Handmade With Love.....: Cupcake Challenges

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Tuesday, October 18

Feeling Blue?

I hope you are all having a lovely day. I am so mixed up with the days., I have had it Sunday all day! Our schools are off for the week ...AGAIN! Dont get me wrong, i love having the kids about. There is no alarms, no pulling Sean out of bed, no trying for ages to get Carrie up therefore a relaxing morning.

I am still not great with water retention, i had to have the day in my PJ's as my jeans wouldnt go over the calf of my legs. I am usually a size 10 but there is not way they jeans were going anywhere. Really felt fed up and feeling rotten. Thankfully the kids were here to keep me company and on my toes. Roll on my appointment for the Kidney Physician.

Anyway enough about me and onto my card. I was over the moon last week to find that Krista Smith has opened her Digi Shop on Etsy and her images are amazing. I have got myself a few to start with my my wish list is long! I have a teen birthday coming up so i will be heading there for my image!

Here is my card for the SC challenge;

The challenge over at Saturated Canary is to have stitching on your project so i got the old sewing machine out and gave it a go. Last time my stitching was all over the place but with practice my lines are getting straighter. I am still having the problem of some stitches are missed. I think its to do with the tension..anyone any suggestions??? I coloured my image, called Poppy the Circus Girl, with Promarkers. I love her expression! Reminds me of my Carrie when she is all dressed up in her fancy dress outfits and looks at me as if to say "what you looking at?!" She also goes about with her hamster on her too so its like just like her!

My papers are ones i have had for a really long time, Papermania, creative tones. I have the blue pad and black pad and not used the much, i dont know why, they look great once layered up.

The made the oversized handmade flower by running a stitch along one side of the wide ribbon and then gathering it all in and stitching the ends together. I thought it looks like Poppy's flower in her hair and but when Carrie came and looked she said it was also like her skirt! She is quite right but no matter what you might think its more like, i like how it brings a element of the image onto my card.

The ribbon, gems, button and handmade pins are just found among my stash. The bunting has been embossed with my Cuttlebug embossing folders and inked in blue and all the edges have been inked with Stormy Sky distress inks.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

Saturated Canary Challenge - Stitching

Charisma Cardz - in Stitches

Cupcake Challenge - Buttons and Bows

The Squirrel and the fox - One for the girls

Thanks as always for having a look, i really do appreciate your kind comments!

Thursday, January 6

Cheers!

Hi There, I am having another sleepless night so what else is there to do but make and post a card for some challenges. There is quite a few challenges i am entering the card into so will just list and link them all at the end.

I used the sketch from the Sketch and Stash challenge, such a simple and easy one to follow. For the background i used one of my fav cuts from the Cricut Storybook cartridge. I mounted it on the tiny sized foam pads so it stood out. I decided, in one of my play about moments, to cover all the swirl cut in Crackle Accents...i dont know what i was thinking about but it actually turned out better than i thought. Kinda looks like snake skin!! (Cant see it in this picture i dont think.) My LOTV image is one i have had since its release date and never ever inked it up. I had it in my head that it would be a nightmare to colour....it was the total opposite. I used my Promarkers and for the cat i just used Cool Greys 1,2 and little bit of number 3. I added a few dots of Glossy Accents on the cats nose, present tag and the glasses. The flowers are a mix match of flowers i had in my scrap/extra bits and bobs box and i just layered them and added one of my handmade flowers on the top. I inked all the edges of them and added Glossy Accents and tiny bit glitter. I actually liked how it turned out. My button was also a old button of the inside of my old jacket!! I added some of my favourite Glossy Accents and glitter. The sentiment was recycled of another old card i had lying about. The pin, beads, pearls and ribbon were just all from my stash.

Here goes for the list of challenges i am entering the card into!

http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Buttons and Bows

http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/ - Celebrate Something

http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/ - Recycle ( i used a old button, flowers and sentiment)

http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ - White is White. (Hope this is white enough!)

http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Followed sketch and i used a stamp bought a long time ago but never inked up until tonight!

Goodnight..(good morning actually) and thanks for popping by and having a look!

Take Care,

Tuesday, December 7

Red and White Christmas!

Hi, We gad a massive amount of snow fall yesterday here. As most of you seen on the news the roads were gridlocked and it was total chaos! The schools were just back yesterday after being closed all last week due to the weather. By lunch time yesterday the roads were getting so bad we were worried about getting the kids home. We stay in a small village right in the middle of Edinburgh and Glasgow and my oldest travels to school by bus so I had to arrange for him to be picked up. My other two kids are at the village primary which also closed early yesterday. All schools now closed again today and waiting to hear about the rest of week. Its not fun anymore and its so deep its causing real problems. Our telephone lines were down yesterday, trees falling and i have seen a few hut and garage roofs collapsing!

Anyway enough about the snow! Here my card for the day. I am going to just list and link the challenges i am entering at the bottom of the post this time as i am in a bit of a hurry. I have had this Forever Friends stamp for years and never used it. He is coloured with Promarkers and kept it really simple to fit with the monochrome challenges and a few that are looking for red and white. The sketch i used is from the Crazy 4 challenge blog. I have used one of my red and white flowers that i found in the bottom of my stash last week and the sentiment was one i had left in my xmas stash from last year too.