Britain's Got Talent

I expect most of you already know this but this is just a quick post to say congratulations to Diversity on winning BGT 2009!

I was backing them from the start and I'm so glad they won!

xx

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #62

Hi there!

I'm entering this card into this week's Cute Card Thursday Challenge. The theme over there is 'bling' which suits me!

I love adding sparkly stuff to my card so I found this easy. I've put a line of gems along the bottom edge of the image and glitter on Snoopy's plane.

I've made this card for my dad for Father's Day - I'm quite pleased with it as I used a layout I wouldn't normally use.

I also tried distressing which I wasn't very confident in doing but my mum gave me a mini tutorial so I get the basic idea of how to do it now.

Materials:

Image: Snoopy

Sentiment: Printed off the computer

Backing Paper: PaperMania

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug

Gems: PaperMania

Ribbon: Unknown

Glitter: Stickles

I thought I'd leave you with a few pictures of my dad's new aquarium. He's always wanted one so in secret, we got him one for his fortieth!

He was really chuffed and now we've got some fish in it so I thought I'd show you a couple of pictures.

We have four 'red balloon platies' which we've called 'The Red Arrows' because they're really fast.

We've also got five 'neon tetras' called 'The Jackson Five', lol!

Finally we've got five 'zebra danios'. We haven't thought of a group name for them yet so if you have any ideas, they would be very welcome! They are yellowy-cream with little stripes, if that helps.

Next week we're getting two 'red dwarf gouramis' and a catfish. We're not sure about a group name for the gouramis yet but we're naming the catfish Bobby after my cat who died.

Anyway, I'll stop rambling on now and sign off. Sorry sbout the length of the post!
Thanks for looking!

'Shop 'Til You Drop' Card

Hi! I hope everyone had a great Bank Holiday Monday!

I used one of my favourite sentiments on this card - 'shop 'til you drop'.

It's pretty basic, but that's because the image takes up so much space.

Materials:

Image: Rubber Romance

Backing Paper: K & Co. - Sparkly Sweet

Sentiment: Studio G

Flower Stamp: Studio G

Brads: PaperMania

Flower: From Carole

Ribbon: PaperMania

Thanks for looking! xxxx

Sketch Saturday Challenge #52 and an Award!

Good Morning! Happy weekend! :)

I'm so pleased because I've broken up from school for the Whit Holiday!
Another good thing is that I have hardly any homework! I've got a history project on the JFK Assassination due in after half-term but I've finished that so I only have a couple of bits and pieces left to do.

I made this card for this week's Sketch Saturday Challenge.

There was a lovely sketch to follow and I am rally happy with the result of my card. Everything just seemed to fall into place as I wanted it to, which is rare! :)

Materials:

Image: Rubber Romance

Sentiment: Studio G

Backing Paper: K & Co. - Sparkly Sweet

Green Flowers: Prima

Blue Flower: From Michele

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug

Mosaic Tile: Unknown

Before I go, here is the lovely award I have been given by Lisa. Thanks so much Lisa!

I am going to pass it on to:

Sharon - Cards 'n' Greetings

Donna - Donna's Doodles

Fern - Fern's Blog

Carole - Stardust Gems and Ribbon

Gina - Gina's Krafty Place

Enjoy your long weekend and thanks for looking! :)

Inspirational Card Sketches Challenge #17

Hello! Just a quick post to show you my entry for this week's Inspirational Card Sketches Challenge. There is a lovely sketch so I have based my card on that.

I'm quite pleased with my card because I don't normally use die cuts and I used the paper flowers on this card as components from the sketch.

Materials:

Image: Tilda

Flower Die Cut: Cuttlebug

Buttons: Unknown

Pearls: Unknown

Sentiment: Studio G

Flower Stamp: Studio G

Backing Paper: Making Memories

Crafty Monkeys Challenge #23

Hello! Whoopee, Monday Morning. :(

Oh well, I just wanted to quickly post my card that I am entering into this week's Crafty Monkeys Challenge.

The theme is 'One For The Boys!'

Therefore, you have to make a male card.

I don't like making male cards much but my little brother's birthday is coming up on 1st June so I decided to enter this card I made for him into the challenge.

I'd better make sure he doesn't see my blog for a while now, until he can't see this post anymore!

Materials:

Image: Ian From the Anya Range

Backing Paper: PaperMania

Ribbon: PaperMania

Glitter (Below Ribbon): Stickles

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug

Brad: PaperMania

Star Gem: Club Green

Sentiment: Printed Off the Computer

Thanks for looking and have a nice week! Hope the weather improves! :)

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #59

Hi there! I am entering this card into this week's Cute Card Thrusday Challenge.
The theme is 'Happy Mail' - you have to make a card to cheer someone up or make their day.


Materials:
Image: High Hopes
Sentiment: Studio G (I think! Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong!).
Ribbon: PaperMania
Flower: From Michele
Dragonafly Metal Brad: From Mum
Backing Paper: K & Co. - Sweet And Sparkly
Star Gems: PaperMania

I've had a good day today, I made chocolate chip cookies at school in my tech food lesson and they went really well. I'm eating one now as I type! Unfortunately, the girl opposite me put way too much milk in her dough and her mixture was like a runny cake mixture rather than a dry dough so her cookies spread out on the tray and went black! Whoops! :)

Thanks for looking and don't forget to watch Waterloo Road and The Apprentice tonight! I hope Lorraine is fired! :)

xx

Too Late!

Hi there! I made this card to enter the Crafty Monkeys Challenge run by Zoe and Hannah.

I don't know if you know but recently, Zoe and Hannah have decided to run it as a weekly challenge rather than fortnightly.

There was me, leisurely making my card, thinking I had plenty of time, a whole week! But I just went on to Crafty Monkeys and the next challenge has come up so unfortunately I won't be able to enter this card into the challenge but I can still post it on my blog.

What am I like?!

The theme for the challenge I missed was 'in the garden' so I chose this garden image and took my picture in my garden with flowers from my favourite plant out there.

Materials:

Image: Penny Black

Sentiment: Studio G

Backing Paper: Making Memories - From Carole

Yellow Flower: Prima

Metal Flower: Unknown

Buttons: Unknown

Gems: PaperMania

Glitter (On Image and in Centre of Flower): Stickles

Thanks for looking and sorry I didn't enter your challenge Zoe and Hannah! I'll try to remember that you've gone weekly now. :)

xx

Colour Create Challenge #14

Hi! Here is my latest card; an entry for this week's Colour Create Challenge.

The colour combination is red, cream and chocolate - yum!

I wasn't sure about how to go about this at first. I immediately assumed I wouldn'd be able to join in as I don't have any red, cream and chocolate paper but then I realised that I could always just use a plain-coloured backing paper and add red and cream accents.

I don't know who this image was from unfortunately, or who it is made by, which is a shame as I love it and I only have one.



There are some gorgeous design team cards over at Colour Create so even if you aren't planning on entering, the cards are worth a look!



Here's a closer view:





















Sorry for the poor-quality photography, the light was too yellowy and I was shaky with the camera!



Thanks for looking and good luck if you are entering Colour Create!