Totally Gorjuss 161 - Oh no snow!

Good morning everyone. Hope you're all coping with the ice and snow if you have some. It's been a horrible week here in Aberdeenshire. Really cold most days and though we've not had much snow it has long since turned to ice. I think the worst part is that it was very icy before we had snow so the snow landed on top of ice which has made it reluctant to leave. Our drive and anywhere near at hand where we walk the dogs is still very icy so my kind hubby won't let me take the dogs out. That's lucky for me cos they're big and strong and when they see snow they think it's playtime! I'm very scared when it's icy underfoot as I broke my leg and ended up in traction for a while when I was only two. I didn't fall on ice, I fell on a slippy floor at the baby clinic when I was there for a jag!! Imagine having a slippy, polished floor in a place like that. Wouldn't happen nowadays, but then it was a long time ago! I don't like driving on ice but I have to do it to get to work.

But I'm waffling and it's time to tell you about our challenge at Totally Gorjuss. This week the challenge is "Oh no snow." Ideal for a Christmas card and our sponsor is Crafter's Companion. I don't know if you've visited them recently but they have some great offers just now so it's worth having a look at their website.

So after all that waffle, here's my card. I thought Oliver might like this one.

I used :-

Image :- Wild Rose Studio.

DP :- LOTV.

Colouring :- Promarkers and Flexmarkers.

Sentiment :- Crafty Impressions.

Corners :- Whimsy Die.

Glamour Dust and pearls.

I'm scheduling this as I've never got time to write it on a Saturday morning before work so I'll catch up later. I'm hoping to go and write some cards now. I'd really like to get them posted soon. Don't think I've been as early as this with my cards for a long time! I've still got 3 of my family cards to do and I seem to have quite a few spare ones this year. I must have got a bit carried away making them lol.

I'm sure there must be some challenges this card fits but I'll look after work.

Everybody Art :- Christmas.
Simon Says Stamp :- Snowflakes
 Crafty Creations :- Winter Scene.
Charisma :- Christmas.
Paperplay :- Christmas is coming.
Fussy and Fancy :- I Love Christmas.
Stampin' for the Weekend :- Let it Snow.
Totally Papercrafts :- One for the Boys.

Thanks for looking and thanks also to the few people who regularly leave me kind comments. Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Totally Gorjuss 82 - String's the Thing.

Good morning everyone. By the time you read this I'll be off to a fun-filled day at the Papeterie in Aberdeen. It's been organised by Kath,Debbi and Anne. Should be about thirty of us there plus our lovely tutors. Can't wait to see what we're going to be making!

But I digress! It's time for another challenge over at Totally Gorjuss. Thanks to everyone who joined us for our "water, water" challenge last week. This week our challenge is "string's the thing" and my lovely teamies have some lovely cards with great uses of string on them so do pop over to Totally Gorjuss for some more inspiration. This week we're sponsored by Horseshoe Crafts where you can find lots of lovely stash.

So here's my card.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV cute square.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Baker's Twine :- The Ribbon Girl.

Buttons from stash.

I'd like to enter the following challenges :-
Die Cut Dreams :- Sketch.

Well I'm scheduling this so I hope Mr Blogger is behaving today! I'm going to be out all day so I'll catch up with you all this evening. Enjoy your weekend and thanks for looking.

Nearly forgot...there's still time to enter my candy which you can find here.

Totally Gorjuss 78 -1,2,3

Good morning everyone, hope you're ready for another challenge over at Totally Gorjuss. Thanks to everyone who joined us last week for our "Bling it on" challenge. You all certainly love your bling, don't you?

This week we have another easy challenge for you, a recipe. The recipe is 1,2,3, all you need to do is have eg 1 image, 2 DP or embellishments and 3 flowers or buttons or card candy or whatever. I've used 1 ribbon, 2 DPs and 3 flowers as well as 3 card candies. This week we are sponsored by Fantastic Ribbons. They have lots of goodies to tempt you so why don't you pop over for a look?

I used :-

Image :- Magnolia.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Roses :- Wild Orchid Crafts.

Ribbon :- Ribbon Girl.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Sakura clear gel pen and clear glitter gel pen.

I'm going to enter the following challenges :-

Cute Card Thursday :- Sketch from challenge 131 (23/09/10).

