Sunday, 31 August 2008

And the winner is...............

The winner was a unanimous decision made by my Three bridesmaids. So without an further ado...................... Congratulations to Rosette. please email me your address so that I can send you your prize!

Saturday, 30 August 2008

A New Chapter to our lives!

As you can see I arrived in style
Mr & Mrs Little were married at Norwich Register Office at 2pm on August 28th 2008

Mrs Little and her beautiful Maid of Honour Miss Debbie Cato

Miss Debbie Cato & Mrs Little's Daughters Miss Ellis & Miss Laurie Stone Master Aiden Little gave the Bride away And there was no alcohol in this one!

Thursday, 28 August 2008

This Thursday its all about......" Its a puzzler!"

This Thursday its all about.......... Its a Puzzler.
Theres no sponsor this week it Just for fun!
Below are my DT Pieces for this week!

Thursday, 21 August 2008

This Thursday its all about......" Bling's the thing!"

This Thursday this week is all about "Bling" the more the better!
As there is no sponsor this week I have combined my makes with other challenges,
first is for Tilda & co " Cold as Ice" and Triple the Sketch #20
Next is for Artygirlz "Shapes" for this week and "No Pattern Paper" from last week and finally for 2 Sketches 4 You # 7 and Lots to do "Recycling" the edging around the inner rectangle is an broken necklace!

  • PP & CS ~ DCWV.
  • Chipboard ~ Basic Grey &
  • Gems ~ Papermaina.
  • Large gem and string gems from stash.
  • Stamps ~ magnolia, fiskars and QKD.
  • Peel-offs ~ Anita's.

Just a little note, I have recieved a lot of messages and emails asking for more information about my Wedding , namely the date, James and I will be married at Norwich Register Office on Thursday 28th August 2008.

We will be Honeymooning in The Lake District in September.The Wedding Photo's will be posted for all to view before we go away.

Wednesday, 20 August 2008

What the kid's did today!

The kid's made these fabby door hanger's today while I was at work, I was so impressed when I got home and found these!

Saturday, 16 August 2008

Todays Makes!

First up today are two cards for the last two sketches fro My Sketch World
and the first of my two cards for Papertake Weekly " Button it"
Next is for last weeks Sketch from Di Hickman ~ August #1 Next uses this weeks Sketch from Our Creative Corner My next card covers Challenges from, Penny Black"Ribbons" & "Sketch #2"from last week, Carte Maniaks and Papertake weekly " Buttons", Cute Card Thursday " Soft Furnishings", Dutch Dare " Animal Print or Design" and finally for Laurens Challenge set on the Crafts Beautiful Forum. My final card today is for "Christmas is coming" at Tilda & Co using #15 from Friday Sketchers Ive also made a matching tag for Tag You're it! "Christmas in August"

  • PP ~ Basic Grey Imaginisce & Papermania.
  • Stamps ~ Magnolia & All Night Media.
  • Blooms & Rubon ~ Imaginisce.
  • Buttons ~ Buttons Galore.
  • Brads,Ribbon,Lace and clasp from Stash
  • Bells ~ Lakelands.
  • Extra large Bloom ~ Heidi Swapp.
  • CS ~ Bazzill & DCWV.

Received in the post!

I receicved this lovely Mini book and Atc as a Thank you from Queenie
And this wonderful Fairy Wand and R.A.K. of Papers from Shelly-Hope. The wand is for a Crafts Beautiful Swap. Thank you Girls for thinking of me!

Thursday, 14 August 2008

Todays Makes!

Its all getting quite busy here now, but I'm still finding time to catch up with the challenges
this first card is for Rainbow Lady "Music" and 2S4Y Laura's #6 and the latest at Caardvarks is " Name that Tuna"
Next is for # 57 at Sketches!{by Tamara} and finally for Tag you're it! "Faux Postage" Ok so I cheated a bit and recycled used real postage

  • Card 1,PP,Chipboard and Ribbon ~ DCWV.
  • Card 2, CS Papermill Shop & DCWV.
  • Stamp ~ All Night Media.
  • Punch ~ Dovecraft.
  • Ribbon & brads ~ from Stash.
  • Tag, PP from Stash.
  • Flowers ~ Lakelands.
  • Ribbon & Butterfly from Stash.

