my first digi image!!!

I have seen many crafters use digi images but have never had the urge to try them out until now. I guess I just love my stamps but I can 100% say I have walked over to the dark side hee hee.

I have always popped over to pollycraft and had a browse every now and again. But when I noticed they are having a dt call well I thought it was about time I entered the world of digital crafting. To enter all you have to do is create a card using one of the two freebie images or you can make two if you wish. As this is my first time using digi images I am not pinning my hopes on winning but it was really fun to do and that's all that matters.

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image - digi pollycraft (freebie)
sentiment stamp-local craft shop 50p!!!
cupcake image- Forever friends
DP's- K & Co
embellishments- sunshine capsule collection from PM
colouring-promarkers

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clallenges
pollycraft-DT call
truly scrumptious-sketch

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Thanks for dropping by

hugs Clare x

whew the last of the birthday cards

This wee card was my final one for the rak birthday club. It's been a while since I have used a gorjuss girl image but I so enjoyed colouring her. Once again I used the fab papers that mel gave me, can't thank you enough hun.There's another fab sketch this week over at sketch saturday so couldn't resist having a go.

image-Sugar Nellie (sitting gorjuss)
flowers-retro punch
gems-pm value pack
sentiment-CC
ovals- friskars template
heart-sizzix die
rafia lace- hobby craft

I will also be entering this card into the following challenges

crafty calender- flowers

One more day til my holidays can't wait!!!

hugs Clare x

you've guessed another birthday card

Boy it's a busy month over at the rak, thinks there's six in total for birthdays. A bit like buses non for ages then they all come in at once.

It's been ages since I entered over at MAWTT which is a shame because I do love their challenges. This weeks it's a girly theme and sketch and once again a fabby prize up for grabs.



image-LOTV bunny with balloons
sketch-MAWTT
papers-from rak thanks Dawn
sentiment-CC
ribbon and bow- pm red hot collection

Out of the blue!!!

Well was I shocked to read this email from Georgia over at crafty calendar. Georgia has asked me to be a guest designer for the month of April, so never saw that one coming, nice surprise though!! Of course I said yes so looking forward to creating my DT card for that, got a few ideas on paper and running around my head so will be doing that in the next few days.

This months challenge is flowers, nice and easy no excuse not to enter.


I have only ever been guest designer once before and that was over at MAWTT but boy did I have fun and the girls are just fab. I will be posting my card for their challenge in a mo, every week is fab so please pop over and join in the fun.

hugs Clare x

Woo hoo another card

I think I may have found a new love, Lili of the valley stamps!! They are just so beautiful so keep your eyes peeled for more of my cards with these images!!!

Believe it or not but I actually had a light bulb moment today which doesn't happen that often for me. It was the use of my wee sizzix mushroom. Your probably wondering why would I buy a mushroom die well I bought it at the same time as some hello kitty dies, unfortunately sizzix managed to **** up all the orders during their mega sale and I didn't get any hello kitty dies except the hello kitty mushroom!!! I could have sent it back but thought I might use it someday and I was right.



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sketch-Sketch and stash
sentiments-CC sentiments
papers- Thanks Mel x
embellishments- white candy dots
tools- sizzix dies
stamp-Lili of the Valley (fairies on tip toe)

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catch up with you all soon

hugs Clare x

Daisy Daisy

I finally manged to get some time to make all my cards for the birthday club over at the rak. It's was all thanks to hubby for looking after the kids saturday afternoon. I don't think I have ever made so many cards in one day. Below is just one of them the rest will follow shortly.


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sketch-Mojo Monday
stamp-Daisy from Sugar Nellie
DP's- K & Co
sentiment-CC sentiments
embellishments- PM capsule collection

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hope you all had a wonderful weekend

hugs Clare x

Quick hello

Oh how great it feels to be blogging and crafting again even if it only for a couple of hours.Great news though, house went up for sale Wednesday and we have had one viewer already, downside she came at night so no crafting for me boo!!! My house is clean and everthing is where it should be which looks kind of odd, doesn't look or feel like my house anymore, even my craft room is immaculate. I managed to make a card for the birthday club over at the rak club one of quite a few in March. I also need to make a card for the March rak swap, anyone interested in joining get in touch.

The image I used is one of my new Lili of the valley stamps which I must say are just so so adorable and they are so many I 'need'. I have to laugh though as my friend Susie said the other day I need images like a hole in the head. This was said after we had a wee craft night a few weeks back when I stamped a few images..akoy a lot!!! and Susie then won mOre stamps over at MAWTT. Images to me are like shoes and handbags to others, you can never have enough lol!

