Magnola Spring kit WANTED

OK I am officially stupid, I didnt order the spring kit, I have seen a peak at one and I want one!! Is there anyone out there that can help me?? Heres hoping...
Please please please please please!! ;0) with a cherry and sprinkles on top!
Cazx

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Ohh look how twinkly the star is! I got the Shimmerz from Horseshoe Crafts I only currently have three colours, but this one called Buttercream is good over all colours. I coloured this Leanne Ellis stamp with promarkers and added Tulle from Crafts U love. Paper and cardstock is Stampin' Up! as is the silver star brad.

Link ; Cuttlebug tutorial

Here I am linking to a very clever lady who shows you how to do the amazing cuttlebug embossed cards where you have the card embossed with a flat part in the middle. I have been asked a few times how to do it so thought I would share the tutorial. Please take time to tell the lady how fantastic her tutorial is!!

http://thecuttlebugspot.blogspot.com/2009/01/double-embossing-with-cuttlebug-and.html

Cazx

Two to share

Well that was a productive day by Sunday's standards. I went food shopping this morning, then sorted out lunch, took Harvey to a party at 3pm and then set to making a few cards, all whislt cooking the Sunday roast and sorting the washing out too... good job us women are good at multi tasking eh?

I have had a few new things to show you. I love the Sugar Nellie Leanne Ellis stamps.. I love a lot of the Sugar Nellie stamps but Leanne Ellis ones are too cute to resist. Now I was a good girl with the Gorguss Girls, I would have loved to get them all but couldnt afford the price for the set, but I got a little payment on my paypal account which meant I could treat myself to the new Leanne ones instead. Gorguss Girls will follow I am sure but I still deciding which I really really want. So for this card I used lots of my fav yummies.

Firstly of course is the lovely stamp, once I mounted it on the EZ mount it stamps beautifully. I took this image to bed last night and coloured with my pro markers, always a bit of a challenge as the light from the bedside lamp is terrible! Anyway, I made this with some of my SU goodies, lovely cardstock in Bashful Blue and Chocolate chip, as well as paper from the Summer Picnic collection. The flower is one of the beautiful Die Cut Blooms from SU and its of course in Bashful blue (see SU and their perfect matched items) The wording circle is one of the lovely brown message circles from Craftwork Cards, you can't see but it is foiled with gold writing.

My second card is made using the adorable stamps from DO crafts. Now these stamps are fantastic value with the kit of stamps costing just £5.99 when you get the stamps out the packing you think "ohhh these feel weird" and then maybe you might worry that they wont stamp well. Thats exactly what I felt like, BUT all fears were put to bed once I stamped them as they stamped really well. The papers I have used are Stampin' up! the red flower is from the blooms cuts and the spotty flower is Craftwork Cards. The Tulle is from Crafts U Love and last but not least the stamps are from The Glitter Pot.

This card is actually very red but the colours havent come out right.

I am going to see if I can get another card made before Lost is on.... OMG I am totally hooked and look forward to Sunday nights Lost fix.

Cazx

Bursting

No I dont need the loo! LOL But that was my classes yesterday at the Glitter Pot, 13 in the morning! and a few less in the afternoon and I think everyone enjoyed themselves. Julie was there and as much as we wanted a natter the most we got was a few minutes in the day and 5 minutes in the carpark afterwards. Julie was amazing everyone with her Craftwork Cards creations and the goodies were flying off the shelves!

For my classes we had NEW Penny Black in the morning and Fluffles for the afternoon.

Penny Black fairy with flocked dress!

Fluffles with bunny slippers - tooo funny

Lovely white embossing - simple but I really liked this card

Lastly the Coredinations cardstock, embossed with cuttlebug embossing folder and Bee Fluffles. All cards very simple, nothing too taxing.

Chat later, Harvey has just got up and is wanting his brekkie.

OMG Ketto

Have you seen Ketto? OMG a fabulous range from Stamping Bella.. no wonder Em fell in love with these designs... I want... I need... I feel a second hand stamp sale coming on... all for the love of Ketto you understand!?!

http://www.stampingbella.com/index.php?cPath=185

And in the words of "da bella", you likey?

Silly O Clock

anything before 6am is silly o clock in my book, especially when you have been woken umpteen times as little one is brewing something. Yesterday when I went to collect Woo from preschool they came out and got me and said he'd gone all weird, gone a funny colour, rolled his eyes ect... as soon as he saw me he was OK, in the car the 3 minute drive home he fell asleep and he stayed sleeping until 2 hours later. Then when he woke he wouldnt eat and said "ow" and held his head. So I gave him medicine, he was ok the rest of the day, but not eating properly. last night just calling my name every so often. Then at 5 he was very hot and as he has had a few febrile fits in the past so I gave him medicine that woke him right up and that was it... So I feel horrible myself now from not getting enough sleep. I hope I get through the day as I have 12 on my class this morning at the Glitter Pot. YAWN..