My talented teamies have made some lovely cards to inspire you so do pop over to Totally Gorjuss to see what they've made this week.

Thanks for looking and I'll catch up with you all this afternoon after work.

Time to Relax!

Hi everyone. I can't put my finger on it but somehow I never seem to achieve anything just now! I made this card on Wednesday and this is me just getting it blogged now. In my defence I had to work all day on Tuesday as my colleague phoned to say she felt really bad. She had a really nasty cold with a thumping headache. I had a cold too but she sounded a lot worse than me. It was also my WRI agm on Wednesday evening and we all took on our old jobs. Well I knew no-one would want to be treasurer anyway. There are worse jobs I think. I don't mind selling raffle tickets but I always hated having to read out the winning numbers. Then on Thursday evening I had a card making session with friends. Tomorrow I have a crop after work so I hope after that I can catch up with my DT work.

At work we have cards that I've made but I think there are no male cards left. We only need one and I don't think his birthday's till at least next month. Not like me to be this organised lol!

So here's the card.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV die cut.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Sentiment & Card Candy  :- Craftwork Cards.

Bakers' Twine :- Ribbon Girl.

Ribbon & button from stash.

Challenges for this card :- Creative Inspirations :- Pets/Animals.
Bunny Zoe :- One for the boys.

That's all for tonight, I'd best go and finish off my scheduled post for Totally Gorjuss for tomorrow morning. I started it last night, then ran out of time! Story of my life I think.

Catch up with you all tomorrow after my crop. Enjoy your weekend especially if you have a holiday on Monday.

It's Spring!

Good morning everyone. Fingers crossed my heading is not too far out! We've had some lovely days recently and it really makes people more cheerful doesn't it? So I hope it really is Spring. I've made what I hope is a Springlike card.

I used :-

Image :- Penny Black.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Colouring :- Promarkers, Spica black glitter gel pen, Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

I'm hoping to enter the following challenges :-

Penny Black:- Spring is Sprung.
Passion for Promarkers :- In the garden.
Sir Stampalot :- Spring is in the air plus yellow, green and/or blossom pink.
The Pink Elephant :- Sketch.

I hope I've got these right! I entered the Sir Stampalot challenge a while ago and was really embarassed because my card was ineligible. I had completely forgotten that there is a limit to the number of other challenges you can enter along with Sir Stampalot. That's what you get for posting and entering in a hurry lol! I don't usually enter lots of challenges with one card as I only enter certain challenges and don't go out looking for extra ones. I'll be more careful to read any rules before I jump in and enter. From the point of view of being a DT member I know what it's like to get entries from people who enter loads of challenges with one card. Too much work for me typing out loads of challenges and going round entering them!

Anyway hope you like and if you can spare a minute to leave me a comment I'd love that. It's nice to know if you're doing anything half decent. It's my day off today so hopefully I can get lots done. I should probably go and look for more dog leads and collars. The other night the pups ate the fastenings from Blue's collar. Never found even a bit of plastic. This morning I found Max's collar almost chewed right through. That's bad enough but one of the fields right outside our house is almost always full of in-lamb ewes!

Thanks for looking and I'll catch up with you all later.

Totally Gorjuss 72 Buttons.

Good morning everyone and I hope you are all well at the start of the weekend. I'm hoping to have more time to craft this weekend. It's time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss. Thank you to everyone who joined us last week. I saw some gorgeous cards using pearls and lace so I hope you'll join us again this week for another easy challenge. This week we would like you to add buttons to your card or layout. We're sponsored by Simon Says Stamp and I'm sure you all know how well stocked with goodies they are.

So here's my card.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV cute square.

Sentiment :- Hero Arts.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Card Candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Cuttlebug, buttons, string and Promarkers.

I'm hoping to enter the following challenges :-
Cards For Men :- Sketch.
Papertake Weekly :- 3 of anything. 3 buttons, 3 card candy.
ABC :- Q is for quote.
Truly Scrumptious :-Tag it.
Paperplay :- Embossing.
Charisma :- To die for.
Totally Papercrafts :- Add Buttons.
Teddy Stampers :- Embossing.

I think that's all I need to say. I hope you've got time to leave me a wee comment to let me know what you think. And please pop over to Totally Gorjuss to see the lovely cards my teamies have made this week.