The DP's were given to me in a rak from my bud Dawn or 004 1/2 as I now like to call her. The satin finish is just gorgeous so I will be asking her where she got them. Flowers and buttons and ribbon are all from the sunshine capsule collection.I also have the red hot collection both of which I would highly recommend if you are after co-ordination and great value. I bought mine from cutting edge crafts, a fab website to say the least.

Oh almost forgot the wee ribbon addition I pinched from a DT member over at sketch saturday where funnily enough I got my sketch from. I used my x cut ribbon punch which I have to confess I bought months and months ago but never been out of packaging.

So here's my wee card for the sketch saturday challenge.





Off to bed now as it's rather late.

Please leave a wee comment if you can, even just to say hi

Missing you all Clare x

Baby boy box card

Another post for me tonight, they're a bit like buses nothing for ages then two come along at the same time hee.

I actually made this box card last week, it took me several nights as I had other stuff on but got there in the end. This is not my first ever box card probably my 5th but I was always finishing them off just before collection or forgetting to photograph them.

I was really pleased with this as it was my first time using my new baby sizzix dies.Only thing is Sophie my cat thought it would make a nice place to sit hence one side is up and the other is down.
Hubby actually took 61 pictures, yes 61 but thought 4 would be sufficient lol

* DP's- stash
*card stock-Flawliss designs Stirling
*punch-hearts and flowers
*embellishments- all made using baby sizzix dies
*circles- scalloped nesties
*gems-PM pale blue
*sentiment-computer

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hope you likey

hugs Clare x

Babies, babies and more babies

My goodness what a week, it's all been baby news whether it be babies born or mums to be. All the babies born have been boys and all the mums to be are due August, what's that all about.

Well no surprise what cards I will be posting over the next few days and just when I was beginning to get back to making my girly cards!!

There's another fabulous sketch over at Sketch and stash this week so I just had to have a go. And when allsorts announced their O for One paper well that got me thinking too!!

This is actually the second baby boy card I have made, the first one is lying flat on my desk drying so cant photograph hee hee.

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image-Lili of the valley
padded flower-from Clare (thanks)
gemstones-from Mel (thanks)
bow- recycled from baby boy gift bag
DP's- Papermania sweet nothings
colouring-promarkers
tools- cuttlebug swirls embossing folder, scalloped small rectangle,retro flower punch

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This card fits the bill for the following challenges

abc - challenge- DT & O for One paper
papertake weekly-Check this out
Sketch & Stash Challenge- New image, stash papers
The pink elephant-ribbon
little red wagon challenge-ribbon


pop back tomorrow for my box card, woo hoo!!


hugs Clare x

I did warn you

I was at my friend Susie's the other night and I kind of stamped one or two images or three or four......and Arthur was one of them. I own one baby stamp and when you've got a few to make in the same week you don't really want to use the same stamp, perhaps that's just me!!

I can't believe how well this card turned out, after colouring Arthur blue I really thought I had made a boob. Although I loved the papers Mel sent me I wasn't entirely convinced they would work for a baby boy card.I thought that if I keep going on with what I had in mind for this card it might all come together in the end and I think it did. I would so love to hear what you think and any recommendations for baby boy/girls DP's.

I was also determined not to be running late with the Sugar bowl challenge and to my word it's well ahead of the deadline.

Finally I got round to using my clear gloss, bought it way back last year stuck it in a drawer and it's been there ever since. It doesn't really show up in my photo but in RL it looks pretty good if I do say so myself.

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image-Arthur by Sugar Nellie
rafia lace-paper cellar
buttons,brads & gems- Papermania
sentiment-silver peeloff
flowers-Woodware retro punch
ribbon-Mel (thanks)
tools-sizzix tag No2 die
colouring-promarkers

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I have managed to enter this card into quite a few challenges by chance this week

sugar bowl-Sketch & 3,2,1 recipe
allsorts-3,2,1
simon says stamp- 3 flowers,2 brads and 1 button recipe
passion for promarkers-buttons & bows
crafty catz challenge-buttons & bows
totally papercraft-button & bows
incy wincy challenge-punch it
pile it on challenge-flowers
crafty Angel Challenge-flowers

I might be back later with a baby boy box card but I also need to get cracking on with another baby boy card!!

Hugs Clare x

Newbie!!!!

Hi peeps,

Just a quick post today as I have a bucket load of ironing to do, oh the joys!!!

Over at Docrafts I recently got a buddy request from a girl called Mel, yes another Mel and after several emails back and forth I convinced Mel to start blogging.

I also wanted to introduce her to all my fabby friends in blogland so would you please pop over to her blog and give her a huge warm welcome.

well that's all folks take care for now and will be back soon with a box card.

hugs Clare x

Happy Birthday Fiona

Hello peeps just realised the last entry date for the sugarbowl challenge is midnight tonight and I have just finished my card. It's for my friend Fiona's birthday who is also my secretary at toddlers.