This Thursday its all about......" Colour is my obsession"

"Colour is my obsession"Quoted by Monet
the challenge is to work in your favorite colour or colours or just make something really colourful, We will also accept pieces inspired by Monet.
Deadline for all entries is 6pm Wednesday night UK time
This thursdays sponsor this week is Lisa's Altered Art
the picture above is an example of what is up for grabs.
10 fabulous digital collage sheets.
I'm getting hooked on these button fairies.( Jane started me on them!)
Ive never worked with collage sheets before as I'm more of a physical maker than digital but I'm quite pleased with the outcome!
and finally another altered Infant formula tin that is also for this weeks "something useful" challenge at SBS18 I think I will ask these cute little flower fairies to look after my Scissors!
  • PP ~ Basic Grey & Imaginence.
  • Blooms ~ Lakelands.
  • Collage sheets ~ Lisa's Altered Art.
  • Buttons ~ Buttons Galore.
  • Brads ~ Basic Grey.

Tuesday, 12 August 2008

Todays Makes!

My Mojo's been on go slow today, Ive only come up with 3 so far!
First is for CPS #77 this ones also for "Limited Supplies" at Our Creative Courner
next is for Jen @ I{heart}2 stamp. And finally for "Oriental" @ Lots to do and #25 @ Prairie Paper and Ink

  • PP ~ Basic Grey & DCWV.
  • Decoupage ~ Papernations.
  • Bloom's ~Primas & Imagience .
  • Brads ~ Basic Grey.
  • CS ~ Papermill Shop.
  • Ribbon and pearls from Stash!

Sunday, 10 August 2008

New Award

I recieved this lovely award today from four of my favourite blogger's Debbie , Cynthia
Kimberley & Lisa The rules of the award are:
1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you’ve nominated
So here goes:
This is my make for today, a commissioned piece for a work friend. This also fits in quite nicely with Caarvarks " From your Closet"
  • CS ~ Papermill Shop.
  • PP ~ Vanessa Arboltal
  • Skeleton leaves & Gems ~ Papermania.
  • Template ~ Toe Tappers.
  • Box Template Adapted from Arty Farty "Cherub" Box.

Friday, 8 August 2008

Two Sketches and a R.A.K.!

Not much doing today as half the day has been taken up with proper work!!
My first card is for #14 at Friday Sketchers.
next is for Our Creative Corner

  • PP & Ribbon ~ Basic Grey.
  • Blooms ~ Heidi Swapp & Imaginesnce.
  • Brads ~ Papermania & Dovecraft.
  • Rubon's ~ Basic Grey and MM.
  • Stamp ~ Stamps away.
  • Hanglar&Stranglar image courtesy of a RAK.

Finally I received this lovely card and RAK today from Louise aka PinkPuppy

Thursday, 7 August 2008

Basic Grey Day!

Basic grey never ceases to inspire me, today's creations are for:
First Tag you're it challenged us with "Teal , Lime & Black"
Next Kazan set the Sketch at 2 Sketches 4 you! this week and #56 from Sketches!{by Tamara} Next is Katharina 8th sketch for Papertake weekly and for Triple the Sketch #18 and Rainbow Lady's "Spots & Stripes"
my final card is for #10 at Sketch Saturday
  • PP ,Rubon's & Chipboard ~ Basic Grey.
  • Bloom's and Jewel Brads~ Lakelands.
  • Flower's ~ Prima.
  • Pearls ~ K&co.
  • Ribbon from stash.
  • CS ~ DCWV.
  • Colorbox Queue Chalk Ink.

This Thursday its all about......" Bowdacious Ribbons and Bows"

This weeks sponsor at This Thursday..... is Ribbon Oasis,
who kindly supplied the DT with a gorgeous set of 5 Organza mix Ribbons.
First is a pair of cards made with Dovecraft Kate Knight PP and Brad. next is a bookmark , using QKD stamp and MM Grommet Finally a Gift tin made from a small infant formula tin with Matching card.
  • PP ~ Papermania & dovecraft.
  • Ribbon ~ Ribbon Oasis.
  • CS ~ Papermill Shop & Papermania
  • Stamp ~ QKD
  • Grommet ~ MM

Wednesday, 6 August 2008

Thank you Shelly-hope.........

I received this wonderful RAK and two fantastic tags from Shelly aka Shelly -Hope one of my Crafts Beautiful Friends.

Tuesday, 5 August 2008

Challenge Tuesday!

First up for Rainbow Lady its "Flourish & swirls"
this weeks Tilda & co Challenge was a lovely sketch Next is July#5 for Di Hickman and for Cartes' Maniaks "New bady"
Next is for Dutch Dare #8 and Lots to do! "Pair of Glasses" this one uses #13 from Friday Sketchers and next for CPS #76

  • PP & Rubon's ~ Basic Grey.
  • Rubon's on Di Hickman Card, Poundland.
  • Stamps ~ Magnolia , All Night Media & Royal Langnickle.
  • Ribbon and gems from stash.