yummy blog candy

Over at Jozza's blog she is offering some lovely blog candy for reaching 5000 posts!

I've been away for the weekend to my sister's so haven't made any cards for a few days, but have some sketch challenges i want to join in with so hopefully i can fit some inbetween coursework that needs to be done!
I'm not feeling so well either as i've got a funny virusy thing that is going round my niece's school. we have been covered in a rash and generally not feeling so well. Hoping it passes soon.

off to see what other yummy cards have been made this weekend.

new challenge blog!

There is a new challenge blog starting on saturday! Penny black saturday challenge . I think it's great to have a penny black blog as i think they are being forgotten a little bit as Tildas, hanglers and other new stamps are very popular at the minute.
They have some cute penny black stickers for a small blog candy giveaway for anyone who leaves a comment and links to their blog!
looking forward to saturday!


I haven't made any cards for few days as i've been busy with my photography coursework. But i have some challenges i want to have a go at so i will hopefully make some today!

an award!

Thank you to Lainy for giving me this award. It's lovely to think someone else likes your creations so thank u!
I now have to pass this on to others who's blogs i enjoy. Well there are now so many, and lots will already have this award so i will give this to:
Maddie (even though i know she has been awarded it by lainy, but i love your cards lately!), Clare who's cards i think are fantastic and are exactly my style!
Kerrie, who's cards also are exactly my type and who is such a lovely person. Lastly to my lovely friend Mols, who has just started blogging and her cards are already great!
As i said i could award this to so many people as the blogs on here really inspire me so much and give me so many ideas about what i want to make!

still loving scrapbooking!

Don't you just love days when you just really love crafting and when it just all goes right! Well today has been one of those days!
This page was quick to make as i followed a sketch put up on a forum i go on. I didn't have any scalloped bazzill but remembered that i had bought a gorgeous template with swirls and scallops from ally pally last year. So i made my own then added some holes in the scallops with my silent setter. the papers are just gorgeous again and matched the colour of my mums top well. I've added some close up pics again to show some more detail. (i haven't rubbed out the pencil writing under the pen in the journalling bit yet!) I want to go and make another one now but my tummy is telling me that it really is dinner time and not scrapbooking time!














Materials i used:

Paper: such pretty papers from Kaiser craft- bloom in blush and bloom in bouquet.
Card: pink bazzill
Alphas: K+Co, Brenda walton juliana die cut alphabet stickers.
Black flock letters were an absolute bargain in the pound shop ages ago. I wish i'd bought tons of them.
Can't remember where i got the pink bloom. Think the green is a prima.
Brads: glitter brads from Doodlebug and i can't remember where the pink one is from.

I love scrapbooking!!

I have had such a lovely few hours scrapbooking. I've been collecting stash for years now for a scrapbook of my beautiful niece. The thing is she is now 8 and i have 8 years worth of memories to scrap! so it's going to take me a while, esp. as i take quite a bit of time over each page.
I love these pictures of her and took loads as she was in a happy posing mood for me(this doesn't always happen as i think she is fed up with auntie Kezza shoving a camera in her face every moment i get!)
The photos gave me the colours of the papers and materials i needed so i went through my yummy stash and grabbed anything that went together. I ended up putting lots back as there is only so much you can fit on a page and i need to make my stash stretch for the hundreds of pages i need to do. I'm so pleased with how it came out and it ended up being one of my quicker ones as it all just seemed to fall into place around the gorgeous chipboard swirl and photos.
I've added some close up shots of areas so you can see the little details better. The colours of the papers are bit better IRL as my camera hasn't seemed to pick them up as well with the light in my bedroom.















Edited to say- Damn i've just realised i've spelt pyjama wrong! I hope i'm going to be able to rectify it but as i've outlined the letters with black pen i may not be able to.

