ONE OF MANY!!!

Afternoon my lovelies, hope everyone is well. I have quite a few cards to make this week and this is the first one of many. 

INGREDIENTS

WHITE LINEN CARD

GREEN POLKA DOT CARD FROM HANDY HIPPO

LOTV IMAGE

NELLIE DIE

CRAFTWORK CARDS SENTIMENT

RIBBON & BUTTONS FROM STASH

FLEXMARKERS

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

SIMON SAYS - Anything goes

PAPERTAKE WEEKLY - Anything goes

INCY WINCY DESIGNS - Something old, something new (new stamp, old ribbon)
CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS - Colour scheme (green & white)

Just want to say a really big thank you for all of the beautiful comments that you leave. It really does make my day and makes me realise how luck I am to have such wonderful friends.

Will be back soon with more cards.

Lots of love Clare xxx

TO FLORENCE WITH LOVE

Hello everyone, I'm sorry I have been so quiet this past week but have been having a big craft room overhaul. My mate Amanda (my craft buddy!) is moving her stash in with mine as she has not got a room at her place to keep it all. Every time she comes over she has to lug bags of stuff over with her which seems daft as she spends heaps of time at mine anyway. With three kids still at home getting her own craft room is looking a long way off so I have decided to share my room with her!!!!. 

We go halves in a lot of craft stuff to save money anyway so it's just been a case of combining. Boy there is soooooo much stuff!!!. It has given us the opportunity to have a good culling session too and we are going to donate a bit of stuff to the local junior school. Will have to take some pic's when it is all done.

I have only been able to make one card this week so have got quite behind with my order. I know my friend was not in a rush but really want to get the other half done this week. My latest one is made for little Florence (one of her Granddaughter's) so wanted to make it nice and cutesy for her.

MATERIALS I USED

WHITE & BLUE LINEN CARD

GINGHAM PAPER FROM HANDY HIPPO

LOTV STAMP

ANITA'S RIBBON

PEEL OFF LETTERS

PROMARKERS

GLOSSY ACCENTS

SPELLBINDERS LABELS ONE

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

SIMON SAYS - Anything goes

CRAFTY CATZ - Punches & Dies

CRAFTY SENTIMENTS - Shaped but not square

I promise to be back real soon!!!!

Hugs Clare xxx

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FEELING VERY PROUD!!!!

Wow I have found out this afternoon that I was a winner's over at HOUSE MOUSE & FRIENDS for challenge #111 black & white card.

I am excited now as I was when I won Cardmaker of the Year for Craft Stamper magazine in 2010 lol!!!. This is the first ever blog challenge that I have won. I have not participated much in blog challenge sites until recently and now I definitely have the bug!!!.

I absolutely love HOUSE MOUSE & FRIENDS and I am building up quite a selection of these gorgeous stamps. You could say I'm addicted lol!!!. If you pop over HERE they are doing a blog hop with loads of lovely prizes. The theme for the next fortnights challenge #112 is "more than one heart" set by CHRISTINE.

Hope everyone is having a great Monday as I know I am despite the freezing cold weather.

Love & hugs Clare xxx

PINKY'S CHALLENGE AT THE CHRISTMAS CARD CLUB!!!

Hi there everyone!!!. Hoping everyone is well on this cold Sunday morning. I am just posting my card for PINKY'S challenge for the Christmas Card Club.

Pinky's challenge was to create a card with critter's on ie, an animal, a bug etc. So this was my take on it.

Sorry guys i'm so rubbish at taking pic's as it is a bit wonky lol!!!. Oh well atleast you can see it I guess.

MATERIALS I USED

WHITE, GREEN & RED BAZZIL CARD

PENNY BLACK "CHRISTMAS WISHES" STAMP

PAPER (THINK IT IS ECHO PARK)

KAISER RUB ON SENTIMENT

KAISER PEARLS

RIBBON FROM STASH

FLEUR DE LIS SQUARES NESTIBILITIES

PROMARKERS (TAN, BLUSH, IVORY, WARM GREY 1, RED BERRY & FOREST GREEN)

If you would like to take part in the Christmas Card Club just message me or any of the other girls. We make a card every fortnight with a set challenge. It is a great way of getting those Christmas cards made well ahead of December!!!.

