Sping and a Sketch

Good afternoon and what a glorious one it is.

I am just deciding whether to do some gardening or make some cards mmmm...I might get to do both if I get a move on.
When hubby came home from work yesterday and pottered in the garden the chickens were taking the weeds out of his bucket as fast as he was putting them in!

Today's card is for Little Claire's Designs and it is 'Spring and a Sketch' (17 days left).
I hope that my bee doesn't look drunk as it looks like he should be tilted over a bit but couldn't fit him in - he looks happy enough though!

Inside the card:

 

Hope your day is sunny and bright!

Ta ta for now

 

Items used:

Little Claire's - Pretty garden stamps,  Papermania sweet nothings paper.

Cherry Jubilee

Hello blog world!

It is quite sunny here in Devon but still very cold. At least I will hopefully get my washing dry on the line today. A quick post and on with the hoovering, polishing, ironing etc......... I hate housework but love the feeling of a nice clean house so I suppose it's all worth it in the end.

Here is a card that I made for Sketch Saturday  (follow the sketch- 4 days left)

As you might have guessed by now that two of my favourite things are Penny Black stamps and Glossy Accents!

Hope that it's sunny where ever you are.
Ta ta for now.

Items used:
Penny Black 1686K Cherry Jubilee, My Minds Eye quite contrary papers, Fiskars border punch, Glossy Accents, Dovecraft cupcake Boutique resin flowers and a gelly roll pen for the spoon.

With or without Glossy Accents?

Good afternoon and hope you're having a happy Sunday!

I couldn't decide whether to add Glossy Accents to today's card so I thought that I'd take a picture before and after:

 

I think it's better with!

 

Items used:

Glossy Accents!,  Stampin Up - Best Dad Ever stamp set,  Versacolor 505 icicle ink pad - it has 5 colours so I kept within the lines of ink to get the different coloured ties. It was quite tricky but I thought it was quite a good idea!

 

I made a few cards today so that I can post them over the next couple of days - very organised for me!

Oh yes I almost forgot I was sooo excited to see that I won a Simon Says Challenge for my Paris card - Fantastique!    I will have no trouble in spending my voucher.

 

Ta ta for now.

 

Challenges:

less is more Follow the sketch (5 days left)

sweet stampin challenge blog   Anything But Birthday (5 days left)

simon says stamps Anything goes (2 days left)   

 

Make a wish

Good evening. A late one for me tonight.

The Penny Black image that I used for tonight's card is one of my favourites. The thing that I don't understand is why it's called 'Cheesecake' wish! Weird.
The paper is Docrafts Henbury Lane and sentiment is Pink petticoat.
Anyway here it is:

I had a delivery of lovely Stampin Up goodies today and can't wait to get stuck in!

Hope you are all well.   Ta ta for now.

Challenges:
sweet stampin challenge   Buttons, bows and polka dots  (2 days left)
Penny Black Saturday    Follow the sketch  (9 days left)
Passion for promarker challenge     Animals - and use promarkers of course!  (6 days left)

Meet Blossom and Buttercup

Good evening.

Firstly I'd like you to meet my new chickens Blossom and Buttercup.
They are a bit camera shy.

They are still getting chased around but I'm hoping that they will soon settle down.

 

Next for tonight's card.

 

 

That's it for me today - hope you have had a lovely weekend.

Ta ta for now.

 

Items used:

Stampendous Cling I love Paris. Prima Botanical collection paper.

 

Challenges:

 

Simon says stamps challenge Travel / Cityscape's  - 2 days left

 

sketch Saturday  Follow the sketch  - 4 days left.

I'm back!!

Hello all.

I have been absent from the blog world for a while as I have had the flu - yuk!  Also the last few days I have been other wise engaged - chicken refereeing!!  I will explain, my two chickens are two and a half years old so are not laying as many eggs now and I decided after much thought to get two more. The trouble is it is very stressful to introduce new chickens as the 'pecking order' has to be confirmed. I hate seeing the new ones being chased and pecked so I probably shouldn't but I intervene and split up any scuffles!

I had a lovely surprise return to blogging as I found out that I won a prize of 7 free digi stamps from Bugaboo for entering my Tilda card at ABC Challenges. Fabulous! The only trouble was deciding which images to choose - decision making is not my strong point! 

For today's card

Challenges:
less is more   One layer card - Film.  Mine is Cinderella
sweet stampin challenge  Pastels

I used Hero Arts stamps, pro markers and glossy accents with glamour dust.

So that's it - hope the card isn't too plain, I still struggle with CAS.

Ta ta for now.

Floral Fantasies card entry

Good morning.

Today's card I would like to enter into Floral Fantasies celebration blog entry. It's Brenda's fourth Bloggaversary and she is fast approaching 4,000 followers!  WOW.
I have taken inspiration from her header on her blog.

I have used a mishmash of stamps - Hero Arts, Hobby Art and Art Impressions. Good old Glossy Accents and Stampin Up butterfly die.

    I was supposed to add this logo to the sidebar of my blog but I don't know how!   Any help would be appreciated.

Must dash as I'm off out for the day with hubby and youngest son (eldest has to work)

Ta ta for now