Top 10 Cards of 2010

Hiya! I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and are enjoying some time off from work and school if you haven't gone back already.
I just thought I'd show you my Top 10 Cards of 2010 before the end of the year and this will also probably be my last post before we move house in early January. I'm going to use some of my Christmas money to go out and have a look in the Christmas sales and choose some new accessories for my bedroom at the new house, so I'm really looking forward to that!

They're not in any particular order, but I just had a look through my blog and chose ten of my favourite cards, so here they are!

My first card is a card I made with this cute Mo Manning digi-image and some Basic Grey papers that my mum, Tara kindly bought in a pad for me, which I love! Thanks Mum!


Here is a card I made with Indian Tilda and I really enjoyed using these bright colours and these pretty Prima Hydrangeas.

I love this cute Penny Black image that I won in some blog candy a while ago and this was the first time I used Glossy Accents, can you believe! I love these pinky-red Basic Grey papers in the Nook & Pantry range pad!

I think these papers are from the Nook & Pantry pad as well and I love this cute Tilda with the presents!

I made this card with some of the goodies I bought from the NEC back in March for my step-grandma. I think this is my favourite card of all from 2010 because I love this Tilda image that Chris sent me, thanks Chris!


This card was for my mum and dad's sixteenth wedding anniversary and even though it is a bit more simple than my normal style, I was really happy with it when it was finished and it was for a special occasion.

I was really happy with the bright summery colours on this card and I love these papers from a PaperMania pad my mum treated me to.

I was really pleased with this card when I made it because it was quite different for me because I'd used bolder colours and had started to layer my cards a bit more.

I just love Tilda images, as you can tell! Here is another Tilda card with some glossy lettering dome stickers, (top right-hand corner) which I bought not long after I first started making cards before I had a blog!
I made this card for the Crafty Calendar Challenge when I was running it before, for a challenge themed around humour. Hee hee, I thought the sentiment was funny!

Well, that's it from me for 2010. I'm looking forward to when we're all settled into our new house and I can start making cards more regularly again. Plus, me and my mum are going to be able to share our own craft room at the new house, as there is one extra bedroom!

Thanks so much for looking and for all your lovely comments this year, I reallly appreciate it and hope everyone has a wonderful New Year!

Love from, Georgia xxxx

Merry Christmas!

Hi everyone!
I just wanted to wish everyone a brilliant Christmas and happy New Year! I hope everyone gets lots of great presents and has a lovely time over the Christmas break!

I'm really looking forward to a yummy Christmas dinner and lots of fun time with family, so I hope everyone has a great Christmas and I'll be back to crafting in January hopefully, after we have moved house.

Thank you for all your lovely comments this year, I appreciate it so much and I'll be back soon with a list of my favourite cards I have made over 2010.

Bye for now!

Lots of love, Georgia xx

Customised Magnet

Hello! I know I said I probably wouldn't be back until after Christmas, but I'm off school today, so I thought I would make my own fridge magnet with a little clear piece of plastic I found in my room. I haven't got a clue where it came from or what it is, but I got inspiration a while ago, from Kim's blog, Paperbabe - you can find the post here.

Kim's gorgeous magnets put mine to shame, but I just thought I'd have a go, rather than putting the piece of plastic in the bin and then I can give it to my mum when she gets home from work.
It was really quick and easy to do, so I don't know how useful anyone will find it, but I put together a brief step-by-step guide on how I made it.

First of all, I stamped out and coloured in my image using Pro Markers. The background is a little patchy, as I personally always find Pro Markers a little tricky when it comes to colouring large spaces, especially with pale colours. The image is Smirk.

For the plastic outer-layer, I'm not sure where you would get clear plastic from, (sorry, that's not very helpful!) but you could even used acetate if you wanted, but it would be a little less sturdy.

I cut my image slightly bigger than the piece of plastic, I could trim off the edges after. I didn't want to risk the image being too small. Bear in mind that if you use an image that is large than the piece of plastic, not all of the image will appear on the magnet, as you will have to cut some of it off. You could check out Kim's post though, as she has made some magnets made from one image, but split into separate magnets, like a jigsaw.

