Chairsma Cardz - Jokes & Laughter

Scheduled post again and today it's new challenge time over at Charisma Cardz.  The theme this week is 'Jokes & Laughter'.

Ages ago I bought some LaPashe Flippin images really cheaply but had never used them, so thought it was time to have a look through them.  I thought this little chappy and the sentiment were quite fun, so started cutting them out (they are decoupage!).  A very simple card as I wanted the image and sentiment to be the focus of the card, so simply doodled around the edge of the card and added a strip of sticky ribbon!

unsure really what to do with the back view of the image I simply stuck it to the inside of the front of the card, I held it up to the light to get it into the exact position, this can also be decoupaged but I used the single layer. 

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A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 148

Good morning, scheduled post as I'm elsewhere!!

The new A Spoon Full of Sugar challenge is 'Celebrations' this can be any celebration e.g. wedding, birth, passing exam, first day at school........

For my card I have used an image that I've had for ages (apologies can't remember who it's by) but thought the ladies looked like they were celebrating something good!!!!!

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A fun time at the farm

As mentioned in my previous post my youngest daughter and I were off to the farm to meet up with my friend and her son.  We had a really lovely time, I thought I would share a few piccies with you.

There was a easter egg hunt, where you had to find the eggs around the farm and write the colour that matched the no. on the form.  There was also a treasure hunt, where we had to find the clues and do certain things in the boxes on the sheet i.e. draw the farm logo!

Here is Hollie copying the logo! 

having a ride on one of the many tractors, my friends little boy would've spent all of his time on these, that or in the sandpit lol!

we saw many lambs, oh how I would love a dwarf lamb as a pet! 

we also saw piglets (and many other animals but won't bore you with the photo's) 

I think the highlight of the day was the pony ride!  Both Hollie and my friends son who is only 3 really loved it! 

 
 here she is showing off her prizes for completing both hunts

and finally a scenic piccie of the pond you pass heading towards and from the farm entrance, I just love how they are growing over the wall, so pretty!

Chairsma Cardz - Pink, Black & Green

Good morning, very quick post from me this morning as I'm off to meet my friend and her little boy at the farm!!  I'm down to 1 child as Lillie is having a few days hol at Nannie and Grandad's, and my friends boys are at their dads, leaving her with only 1, so we thought why not!!

New Challenge time at Charisma Cardz and this week we would like to see the colours Pink, Black & Green used.  I've used a super cute easter Magnolia image that my dear friend Becky sent me ages ago, a few scraps of paper, some pretty ribbon also from Becky and a flower which I got from Poundland (they do them in a variety of colours!).

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Right oooo-aarrrr...... we're off to the farm!!!!!

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 147

Good morning, this weeks challenge over at A Spoon Full of Sugar is 'All Creatures Great and Small' you can use any creature/animal you like!

I came accross this fab freebie image of an easter bunny at In A Scrap Creations there is a non coloured a coloured version, I like to use coloured ones for quick makes!  I simply layered up a couple of papers, printed the sentiment out and attached a flower and bow from my stash!  1 easter card, I have actually bought my easter cards this year!!!

A great prize and great examples from the girls over at the blog.

I am actually going to enter this card into a challenge, shock horror, yes it's the first challenge I have entered this year can you believe it?  I would like to enter this card into the 'easter' challenge over at Pollycraft.

Chairsma Cardz - Wedding/anniversary

Warning!  This is a photo overload post!!!

Firstly it's new challenge time over at Charisma Cardz and this weeks theme is 'Weddings/Anniversary', imagine my surprise when I checked to see what the theme was and saw this, I had just literally finished icing the golden wedding anniversary cake for the in-laws surprise party at the weekend (just gone).

So here it is :

I can't take credit for the topper, as I bought this but will be practising as it's my parents 'ruby' wedding anniversary next year so will be on cake duty again for that!

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Here are a few more cakey pictures :

 I was going to ice the cake, something which I haven't done in quite a while, but thought I would have a go at making a couple of sugarpaste roses, remembering I had bought some heart shaped cookie cutters around Valentine's day I got these out to cut the petals and tadah....... the idea of the hearts was born!!  Next was what to do around the base, a quick experiment with the twisted rolls (similar to those I had on my wedding cake) and there it was, cake topper in position and cake complete!

Here is a close up of one of the roses with the pretty diamante's in the topper

and here it is being cut by the in-laws well just after lol!

We had arranged a surprise (well to MIL) afternoon tea party, sis-in-law and I had half a week of baking

 
 
 
 
and this is where I spent most of the afternoon, yep in the kitchen, either washing up or making the tea!!

It was a success, we had lots of cake left over, so we plated it up and then asked if anyone would like to take any home for a donation into the collection pot.  You see they didn't want presents, let's face it what do they really want?  With MIL having breast cancer 6years ago, being clear for 5 years and then last year being told she had secondary cancer of her liver etc she requested if people wanted to give them anything then please could it be a donation to the Macmillan nurses.  In total they got £180 which was brilliant.  At the moment MIL is taking hormone tablets which have reduced the cancer by 50% which we are all so pleased about, she was sooooo worried about having to have chemo, fingers crossed it's still under control the next time she goes for a check up.

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 146

New challenge time at A Spoon Full of Sugar and we are looking for 'Tons of Texture'.

For my card I have used my swiss dots embossing folder which has been buried in the bottom of my cupboard forever!  I made the lace flower a couple of weeks ago, it was my first attempt and I'm really pleased with how pretty it is.  I have a friend coming round later to see how to make these as she would like to maybe hace these as corsages for her upcoming wedding, using lace from her Grandmothers veil.  The hearts are brads.  A very simple card, yet really pretty in 'real life'!

We have a $10 gift certificate and lovely stamp as this weeks prize kindly donated by Michelle's Scrapbook and more.