Monday 31 January 2011

Scrap Therapy Card Sketch Challenge Week Two

Hello my lovelies, hoping this post finds you all well on this cold and freezing Monday morning in the UK.
Here is my card for this weeks SCRAP THERAPY card sketch challenge by the beautiful MARGI.


I am loving these card sketches and challenges as they are making me create to a particular theme. I just love seeing what all of the other girls come up with in the gallery.

Will be back real soon with more creations.

Godbless, love Clare xxxx


INGREDIENTS

WHITE & LIME BAZZILL CARD
DOODLEBUG "NATURE WALK" PP'S AND ACCENTS
CARD CANDY
MEMORY ACCENT RUB-ON SENTIMENTS
NELLIE MULTI FRAMES (SCALLOP & OVAL SET)





Thursday 27 January 2011

Two New Blog Awards!!!

Wow i have been a lucky girl!!! i have been given 2 blog awards lately. Both awards are from the beautiful KERYN. The first being;


Thankyou very much Keryn for thinking of me hun!!!. Now the hard bit is thinking of 8 things about myself, so here goes!!!.

1. My very first childhood memories are sitting in my highchair and lobbing my bottle
across the kitchen floor (haven't changed much) and on another occasion sitting in my highchair at the tea table and my Brother Mark was being naughty so i called
him a "sod" (definitely haven't changed much). I personally blame the highchair for
my actions as there seems to be a pattern going on there!!!.

2. I love crime and investigation. Love watching things about mass murderers etc.
Hoping that doesn't make me too weird!!.

3. At the moment i am really into red and white polka dot things and wanting to
transform my kitchen in this style. Seen some gorgeous stuff on Amazon!!!

4. I feel so happy and content in my life. I always look at the good in my life if im     
not feeling great or having an off day with my Rheumatoid.
I have just started on a new drug trial which means going in to hospital for one
morning a month. I am keeping everything crossed that it works. I am very lucky
to be getting this treatment.

5. I am a vegetarian.

6. Things i dislike are cheese, milk, sprouts, cabbage, asparagus, broccoli, tea,
coffee, salad cream, coconut and anything without the V sign on products (oh
that's vegetarian!). Bad eating and table manners, rude people, mouthy people,
bullies, two-faced stirrers, bitching and sometimes losing my mojo!!!.

7. I will not have anything in my household which has been tested on animals. I
get all of my cleaning and washing products from CO-OP and all bath, body and
make-up from the BodyShop and other ethical companies.

8. Things i love in my life are my cats, family, friends, animals, crafting, my craft
room, my bungalow, chocolate, rice milk, fruit tea, rice cakes, all vegie stuff,
the smell of fresh cut grass, petrol and fresh bread, sunshine, snow, a warm
summers evening in the garden listening to the birds flying above, the sounds of
a distant plane while laying in bed at night, colours, happiness & laughter.
   
There i think that may give you a bit more of an insight into my life!!!. And now to the best bit is passing it on to 5 of my beautiful friends;






All of these gorgeous ladies have beautiful blogs and their own unique style which i think everyone needs to go check out. Now it is your turn girls to pass on to 5 of your friends and to add 8 things about you!!!!.




Now the second award arrived today from KERYN which The Love Blog Award. Thankyou again my beautiful friend for thinking of me. Below is a note describing the purpose of this lovely award.

Dear bloggers:

The aim of this action is that we bring unknown, good blogs to light, so I would ask you not to blog fellow bloggers that already have 3,000 followers. As always, the hardest part is to pick who to pass this on to, there are so many bloggers I could give it to but I pick these...
The conditions are that you must display the award on your blog if you are chosen and link your post back to the person who gave you the award and your acceptance. You can choose 3-5 blogs that you would like to give the award to linking their blogs to your post so people can go check them out. Hope that is all clear!!!.
Here are my five choices;
Each and every one of you girls deserve the love. Just wish i could give it to all of my followers, that's the difficult part!!!.
Well guess i had better get back to card making.
Godbless, love & hugs
Clare xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sunday 23 January 2011

Scrap Therapy Challenge

I am entering this card in to a Scrap Therapy Challenge. They will be running a weekly card and layout sketch while Lee-Anne is away touring American CHA!!!.


This card is for my friend going through tough times and she has a hospital appointment tomorrow so wanting her to know i am thinking of her.

INGREDIENTS

PRIMA "JACK N JILL" PATTERNED PAPERS
PRIMA FLOWERS
PRIMA JEWELLS
RED RAFFIA LACE RIBBON
DREAMWEAVER HAT PIN
WHITE CARDSTOCK
LABELS ONE
CRUSHED OLIVE DISTRESSED INK PAD


Thanks for popping by and hope you are all having a super weekend!!!
Godbless Clare xxx


Tuesday 18 January 2011

Friendship

Would just like to share one of my creations which i have been working on. It is a chipboard keepsake for one of my beautiful friends who is going through very tough times at the moment.







