No Cards - Just Cake!

Good afternoon all.

Just thought that I would share a photo of the cake I made last night:
Parsnip and Maple Syrup Cake

I found the recipe over at Caroline's blog (kiss-keep it sweet simple) a very long time ago.

The cake is scrumptious and it won't last the day!!

Is your mouth watering now?!!
Eve x

Celebrating Snow

Good morning all.
Blimey its a bit chilly today! The chickens didn't want to come out of the coop this morning!!
Still at least its dry and sunny.

I have a Penny Black card to share with you:

Items used:
Penny Black 'Celebrating Snow' 4095H
Memory Box 'Frostyville Border' die
Stampin Up Blendabilities
LOTV sentiment tag
LOTV Winter Wishes paper
Stickles

Off now for a major house clean then hopefully will be able to craft later, after all "all work and no play...."
Which brings me onto my new years resolution (something that I don't usually bother with)-
1. When I have finished a card it has to be placed into cellophane with envelope to save time.
2. To blog more often which means to spend more time crafting :)

Number 1 is already a success so I'd better keep up with number 2!

Thank you for visiting me today and I hope that you have a fabulous day.
Eve x
Challenges: 
Penny Black Saturday challenge  'Snowflakes' 4 days left. (so excited when I won last month!!!)
Sketch Saturday  (I rotated the sketch)  4 days left.
Pixie's Snippets Playground  'use snippets' this is my 3rd entry and I used double snippets here as I used the stars and dots from the waste of the die cut (which was also a snippet).

Merry Christmas!

Here Comes Christmas

Good morning all.

I have a Penny Black card to share with you today:

Oh how I love Penny Black Hedggies!!

Maybe I should have been brave and drawn a line around the image to make it stand out?

Items used:
Penny Black 'Here Comes Christmas' 1863K
Promarkers
Glossy Accents
Glamour Dust
Sentiment from Stampin Up

So that's another Christmas card to add to the pile that I haven't written yet - eek!!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope that you have a wonderful day.
Eve x
Challenges:
Less Is More  'One Layer - Snow'  3 days left.
Penny Black and More  'Special Occasions' (mine's Christmas!)  15 days left.
Stamping Sensations  'Winter Wonderland' (Hope that mine fits the theme?) 15 days left.
Papertake Weekly 'Last Christmas Card'  6 days left.

Magic Reindeer Food

Good morning lovely blog people,
I won't go on about my lack of posts recently but will try and make up for it this week with regular visits.

Here is some 'Magic Reindeer Food' to share with you that I made for my craft fares:

 and the poem on the back:

 Also some Doggie Christmas Treats:

They went very well at the fares and I could have sold more!

I will hurry over to Pixie's Snippets Playground before the gates close and share them with the playmates!

The die is from Stampin Up and the images were from a free download.
Hope to see you soon as I'm going to spend the day crafting - bliss!
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend.
Eve x
Edited to say:
I have just come back from the playground to find that the gates have already closed.......sob, sob!!
Hopefully Miss Di will let me share them in next weeks challenge instead.

Christmas Candles

Good evening all.
My apologies for my absence but I have been busy making things for a few craft fares.

Here are some candles that I have decorated:

What do you think - nice or naff ?!!

I will take my candles over to Papertake Weekly Challenge where the theme is 'Anything goes' with an optional extra to make a gift or decoration for Christmas (and hope that they don't laugh too much at my creations!!).

Right I'm off to watch 'I'm a Celebrity' - love it!
Hope you have a lovely evening and thanks for stopping by.
Eve x

Teddy Bo Wedding Card

Good morning everyone.

As always I think that it is very important to say where your inspiration came from when casing a card so when I saw THIS card by the queen of all cards (and hearts!!) I knew that I had to have that image. So here are my versions with a few changes of course:

Items used:
Teddy Bo image
Pink Petticoat paper
Martha Stewart Heart Border Punch
Stickles
Ribbon and Pearls from stash

The great thing about this image is that it is Pre-Coloured so it makes a quick card.

I recently did a craft stall and planned to take these cards but forgot so what did someone ask for - a wedding card......Doh!!

