday in France where they spend most days swimming at the lake (or should that be lac!)  Anyway, as soon as I saw this image I thought she would be perfick for Maisy's card!

 

Today we're off to a kids soft play place.....hmmmmm, I really do think they need to serve wine at those places lol!  Wish me luck!!  Hope you all have a fun day :o)

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering:

Allsorts Challenge #220 - Use Your New Stash (The image was a brand spanker!)

Saturated Canary Challenge #50 - Winged Things

Sketch Saturday #272 - FAB sketch!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Saturated Canary 'On The Edge', LOTV Tag Sentiments

Card / DP's - Papermill Direct White Linen cardstock, Pink Petticoat 'Little Fluffy Clouds', Hero Arts Kraft Card

Dies / Punches - Nesties Circles, X-Cut Butterfly

Embellishments - Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Pearls from The Glitter Pot, Doodlebug Simply Sweet Rub-Ons, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

      Skin - R20, 00, E11, 00, 000, 0000

      Hair - Y26, 21, 11

      Reds - R83, 81, 35, RV10

      Blues - BG01, 000, 0000, B01

      Greens - YG05, 03, 01, 00

      Browns - E29, 27, 23

Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor:

      Medium Flesh, Deep Fuchsia, Blue, Black

 

Happy Birthday!

Good Morning!

 

Well as per usual, so much for me posting soon after my last post...I've decided I'm rubbish at this blogging lark lol!  However, I have made a couple of cards in my absence so at least I'm doing something, right?!  In my defence, it is half term!  Today we're off to town to buy new school shoes, that'll probably set me back about £80, yikes!!  And then maybe a sneaky MacDonald's.....well as I said earlier, it is half term!!  ;o)

 

Onto my card and this is a sentiment only one, I'm getting quite into these!!...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

Nice and simples, just the way I like it :o)

 

Hope you're all good?

 

See you soon lovelies...

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering:

CAS-ual Fridays #112 - Colour Challenge - Aqua, Green and Orange

Papertake Weekly - Occasion-ally

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - LOTV

Card / DP's - Papermill Direct White Linen, Pink Petticoat Tiny Twinkles printed in Peppermint Cream, Cool Aqua and Perfect Papaya

Dies / Punches - Die-namics Fishtail Flags Stax

Embellishments - Pearl is Opaline from Basic Grey

 

Roarsome!!

Good Morning you lovely lot!

 

Hope you're all good?  I know I've been MIA again but I do have a very good reason for it, honest!  You see I've just got back from a fabaroony week away to Gran Canaria, ooooo it was lush!  Weather was hot, hot, hot.....sometimes even a bit too hot!  Food and booze on tap and swimming pools galore, fabulous!  We went with my Father-In-Law and we all had a wonderful time.  The kids were constantly in the pool loving it and by the end of the week they were both so much more confident in the water and even managed a swim, all beit with life vests on but so fab to see!  Back to reality now but I do love coming home, is that sad?  As Dorothy once said, 'There's no place like home' lol!  And your own bed, you just can't beat your own bed can you?.....ha, I'm so old!!  ;o) 

The view from the aeroplane window!!...

 

 

 

Me and Grandad Fred on the 'Boys Room' balcony with our vodka's!  Happy Holidays lol  :o)

 

 

 

Hubby with his coke lol!!

 

 

 

Me and the Hubbster!

 

 

Sorry I can't share any piccies of my little ones but believe me, there's tonnes of 'em!!

 

So there you go, that's where I've been but I'm Home Sweet Home now and back to it, first up is my Pollycraft Challenge DT Card and this fortnight the theme is.....

 

Buttons and Bows

 

.....nice and simples right?!  Here's my card using the adorable Rory, or as I call him, Roarsome!!.....

 

 

 

A close up.....

 

 

 

A side view.....

 

 

 

Isn't he adorable, just sooooo cuuuuute!!

 

Our prize this fortnight is a £10 gift voucher to spend in store so what are you waiting for?!

 

See you soon peeps  :o)

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

 

Deets to follow...

Busy Little Bee!

Good evening lovely bloggers!

 

A super quick post from me tonight, so sorry I've not been around much recently, talk about busy lol!!  I had all that boring paper work stuff to do, poor Dad didn't get out of hospital until today so I've been up there visiting every day and of course it's summer holidays!!  Thankfully Dad is doing well and on the mend, wahoo!  :o)

 

I've made a few cards recently that I haven't got around to posting yet, here's a quickie I made yesterday...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

Love these Pink Petticoat images and matching DP's, they come together so quickly  :o))

 

See you soon (hopefully!),

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Sketch Saturday #270 - Fab Sketch Sparkle!

 

 



Happy Birthday Daddykins!

Afternoon lovely people!

 

Well so much for me popping back soon after my last post lol!  This past week has been manic, not only with the kiddies breaking up from school but I've had loads of stuff to sort out for hubby's company - getting all the accounts stuff sorted for the accountant, PAYE stuff, VAT stuff, blah, blah, blah stuff!!  BORING or what!!  Can't keep moaning about it though as that won't get it done any quicker will it and today my super duper Mum (thanks Mum!) has come to the rescue and taken the kids for me so I can get on.....so I best get moving!!  :o))

 

Onto my card and as you can see by the title of my post it's my Dads birthday today - Happy Birthday Pa!!  So why the Get Well Soon card??  Well poor Dad has had to go into hospital today to have an op to have his kidney stones removed, or in his words, have the quarry dug up!!  The hospital have cancelled on him twice now so even though it's his birthday, he's so pleased to be having the op!  We did have a Birthday Curry (yum!) on Saturday to celebrate his day so at least he still got some cake ay!!  Here's my card.....

