Blossoms and Fruits

So a bit of a busy post, well card wise and the first is for the Cupcake Challenge which is for blossoms and butterflies, I just knew I wanted to use my butterfly that I make, after all I haven't used for a least a month. I used W R Memorys papers and I wanted to match the flowers and in the end I punched them out cos I couldn't match the colours and for a change I embossed the background with a folder other than swiss dots.
On Simon Says Challenge it Summer Fruits and more or less anything goes, colours, papers or image has long as there is connection to Summer Fruits. I got hold of this fab paper by Doodlebug with strawberries but I've also used one of WOJ summer kit with the strawberries on her clothes and I rediscovered the strawberry stamp too. I've used the swirly punch too and could that be the heart embossing folder too.
Look what I got too, an Award from Abi, many thanks.
As to the Parcel I received a postcard from the PO to say there is £9.97 to pay because they failed to put the postage on the parcel. OK it was a big parcel for a start there was a 12 by 12 album in there. It was a geniue mistake and the shop in question just wants the receipt for what we paid and will reimburse me. I do get parcels regularly from them so I knew it wouldn't be a problem.

I have just checked Papertake Weekly to see the new challenge, which is a fabby sketch by the way to see I've won.

Just Magnolia Tutorial

I was honoured to be asked my the Just Magnolia team to do a tutorial on how I 3d my Tilda's for their Just Magnolia Tutorial Challenge. Today its there in all its glory just hope someone proof read it cos my fingers tend to get carried away sometimes when typing.
If you have any questions don't hesitate to e-mail me, my address in the sidebar.

A punch to many

I'm not sure I like this card, it could it be the papers or could it be just a little too much of everything. I've used the sketch from Sketch Saturday and on Stamp with Fun the challenge is for punches or shapes, well I've certainly used punches here. The mats I used a corner punch, the main mat I've used the flourish punch and I was experimenting and used the heart border for the corners and don't forget the ash branch punch too. The papers are chatterbox and sentiment is Hero Arts.
I'm a bit peeved at the moment because I'm waiting for a parcel and usually it would be here by now, its not like I haven't ordered from this shop before several times.

Swirly Monday

Yes I've got a swirl punch and yes I want to use it everywhere, to be honest I was struggling yesterday to make a card. So I settled on the Heidi Grace Christmas paper I picked up somewhere and used a PB mouse again but this one hasn't been inked yet be warned you will see it again before Christmas is finished. Used stickles for the snowflakes and the snow and to finish off snowflakes punches and not forgetting the swirls for the challenge on Penny Black Saturday.
While backing up my photos realised I haven't show this layout, it was about the AVE train from Madrid to Barcelona. I think the papers are Crate papers and the titles are cut from the cricut, I've also added the tickets behind the main photo of the train.

Good News Sunday

Look no flowers, I just thought that the Cosmo Cricket was quite busy already. The sketch I used was this weeks Friday Sketchers and the fancy corner is a die cut which I then used a corner punch.The image is a Sugar Nellie another of my all time faves.
Remember the card I made this week here, it was made especially for the happy couple below. While in Canada Neil proposed to my niece Louise, we've know for few days but now they're back UK we can let out the secret. My niece wants to be married this side of Christmas!
Sis is already working out some samples of the Wedding Invitations and you know whose going to get roped in to help!

Congratulations Louise and Neil

Just Monkeying around

There's a fabulous sketch on Just Magnolia and it gives me a chance to use this monkey stamp, isn't he cute. I've used Cosmo Cricket card and the flower and leaves are woodware punches. The sentiment is Simon Says Stamps, yes I know, I can't help it but use them probably cos they fit so well in the punches I've got.
No crafting today, this morning I must tidy up my craftroom because I've lost my desk and I'm out for long lunch but I do have a card for tomorrow.
I've received my Summer Kit from Magnolia and Tilda's rubber ring is missing not sure if I want to attempt to sort it out or just wait till the set is in the shops, that way other things might fall in my basket.

Scrumptious Nellie

I'm going to have to put red on their cheeks cos the camera really washes it out when photo. Love these Cosmo Cricket papers, yes I brought them at Newbury and at The Hobby House but The Hobby House had all the stuff that I love on my cards so where else was I going to spend my Money, Sis spent a lot there too.
On Papertake Weekly challenge is for My favourite things and has I seemed to have quite a few stamps I guess they must be my favourite things and in particular this fabby Sugar Nellie is probably one of my all time faves.
Cute Card Thursday was to make a Thank you card for a Teacher but has I don't have any kiddywinks at school, I'll just settle for a Thank you card.
I used the Truly Scrumptious sketch and I really did try not to use the roses and my Leone em punch but I couldn't stop myself. The heart embossing folder it is a cuttlebug one but it 's one of those that had dies with it but I never use them, it was an expensive way of getting the folder but I don't regret it.
There is some fabby candy around above is from Fran

And this one is from Chrissy but this is just a tip of the iceberg, she is offering stamps from the new release of High Hopes too.

Spoonful of Hearts

Now I know why they call Wednesday the Hump day cos I was well and truly in hump all day. I coloured the SK image to match the fab Kaiser paper I brought at Newbury at The Hobby House and then chose the wrong backing colours so that was the final straw and went off to annoy everyone else.
So first thing this morning I was determined to finish the card I found the peachy colour in my Bazzill stocks, I'm such a skinflint I try to use Bazzill only for my scrapbooking. I followed the Stamp with Fun sketch which shouted big card, the paper has hearts on and I used MS heart border punch so I can count this card in the A Spoon Full of Sugar challenge.
I haven't forgotten my candy, waitting for something to come in the post.

Paper Piecing Tilda

I love Paper piecing it really brings the image and the papers together and it's really easy to do. Just stamp onto the pattern paper and cut out and stick on top of another stamped image. The WOJ chair is brilliant to do this with so if you fancy having a go then pop on Simon Says Stamps Challenge and you will be in for a chance to win £25 voucher and there's some hidden candy on one of the DT blog, sorry but its not mine.
So for my card I've used a vintage type papers from PaperMania not sure whats its called lost the front cover. I've already mentioned the WOJ chair and not forgetting Tilda, the stamps are available from Simon Says Stamps, well they were last week when I made the card.
My scrapbooking has seems to be going back to clean and simple, the papers are BG Bittersweet it goes really well with DD dress, I used Pagemaps for the sketch.