I made this wedding card for a friend going to a recent local wedding.  I was shown the invites by another close friend to give me an idea of what the bride to be would like.  Elegant and classy with a simplistic line was required...so I used ideas from a previous card, digging out my Martha Stewart punch arched lattice which as you can tell is my all time favourite just now.  The patterned paper is from The Paper Company Ivory diamond filigree on white, just fab for weddings and matted with grey card stock.  The flower was made with the wide satin white ribbon and the tag punched after printed off the computer.  Final embellishments were some more narrow ribbon and metal silver "LOVE".

I can't believe that it is nearly the end of the school holidays which is bitter sweet for me....looking forwards to getting the boys back to school but one of mine is away this year....and it's mum that will feel it more!

Still I'm looking forwards to find more time to craft...the silver lining. 

Oh and a couple of demo's coming up at Papercraft's Boutique in Elgin with some lovely Christmas stash

....which I've yet to receive

...ooooooo can't wait to see what I have to play with.  :)

It has been sometime since I have posted.  Where does the time go in the summer holidays?

This card is one that the ladies at Ellon had a chance to make at the weekend.  We had a blip with measurements initially but we got there in the end and the ladies got to try out the Martha Stewart punches and Spellbinder nesties.  A selection was provided but I used MS arched lattice and Nestabilities labels 8.  The card stock is black and cream and the damask is from g.c.d Paris nights.

This was their next card again using both MS punches and Nesties, Hero art stamps and a wee bit of inking.  I have used MS lace punch, Peony Nestabilities and Boarderabilities classic grand lace.  The card stock is AC dots.

Finally a wee candle using Hero art stamps and tag punch.  Black and cream satin ribbon and again papers from g.c.d Paris nights.

We had a very busy and craft-tastic day over at Ellon, it was lovely to meet so many new faces.  Everyone was kept very busy throughout the day with not only my items but Kate at Papercrafts Boutique produced another 3 beautiful items and to top it all off  Karen "Sugar Mama" at Funky kits was making and taking in between too. 

Let's hope all that came enjoyed it.  :)

To all my fella blogger's I haven't been hopping of late but hoping to catch up soon.  It looks like I have a lot of reading to do but looking forwards to it.  Christmas and CHA seem to be high on the agenda....yummy new stash!  :)

Anyone else having blog problems?
I've had to revert to the old system which is no where near as friendly as the newer version.........and now I've lost my gadgets, argh!!
What is going on!!!! :(

So guys this was me playing around with a card for Kirsti's birthday (see pictures below).....I'd got a new stamp whilst in Howdens at Inverness and just had to try it out. I know Kirsti likes her altered items so it seemed like a perfect opportunity to work outside my regular comfort zone!
The stamp is PaperArtsy One penny plate 4 and I have used black soot Distress ink together with Glimmer mists silver,turquoise and raven from Tattered Angels. I also used blue and green pearl powders and Ranger glossy accents on the butterflies. The flower was made with white tissue paper and glimmer mist punched with my SU scallop. The swirls behind are made using a Spellbinder Shapeabilites fancy tag split in two, together with gingham ribbon and turquoise thread from my stash.....all put together with a jewel brad.
I really enjoyed getting mucky and must try this more often...same can't be said for my floor but atleast it is sparkling now, lol. :)

So who's in the DOG House!!?*
This design was from Papertreyink and was supposed to be a birdie house but I altered it slightly to create a dog house.
I have used Nitwit papers Tail Wags diamond orange paper and Paw prints. It is inked with Tim Holtz distress ink walnut stain and the greeting is from the Nitwit Spring Whimsy range of stamps, I have added a couple of pearls and cut out some of the paw prints to put on the roof. Finally the roof effect was created with strips of the orange paper cut with Martha Stewart edger punch new scallop.

Before I start today I want to say a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Kirsti.....have a good one x.
I'll show you her card soon.

