A Crafty Afternoon

Hello! I hope you're having a lovely weekend and enjoying the summer!
I've been having a nice crafty afternoon today with my ten year old brother, Kane. He's not usually a cardmaker, but he saw me with all my crafty stuff out, and decided to sit and make a card with me as a one-off.


This first card is my card, which I am entering into two challenges. There is a fabulous sketch over at Just Magnolia, which I have followed, so I am entering it into that. Also, the theme at Creative Card Crew is 'Let's Get Cute & Girlie', so I am entering it into that as well.



Materials:
Image: Magnolia
Sentiments: K & Co.
Lettering: From My Stash
Papers: K & Co.
Cardstock: Bazzil
Flowers: From My Stash
Pearls & Brads: From My Stash
Beads: From My Stash
Felt Lace: PaperMania
Glitter: Stickles
Colouring: Pro Markers

I am really pleased with how this card turned out, even though it took me a bit longer than usual to make because I had to throw one image away because my Pro Markers bled into the card and spoilt it, but I managed OK with this one, luckily!

Now, onto Kane's card. I can't believe how well he's made this card, considering he's a boy and he's only ten years old!

He didn't fancy colouring an image, so he used one of my mum's pre-coloured Lili Of The Valley images, which is so sweet!

Materials:

Image: Lili Of The Valley

Sentiment: Studio G

Papers: K & Co.

Ribbon: From My Stash

Buttons: From My Stash

Pearls: From My Mum's Stash

Orange Paper & Star: From My Stash

Well done Kane! :)

Thanks so much for looking and have a great week!

Love, Georgia & Kane xx

A Card At Last!

Hi everyone! I'm so glad Friday's here, and I've got a week's holiday now, yay! I'm really looking forward to Tuesday as well, as it's my brother's birthday, so that should be a really good day!

Sorry, I haven't posted in a while. My mojo's been gone a little bit, and my media exam has really taken up loads of time. I did it on Monday and most of it went quite well, so I'm just glad it's out of the way now.

I really love my new Basic Grey Nook and Pantry paper pad, so I couldn't wait to use it again! I'm entering this card into this week's Just Magnolia Challenge, where the theme is 'hot and spicy', which can mean anything from warm colours to summer holidays, so I've used lots or yellows and oranges on my card.

I went a bit overboard with my mum's Glimmer Mist - it sprayed all over the image! Oh well, you can never have too much sparkle, lol!

I can't believe how great the weather has been recently! It's gone a little bit cooler now, but it was fantastic last weekend - perfect for my grandad's wedding and our trip to Legoland, which was brilliant! It's a shame I couldn't take any pictures of the wedding, because the SD card in the camera ran out of memory, but it was a great day, and we'd love to go again in the future!

Thanks for looking, have a lovely Bank Holiday Weekend and hope you enjoy the sunny weather, while it lasts! :)

Love, Georgia xx

NEC, New Stash & A Card!

Hi there! Hope you're all having a lovely weekend, it feels so strange when the clocks go forward, doesn't it?
I had a fantastic day at the NEC yesterday and it was such a lovely experience, meeting so many lovely bloggers for the first time and stocking up on some gorgeous new stash! I had a brilliant time and thank you to all the lovely people I met who made it so special, I'll definitely be coming to the next one in November, hee hee! :)

I couldn't resist getting out my new stash and making a card with it! Everything on this card is new, apart from the Sizzix die for the corners, which I borrowed off my mum. I'm really pleased with this card and I think I'm going to give it to my soon-to-be step-grandma, whose birthday is coming up in April.

I am entering this card into a challenge I just discovered, called Crafty Catz. Their theme for this week is 'white and one other colour', how convenient is that?! I was planning to make a white and pink card last night and this is the perfect challenge to enter it into! :)

Materials:

Image: Magnolia (given to me by the lovely Chris!)

Paper: Not sure, but from the NEC!

Roses: Magnolia

Glimmer Mist: Marshmallow

Glass Beads: From my new stash!

Doily: From my new stash!

Pearls: From my new stash!

Colouring: Pro Markers

I really enjoyed making this card and I loved using my new things!

Here's a picture of all my new stuff! I didn't really have anything specific in mind that I wanted to get, but I definitely wanted to stock up on some more flowers and embellishments, which is exactly what I did! :)

I also wanted to show you this bag I bought while I was there, great isn't it?! :)

Finally, here are a few pictures of the blogging people me and my mum met up with.

Sorry for the extremely long post! :)

Mum and Jo

Tab and Kim

Chris, Heather and Claire

Well, that's all from me for now, phew! :) Don't forget to watch the Dancing On Ice final tonight, I can't wait!

Bye for now! Off to Tesco now to get some soup and rolls for lunch, mmm!

Love, Georgia xx