Less is more - Aqua

Hi all, I know I really should be finishing off the bollywood necklace my sister has asked for the party she is going to tomorrow night, and I so haven't got any were near finishing it yet, so I guess you know what I'm doing for the rest of the day lol. Late last night and this morning I was finishing of my DT cards and it was great playing with paper and stamps again so I couldn't resist on doing a quick card for Less is more which the challenge is use Aqua.  I will be honest though, you can tell it was quick as I noticed when I took the pick that I had a kink in the ribbon and fibres sprouting out!!! Also the thank you is floating in the middle of nowhere, this is because I had done everything and was trying to see where a thank you would look good, but I used my thicker stamp block and yep it stamped before I could move it somewhere else, but I hadn't got time to do it again lol. My card .....................

That sentiment is embarrassing and the kink makes the card look bent lol, it's great to be able to share mistakes.  Shannon is looking really well and she is smiling alot more, so this diet is really helping her ceoliac disease.  Thanks for looking.  Kezzy xxx

Recipe
Stamps - Paperartsy (squiggly minis 11) and Lavinia Stamps
Inkpads - Archival (aquamarine) and Adirondack (aqua) and versamark
Wow embossing powder
Ribbon from stash

WOYWW 140 AND CANDY WINNER

Hi all, candy winner today but I shall reveal all later on in the post.  So I'm afraid I haven't had much time to catch up with everyone's blog and my blog has been rather quiet this last week, this is because as you know my daughter was diagnosed by the GP having ceoliac disease, well we went to see a specialist on Friday who thankfully was able to diagnose from the blood results so she didn't need a biopsy.  Well what I didn't realise is that Shannon (15) didn't believe she had it, so Friday was a big shock, and well we have had tears, refusing to eat, her life is over, sleeping all day, refusing to go to school and to top it off, her not eating but still being ill with it made her poorly, so I have spent all my time, spending time with her, buying different bits to try, looking at recipes, watching tv and at last, yesterday evening she went on her computer to chat to mates and is back at school today, I shall stop there as it really has upset me.
On a brighter note, my desk is full of jewellery, yep my sister changed her mind and I had to order the bits which came Monday and start trying to bead late in the evening while Shannon was asleep lol.  My desk......

The gems were out last night as my sister popped up and she was wanting ideas, and she thought about putting gems on shoes.

As you can see, lots of beads and findings, the top left is an inspiration picture of what she wants (is she real!!!) and on my desk is the amber cabochons I have just finished beading.

I really really want/need to play with stamps, inks and paper at the moment, and I'm really missing it, but as you can imagine the party is Saturday and I need to get this done, mind you I have my DT cards to do by tomorrow night so I shall get to play a little lol.  I don't know about you but when stress is at it's highest then I love to hide and forget in a pile of craft stash so I have promised myself that this weekend when the jewellery is done, I shall be doing craft craft craft, so I shall get to play in some challenges lol.

CANDY

Now that was a bit of hell sorting out, I spent some time writing names and numbers down ........

this was last night as I normally post just before bed, but then I went on the random thingy site and spent an hour playing with changing colours etc to match my blog but then it wouldn't come on here, well I spent another hour doing everything possible and in the end I got a tired (as just before bed) explain why to me before my computer was physically thrown out the window, so off he went on a blah blah blah trying to explain HTLM or HTML goodness knows, at that stage I didn't want to know how I just wanted him to do it, but according to him I can't so I went to bed before hitting my computer or him lol.  So here is a photo of my lovely matching my blog random thingy and the number is.........................

now don't you think that it matches my blog, I didn't even write down the colour combination to do it again doh :-) so the winner is number 22 .....

which is Lisa, I shall go and email her to say she has won, I believe she lives in UK and her website is gorgeous (just has a peek) so if you want to congratulate her or be green with envy lol her blog is http://the-craft-garden.blogspot.com/, I did have two Lisa's but did check with numbers and it's definitely this Lisa lol. Wow how confusing is that.

Right I better go, just three more bits, one, while I was trying to get random on I was trying to get it via gadgets and look on my side bar I'm posh I have an email thingy saying when I have posted lol, two, if you want to check out some wonderful blogs hop on over to Julia's blog and three Nikki from http://graphixanddesign.blogspot.com/ does woyww blinkies and I have found the blinkie for mem WOYWW a very long long long long post!!!!! I shall leave you now, thanks to everyone who commented and posted about my candy and a big hello to all my new followers.  Lots of crafty hugs Kezzy xxx

2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Showcase Wednesday

Hi all, how are you?  I've not got much crafting done this week as I'm in the middle of making a bollywood necklace for my sister for a party on Saturday, I can't wait to start playing with stamps and paper again lol.  Over at 2 Sisters Challenge Blog our showcase Wednesday is showing pink and red our current challenge at the moment so why not pop over there and have a go.  My card this week .......

Half of the hearts are pink, but you can't quite notice it on this pic and also the gem and one of the wire hearts around the wreath are pink :-)
Thank you for looking.  Shall be back mega posting paper craft soon lol. Kezzy xxx

Recipe
Image - Stitchy Bear Stamps (heart and wreath)
Woodware ribbed cardstock
Spellbinders (grand circle and scallop)
Ink pads - Versamark and Archival (crimson)
UTEE embossing powder
Stamps - Creative Expressions (vintage heart -sentiment)
Sukara - archival ink pen
Lyra - splender (blender) pencil
Faber Castell Polychromas - middle purple pink, middle cadmium red, raw umber and copper
Ribbon, wreath, gem and wire from stash.

