Fairy Tilda & Moving House

Hi everyone! This will be my last post for a little while, as we are moving house at the moment. We have found somewhere that is nearer to mine and my brother's school, and nearer to family and friends, so we can't wait to move in and are in the process of moving all the furniture over there at the moment. I thought I would post this card I made recently before my computer is moved to the new house, as we won't have internet for about a week at the most.

When I was colouring this image, I thought the colour I used for her hair was a rich brown, but it turned out to be a bit more red than I thought! Oh well, I suppose it contrasts better with the paper like this!

Materials:

Image: Magnolia

Papers: Basic Grey - Porcelain

Colouring: Polychromatic Pencils

Sentiment: Hero Arts

Distress Ink: Tim Holtz - Brushed Corduroy

Flowers: From My Stash

Glitter: Stickles

Cardstock: Bazzil

Swirl Die: Borrowed From My Mum

Pearls: From My Stash

Glimmer Mist: Marshmellow

Grunge Stamp: Stempelglede

I am entering this card into these challenges:

- Our Creative Corner - Your Style

- Stampin' For The Weekend - My Favourite Things

Anyway, I'd better go and finish packing - my room is getting emptier and emptier by the minute! Thanks so much for looking and I'll be back soon hopefully when we've settled into the new house!

Love, Georgia xx

Take That - Progress Tour 2011

Hi everyone! Thanks for all your lovely comments about my last card and my exam and work experience. My exam went quite well - I was a bit nervous about it because I didn't feel that prepared, but thankfully it was better than I thought and I managed to finish it too.


I've really, really enjoyed my work experience this week, it's been brilliant!

Anyway, I'm back with some photos from the Take That concert I went to in Manchester nearly two weeks ago. I had an amazing time, it was fantastic!

Take That were supported by The Pet Shop Boys, who came on first.

First of all, Take That came out as a four, to do a couple of songs from when they first reformed without Robbie. Afterwards, Robbie came out and did a few of his songs, he was great!

The sets were amazing! After Robbie had finished, all five members came out together!

There were loads of fireworks and displays!

Howard (on the left!)

Jason (on the left!)

The big robot-man was a bit temperamental - I think they had trouble getting down off his hands afterwards!

Singing 'Kidz'

You can just make out the outline of all five band members in lights on the five blue panels, from their album cover!

It was such a fantastic show!











All five members!

Even though sometimes we were quite far away, we still had a great view, because they sometimes came out onto the runway coming out of the middle of the stage.











Lots of confetti!

Sorry the quality of the pictures aren't that great. My camera doesn't take very good photos at night or from long distances, but at least I'll still have lots of memories of it!

Thanks so much for looking and have a lovely weekend!

Have fun if you're going to see Take That too!

Love, Georgia xx

Rainy Days

Hi everyone! I can't believe how rainy it's been today! I think this is the rainiest I've seen it in a long time, but I guess all the people suffering from water shortages because of drought in parts of Britain will be very happy for some rain at last! I thought I'd take a photo of my card against the rainy background above! In some ways though, it's nice, because it's all cosy and warm and we had the heating on for a little while earlier.
When I went for a walk last night, I was shocked at how cold it was as well! You know you're in Britain when you can see your breath in June!

Anyway, weather rant over, hee hee. I made this card today, which I am really happy with. I am really enjoying experimenting with tearing the edge of the image and distressing it, and I think I'll definitely use Bildmalarna images again, they're so cute!

Materials:

Image: Bildmalarna

Sentiment: The Greetings Farm

Papers: Basic Grey - Nook & Pantry

Cardstock: Bazzil

Colouring: Polychromatic Pencils

Distress Ink: Tim Holtz - Brushed Corduroy

Ribbon & Pearl String: From My Mum

Butterfly Punch: Martha Stewart

Swirl Stamps: Lizzie Ann Designs

Glitter: Stickles

Flowers: From My Stash

Pearls: Kars

I am also entering my card into these challenges:

- A Spoon Full of Sugar - Here Comes Summer

- Crafty Calendar Challenge - Things With Wings

- Creative Card Crew - Wings

- Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes

- Stamp Something - Something Punched

- Truly Scrumptious - Summer Sparkle

I went to see Take That in Manchester last weekend, and it was amazing! I had such a fantastic time, they were brilliant! I'm sorry I didn't post any pictures sooner, but I will post some soon!

I'm really looking forward to this coming week. Tomorrow morning I have a geography exam, so obviously I'll be glad when that's over, but after that I have work experience all week! I am going to my old primary school for the week, as I'd like to be a teacher when I'm older, so I can't wait!

Anyway, I'd better go now - thanks so much for looking and have a great time if anyone else is going to see Take That!

Have a nice week! Love, Georgia xx

Father's Day

Hello! Wow, I can't believe how hot it is today and how hot is was yesterday! I decided to photograph my card outside today because it's so nice and bright!
I made this card for my dad for Father's Day, coming up in a couple of weeks. I thought this cute High Hopes image would be perfect, ha ha!

