Creative Craft Challenges

Morning all.


Well, it's Tuesday and it's time for another challenge over at Creative Craft Challenges  and this time we want to see creations from you using the theme

Cream and Gold

This fortnight we are sponsored by Stampin Dragon and Crafty Ribbons.

I thought I'd be different this time and I've gone for a scrapbook layout. I'm not sure it's finished yet.... I just can't leave it alone but I'm happy with it. This is my Mum and Dad on their wedding day - 47 years ago :)

No new products were harmed in the making of this layout! Use It Up 2012. 


Cardstock - Crumb Cake, Stampin Up
Paper - from Stash
Embellishments - Swirl (sent to me by my lovely friend Sarah), flowers and pearls from stash


Remember to pop over to Creative Craft Challenges to see the rest of the Cream and Gold inspiration the DT have left for you!

Thanks for dropping by today. I am off to help at the school fun day this morning (weather permitting obviously), should be fun. Maybe ;)


Hugs. Susan xxx

BOGOF....Cathy Wallington, look away now.

No, I've not started working in Asda! I'm talking cards! I made this card for a wee girl's party that Scott had been invited to at the start of May. I was showing it to one of my friends at work who loved it and asked if I could make one for her niece. Then she gulped and said that her niece's favourite colour wasn't blue.... although to be fair, Yvonne did say I could make it lilac.


However, I bowed to the customer's needs and did a **** one.  Sadly though, I forgot to take a photo of it before I gave it to Yvonne but she took it back into work today and Andy took a photo of it and sent it to me, so it's not quite as a good a photo as the other two.

Challenges I'd like to enter:


Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Make It Monday 
Creative Stamp Friends - Birthday
Aud's Sentiments - Any Sentiment for a Child's birthday




Image - Little Ballerina, LotV coloured with Copics and Promarkers, Sentiment, Ladybug Crafts Ink
Cardstock/Paper - From stash
Embellishments - Bakers Twine, Card Candy, Ballet Shoes (blue ones coloured with Copics
Tools - Flower punch


I've had quite a productive couple of days. See, the football is quite useful for something ;)


Thanks for dropping by today. Hugs. Susan xxx

Share it On Sunday

It's a rainy old Sunday but it's time to Share it On Sunday over at Sugar Nellies. Today Karen has shared a photo of the exterior of the new shop which will be opening next weekend in Old Meldrum. If you're in that area next weekend then I would suggest that's the place to be!

I saw this photo on Kath's blog this morning and thought I'd share it! It's a group photo from yesterday. I'm right at the back, hiding! And I am hiding, you can't actually see me! Oops.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday. Hope it's not too wet where you are. I am watching the tennis, where it is also raining and I am *slightly* disturbed at the sight of Rafa wearing ****.....


Susan x

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Well what a busy week I've had! I will not bore you with the details though.


Craig wanted to see the Olympic torch in Glasgow last night so Andy went to pick the boys up early from after school and brought them into the city centre. While he was picking them up someone offered them 3 tickets to the event being held in George Square so although I met up with them they left me as they had to be in the Square by 5.45pm. I didn't want to go home without seeing the torch so I went for a coffee but then a friend also came in with her son who is Craig's pal and I met up with the two of them. We stood for ages in Buchanan Street waiting but were rewarded with a sight of the gorgeous James McAvoy carrying the torch! I'm so glad Sharon actually had her camera with her!!

And so very early today the lovely Cass and I set off for Perth for the final Girls Just Want to Have Fun day.  


There were 3 workshops in all run by Debbi, Kath and Anne.


This is Debbi's project - a fabby altered notebook. 

This is Anne's project. Instead of using material we used napkins. You will notice that I tried very hard not to use all the pink bits of the napkin.... Poor Anne, she even had to get out the Soft Suede ink pad so I could use that instead of the pink!

And finally this Kath's project. So lovely and is now hanging up in my living room. Although it's not in a permanent slot but I just wanted to display it.


I'm thinking that this or the notebook would make great gifts for the boys' teachers. I may have to work incredibly hard between now and the end of June though.

We had a fantastic day, lots of fun and laughs and lots of work!  The only trouble is, I now have a very long shopping list!!


Enjoy the rest of your Saturday. We're flitting between watching the football and It's A Wonderful Life (yes, a tad unseasonal I grant you....)