Thanks for looking, I'll catch up with you all later. Enjoy your weekend. 

More Get Well Cards.

Good morning everyone, hope you're all having a good weekend. Yesterday I went to a crop at my local craft shop and managed to make 2 cards. I made Get Well cards as I think they're handy to have. Last week I made one for Poppy so I thought I'd best have a boy one handy in case Oliver comes down with chickenpox too!

So here's my first card. I love House Mouse and isn't this a cute image? I can't help feeling this card's a bit bare looking but if I use it for my wee grandson I don't really want to put flowers on it!

I used :-

Image :- House Mouse.

Sentiment :- Hero Arts.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

DP :- DCWV.

Card Candy :- Craftwork Cards.

I'm going to enter the following challenges with this card :-

Passion for Promarkers:- One for the boys.

House Mouse :- Favourite stamp - love them all but I really love this one for Get Well cards!

Friday Sketchers :- Sketch.
Creative Inspirations :- Stripes.

My second card is girly with it's pink colour scheme and ribbon and flowers.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Sentiment :- Printworks.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Ribbon :- Ribbon Girl.

Flowers :- Prima.

Pearls :- Hobby House.

Jewel brads & pink metal embellies from stash.

Sakura clear gel pen one shoes and glitter round image.

I'm entering the following challenges with this card :-

Lili of the Valley :- Circles.

Cute Card Thursday :- Sketch.
Stamp Something :- Something with flowers.
Dream Valley Challenges :- Anything Goes.

Hope you like and can find time to tell me what you can think.

Not sure if I'll be doing much next week as I have to work every day! My colleague's daughter gets married next Friday so she's having a week off. I've been so looking forward to this.....not! So the first time I get a day off is 10th March. What makes it worse is next Sunday a crowd of us are going to the craft show at the SECC next Sunday and I usually take the day off on the Monday. Obviously not this year. I'm going to be shattered on the Monday and probably crabbit (translation - bad tempered) too.

Thanks for looking and enjoy what's left of the weekend.

Totally Gorjuss 68 Check it out.

Hi everyone, doesn't Saturday come round really quickly every week. Pity there weren't more Saturdays and  Sundays in a week. Probably not that good an idea I suppose.  After all lots of people have to work at the weekend. I work almost every Saturday, but at least it's just the morning.

So it's time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss. You seemed to like our "Love" challenge last week. We  had lots of entries and saw some amazing cards when I visited your blogs. If you haven't been over to the challenge blog yet remember to pop over to see who's won the prize from Crafter's Companion.

This week we are sponsored by Simon Says Stamp and I'm sure you know that they have a vast stock of goodies. If you haven't checked out their online shop yet you don't know what you've been missing.

Well this week our challenge is "Check it out." We'd like to see checks somewhere on your card or project. It could be DP, ribbon, whatever you like. I love checks and ginghams so I enjoyed this challenge.

Here's my card.

I made this for my son-in-law who's in car sales. And no he's not a dodgy salesman lol! He's a hard working honest guy who wouldn't sell you a bad car. Funnily enough my daughter was in car sales too and that's how they met. She has a different job now close to home as it's easier for her with two kiddies.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV cute square.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio and Craft Creations.

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Bakers' Twine :- The Ribbon Girl.

Ribbon and button from stash.

It was a bit lazy of me to use a cute square as I have this image in rubber too but I've had a lot  to do this week. Some days the pups are quite time consuming! And I had to go off to Aberdeen and get a present for my son-in-law. His birthday is next week and my husband is the day after. Not sure what he's getting, maybe some new jeans that actually fit him! Mmmm like I've got space to talk.

I'd like to enter the following challenges :-

Sketch and Stash :- Sketch and the Bakers' Twine is new stash.

Lili of the Valley :- Red & blue are my favourite colours for male cards.

Cards for Men :- 1 image, 2 DP & 3 embellishments (1 ribbon, 1 button and Bakers' twine.
Pile it on :- For the love of plaid.

Hope you like and maybe you could spare a minute to tell me what you think. Do take a minute to pop over to the blog and see the gorgeous work  from my teamies this week.

Thanks for looking and I'll catch up with you all later.

Totally Gorjuss 63 Cuddly.

