Simon Says Challenge - Animal Antics

Hi! I had great weekend in Wales - apart from when I slipped over in a muddy bog, because I stupidly wore Uggs instead of walking boots and got covered in sludge, lol! ;)

Here is my card for this week's Simon Says Challenge, where the theme is 'Animal Antics'.

My flower was made using Rach's fab tutorial, the one that I used a couple of months ago on another card.
The papers are K&Co., the sentiment and floral stamps are Studio G, the image is Penny Black, the colouring was done with Pro Markers and the rest of the embellishments are from my stash.

Anyway, I'll go now and start our tea. I don't know why, I really felt like making tea tonight, because it gives Mum a break. I'm making African chilli and rice and I'm starving! :)

Thanks for looking and for all your lovely comments while I was away! :)
Love, Georgia xx

Christmas Card, GCSEs, Contact Lenses & A Cat Wearing A Wig!

Hello! My homework has died down a bit now, thankfully.
I've got my first GCSE exam of many more to come tomorrow morning at nine o'clock - a nice start to the day then, heh?
Actually, I'm not worried at all. I'm pretty confident with the work we've been doing and I'm not the sort of person who gets het up about exams.

Also, I've got my contact lenses now! I went for monthly disposables, and I'm getting more and more comfortable with putting them in and taking them out now, so I'm so glad I decided to have them.

This card is for this month's Crafty Monkeys Challenge, where the theme is Christmas. I think I've only got one more Christmas card to make now! I feel sorry for my mum, she's got much more to make than me!

The papers are Bo Bunny, the image is Penny Black, the colouring was done with Pro Markers, the glitter is Craft Planet and the rest of the embellishments are from my stash.



Before I go, I just thought I'd show you a couple of pictures of Fizzy - I think she's aged about twenty years, lol! She doesn't look too impressed! ;)







































I can't wait until tomorrow night because me and my mum and dad and my brother are going away for the weekend to Harlech, where we went in July. I'm guessing there'll be lots of wintery walks and chocolate and snuggling up in front of X Factor involved, lol!

Thanks for looking!
xx

Creative Inspirations Challenge 35

Hello! Hope you've a had a great week and have a nice X Factor weekend, lol! I was absolutely livid at Simon last weekend. He's the one who's been saying how much he hates Jedward, so why on earth did he send home a brilliant singer like Lucie?! It was a total joke! I don't think I can bear to see them there taking the places of other better singers for much longer, lol!
OK, rant over, hee hee!

Sorry for the lack of posts over the last week. My homework has been catching up on me so I haven't got round to it.

I'm entering this card into this week's Creative Inspirations Challenge, where the theme is 'New or Neglected Stash'. I've used my new papers I got from Bunny-Zoe's Crafts, my new Tim Holtz tickets, and some new 'raffia' style ribbon from the lovely Heather.

The image is Magnolia, the colouring was done with Pro Markers. The backing paper is K & Co., the script paper is PaperMania, the leaf stamps are Studio G and the rest of the embellishments are from my stash.

OK, I'd better go now to get stuck into some of this homework.
Thanks for looking and have a great weekend. :)
Hugs, Georgia xx

Crafty Calendar Challenge DT Card

Hi everybody, woo hoo, it's the weekend, lol!

Today is the day of the second Crafty Calendar Challenge! :)

I can't believe a whole month has gone by already!

Here is my DT card for this month's challenge. The theme is weather, with the added option of pearls.

The layout was inspired by the lovely Donna, who always comes up with such fabulous arrangements!

The image is Rubber Romance, the papers are Bo Bunny, the colouring was done with Pro Markes are the embellishments are from my stash. The sentiment is by 'Anita's'.

We had a fantastic amount of entries for the first challenge, so thank you so much for taking the time to enter and for everyone's supportive comments! I'm really enjoying running the challenge!

Before I go, I just wanted to show you this award my mum gave me. Thanks so much for thinking of me Mum!

For this award, you have to answer each question with one word only.

Here are my answers:

1. Where is your cell phone? Blazer

2. Your hair? Blonde

3. Your mother? Amazing

4. Your father? Amazing

5. Your favorite food? Chocolate

6. Your dream last night? Forgotten!

7. Your favorite drink? J2O

8. Your dream/goal? Happiness

9. What room are you in? Bedroom

10. Your hobby? Reading

11. Your fear? Death

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Happy

13. Where were you last night? Home

14. Something that you aren't? Extroverted

15. Muffins? Chocolate

16. Wish list item? Papers

17. Where did you grow up? Stoke

18. Last thing you did? Blogged

19. What are you wearing? Uniform

20. Your TV? On

21. Your Pets? Fizzy

22. Friends? Fantastic

23. Your life? Blessed

24. Your mood? Relaxed

25. Missing Someone? Family

26. Vehicle? None!

27. Something your not wearing? Shoes

28. Your favorite store? Primark

29. Your favorite color? Pink

30. When was the last time you laughed? Earlier

31. Last time you cried? 9/11

32. Your best friend? Ace

33. One place that I go to over and over? School

34. Facebook? No

35. Favorite place to eat? Home

I would like to pass this award to:

Fern - My Crafty World

Laura - Faerie World Cards

Donna - Donna's Doodles

Caroline - Mad Mooooo's Mayhem

Heather - Rica's Haven

OK, I'm going to go and veg out on the settee because I've just had a ginormous tea and I can barely move, lol! :)

Thanks for looking and have a lovely weekend. :D

xxxx

A Cool Award!