So that's my share for today, thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous day.
Eve x
Challenges:
Pixie's Snippets Playground 'use snippets' I used double snippets here as I used the hearts from the border punch!
Teddy Bo Challenge  'Glitter and Bling'

Sugared Spice

Good afternoon all.
For todays card I am using one of the new (very cute) images from Pink Petticoat:

Items used:
Pink Petticoat image 'Sugared Spice' and 'Peppermint Pink' papers
Copic, gel pen and Wink of Stella
The red Glimmer paper is from Stampin Up
Buttons and corner punch

So that's my share for today hopefully I'll be back tomorrow with some Snowman Soup!!
Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a fabulous day.
Eve x
Challenges:
Sketch N Stash challenge  (my new items are the Pink Petticoat images and papers) 7 days left.
Simon Says Wednesday challenge  'We're seeing stars' (the backing papers have stars too!) 1 day left.
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge Extra  'anything goes' 13 days left.
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper challenge  13 days left.

Penny Black 'Brightest Xmas'

Good evening lovely blog folk!!
I have a Penny Black Christmas card to share with you today:

Items used:
Penny Black 'Brightest Xmas' 2519K
Promarkers
Dovecraft Krafty Christmas papers
Pink Petticoat sentiment
Stampin Up word punches
Stickles
Glossy Accents
Glamour Dust
Snowflake punch and gem

So that's yet another Christmas card to add to the box - smug aint I!!
Thanks for stopping by today.
Eve x
Challenges:
Sketch Saturday  1 day left.
Penny Black Saturday   'All wrapped up'  22 days left.
Penny Black at allsorts  'Anything goes'  20 days left.
A Creative Romance  ''Winter Warmers'  1 day left.
Papertake Weekly  '2 or 4 legs'  5 days left.
I love Promarkers  'A Male Christmas'  5 days left.
Pixie's Snippets Playground  'use snippets'  2 days left.
Top Tip Tuesday  '3 or more papers' and my top tip is: to make my fairy lights sparkle on my card I dolloped blobs of Glossy Accents then added Glamour Dust while it was still wet - simples!!
11 days left.

Star of Bethlehem

Good evening all.
I have made a couple of cards for the Less Is More Challenge where the theme is one layer 'Starry, starry night'. But I couldn't decide which one I liked the most:

I think that I like the black one the best!

Items used:
F-2104 Santa Rosa 'Star of Bethlehem' stamp
Stampin Up black embossing powder
Wow! Sparkling snow embossing glitter (this is much more sparkly than the photo shows)
White gel pen
Glamour dust
SU gems

So off I go and link up to LIM before X-Factor and Downton!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a lovely evening.
Eve x

Chubby Chums

Good morning all.
I have a Chubby Chum to show you today!!

Isn't she cute!!
I paper pieced her using Forever Friends Kraft Notes papers and added a bell and ribbons from my stash - I was hoping for a cow bell look!!

A short and sweet post today - thanks for stopping by.
Eve x
Challenge:
Paper Smooches November 'Anything Goes'  2 days left.

Die-namics Bride & Groom

Good evening everyone.
I have a wedding card to share with you today:

 Inside:

 A close up:

Items used:
Die-namics 'Bride & Groom' and 'Ampersand' dies
Stampin Up 'Cheers to Love' sentiment, Glimmer card, card stock and embossing powder.

The Die-namics dies cut very cleanly and there is also lots of detail so I would definitely recommend them.

I made this card for my brother in law who is getting married tomorrow - pink suit and all!!

Well that's all folks - thanks for stopping by.
Eve x
Challenges:
A Creative Romance  'Pink' (hope that mine has enough pink!)  10 days left.
As You Like It Challenge  'Cute or elegant' (mine is elegant as it was more suitable for the wedding) 8 days left.
Crafty Cardmakers 'cut it out'  12 days left.
Pixie's Snippets Playground  'use snippets' 5 days left.
Sister Act Card Challenge  'anything goes'  3 days left.

Christmas Tree Die

Good evening all.

I have a Christmas card to share with you today:

Items used:
Clearly Besotted: Notebook edge die, Mini Banners stamp and Christmas Tree Die

I won't waffle today as hubby has just gone to get the Chinese Take-away .......Whoop who!!

