Our little champion

 Happy Birthday Jake!

It's our son's birthday next weekend, Jake will be turning 7!!  I have spent nearly the entire weekend getting things ready for his 'MONSTER Birthday Bash', he is having a Halloween themed birthday party with his friends here at home.  We have lots of spiders, cobwebs and scary candy for the loot bags, there will also we some slimy green goo with floating eye balls as part of the obstacle course that Jake has designed.

 

I have also finished his card, I stayed away from the monster theme for this as Jake had already asked for a basketball card for his big day, he loves to shoots hoops in the back yard or go down to the local court with his Dad and brother to play some ball.

Materials Used; Altered TGF stamps, Handy Ian and Dylan with sentiment from TGF's Roll Call set, SU Basic Black & Pumpkin Pie card stock, Cuttlebug Bubble embossing folder, DP from Kaiser Craft Konstrukt and Making Memories, Kaiser Craft chipboard number, Making Memories Rub-On Alphabet, tape and brads from my stash pile.

Challenges Entered;

Club Anya WTW: Distressing

Simon Says Challenge: 3 types of Embellies, 2 Patterned Papers and 1 Image.

Wee Memories; Challenge #27 Celebrate Good Time (birthday) 

Paper Sundaes: Challenge #40 For Someone Little

Take a LOOK at this Candy!!

Got Candy!

If you haven't been to visit Tiddly Inks yet you'll be crazy to wait any longer, you will not only see some of the cutest digi images you'll ever set your eyes on, Christy is also giving everyone a chance to win this awesome blog candy as well!! 

This blog candy has a bit of everything:

3 sets of acrylic stamps, stacks of paper, cardboard, bits and pieces of goodies, mirrors and magnets, some card stock and envelopes, a few finished cards and most important a CD of Tiddly Inks images worth $50....you pick the ones you want up to $50!!!

 

So hurry on over to Tiddly Inks now and take a look around you wont be disappointed!

Congratulations.....

Introducing the Happy Couple

As I mentioned in yesterdays post we attended our friends wedding on the weekend, it was a lovely spring day for a garden wedding and the bride, Annette, was truly blushing!

This is the easel card that I made for the happy couple and you will notice if you scroll down a few posts I made it to match the wedding chest I had made for them earlier.

Material Used; TGF Cake Topper set, Copic Ciao markers, SU Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip & Old Olive card stocks, embossed paper, vellum, flower, large pearl brad and small gold brads from my stash pile.

Challenges Entered;

Paper Sundaes; Challenge #39 A Change of Seasons (in life)

Craftalicious; Challenge #10 Anything Goes

Happy Anniversary!

 

A Cheeky Anniversary!

This weekend we celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary, boy how time flies when your having fun!  Our friends beautiful garden wedding yesterday brought back so many memories and even a few happy tears and then we celebrated with a family meal at a lovely Italian restaurant.

This is the cheeky little card I made my wonderful DH for the occasion, with a little bit of Halloween as it is the month of Spooktober.  I used two of my TGF Hallo digi's with a little alteration,  the idea is that if he unwrapped the old 'mummy' he would still find a cheeky little devil hiding inside!

Materials Used; TGF Hallo She Devil , Spook Mummy & Sentiments from the Roll Call set, copic ciao markers, SU Basic Black card stock, Kaiser Craft DP, Creative Impression Rub-On, sticker and button from my stash pile.

Competitions entered;

Meljens Designs; Halloween

Pollycraft Monday: Challenge #64 Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp; Halloween 
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges; Challenge #43 use a digi image 

Paper Sundaes; Challenge #39 A Change of Seasons (halloween)

Craftalicious; Challenge #10 Anything Goes

The finished set

Including my favorite recipe....

Today was my friends bridal shower and we were all asked to bring our favorite recipe for her recipe file.  I went one better and also included a sample of my Raspberry Coulis.

I used my TGF Forest Friends owl and papers to match the card I had made earlier.  The label on the front of the bottle is one of my free digi's from Meljens Designs.

Materials Used; Squirrels and Owl from TGF Forest Friends set, Digi from Meljens Designs, Copic Ciao markers, SU Chocolate Chip &  Rich Razzleberry card stock, Kaiser Craft Hey Birdie DP, SU Felt Flowers and brad.

Challenges Entered;

Slendid Stamping; Kickin it Old Skool

Stampin' For The Weekend; Tag It!
Meljens Designs; 1 Ribbon, 2 Flowers, 3 Brads

I Like To Move It! Move It!

It's time to MOVE IT!!

This card is for my friends Bridal Shower and it is inspired by the FFF challenge at Splendid Stamping; Move It!.  There has to be an element on the card that moves so I made a slider card so that these cute little Squirrels can take their acorn up and down their tree.

Materials Used; Squirrels from TGF Forest Friends set, Kids Quotes from Inkadinkado,  Copic Ciao markers, SU Chocolate Chip card stock, Kaiser Craft Hey Birdie DP, SU Felt Flowers, SU ribbon, Maya Road Heart Pins, brads and 2 x 5c pieces for the slider.

Challenges Entered;

Spendid Stamping FFF;  Move It!

Paper Sundaes; Three or more embellishments (flowers, ribbon, brads, pins)

Pollycraft Monday; Autumn

Simon Says Challenge; Move It!

Pearls and Lace

It's Been a while...

Since my office was moved into the city for work a week and half ago I have been to darn exhausted with the extra travel to even turn on my laptop lately, I was shocked to see I hadn't posted anything on here for over three weeks......... eek!!!

Time to do something so I made a couple of cards inspired by this weeks latest challenges this one is for the Simon Says Challenge; Pearls and Lace.

Material Used; Kaiser Craft digi sentiment, SU Lavender Lace & Elegant Eggplant card stock, SU Cottage Wall DP, Kaiser Craft paper flowers and pearls and Fiskars Lace Edge punch.