Hi everyone I don't know about you but I'm glad it's the weekend at last. I think I've been spoiled because the weeks after Christmas and New Year were both short working weeks.

Thanks to everyone who joined us at Totally Gorjuss last week for our first challenge of 2011. I saw some gorgeous cards using Net's sketch. Don't forget to pop over to Totally Gorjuss to find out who won. This week our challenge is "Cuddly" and we are sponsored by Simon Says Stamp.

So here's my "cuddly" card. Can a hedgie be cuddly. Not sure about that but he is very sweet and his teddy looks very cuddly!

I used :-

Image :- Penny Black.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Sentiment :- A new one from LOTV.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Lace :- The Ribbon Girl.

Pearls :- The Hobby House.

Sakura glitter gel pen and glitter.

I'm entering the following challenges :-

Creative Inspirations :- Use something new - new sentiment stamp and new lace.

A Gem of a Challenge :- Sketch and use lace.

Thanks for looking and I'll try to see as many of your entries as I can during the week. If you can find a minute to tell me what you think I'd love to hear from you.

Enjoy your weekend.

Just Cute Bears #35 Punch It.

Good morning everyone and time for another challenge from Just Cute Bears. This week our theme is "Punch It", we'd like you to use a punch or punches on your card or layout. This week we are sponsored by Wild Rose Studio who are giving 2 stamps to the lucky winner.

Here's my card and I hope you like it. You can also find more inspiration over at Just Cute Bears where you can see what my talented teamies have made this week.

I used :-

Image :- Wild Rose Studio.

DP :- Cosmo Cricket.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Edges inked with Distress Ink in Antique Linen.

Punched snowflakes, Stickles, Ribbon, jewels.

I'd like to enter the following challenges :-

Sketch and Stash :- Sketch and I've had the DP in my stash since last year.

ABC :- D for Distressing.

Secret Crafter :- Anything Goes.
Sir Stampalot :- All distressed.
Crafty Creations :- Music and/or dance. Does this music paper qualify?

Hope you like it. Please feel free to leave me a comment if you have a minute to spare. My teamies would also love to hear what you think of their work too. They've all worked really hard and made gorgeous cards to inspire you this week.

Enjoy what's left of the weekend.

One for the Boys.

This is unusual for me! Two posts on a Saturday. I made this card on Wednesday but this is the first chance I've had to post it. Wednesday was the first of our meetings at the WRI for this session. I was really late home because we were discussing what items we'd like for our mini show next March. We usually have bulbs, handcrafts, baking and produce. To crown it all we had to discuss the co-operative entry for another show involving the 9 WRIs in our area. Plus I've been trying to catch up with DT cards and commenting and visiting my favourite blogs. Not sure that I've been very successful with my visiting though lol!

This is just a simple card I made with my friend. She's been asked by the rest of the staff in the chemist's where she works to make a card for one of the local doctors who's retiring soon. I thought this image and sentiment would be suitable. What do you think?

I used :-

Image and sentiment :- LOTV.
DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Card Candy :- Craftwork Cards.

I've kept it fairly simple. I think men prefer simple lol! And I'm going to enter the following challenges :-

Lili of the Valley :- One for the boys.

Cards for Men :- Long Summer Days.

Hope you're having a lovely weekend.

Thanks for any kind comments you might have time to leave.

Crafty Cardmakers 29 - Clean and Simple.

Hello everyone and here we are at the start of another week already. Today I thought I'd show you the card I made for the new challenge at Crafty Cardmakers. Our new challenge this week is Clean and Simple. I hope this looks clean and simple to you! I donated this to Jacqui at Simply Create for her fundraising event for Save the Children yesterday.

This card was inspired by some cards that Clare had on her blog a few weeks ago. I didn't realise till I checked tonight that one of her cards was made with spotty DP too. Her's was a different image too so I hope she doesn't mind me using her idea. I saw her cards at the end of June and was very impressed by them at the time. I haven't looked at them since then so I was quite surprised to find one was spotty too.

I stamped this lovely image from Hero Arts straight onto a C6 card. I also stamped it onto some lovely spotty paper from Wild Rose Studios, cut out the flowers and 3D'd them. I added a piece of the same DP edged with a piece of matching card that had been edged with a Martha Stewart punch and finished off with a piece of ribbon tied with a simple knot. And that's my card, very quick and simple. Hope you like it and have a minute to tell me what you think. My talented teamies have made some gorgeous cards this week and they'd love to hear from you too.