When I saw the sketch I was stumped hence the lateness but had to enter just couldn't miss out on the chance to win those Mangas.You would not believe the amount of stamped heads I had to do before I could find one that fitted my nestie. My desk looks like something out of a horror film lol. It's been a while since I have done a monochrome card but seemed appropriate somehow for this card. It was also was quite refreshing not doing a square card, I might just dig out the others.I used up CC papers and cardstock from my stash so pat on the back for me.

The only thing that is niggling me is the embellishments, note to myself don't forget the deadline date so you don't do a rushed job!!!

sketch- Sugarbowl
papers-CC Signature
ribbon-PM
stash-button
image-Sugar Nellie Autumn kit
tools-Nesties and Friskars template
sentiment-cut from CC papers
flowers-PM red hot capsule embellishment kit and pearls

hugs Clare x

My blog awards

I have received these awards from 3 fabby friends of mine. Dawn who I have meet through the Christmas rak club, Emma who had a blog candy giveaway that I won and last but not least my long and faithful friend whom I have known for about 12 years Susie!!!

I will treasure these awards and post them proudly on my blog.

Here are the rules of the award. I have to :

1) Copy and Paste the award on my blog. {tick}
2) List who gave you the award and link to her blog. {tick}

3) List 10 things that make you happy,in no particular order. {tick}

1) My family including the cats!!
2)Crafting of course
3)Chocolate
4)My charity toddler group
5)Coming home to find surprise craft pressies on my door!!!
6)Going on holiday to centre parcs (4 weeks to go!!)
7)Making my friends and family smile
8)Reading my emails from 004 1/2
9)Having bbq's on the beach
10)Going for walks with hubby and the children

4) Pass the award onto 5 other bloggers and visit their blog to let them know! {tick!}

After much deliberation I have chosen the following people

Mel
Debs
Angela
Hazel
Jude
Carlyanne

boy that was a hard decision.Anyhoo off to the park with the boys.

hugs Clare x

Friendship

I have a rak swap this week and this is the card I am sending to my wonderful swap partner Dawn. Dawn aka Crafty kitten in blogland is such a scream, she is always making me laugh whether it be her one liners or emails. So please pop over to her blog and say hello you won't be disappointed.

I am so loving these papers I can see myself buying more from the capsule collection. My manga girl and papers were a Christmas present from my friend Susie and this is my very first one!! I have seen their new stamps over at Funky kits and I have to say I rather like them all.

Anyhoo here are the challenges I will be entering

Sketch and Stash-Sketch
Crafty Calendar- Love/friendship hearts optional
Fussy and Fancy- Hearts

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stamp-Manga Girl No2 Sugar Nellie
DP's-PM Capsule collection-red hot
colouring-Promarkers
punched- flowers and hearts
stash-buttons,ribbon
sentiment-CC
tools-nesties and friskars template

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While I was tidying up my craft room I came across a distressing tool and there was me using hubby's sandpaper a few backs hee hee!!

hugs Clare xx

My first Magnolia stamp

I know what you must be thinking...what took you so long??? I have asked myself the same question and the truth is I really don't know. Magnolia just came into my head when I was thinking which stamp to use for hubby's card Valentines'. Edwin reminds me of Andrew somehow but when I compare the two there is no resemblance at all, funny that!!!I also ordered the Magnolia magazine which I would highly recommend, I had a quick browse there was no way my kiddi winkles were getting their dirty wee hands on this. Will have a better look when I know they are safe in bed lol!

My friend Kirsty asked me to make a Valentines for her boyfriend so here it is, hope she likes it!!



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stamp-Magnolia Edwin with balloon
colouring-Promarkers
DP's- PM capsule collection 'red hot'
cardstock-The Papermill
sentiment-nestie,shimmer dots and silver peeloffs
large brads-PM capsule collection' red hot'

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I will be entering this card into the following challenges

Creative card crew- Valentine
Papertake weekly- Love actually
Lili of the Valley- Valentines
Stampin for the weekend- Valentines

Hope you are all enjoying a nice relaxing Sunday morning.

Hugs Clare x

Brother in law birthday card

My stamp collection consists mainly of people but recently I have been seen a lot of animal ones. Animals have been perfect when doing my boy/men cards and as many of you know I have had my fair share of them lately.

I would like to introduce you to this ever so cute lil mouse.His name is Cheddar and he is made by Sugar Nellie from Funky kits.What can I say but I just love him to bits hee hee. Being a cat lover myself I thought the big cats book was just hilarious.

Once again Truly Scrumptious has another fab sketch this week which Cheddar seemed to fit perfectly into. The sketch was great fun to work with and certainly one I would consider again.I cut Cheddar out as I wanted to highlight his curly tail and I am really pleased with the result.

