A cupcake without the calories

In February's issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft there was this fabulous design for quilled cupcake card and I was inspired to hunt out my old quilling kit and see what I could do. Now it's no where near perfect and I need to remember that patience is a virtue when it comes to quilling (most likely the reason it's been ignored for so long) but i'm rather happy with my first attempt at getting back into the swing of things - what do you think?

Is it good enough to eat?

I would like to enter this into Saturday Spotlights Challenge - Bigger is better

Hope you've all had a good day - happy crafting! xx

Sunshine Award

Ok, so I got this award from Carylann over at Sweet and Crafty, who decided the ingenious method of choosing which 12 people to pass it on to was to simply see who were the first 12 to comment on the award  - hence why I have it....lol - cheeky I know!

Anyway, the Sunshine Award is awarded to bloggers whose positivity & creativity inspires others in the blog world and I need to pass this on to 12 people.... seriously? this is getting hard, I love all your blogs. So simply out of random number generation - of you beautiful 21 followers of mine, the following award is going to:
Lynsey
Squirrel
Lyn
Ann
Aunty Sue
Mina
Lizzy
Barbara
Sue
Lori
Kerry
Janette

So hope you all enjoy your award and if you not listed and want the award anyway - help yourselves as I'd give it to you all if I could :D

Happy Crafting! xx

Penny Black Challenge - Someone Special

So for this challenge I decided it was time to break in some of the beautiful stamps I won in Fussy and Fancy Friday's blogcandy at the start of the year.

The sentiment and floral swirl are both from stampin up, whilst the image is from Penny Black's Garden Friends range. I stamped the sentiment in black, whilst the floral swirl is actually dark green - difficult to see on the photo i'm sorry. The image is watercoloured, highlighted with whisper pens and then glossed to give it a shine (again almost impossible to see on the photo). The gems are from stash.

Although this is a really simple card I like its effectiveness - I can see a whole range of these cards being knocked up in the near future. I hope you like it too - feedback is always welcomed.

Thanks for dropping by and happy crafting!
xx

Help! I want it, please can I have it?

How is it that I didn't know this stamp existed? hmm?!?!

It's two of my favourite things combined - Magnolia stamps and a Moose! I have to have it!! Only one small problem - I can't find it to buy in the UK, I can get Alg the moose from Simon Says Stamp but then I have to pay international postage - seems silly as the stamp will be costing me twice its original price. It's from the Magnolia Fall Collection 2007 so no one seems to have it in stock and I can only pray that they'll have it when I go to the NEC hobbycraft show next month, but if they don't I may cry.... a lot!

Isn't he so cute? how can anyone resist? (ok so I know, i'm officially nuts - especially about moose but.....)*sigh* onwards with some more cards and a job application or two - what fun my day consists of!

Hope all yours is better, take care and happy crafting
xx

Creative Inspirations + Fussy & Fancy + Pink Elephants

1 card - 3 challenges! (and 2 posts within minutes of each other - this is what happens when you leave challenge cards to the last minute!)

I would like to enter the following card into these challanges:

1. Creative Inspirations - Feminine
2. Fussy & Fancy Friday - Hearts
3. The Pink Elephant - Colour Challenge:Pink

Ok - so I know there aren't that many hearts on here, but there are 8! so although slightly cheeky entering this into Fussy & Fancy, I looked at other entries that have less hearts - so I don't feel so bad.

Onto the details of my card:-

Image is sugar nellie - i've had this sweetie around for a while and never used her! i watercoloured the image and then used my whisper pens to highlight. Papers are all from stash, as are the hearts and gems. The flowers were punched using two unmarked punches - 1 I remembered was from tesco, the smaller of the two could be woodware, but don't quote me on it,

Anyway, thanks for looking and I hope you like!

xx

DP2 Challenge #6 - Shades of Grey

This weeks challenge over at Mo's Digital Pencil was Shades of Grey - well this seemed an appropriate card to make today given the overcast weather and constant rain - what gloom!

I used bye-bye and coloured her with watercolours and then highlighted using the matching non-watercolour pencils. The ovals were cut using my Fiskars board and the flowers and lettering on my Cuttlebug. All papers and gems are from stash.

I can't say that I overly like this card but hey - we live and learn.

Thanks for looking, happy crafting! xx

An Award - Thanks!

Thanks Coops!

Now then - 10 things that make me happy:

1. 
   
   A good cup of tea - strong and white
2. 
   
   My internet friends - you never fail to cheer me up
3. 
   
   Crafting - though thats a given surely
4. 
   
   Reading - nothing like a good book to ignore the world with
5. 
   
   My bed
6. 
   
   My tapemeasure shoes - even though they're a nightmare to walk in!
7. 
   
   A payslip - sad, but it means i can buy new crafting supplies lol
8. 
   
   My family
9. 
   
   Surprise post - I love getting things i'm not expecting
10. 
    
    Walking with my dad's camera and getting some decent photos

Now to pass this award on:- so hard, you're all fab.....normally i'd put coops here - but as you gave it to me, seems silly - but just to let you know I would give this to you too....

So the ladies i'd like to give this too are:

1. 
   
   Aunty Sue
2. 
   
   Mina (Pinkpuds)
3. 
   
   Jodi
4. 
   
   Jess 
5. 
   
   Mandy

Have a great day and happy crafting x