 

 

 

Side view.....

 

 

 

As you can see, it was quite a quick make.....that'll be all the boring stuff ^ ^ getting in the way again then!!

 

Right, I'm off to carry on plugging the numbers but before I go I just wanted to say a massive Thank You to Faye over at Cupcake for having me on her DT.  As you may have already seen, Cupcake is having a break for the foreseeable (sob!).  I for one will miss it and I know I'm not alone but I completely understand why the break is needed, so Fluffster, Thank You for being such an awesome DT Mummy and for having me at Cupcake  :o)

 

Toodles!

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

I'll do it later...

 

Card Ingredients:

I'll do that later too!...



Last day as a Giraffe!

Hello All,

 

So today is Big Boys last day of term, wow I can't believe how quickly that school year went!!  He's been in Giraffes class this year so I made some Giraffe themed Thank You cards for his Teachers / Teaching Assistants. 

 

Here they are...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

I had 4 thank you cards to make so I wanted some quick wins!  I printed the image onto papermill direct white linen cardstock and coloured it with my pencils for a change.  I'm really happy with how they turned out so I hope the Teachers / Teaching Assistants like them too  :o)

 

See you soon with Little Woo's Bumblebee Thank You's!!

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Totally Gorjuss #193 - Furtastic!

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Pink Petticoat 'Socks'

Card / DP's - Papermill Direct White Linen card, Pink Petticoat Isabeline 'Lots of Dots', Core d'Inations 'Cookie'

Embellishments - Ric Rac ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums -

  Derwent Coloursoft pencils blended with Sansodor:

     Black, Dark Brown, Ochre

 

Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby.....

Ahhhhh, ahhhhh, ahhhhh, ahhhhh, ahhhhh, ahhhhhhhhhh.....

 

Morning All,

 

Coming at you from Pollycraft today and onto Challenge #3 which, if you haven't already guessed, is.....

 

Ruby Red

 

.....nope, nothing to do with The Kaiser Chiefs but this song just popped into my head as I was typing my post.  Well it was either singing or a reference to do with slippers and there being 'No place like home' lol!!

 

Here's my card.....

 

 

 

A close up of Pollycrafts absolutely adorable Hogs and Kisses (which includes the sentiment!).....

 

 

 

And a side view.....

 

 

 

Cute or what!!  I've loved this image ever since Paula released it but this is the first time I've played with it, let me tell you, a dreeeeeaaaaam to colour!!

 

Our lucky winner will receive a £10 gift voucher to spend in store so what are you waiting for?!!

 

Got lots to do today, sadly none of it is fun or crafty :o(  Oh well, maybe after all my jobs ay!!

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

CAS-ual Fridays #109 - Polka Dots



 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Pollycraft Hogs And Kisses

Card / DP's - Papermill Direct White Linen, Pink Petticoat 'Little Dots' in Cranberry

Dies / Punches - MFT Die-Namics 'Fishtail Flags Stax'

Embellishments - Ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

      Reds - R29, 85, 83, 81, RV10

      Blues - BG01, 000

      Greys - C1, 0, 00

   Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor:

      Deep Fuchsia and Electric Blue

 

Hear the aeroplane, nnnnn

Hear the aeroplane, nnnnn

Hear the aeroplane, nnnnn

Making lots of noise.....

 

Yes we've been learning 'Jolly Phonics' over the past couple of months in preparation for Little Woo starting school in September, ooooo it's so much fun lol!!  And every time I look at this card, I sing the letter n! 

 

I've made this for my cousin who's a pilot for BA - hence the aeroplane.  What do you think?.....

 

 

 

A side view.....

 

 

 

Hope you've all had a fab day today and I'll see you tomorrow with my Pollycraft DT card  :o))

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

CAS(E) This Sketch #36 - Absolutely LOVED this sketch!!

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Magnolia 'Airplane'

Card / DP's - MME Lime Twist Fly a Kite 'Genuine Sky Paper', Doodlebug Petit Prints Swimming Pool 'Dot - Grid', Papermill Direct White Linen

Dies / Punches - Nesties Circles

Embellishments - Bazzill Basics Paper 'Happy Birthday' Rub-ons, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

      Greys - C5, 3, 1, 0, 00

      Reds - R39, 37, 35

      Blues - B29, 26, 24, BG00, 000

   Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor:

      Steel Grey, Black, Indigo

 





Shades of Grey...

Evening lovely people!

 

Hope you all had a Fab Friday?!!  I had a great day as it was my Little Woo's Picnic and Sports Day at Pre-School today.  And she won the sprint race, yaaaaaaay, very proud Mummy moment!!  I didn't enter the Mum's race and good job too, it ended in absolute carnage with women falling over left, right and centre!  Luckily no-one was seriously injured but you can guarantee if I'd been running, no doubt I'd be typing this with another broken bone somewhere lol!

 

Anyway, onto my card!  A quick make for me last night and this is what I came up with.  This one is for Hubby's best pal.....

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

Off for a quick catch up with you all now and then an early night, I'm going to Eileen's Craft Workshop all day tomorrow and I really can't wait!!

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Less is More 127 - Shades of Grey

Freshly Made Sketches #94 - Fab Sketch!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Pink Petticoat Mr Moustache

Card / DP's - Pink Petticoat Mr Moustache in Silver Cloud printed onto Papermill Direct White Linen card, Bazzill Bling Grey card

Dies / Punches - Nesties Rectangles