A whole new world

Hi all,

Not long until the weekend. My inlaws are coming up tonight and staying over so that they can look after the girls tomorrow for us. We will be sorting out the garden ready for Daisy (and Martha) to plant the vegetables. Some will go straight in the garden, but I think we will sow some into trays and leave in the conservatory for a little while. I just hope we have no more frost!

Two of Daisy's friends are having a joint birthday party next weekend. One of the girls will get the Snow White card I showed last week, but I still had to make another. This Little Honeys Jasmine image is by Sassy Studio Designs and is perfect for a girlie 5 year old! The papers are by imaginisce, the flowers are from Prima and The Works.

I hope to be back over the weekend.

Tweet, tweet

Hi all,

I hope you had a lovely weekend. Martha caught whatever hubby had, so she is off from nursery today and feeling sorry for herself. Daisy went to school happily after half term as she was desperate to see her friends.

Over at Incy Wincy this week, we are sponsored by K n K Designs, who are offering 3 digi sets to the winner. Our theme is 'birthdays' this week, and I used an image from our sponsor. I have gone a bit green, but it reminds me of spring. How I would love a bit of warmer weather!

Have a good day.

Changing by torchlight

Hi all,

Last night was so windy, I was so glad to be staying in. This morning we woke up and had no electricity. It was very interesting trying to get myself and the girls ready by torchlight and then to organise Daisy's lunch and school things. There was a problem with low voltage apparently, but it is all sorted now.

The girls from Digital Delights are back from our holiday and we have more inspiration for you using Wendy's fantastic designs. I have used Felicia Fairy and a happy birthday sentiment. I have gone very pink and girly as it is Daisy's 5th birthday next week and I think I will give this to her. She loves fairies, princesses and pink at the moment, which is a big change from Thomas the tank engine which she was obsessed with until she was 3! The paper is by Kaisercraft and I have used a range of dies and cut a butterfly out of my DP for an embellishment.

I would like to enter this into:

Make it Monday - always anything goes

Trulymadlycrafty - anything goes

The pink elephant challenge - anything goes

Paper creations Ink - die cuts/punches

Cupcake craftroom - anything goes

Flutterby Wednesday - open

Happy New Year challenge

Hi all,

Happy New Year. We had a lovely night with our friends. They brought their PS2 and so once the children were asleep (it took a while as they were excited at having a sleepover), we had a go on Singstar. I've never done it before, but had great fun. We went for a walk in the local woods this morning and are now chilling watching The Wizard of Oz.

It was hubby's birthday on 29th December and here is the card I made for him. The piano image and music paper are from the Graphics Fairy. The other papers are by Floppy Latte. The alphabet stamps are by Studio G and the other stamp (in brown) is by Debbi Moore. Every year, I have real problems finding a musical image for hubby, so if any of you know of any stamps (rubber or digi) which show pianos or music, please let me know.

I would like to thank Annmaree for the wonderful Christmas card she sent me. It was very much appreciated.

A blue birthday

Hi all,

I know, I'm not normally posting on a Friday, but I had to make a birthday card for our friends little girl who is 2. We woke up to snow today and it was the nativity play at Daisy's school this morning. I wasn't sure whether to go or not, but we did make it safely. My parents are driving up today to spend Christmas here. I am expecting a call soon to let me know where they are. I'll be happier when they are here safe.

Anyway, the image on my card is by Stamp Fairy. I have used my label nesties and some paper from a popcorn the bear CD I printed off a while ago and forgot about. The rosette uses sparkly card by Pie Lane. It's my first attempt at a rosette and I quite like the effect.

A time to get inky

Hi all,

I can't believe it is Wednesday already. We have been busy all week, but I'm not really sure what with! It was my Mum's birthday on Monday and it was lovely to be able to spend it with her. My parents are still here and I think the girls will be upset when they leave next week as they are loving all the attention.

I made this for my Mum. The image is by Tim Holtz and is stamped on a background of Victorian velvet and vintage photo distress inks. It took me ages to stamp the image cleanly and I ended up with ink everywhere. The ribbon is from my stash and I'm not sure where the papers are from, sorry.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Bearly mine challenges - anything goes

Make it Monday

Hooked on craft - anything goes

Yes, I know it's blue.

Hi all,

I can't believe it's Wednesday already. Daisy has been off preschool this week as it is half term and Martha has enjoyed having her sister around to play with. This afternoon we went to a birthday tea party of my friend's two year old son. She has a daughter who is threee months older than Daisy, so they disappeared for a lot of the time but reappeared for the food.

I made this card for the birthday boy. I don't usually like to use the stereotypical colours only but I don't have many papers at the moment (the air freight arrived last Friday but I only had room for a small crafting bag of goodies in it) and so had to go for these. The image is by ArTish from Michelle's scrapbooking and more. It does have balloons behind the chair, but I made such a mess of colouring them in, I cut them off. I haven't got the printer sorted out yet, so I couldn't just print out another image.

On yer head, son!

Hi all,

It's my niece's 6th birthday at the beginning of January, so I finally got around to making her a card. She has just started playing football on Saturdays. She is the only girl there with about 20 boys and has already won player of the week 3 times. So, I thought this image from Digistamp boutique would be perfect for her. Harold the dragon has a black and white scarf as her Dad (hubby's brother) supports Newcastle United.

I would like to enter this into Creative Card Crew - birthdays.

It's hubby's birthday and after raining for two days, it was lovely weather here today, so we went to the beach. Unfortunately, the rest of Sydney also came to this decision so it was a bit crowded. However, we met up with some friends and had a lovely time.

Castles in the sky

Hi all,

I don't feel like I have stopped this week. It always takes me a while to get back on track after a week away. The washing still isn't done as it has been raining all week. It's meant to be spring, what's happened? Also, I've started doing a bit of tutoring. After a year away from teaching, it's lovely to get back into it, but you won't believe how long it took me to plan three hours of lessons! Hopefully now I know the children's abilities it will get quicker as I've spent valuable crafting time on planning!

I have a card for you tonight though. Daisy has been invited to a friend's 3rd birthday tomorrow. She loves My Little Pony at the moment and as I don't have a pony stamp, I thought this LOTV unicorn would work well. The paper is by Reminisce and is from the new goodies I bought in Melbourne (hubby kindly let me use it before my birthday). The bling is from my stash.

Daisy will be shattered tomorrow as she has her first dance concert after the party. I'm looking forward to it. Even if she just stands on the stage doing nothing, it will be an experience for her. The time of chauffering daughters around is starting now, I think.

A new card

Over at polkadoodles, the challenge is to make a birthday card. I decided to try a new (to me) design of card. I've seen these belt cards before and put it on my to make list but never got around to it. I used a flower vase decoupage from the polkadoodles paper boutique CD.

Paper piecing

Over on the Polkadoodles blog, the theme is paper piecing. I have some great animal stamps from Woodware and thought it would be fab for a first birthday card I have to make. So, I paper pieced the monkey, leaves and grass, using 3D foam pads for the paws and nose to add depth. The backing paper is light green, but hasn't come out very well in the photo. I do enjoy this technique, but find it quite time consuming, which isn't good for someone who leaves things until the last minute!

Birthday card

Hi, sorry I've not been around for a while. Hopefully that will change soon when life becomes a bit less manic. I made this quick card yesterday for a family member who is 7 in a few days and as it has to be sent to England, I had to get it sent. I used a great decoupage from craftsuprint and kept the rest simple.