I'd like to enter the challenge at Secret Crafter which is also clean and simple.

I'm looking forward to seeing all your clean and simple cards over the next 2 weeks.

Just Cute Bears #31 Pink & Brown

It's Sunday already girls and normally I would be wondering how it could be Sunday already and I'd have to go to work tomorrow. But this week I'm having Monday and Tuesday off as my daughter and 2 gorgeous grandchildren are coming to stay tomorrow for a few days. My son-in-law has to go away for a few days for work so it'll just be the 3 of them. I'm so looking forward to them coming! I'm also taking the day off next Saturday as we're having a special crop to celebrate the first birthday of the craft shop. We're all going to take along something to eat. I'm taking carrot cake and rocky road traybake. Maybe Poppy will help me with my baking!

But I'm sure you'd rather hear about our challenge at Just Cute Bears! This week we are being sponsored by Wild Rose Studio and we'd like you to use the colours pink and brown on your project. Unfortunately I don't have any of their lovely stamps but I do have some of their gorgeous papers so I've used them.

I used :-

Image :- Die cut from LOTV.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Butterflies and bow on image covered with Sakura glitter gel pen.

Corners cut with EK Success punch.

Nesties, pearls and ribbon.

I'd like to enter the Lili of the Valley challenge as I used their sketch.

The Pink Elephant :- Ribbon and Sparkles.

Craft Your Days Away :- Things with Wings.

Crafty Creations :- Butterflies.

Creative Card Crew :- Sparkles and Shine.

If you've got time do please tell me what you think of my little card and I'm sure my talented teamies would like to hear from you too.

Enjoy what's left of your weekend.

Totally Gorjuss 43 Lovely Aqua.

Good morning everyone and time for another challenge over at Totally Gorjuss. This week we would like you to use aqua shades in your card or layout. Unfortunately you'll have to take my word for it that I've used aqua in my card lol! Every picture I took seemed to look blue, but it is aqua....honest!! I was all over the house and even outside as Thursday when I made it was quite nice. But wherever I tried I couldn't get the colour to look right.

This week we are sponsored by Lili of the Valley so that gave me a chance to check out my LOTV images and I decided to use this cute bear.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Flowers :- EK Success retro punch.

Martha Stewart punch, nesties and pearls.

I'd like to enter some challenges with this card :-

Lili of the Valley :- Summer.....check out the sunglasses!

A Spoon Full of Sugar :- Sketch.

The Pink Elephant :- Summer Fun.

My teamies have made some beautiful cards this week so I hope you can find time to pop over to their blogs and encourage them with a comment. If you have a minute to let me know what you think of mine I'd really value your opinion too.

As I've had terrible broadband connection problems I'll stop now and hope I can get this post scheduled!!

Adventure Time!

At last I've managed to make a card that's just for some challenges! I thought it would be nice to make a simple male card for a change. So this is what I ended up with.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV.

DP :- Wild Rose Studios.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Card Candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Button, string and tag from stash.

I am entering the following challenges :-

Friday Sketchers :- Sketch.

Secret Crafter :- Man's World.

Allsorts :- Use primary colours - I used red and blue.

Cards for men :- Off on an adventure.

Papertake Weekly :- Old, new, borrowed, blue - new stamp and blue.

Simon Says Stamp challenge :-Summertime blues.

Everybody Art challenge :- Check it out.

I really enjoyed making this card. It's nice to make a simple card for a change. I really should make the effort to make more male cards but sometimes you get bogged down trying to get your DT work done and nothing else. Tomorrow is my day off and I'm meaning to get my DT cards made then.

Today was the day when the post office I work in was starting the process of going online. All seems to have gone well so far and tomorrow morning we will be working online with a totally new screen layout and way of working. I only have to go in for a short time to finish the lottery figures and then my colleague will get first shot of the new system. The chap who came to help us to "migrate" as it is called will stay with her for an hour or so and we have a sign to put up so that people will understand why we might be a bit slower than normal for a day or two. I'm quite glad that when I go in on Friday I'll be working on my own.

I hope you can find time to leave me a wee comment about my card so I know if I'm doing the right thing.