Now, you need to attach the plastic layer to the image. I had to rack my brains a little on this one, as I wanted to stick it on without any glue being visible through the plastic.

It's not a perfect solution, but I decided to use double-sided tape, as most double-sided tapes are transparent, once you have peeled the backing off.

I then stuck a little magnet onto the back of the image, which was now attached to the plastic. To do this, I used some more double-sided tape.

Now, it was ready to stick onto the fridge! It's not perfect and not as good as Kim's gorgeous magnets, but I just thought it would be fun to do and very easy too!

I can't believe how close it is to Christmas now, and I break up from school on Friday, yay! It's always great fun on the last day of term too, as we have a non-uniform day, an inter-form talent show, which is fun to watch and we finish at midday instead of quarter-past three.

Thanks so much for looking and have a lovely week!

Love, Georgia xx

Blogging Break

Hiya everyone,

This is just a quick message to let you know that I am taking a little blogging break at the moment, because we will be moving house very soon, so things are a little hectic here, and my craft supplies aren't very accessible at the moment. I think I've lost my mojo a little bit too - I don't know whether that's just because I'm not in the mood to make a card or just because we've been so busy recently.
It won't be too long, but I'm just a bit pushed for time and I think I'll properly get back into crafting after Christmas, when we're moved and settled and I can treat myself to a few new craft goodies, like some much-needed Bazzil cardstock! :)

Thanks for understanding and I hope to be back soon! I'll definitely still be coming round to people's blogs though to see what they've been up to in the meantime!

I am so, so, so excited because I am going to the Clothes Show Live 2010 tomorrow on a school trip because I am studying GCSE Fashion and I can't wait! It's at the NEC in Birmingham and we're travelling there by coach, so I hope the weather's OK! It was absolutely fantastic last year and I am so happy to be going again!
I will hopefully post some photos on here, like I did last year.

Thanks again for understanding and for all the lovely comments people leave on my blog, I really appreciate it!

Have a lovely week! :)
Love, Georgia xx

Something Different

Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't posted in so long, I've just lost my mojo to make cards a little bit, which I think is partly because of the fact that I'm moving house in a couple of weeks and we'll be starting to pack pretty soon, which I think has just put me out of the mood for getting crafty, for some reason.

Anyway, at school every Thursday at school we have a special afternoon where we are off-timetable and do something different that we wouldn't normally do and the activity changes every new term, so at the moment, I am doing crafts. We are doing different types of crafts, like cardmaking (yay!), ceramic-painting and jewellry-making, which is what we did last Thursday.

A lady came in who owns her own craft shop in a town near where I live and gave us tutorials on making jewellry, and I found it really interesting and relaxing to do and really enjoyed it and I was really pleased with the end result.

I made this necklace and matching earrings to give to my mum for Christmas, so she has had strict instruction to not look at my blog for a while, hee hee!

I also made a little label out of card to attach the necklace and earrings onto, but I don't want to wrap it because the earrings keep coming out of their holes, and it's just easier to give it to her as it is.

I've also bought her a set of Russian dolls, as she's always said how much she likes them and I just thought it would be something she'd be really pleased with.

I missed school on Friday, because I had a sore throat and a bad cough and cold, but I was feeling a lot better at the end of the day, so I went to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at the cinema with a couple of friends, and it was fantastic, I loved it! I would definitely recommend it to anyone thinking of going to see it, it's brilliant!

My cough got worse over the weekend, so I stayed off today as well, but I think I'm going to back tomorrow, I'm glad I still got to see Harry Potter though!

Thanks for looking and have a lovely week!

Love, Georgia xx

An Award

Hi everyone,


Just a quick post tonight to share with you this fabulous award I was nominated for by Caroline, thanks so much for thinking of me Caroline!
For this award, any bloggers who are nominated can claim a free digi-image from Digis With Attitude Digi Stamps, which you can do by clicking here if you have been nominated!

You also have to name three things which make you different, so here goes!

- I'm on Team Harry Potter and I hate Twilight (eek, that might ruffle a few feathers, ha ha!)

- I'm always myself and don't act a certain way to impress.

- I love sprouts and Marmite, ha ha!

I would like to pass this award to all the lovely people who stop by my blog and give me so much inspiration with their stunning cards!

