Vroom Vroom!

I got this lovely Bella from First Class Crafts and I couldnt wait to show it off. I made this quick card earlier today whilst it seems our garden has turned into the neighbourhood creche! with all the flippin kids coming here... the words creche or MUG springs to mind...

They are not allowed to sell the Bellas online but give them a email to find out which ones they have!

Two little dickie birds sitting on the wall...

When all of a sudden Tilda, Edwin and gang come and along and scare the dickie birds away!

Yummy Eh? Darren might kill me.. if I go AWOL for a while you know why! Oh BTW we BOTH forgot our wedding anniversary this past Sunday! LOL 8 years married and 19 years together, we got married on the same date as Darren first asked me out but 11 years later, awwww.

So as well as the Tilda gang today I got my cute Bikeabella stamp from First Class Crafts. First class was recently taken over by Tracy of Dies to Die For Bellas can not be sold online but Tracy has a lot of these in stock and adding to them constantly so contact her for more info! I am please to announce that I have been chatting to Tracy recently and I will be taking back my Design Team Hat from her... so keep an eye out for more from them! As well as the Bella online there are the "bubbles" and flowers too.. I believe these are to be added soon. These cute little bags are great for when you want a few of certain colours and wont break the bank. I also got Johnny Depster, Tutu face, fabby and all punked up and nowhere to go from Tracy, let me see if I can find a photo of those.

Been busy making cards but I cant share as its magazine stuff, will be out in my shed tonight too. If I can manage a card to share I will ;0) I miss it.

If you like House Mouse

And I know a few of you do.. check out Kittys site here I know a few of you asked about them when I made a few cards the other week. Kitty has a nice selection of these adorable mice at a GREAT price. Watch my blog in the next week or two for more micey inspiration. And if you order any from her please tell her Caz sent ya!

Oh boy thats pink!

Bit of a pink overload here but I still like it. I think that when we think of ballet we think of pink and pretty and why should this ballerina elephant be different? Lots of different materials used on here.

OK here is the list of materials used :)

High Hopes Rubber Stamp, Doodlebug sticker (sweet), Friend embossing folder, Bazzill Flowers, Doodlebug Jewels, Watercolour pencils, Zoomz, ribbon,

Coz we've got High Hopes, we got High Hopes...

and so have I! I got this adorable stamp from Kitty at First Class Crafts

Materials Used : High Hopes Rubber Stamp. Stampin up! designer paper, Cuttlebug traffic jam emb folder, Bellas cappuccino baubles, Mermaid Tears, Ginko and Popcorn Zoomz, Glitter Glue, Stampin up! watercolour crayons, ribbon

Now onto something different... ever wanted so see an elephant in a tutu?? I will be posting a card soon with that very image!! LOL

House Mouse Designs

If anyone would like to order any House Mouse Designs stamps contact Kitty at First Class Crafts as she is placing an order Monday. She has also told me that she will be stocking a few of them as well :) These are beautiful stamps, stamp perfectly and for those that like to colour usually have a lot to colour in so they are great. Get your requests to Kitty BEFORE MONDAY!

Two cards from today.. one I like, one I dont

Here are two cards I made today. One, the monkey one I like. I made this using the mega cute stamps that I got from Kitty at First Class Crafts and the second one was the challenge pack that Kim sent. She said it was a struggle and I agree it was!! All the elements (paper, buttons, letter B and ribbon) were nice in themselves but for some reason it was harder to mesh together. With the B I was thinking of BOYS, BROTHER ect but then I had the shocking pink ribbon to add to it.... Hmmm well I sort of tipped my stuff out and the buttons fell next to the letter and made a oo, BOO! That was how it was born. I thought to myself bella certainly would not let a holiday determine what colours to wear and if she wanted to wear a pink cape then she would, so I thought it would go with the ribbon. The idea was there, but I am not sure it worked. And here is the fab cutey monkey from First Class Crafts.