A Little Round Bear!

Good morning girls, I can't believe it's the 1st of August already! The schools up here in Aberdeenshire have been on holiday for 4 weeks already so just another couple of weeks and the kids will be back at school again. The time seems to have flown. Maybe I wouldn't be saying that if my kids were little lol! But then again on a farm kids are rarely ever inside to hassle you, at least mine weren't!!

Thanks to everyone who entered our clean and simple challenge last week. As usual it was great to see what lovely cards you made. My card this week is quite simple.....and small. The base card is made with my biggest scalloped nestie so it's barely 4" across. I had terrible problems with internet access on Friday night. Even when I seemed to have a reasonable signal I couldn't get onto my blog or several other sites. So as far as i know the only challenge this fits is the Simon Says Stamp challenge which is Dotty with the added option of using Prima flowers. I was just glad to be able to make a card. Eventually after 10pm I managed to schedule my Totally Gorjuss post for Saturday, which was a bit of a relief.

I used:-

Image :- Winnie the Pooh from a clear set by Studio Light.

Colouring :- Promarkers, Sakura clear glitter gel pen for flowers in basket.

Flowers :- Prima.

Sentiment :- Heritage rubber stamp company.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Tag punch and brads.

I've found some other challenges which this card fits :-

Creative Inspirations Wednesday challenge :- Animals.

Charisma Cardz :- Something with a tail.

I'm embarassed to admit that I've had these Winnie the Pooh stamps for quite a while now and this is only the 2nd one I've used!

I hope you can spare a minute to tell me what you think of my little card. It would also be nice if you had time to check out the Just Cute Bears challenge to see what my talented teamies have made this week.

Enjoy what's left of the weekend.

Lachlan's Birthday Card.

Lachlan is my lovely soon to be 15 year old nephew (great actually). His Mum is my eldest niece and they live on the beautiful Isle of Lewis off the west coast of Scotland. Angela says she is the little one now as Lachlan is 6ft, Niall is 6ft 2 and Donald is 6ft4. Angela is quite tall herself and so is her husband.

I used :-

Image :- Beach Mikey a coloured digi image from Charmed Cards and Crafts.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio - for men.

Colouring :- Distress Inks for edges and Promarker to colour card candy.

Nesties, small circle punch (to make buttons), string and ribbon.

I am entering some challenges :-

The Pink Elephant :- 3 layers, 2 die cuts and ribbon.

Sketch Saturday :- Sketch.

Crafty Creations :- Make your own buttons.

So that's the weekend over again already and tomorrow is a full day at work...yuk. So I'd best go and iron a couple of things I need for tomorrow.

Uncle Bill's Birthday Card.

I've not really achieved much on my day off but at least I've got a card made for my lovely Uncle Bill's 90th birthday. Uncle Bill loves his golf so I wanted to do something golf orientated. Luckily I had Popcorn bear with his golf clubs. Unfortunately it is a very big stamp and I didn't have a big enough block. I did find something suitable eventually but the image is so big I struggled a bit wondering how to make a card especially since I thought I'd best make an A5 one. I don't usually make big cards unless it's for a very special occasion. Reckon this is a pretty special occasion though. I found a great sketch from Sketch Saturday which solved my layout problem. I stamped Popcorn 3 times so I could 3d him.

I used :-

Image and sentiment :- Popcorn Bear.

Colouring :- Promarkers and Distress Inks (for edges).

DP :- Craft Creations and Wild Rose Studio.

Buttons, string, ribbon and 90 peeloff from stash.

Challenges I'm entering :-

Sketch Saturday :- Sketch..........

Passion for Promarkers Think of a number.

I'm quite pleased with how this turned out...for once. I took some pics and then realised that I'd forgotten to colour the grass lol! So I had to delete them and take more. Trust me. I've another three cards half made but I'd best check if there are any entries to comment on for my DTs and maybe have a wee look at my favourite blogs.