Materials:

Image: High Hopes

Sentiment: Printed Off The Computer

Lettering: Cuttlebug - Fairy Alphabet

Papers: Basic Grey - Max & Whiskers

Cardstock: Bazzil

Distress Ink: Tim Holtz - Brushed Corduroy

Twine: From Liz

Lace: From Heather

Buttons: From My Stash

Colouring: Polychromatic Pencils

Eyelets: Unknown - From My Mum's Stash

Glossy Accents: Anita's

I'm entering this card into these challenges:

- Basic Grey Challenges - Shabby Chic (Torn Edges and Distressing)

- Creative Inspirations - Cute Bears/Animals Only

- Cute Card Thursday - Embellish It!

- Oldie But A Goodie Challenge - Lots of Layers

- Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Father's Day/For A Male

- The ABC Challenge - V Is For... Variety (At Least Three Types of Embellishment)

I used Glossy Accents on my image, which you can see a bit more clearly in the picture below. It looks like he's getting a good tan in the sun, hee hee! I'm really pleased with how it turned out and I really enjoyed doing the torn effect on the backing paper and the image. I saw it on one of my mum's vintage cards and thought I'd try it and I think I'll definitely use that on cards in future!

I've had a lovely week off school! I went to see the new Pirates of the Carribean film the other night and then went to Pizza Hut afterwards, and I thought the film was really good!

I've also been shopping and tonight I'm going to see Take That in Manchester for their Progress Tour, I'm so excited! I will definitely post some photos soon!

Anyway, I'd better go now and tidy up my crafting mess before I start getting ready to go later on! Bye for now and thanks for looking! Enjoy the rest of your weekend and have a lovely week!

Love, Georgia xx

Handmade Gift Box & Jewellery

Hi everyone! I'm so glad it's half-term, yay! This term has gone so fast, as it's only been four weeks long!
The other day, I made a pair of earrings and a little gift box for my grandma's birthday, but I was in a bit of a rush to make it, so that I could take it to her, so I didn't really have time to take a picture of it, but I made another pair tonight and a gift box to give to my other grandma for her birthday in July.
I had lots of jewellery making equipment for Christmas, and earrings are so easy to make and I think they make a nice handmade gift for someone. Plus, you can personalise it and make it suit the person you're giving it to with different colours and beads.

Materials:
Cardstock: Crafters Companion
Papers: Basic Grey - Pyrus
Flowers: From My Stash
Leaf Punch: Woodware
Sentiment: Borrowed From My Mum
Distress Ink: Tim Holtz - Brushed Corduroy
Pearls: Bunny-Zoe's Crafts
Flower Centre: Assorted Gems



I am also entering the box into these challenges:
- Colour Create Challenge - White, Cream & Brown (Optional - One Extra Colour - Blue)
- Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
- Papertake Weekly Challenge - Pale, Pretty Pastels
- Stamp Something - Something Sentimental

The box was really easy to make - it's just a really simple cut and fold process that I learnt at an arts and crafts workshop years ago and you can make it any size you want, which is good, depending on what size card or paper you have.













Thank you for looking and have a great weekend!
Bye for now!

Love, Georgia xx

Pink & Sparkly

Hello! Hope you're having a nice weekend wherever you are! I'm making the most of having a free Saturday, without homework or revision to be getting on with. I had a biology exam on Thursday last week, which went quite well. I felt quite confident, but then I realised there was an extra question at the end that I hadn't known about, and I had no time to do it! So, that will have dropped me a few marks unfortunately, but there's nothing I can do about it now, and hopefully it won't affect my grade much.
Anyway, I've got a little breather now until my maths and geography exams in the middle of June, phew!

I had a little challenge hop earlier and there are lots of great challenges about today, so I've made a pink, girly and glittery card and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

Materials:
Image: Sugar Nellie
Papers: Imaginisce
Cardstock: Bazzil
Colouring: Polychromatic Pencils
Sentiment: Fairy Doodles
Lace: From My Stash (From Heather)
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug
Distress Ink: Tim Holtz - Brushed Corduroy
Glitter: Stickles
Pearls: From My Stash
Felt Butterfly: From My Stash
Swirl Stamps: Lizzie Ann Designs
Flowers: From My Stash
White Circle: Nestabilities

Can you believe I'm entering this card into ten challenges?! You'd better sit back and put your feet up, ha ha!

- A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge - Anything Goes
- Crafty Emma's Store Challenge - Three Types of Embellishment (Lace, Pearls & Flowers)
- Charisma Cardz Challenge - Birthdays in Pink
- Crafty Calendar Challenge - Teddy Bears
- Creative Card Crew Challenge - Cute and Girly
- Creative Inspirations Challenge - Lace & Pearls
- Oldie But A Goodie Challenge - Teddy Bears' Picnic
- Papertake Weekly Challenge - Bloom & Grow
- Simon Says Challenge - Sparkle 'n' Shine
- Truly Scrumptious Challenge - Anything Goes

Wow, that took a while to link up, hee hee!
Well, I'm off to have a walk to the shop and get some chocolate and then veg on the settee for the afternoon, bliss!

