I'm Back!

Just a little hello to let you all know I'm back from the sunny South of France! I can honestly say it was an EXHAUSTING trip, but I shall return (with my hubby though) so I can make the most of it next time! The scenery was just stunning in "Les Gorges du Verdon" where we did a fab rafting actvity, but not for the faint-hearted though! More about that soon, and hopefully some cards too!

Stamp Something "Christmas in July"

Hi, just a quick post to let you know about the new Stamp Something challenge, "Christmas in July". We have been sponsored by Firecracker Stamps this week, so here's my card using their images...


The images and text are all from Firecracker, paper is Doodlebug, embossing done on Cuttlebug. Pop over to the Stamp Something blog to find out more and see the other fab DT creations!

Short of Time...

Hi everyone!

Hope you're having a good week so far! Sorry I'm not posting much at the minute but I'm very short of time, work is taking up the lot!!! Tomorrow I'm going away for 2 weeks, to the Cote d'Azur! Unfortunately I'm taking 10 terrible teenagers with me so it won't be all St Tropez chic unfortunately! I'm hoping to get back in one piece so I shall be back to blogland soon after! Thanks for your support!

Please pop back on Friday to see the new challenge from Stamp Something!

What a Surprise!

Well I haven't had much time at all to blog this week as I've been helping prepare for a nocturnal market in the little town where we live. The theme of the market was "Great Britain" so as I'm the only english person in the town (that I know of) I was asked to give a hand by the Town Hall. Anyway the market was on Friday night, and all went well, we even had a thunder shower just so the rain added an extra bit of British authenticity lol! Anyway, after packing up around 1am I was sitting on the terrace of the local bar having a well deserved drink when a lady came behind me and said "Bonsoir"... I turned to see my parents standing in front of me! What a huge surprise, they'd drove 16 hours to come and surprise me as I've been feeling a bit down in the dumps lately! So as they go home Tues morning, I won't have much time to blog! But what a lovely thing for them to do! I'm lucky to have parents that care so much!

Stamp Something...Embellish Something

Hope you're all having a fab weekend! The weather here in France is scorching hot!

I've been really busy over the last few days and didn't get time to upload my DT card for the Stamp Something challenge which started on Friday so here it is...


This week's theme is "Embellish Something" so you have to use at least 3 embellishments on your card. I used the gorgeous black & white gingham ribbon (kindly sent to each member of the DT) which you can by from My Little Ribbon Shop. I also added buttons and felt flowers, the image is one of the Gorjuss girls stamps and the paper is from an old pack by Dovecraft.

Hope you can play along this week with the challenge, there's a fab prize up for grabs from My Little Ribbon Shop!

Have a lovely Sunday afternoon!

The Next Level and It's Twins!

Firstly "Happy Father's Day" to all the dads out there! My friend's hubby is a brand new dad as my friend has given birth to twin baby girls this week, and they're adorable! Annae & Maellys are both doing well, and mum is recovering from a caesarian as Annae was breach so not in the right position for a natural birth. I went to visit them in hospital and just fell in love, they're so beautiful and so tiny (but not premature so they should be able to leave hospital in the next few days).

Obviously, I had to make a card, and I went for the fab sketch over at The Next Level, which is really unusual. I did flip the sketch to accomodate my image, hope this is ok...



Recipe:
* Cute Twins Image, Sugar Nellie
* Promarkers (Pastel Pink, Vanilla)
* Paper, Pink Leaves & Rose Leaves, Rayher
* Bootie Brads, Poppicrafts
* Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
* Ribbon, buttons, etc from stash
* Baby verse on tag stamp, Elzybells
* All other text, done on PC

I've done a two sided tag to fit in the little pocket, and as this week at Cute Card Thursday the theme is "Tag, you're it", I'll also enter my card into the challenge (click on the tag pics for a better view).
Thanks for popping by, hope you have a lovely Sunday!

Stamp Something - Just Add Colour Somethings

Good Morning all! Well it's Friday again and another chance to take part in a new Stamp Something Challenge. This week the theme is "Just Add Colour Somethings" where you can only use black, white and one other colour...


So this is my DT card for the challenge, obviously my other colour is GREEN (it's one of my favourite colours as it reminds me of home - England is very green - something to do with all that rain lol). This week the challenge has been sponsored by Paper Makeup Stamps, which have the most gorgeous fairy stamps and some super cute monsters too! I think I'll definately do a few more cards with these cuties! I've used Promarkers to colour the image (Grass, Forest Green and Pastel Green) and thought I wouldn't get away with a fairy with green hair, but I don't think she's too bad. I've also added a bit of bling to her wings and hair...


The spotty paper and adhesive pearls are from Papermania, all other card and ribbon is from my stash (which is ever growing). I used the Cuttlebug Swirls Embossing folder to emboss my ribbon panel, just to add a bit more texture. Can you believe, in my mountain of stamps I didn't have a single "Good Luck" stamp so ended up writing this by hand!

Don't forget to pop by the other DT's blogs as they have created some beautiful cards with these lovely stamps this week, and of course you'll be in with a chance to win some fab candy if you take part! Good Luck!!!