Materials i used: Paper: Doodlebug 'patch of posies' and GORGEOUS sparkly paper from Imaginisce 'for peeps sake/colour me happy'.
Flower clips: doodlebug
Chipboard swirl:Starry night chipboard accents- Rusty Pickle
Letter stickers: Basic grey-gypsy range
Pink flower: Bazzill basics
Flower brad: Dovecraft
Yellow Flower stickers: Pebbles inc. duplicate stickers(with stickles added to middle)
Ink on chipboard swirl: Brilliance dew drop-orchid
Glitter dots: Stickles-cotton candy
Journalling and outlining of title: black fineliner.

yummy blog candy

I've found a lovely blog and some lovely blog candy she is giving away here at Tracy's Ella Bella blog.

here is what is on offer! yum.

new baby card

My sister's best friend has just had a little baby girl. She has named her Emily, (after asking my sis if she minded her calling her daughter the same as my niece). Her middle name is Victoria (who is also my baby cousin) so it's weird to have the same 2 names as our family! but nice too!
I love this penny black stamp. its so cute for baby cards as well as grown up "chilling out"cards. I used some of the cute baby girl doodlebug paper and some precious baby girl ribbon. The name Emily is a named sticker i ordered from the states i think. I finished the card of with some small pink gems to add some girlie sparkle. I hope she likes it.

Kazan's sketch

I made this card for Kazan's sketch at 2sketches4you. I started with the black scalloped edged bazzill. (i made the scalloped edges myself as i didn't have any proper stuff!) I used some stripey patterned paper and added a rectangle of black bazzill and pink paper across it. I added some pink spotty ribbon to add some detail and used 3 flowers with brads. The thank you letters were dont with doodlebug rub ons. A simple card but i'm really pleased with it. So thanks Kazan for a great sketch!

Laura's sketch

I made my dad's father's day card using Laura's sketch over at 2sketches4you. I love this penny black image and thought dad would like it too. I added some faux stitching with a black pen and 'dad' with some doodlebug rub on's. I don't have any scalloped scissors so i made the scallops myself for the backing card. I thought the black and white paper was masculine and added some detail to the card. I finised the card off with some stitched ribbon and 3 blue gems. I hope Laura likes my take on her sketch!

I finally have crafting mojo back!

I'm so pleased i've got some mojo back. I went weeks without making one cards but i've made 4 today!
My little cousin Victoria, aka Squidge, is one on the 15th. I don't know where that year has gone!
I wanted to make a cute and girlie card and thought this lily of the valley unicorn was perfect. I used some cute 'make a wish' paper, a princess sticker and some offcuts of other patterned paper to layer her up. Victoria was d0ne with doodlebug rub ons, the birthday was an image a friend did for me, and the 1st is a stampendous alphabet set.I mounted the unicorn and the birthday piece with foam pads to add some dimension and then added some stickles dots down the side of her name.



Another of my cousins, Squidge's big sister, has her birthday on the 11th. I love my new tilda stamp and knew she would love it too. I paper pieced her dress to match the background paper and coloured her with watercolour pencils as always.I used a corner punch on the main image to add some extra little detail. I cut Jade from a sissix alphabet inmy bug. I used a sakura shimmery pen on the stars and on her shoes. A flower and brad added the final touches to a sweet card.



On father's day, my dad and stepmum Rosemary have their wedding anniversary too. (this month is a busy one for cards!). I love this penny black stamp and thought it was perfect for an anniversary card. I coloured them simply as always, and mounted them onto some yellow bazzill. The paper is from a K+Co pad and i made use of the pattern to "corner" the image. The sentiment was done with Letraset rub ons. To finish the card off i used some gorgeous blooms with a doodlebug brad.

my new tilda's

I couldn't resist these Tilda's. They r so cute and as i needed a kick up the bum with mojo i thought i'd use these. This card fits in with the colour challenge at spoonful of sugar.
The gorgeous papers are K+Co and i've kept it quite simple as i wanted the focus on the image itself. This card will be sent to one of the kids on PostPals. I coloured her with watercolour pencils and used a glittery sakura pen on her shoes and wings.




This card is for my Sister's best friend(who is also the mum of my little cousin as she is with my uncle). This Tilda jumped out at me with her cute clothes and pigtails. I've tried to edge the image with some brown ink to give an outline but i think i need some more practise with that b4 it looks like others cards on blogger that i've seen use that technique.
Hopefully now i've made two cards today i'll get back to making them more regularly again.

i need to find my crafting mojo

I thought i'd let people know i've not forgotten about my blog. i have just been concentrating on my photography course and catching up with work. But i've also lost my crafting mojo. I have bought 2 new tildas so i will have a play with those and hopefully it'll get me going again.
I've got some gorgeous papers for my scrapbook of Emily i'm doing so need to get going with that too.
I haven't lost my love of crafty shopping and ordered a few sale bits from crafts u love. I just wish i felt like using it all!!
i'm not feeling so well today, but i may go upstairs and see if i can get my creative juices flowing. I have a birthday card to make for thurs anyway, so i had better just go for it.