A Spoon Full of Sugar - 160 Pink & Brown

Good morning, hope it's nice wherever you are, it's a bit dull here today, fingers crossed it won't rain though as my little one hasn't taken her raincoat to school today ooppss!!

Anyhow, it's time for a new A Spoon Full of Sugar challenge and for this week we have a colour challenge of 'Pink & Brown'.

Surprise surprise yep I've used a Lili of the Valley die-cut image.  The truth is my crafty mojo went walkies at christmas and has never really come back, I have no enthusiasm for colouring images, although I have LOADS (and several brand new un-inked stamps) therefore these die-cuts are a life saver, and they are just so cute to!  Must get me some more!!

Here is my pink and brown card.

All sponsor and prize details can be found over on the challenge blog, along with the wonderful examples from the rest of the design team.  Go take a look!

Pink & or Purple day at ballet

Last week the girls were able to dress up for their ballet lesson, the theme was pink and or purple.

So out came the disney princess outfits!! and the obligatory photo shoot!!

 
 
 

A Spoon Full of Sugar - 159 Sewing

Good morning, Tuesday again and time for a new A Spoon Full of Sugar challenge, this weeks theme is 'sewing', this can be interpreted in an image, or some real sewing, real stitching or faux etc

I have gone for a different style of card today, not too sure if I really like it or not to be honest!  I 'lifted' this from a past issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft!  It doesn't show in the piccie and I forgot to take a side piccie that the flower and butterfly add attacthed by foam pad just to add a bit of dimension to the card.  As you can see I went for the faux stitching!

Sponsor and prize details along with examples from the girls can be found on the blog HERE.

Handmade flowers for hairbands/corsages etc

Been playing again!  This time making a couple of flowers.  I love these and have put brooch pins on the backs so they can be added to a hair band as shown below or simply worn on a top/jacket/cardi etc

This one is pink satin layered with a kind of mesh material layer in between 

and then an orange flower, the material for this is different so didn't curl up so nicely when the edges were melted, but it still looks pretty! 

Oh and don't forget the new challenge over at Charisma Cardz, I've got a couple of weeks DT hol, but will still be looking!

A Spoon Full of Sugar - 158 Get Well Soon

Good Tuesday morning, I hope the sun is shining!  It's time for a new challenge over at A Spoon Full of Sugar and this week we are thinking of those who are poorly with the theme of 'Get Well Soon'.

Need I really say it?  Yes, yet another of the Lili of the Valley die-cut images, I really am boring myself keep writing it but these are sooo sooo handy especially when time is lacking or you lack the enthusiasm to colour!  A pretty basic card really, I added the sentiment to the top of the image, a sparkly foam heart sticker, striped paper scrap from my folder and the red layers are recycled envelopes!!

Prize and sponsor details as always can be found on the blog HERE

A new dress, therefore new necklace and bracelets!!!!

A while ago with only Hollie home as Lillie was having a much loved sleepover at Nannie and Grandads, I decided that Hollie could have a bit of a fashion show!!  It was a way of getting her to try on her new out-fits without the fuss!

Here she is in the new dress that Nannie bought her.

Now pretty as it is I thought it needed something around the neck as this was a little bit scooped, so I set to work with some beads and ribbon.

Below are the necklaces that I made, both slightly different.

close up of the beads

beads close up

Then not happy with leaving it at necklaces I made them bracelets to!!!

Minus the ribbon but with the addition of a large red bead!

and different again, 2 this time bringing the red in with the individual sead bead bracelet!

The bracelets are highly addictive and so so easy to make, so will be making plenty more.  Bonus is you can make them to what ever size you like, as I find some shop bought bracelets are so tight if worn they cut of the circulation!!

Charisma Cardz - white + one

Morning, I am actually on hol from the design team at Charisma Cardz this week but actually felt creative last week and made the following scrapbook page for this weeks challenge which is 'White + one'.  So I went all monochrome!!  The picture was taken on the beach after the in-laws surprise 50th wedding anniversary afternoon tea bash!!