Blog Candy

This Candy will stay as first post until 7th February

all new posts will be after this post :-)

(mmmmm not sure if that's good grammar lol)

Hi all, I've decided to extend the craft candy until Tuesday 7th February until 9pm.  To win all you need to do is make a comment.  If you have already made a comment on 25th January woyww post than you do not need to post here as all those comments will be included.  I've extended it as I still haven't managed to get around everyone and tell them I have blog candy :-)  Kezzy xxx

2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Pink, Red, White

Hi all, how are you?  I'm making this a quick post as I'm doing this early Friday evening and I'm so so tired lol and just want an evening in front of the TV. Over at 2 Sisters Challenge Blog (starting Saturday morning) our challenge this week is Pink, Red and white, I really had difficulty with these colour lol, but I guess we all learn something new, and this week we are sponsored by Stitchy Bear Stamps, so why don't you pop on over to the 2 Sisters blog and look at the rest of the DTs work for inspiration and then have a go, it will be fun.  My card this week -

Thanks for looking :-) Kezzy xxx

Recipe
Image - Stitchy Bear Stamps (heartfelt fantasy castle)
Dies and Punches - Spellbinders (banner basics one),Martha Stewart (border punch), Xcut (hearts)
Paint - Paperartsy (fresco snowflake)
Inkpad - Versamark
Cocktail stick
Cosmic Shimmer (crystal aurora sparkle) embossing powder
Pebbles die cut glitter chipboard flower
Promarkers - (carmine, magenta, berry red, forest green), Flexmarker - (watermelon)
Glitter card, patterned paper, ribbon, velvet flower, foam star all from stash

WOYWW 139

Hi all, how are you?  I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who sent my way some lovely comments about my daughter and her new diagnosis of ceoliac disease, I certainly feel alot better hearing all your wonderful stories and feel confident that she will be able to live normally and healthy.  Also just letting you know that the dog is alot better and the blood results came back fine and me, well obviously I can't help the pain at the moment but sharing with my crafty friends really help and also makes me realise that I'm really lucky that I have craft in my life.
Blog Candy - I hope you all don't mind but I have added another week on the my blog candy, if you already commented last week you will be included and if you comment on this week woyww you will be included twice :-), I decided to give it another week as I realised that I hadn't shown my other followers that don't join woyww that I had blog candy so now it sits as first post for the next week, so anyone commenting on there will also be included, also I didn't get manage to get around everyone in woyww to tell them all about it.
My sister has been wanting me to make bollywood style jewellery for a party, so after spending loads of time searching and planning, I was on the bead site just about to order £30 worth of beads for delivery tomorrow as she wants it in a week and a half, when she phoned and told me to hold fire as she doesn't want to go anymore as she is not happy about what table she is sitting at!!!!!  Thank goodness I didn't order them, I' a bit upset as I was looking forward to the piece I had decided to do and already had spent £22 on bits for it, but you know sisters lol, I love her to bits and I bet she ends up changing her mind about 3 days before lol.
So my desk this week, a card I was working on that I think I ruined with too many butterfly's lol and on the other desk a pile of stamps that I'm going to use for less is more sketch challenge, and also a pile of stamps from banana frog that has closed down now and I got stamps for £2.50 a set bargain, and some I have won giveaways from magazines and a few that I bought when I was buying candy, I really need to sort them all, it's like all the ones you saw last week in a pile, new stamps from Christmas that I'm not using as I haven't filed them so I keep forgetting them how bad is that lol.

The pic on the side is a card I was casing for the Just Add Kathy challenge and all together I found 14 butterfly's in punches and dies lol, but non seemed the right size lol.
If your wondering what I'm harping on about press the woyww button on the sidebar and be transported to Julias blog and join in with whats on your workdesk Wednesday, I would certainly encourage anybody to have a go, I started here a year ago when I first started my blog and it's through here that I met some wonderful people.  Also Julia is famous, her blog is in the Craft Stamper magazine this month :-) a big congrats to Julia.
Right I'm off as I need to nip into the office at work and pick up the wage sheets, they really get funny if I don't pay the staff lol, mind you I'm included in that staff so I make sure they are paid every week lol lol.
Hope you all have a fantastic crafty week.  Lots of Hugs Kezzy xxx

2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Sketch showcase Wednesday

Hi all, it's time for us the design team with 2 Sisters Challenge Blog, to showcase another card for our challenge this week, which is a Sketch (shown below), why don't you pop along and have a go.

and my card ...............

Right I'm off as the dog is telling me it's time for bed lol.  Thanks for looking. Kezzy xxx

Recipe
Patterned Paper - Cosmo Cricket (odds&ends)
Image - The Digi Garden (casey and bow)
Stamps - Crafters Companion (cute companion wishing line)
Dies - Spellbinders (standard circle)
Card - Bazzill
Colouring - Promarker Hair (burnt sienna, walnut), Face (ivory, blush, lipstick red) rest (lipstick red, poppy) and Flexmarker (blue grey 3)