I would love to hear what you think as I am always unsure of my cards for men.

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sketch-Truly Scrumptious
papers- K & Co- Roam
cardstock- The Papermill
tools-nesties,sizzix die
sentiment- CC
stash-flowers,cat charm,button,rik rak
colouring-Promarkers

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Iam entering this card into the following challenges

Passion for promarkers- All creatures great and small
ABC- New (my papers and image)
Cupcake craft- four legged and furry
Crafty Angels- Buttons

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Thankyou as always for hopping over to my blog. Please consider becoming a follower or leave a comment so I can come and see your gorgeous cards.

hugs Clare x

Allsorts DT call

My friend Kirsty has asked me to make two cards, this one is for her Nan's birthday. I thought this image was perfect, it was the rollers that was the deciding factor!!

Allsorts have a DT call this week so thought I would give it a go. The sketch is fab so much so I have used it for Kirsty's second card so watch this space!!!

sketch- Allsorts
papers-K & Co Sparkly sweet
image-CC Designs- Coffee Kiki La Rue
Flowers- Hobbycraft
button-MME
lace- stash
sentiment- oval scallop nestie and CC sentiments

Arran's birthday card

Arran was 3 on Tuesday and this was the card I made him. I have had quite a few wee boy cards to make recently and this little stamp is just perfect. I love colouring him and seeing the image come alive so to speak!!

The papers I used don't get out much and if my memory serves me right they were my first DP purchase which is nearly 3 years ago!!!

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sketch- sketch saturday
DP's- PM kids??
colouring- promarkers
image- monster boy by squiggle stamps
flowers/star- American crafts
tools- sizzix dies,nesties, cuttlebug stars embossing folder and friskars template
brads- PM craftsuperstore

My little Tiger boy

I just had to share this with you all, my little tiger!! This is the first time Arran has had his face painted no stopping him now, he wants it done everyday so better hide my make-up. Just to set the record straight I myself do not have tiger make-up just plenty of bronzing powder and eye liner LMAO!!!

hope that made you smile!!

hugs clare x

p.s Arran will be 3 tomorrow!!!

Nephews birthday

All I seem to be doing these days is making boy/men cards so watch out for them over the next few days.This one is for my nephew Andrew and he just loves tractors so I knew instantly which stamp I was going to use. Hamish was one of my very first Sugar Nellie stamps and I still love him.And here is the wee man himself

I will be entering this card over at truly scrumptious
papers-K&Co
sentiment-CC
image- Hamish fixing tractor by Sugar Nellie
stamp tiles- RAK
flowers- American Crafts
buttons-stash
candy- blog hop win
thread- rafia lace unthreaded
colouring- promarkers
cardstock-The papermill

Thankyou for taking time out from your busy lives, please leave a comment so I can come and visit you.

hugs Clare x

Two pees in a pod!!

I have made this card for Jack who will be 3 next Tuesday, the same day as Arran. His mum and I meet while we were having our wee boys in hospital and have stayed in touch ever since.

Here's a wee picture of my card which I am afraid is monster boy again but Jack loves dinosaurs so it seemed appropriate. Might have overdone the flowers for a wee boys card but Arran said it was lovely...never mind eh!!



image-monster boy by squiggle stamps
papers- K&Co again!!!hope your not getting bored of them
sketch-Sunday Sketch and Stamp
embellishments-punched flowers from DP papers- lesson learned keep the smallest of scraps,
card candy,gems,ribbon,sizzix dies for tag and squiggles.
sentiment-handwritten
medium-promarkers(arctic blue,powder blue,soft green and almond.

hope you are all having a great week so far

happy crafting!!

hugs Clare

Emily 4th Birthday

*** woo hoo I won over at A Spoonfull of Sugar***



Hello my lovelies, how has everyone's week been? I can't believe it's been a week since my last post. I did have a couple of free crafting nights but they were a total disaster. All I did was colour images, bin them, choose papers put them back, you get the picture. I eventually came down stairs to the horror of hubby and thought I would do a bit of housework. Hubby new something must be up so told me to sit down, watch tv and made me a cuppa. And that was exactly what I did!!

Really I should be making 3 boy birthday cards but I just wasn't in the mood and nothing came to mind. Instead I decided to make a birthday card for whoever came to mind while browsing through my images.

This Pollycraft (Mary Lou "hello sunshine") image reminded me of a little girl called Emily who comes to my toddler group. Her birthday isn't until July so I'll just have to keep it safe til then.Emily has red hair which I soon realised I had never done before. My images normally have brown hair, don't do blonde not sure why? Maybe something to think about next time!! The sketch shows circles but I have used swirls as they reminded me of her hair. To my amazement I found the perfect papers in my over flowing stash box. New year resolution use stash papers more!!

