Anyone For Golf

Afternoon All.

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend. I've been a busy bee today and altered a wedding dress this morning. Number two son has disappeared round to his friends for the afternoon, so the house is peaceful, except for the kittens, who are having a mad half an hour chasing each other round the house, spurred on by the eldest son.

Anyhow, I have been trying to focus on my bear class this afternoon, and had this Design House decoupage paper ready for the class. After starring at it blankly for a while, hubby arrived on the scene bearing a mug of coffee, and said "Why don't you do a golf ball easel card". Well that was it, off I went and this is the result.

I have textured the white card with a Crafts Too folder, and defined the edges using distressing ink. Then I have simply created a circular easel card using a Quickutz cookie cutter, before mounting on the decoupage - "Simples !!!!"

I'd like to enter it into;

Cards For Men - anything goes

Lexi's Creations - Happy Birthday

Creative Cottage - embossing

Delightful Sketchers - circles

and

Crafty Sentiments - male

Hope you like.

See you soon

Hugs Sharon x

Fairy Wings

Afternoon All.

I've been playing this morning, trying to come up with some cards ready for my Bears class next week, but got sadly side tracked with my new Wild Rose girlie stamp, which I have turned into a fairy ready for my Fairy Fantasy class at In 2 Crafting on the 12th November. The wings have been cut using a Marianne D's butterfly die from white glitter paper, then mounted onto turquoise, with the holes filled in with glamour dust. I have used the antennae from the butterfly to give the little girlie her beadly boppers.

I'd like to enter it into;

Totally Gorjuss - sparkle

Secret Crafter - Manga

A Spoonful Of Sugar - let's get punchy

Papertake - sparkly and bright

Creative Card Crew - let's punch it

ABC - G is for glitter

Simon Says - punch em'

C.R.A.F.T. - monotone

Moving Along With The Times - card for a child

and

Totally Papercrafts - bling it on.

Hope you like it, and see you soon.

Hugs Sharon xx

LOTV Candle

Afternoon All.

I thought I'd try something different today, so I have decorated a candle - thanks to my Sister Fred for the destructions.

The image is from my favourite company - Lili of the Valley (and by the way I can't wait for the new releases next month - don't think I'll be able to wait for Santa to buy them for me lol). It has been coloured with Promarkers before being attached to the candle.

I'd like to enter it into;

Teddy Stampers - open theme

Sweet Stampin' - anything but a card

The Crafty Pad - Christmas theme

I Did It Creations - surprise me

OSAAT - all celebrations

Crafts and Me - make a Christmas gift

and

Stampavie - Christmas

I hope you like :o)

Big hugs Sharon x

Clean & Simple

Morning All.

It's Wednesday again, which means that it's time for a new challenge at Fab 'n' Funky.

Ooh boy, how good were all your Halloween cards, I had a great time flicking through them.

Let's see how you find this weeks challenge - Clean and Simple.

I found this one quite tough, and I confess I am not over happy with my design this time round, but let's hope you can put me to shame, and show how it should be done.

The stamp is from an Inkadinkadoo set, which I have stamped with rubarb stalk Momento ink, then highlighted areas with a Sakura Glaze pen.

I'd like to enter it in the following challenges;

Meljen Designs - anything goes

and

Keep It Simple - take a bow

See you soon,

Sharon x

Halloween Tilda

Happy Weekend Everyone.

So far we have repaired the back gate, that was geneously kicked in by some of the local !!!!!!s. Done some craft shopping ready to make scrapbook calendars for the relatives for Chrimbo, been food shopping and cut all the ivy from next door off our flat roof - what a fun weekend.

Now it's time to share my latest creation with you all. I have finally managed to finish my Halloween Tilda card. Thanks to my friend Lynne for image, I have had great fun colouring her, and I hope your arm and shoulder are getting better :o).

I would like to enter it in the following challenges;

Stamp With Fun - Halloween

Papertake Weekly - sketch

OLLCB - scary stuff

The Crazy Challenge - Halloween

A Spoonful Of Sugar - Boo!!!

