Fat Pages

i had beads on my mind, then i realised i had made a fat page instead of an atc. will use it for a swap i am involved in.











used odd & ends on this and really enjoyed colouring in this afternoon with the cds on really loud, there i was singing away, thankfully i am 3 floors up when crafting so people wandering
about down below wouldnt have heard me

Things That Grow

Cute Card Thursday
went for the obvious, flowers.
the sketch was one i came across blog hopping called Cutie Sunday

Down On The Farm

Penny Black Challenge
this stamp caught my eye and thought it could be used for birthdays. had a go at a new way of doing the ribbon, didnt come out too bad but was a bit faffy to do.
after i made the card i saw that the theme for this week on My Time To Craft was the colours i had used so doubles up for two challenges :)

wow oh wow!!!!

funkyfairyinspirations
you must go take a look at the fab blog candy on there, a years worth of goodies!!!!

do take a look at the challenge blog too its fab. here

last weeks work

birthday card for fellow member on a forum, no room for a greeting so wrote inside the card

















another birthday card for a fellow member on a forum, no room for a greeting so that is inside the card
















Tilda & Co this week was bugs
don't know if butterflies come under the heading of bugs but they were all i had in. do like how tilda is looking up at the butterfly

















this was for the penny black 'snow' last week but didn't upload in time as i feel there is something missing from it yet don't want to add anymore as i like the simple finish.
the hoggie is on the inside of the card after making a window in the front of the card

















this is a swap card, the diamond fold, my stitched topper was bigger than the diamond but i think it turned out ok. had a few goes at this fold but wasn't too happy with the results, this was the best one so then added my stitched topper. each layer is seperate and used foam pads to layer up














this was made for a red & white swap which i have just posted off as we near the end of this month but it should get there in time

mmmmm......there is a line down the right hand side of the card this must be something to do with the scan as it wasn't on the card

missing mojo

had a very lazy holdiay, ate too much lol
did some stitching though, 36 in all so plenty to fall back on there.
think i left my mojo in the sun though as i have not been wanting to craft since i came back. did tidy up my craft space at the weekend as i thought it might get me back into it, but no i just sit in a tidy space with a blank as what to do.
pushed myself to come up here today but the cards are so rubbish!!!!! reminds of when i first started lol.
might add them later but for now i am giving up!!!!

byeeeeeee

last post for a couple of weeks, going on our jolly hols later today, sun, sun & more sun :)
taking some paper embroidery with me to keep me busy while hanging around the airport, its that or reading and i am not much of a reader, generally only read when on hols laying on a sunbed

something monochromatic

Stamp Something
bugged, scraps & tilda, this is a card i made for a swap
lots of pink & touch of yellow on tilda's jumper

this is last weeks challenge but added late

More Than One

Cute Card Thursday & SBS17
long gate fold card which continues inside is the sbs17 challenge
bugged the left side, paper/stamping inside, topper/stamping on the outside. found this one a bit of a struggle to come up with the 'longer' area to cover.
CCT birthday card for this weeks challenge, as always will add the greeting when i use the card, will probably stamp it onto a bit of white card and add it to the left side of card.

buttons & buckles

My Time To Craft
another dottie and following on with the bright bold 'hot' colours
used up some odds & ends on this card from my stash

used for birthday

More Than One

our creative corner & papertake weekly
used the sketch from occ the theme from papertake which is 'hot hot hot' this week. out of my comfort zone the bold colours but pleased with the result, again used dottie, she is cute

More Than One

2 sketchs 4 you & funky fairy's

used the sketch from 2s4y and the 'food' theme from ff
have been umming and arrring about dottie for a few weeks so took the plunge after emailing becky about them, cheers becky :)
they are small to colour in but found it relaxing

sketch

Papertake Weekly Challenge
bought 3 penny black stamps last weekend this is one of them. then i came across the new penny black stamp challenge blog, so my total of 4 pb stamps will come in handy and i will prob buy some more too.
i have resisted buying them before as i was rubbish at stamping but think i am getting better at it now.
anyway back to job in hand, added ribbons for the centre strip running down the back the colour on the ribbon goes well with the tutu's

3 different embelishments

Cute Card Thursday
made a 4x4 fat page added brad/tag, flower & footprint

first penny black stamp

Penny Black Saturday
first challenge on this new blog was to use the first pb stamp you bought. easy one for me as i only bought it recently.
coloured in with whisper pens

used for birthday card

christmas

Cute Card Thursday

not really a christmas card fan, dont like doing them for some reason lol
anyway i did enjoy making this one, a lot of time went into it as one of our daughters is a penguin fan so made it for her.
used prisma pencils & sansador then stitched, mounted, added ribbon with a little of the bug embossing folder. have left room at the top for a greeting which i will add later on in the year when the christmas stuff comes out of hiding

blog challenges

My Time To Craft
originally was going to use eyelets for the ribbon but couldn't find my hammer, added brads instead. have left room at top left for greeting which will be added later when i use the card