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The Challenges

Simon Says Stamp- Punch it
Sketch Saturday-Sketch
A Spoon Full of Sugar-Layers
Creative Card Crew-Punch it

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image- Pollycraft (thanks Deb's)
sentiment-CC
gems-PM value
punched-flowers,hearts & circles
die cut- sizzix swirls
papers-stash
medium- promarkers (denim blue,powder blue,Amber,Honeycomb,pea green,tan and grey green)

Distressing

For those of you that know me very well you would agree I am not the distressing type. I am a perfectionist everthing must me neat and tidy, clean cut, new and in the correct place. So when a few of my fav blogs had the theme of distressing this week I knew I was way out of my depth. But a challenge wouldn't be challenge if it was easy, so I took the bull by the horns so to speak and decided to face this challenge head on.

The problem was where do I start? I have seen many cards using distressing tools and products. I have certainly heard of the famous Tim Holtz but none of these things are in my home. Well the answer came when one of my cats (Sophie) decided to sleep in a cardboard box (full of D.I.Y)which wasn't that secure and so she fell in giving a load meow!!Off I went to save the cat and low and behold what did I find......sandpaper!!

Well I must confess I found sanding my gorgeous K&Co papers rather distressing excuse the pun! Who in their right mind would do such a thing, it just seemed so wrong but I carried on until I got the desired effect. I was going to say correct but I will leave that for the pros to decide and then I thought about saying happy.However that would be wrong too as I wasn't sure If I was happy destroying my gorgeous papers.

My idea of happiness is colouring my Sugar Nellie stamps using my new promarkers so that was exactly what I did next.

After having a wee play around with my new sizzix dies and some peewee glitter, I finally put together all the elements of my card and this is what the end result was.



Andrew aka hubby said my card wasn't distressed enough and made a few changes.Made us both laugh!!



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Below are the challenges I am entering

simon says stamp-distressing/DT call
sugarbowl challenge-fab sketch
sophisticat Challenge-doth the north wind blow

recipe

tools-sizzix dies (flowers and vines),bigshot,sandpaper,promarkers(dusky rose,khaki,almond)
stamp-Windswept(Sugar Nellie) & CC sentiments
papers-K&Co and The Papermill

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Do I like it??Answer=Unsure. I will certainly give distreesing another go. So feel free to leave any hints or tips in the comments section.

hugs Clare x

P.s Shhh don't tell hubby about sandpaper!!

Last but not least

This card was actually made Sunday night and only just realising I hadn't posted it. I had so much fun making this one ,my head was clear and I was totally relaxed enjoying playing with stamps I had forgotten or didn't know what to do with. I would really recommend a good rummage through your stamps it's amazing how you forget what you have.

Again I have used my new Penpal stamp from sugar nellie. Like I said the other day I coloured a few while I had a spare hour. I should've used the sugar bowl sketch but when I saw this one from Sketch saturday I couldn't resist it. The card is for my sister in laws birthday at the end of the month, super organised for me. Wish I could say the same for all the thankyou cards I need to make.

papers-K&Co Amy Butler
stamp-Sugar Nellie Penpal
sentiment and envelope stamp-CC
embellishments-stash
tools-big shot,nesties and Friskers template

Another card with several challenges

crazy 4 challenges-birthday(c4c19)
the pink elephant-birthday
the craft garden-new
sketch saturday-fab sketch

Well folks thats all for tonight but will be back soon with another baby card but this time it's a girl.

Take care Clare x

Messy Rabbit

One of my commission cards was to make a new baby boy card and I knew exactly which stamp I was going to use. Not the normal humming and hawing, no straight to my Joanna Sheen messy rabbit. This image stamps great every time and it is so easy to colour and the results I think are fab. I must admit I really like this card and fingers crossed I manage to create more like it. I spent ages looking for a sketch and finally decided on the one over at MAWTT. Their theme this week was love so I won't be entering but the sketch was perfect. I also used some inspiration that I picked up while blog hopping so a massive thankyou to them.



papers-K&Co Hopscotch boy
stamp/sentiment-Joanna Sheen messy rabbit
buttons-MME
ribbon-stash
flowers/hearts-punched
raffia lace-Papercellar
cardcandy- blog hop win!!

Would you believe another card entering several challenges, getting the hang of this now.

MAWTT-Sketch
ABC-L for Layers
Craftwork Cards-C is for Card candy

I would just like to add I am now a card candy addict!!

Bye for now
hugs Clare x

Monster Boy

Before I start rambling on about my card I just wanted to say a huge thank you to all my lovely followers and those who have left a wee comment.Group hug now!!!!lol.You truly lift my spirits when all is not well in 'the broons hoose' as my friend Dawn would say!!