I'm a lot later sitting down tonight than I'd hoped. My daughter appeared for tea and to do her washing and then she wanted to make meringues so I had to "advise" her about that. I also had to wash the dishes. That might sound strange but I have a dishwasher and it's misbehaving. To say the least! My husband thought it was leaking so he hauled it out yesterday to check. It was! So he mopped up, found a wee hole in the hose and fixed it. Switched it on last night and nothing happened. So I had whole pile of washing this morning. The fridge-freezer in the kitchen has been leaking a bit now and then but he's convinced it was just ice so he removed a lot of ice from the bottom of it yesterday and fingers crossed it's ok. To complete his happiness yesterday he went into the garage and there was water all over the floor in front of the tumble drier!! Luckily it only needed emptied. I haven't been using it because the weather has been so nice but yesterday it rained so I put towels in it. Of course my daughter doesn't hang out washing because it wastes your clothes (???) and she uses the drier when she's out here washing. Silly me I should have remembered that it never occurs to her to empty the water out! At least I don't need a tumble drier or a fridge-freezer but Imight need a dishwasher. Fantastic!! I need to check out the sales.

Sorry to bore you girls especially since I should be doing something more useful lol.

I hope my Uncle Bill likes his card and I hope you like it too. If you could spare a minute to leave me a comment I'd be very grateful. I value the opinions of my fellow crafters. If I ask my husband he always says my cards are really nice! Which is nice of him but a bit biased don't you think?

See you all tomorrow I hope.

Kat xx

Just Cute Bears #24 Decoupage.

Hi everyone and over at Just Cute Bears we have another challenge for you. This week we would like to see some decoupage on your card. I have to say that this is something I don't do very often and when I was in the middle of this card I remembered why lol!! I was going to do Popcorn Bear with golf clubs and give it to my uncle who will be 90 next Sunday. He's amazing, he's always liked his golf and the last I heard he was still playing! He is my lovely Dad's little brother and he's a lovely, lovely man. His sister will be 94 in September and she's quite a character. My dear Dad died of a heart attack when he was 74 or he would have been 98.

I think I will still do Popcorn for my Uncle Bill but probably not 3d him. I can't think of anything else I have that would do.

But on to my card for Just Cute Bears. I used this lovely image of bears in their bath from the Gruffies "Beary Good Times" decoupage set from Joanna Sheen. I love the designs but I don't really like putting them together as there are sometimes some very skinny pieces and I was using sticky pads. Have you ever tried to cut one of the teeny weeny pads in half. It's a lot of fun I can assure you! It's also quite difficult to photograph without showing the sticky pads. I should really use glue not sticky pads but it's done now. I'll remember next time!

So here's my card and I hope you like it.

I used :-

Image & sentiment :- Gruffies Beary Good Times decoupage from Joanna Sheen.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Card candy :- Craftwork Cards coloured with Promarker to match.

Stickles for bubble bath.

I've kept this very simple as it's such a big image.

I'd also like to enter some challenges with this card :-

ABC :- X for extra dimension.

Simon Says Stamp :- Check it out - use gingham or checks.

A Spoon Full of Sugar :- Animal Crackers.

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge :- Water, water.

I hope you'll manage to find time to check out Just Cute Bears to see what my talented teamies have made this week. We also have a GDT this month. The very talentedRebecca is joining us every week in July. Please pop over to her blog if you have time, you will not be disappointed.

Thanks for looking and it would be lovely if you have time to tell me what you think and of course I could visit your blog too.

Enjoy what's left of your weekend.

Kat xx

She's so cute!

I love House Mouse images and this is one of my favourite images to make a new baby card. Isn't this a cute mousie baby?





The House Mouse Challenge this week is for something new so I decided to make a new baby card. I used the great sketch from Cupcake Craft Challenge.

I used :-

Image :- House Mouse - Baby Blocks.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Colouring :- Promarkers, Spica Glitter Gel pen and Distress Ink in Spun Sugar for edges.

Flowers :- Wild Orchid Crafts.

Pearls :- the Hobby House.

Doiley :- Joanna Sheen.

I'm not sure about the way I've coloured the blocks but apart from that I quite like how this card turned out. Hope you like it and can find time to leave me a comment. I'm always encouraged by the kind comments people leave and it's nice to be able to visit you in turn and see what you've been making. I made this card on Saturday as well as my DT card for Just Cute Bears and I'm really pleased to have managed to make two cards in one day. I still need to make another Sympathy card or probably two would be better so I'll have a spare one. I also need to make my Uncle's card and one for a teenage nephew. But I have a day off on Monday so hopefully I can have a good day crafting then!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Kat xx