A bit of white

Hi all,

Yesterday, Martha and I went to toddlers and then played at home as the weather was awful. Daisy was meant to be going to the woods with school on Tuesday, but it was cancelled because of the weather. I hope it stops soon, as I have so much washing to dry.

Here is my Digital Delights show. This week, I have used Snowie McFee. I have used mostly white, which still scares me a bit. I embossed the top using my score board, and ripped card for snowy hills on the bottom. The lace is my last snippet from Wild Orchid, and the card corner is also my last one. I must get some more soon.

Join the dots

Hi all,

We are having a wonderful time at my parents. We visited my Grandad on Monday and then managed to get Daisy's school shoes. On Tuesday we went to Wookey Hole to see the caves and all the other things there. On Wednesday, Daisy woke up, and was covered in spots. I'm glad she got chicken pox before she started school and she seems well in herself, and as we didn't go anywhere yesterday, it actually seemed like a holiday and a rest! Martha has a few spots now so at least it will be over and done with altogether.

It's time for another show at Digital Delights and this time I have used Rodney Reindeer. The papers are by making memories and basic grey and the flower is from Wild Orchid. This is my 8th Christmas card I think, which is more than I normally have at this stage in the year.

Have a good day,

The jury's still out

Hi all,

I know, three cards from me in three days. What is the world coming to? We went to meet an ex work colleague of mine today who I haven't seen since we got back and spent some time in a park for the girls. It was lovely to catch up and to make the most of the sun we had.

As we are away on holiday next week in Norfolk, I thought I would try and take part in the Stamp Fairy challenge this week as I may not be doing it next week. Well, this week it is a colour challenge - purple, turquoise and pink. I'm really not sure about this mix myself, although I like the colours individually, so maybe it will grow on me. I didn't have much turquoise in my stash and so I nearly gave up, until I saw this paper by Nitwits and decided to try a Christmas card. I have used a freebie Stamp Fairy image called Oscar. I love him and chose it as it reminds me of when Daisy made a snow bunny with hubby a couple of years ago. I did think of leaving him as a polar bear, but didn't want too much white on the image. I have shaded the snow bear, but it doesn't show much on the photo. I have also added pink sparkly snowflakes from a 12 by 12 sheet. I'm sorry for all the waffle today, I'll let you go now!

I would also like to enter Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Christmas in August.

Edited to say - Oops, sorry, I had posted the wrong card. This is the correct one now!

A beary merry Christmas

Hi all,

I hope you are enjoying your weekend. I helped on a stall for our local toddler group at the church fete this morning and then we went out to make the most of some sun for a change. Martha has finally got better and Daisy didn't get it so badly, so that's good.

Over at StampFairy World the wonderful DT have set up a surprise birthday blog hop for Gerda's birthday. How kind of them. The projects they have made are fab and there are a few prizes of images too. Happy birthday Gerda. Well, the challenge at Stamp Fairy this week is a Christmas Easel card. So, I thought I would give it a go as I had just bought this cute little image, called Lenny Christmas 3 and I wanted an excuse to use him. The papers are by Nitwits and the embellishments are from my stash.

Hopefully not many more to make

Hi,

My inlaws have just left to catch their flight. It was lovely to have them here and the girls will miss them terribly. Daisy had her kindy Christmas concert today as the kindy shuts for two weeks over Christmas. They did some singing and dancing and put on a little play. Daisy was great (although I am a little biased!) Martha has now started rolling over. She loves to roll onto her front but then moans because she is on her front. Aaagh! It also means the times of finding her exactly where I put her down have gone. Oh help!

I found a little bit of time to make yet another Christmas card. I have used my new Holly Day Critters stamps by Penny Black. I think they're fab, although I'm not sure if my card is a bit big for the image. The papers are from the free booklet I got from Crafts Beautiful again. There is a sentiment, although it is difficult to see on the photo. I tried really hard not to use flowers, but had to give in when the card looked a bit bare.

I am entering this into Penny Black Saturday challenge - The holly and the Ivy.

How many days until Christmas?

Hi,

We had a lovely few days away. We went to a town called Kiama, about 2 gours drive south of Sydney. The weather was gorgeous. I was a bit worried, as it had rained for a whole week beforehand. We rented a cottage, which had a great view of the beach. Daisy loved playing in the sea and Martha even had her first paddle, but it was still a bit cold for her. My inlaws enjoyed it too. They are going home tomorrow and the time has flown by. Daisy loves having them around and Martha is now getting used to the extra faces and is smiling at them all the time.

On Saturday we went to carols in the park. It started at 6.30pm. We took rugs and food and sang carols with at least 2000 other people. The girls enjoyed it, but they've only just got over the break in their routine. I'm not really in the Christmas spirit yet as I can't equate 30 degrees heat with this time of year, but I'm sure it will come.

On to my card. I still haven't finished all my Christmas cards, so the challenge at Allsorts - last minute Christmas - is great for me this week. I have used paper that was free with Crafts Beautiful magazine and the image and sentiment is from Holly Day Critters by penny black, although the teacher in me has a little problem with there not being a capital H!

I think I hear Martha so had better stop waffling. I hope you have a good day.

Incy Wincy Challenge 69

Hi,

It's Monday so there's another challenge over at Incy Wincy and this week we want you to create a project using blue and white (at least 80% of your project must be blue and white). This week we are sponsored by

and I have used this cute snowman image from Aspire to Thrive. The papers are from a RAK and the lace is from Wild Orchid.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Fussy and Fancy - Christmas, no red or green.

One Stitch at a time - Choose a season or event - Christmas.

Creative Inspirations - Anything Christmassy/ winter.

Stampin' for the weekend - Winter.

One Stop Craft Challenge - Snow people.

Yes - it really is another Christmas card.

Hi,

I know, three posts in as many days. What is the world coming to? I have decided I really should make a determined start on my Christmas cards. This one uses a digi stamp by in style stamps which I love. The paper is by Basic Grey and Making Memories, which I have inked with green.

I am entering this into the allsorts challenge - Twas the night before Christmas, as this reminds me of the line - The stockings were hung by the chimney with care.

I'm getting fed up of the weather as we have had storms most nights since Saturday. Hopefully summer will be nicer.

Getting organised!

Well, this is a first for me - a Christmas card in August! I really need to get organised if I'm going to make them this year as I'm not getting an awful lot of spare time at the moment! I have used a digi stamp for Charmed cards and crafts. The snowflake paper is a shiny foil wrapping paper I saved last year thinking it would come in useful sometime. I have used glitter on the tinsel on the image. The metal snowflakes have been in my stash for ages and I found them lurking at the bottom of a basket. I'm entering this into the Sir Stampalot challenge - Bring on the bling. I hope there is enough bling on it. Also I'm entering it into Creative Inspirations - Christmas in August and Stamp Something - use something digi.