Thanks again for the award Caroline!

I'm off to do my Christmas shopping tomorrow - me and my mum are going on the train to Chester, I've been looking forward to it for ages, yay! I love Christmas shopping! :)

Bye for now and have a lovely weekend! Wagner had better go out of the X Factor or I think I'll scream! :)

Love, Georgia xx

Sweet Motivet Fairy

Hello, I hope everyone's having a great weekend and getting into the wintery mood, ha ha! Can you believe I've already bought a Christmas present for my mum?! It's just that I wasn't sure how long it would be in the shop for, so I just decided to go for it and get it a little earlier than everything else, but I won't tell you what it is, as she might read this!

My mum went to NEC in Birmingham to meet up with lots of lovely crafting buddies yesterday, as many of you will have done too, I guess! I decided to sit this one out, but I will hopefully be going in March next year, as I'll hopefully have some birthday money to spend!

While she was there, she bought me a gorgeous Annalee paper pad, full of stunning papers, which I love! Thanks Mum! :)
...And I just had to use some on this card, did you really have to ask?! :D

I am entering my card into these challenges:
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge - 'Make It Vintage'
A Spoonful Of Sugar Challenge - 'Relish To Embellish'
Cupcake Inspirations - Photo Inspiration

Materials:

Image: Motivet

Sentiment: Stamps Borrowed From My Mum

Colouring: Pro Markers

Glitter: Stickles

Cardstock: Bazzil

Papers: Annalee

Flowers: From My Stash

Lace: From My Stash

Pearls: The Hobby House

Doily: From My Stash

Glimmer Mist: That Special Touch

Here is a close-up of the flowers (decorated with some glimmer mist, pinched from my Mum, hee hee!):

I hope I'm back soon, but I might not have chance to make any cards during this week, as I've got three of my exams coming up, one on Tuesday and two on Thursday, so I'll be revising. I hope everyone had a great Bonfire Night, by the way! There were tons of fireworks around our area, wow!

Anyway, thanks so much for looking and I hope everyone who went to the NEC had a great time and got lots of nice crafty stuff!

Have a nice week! :)

Love, Georgia xx

Halloween Cutie!

Hello! Wow, it seems like ages since I've posted on my blog! It's a really nice treat when I do get chance to sit and make a card though! I didn't like this card to begin with, but now that it's finished, I'm really pleased with it!

I would have posted it sooner, but my little brother took our camera away on his residential trip with school to Shropshire, so I had to wait to photograph it when he came back yesterday. I missed him a lot!

I'm not a huge Halloween fan, but I thought I'd make a Halloween card for this time of year, so I found this cute little cat from Mo's Digital Pencil! We don't really celebrate Halloween in our house, but my mum will be taking my little brother out trick-or-treating, as he likes the sweets! I'm inviting some of my friends round and we're going to watch the film, 'Gremlins.' I've never seen it, but it's rated 15, so I was wondering if people think it's scary or not if you've seen it? I was just wondering out of curiosity.

Materials:
Image: Mo's Digital Pencil
Sentiment: Printed Off Computer

Papers: Basic Grey - Green At Heart

Cardstock: Bazzil

Flowers: From My Stash

Bat: Cut Out From Cardstock

Border Punch: Martha Stewart

Colouring: Pro Markers

Jute Ribbon: Bunny-Zoe's Crafts

Gems: The Hobby House

Glitter: Craft Planet

There are lots of great challenges at the moment, themed around this time of year, so I'm entering my card into these challenges:

Kaboodle Doodles - Autumn Colours

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Scary Creatures

Stamp Something - Halloween

Cupcake Inspirations - Photo Inspiration

Basic Grey Challenge - Autumn/Harvest

Stampin' For The Weekend - Halloween/Fall

I'm definitely looking forward to the X Factor tonight! I also can't wait until I go to The Clothes Show Live with school again in December, I got some military boots today to wear when I go, I love them and am really looking forward to it, yay! :)

Here's a picture of them, so you know what I'm talking about:

Anyway, thanks so much for looking and hope you're having a lovely weekend!

Lots of love from, Georgia xx

Award From Rachel

Hi everyone! Ugh, I'm glad Monday morning is over, ha ha!