Hot Thursday

101.9 wow thats hot! I wish I could say it was the tempreture here, but alas its my little tiger boy Harvey! I am keeping him dosed up with Calpol and Ibrupfen to get and keep that temp down. He has just had a bowl of soup (not chicken, but his fav leek and potato)

He is just vegging out on the sofa today, watching Cbeebies and Caiden is napping so I shot upstairs to make another card using the First Class Crafts Pink Cat Studio set. These little cats were just calling me and this christmas kitty was no exception. I love her, I love her eyes and I love all the sparkle that you can put on her pom poms and the pom poms on the wording, how fun is that?!

Here's another one of the "caz thinks shes getting all arty farty shots" Just coz its fun! Also you see how I coloured her to add some cute little stripes.

That felt like forever!

I was only missing from blogging for one day but it felt like an age! I just couldnt get anything done yesterday, not sure why but I missed it! :) So today, Caiden has been fighting his nap for soooo long, some days it seems he is dropping his morning nap, others he is ready for sleep at about 10.30... he has also discovered something really gross.... but also quiet funny... he has just found his nostrils, and walks about with his finger firmly "up there". This wouldnt be quiet so bad, but for the fact he has a cold.... YUCK! He just walks about with finger up nose, just like he was wandering with his hands in his pockets..... kids eh? Love em.

So, after all the fighting Caiden finally gave in and I quickly dashed upstairs to finish off another FIRST CLASS CRAFTS design team card. This again is using their everso cute Pink Cat Design from the one set, some fab papers, brads and flowers all also from First Class Crafts. I just love this cat and her very glamorous or should I say "Glamourpuss" glasses. Of course I needed to glitter glue these.

If you do happen to be inspired by this card, tell Kitty from First Class this is where you saw the card :)

I hope to get some more stamping done tonight, maybe another kitty cat card...and maybe I will mount up my Penny Black halloween witchy poo as well.... will just have to see how things go with the boys.

Enjoy!

Caz

My First Design Team card

Kitty from First class crafts sent me a huge packet of goodies, papers, ribbons, flowers and a few stamps. This is the first chance I have had to make anything I boy did I had fun. Its a simple card, what else do I do?! LOL But I am in love with these beautiful cat stamps from Pink Cat Studios and available from First Class Crafts. I coloured her with watercolour pencils and really went to town on the cushion she is sitting on. Wild and crazy colours and glitter, only a cushion like this would be suitable for this cat! I have to be honest here, I wasnt sure about these cats when I first saw them, then the more I saw the more I liked and then when I used them they stamp beautifully and to colour them in is such fun.

Materials Used all from First Class Crafts apart from the ribbon.

I am in love and it hurts

Why does it hurt? Well I am in love with a paper stack, I am only about 10 trillion years out of the loop with paper stacks, I never really got them, but since my SS has sent me two I love them. Firstly she sent me the beautiful glittery Pocketful of posies stack, then she sent me the earthtone card stack, then last week I went to a local store for matt board, I didnt have any cash so I had to card it and therefore I had to spend a little more money so I picked up the Retro paper stack. Its patterns and colours are so beautiful I dont want to cut into it, I want to run out and buy another so I can use one and cut one. Its the cutting that hurts! I have used one piece today. And I have just coloured in some huggybellas to match another piece, I am just about having palpatations at thinking about using another sheet!



I have some exciting news for me :) Kitty from First Class Crafts has asked me to join her design team and I have said YES! I am not sure if she was expecting a yes or not, but my motto of "will work for stamps" has always run strong for me! First Class Crafts is going through a major overhaul and once its all up and ready I will tell you more. Kitty is also going to sort me out with a "Design Team badge" LOL How sad I am? I am excited about wearing it on my blog. Ohhh I feel all grown up and special :) Kitty promises for lots of lovely stamps for her store and I hope that means I can make lots of lovely cards for her.



I have made some cute cards this week, along with my jacobs ladder and I promise I will post the pictures Saturday evening, got to let the ladies on the classes see them first. I hope to have my huggy bellas done in a card and up for you to see later tonight... Hmm wonder how hubby will feel about that. Mind you I got one more card to make for my class, so it will just mean I will stay up there a little longer, he wont know will he?



Well I better make the most of the boys BOTH napping. ANd see if I can cut into this second sheet of retro stack!