Sunday 26 February 2012

LIZZIES CHRISTMAS CARD CLUB FOLD CHALLENGE!!!!

Hello all!!! wow what a beautiful day it has been. So nice to not have the heating on and have the windows open. Only now I am starting to get a bit chilly. 

It was LIZZIE'S turn this fortnight to select the challenge for the Christmas Card Club and she chose to create a card with two or more folds. This is my card;


MATERIALS I USED

PLAIN WHITE CARD FROM THE GLITTERPOT
MY MINDS EYE "TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS" CARD
HOUSE MOUSE STAMP
RIBBON FROM STASH
HOLLY SPRIG FROM MULBERRY CRAFTS
ANITA'S SENTIMENT
PROMARKERS (BERRY RED, IVORY, BLUSH, TAN, APPLE GREEN & WARM GREY 1)

If you would like to join our expanding Christmas Card Club just send me or any of the girls an email. We make a card each fortnight and we are a group of friendly girls wanting to make a few cards before December. Go check out their cards on my side bar. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Big hugs Clare xxx




Friday 24 February 2012

STAMPSCAPES SCENE CARD

Hope all of my lovely friends are well. Just a short post to tonight to share a card I made today.




















MATERIALS I USED

CRAFTWORK CARDS CARD & ENVELOPE
BROWN BAZZILL
GLITTERPOT PLAIN WHITE CARD
STAMPSCAPES STAMPS (CATTAILS, CROOKED LIMB, LAKESIDE CABIN & ROW BOAT)
PEBBLES HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUB ON
RIBBON & EYELETS FROM STASH
DISTRESSED INK PADS (ANTIQUE LINEN & AGED MAHOGANY)

Just want to wish everyone a wonderful & safe weekend.

Big hugs Clare xxx



Thursday 23 February 2012

Kathy's Waffle February Sketch Challenge

Hi all, sorry I haven't been around for a few days but ive been a busy girl and i'm also a year older since my last post lol!!!. I had a wonderful Birthday on Tuesday and was thoroughly spoilt. I am paying for a busy few days but it was more than worth it.

I have made my card for the February challenge over at Kathy's Waffle, go check it out!!!.






















MATERIALS I USED

TURQUOIS BAZZILL CARD
PLAIN WHITE CARD FROM THE GLITTER POT
DOODLE BUG POLKA DOT PAPER
STAMPENDOUS "SAILBOAT BAY" STAMP
PEBBLES HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUB ON
KAISER BLING
FLEXMARKERS
GLOSSY ACCENTS


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


INCY WINCY DESIGNS - Birthday
LADYBUGS CRAFTS - Spring is in the air
TUESDAY THROWDOWN - Winter Blue's (using blue on your project)
MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES - Lots of layers
CES CHALLENGES - Spots and dots
DREAM VALLEY CHALLENGES - Just for men


Thanks for stopping by and I will be back again real soon. Thank you so much for your lovely comments they really make my heart happy.


Big hugs Clare xxxxxxxxxxx





Sunday 19 February 2012

CATCHING BUTTERFLIES

Good afternoon all, hope everyone is having a good weekend. What a beautiful day it has been today. Bit nippy in the wind but so lovely to have the sun out. Making me look forward to Summer now!!!.

I have been asked to make 12 cards for a friends Grandchildren, three girls and one boy. As my friend does not live so close to them all she loves to send them little packages with cards and she also likes them personalised. So I have made a start. I have dragged a lot of my cute stamps out and even managed to get hold of some Thomas the Tank stickers to do the little boys cards (that is all he is into lol!). Here is my first card.


CARD RECIPE

WHITE, PASTEL BLUE & OCEAN BLUE BAZZILL CARD
LOTV BEAR IMAGE
FLOWERS FROM MULBERRY CRAFTS
SPELLBINDERS LABELS EIGHT
NELLIES MULTI FRAMES
BRADS FROM STASH
FLEXMARKERS & PROMARKERS
STICKLES (DIAMOND & EUCALYPTUS)

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

LADYBUG CRAFTS - Spring is in the air
CRAFTY CREATIONS - Warm & cuddly teddy bears
CRAFTY CATZ - My favourite things (stamps & flowers)

Will be back again soon with more cards to show.

Thank you for stopping by and I really appreciate all of your beautiful comments.

Big hugs Clare xxxxxxxxx

Tuesday 14 February 2012

MAKE WISHES COME TRUE (HMFMC113)

Hope everyone has had a Happy Valentine's Day and have managed to clear all of the many cards from their letter boxes!!!. 

I have managed to get the HOUSE MOUSE & FRIENDS challenge (HMFMC113) done nice and early this week. The theme is "make wishes come true" so I had the perfect stamp to use. Here is my card;




















MATERIALS I USED

CRAFTWORK CARDS WHITE CARD
PINK HAMMER CARD 
WHITE LINEN CARD
HOUSE MOUSE STAMP
KARS HAT PIN
KAISERCRAFT BRADS
sentiment & TWINE FROM STASH
FLEXMARKERS & PROMARKERS
SPELLBINDERS FANCY TAGS
SPELLBINDERS FLEUR DE LIS SQUARES

It is a little hard to see from the photo but I have lifted the fleur de lis square onto foam pads to give the image shape and I ended up liking the effect of the inner pattern of the Fleur de lis frame instead of squaring it off with a plain nestie. 

Blimey can you imagine having a cake that big lol!!!!!.

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

MY TIME TO CRAFT - Bring on the cake
TUESDAY THROWDOWN - use twine on your card
MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES - Cute critters
BUNNY ZOES CRAFTS - Celebrations

Thanks for dropping by and have a wonderful evening whatever you are doing!!!