I just want her to know how much i love her and just how much she means to everyone. I just wish i could go through this battle for her but as i can't i am going to do everything in my power to be a positive friend in her life and make this journey as easy as possible for her. She has become somewhat of a surrogate Mum to me since i lost my beautiful Mum 2 years ago. I know my own Mum will be looking out for her.

Godbless you my dear friend xxxxx


INGREDIENTS

CHIPBOARD CUT BY THE BIGSHOT AND NESTIES LABELS
WHITE LINEN CARD
MY MINDS EYE PAPERS "PLAYFUL POSIES"
ALL PRIMA FLOWERS
KAISER BLING AND PEARLS
NESTIES LABELS ONE
RIBBON, BUTTONS AND CHARM FROM STASH
KAISER AND MSI SENTIMENTS


Friday 14 January 2011

Australian Flood Devistation - Lets Help!!!!!

I would like to appeal to all of my blog buddies!!!!

As im sure you are all well aware, the devastating floods in Australia have not only affected the citizens but also the animals, whether it be pets, cattle or wildlife. So many have lost their lives over the past few days and many have been injured or left homeless.

Guess you all know by now, i am the biggest animal lover and i would really love to do something to help as i do feel totally helpless seeing these images and speaking to all of my Aussie friends and also Helen my sister who lives in Queensland (luckily she was not in the affected areas).

I have added a link to one of the many animal charities that i support and 100% of all of the donations will go to the appeal.

THE ANIMAL RESCUE SITE

There are many more charities out there collecting for the welfare of animals for the Australian floods and i am sure each one is as good as the other and at the end of the day as long as all of the funds go to the cause to help, that is all we want.

So what am i going to do???? as many of you know i had my first round of the drug trial for my Rheumatoid on Tuesday (all went well by the way) and as a treat my friend said that we should both go have a pampering and get our nails done this coming Wednesday. It is going to cost £30 which is a lot of money to me but thought "bugger it, i deserve a treat!!!".
But NO!!! there is absolutely no way that i could sit there being pampered now knowing about all of this devistation going on out there. I am going to donate the £30 i would be spending to the THE ANIMAL RESCUE SITE which will help pay towards rescue, food, shelter, vetinary costs...........etc.

So my blogger friends, are you prepared to sacrifice something in your life for this needed cause??? even if it is £2.00 or £5.00 or £100 im sure that we can do without something which, lets face it, do we really need????.

Here are some pictures which may help you to decide;

















Please, please, please help these beautiful creatures!!!


Thankyou for listening friends xxxx 

Monday 10 January 2011

MY FIRST CHRISTMAS CARD FOR 2011!!!!

Keryn should be very proud of me!!! true to our pact i have made a Christmas card for 2011. We are trying to make a card/s every fortnight.


It really helped bagging this BoBunny kit in the sales for inspiration. I love limes, purples and blues and had my eye on this range long before Christmas but being an expensive  time of year i thought best to use what i had.  SALES ARE BAD FOR US!!!!!.

Im off for my first round of the new drug trial for my Rheumatoid tomorrow morning. Hoping & praying it helps.

Godbless and will be back again real soon.

Love Clare xxx


INGREDIENTS

CRAFTWORK CARDS BACK TO BASICS
BOBUNNY "A GIFT OF LOVE" BACK TO BACKS
BOBUNNY "WINTER WHIMSY" CARDSTOCK STICKERS
BLING FROM KARS
BUTTONS, RIBBON & EYELETS FROM STASH
TH DISTRESSED INK PADS - SHABBY SHUTTERS & DUSTY CONCORDE

Saturday 8 January 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR & MY FIRST CARD FOR 2011!!!

Happy New Year to all of my gorgeous blog friends. Ok we are eight days into 2011 but im trying ok!!!.


I made this for my lovely friend Amanda's Birthday this week.

So did anyone get any yummy crafty stash for Christmas??? i have been surfing all of the sales on the crafty websites and have bagged some bargains with money i received. Just wish they could keep the prices down all of the time, especially with the recent VAT increase, grrr!!!.

Not sure about you but it is so nice not being pressured to make Christmas cards anymore. It is lovely just to have a play and start using all of those stamps and materials that have been neglected or unused over the past few weeks.
Saying that though me and KERYN have kind of made a pact to make Christmas cards (or card hopefully!) and put our creation on our blogs once a fortnight. That way we will be way ahead for Christmas 2011 which is bound to creep up as quickly as 2010.

Promising to get around to see your blogs everyone and make sure im HERE more often and actually taking pics of my work and posting!!!.

Bye for now, back soon.
Godbless Clare xxxxxx


INGREDIENTS

CRAFTWORKCARDS BACK TO BASICS CARD & ENVELOPE
WHITE & RED LINEN CARD
MY MINDS EYE, GARDEN PARTY LUSH BLOOMS DAISY CHAIN PP
MSE! SENTIMENTAL RUBZ
RED PRIMA FLOWERS
KAISER BLING
EYELETS
RED BUTTONS
RED RIBBON
SPELLBINDERS NESTIES LABELS ONE
TH DISTRESSED INK PADS WORN LIPSTICK & TATTERED ROSE


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