Anyway I will have some cards to share later. 2 Penny Black and 2 Fluffles. I have used cuttlebug embossing and coredinations, fun flock, white embossing and nesties so a real mixed class! I was pleased with the cards. I also cant wait to see Julie Hickey who is demoing there today ;)

Catch you later
Cazx

Wild Bunny

This bunny is sooo cute! A dream to stamp with a fantastic clear and clean image and lovely to colour. I dont think I like this card, but I LOVE the bunny! Check out the link to Wild rose on my sidebar (coming up right after this post)

• Other ramblings from the day Milo is driving me nuts trotting up and down and in and out... reason being next doors Rotweiler is on heat!! That would be something to see wouldnt it! Milo my little jack russell trying to make friends with her.. hee hee
• Mums cat isnt well so please send get well vibes to Marley.
• Ding Ding went to school and Mummy made 3 cards!! YIPEEE - asked Caiden his name and he will reply DING DING... OK its getting more like Caiden with time but it is funny!
• Yahyee (Harvey to Ding Ding) had a fab day at school dressed as a caterpillar he looked lovely - I will post that later or tomorrow. KFC in store IF Harvey gets a good school report. Fingers crossed for that eh?! Daddy has shepherds pie I made so he is happy.
  

Oh well, better had get one with something!

Cazx

Update

I have been so busy making cards, just cant share with you! They are for a magazine comission. Also preping for 2 classes at The Glitter Pot this weekend too. I forced myself to stamp a little card before bed last night just for fun, just need to hop down to the shed to get some flowers to stick on it (stepping stones and a dark garden dont match). My Mum made me laugh yesterday, now she has always steered clear of cardmaking but needs a hobby. Well she ordered a few bits off me from SU and when I gave her her bag she said something like "ohhhh new stuff" LOL we laughed and I warned her it was downhill from now on, she was hooked!

Caiden at preschool so I have 2 hours to make my class prep. Wish me luck I would love to get it all done in 2 hours!

Harvey is going to school as "the crunching munching caterpillar" for book day. He has borrowed a fab costume off his friend. He also has earnt 20 minutes free play in his class (along with all the class) for getting all their class points. So they voted on 20 minutes play with a toy from home. Then tonight I have to go to parents evening to see how he is getting on.

Terrible night in bed, I was soooo cold at bedtime and I know I was awake at midnight. Then 3 ish Caiden woke and was restless for ages and then Harvey came in a 5.30 wide awake and wanting to chat. In the end we got up just before 6 as Harvey just wasnt going to settle and had started tickling Darren!

Harveys Birthday

He had a lovely day, in his words "the best birthday on the planet" ;0) what more can you ask for eh? Here he is on his pressie from Nanny - its actually for both Harvey and Caiden and Christmas too!! This was 8-15am yesterday in his jammies! Not much garden left but hey, what are gardens for it they are aren't for kids and craft sheds?

I havent been creative much, been too much punishing myself for my stupudity and feeling why should I be happy as I dont deserve it, but thats not really the right way to think is it? So I need to buck my ideas up and make myself happy again. And it the words of Forrest Gump "thats all I have to say about that". I do love Forrest quotes and for a "stupid" man he was very wise ;0)

I remembered Saturday night I had better make Harvey a card so here is what I made.

I used images from High Hopes - from a friend Johanna - I hadnt got any of these stamps and she kindly sent me some. You can get High Hopes from www.diestodiefor.co.uk tell them Stampingcaz sent ya!

Craftwork Cards circle in yummy brown and the card candy too. I didnt have any number 6 or anything so I thought I would use one candy for each year! - coloured with pencils Paper is Stampin' Up!

Saturdays class at Crafts U Love was Forever Friends and I had to design a wedding, christening, birthday and Baby card - bit of a challenge as I dont go Wedding and Christening cards well, but they turned out ok!

Sale-a-bration is over and I am so pleased I tempted some of you to get the very lovely Polka Dot Punches set - you will love it!! One I will continue to use for personal stamping fun now.

Last and by no means least I was so so happy to have received an email yesterday from Dulcie from www.wildrosestudio.co.uk to say that I had been accepted into their Design Team and I cant wait to get some cards made with the cute cats I have here at home really soon. I did stamp a cat last night but that was as far as I got!! LOL

Ribbit

I saw this stamp at Crafts U Love and I had to get it. toooo cute... I have a "thing" for frogs. This is a adorable stamp from Whippersnapper.

What a beautiful day it was Friday so I managed to photograph it in proper light!

Thing 2

Reminds me of one of Harveys books.. I refered to Thing 1 earlier, and here is thing 2 for his Party Bags. Little covered notepads.






So far 6 made, 6 more to go. Each Space Ian (The Greetings Farm) is colouring according to boy who is receiving it. There is a complete split of blonde and brown haired boys, apart from of course Harvey with his special shining hair!

Ran out of paper so I hope to get them tomorrow in the post. Made quiet simple as they are 5 & 6 year olds that wont care much about them LOL or might for all of 5 minutes.