Milton

Afternoon all.

Well the household is literally 'bracing' itself for tomorrow, as amongst other things the eldest is having a fixed brace fitted - and he (nor the rest of us) are not looking forward to it. His biggest problem is that he was told he wouldn't be able to eat for 4 hours, so he thinks he will die of starvation.

Aside from that, I have just started preparing my paper piecing class for next week, and thought I'd share the first card with you all. The stamp is by Wild Rose Studio, and just seemed ideal for the technique. The fake brads were made by cupping some circles cut with the 1/2in Woodware circle punch (the yellow one), and the backing paper is from Craft Creations.

I'd like to enter it into;

Charisma Cardz - Christmas crafting

C.R.A.F.T. - fancy floral

Creative Inspirations - Christmas in September

Creative Card Crew - bloomin' marvellous

One Stitch At A Time - anthing goes

Incy Wincy - anything goes

Totally Gorjuss - Christmas

and finally

Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club - Christmas furry things

Hope you like it, and I'll be back soon.

Big Hugs Sharon xx

Monster Birthday

Morning All .

This is my DT card for this weeks challenge at Fab 'n' Funky - black, white plus one other colour.

The image is one from Dustin Pike, who is sponsoring this weeks challenge. The sentiment was one printed straight from the computer. I can't wait to see what all you talented crafters out there come up with.

I'd like to enter the card in;

Sketch Saturday - sketch

Charisma - anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. - teenagers

Paper Cutz - critters

My Sheri Crafts - masculine

and
Pollycraft Monday - no designer papers

I hope you like it.

Big Hugs Sharon xx

Autumn Is On Its Way

Evening all.

It's been a busy day today, a class this morning, then a very exciting trip to Asda this afternoon to buy food ready for our carnival party tomorrow. I hope the weather improves, as it's blowing a gale and raining at the moment, and I was hoping we could spread outside.

I was supposed to come in and start preparing the food, but got slightly distracted paper piecing this Pink Gem image instead, all because of a conversation about the technique during the class. I guess I'll just have to get up early tomorrow instead o make the cheesy feet.

I'd like to enter it in;

A Gem Of A Challenge - sketch

Stamp Something - fall colours

Crafty Sentiments - use your scraps

Sarah Hurley - autumn

Meljens Designs - autumn colours

Fresh Brewed - paper piecing

The Crafty Pad - embossing

Paper Sundaes - fall / Halloween colours

My Sheri Crafts - autumn

and

Craft Your Days Away - autumn doodles

I hope you like it, better go and do some things ready for tomorrow now.

See you soon :o)

My First Fab 'n' Funky DT Card

Morning All.

I was soooo excited to be asked to join the Fab 'n' Funky challenge DT, and here is my frst card for their 'Quote Me Happy' challenge this week.

I must admit, this was way out of my comfort zone, and sent me scurrying to the very back of the stamp drawer to see what I could find - and there at the bottom was this lovely quote by Champion Art Stamps.

This week we have a new sponsor - Fred She Said - and the random winner of this week's challenge will win a voucher to spend in their shop.

The team also need your help in choosing the October challenge themes - so we are asking you to vote for your favourite themes. So why not pop over and have your say.

You know me, I just couldn't resist sneaking this card into a few challenges;

OLLCB - sentiment

The Crazy Challenges - Lets cook it

and

The Corrosive Challenge - clean up and dust

Thanks for looking, and I'll hope you'll come and join us for this Fab challenge.

See you soon,

Hot Pink With Stripes

Afternoon all.

Well here it is, the third card for my Jungle Fun class on Friday - a much more girlie effort than the other two.

The image was from the Creative Expressions set - animal safari, coloured with glitter Sakura pens. The DP is from the new double sided Papermania Capsules range, and the gems were from my stash.

I'd like to enter this one into;

Pear Tree Designs - sketch and gems

Crafty Cardmakers - around the world

Creative Craft - black, white plus one more

Creative Inspiration Challenge - pink and black

Stampin With The Dragon - black, white plus another

and

OSAAT - happy birthday

Hope you like it, and I'll be be back soon.

Cheeky !!!

Number two card for the Jungle Fun class, oh boy I'm on a roll now, just one more to do.

Anyhow, enough self patting on the back - this card uses the Woodware Jungle Pals stamp set, which I have coloured with Promarkers and layered up to add some dimension. The DP are by the Paper Company, and come in a range of yummy colours.

I'd like to enter this card into;

Card Patterns - sketch

Totally Gorjuss - wild thing

OLLCB - stripes

and

Crafty Catz - chocolate and green, colour combo

Hope you like, and see you tomorrow :o)

Have A Roary Birthday

Afternoon all.

I hope you are having a good weekend.

Todays card is my first for my Jungle Fun class on Friday at In 2 Crafting, Wickford. I have used a Personal Impressions template by Anna Marie Designs to create the lion, and simply mounted him onto an easel card, decorated with Martha Stewart punched grass, and a sentiment printed from the computer.

I'd like to enter him in;

The Creative Cottage - birthday boy

Crafts and Me - easels

Paper Play - all shapes and sizes

Polka Doodles - easel card

Totally Papercrafts - happy birthday

and

The Secret Crafter - anything goes

I hope you like it, and I'll be back soon with card number 2.