Susan xx

Sweet Stampin' Challenge

It's Saturday and time for a new challenge over at Sweet Stampin'.  This week it's the turn of Team Abi to provide your DT inspiration for the theme this week.


And this week the theme is.....

Stitching

The stitching can either be real or faux just as long as it's there and don't forget to stamp!

This week we're sponsored by Sew Sweet who are offering a £10 voucher to spend in their shop and our monthly sponsor is Joanna Sheen who are offering £10 to spend in their shop.

So hop on over to Sweet Stampin' to see the stitchy inspiration that Team Abi have left.

Thanks for dropping by today. I'll be back later :) 

Susan xxx

Totally Papercrafts Challenge

Morning all, it's time for another challenge over at Totally Papercrafts. And this week it's the turn of the gorgeous Cathy to choose the challenge and for this week the challenge is 

Doodle On It

We are sponsored this week by Delicious Doodles who are offering 4 digi's of the winner's choice to the winner.

This is my card. I'm not particularly happy with it - I'm not a great fan of my doodling and this isn't really what I had planned to do with this card but as I didn't take what I needed to Cass' on Wednesday this is what I ended up with.  

Challenges I'd like to enter:


Sugar Bowl - sketch (and optional theme of shades of purple)
Papercrafting Journey - Colour it Up
Make it Monday
Oh La La - Make it Girly 
Oldie but A Goodie - Anything Goes (that purple card has been in my stash for a very very long time. I haven't bought any 12x12 card since December and it was in the paper holder a long time before that!!!)
Papertake - Anything Goes




Remember to pop over to Totally Papercrafts and see the rest of the doodling inspiration the DT have left for you :)


No new products were harmed in the making of this card! Use It Up 2012.


Image - Pippi Longsocks, FunkyKits coloured with Promarkers, Sentiment, Little Yellow Bicycle
Cardstock/Paper - from stash
Embellishments - Pearls from stash


Thanks for dropping by today. Enjoy your Friday - been a short week eh?!


Hugs. Susan xxx

I am still here...

Just in case you were at all worried ;)


The head injury appears to be just fine - thank you for your concern. And the brains (or what little there is of them appear to have remained in tact)


What a busy couple of days I've had! 


Yesterday I was looking after Scott's wee pal while his mum went to work, I handed him back and immediately the child took ill and had to be off school today.... it wisnae me guv, honest!!(to be fair Lorraine did say he wasn't well to start with but I think being here and having the boys to play with probably took his mind off it!)


Last night I was round at Cass' and had quite a productive night. Although I do need to spread this productiveness (is that a word) through the rest of the week too. It was, as ever, a late one and I pottered about for a wee while when I got home and then red my book so it was very very late by the time I slept. This morning I was awoken by Andy shouting get up.... my clock bizarrely had decided to lose an hour through the night and so was displaying 6.07am instead of 7.07am (alarm is set for 6.45....) kinda threw me out for the rest of the day!


Tonight I didn't get home from work until after 9 as I was attending some training for the Parent Council! I am now very tired but here I sit blogging and commenting (although I may not get round to blog visiting till tomorrow night).


So here's one of the cards I made last night!

Challenges I'd like to enter:


Sugar Bowl - sketch (and optional theme of purple)
Make it Monday


No new products were harmed in the making of this card! Use It Up 2012. Image - Bumble Bee, Funky Kits coloured with Promarkers, Ticket, free from Craft Stamper magazine
Cardstock/Paper - From stash
Embellishments - From stash
Tools - QuickKutz corner, Cuttlebug


Thanks for dropping by today. I'm off to bed now to make up that extra hour my stupid clock deprived me of this morning!!


Hugs. Susan xxx

Oops!

What a day yesterday was. Took the boys to Jurassic Parrr which is an adventure golf place close to us. They were having a ball until we got onto hole 17. I was waiting for them at the end of when I decided I needed to get out the way in case of flying golf balls. I stepped back over a rock which was bigger than I anticipated and ended up sprawled on the ground. And there was blood... and being a head injury there was quite a lot of it! 


Anyway, the boys and Andy continued their game... and I visited the first aider who patched me up. He said it was a graze rather than a split so just advised that I should visit the hospital if I felt dizzy or unwell! Thankfully everything was fine and although I didn't sleep very well last night cos every time I turned over I seemed to hit the sore bit.  