Funky Fairys Challenge
buttons & beads
the bow on the picci looks a bit too big but in real life tis ok.
the stitching/beading was already done waiting to be used so didnt take too long to put the card together
took inspiration from a new sketch blog too 2 Sketches 4 You
but didnt have time to add it to the blog before the deadline. two great sketches to start off with though i only used one of them. like the other and will prob use it too

Fat Pages

Stamp Something - sketch something.
using the sketch ended up making the fat page a bit squashed up so used ribbons which made it less chaotic










Friday Sketchers - sketch 4.
could have done with a bit wider ribbon but it was the only one i had in the colour i wanted










Cute Card Thursday - patterned paper.
used some scrap paper from my stash added couple of brads. noticed oneof the tags was a bit wonky after i had posted so went off to readjust it lol









Tilda & Co - non-card week.
waste peel off on backgroundpaper, quite effective & different. added ribbon to finish it off

thanks Becky

thank you becky for this award
passing it onto sbsisters Claire, Joy, Kylie

Birds Of A Feather

Tilda & Friends ATC
dont have any magnolia birds so went for a teeny tiny one i do have and made it into a thought bubble, the feather is so bright and the colours went together with the paper i thought

sketch

Kathrina's sketch
great sketch and used some of my new Kay & Co papers too, will add greeting when i use the card.
i tend not to look at the teams samples until i have done mine so i am not too influenced.
it tickled me to see Fran had used the same papers i had yet both cards are different

used for birthday

#3

Friday Sketchers
quite suprised how this card went, set out with no real ideas then it just seemed to all fall into place. again using my odds & ends bits. will probably add a peel off greeting when i use the card.
the card looks a little lighter on the left due to the scanner not closing properly as the build up of layers and silicone glue

friends new baby part 2

here is the name/word book i made too, using the same card as the exploding box
have put some photo mats on and a few embelishments but didnt want to make it too fussy for them. used cb swiss dots to emboss the letters. there is plenty of room on the back of the pages for the parents to add info or more photos if they wish. also used my bind it all for the first time, have wanted one for a while but now i have decided i will get my use out of it.
the book does actually line up but in the photos it looks a tad out of line

friends new baby

made the basic exploding box about a month ago at a friends craft day then finished it off at home adding the inner box, stamping & embelishments.
i girl i used to work with was due this month and wanted a girl, so i made it with her in mind.
the baby was born on 18th and her name is lillie, so all worked out ok and didn't have to make a blue box. i had fun making this using up lots of itty bits from mags and getting to use a new tilda stamp, well it was new when i made the box.

have made a word book too its 'drying' at the mo so hopefully tomorrow i will take some piccies and add that on here too.

stamping

Funky Fairy's Challenge Blog
used versamark to stamp background then chalked over the flowers and generally smuged chalk all over
stamped, coloured & mounted the images to build up the card

used for birthday

iv'e been tagged

been tagged by Marcie one of my SBS sisters
so here are 6 things about me

1. dropped 5 stone last year now working at keeping it off, did it for health reasons

2. mother of 3, married 32 yrs this yr

3. can't keep plants alive, got one about 4 weeks ago as a gift and its looking poorly already

4. hairstylist, work in a salon where we only do cutting & drying

5. we want to retire to spain

6. like going all inclusive on hol but i don't drink just lots of water

now i am tagging Becky and Cathy fellow SBS sisters

award

i have been awarded this award by Cathy . thank you, check out cathy's lovely crafting on her blog

i am supposed to pass this award onto 3 others -

i am going to pass it onto 3 of my SBS sisters, who have brill blogs which are inspiring, so I'm giving it to Claire and Marcie and Sue

Katharina's Sketch#3

Papertake Weekly Challenge
after having a bit of a tidy up in my craft space i came across lots of 'bits' which had come with mags so i am on a mission to use them up as i have cancelled my subscription to the said mag.
here is the card using the sketch and some of the 'bits'

used for rak

Beads

Tilda and Co Challenge
kept this one quite simple as the beads & stitching are the focus really, didnt want too much fancy paper or other stuff going on

used for rak

blog candy

it is my birthday in 2 weeks - so to celebrate the last time I can say on my birthday I am 30 something, I am offering this candy.
There is a pack of Dovecraft stamps, a Papermania metal Birthday, ribbons, large tags, red and white roses and some 6x6 and 8x8 papers, and some handmade papers. I will also put in some die cut flowers and stamped images.
My beautiful daughters helped me choose this candy (so it is a bit colour clashing!!), so on Sunday 1st June (the day after my birthday) Ellie will draw a 1 lucky person's name out of the hat.
All you have to do is leave a comment here and make a link to it on your blog.

do go take a look at cathy's blog where there is a picci of her candy