Thank you for visiting my blog and I hope you have a lovely weekend.
Eve x
Challenges:
Sketch Saturday  5 days left.
Clearly Besotted Challenge 'Christmas'  5 hours left.
Papertake Weekly  'Black and White and...'    2 days left.

Bee-happy!

Good afternoon everyone.
I hope that you are having a super Sunday!

I don't know what is going on with the weather at the moment - a few days ago I was ready to turn the heating on and now it is very mild again. Weird!!

Here is my card for today:

Apologies for the photo overload but I couldn't decide which one to use!

Items used:
Pink Petticoat paper
Memory Box dies
Little Claire Designs sentiment
Glamour Dust

I cut the fish tail by hand which was quite brave! Also the bees are VERY tiny so were a little fiddly to put together (tweezers came in handy!).

Well I'd better go and clear the table ready for tea - oh how I would love my own craft room!

So that is it for today, thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.
Eve x
Challenges:
Sketch Saturday  'follow the sketch'  (I rotated it)  5 days left.
Pixie's Snippets Playground  'use snippets'  6 days left.
Less Is More  'Little Creatures'  5 days left. (I hope that I have left enough white/black space around my card if not please delete my entry)

Caroling Trio

Good afternoon everyone.
Oooww is it me or has it turned very cold? The heating will have to go on soon!!

Here is my card for today:

Items used:
Penny Black 'Caroling Trio' stamp
First Edition 'Gilded Winter' papers
ProMarkers
Distress ink (around the edge)
Stickles
Glossy Accents
Pink Petticoat sentiment
Stampin Up punches

So that is my share for today.
It's roast pork for tea tonight followed by chocolate pudding - those are the nice things about winter!!

Thank you for stopping by and hope you enjoy the rest of your day.
Eve x
Challenges:
Moving along with the times  'Doggone it '(or any other animal)  1 day left.
Penny Black at allsorts 'Get ahead for Christmas'  14 days left.
Deep Ocean challenge  'Christmas in October'  5 days left.
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge  'anything goes'   17 days left.
I love Promarkers 'Autumn-colours'  5 hours left.

Little Puddings

Good morning all. I hope that you are enjoying your weekend.

A CAS Christmas card to share with you today:

 

Items used:

Clearly Besotted 'Little Puddings' stamp set

Liquid Pearls

Glossy Accents

A Black pen

Various inks

 



Not sure if I'm happy with the icing as it looks a bit messy :(
Anyway thank you for stopping by today and I hope that you find some craft time all to yourself!
Eve x
Challenges:
Less is More  'one layer, twice once more' 5 days left.
Clearly Besotted Challenge 'Christmas'   13 days left.

The Horror Team

Good evening all.
Here I am again juggling both of my blogs with little success - oh well I'm trying!!!

A Halloween card to share today:

How cute are these guys?!!

Items used:
Penny Black 'The Horror Team'  4089K
Pink Petticoat papers
ProMarkers
Stickles
Glossy Accents
Stampin Up sentiment and punches

Must dash as the chickens need putting to bed!!
Thanks for stopping by and hope you enjoy your evening.
Eve x
Challenges:
ABC Challenge  'U for unique' (anything goes)  8 days left.
Crafting for all Seasons 'Too-cute-to-spook'  8 days left.
Penny Black Saturday challenge   'Halloween or Halloween colours'  26 days left.
Divas by Design challenge  'Spooky Creations'  2 days left.
Sketch Saturday  'follow the sketch'  5 days left.

Caroling Duck!

Hello there blog world!

I have a CAS Christmas card to show you today:

Items used:
Penny Black 'Caroling Duck!' 2988H
Promarkers
Stickles
Glossy Accents
Die-namic 'Blue prints 8' die
Pink Petticoat sentiment
Ribbon from stash

Do you think that I've mastered this CAS lark yet?!!
I wish that I knew what style of card that I am best at and would love to know what you think.

So there is another Christmas card for the box - one less to make when things are busy.
I hope that you have had a lovely day and thank you for visiting me here at my little old blog!!
Eve x
Challenges:
Less Is More.  'Face the music and dance'  2 days left.
Allsorts Challenge  'Based on a film title' - mine is 'A Christmas Carol'    1 day left.
Christmas at Sweet Stampin challenge  'Christmas Critters'   13 days left.
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge  'Anything goes'   6 days left.
Papertake Weekly  'Oh How Cute'  5 days left.