Hugs Clare xxxxxxxxxxxx




Sunday 12 February 2012

HOUSE MOUSE & FRIENDS LOVE BLOG HOP CHALLENGE #112

HOUSE MOUSE & FRIENDS are having their first blog hop challenge of 2012. The theme IS "love" and has to contain more than one heart on the card.
This is the first time I have taken part in a blog hop and can't believe all of the giveaways that are going on!!!. Here is my card;




















INGREDIENTS I USED

RED SHIMMER CARD
GLITTER POT PLAIN WHITE 300gsm CARD
RED & WHITE POLKA DOT CARD BY DAISY BUCKET
HOUSE MOUSE STAMP "LOVE" CHOCOLATE HEART SET
PRIMA FLOWERS & SAY IT IN PEARLS
COUNTRY COMPANIONS HEART BLING
CARD CRAFT SUPPLIES FILIGREE SILVER CORNER & CREAM JUTE
PROMARKERS (IVORY, BLUSH, TAN, BERRY, WARM GREY 1, CARAMEL & SANDSTONE)
"I LOVE YOU" PEEL OFF FROM STASH

Right best get off to post my card as the deadline is looming!!!.

Big hugs Clare xxx


SYLVIE'S CHRISTMAS CARD CLUB CHALLENGE!!!

Hello everyone, hope you are keeping warm. Not sure about you but we had a lot of snow here in Eastbourne this morning. I have been struggling to keep warm today, even though the heating is cranked up. Not having a good day with the Rheumatoid today either and hoping the steroid injection the Rheumy gave me Thursday will kick in soon. He is starting me on a new drug shortly which is monthly and I can inject myself at home which is good. It is called SIMPONI (for my fellow RA sufferer's & medical bloggy friends out there!). So hoping that it helps as this will be the 7th drug trial I have been on.

Anyway onto the gorgeous SYLVIE (GIBMISS) Christmas Card Club challenge which was to make a card featuring snowflakes.




















INGREDIENTS I USED

PLAIN WHITE CARD & BLUE LINEN CARD
SILVER MIRRI CARD
WILD ROSE STUDIO POLAR BEAR & PENGUIN STAMP
KAISERCRAFT "BE MERRY" CLEAR SENTIMENT STAMP SET
KAISER BLING
KARS ORNAMENT BOX SNOWFLAKES
SNOWFLAKE CUTTLEBUG EMBOSSING FOLDER
FLEXMARKERS
DIAMOND STICKLES

If you are interested in joining the Christmas Card Club just drop one of us girls an email. We are just a small friendly group who create a Christmas card every fortnight. The girls are listed on my sidebar so why not pop over and see their lovely cards.

Thanks for popping by and I will be back again soon.

Keep warm, love Clare xxx

Tuesday 7 February 2012

HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY!!!

It is my lovely niece Rebecca's 18th Birthday today. Just don't know where the time goes it's scary, only seems like yesterday I was cradling her in my arms after she had come home from the hospital.
Me and Dad won't get to see her until the weekend so has helped as been poorly for a few days and got behind with making her cards. 

Rebecca absolutely loves cats (just like her Auntie lol!) so thought I would make at least one of her cards with one on.




















MATERIALS I USED

PLAIN IVORY CARD FOR THE EASEL 
IVORY & PINK BAZZILL CARD
MY MINDS EYE PATTERNED CARD
K&CO BROWN PAPER FOR PAPER PIECING THE CAT
HELZ CRUPPLEDITCH COCO CAT STAMP
LOTV CIRCULAR STAMP
PRIMA FLOWERS
WILD ORCHID ROSES
SPELLBINDERS CIRCULAR SCALLOP, CIRCULAR & LACY SQUARE NESTIES
HAT PIN & BOWS FROM STASH
GLOSSY ACCENTS
STICKLES (EUCALYPTUS, PINK & DIAMOND)
PROMARKERS

Just thought I would show you a picture of Miss Simone posing with the card!!!!

















I would like to enter my card into these challenges;

PAPERTAKE WEEKLY - Anything goes with the addition of a heart or love theme (I have a heart on the flower pot)

SIMON SAYS - Animal antics

Hope everyone is keeping warm as it's set to get to -13 this week according to weather reports, brrrrrr!!!!.

Big hugs Clare xxxxxxxxxxxx






Wednesday 1 February 2012

GORJUSS GINGHAM!!!

Hello everyone. Blimey it's freezing!!!!. Hope everyone is keeping warm and rugged up. I'm not feeling very good today, feeling all fluey but then again it is probably the Rheumatoid. Throat sore, snotty nose, headache and every joint in the body hurting. 
Oh well I guess with this weather it is to be expected.

Anyway's I have made another card using a sketch from KATHY'S WAFFLE SKETCH FILE BLOG, this is the first time that I have participated over at this fab monthly challenge blog. There is still 4 days left to have a go then the February sketch will go up. Go over and check it out.

So here is my card;




















MATERIALS I USED

CRAFTWORK CARDS CARD & ENVELOPE
WHITE & MAUVE BAZZILL CARD
HANDY HIPPO MAUVE GINGHAM PAPER 
GORJUSS STAMP (IMAGE FROM A FRIEND!)
CRAFTWORK CANDY
ANITA'S RIBBON
WILD ORCHID FLOWERS
LACE SQUARE NESTIBILITIES
FLEXMARKERS & PROMARKERS
GLOSSY ACCENTS

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

CES CHALLENGES - Check it out
MY TIME TO CRAFT - "A" is for adorable

Well that's it for now. Thank you so much for your wonderful comments.

Make sure you all keep warm my friends.
Big hugs Clare xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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