Thanks so much for looking - have a lovely weekend! :)
Love, Georgia xx

A Card At Last!

Hi there! Sorry it's been so long since I last posted! Blogger has been really playing up, so I haven't been able to post for ages without all the text in my post grouping together, which was really annoying, but it seems like it's back to normal now, so I hope it won't play up any more.

I made this card for my dad's birthday, which was a couple of weeks ago. I had another go at paper piecing, which I've only tried once before, but really enjoyed. I also used my cute Max & Whiskers pad by Basic Grey, which I won in Liz's blog candy, which is really good for male cards. I'm always a bit wary about male cards, because I think it's hard to know what to put on them because you don't have the choice of flowers and pearls and things like that.

Materials:
Image: High Hopes

Sentiment: Unsure, Magnolia (I Think!)

Lettering: Borrowed From My Mum

Papers: Basic Grey - Max & Whiskers

Border Punch: Martha Stewart

Ribbon: From My Stash

Cardstock: Bazzil

Colouring: Polychromatic Pencils

Gems: From My Stash

Buttons: From My Stash

Distress Ink: Tim Holtz - Brushed Corduroy

I am addicted to these little Scrabble-style letter stamps of my mum's, they're great for spelling out short sentiments or personalising a card with a name!

For my dad's birthday, me and my brother joined together to buy him a ticket to see Footloose at the theatre, and my mum also bought a ticket, so that she could go with him, as they both love their eighties music! My dad was really pleased with the ticket and they had a brilliant time!

I am also entering this card into these challenges:

- Cupcake Craft Challenges - Something Beginning With C (Criss-Cross)

- High Hopes Challenge - Anything Goes

- Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes

- Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Paper Piecing

- Bunny-Zoe's Monthly Challenge - One For The Boys

I am so glad I've been able to post this card at last! It was so frustrating not being able to post without my layout being messed up!

Did people enjoy the Royal Wedding? I thought it was really nice and everyone looked lovely!

Anyway, I'd better go now. It was a real shock to the system to go back to school after a lovely long two weeks off and a nice relaxing Easter, but I'm really looking forward to my work experience week, which is coming up soon! I am going to my old primary school, so it should be really good!

Thanks so much for looking and enjoy the rest of your week!

Love, Georgia xx

Blogger Trouble - Any Ideas?

Hi everyone! Just a quick post tonight, as I've been having a bit of trouble with Blogger and I wondered if anyone had any ideas on how I could fix it? Tonight and the other day, I tried to upload a card to my blog, but when I posted it, the layout of my post got messed up, so that everything was joined together without any gaps or new paragraphs, so I left it for a couple of days, but when I tried again, there was no difference! You can see what I mean by looking at this post - see how all the writing is joined together and there aren't any gaps or paragraphs? It's really annoying me and I can't really upload my new card until it's sorted, so does anyone know how I could fix it or has anyone had it happen to them? I tried putting full stops in the place of paragraphs and the colouring them white, so they didn't show up, but that wasn't much help. Thanks for any suggestions, I really appreciate it! Love, Georgia xx

Happy Mother's Day!

Hi there, hope everyone is having a great week so far! Sorry it's been so long since I last posted! Happy Mother's Day to all the mums out there for yesterday, I hope everyone had a lovely day! This card is for my mum, and I was really pleased with how it turned out. I love these Basic Grey Porcelain papers and the pretty crinkled ribbon was sent to me from Chris for my birthday, thanks Chris, I love it! Also, thanks to Kim for the lovely pink pearls!

Materials:

Image: Sugar Nellie

Sentiments: Lettering Stamps & 'Best Wishes' Stamp Borrowed From My Mum's Stash

Colouring: Polychromatic Pencils

Papers: Basic Grey - Porcelain

Cardstock: Bazzil

Distress Ink: Tim Holtz - Brushed Corduroy

Glitter: Stickles

Flowers: From My Stash

Faux Stitching: Stamp Borrowed From My Mum's Stash

Ribbon: From Chris

Pearls: Martha Stewart (From Kim)

Swirl Stamps: Lizzie Ann Designs

I am also entering my card into these challenges:

- Allsorts Challenge - Bloomin' Blossoms

- Charisma Cardz Challenge - Bling & Sparkles

- Colour Create Challenge - Pastels

- Crafty Calendar Challenge - April Showers May Bring Flowers

- Stampin' For The Weekend - Mother's Day/Flowers For Mum

- ABC Challenge - Roses

Thanks so much for looking and enjoy the rest of your week. I can't wait until Wednesday because I'm going to see the school production at my school, Bugsy Malone, as me and a couple of friends helped out with the props and scenery this year!

Bye for now! Love, Georgia xx

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