I just stopped by to post this lovely award that Rachel passed onto me, thanks so much Rachel, I really appreciate getting such a great award!

I have to pass this onto fifteen other bloggers, so here they are:

Ruth - A Passion For Cards

Kim - Cards By Kim

Tara - Happily Ever Crafting

Tara - Inking On The Edge

Sarita - Little Princess Cards

Kim - Paperbabe

Heather - Rica's Haven

Chris - Sketching Stamper

Tab - Tabby Craft Designs

Liz - Buttons For Brains

Laura - Faerie World Cards

Jo - Rambling Boots

Donna - Donna's Doodles

Fiona - Made In A Muddle

Thanks again Rachel for the lovely award!

Havea great week! :)

Love, Georgia xx

Crafty Calendar Challenge - First Birthday

Hi there! I think you'd better put your feet up, this is a bit of a long post! I hope everyone is having a great weekend and enjoying X Factor, ha ha! I can't believe how awful the weather's been though, but it was OK yesterday though, which was perfect timing for when me and my friend, Megan went to Alton Towers, we had an amazing time!

I made this card, as Lisa asked me to be a Guest Designer for the Crafty Calendar Challenge, which I first started with the wonderful team back in October 2009, but I decided to step down from running a couple of months ago, because it just became a bit too much to manage.

Because the challenge has now been running for twelve months, Lisa has managed to find twelve fantastic sponsors, so be sure to go and check them out!

The theme is 'Birthdays', with the optional extra of 'Autumn Colours', so here is the card I've made for the challenge.

Materials:

Image: Magnolia

Sentiment: Studio G

Papers: Basic Grey - Green At Heart

Flowers & Leaves: From My Stash
Colouring: Pro Markers

Glitter: Craft Planet
Raffia Lace: Bunny-Zoe's Crafts

Embellishments: From My Stash

Cardstock: Bazzil

I am entering the card into a few challenges too:

- Basic Grey Challenges - 'Sparkle'

- Just Magnolia Challenge - 'Anything Goes'

- Simon Says Challenge - 'Autumn'

We had a brilliant time at Alton Towers, and managed to get on ten rides, and went on some twice! I think people must have been put off going because of the bad weather, as the longest we had to queue for a ride for is about forty minutes, which is nothing compared to how it normally is! We went of Oblivion, Air, Rita, Nemesis, The Blade, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Ride, Twirling Toadstool, Sonic Spinball, The Flume and Skyride, but we didn't dare go on Thirteen, ha ha! We also scoffed and had KFC for lunch and Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream with hot chocolate sauce, YUM!

Nemesis, very scary!

Oblivion, my favourite!

Sonic Spinball

The Flume, we got absolutely drenched!

Anyway, I'd better go now, sorry for the long post! Thanks so much for looking and enjoy the rest of your weekend and X Factor tonight, if you're watching!

Love, Georgia xx

Back At Last!

Hiya everyone! I'm sorry I've not posted anything for so long! Going back to school was a bit of a shock to the system, as I have had lots of homework, and I've struggled to find time to make a card over the past couple of weeks, but I'd finished nearly all of my work last night, so I decided to grab the chance to make a card!

I used this cute little baby image, which I think Heather sent to me a while back, I can't believe it took me so long to get it out and use it! Thanks Heather, this is so cute!

I am entering Crafty Emma's Store Challenge, where the theme is 'Baby Bonanza', A Spoonful of Sugar, where the theme is 'Anything Goes' and Cupcake Craft Challenge, where the theme is 'Transport'.

I can't wait until 2nd October, as me and my friend, Megan are going to Alton Towers, because we won some tickets in a fundraising competition at school! It will be my second time I've been, so I'm really looking forward to it! :)


Materials:
Image: Alota
Sentiment: Scrappy Cat
Colouring: Pro Markers
Papers: Basic Grey - Nook & Pantry
Gems: From My Stash
Ribbon: From My Stash
Cardstock: Bazzil
Glitter: Craft Planet

Well, hopefully I'll be able to post another card soon if I get a little free time one evening this week, so I'll see you soon!

