My favourite colour......

Hi everyone when I saw the Penny Black challenge I couldn't resist trying to CASE Kath's stunning card. I'm not sure if she'll approve of my effort but I really enjoyed making it. I used colours I really love and I quite like it. ok I'm lying I do like it and in fact I've been making another card using the same layout today.

I had Monday and Tuesday off for the Jubilee this week and I thought fantastic I'll get loads done. So did I? Well no, I got 2 cards made! Did anyone else find the same? I was so busy watching the Jubilee coverage that all my plans fell by the wayside. Never mind at least I had time off. I thought today would be busy at work as usual after a holiday but it wasn't too bad.

I used :-

Image :- Penny Black.

Sentiment :- Heritage.

DP :- Basic Grey.

Colouring :- Promarkers and Flexmarkers.

Flowers :- Daisy punch.

Gems :- Hobby House.

Tag punch, Nesties and ribbon.

I'm entering the following challenges :-

Penny Black :- CASE it.
Secret Crafter :- Anything goes.
Cupcake :- Tag you're it.
Truly Scrumptious :- Flower power.
Penny Black and More at Allsorts :- All my favourite things - Penny Black stamp, Promarkers, gems and ribbon.

Well I'm off to finish my DT card for Saturday. It's my younger daughter's birthday today and since we were both at work today she wants me to go shopping with her tomorrow! Sounds expensive to me lol!

Well thanks for looking, if anyone does and even more thanks to anyone who leaves me a comment.

Hearts and Flowers.

Hi everyone, me again! Not like me to post as often as this, I think I'll probably slow down soon! It's my turn for the teas at the WRI on Wednesday so I'll need to bake this afternoon. I have some Christmas cake so that'll do for one thing. I always make carrot cake and meringues and Baileys Rocky Road so that's another 3. I'm going to make shortbread and mince pies so that should be enough choice. My friend doesn't bake so we've been put together and she'll do sandwiches. We always do the teas in pairs and quite often you do half baking and half sandwiches each but it does depend on what you both agree. Our meeting in January last year was cancelled because of the weather but looks like we'll be ok this year.

Last night I decided to try to make another card and this is what I came up with.

I used :-

Image :- Penny Black.

DP :- Marianne design.

Colouring :- Promarkers

Card Candi :- Craftwork Cards.

Ribbon, flowers, gems and Glamour Dust.

I'm entering the following challenges :-

Totally Papercrafts :- Sketch.
Penny Black & More at Allsorts :- Love and Hearts.
Gem of a challenge :- Photo Inspiration.

Hmm this could be a Valentine card for hubby. Not like me to be so organised. The next think I know I'll be making his birthday card. His birthday is in February and so is my son-in-laws. One on the 24th and one on the 25th.

Thanks for looking and I'll catch you all later when I've got my baking done.

GDT Cards for Penny Black and More at Allsorts.

Good morning everyone, I hope you're all enjoying your weekend. If you've been at the NEC I hope you haven't spent too much lol! I went to the SECC last Sunday and I didn't spend too much. Yeah right, I'm sure anyone who knows me will know that this is not entirely true!

Can you imagine how excited I was when Brenda emailed and asked if I'd like to be GDT in November for Penny Black and More at Allsorts. As you can imagine I didn't even hesitate but emailed back straight away and said yes please. I feel really honoured to be joining such a talented team as GDT and thank you so much for asking me Brenda.

I was so excited that I made three cards to give Brenda a choice lol! She chose 2 and the theme for the new look challenge is "All Creatures Great and Small."

I used :-
Image :- Penny Black.
DP :- MME.
Colouring :- Promarkers.
Sentiment & Card Candi :- Craftwork Cards.
Martha Stewart punches, Glamour Dust, Gems.

I used :-

Image :- Penny Black.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Sentiment & Card Candi :- Craftwork Cards.

Martha Stewart punches, Glamour Dust, Cuttlebug embossing folders.

I've found some challenges that these cards fit :-

Papertake Weekly :- Anything Goes plus bling.
Creative Inspirations :- Lashings of Sparkle.
Charisma :- Cutesy.
Gem of a Challenge :- Cold and Frosty.
St Lukes Charity Card Challenge :- Christmas is coming.
Ribbon Girls :- Jingle all the way to Christmas.
Dream Valley :- Anything Goes.

If you pop over to the Penny Black and More at Allsorts challenge blog you'll get lots of inspiration there.

I'm writing this on Saturday evening very late!! I'm still having terrible problems with my internet connection. I went to a crop this afternoon after work and tried to use the internet after tea. Needless to say I had no connection. So I've spent the evening cutting out all the bits I need to make 8 gift card holders for Christmas. I should have been finishing Oliver's birthday card. I made it ages ago and it just needs some finishing touches! I'll finish it today though because I want to post it and his present tomorrow to make sure it's there on time for his birthday on Wednesday.

I hope to catch up with everyone later as I've been such a bad blogger lately. I don't think I'm going to be any better this week as I'm out three nights. Typical I'm never out but now I'm out three times and I don't suppose any of them will be that early!

Enjoy what's left of your weekend and thanks for looking.