My Time To Craft - ghosties & ghoulies

Creative Craft -trick or treat

Creative Inspirations - spooky

The Creative Cottage - Halloween

Crafts and Me - Halloween

Penny's Paper Crafty - so long as it flies

C.R.A.F.T. -spooky

Moving Along With The Times - use prmarkers / anything goes

Stampin' For The Weekend - Halloween / fall

Stampin With The Dragon - you get inked

Our Creative Corner - color challenge

Allsorts - spots and stripes

My Sheri Crafts -Halloween

Crazy 4 Challenges - Halloween

Creative Inspirations Challenge - Halloween / fall

Stamptacular Sunday - Halloween colour challenge

The Corrosive Challenge - Halloween

and last but not least of this epic list

Totally Tilda - Halloween special

Thanks for looking.

Hugs Sharon x

Reduced Postage

Morning All.

Just a quickie before the school run to let you know that I have changed the postage on my shop, so that it is now FREE on orders above £5.00. I hope you will have time to pop over and take a look by clicking the shop logo above.

See you later,

Sharon xx

Halloween Party

Morning all.

It's Wednesday morning again, which means it's time for a new challenge over at Fab 'n' Funky. This week the theme is "Things that go bump in the night!", so get out your Halloween goodies and join in the fun. I can't wait to pop over and see all your spooky projects.

For my DT card I thought I'd do something a bit different, so I have made a never ending card into a mini brag book of a Halloween party my children went to a few years ago. The die cut shapes used are mostly by Quickutz, and the papers are various scraps from my stash.

I'd like to enter it into the following challenges;

Moving Along With The Times - Halloween

Polka Doodles - something spooky

Fussy & Fancy Friday - Halloween

Frosted Designs - Halloween / Fall Layout

The Corrosive Challenge - get rid of white

Pear Tree Designs - free for all

Charisma Cardz - more than one fold

OLLCB - scary stuff

Creative Inspirations Challenge - Halloween / Fall

The Crazy Challenge - Halloween

A Spoonful Of Sugar - Boo!

One Stop Crafts - Halloween

Creative Craft - Trick or Treat

and last but not least

Creative Inspirations - Spooky!

I hope you like it, and don't forget to join us at Fab 'n' Funky this week.

Hugs Sharon xx

Snowman Easel

Afternoon All.

Where does time go to, it seems ages since I posted a card - what happened to the days of posting a card every day - I know it's that thing called work getting in the way again. Oh well, shouldn't complain, it's good to be busy again.

This card is the second for my Sparkling Snowflakes class later this week - I just feel in love with the sentiment - From little snowflakes, mighty snowmen grow - and decided I just had to do a snowman card. I also decided to do an easel card, as it has been a while since I last did one, and it just seemed right to prop the snowman against the sentiment. The decorative borders have been done using a Martha Stewart punch, but I have used the waste snowflakes as the embellishments. He has been coloured using Sakura glitter pens, and highlighted with good old glamour dust - Christmas just wouldn't be the same without it.

I'd like to enter it into;

A Spoonful Of Sugar - winter wonderland

Charisma Cardz - more than 1 fold

Paper Cutz - anything goes

Stampin With he Dragon - you got ink

and

Pear Tree Designs - free for all

Hope you like, and see you soon

Hugs Sharon xx

Oh, Christmas Tree

Morning All.

Isn't it chilly today? Is winter about to set in? About time I tried to get the heating fixed!!!!

I thought I would show you the first card I have made ready for my 'Sparkling Snowflakes' class next week. I must confess my mojo has gone into hibernation and I am struggling for inspiration at the moment - but hey, I'm sure it will all be OK on the day :o)

The backing was embossed using my trusty Cuttlebug folder, then cut into strips. The snowflake Christmas tree stamp is a new release from Kars, and was a bit of a bargain at £1.25, which I have just highlighted with some tiny gems. The snowflakes were made by layerng up an assortment of punched shapes.

I hope you like.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges, then I'm off to try and come up with some more frosty creations.

Sketch & Stash - sketch

Papertake Weekly - 3 of a kind

Allsorts - inspiration from a song title - Oh Christmas Tree

Pile It On - things in threes

and

Creative Craft World - Lou's monochrome challenge

See you soon,

Hugs Sharon xx

Yummy Yummy Yummy

Morning All.

Hope you are having a good week - I can't believe it is Wednesday already, where does time go. This also means that it is time for a new challenge over at Fab 'n' Funky - Yummy Yummy Yummy, but more about that in a mo.