Thanks so much for looking and have a lovely week!
Love, Georgia xx

Cute Anya

Hello, how are you? I can't believe how windy it is at the moment, here in Staffordshire! It's impossible to walk out of the door without your hair being blown around, so it looks like a bird's nest, ha ha!

I tried a slightly different card this time, as I didn't have much of this purple Bazzil cardstock left to mount my design paper, so I thought I'd make a slightly smaller card with a circle attached, which was really easy, and definitely one I'd make again!

I am entering these challenges with my card:

Stamp Something Challenge - 'Something Cute'

Simon Says Challenge - 'Pearls and Lace'

Pile It On Challenge - 'Pile on the Layers'

Cupcake Craft Challenge - 'Books and Stories' (I have chosen 'Love Lessons', a book by Jacqueline Wilson that I really like, as I have lots of hearts on my card!)

Materials:

Image: The Greetings Farm

Papers: Imaginisce

Colouring: Pro Markers

Cardstock: Bazzil

Flowers: From My Stash

Pearls: From My Stash

Lace: From My Stash

Sentiment: Freebie Rub-On Transfer

Star Button: From My Stash

Brad: From My Stash

Glitter: Craft Planet

Corner Punch: Borrowed From My Mum

I took inspiration from the lovely Kim Piggott and edged my paper and card in glitter, which I've always thought looks so pretty on her cards, thanks for the inspiration Kim! :)

Today, my lovely cat Fizzy, has been to the vets for an operation. She had a scale and polish of her teeth, as she had a build-up of tartar, and an investigation on her legs, as she has been limping recently. She had to have an anaesthetic and was very sleepy and cute when she came out of the vets tonight. Here are some pictures of her after we brought her home, aww!

I'm so glad everything has gone well in her operation and hopefully she should bounce back tomorrow from the anaesthetic, no problem! :)

Thanks so much for looking and have a lovely week, at least double-maths Monday is over now, ha ha! :)

Love, Georgia xx

Anniversary Card

Hi everyone! Today I've got my mum and dad's anniversary card to show you, as their anniversary is coming up on Friday.
I went for a more simple card than I usually would, and I'm really pleased with how it turned out!

I am entering it into this week's Just Magnolia Challenge, where the theme is 'Let's Get Sentimental', so to qualify for the challenge, you must use a sentiment on your card. I tried to make a bit of a feature of the 'LOVE' lettering, so hopefully my card qualifies as 'sentimental'! :)

I am also entering it into this week's Magnolia Stamp Lovers Challenge, where the theme is turquoise and brown.



Materials:
Image: Magnolia
Papers: My Mind's Eye
Punch: Martha Stewart
Colouring: Pro Markers
Flower: Handmade Using Retro Punches (See Tutorial On Sidebar)
Swirl Punch: Woodware
Lettering: I Can't Remember
Happiness Stamp: Hero Arts
Gems: From My Stash
Glitter: Stickles



I can't wait until The X Factor starts again tonight, and the final of Big Brother is on Tuesday as well, so there's lots of good TV at the moment! :)


Thank you for looking and keep an eye on my mum for me to make sure she doesn't peek at this blog! :)
Love, Georgia xx

Altered Address Book

Hello everyone! Wow, I can't believe I'm posting twice in two days! I've definitely got the cardmaking bug and I've been grabbing every opportunity to make cards!
Today, I've got an address book I've altered to show you. I've made it for my great-grandma, who will be turning 91 on Saturday!

I just bought a little address book from one of my local shops yesterday, I think it only cost me 49p! I covered it in paper on both sides and coloured this cute Tilda to stick on top, with a couple of flowers - nothing over the top, but I thought she might like it to keep her addresses and phone numbers in.
You can't really tell from the picture, but I sprayed it all over with glimmer mist too.

Over at Simon Says Challenge this week, the theme is 'Make A Gift', so I am entering it into that. There are some stunning Design Team projects over there as well, so they're defnitely worth a look! :)

I am also entering the address book into Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge, where the theme is 'What Are Little Girls Made Of?', so they are looking for girly projects.

I also made my mum and dad's anniversary card yesterday, so I will be posting that soon! :)

Thanks so much for looking and for the lovely comments you left on my 'pink lemonade' card, I really appreciate it! :)

Love, Georgia xx