Birthday Card & Katy Perry Concert

Hiya everyone! Sorry for the long post today, you'd better put your feet up, ha ha! I'm back with the other card I made for my mum's birthday last Thursday for my dad to give to her.

Also, last night I went to a Katy Perry Concert at the O2 Apollo Arena in Manchester, with a ticket that I was given from my auntie, uncle and cousins as a Christmas present, which I went to with my cousin, auntie and my auntie's friend. We had an amazing time, it was brilliant!

I've uploaded some pictures from the concert below, but first, here is my card.

I was deciding which image to use, when I saw this Born To Shop stamp in mine and my mum's craft room, which I loved straight away! I think it came free with a magazine, what a great freebie, I'll definitely be using it again!

Materials:

Image: Born To Shop

Sentiment: Printed Off The Computer

Lettering: Unknown (From My Mum's Stash)

Papers: My Mind's Eye

Cardstock: Bazzil

Raffia Lace: Bunny-Zoe's Crafts

Ribbon: From My Stash

Swirl Stamps: Lizzie Ann Designs

Distress Ink: Tim Holtz

Gems: The Hobby House

Flowers: From My Stash

Brads: From My Stash

Charm: Bunny-Zoe's Crafts

Colouring: Polychromatic Pencils

Glitter: Stickles

I'm pleased with how the card turned out, and I love these papers - can you believe they were free in a magazine too? I'm doing well with freebies today, aren't I? :)

I'm entering this card into these challenges:

- Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Mother's Day/Girly Card

- Papertake Weekly Challenge - It's A Mom Thing (Or Just Girly)

- Stampin' For The Weekend Challenge - For Mum

I hope my card qualifies for these challenges, as the card isn't from me, but it is for my mum, so I hope that counts.

Here are the pictures from the Katy Perry concert. They aren't that clear, but here is a quick selection!

This was taken near the end, when she sung Hot 'n' Cold, I think.

This was her doing an accoustic cover of another song.

The staging and effects were brilliant! The floating things you can see are bubbles.

During this song, someone else arrived...

Russell Brand, who Katy Perry is married to, appeared in the doorway near where me and my cousin were standing! It was hard to get a picture, but I managed to get a couple from where we were! For those of you reading from abroad, Russell Brand is an English comedian who Katy Perry recently married.

And finally, here is a picture from the beginning of the concert, it was great!

Anyway, sorry about the extra long post and thanks so much for looking and enjoy the rest of your week! :)

Love, Georgia xx

Celebrate Spring

Hi there! I hope everyone is having a great weekend and enjoying the nice weather wherever you are! Sorry it's been so long since I last post, but I actually have been doing a lot of crafting. I've made two cards for my mum, whose birthday is this coming week, one from me and one from my dad, but I'm not posting them until after her birthday, in case she sees them on my blog! I am so excited about tomorrow for my birthday! I had a brilliant time last night with my friends, as I had my party at Pizza Hut and we had some lovely pizza and hot cookie dough for pudding! Anyway, I made this card with a spring theme and I tried out this cute Sarah Kay image that I've never used before, because Pro Markers were a bit too chunky for the intricute bits on Sarah Kay images, but now I'm using Polychromatic pencils, I can use them now, yay! I've got a bit of a mix of papers on this card. The blue spotty paper is My Mind's Eye and the pink paper is Annalee.

Materials:

Image: Sarah Kay

Sentiment: Studio G

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug

Flowers: From My Stash

Cardstock: Bazzil

Colouring: Polychromatic Pencils

Glitter: Stickles

Leaf Punch: Woodware

Flower Stamps: Unknown (Given To Me By My Mum)

Brads: Paper Mania

Liquid Pearls: Borrowed From My Mum

I've got strict instructions from my mum not to look at her blog today, because the card she made for my birthday is being used as her Guest Design Team card for Cupcake Inspirations Challenge! I can't wait to see it, hee hee!

I am entering this card into these challenges:

- Crafty Calendar Challenge - Spring

- Cupcake Craft Challenges - Pink Polka Dots (On the Punched Leaves)

- Papertake Weekly Challenge - Lemon Zingy (On the Image and Flowers)

- Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for looking and have a lovely week!

I'll be back soon hopefully with my mum's birthday cards!

Love, Georgia xx

Spring Card & An Award

Hi everyone, hope you're having a nice weekend!
I'm so glad I don't have to go to school tomorrow, now that it's half-term! Today, we went to see the new Narnia film at the cinema, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which was brilliant! I love the Narnia films, but this one was even better than I expected!

















I made this card to fit in with a few challenges, seeing as I couldn't find any for my last card. I'm entering it into the following challenges:
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Love
The ABC Challenge - 'O' is for Old Fashioned (Vintage, distessing etc).
Charisma Cardz - Spring
Allsorts Challenge - Inspired By Nature
Cute Card Thursday - Shiny

You might recognise this image, I think it is Penny Black but I'm not sure. Before, the rabbit was holding a big bunch of flowers and leaves with a little mouse holding onto it, but I ended up cutting it down a bit after I'd coloured it, because it just looked strange against the background!