So today we've been visiting friends which was lovely as we've not seen them for a while.  The boys and Katy had a ball playing together and even 2 year old Callum tried to join in but he's just a tad slower than them at the moment!


Haven't managed much crafting - although as I write that that isn't strictly speaking correct. I've coloured in a few images, matched them with paper and card. They just haven't made into actual cards just yet!


I also wanted to share a photo of my Mum and Dad today as this would have been their 47th wedding anniversary, unfortunately I saved it on the computer (which is Scott's room) not the laptop!


Thanks for dropping by today. 


Susan xx

Sweet Stampin Challenge

Morning all, it's Saturday and it's time for a new challenge over at Sweet Stampin. I warn you now, it's a toughie! This time we want you to use.....

Your Favourite Stamp

Told you it was hard... I spent a long time trying to decide what stamp to use. I didn't want the rest to be insulted when I didn't pick them. Over on the SN Facebook page, the lovely Fi who runs the challenges set a challenge on Sunday of Things With Wings so I thought I would combine this card with that challenge. I narrowed down my choice to Pippi and Rosie. Then I thought I would use my favourite ever Stampin Up paper Elegant Soiree. Pippi has way too much attitude for Elegant Soiree so the card became Rosie!

We are sponsored this week by Letraset who are offering a set of Promarkers to the winner. Our monthly sponsor is Joanna Sheen who are offering a £10 gift voucher to the winner.

Challenges I'd like to enter:


Creative Inspirations - Lots of Sparkle
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Things With Wings
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Papertake - Sketch
Crafter's Companion - Time to Embellish
Fussy and Fancy - Swirls and Flourishes
Cutie Pie - Die Cuts and Punches
Love to Create - Add a Sentiment
Hotshot - Die Cuts


No new products were harmed in the making of this card! Use It Up 2012.


Image - Rosie, Funky Kits coloured with Promarkers and Copics
Cardstock/Paper - Stampin Up
Embellishments - From stash
Tools - MFT flourish die, Flower Punch, Label Nesties, Cuttlebug


Remember to pop over to Sweet Stampin to see the rest of the Sweetie's favourite stamps!


Thanks for dropping by today. Enjoy your Saturday :) 


Hugs. Susan xxx 

Totally Papercrafts Challenge

Here I am back again with my card for the new challenge over at Totally Papercrafts.


This week our hostess is the lovely Linda and she has set us the challenge of 

More Than One Fold

We're sponsored this week by Simon Says Stamp!


Here is my card for the challenge. And yes, you've guessed it. It's Scott's birthday card!  I am so chuffed with this card. I really hope he likes it (I've scheduled this post so this is before he's opened it!). I've coloured him in in red as he's got a red Scotland goalie strip which he loves :)

Challenges I'd like to enter:


Crafty Boots - Anything Goes
Cutie Pie - Die Cuts and Punches
Here Come The Boys - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Circles
Fab N Funky - Celebrations
Penny's - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Stampin Royalty - Male Cards
Aud's Sentiments - Any sentiment
Lili's Little Fairies - Anything Goes
Love to Create - Add a Sentiment


Image - Goalie Boy - LotV coloured with Promarkers and Copics, Sentiment, LotV
Cardstock - from stash
Paper - from a K&Co pad of Cass'
Embellishments - from stash
Tools - Circle Dies, Go Kreate, Big Shot Pro, Happy Birthday punch, Martha Stewart, Primitive Stars die, Sizzix


Remember to pop by the Totally Papercrafts blog to see the rest of the inspiration the DT have left you!


I'll be enjoying the birthday celebrations today and may return later with some photos to share. The birthday boy is having a party in a soft play place near us with a few of his class mates and friends. 


Hugs. Susan xxx

Happy Birthday Scott

7 years ago today we went from a family of 3 to a family of 4! To be honest it seems like yesterday. 


This is a layout I finished recently (started it ages ago) but only finished it a couple of weeks ago. It seemed fitting to leave it until Scott's birthday to share with you. I say finished. I haven't actually added any journalling yet. That's on my to do list for next week at the Crafty Cabin.

No new products were harmed in the making of this card! Use It Up 2012. 


Cardstock/Paper - Bo Bunny
Embellishments - Bo Bunny, charm from stash
Tools - Fiskars - Threading Water punch


Be back later with my DT card for Totally Papercrafts. 


Hugs. Susan xxx