Craft Your Days Away - For Children

Happy Saturday!

Hope you've all got something nice planned for the weekend. Today will see me buying some gold wool to crochet a tea cosy - how random!  I've never made one in my life but in a months-ish time it'll be entered to the a competition at the Staffordshire County Show - so no pressure!  How hard can it be?! (Although, I think I may be bitten off more than I can chew here!)

A fabulous new challenge launches today at Craft Your Days Away.

This new challenge is For Children, which is fabulous, even better is our amazing sponsor Bugaboo who are providing a great prize of 7 images (how will you choose?)

So here's my card:

I used an image from Bugaboo called Kidz Boy Balloon, my papers are Gracie Taylor - Playtime, for the denim paper and Papermania - Happy Birthday to You for the lighter paper.  The cupcake is cut with a Marianne Die and I used the world's supply of Glossy Accents on the balloons!

So why not pop over and see the rest of my teamies creations and then play along with us - I can't wait to see what you create!

I'd like to enter this card in to the following challenges:

Ladybug Crafts Inc - Birthday Cards

Passion for Promarkers - Cut it Out

Stampin' for the Weekend - Sparkle and Shine

Thanks for looking, hope you all have great weekend!

Julie x

Birthday Boy!

Evening!

Hope you're all good - I love Wednesday's as it's the end of my working week - WOOP WOOP!   I'm especially excited about a trip to The Range this week as I've been led to believe that they have a good craft section!!

Here's a card I made at the weekend for my friend's super-cute little boy Jake - he is one!

This bugaboo image is so cute - I'm going to use this for my little boy's birthday at the beginning of May!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Everybody Art Challenge - Card for a Man
The Stamping Boutique - Anything Goes
Saturday Challenge - A Mans Card
Our Creative Corner - Boys and Their Toys
Sketch and Stash - Sketch (New Digi and Seam Binding / Old Papers)

Thanks for looking!  Enjoy the rest of your week!

Julie x

Christening Card

Hello!

I've got a nice evening of catching up blogging planned!

Today we've been to a lovely Christening for one of our friends little girl.  She is almost two and so looked so cute wandering around in her beautiful dress.

Here's the card I made for her:

Hopefully it's appropriate for a christening!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Catch the Bug - Photo Inspiration - I loved all the yellow
Sketch Saturday - Sketch
Paper Sundaes - Anything Goes
Sundays With Chrissy - Favourite Colour Combo
Bunny Zoe - Ribbon or Twine

Thanks for looking!

Julie xx

For Fun Guest Design - Western Theme

Morning!

Hope you're all having a good week so far!

The lovely people over at For Fun Challenges have let me guest design for them this week and next week!  Thanks!!!

This weeks challenge is Western and here's my card:

This cute little guy is from Bugaboo, the sentiment was done on my computer and I've distressed some Core-dinations card.  I was um-ing and ah-ing about what to embellish it with - I never seem to have anything good for guy type cards as the usual pearls and gems don't really work!  However I was thrilled when found these star shaped brads that I bought ages ago in a sale and had forgotten about.

I can't wait to see what other people have made - I love having a good old nose round other peoples blogs, and it would be great if you joined us this week too!

Thanks for looking!

Julie xx

Grrr ... Computers!!

Evening!

Our laptop is offically dead.  It's gone to be repaired, luckily we knew it was on it's way out, so everything has been backed up.  So now I am using our antique old laptop, which is only just coping with me typing this post.  So you'll have to bear with me for random spaces and spelling.

It's not going to be back with us until at least the 20th January - which feels like a very long time away. But at least once it's fixed we won't have to keep the screen at a certain angle to keep the picture on, listen to the noise of the fan trying to take off and have  a full set of keys on the keyboard.  It should have gone into be repaired ages ago - but it was almost useable so we've not bothered.

So remember to back up your computers, it's one of those things we know we should do but never get round to!

Anyway here's my latest card:

The image is a bugaboo freebie from a while back.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes + New Theme
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
Sketch Saturday - Sketch
Little Miss Muffett - Something New
Di's Digi Designs - Show Us Something New
Craft Your Days Away - New Beginnings
Craft Calender Challenge - New News + Buttons and Bows
Sassy Cheryl's - New Beginnings

Thanks for looking!

Julie xx

Thank-you

Hello!

I don't think my postman likes me very much any more as I've had three parcels today!   I'm still waiting for one though - but apparently big companies like Sizzix don't need to dispatch their parcels anytime soon after you place your order they just send it out at their leisure!

I also just want to say thanks to Brenda - I received my blog candy today and I'm a very happy girl!  Thanks very much.

I've managed to persuade one of my work colleagues to come and do a self-defence talk at our Woman's Institute next week.  I know I can hear you say - "you're far too young for the WI!" but ours is a younger group and is all about eating cake rather than making Jam.  So I made him this card to say thank-you!

I put some glossy accents on his weapon, it looks cool!  The black and silver card were both left over from my brother-in-laws birthday card last year.  The black card is lovely - it's kind of shimmery/shiny effect.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Passion for Promarkers - Thank-you
Tuesday Throwdown - Shiny New Year
Aud Sentiments - Use Your Scraps
Bizzy Becs - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking!

Julie x

Under the sea

Evening!

I'm feeling quite excited as I've had an email today to tell me that one of my rather large sale sprees has been despatched - can't wait to dive in - hopefully it will arrive tomorrow!

Here's my latest card - I had something else in mind completely but somehow this happened. Not to sure about it - it's a bit random.  I think the pink hello doesn't work - I might change it later on.  I really like this mermaid though she's so cute, I bought her new in the bugaboo sale!  Everything else has been lurking in my craft drawers for a while!

I'm also getting a bit fed up with the weather it impossible to get a decent picture at the minute - especially as it's dark and gloomy. How do you all manage to get better pictures?

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes - Something Old, Something New

The Stamping Boutique - The Number 12 - 12 Starfish!

Freshly Brewed - Use Something New 

Sundays With Crissy - Beat the Midwinter Blues

Simon Says Stamp - Use Something New

Thanks for looking at my very random card!

Julie xx

Happy Christmas!

Hello!

Today we are off to spend Christmas with family, so this will be my last post for a couple of days.  My little girl now screams (with excitement!) when Santa is mentioned, my little boy is only 18 months so all he knows is that the Christmas tree is a great toy!

Here's the card I made for my brother-in-law and his girlfriend!

This card is so sparkly as the dp is glittered, plus the Ho Ho is covered in crystal stickles, and then just in case I hadn't started a world shortage I put just a little bit more the Santa hats!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Card Crafter's Circle - Christmas
Simon Says - Let's Play Bingo (Ribbon, Gems, Glitter)
Aud's Sentiments - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet -Anything Goes
Stamping for the Weekend - Anything Goes

I'd also like to say hello to my three new followers:  Pat, Katerina and Shaz - thanks for stopping by - it's much appreciated!

Anyway - Hope you all have a fab Christmas!  See you all on the other side of the turkey!!

Julie  x

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