Anyway I have been a busy wee bee of late hopping about mad on blogland picking up loads of inspiration and actually taking note rather than relying on memory. Which seems to fail me these days on a regular basis, way too much going on upstairs lol.Also I had been asked to make 3 commission cards so I thought this would be the ideal opportunity be a little more creative than usual. Please leave me a comment as I would love to know what you think and please be honest it's the only way I will learn.

This card came about after seeing Angela's card with this image. He is just so cute and having two wee boys myself I know he will be used many times. Please pop over to squiggle stamps you won't be disappointed, they even put in the sentiment which was a nice surprise.I would like to share with you the day I received my stamp.Normally whenever I receive any mail Arran shouts mummy Pat been aka post man pat or he will pull them out of letter box and put on kitchen table.Not today, while I was putting lewis to sleep upstairs Arran decides to open my mail (not the bill ones but my stamp parcel). He then shouts upstairs mummy look what you've got??A dinosaur stamp. Well to say I was shocked is an understatement but I was also saddened as I was so looking forward to opening my new stamp. Very childish I know but I have heard there is a child in all of us.

papers-K&Co Hopscotch
stamp-Monster boy by Squiggle stamps
ribbon,beads,gems-stash
flowers-punched
tools-nesties and friskars template
colouring-promarkers

I managed to enter this card into a few challenges this week which couldn't have been done without the help from Mandy's blog. Please pop over her cards are amazing.

challenges
Truly Scrumptious- Sketch
Fussy and Fancy- New

Sketch Saturday Week No84

I think I may have found another favourite Sugar Nellie stamp, so watch out you will be seeing a lot more of this stamp in the next few weeks. Nothing to do with the fact I spent an hour colouring a few of them hee hee.She is so easy to colour nothing too complicated but will need to learn how to use promarkers just been playing so far. I also have a new addiction, the beautiful K&Co designer papers recently purchased from Hobbycraft, me thinks my PM papers will be gathering dust in the not too distant future.

I did enjoy making this card but still feeling like my mojo is buried in the snow. Let's hope the snow doesn't last too long lol.
Here's my wee card



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Papers-K&Co Sparkly sweet
Stamp- Penpal Sugar Nellie
Flowers- punched and embossed swiss dots
Colouring medium- Promarkers
Ribbon-Stash
Cardstock-The Papermill
Button-MME
Sketch- Sketch Saturday

Thanks for popping by and visit again soon

hugs Clare x

New year resolution combine card with several challenges, help would be welcomed.

Sketch and Stash Challenge 26

Don't you just love it when a card just comes together easily, well so do I but not this one. I am even struggling to write this post, heads all over the place, having a wonderful yet nightmare of a week, want to explain the nigtmare but can't, wishing I could fast forward into next week when I know/hoping all will be back to norm. But hey can tell you the wonderful bits, hubby booked holiday for newyear, going to be an auntie again. Just found out today all is going to be ok with baby had us worried for a few weeks there, been perfect mum and wife made home cooked meals everyday, house in order and kids generally being good. I wonder how long it will last, I'll tell you not long lol.

I think I have ranted long enough so without further ado here's my card.





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papers,ribbon and button-MME( stash)
image-Planting with love (new sugar nellie)
flowers/star-punched
sentiment-CC
colouring-Promarkers
sketch- Sketch and stash
ribbon-stash
cardstock-The Papermill

Thanks for hoping over to my wee blog.Leave a comment so I can come and visit you.

hugs Clare x

Sugarbowl Challenge No25- Lilian's Sketch

Oh crap!!!...excuse my french but just realised my entry for sugarbowl challenge needs to be in by midnight tonight about an hour away and I have no card.To not enter would be a no no for me as I simply could not and will not miss the chance to win 12 Sugar Nellie Stamps. You would think that three weeks would be long enough right?? Only realised when another blogger was reminding someone else isn't that funny.

40mins later hubby currently taking pics as I write this post,god bless him.Finally here is my card finished but not 100% happy with it.There's just something not quite right with it but no time will change later.Ooops nearly forgot favourite colour is pink!!

Here is the sketch
Here's my recipe for this card

DP-K&Co
Cardstock-The Papermill
Flowers-X-cut daisy punch
Colouring-Promarkers
Gems-Papermania shimmer dots
Sentiment-gold peeloff

Thanks for popping by
hugs Clare x

ABC Christmas Challenge

Ladies, Christmas has indeed come early for 201o, to be exact Dec 30th 2009. This is launch day for the new sister ABC christmas challenge blog. Yes you did read correct not a misprint.