Autumn Flowers

Good evening all.
After a nippy start it has turned into a lovely autumnal day so my card is quite apt:

Here I used my newly purchased Clearly Besotted 'Autumn Flowers' stamp set - love this set!!

This is actually my second attempt as when I nearly finished my first card I accidently dropped an inked stamp onto it which left a smudged mark.........Grrrrrrr!
Oh well I will save it and maybe cover up the smudge with something at a later date.

Luckily there are quite a few 'Autumn' themed challenges around at the moment so I'd like to enter the following:
Clearly Besotted 'Autumn'
Penny Black and More 'Autumn Colours'
Fantasy Stampers 'Autumn Colours'
4 Crafty Chicks   'Fall'
Cute Card Thursday  'Awesome Autumn!'
Creative Knockouts 'Happy-fall-y'all' 


So that's my share for today - thanks for visiting and hope you enjoy the rest of the evening.
Eve x

Indigoblu 'Juliet'

Good afternoon lovely blog people.

A very dreary day here in Devon so a spot of crafting to cheer things up a bit!

This is my entry for  the Indigoblu Challenge 'Indian Summer'.
I have kept it fairly simple as otherwise it would be too busy.

Items used:
Indigoblu 'Juliet' code:JI
Black ink then clear sparkly embossing powder
Tonic paper
Enamel dots

Now I must go and post on my much neglected Stampin Up blog.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some craft time for yourself.
Eve x

Hot Chocolate Anyone?

Hello there - remember me?!!
I have been missing from blog land with my old enemy - Tonsillitis :(
The thing is Tonsillitis and I go back a LONG way, in fact I should have had my Tonsils out on my 18th birthday but I had a big party planned as I also got engaged. So I cancelled the hospital appointment and fell off the waiting list!!  Now whenever I get Tonsillitis it takes 10 days of strong antibiotics to clear it up. But never mind I am on the mend now.
Here is my entry for the Less Is More   Challenge where the theme is one layer 'Beverages':

Items used:
Paper Smooches 'Cyber Café' and 'Geo Graphic' stamps
Stampin Up inks
Glamour Dust
Glossy Accents
Fluffy Stuff
Brown metallic twine chopped up!

So that's my share for today, thanks for visiting.
Eve x

LOTV 'New Hat'

Good afternoon everyone.
Yet another gorgeous sunny day here in Devon - Ansome!!
I have a Lili of the Valley card to share today:

Items used:
Lili of the Valley 'New Hat' stamp
LOTV sentiment and 'Bonnets and Bowtie's' papers
Copics
Wink of Stella pen
Flowers and ribbon from The Ribbon Girl
Glossy Accents
Liquid Pearls

I have neglected my LOTV stamps of late and should try to use them more often.
So that's it for now - hope you have a fabulous day and thanks for visiting.
Eve x
Challenges:
LOTV challenge  ''Pretty Papers'  21 days left.
Allsorts challenge  'Pretty in Pink'  2 days left.
ABC Challenge  'S is for Shabby Chic'   4 days left.
Papertake Weekly  'Repeat Repeat'  6 days left.  ( I have repeated the flowers and pearls )
The Ribbon Girls challenge  'Add ribbons card challenge'  4 days left.

Candy Time!!

Good afternoon all.
Wow! another gorgeous day here so summer has not quite finished just yet!
A Penny Black card to share with you today:

Items used:
Penny Black 'Candy Time' 1679K
Promarkers
Nitwits papers (my favourite at the moment!)
Glossy Accents
SU cardstock and candy dots

I really enjoyed colouring this one in - very therapeutic!!
So that's me for today - thanks for stopping by.
Eve x
Challenges:
Penny Black Saturday challenge 'Brown, Blue and White' (hope my 'aqua' blue counts!!) 25 days left.
Sketch and Stash challenge (my 'new' item is the stamp - a recent ebay win!)  6 days left.
Penny Black at Allsorts  'Autumn Colours' (hope mine are 'Autumn' enough!) 22 days left.
I Love Promarkers  'Sweet Treats'  1 day left.