Today final day of my Nitwits. Now this card design I bought out at CHA in Florida last year with my buddy Gayle....feel really bad as I can't remember who's design it was but I love the idea of a mini scrapbook in a card. The Nitwit papers I have used are Me Wow cats words, hearts plaid and paws mounted on American craft card and I have added Me Wow toppers, with Ranger glossy accents on eyes and noses. There really isn't anything more to this card. Honest. Well maybe a wee bit of Distress ink! I do love my inks. :)

How about another one as it is so "dreak" out today......is it really summertime?!

This is an A5 card again made with American craft card and Nitwit Spring Whimsy floral cream, hearts and diamond and the bunny is Spring Whimsy decoupage. The small flower punch is EK Success daisy chain edge...I love this as it reminds me of the lace my mum used on my clothes as a child. The greeting is from Hero arts and the card is finished with Distress ink vintage photo, red pearls and a black journalling pen.
Now I know decoupage can be a bit of a swear work in some crafting circles but I have to admit I find these quite cute and can see why folk do like to use this way of creating cards it is so quick and easy. :)
Anyway I'm thinking it might by the perfect wet day to have a craft room tidy.....it's either that or iron and I'm afraid that is always last on my list.

Another Nitwit.....for you, this one is a DL card and I have again used the rubber stamps from Spring Whimsy including the greeting. The card is American craft and Nitwits Spring Whimsy Dots and Hearts A4 papers. The image was coloured using promarkers and the frame made using classic ovals Spellbinder nestabilities. The Martha Stewart punch is the edger String lace. The ribbon and pearls are from Papercrafts Boutique in Elgin and as with all my nitwit cards it was inked using TM distress inks vintage photo.

On to today's Nitwit. The stamp is from the pack Spring Whimsy and it a cute bunny which I have coloured with Promarkers and cut out with Nestabilities Small deckled Rectangles and the card and backgrounds have been cut using Labels 8. The flower is by Colour me crazy jewelled florettes crystal and has been coloured with promarkers to match. The flowers behind has by made using a Martha Stewart corner punch, big toots for Becca over on Amazing paper grace for the idea to which I have added a bit of bling. The papers I have used are red from American craft and Cherry blossom dark and gingham from Nitwits. The Martha Stewart edge punch doily lace is in the background finished by inking with, you've guessed Tim Holtz distress inks tea dye and a black journalling pen.

Happy crafting to all my creative pals out there in cyber land....hoping to get a bit more card making done later today.
It is one of my blogging pals birthdays later this week, you know who you are!!! And I have been playing with inks and stamps, I will show you what I came up with later in the week as I'd hate to spoil the surprise be it good or bad :) lol!

Quack, quack I'm back...we didn't get all the way around plenty left for tomorrow as a little man's legs got tired. Bless!
Anyway onto crafting and the new range of Nitwits. These reminds me of the American clip art I used when I first started crafting....bring back happy memories.
The papers I have used American craft textured card to make a split 6" card, then I have mat and layered with Bear Necessities; heart paper, stitched hearts, strips and finally Girl topper all inked with TH distressing ink vintage photo. The greeting is from Hero arts and forgive me I don't know the name for the ribbon used but I would say it is string lace on the left.....please feel free to tell me what is it's official name as it is a new product to Papercrafts Boutique in Elgin and I was given a selection to play with. :) My brain and names don't work well, lol. Much rather be crafting instead.

Morning sunshine!! Well, it is trying to come out. Today I thought I would show you the start of my Nitwit cards but my youngest is chomping at the bit to start the village DUCK garden hunt......the joys of the holidays. Quackery, quack, quack!
Hopefully we will find all of them and then our way back. I may be some time!

Back again today with another card for you. For this card I have used beige and brown American craft textured card. The greeting is from Hero arts. The cream flower embossed paper is from Kay and Co Elegance Speciality pad, I love this pad of paper, it is so good just for classy cards and not only Weddings which it is aimed at. The Spellbinders used are Boarderabilites Classic Grand Lace for the strip across the card and the leaves. The flower is made using Nestabilities Peony, it has been embossed and inked with Tim Holtz Distress ink Walnut. The jewelry silver spacer is from my stash as is the brown brad.
I love the simplicity of this card and the fact it could be used for a whole range of occasions.
Happy crafting to you all and hope you are all enjoying the school holidays......!!