When I first read this on my friend Dawns blog I was so excited. The sheer thought of putting away my Christmas papers and stamps was simply heart breaking. Also yet again I failed this year to make a card for everyone and had to send some shop bought ones.So this challenge blog is perfect. I have also came across some gorgeous creations like boxes, gift bag and tags etc that I so wanted to make but again didnt have time.

So if you are like me always behind at Christmas why not pop over and join the girls. They also have a blog hop until Dec 30th.

Hope you all had a great Christmas and looking forward to seeing all your wonderful creations in 2010.

hugs clare

Merry Christmas

Hi all my lovlies, hoping you are all well and for most of us enjoying the wonderful snow. Fingers crossed we will have a white christmas, how perfect would that be!!

I would like to thank you all for popping by to my blog, leaving beautful comments and for some even becoming a follower. I also want to say thankyou for your support and friendship during these tough last few months, you know who you are!! I know I have made new friendships that I am hoping will last a lifetime and can't wait to see what 2010 brings.

So on that note have a merry christmas and a happy new year when it comes. xxx

P.s I will try and hop over to your blogs and leave a personal message to you all since I was unable to send cards to you all.

Big hugs Clare x

My Award....Just fabulous

Over the past few weeks I have been given this award three times!!! This award came from Mel, Susie and Dawn so I am sending a huge hug to all you lovely ladies. I can only apologise for the delay in posting this award but here it is finally. I would never have thought it would've been so hard.Here goes...

Where is your cell phone? - knee

Hair? -short

Mother ? - sleeping

Father ? - on computer

Favourite food? -Crisps

Dream last night ? - forgotten

Favourite drink ?- Tea

Dream goal ? - career in crafting

What room are you in ? - familyroom

Your hobby ? - crafting

Your fear? - leaving my children behind

Where do you want to be in 6 years time ? - happy

Where were you last night ? - Mel's house

Something you aren't ? - tall

Muffins ? - chocolate

Wishlist item ? - promarkers

Where did you grow up ? - Bonnybridge (no ufo jokes please!!!)

Last thing you did ? - put children to bed

What are you wearing ? - pyjammas

Your tv ? - x factor

Your pets ? - sleepy

Your friends ? - out of this world

Your life ? - wonderful

Your mood ? - up and down

Missing someone ? - yes

Vehicle ? - chauffeur

Something you're not wearing ? - socks

Your favourite store ? - Next

Your favourite colour ? - pink

Last time you laughed ? - 30 mins ago

Last time you cried ? - Today (Mil in hospital)

Your best friend ? - Fiona

One place you go to over and over ? - toddlers

Person who emails you regularly? - girls from toddler group

Favourite place to eat? - Wetherspoons

Facebook ? -yes (farmville)

I would like to give this award to all my followers. Your supossed to send it to 5 people but I simply couldn't choose. So please take this award and can't wait to read your one worded answers.

Thanks for popping by
Big hugs Clare x

Moving Along With The Times Challenge No24 Clare C's Sketch/Animal Theme

Would you believe my luck. I was asked to make a new baby card today and was wanting to use my new Joanna Sheen messy rabbit stamp, given to me for my birthday from my buddy Mel. Anyway all I needed was a sketch so I thought I would pop over to MAWTT as I hadn't entered for a couple of weeks. Well, I couldn't believe my eyes when I read it was an animal theme, what was the chance of that. Once again a great sketch from Clare and here it is below if you want to join in.

Here's my card

My ingredients are as follows

backing papers- sweet nothings Papermania
stamp-Messy Rabbit by Joanna sheen
ribbon-stash
brads-Papermania
cardstock-The Papermill
colouring-Whisper markers (watercoloured)

Thanks for popping by
Clare xxx

Sugarbowl Challenge No 24- Marlene sketch include zig zag

After popping over to the Sugarbowl blog and seeing those gorgeous new stamps from Sugar Nellie, I just had to enter again this week. I finally had a night when I was actually awake enough to craft and boy have I missed crafting. If you want to join in the fun here's this weeks sketch.

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So here is my card and yes it's a xmas one......and that makes 8!!!!


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Here's the recipe

*DCWV backing papers
*silver ric rac
*Catch a falling star (sugar nellie) stamp
*punched stars from backing paper
*The Papermill cardstock
*Coloured using Whisper Markers

Sugarbowl Challenge No 23- judy's sketch -thankfullness

Wow aren't the sugarbowl dt cards amazing and so inspiring. This week it's thankfullness and I wanted to say thankyou to my rak buddy Dawn for giving me a wonderful blog award ( in working progress). Once again Maggie never fails me, she is gorgeous and wonderful to stamp.

Here's my take on judy's sketch


The recipe....
image- Birthday Maggie from Mel
ribbon- Mel
paper- £1 shop
cardstock-The Papermill
colouring- watercoloured using whisper markers and koi waterbrush
sentiment-peel-off

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Here's the sketch if you want to join in the sugar bowl challenge.