Firstly I would like to introduce you to the two new additions to the household. Arthur is a ginger 6 month old kitten, and Merlin is about 4 months old. Both are from the Cats Protection League, and have just come out of foster care. Merlin has settled really well, and is already ruling the house, whereas Arthur is just a hissy fur ball at the mo, who needs lots of love and patience to make up for his past, but at least after four days he has come out of the cupboard, next step is to be able to touch him without any blood loss. He's not that bad honestly, he is just a scared little chap trying to put on a big front :o). The best thing though is to see them curled up together purring for all they are worth.

Anyhow on to this weeks Fab 'n' Funky challenge.

We are very please to be sponsored this time by Stitchy of Stitchy Bear Stamps who supply an amazing range of digital stamps.
The theme is "yummy, yummy, yummy". Now it's up to you how you interpret the challenge but as long as we can recognise the theme, that's fine by us! You could make a harvest themed card, birthday card with yummy cakes or even a Christmas card with a huge figgy pudding (Christmas pud) on the front . . as always we can't wait to see what you do with the theme.

Go on, have a go, and Good luck !!!

Now I'd like to enter my card in;

Stamp Something - something punchy

Crazy 4 Challenges - birthday

Our Creative Corner - sketch

Craftalicious - anything goes

OLLCB - nothing floral

and finally

I Love Promarkers - cupcakes

I hope you like, and see you again soon.

Big Hugs Sharon xx

Anyone For Drinks

Hello All.

News is kittens are arriving tomorrow evening - just a bit excited, but nothing compared to the children.

Anyhow, I finished this card last night, but didn't get round to posting it, and it is my third card for my paper piecing class on Saturday. Once again I have used a Wild Rose stamp. The papers are by K & Co. I think, and the border punch is the Martha Stewart hydrangea one.

The lady herself has been coloured with Promarkers, then the dress, shoes, bag and flower in her hair have been paper pieced. Her jewellery and flower centres have been coloured using a metallic Sakura gel pen, and the wine is done using a glitter Sakura gel pen.

I hope my class will enjoy using this technique as much as I do.

I'd like to enter this card into;

The Beary Sweet Challenge - sketch

Stamp Something - something to celebrate

Sweet Stampin' - punch it out

Pollycraft Monday - anything goes

Creative Craft Challenge - what a glamour puss

and

Fresh Brewed - anything goes / girly challenge

Thanks for looking and I'll be back soon with something special :o)

Hugs Sharon xx

Happy Halloween

Hello everyone.

It's time for another challenge over at Fab 'n' Funky.

This week we are being sponsored by Softpencil, who do a whole range of adorable images, like this one, and the challenge is 'to use a digi stamp' on your project. I can't wait to pop over and see what you all come up with.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges;

The Crafty Pad - spooky

I Did It Creations - spooky special Halloween

Digital Tuesday - ribbon, buttons, bling all or any

By The Cute And Girly - spooky

Stampin' With The Dragon - extra - spooky happenings

Lexi's Creations - Spooky

Simon Says - Halloween
and

One Stitch At A Time - spooky Halloween

See you again soon,
Hugs Sharon xx

Beer Time

Afternoon all.

Sorry I disappeared for a few days, but life has been a bit hectic here.

Well number one son didn't completely starve having the fixings for his brace fitted, but he has to go back again this Friday to have the job finished. To cheer him up a bit Saturday, (and me), we went to a Cats Protection League re homing event and are now awaiting the arrival of Arthur and Merlin, providing the house check goes OK. I'll post some pictures when they get here - hopefully by the weekend. Consequently the weekend was spent visiting various pet shops to find all the appropriate bits ready for the arrival of the little fur balls.

Today has been rather exciting as well. I have had a delivery of clear stamps to go in my shop Ewe 2 Can Craft, including Flippin' Men and Women, Paddington Bear, Flower Fairies and Winnie the Pooh, along with loads of iris folding papers. Hopefully they will all be uploaded this week, around various doctors and hospital appointments.

Also I have won two challenges, Sketch Saturday challenge with my Monster Birthday card and also the Creative Cottage challenge with Roary the Lion - how exciting is that !!!!!

Today's card is the second for my Paper Piecing with Wild Rose stamps class at In 2 Crafting on Saturday. I love this stamp, as the beer belly on this man reminds me of so many of my friends.

I'd also like to enter it into;

Paper Take Weekly - sketch

Paper Cutz - 3 patterned papers

Stamptacular Sunday - layer it on

Paper Sundaes - something from your stash

Cupcake Crafts - happy hour

and

OLLCB - nothing floral

I hope you like the card, off to design number 3 now.

See you soon,

Big hugs Sharon xx