My next card from my demo selection is a re-run of a previous card inspired by an article from Annie's Attic. I love the simplicity of this card but the fact it looks (I think) quite classy. What do you think?
Anyway this is what I used:
Kay and Co Elegance Speciality mat pad
American craft textured card in black and silver
Spellbinders nestabilities labels 8 and Shapeabilities fancy tags
Martha Stewart punch Lattice
Kay and Co Elegance Grand Adhesions and finally a few small pearls

It's raining, it's pouring today, boo hoo, where's the lovely sunshine so we can get down to the beach? Hope this isn't going to be the norm over the holidays.....I like to get the kids out in the fresh air at some point during the day if only for my sanity!

Today I have two cards for you....the first is...surprise surprise a cupcake card. For those of you who know me, know I have a "thing" for cupcakes, mainly eating them....I know it is so wrong but they taste so good! LOL
Onto the card, the stamp and sentiments are from PI Cherry on the top, the papers from Kay and Co Classic K Bailey and American Craft. I have used Spellbinders round and scalloped round nestabilities and the doily effect was done using two strips of Boarderabilities classic grand lace. Inking was done with Tim Holtz distress ink vintage photo, buttons from stock and white/black journal pens to finish the look. Finally a "cherry on the top" wouldn't be a cherry if it wasn't shinny so Ranger Glossy accents just finished the look!
The lace background was used to make the cake appear to be sat on a plate covered doily....taking my back to my childhood where a tea party wasn't a tea party without mum getting the doilies out.


This is my little lady from Hero arts Four dolls set. I have used the patterned paper from Kay and Co Classic K Bailey and the plain paper from American Craft too. The sentiments are from PI Mix and match, cream satin ribbon from Papercrafts Boutique and the inking was done with black soot from Tim Holtz distress inks. Finally the punch used was Martha Stewart Wrap around the page deco shell....I love these punches, so clever. Oh nearly forgot I used promarkers to colour.

So friends and fella crafters this is my first sample from my demo day in Elgin Saturday gone....and I have to say my favourite....I love this stamp and colour scheme, aswell as having so much fun making the bunting. So onto business the cardstock is textured American craft, the papers are from Kay and Co Classic K Bailey 6 x 6 papers, the Spellbinder Nestabilities is Label One and the birdie stamp is from PI "Knotty and Friends, the sentiments are from Hero arts. I made the bunting with Nestabilities classic rectangle large. I used the smallest rectangle and cut it down, just the right side for a card. The stitching was with my white and black pens, colouring with letraset promarkers and the beak has Ranger Glossy accents on. Finally the bunting was attached with staples to brown paper string and then to card.
So that is me for today folk....enjoying the holidays and happy crafting!

So guys this is the last of my teacher gifts. Again I have used DCWV grade papers and shrink plastic with the school badge on, the ribbon is from Maya roads. The book marks were made with items picked up from a well known auction site and included with these was a voucher for Amazon to order books for over the holiday. The card and gifts are actually for the head and secretary of the school who often get overlooked at the end of term. As my eldest was leaving this year I thought it was only right to give a little token of thanks for all the support over my son's time at the school, inparticular over the last couple of years getting him ready for his move on.
Tommorrow I plan to start showing you my cards from Saturday's demo day :).
Hope you are all enjoying the holidays....and the best thing so far....not having to rush about on a morning.

Morning all...today was our official start to the school summer holidays up here in Scotland and my youngest did me proud not rising till after 9, normally unheard of in this house as my eldest always gets up early regardless, even as he gets older!
So today I have another of my teachers gifts, this one was for my youngest son's teacher for his first year at school. We had a collection for this teacher so I just wanted to send a little something extra. The card I made again with the DCWV grade papers, the ribbon is from Maya roads and the shrink plastic was used with clip art off the computer (whoops forgot to mention that yesterday!) In my defence as I am posting on the old system I can't see the picture I am talking about and I also don't now have a spell check, yikes!
The bracelet was purchased from Funky kits. I added owls and charms also purchased at my local craft shop in Elgin...also home of Funky kits.
So what to do now the holidays are upon us....hopefully a bit of crafting...but better be boring and get some jobs done first.
One thing is for certain......the xbox is going off soon. :-)