Thanks for blog hopping here.

Big Hugs Clare x

Sketch Saturday Week 76 -Debbie's

Yipee I have found yet another sketch challenge blog while blog hopping.Once again I missed out on posting a card in time for the challenge. But with mil still in hospital time is not what I have on my side at the mo.

This card was made was made for my buddy Mel, she is such a wonderful buddy of mine. So please pop over to her blog here. And without further a do here is my card for Sketch Saturday.

The recipe.....

image,sentiment,ribbon and papers- My buddy Mel again!!!
flowers-punched and pm value gems
image- flower girl- gorjuss by Sugar Nellie from Funkykits.

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Here's the sketch if you want to join in.

TTFN Clare xx

Sketch and Stash Challenge 23

Another favourite blog of mine Sketch and Stash. If I ever need a sketch or inspiration it's the place to go. The simplicity works well allowing you to create amazing cards without the rocket science.

This card is for a teenager who is a very special girl indeed. Not only is she turning 12 in a few days time but someone who isturning into a very intelligent and beautiful young lady. The little girl is quicky fading and I really need to remind myself she is no longer the 4 year old flower girl at my wedding.

Below is my take on the sketch. Unfortunately the lighting is poor causing the card to look a bit wishy washy. They are looking for a guest designer so fingers crossed. If you want to join in the fun click here.

The ingredients ....

image- Anya- from buddy Mel
flowers- punched with value pm gemstones
cardstock-The Papermill
colouring-Whisper markers watercoloured using koi water brush
shoes- coloured using sakura stardust pens
sentiment- peeloffs
backing paper- from craft superstore

Thankyou to all you peeps for dropping by.

Big Hugs
Clare xxx

MAWTT Challenge 21 - Clare w's Sketch & Open Theme

The recipe....

papers- Buddy Mel
ribbon- Buddy Mel
image- Hamish by Sugar Nellie from Funkykits
colouring- Whisper Markers watercoloured using Koi water brush
Boots- gloss tip from buddy Susie
sentiments- gold peel-offs
cardstock-The Papermill

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Another card for my brothers birthday as you can see it's from us Broon's. My buddy Mel gave me a huge stash of backing papers and amongst it were these. Of course instantly I thought of my wee man Hamish, I am a Scottish lass after all. The sketch is from MAWTT and it was perfect. So if you want to join in click here.

Below is the sketch.

Thanks for dropping by and please leave a wee comment and I'll visit you soon.

TTFN Clare xxx

P.s Boo hoo didn't win the designer post.

Sunday Sketch & Stamp Challenge No 15 - Maggie's Sketch

Don't you just love the sketches over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp. You are guaranteed a fabulous sketch every fortnight and not to mention lots and lots of fun. So if you haven't already joined the girls, what you waiting for, pop over to their blog here.

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Oh my god my little brother is turning 30 in two days time. I still see him as a wee boy and not the man he is. I wanted to make a very special card, not the usual square card so while blog hopping over a Mandy's sprinkling of glitter I found a blog called.Their challenge this week was an easel card and the best bit is they give you tutorials every week. For a novice like me it was perfect, give it a go it's so easy and the results are amazing. Unfortunately I didn't post my card in time for crazy 4 challenges but I had fun and my mum loved it.


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Here's my wee Hamish!!

and the recipe is.....

image- Birthday Hamish-Sugar Nellie from Funkykits
scalloped circle- Spellbinders- gift from my mum
ribbon- Mel
cardstock-The Papermill
embellishments- stash
Hamish- stamped onto coloured paper.

Thankyou for popping over to my blog.Please leave a comment and I'll pop over to your blog.

Big hugs Clare xxx

Help

Help!!!!is there anyone out there who has a stamped image which is appropriate for a doctors thankyou card.
If so could you email me and I will give you my address.

Big hugs Clare x

Get Well Card

This card has been made for my mother -in-law Anne who unfortunately is poorly in hospital.The sketch is from the Willow Sketchie Challenge blog but I won't be entering this card as I later found out you have to use one of their products, boo hoo. I only had an hour to make it before visiting time and had came across it while browsing on my friend Heidi's blog. Not to worry the sketch was fab and my hubby loves it.

Here's the recipe for my wee card

cardstock-The Papermill
backing papers- From my buddy Mel
embellishments-punched flowers and PM value gemstones
sentiment-Clare Curd
image-Sugar Nellie's Summer Ice-cream from Funkykits
colouring-Whisper Markers & Koi waterbrush

Thankyou for visiting my blog.Please leave a comment or become a follower so I can pop over to your blog.

Big Hugs Clare x