Materials:
Image: Penny Black (I think!)
Sentiment: Hero Arts
Papers: Basic Grey - Porcelain
Jute Ribbon: Bunny-Zoe's Crafts
Beaded Ribbon: From My Stash
Distress Ink: Tim Holtz
Flowers: From My Stash
Pearls: Martha Stewart
Scalloped Circle: Nestabilities
Cardstock: Bazzil
Colouring: Polychromatic Pencils

I had another go at using my mum's Poly pencils and I really love them, tee hee! I've definitely got the bug for them now and they're much easier to use than I thought they would be!
Anyway, better go now. I've got lots of work to do over the holidays, as I have a couple of exams and assessments coming up when I go back to school.

Before I go, Fiona, Rachel and Caroline have given me this lovely award and I just wanted to pass it on. Thanks so much for the award!

'You have been TAGGED and want to participate? Then create a post where you post the 'LOVE BLOG' image. You should also blog the persons link that gave you the award and inform her/him that you accept the award. You can then choose 3 - 5 favourite blogs which you also link in your post, then each blogger will inform you that they have been tagged
Dear bloggers:The aim of this action is that we bring unknown, good blogs to light, probably more known than mine but I just want to share their gorgeeous cards if you haven't already visited them! So I would ask you not to blog fellow bloggers that already have 3,000 followers. This is the hard part passing it on as ALL you fellow crafting bloggers deserve this award but rules is rules & I am passing this onto...'

- Heather - Rica's Haven
- Sarita - Little Princess Cards
- Tara - Happily Ever Crafting

Bye for now and thanks for looking!
Love, Georgia xx

Sepia & Experimenting With Colouring

Hi there! Sorry it's been so long since my last post!
It looks like it's starting to rain a bit now outside here, but at least it's a bit milder today! I can't believe we've only been living in our new house for just over a month, and it feels like we've been here for months and months!

For my card, I was about to colour my image when I saw my mum's Polychromatic pencils and I thought she wouldn't mind if I had a little go, as I usually use Pro Markers.
I am so pleased with how this image turned out on my first attempt and pleased that I've found a style of colouring that really suits me! I really enjoyed the colouring and found it quite easy to get the hang of, probably because I'm used to shading and rendering because of art at school!

Mum better watch her pencils now, hee hee! Also, it means I can try colouring much more delicate and intricate images, because before I would be worried about using an image like this because my Pro Markers tend to bleed over the edges in the very fine areas.


I went for a sepia effect on this card with the colouring and tied it in with the browns and neutral colours in the papers, and I'm pleased with how it turned out.

I'm sad that I used that last of my Tim Holtz tickets though!

Materials:
Image: Sugar Nellie
Sentiments: Tim Holtz
Papers: My Mind's Eye
Flowers: Prima
Stamping: Stempelglede
Colouring: Polychromatic Pencils
Leaf Punch: Martha Stewart
Pearls, Brads & Spacers: From My Stash
Charm: Sent By Kim
Distress Ink: Tim Holtz - Brushed Corduroy

Here is a closer view of the coloured image.













Anyway, I hope everyone has a lovely weekend and Happy Valentine's Day on Monday!
Thanks for looking!
Love, Georgia xx

Cancer Research UK - Coast To Coast Walk

Hi everyone!
Thank you for all your lovely comments on my last card!

This is just a quick post, as I wanted to let you know about my friend, Megan, who is going to be walking a Coast to Coast walk to raise money for Cancer Research UK with her dad. She is fourteen, the same age as me.

She will be walking from St. Bee's Head in Cumbria on the edge of the Irish Sea, all the way to Robin Hood's Bay on the North East Coast, 192 miles in total!
She and her dad's goal is to reach £1000 in sponsor money and I just wanted to let you know that if you would like to sponsor her, however little you can donate would be much appreciated, and the more sponsors they receive, the closer they will get to reaching their goal. Even as little as a pound can make a huge difference.

Click here if you would like to sponsor Megan and her dad or if you want to find out more.
Thanks so much for anyone who sponsors, I know Megan will be so pleased and grateful!

Bye for now, have a lovely week!
Love, Georgia xx

The Big Day

Hi there everyone! Happy New Year! Well, today has been a busy day for my family whilst I've been at school. Today we got the keys for our new house and my parents and grandparents have been busy all day cleaning and unpacking and tomorrow the removal van is coming to collect the bigger furniture to take down to the new house.

Then, Friday will be the big day when we will be leaving our house and moving into the new one, so I just wanted to let you know that I won't be around for a couple of weeks because it will take a while for an internet connection to be set up at the new house.

Thanks for all your lovely good luck messages and best wishes, I really appreciate it and will hopefully be back soon with some cards for 2011!

Have a lovely week!
Love from, Georgia xx

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