For some strange reason I appear to be having blog problems and have had to revert to the old style posting....which isn't as forgiving so bear with me.
This picture is of my eldest son teacher gift and card as they broke up from school Friday gone. The card was made using DCWV Grade school papers and the book was made with my zutter equipment and Deja Views My Precious Boy papers.
I was in Elgin demonstrating on Saturday so have a few cards to share with you.....over the next couple of days.
Here's hoping my blog is back to normal soon....I would be interested to here if anyone else is experiencing the same problems.

Thought I'd show you a charm bracelet that I have made for my friend Karen.  I made one for her ages ago when I first started making charm bracelets and saw her wearing it recently and said...."that needs more charms"...so it has been re-jigged....I hope she likes it more than the previous attempt.

So thought I'd share my quick card I made for my dad on Father's day.  I again have used my Harley papers but the piggy stamp is from Inkadinkadoo and coloured with my copics.  The dies are cut with my nestibilities.

I was so busy catching up with work last week that I'd not remembered Father's day till Friday....why does that always happen?  Or is it just me?

Every year I know it's coming and it still catches me out.

Back again and I think summer has finally arrived....it's hot, hot, hot!

For this card I was asked to make a good luck biker card for the owners of the new Harley shop down in Newcastle.

I have used Harley papers by EK Success, the stamp is by Stamps Happen and is "Cruising" coloured with my copics.  I have added chain and embellishments which I picked up on line.

At my children's school this week it is "health and fitness" week and the kids have loads of different activities to do.  Today and yesterday I was in teaching 4 classes P1 through to P3 and a P1/2/3.  I had a great time and we made a beach hut card, the boys made in yellow and blue the girls in purple and pink.  We also coloured a card with the beach picture from Funky kits, thanks Karen for allowing me to use the image....the kids had a great time getting all creative and sticky.  I'm not sure the cleaners at school will be so happy!

Here is the boys card.

 

One of the little boys mentioned he was going to enter his card into the Hopeman Craft competition that runs during Gala week in the village....it could be interesting if they all do, lol 87 beach huts to choose from!!  Good luck to the judges.

So another award....I am honoured this week.  Many thanks to Kirsti for this award, I enjoyed reading your "creative writer" comments true or false I can't decide!!!!

So onto mine:

1.  I once had an interview to work as a dancer on a cruise ship.

2.  I can strip a 5.56 rifle blindfolded!

3.  I won a singing competition.

4.  I have done loop the loops in a chipmunk aeroplane.

5.  I worked as an Au pair in the USA.

6.  I have dangled by my breathing apparatus off a ladder in a burning building and survived!

Are you laughing?  Are you surprised?  Which are true, which are false?!

Only you can decide.

Now onto the class I went to on Saturday at Simply Create in Alford with the lovely and very talented Kath.  We had a ball and this is what we created.  There is proof how hard we all worked over on Kath's blog, lol!

I loved working with the Tim Holtz distress inks and Claudine Hellmuth's sticky back canvas, I so NEED some canvas!! :)

Thanks to Kath for a super class, Jacqui for a super location, Anne for tea and CAKE and Kirsti, Sonja and all the other girls for a right good giggle...promise not to sing next time.....NOT!!

Thanks to Elaine for this blog award, wow I love it.  Now onto conditions I have to add 10 facts about myself and then nominate another 10 folk so here goes:

1.  I love to craft slowly!

2.  I would be lost without my laptop.

3.  I love it when my kids laugh, my little one has a really deep giggle.

4.  I have a thing for chocolate.

5.  I also have a thing for red wine!

6.  My first car looked like Mr Bean's.

7.  My favourite TV show just now is Cougar Town.

8.  My favourite season is Spring.

9.  My favourite flower is the freshia.

10.  Thinks you can never get too much sleep!

Now onto who I am sending this award onto:

1.  Teresa

2.  Gayle

3.  Fiona

4.  Shazza

5.  Sharon

6.  Leigh

7.  Tracy

8.  Sarah

9.  Dawn

10.  Kara

Happy crafting everyone and Elaine, thanks again.  xxx

And finally a couple of  "manly" cards with Father's day in mind.  Again I have used my nestabilites label 1 and 8 and Kay & Co papers from Sea Glass.  The stickers were also Kay & CO Sea Glass grand adhesions and adhesive chipboard.  The punch was from Martha Stewart and is Deco edge, punch around the page.