Hello! Just a quick post, as I've just received this award from my lovely mum, Tara! Thanks so much Mum! :)

For this award, you have to answer the following questions in one word only:

Completed on Tuesday 3rd November at 6:00pm -

1. Where is your cell phone? Blazer

2. Your hair? Blonde

3. Your mother? Loving

4. Your father? Supportive

5. Your favorite food? Chocolate

6. Your dream last night? Nothing!

7. Your favorite drink? J2O

8. Your dream/goal? Family

9. What room are you in? Bedroom

10. Your hobby? Reading

11. Your fear? Death

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Happy

13. Where were you last night? Home

14. Something that you aren't? Loud

15. Muffins? Chocolate

16. Wish list item? Papers

17. Where did you grow up? Stoke

18. Last thing you did? Blogged

19. What are you wearing? Uniform

20. Your TV? Blaring!

21. Your Pets? Fizzy

22. Friends? Hilarious!

23. Your life? Blessed

24. Your mood? Relaxed

25. Missing Someone? Family

26. Vehicle? Ford

27. Something your not wearing? Shoes

28. Your favorite store? Primark

29. Your favorite color? Pink

30. When was the last time you laughed? Earlier

31. Last time you cried? 9/11

32. Your best friend? Happy-Go-Lucky

33. One place that I go to over and over? School

34. Facebook? No

35. Favorite place to eat? Carvery

A Christmas Card & Candy Win!

Hi there, hope everyone's had a nice weekend. Back to school tomorrow for me! I've had a teacher training day today, so I've been making the most of my last day by chilling out!

I can't believe Jedward got through on X Factor last night! I'm actually worried that they might win it, lol!

Last week, I won Lisa's birthday blog candy, which was a £15 gift certificate to Bunnzy-Zoe's Crafts, so as you can imagine, I was made up!
My goodies have arrived today, which you can see on the picture. I got a High Hopes 'Party Hippo' rubber stamp, some half pearls, a selection of twenty mixed charms and two gorgeous paper pads, so I'm really chuffed with everything, and can't wait to use it all!
Thanks again to Lisa and to Nikki for sending my stuff so quickly! :)

This card I have made is for this week's Creative Card Crew Challenge, where they have a theme of snowflakes. So, I've added a couple of punched out snowflakes to my flowers.

I want to get all my Christmas cards done in advance so I can send them out early in December and not end up rushing like me and my mum normally do! ;)

The image is Sugar Nellie, the papers are Bo Bunny, the flowers are Prima, the colouring was done with Pro Markers and the rest of the embellishments are from my stash.

Thanks for looking and have a good week. :)

xx

A Spoon Full Of Sugar Challenge 75

Hi there! It's Friday and that means it's nearly time for X Factor, am I sad or what?! ;)

I've actually got a pretty busy night tomorrow. My little brother wants to go trick-or-treating so we're taking him out where we live, but we can't go for long because we're going to a bonfire and firework display after, wehich should be fantastic, judging by what it was like last year!
Then, my grandma and grandad are coming over for tea and X Factor and I expect there'll be chocolate too, bliss! :)

Half-term is going so fast *groan* :(

Anyway, this card is for this week's A Spoon Full Of Sugar Challenge, where the theme is in the kitchen and cooking, so this little Tilda was ideal.
The papers are MME, the border punch is Woodware, the flowers are Prima, the sentiment is Studio G, the colouring was done with Pro Markers and the rest of the embellishments are from my stash.

Thanks for looking and have a nice weekend! :)
Georgia xxxx

One Stop Craft Challenge 52

Hi everyone! Hooray, I'm so glad it's half-term now!

I'm glad I can finally relax now, but I've got revision to do as well, because at my school, instead of sitting all our GCSE exams at the end of year eleven, we do them in chunks from year nine, right through to year eleven. So, after half-term I'll be sitting my first proper legal GCSE exam for biology! I'm not too nervous though, because I find biology fairly easy, it's chemistry and physics I struggle with!
We've been given some rules that we have to follow when we go into the exam, and it sounded like we were being checked at an airport getting onto a plane! You have to bring in all your stationary in a clear bag and your blazer will be checked when you go in! Hee hee! ;)

Anyway, I'm entering this card into this week's One Stop Craft Challenge. Their blogoversary is currently going on, so the theme is celebrations, so I've entered my Christmas card.

The image is Rubber Romance, the sentiment is Studio G, the papers are DCVW, the snowflake is Cuttlebug, the colouring was done with Pro Markers and the rest of the embellishments are from my stash.

Hope you have a nice weekend! :D

Bye for now, love Georgia xxxx

Just Magnolia Challenge 27

Hi everyone! Wahey, Monday - not, lol! At least it's half-term for me after this week!

Here is my card for this week's Just Magnolia Challenge, where the theme is 'bright and zingy', so you have to use bright and zingy colours.

I'm not sure about zingy, but I've tried my best to use brighter colours than I normally would.

The image is Magnolia, of course, the backing papers are Making Memories, the flowers are from Rica, the embellishments are from my stash and the colouring was done using Pro Markers, as always.

Well, that's it for now, have a great week! :)

Love, Georgia xx

Getting Crafty - But No Cards...

Hi there! I thought I'd show you a couple of things I've been making that aren't to do with cards.

At school, now I'm in year nine, every Thursday afternoon, me and the rest of my year get to have the afternoon off-timetable to do other activities of our choice, so I chose to do a textiles workshop where we got to make bags!

So, over the last six or seven weeks, I've been making this bag and it's been brilliant! It's a lovely atmosphere too, as it's all girls and we get to have the radio on in the background while we work.

I used applique on my bag (butterfly and flowers) and learnt how to sew buttons.

Here are a few pictures of my bag:


The Inside & Lining

Flower One

Flower Two

Butterfly

And finally, I wanted to quickly show you this cake I've made tonight. My mum's having a Breast Cancer Awareness Day at work tomorrow, and she asked if I fancied making a cake for her to sell, to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

Here it is!

Thanks for looking and enjoy the remainder of the week! :)

Love, Georgia xxx