Please go see the other girl's creations, they are all listed on my side bar.


I would also like to add my card to;


CHNC CHALLENGE which is to make a square card
LADYBUG CRAFTS which is to add bows to your card
SIMON SAYS anything goes
CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS anything goes
DREAM VALLEY CHALLENGES animals
BIZZY BECS anything goes


Thanks for looking and for your wonderful comments. They mean the world to me.

Have a great Sunday!!!.

Big hugs Clare xxx

BIRD WATCHING FRIENDS!!!

Hi everyone, hope you have all had a good Thursday. I'm just entering my recent make into some challenges. I absolutely love the Prima card that I have used but wish I had brought more as it's sooooo gorgeous!!!!. I can't find any more so if anyone out there knows where I can get some please let me know!!!!. 

MATERIALS I USED

BLUE & YELLOW BAZZIL CARD

PRIMA CARD

HOUSE MOUSE STAMP "BIRD WATCHING FRIENDS"

PEBBLES HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUB ON

MARTHA STEWART DOILY LACE BORDER PUNCH

KAISER PEARLS

PROMARKERS (TAN, SANDSTONE, BLUSH, IVORY, BUTTERCUP, KHAKI, PASTEL PINK & KHAKI)
GLOSSY ACCENTS

I am entering my card into the following challenges;

PAPERTAKE WEEKLY - Happy Highlights (mine is Glossy Accents)

SIMON SAYS  - Anything goes

BIZZY BECS - Anything Goes

DREAM VALLEY CHALLENGES - Animals

That's it for today. I'm just going out to tea with my lovely friend Wendy but will be back again real soon!!!.

Thankyou for your lovely comments, I really do appreciate them.

Big hugs Clare xxx

HOUSE MOUSE & FRIENDS BLACK & WHITE CHALLENGE

Hello blogland!!!! hope everyone is well on this Saturday afternoon. Not sure about where you are but it sure is blowing a gale in sunny Eastbourne. 

After a very slow start this morning with plenty of joint pain I have managed to get a few chores done around the house followed by a lovely warm bath and now heading to the craft room for the rest of the day (may have to shove a little nana nap in there somewhere too due to the heavy artillery painkillers!!!). 

Here is my card for the HOUSE MOUSE & FRIENDS challenge this week which had to be a black and white card.

MATERIALS I USED

CRAFTWORK CARDS CARD, CIRCLE SENTIMENT & SCALLOP CIRCLE

HOUSE MOUSE BIRTHDAY STAMP

DOODLEBUG BLACK & WHITE POLKA DOT PAPER

BLACK TWINE, BUTTONS & RIBBON FROM STASH

I am really loving taking part in the House Mouse challenges now I have plenty more HM stamps. One of my resolutions was to take part in more challenges out there so so far so good!!!.

Have a great weekend my lovelies.

Love & hugs Clare xxx

Challenges!!!

Hi there, just a quick post. Just want to enter my card into some challenges that I play along with. I got this gorgeous LOTV stamp from my lovely friend KERYN for Christmas and this is the first time I have used it.

MATERIALS I HAVE USED

LOTV STAMP
GREEN GINGHAM CARD, RIBBON, SENTIMENT & BLING FROM STASH
LABELS ONE NESTIES
PRIMA & WILD ORCHID FLOWERS
FLEXMARKERS
GLOSSY ACCENTS
ANTIQUE LINEN DISTRESSED INK PAD


I am entering my card in to the following challenges;


WILD ORCHID CHALLENGES - Anything goes
MY TIME TO CRAFT - Your favourite embellishment (mine is flowers!!!)
PAPERTAKE WEEKLY - Buttons, bows, blink or blooms
CHARISMA CARDZ - Happy Birthday
CRAFTY CATZ - Use something new (my something new is my stamp & the gingham card)


Hoping all of my lovely crafting buddies are well on this cold and wet day.


Buckets of hugs Clare xxxxxxxx