I'd like to say a big thanks to my pal Leigh over on UKS for instructions on making the split card....the second was is my own take on other split cards also doing the rounds just now.

So that's all my demo creations for now folk, something completely different for you tomorrow!

Good morning fella crafter's....where is our summer?!

Still on a good note I don't feel guilty about staying in and crafting, woop, woop!

The above card is another from the weekend and has been made with AC textured card and Sea Glass by Kay and Co.  I have made a frame using my circle and scalloped nestibilites and the board behind is made using  a Martha Stewart edger punch string lace.  The leaves are from Petaloo and have been coloured using Dew drops versa magic chalk inks Aspen mist and Sage.  Then finally the two stamp sets I have used are from Personal Impressions sets "Mix and match" and "Thank you owl".  The owl was coloured using my copics and finished with Ranger glossy accents.

Right now that's all written up I'm away to hide in my craft room before the kids finish school, got a couple of biker cards to make.....best dig out my Harley biker papers again.

Happy crafting xxx.

On to the next couple of cards.  With these I have used Personal Impressions stamps Vanillia wanTED and Build a flower with love.

The card stock is AC textured card and white card to stamp on.

For the bear card I have cut from nestibilites labels eight and my copics to colour, the greeting is also with the stamp pack, the gingham paper is from the K & Co Sea Glass pad and the gingham ribbon from my stock, the bear is finally finished off with some ranger glossy accents.

The flower card has been inked using Versa magic dew drop chalk ink in Pixie dust, Pink petunia and Thatched straw.  The "with love" stamp has been embossed using pewter shimmer as has the button, which is then threaded with white shear ribbon.  The corners of the background have also been given the Martha Stewart treatment with the corner daisy punch with a bit of added bling.

Today I have mostly been catching up with some local orders which have gone by the wayside of late....could do with this week to get on top of it all....then I will maybe get chance to play some more!

On to my second batch of wedding samples.

I have also used the Kay and Co Elegance Speciality Mat Pad together with black and off beige American Craft cardstock.  The Spellbinder nestabilities I have used is labels 8 and Shapeabilies fancy tags, which are stunning.  The centre labels are also Kay and Co Elegance words grand adhesions apart from the small name plate as the name was printed on the computer and that nestability was labels 1 folded in half. 

Now other than some bling my only other piece of kit was the Martha Stewart punch arched lattice.

I am really happy with the end result of these cards and may have to use this again for a couple of Weddings I have coming up. 

I think Nestabilities 1 and 8 are my absolute favourities just now.....and who could not love Martha Stewart punches?  :-)

So as I promised here is the first of the cards for my demo today.

Before I start I would like to thank all the lovely ladies over in Inverness for a really enjoyable day crafting, hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did.  Oh and I am now relaxing with a nice glass of red!

Now onto the above cards and candle favour.

The papers I have used are white and grey American crafts textured card and Kay and Co Elegance Speciality Mat pad.  The lace boarder, strip, leaves and candle surround were made using Spellbinder borderabilites Classic lace boarder (Grand 12").  The surround on the large card was made scoring the lace to follow the pattern and then folded alternate ways....this so reminded me of making paper fans as a child....flashback moment, lol.  The lace surround on the square card just holds the card together but slips off to reveal the wedding details inside the card.
The ovals have been cut with nestabilities petite ovals small and the flowers with the peony nestabilities, finished with a white brad and silver bead spacer. 
The ovals were decorated with K & Co Elegance words Grand adhesions and rub-ons from Elegance Swirls rub-ons with gems.  Finished with a couple of small pearls.
The candle had white grosgrain around the lace and then finished with a smaller version of the peony flower.

More for you tomorrow.

So I promised you a wee "lookie" of what I would be demonstrating this Saturday.  This is just 3 of my wedding cards (the initial ideas was placed in my head reading an Annie's Attic magazine but I have given it my own twist), I have also done a couple of general cards and a couple of Father's day too.  Now I'm not giving too much away but it would be lovely to see you tomorrow at Howden's in Inverness between 10 and 4 p.m if you are able and live local.
I will show you more pictures next week detailing the items and papers I used, till then I'm going to keep you in "suspenders!"  LOL
I hope you all have an enjoyable weekend and whatever you are up to don't forget to include a little crafting!

It would be rude not too.  :-)

So guys this Saturday I am demoing in Howden's Garden Centre in Inverness.....at the moment I am busy making up samples but my Wedding ones are done so I may give you a wee peek, would you like to see?!

Firstly I want to say thank you to all the lovely ladies who turned up to Papercraft's in Elgin today, I had a great day.

Now onto my mum's birthday card.....guess what guys....it's Harley themed....isn't that a shock!  Nope guess not.  I decided to make her the handbag card that we did today in Elgin but with a twist....a biker girl twist, lol. 

All the papers are from the Harley Davidson range by EK Success, ink from Tim Holtz distress Black soot, nestabilities are labels 1 and 8, swirls are a die by sizzix flowers and vines 2, Martha Stewart punch lattice, SU flower punches, embellishments and ribbon are from my stash.

I wasn't sure when I started this project to whether it would work being non girlie but was happy with the finished article.....let's hope mum likes it when she opens it too.

Up here in Sunny Scotland the weather has been fantastic over the last few days.....long may it continue as it means that summer is here at long last.

I have my glass of wine in hand and am looking forwards to seeing who is going to win "Britain's got Talent!"

A Saturday night in with my boys, the high life....but there is no where else I'd rather be.

So those of you that know me well, know I like my baking and muffins so I couldn't resist linking to this.....Over on Simply Create Jacqui is celebrating her 1st Birthday and had some lovely candy to giveaway....get on over and check it out for a chance to win.

Happy crafting.

I'd just like to thank my fella crafter's for coming to the first Hopeman crop yesterday afternoon.  A good time was had by all and we all got some crafting done too, a bonus, lol.
Thanks also to Sarah for getting the cakes.
The next one for your diary is 27th June, same place, same time, looking forwards to it already.

Thanks too for all the birthday wishes for today, gifts and beautiful cards.  I've had a lovely day so far and hubby is even doing tea!! :)

So this is what I shall be doing on the afternoon of the 5th of June at Elgin.....simple cards with hero arts stamps.

I had to sit on my hands and lock up my craft room to go back to simple cards....I so wanted to get inks out and pens not to mention embellishments but my brief was "beginners stamping cards"

Let's hope I get a few newbies addicted to the world of stamping/papercrafting!

(Should this carry a health warning, lol?!)

As with previous post contact Kate at Papercraft's Boutique for more information.

So guys this is my Kay and Co handbag book that I am doing at Papercraft's Boutique on the 5th of June, using Nestibilities, Martha Stewart & ek punches as well as Tim Holtz distress inks.

If you want more details contact the store, link on previous post.

So I had a lovely surprise parcel this morning, thanks Jan.

Here are the goodies I will be using on the 5th of June at Papercraft's Boutique in Elgin and the 12th of June at Howden's Garden Centre in Inverness.

At Elgin I will be doing a handbag card/mini scrapbook with Kay and Co papers, Nestabilities and Tim Holtz distress inks, followed by beginners stamping in the afternoon with Hero Arts stamps.  Contact Kate for more details.

At Howden's I will be demonstrating Nestabilities, Martha Stewart punches and PI stamps, creating Wedding cards and some ideas for Father's Day. 

Christmas has come early! 

Me thinks I might enjoy this job...how could I not!  :-)

Firstly today I need to say happy 6th birthday to my baby boy....

Wishing you an extra special day Callam.  xxx

Now onto the card this has been made for my neighbours other daughter who's birthday is in a couple of days.  I have used tartan paper to match the skirt on the Sugar Nellie stamp Goth girl.  I'd like to thank Kate at Papercraft Boutique for the idea of using eyelets to add the lace up effect also matching the stamp.  I have again used the small tag punch from SU...me thinks I'm going to be using it a lot!

The cards stock and embellishments were magically found, as always, lurking in my room.  LOL.

I have coloured the stamp with my copic's which seems to be my first choice medium at the mo.  Thanks to Judy for some more top tips!!

Right I'm off to enjoy the weather down on our local beach, picnic here we come!  Loving this sunshine we seem to be getting just now, might even chance putting my bedding plants in later.

Morning!!  Today I'm heading over to Alford to the lovely craft shop Simply Create for a class with Melodee, can't wait, should be a lovely afternoon.  An early birthday treat!

Before I go I wanted to share this card I made for my neighbours child for her birthday tomorrow.  I have used the stamp "Little Miss Attitude" from Funky Kits and the paper is Daydreams by Fancy Pants together with bright pink and green card stock.  The mini tag punch is new to us from Stamping Up and the flowers, ribbon and embellishments are from my crafty stock.

Her birthday is tomorrow the same day as my youngest......he got a couple of presents yesterday with having his party early.  One of the presents was a new boogie box and Justin Bieber CD.  It was lovely to wake up to at full blast at 6 a.m. this morning.....seemed like a good idea at the time!!  LOL.

"JUST PLAY IT LOUD, OK!"

It is my second son's birthday on Sunday but as it was the long weekend and I'm busy Saturday crafting, I decided to do his party tomorrow afternoon.

So today I have been baking like it is going out of fashion.

Judy I had a go at your cake but my kids kept pinching the worms...before I could get them on it.  So I ended up with only a few on the top....but there is a lot inside!  LOL  I'll take a pic tomorrow.

The cake above is my volcano.....we are having a dinosaur themed party and the volcano seemed an easier option than trying to create a T-Rex, yikes!

I have used a chocolate cake, chocolate butter icing, red food colouring icing

 and oreo biscuits smashed!  The mould was my extra large muffin from Lakeland plastic.

I have got sparkler candles for tomorrow so hopefully that will make it look even better...should they work!

Happy Birthday Gayle

Thinking of you today.

Did I mention that it's my pal Gayle's birthday tomorrow?

Oh I did!

Well as a fella crafter I did send a wee bag of new stash for her to play with. 

I also wanted to make a little something to keep so I made this charm bracelet. 

I'm afraid all my charms and beads have been picked up over the web as too the little box, it's so cute and it can be reused and recycled...environmentally friendly!!

Today this is my entry to Quixoticpaperie Challenge I have used the Greeting farm stamp Edward and Rusty Pickle papers from the Chocolate coloured cherry range.  The challenge had to include a handmade flower....mine has been made with 6 sheets of red tissue paper scrunched up and inked then attached with a brad.  The swirls were cut out of the Rusty pickle paper.

I have kept the card simple as I want you to see the lips in the background.....and the reason why?

Well this is my take on Edward from Twilight and the card is for my friend Gayle.....SHUT YOUR EYES GAYLE till Wednesday!!

Gayle together with Karen introduced me to Twilight last year.....and I have since taken back to reading....all Twilight, Vampire Diary's and True Blood.....love them all and looking forwards to the new books out soon, and ordered already, tee hee.

This is my entry to the Sugarbowl challenge that is running just now.  The sketch is by the wonderful Marlene and it has to include reusing stash.

The stamp is a new Manga Goth Girl from Sugar Nellie and the papers I have reused from a Rusty Pickle mini book and are from the Pirate Princess range.

I so love this stamp and can see me using it loads.

The card is for Jacqui over at Simply Create in Alford who is hosting a 1 year old birthday crop for her shop today.  I'm looking forwards to it for there are a lot of fella crafter's going.....should be a giggle!