Cute Anya

Hello, how are you? I can't believe how windy it is at the moment, here in Staffordshire! It's impossible to walk out of the door without your hair being blown around, so it looks like a bird's nest, ha ha!

I tried a slightly different card this time, as I didn't have much of this purple Bazzil cardstock left to mount my design paper, so I thought I'd make a slightly smaller card with a circle attached, which was really easy, and definitely one I'd make again!

I am entering these challenges with my card:

Stamp Something Challenge - 'Something Cute'

Simon Says Challenge - 'Pearls and Lace'

Pile It On Challenge - 'Pile on the Layers'

Cupcake Craft Challenge - 'Books and Stories' (I have chosen 'Love Lessons', a book by Jacqueline Wilson that I really like, as I have lots of hearts on my card!)

Materials:

Image: The Greetings Farm

Papers: Imaginisce

Colouring: Pro Markers

Cardstock: Bazzil

Flowers: From My Stash

Pearls: From My Stash

Lace: From My Stash

Sentiment: Freebie Rub-On Transfer

Star Button: From My Stash

Brad: From My Stash

Glitter: Craft Planet

Corner Punch: Borrowed From My Mum

I took inspiration from the lovely Kim Piggott and edged my paper and card in glitter, which I've always thought looks so pretty on her cards, thanks for the inspiration Kim! :)

Today, my lovely cat Fizzy, has been to the vets for an operation. She had a scale and polish of her teeth, as she had a build-up of tartar, and an investigation on her legs, as she has been limping recently. She had to have an anaesthetic and was very sleepy and cute when she came out of the vets tonight. Here are some pictures of her after we brought her home, aww!

I'm so glad everything has gone well in her operation and hopefully she should bounce back tomorrow from the anaesthetic, no problem! :)

Thanks so much for looking and have a lovely week, at least double-maths Monday is over now, ha ha! :)

Love, Georgia xx

Summer Days

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a lovely weekend and enjoying the summer!
I've been really crafty this weekend - my mojo was gone, but I've really been in the mood for making cards this weekend, so I made this card to show you now, and my Crafty Calendar Challenge Design Team card for next month, which I will show you when the new challenge is posted on Friday 6th August!

I made this card for Nikki's fabulous new challenge, Bunny-Zoe's Crafts! There are two amazing prizes up for grabs, as well as a Guest Designer spot, so head on over there by clicking the link above if you want to enter this month's challenge for the chance to win the fantastic prizes!
The theme over there this month is 'Summer Days', so I thought this little Hula Girl Anya image would be perfect. I also found these gorgeous papers in my paper box, so couldn't wait to use them, although I'm not sure where they are from or who they are by.








Not much can be said for our summer in the UK - it's cloudy and wet outside, as I'm typing, but at least it will be good for the gardens and all the scorched grass from the sunny weather we had a couple of weeks ago.

Materials:
Image: Anya
Sentiment: Studio G
Papers: Unsure
Raffia Lace: From My Stash
Ribbon: From Chris
Colouring: Pro Markers
Flowers: From My Stash
Silver Brads: Gem Styler
Pink Brad: From My Stash
Pins: From My Stash

I'm having a relaxing afternoon at home today, seeing as it's the summer holidays now, woo hoo! I'm just off to make a yummy lunch and then me and my mum and my brother are going to put a film on in the lounge! :)

Thanks so much for looking and have a great weekend!
Love, Georgia xx

Quixotic Challenge Card

Hi there! I hope you are all having a lovely week and are looking forward to the weekend! I am going to be off school tomorrow, because all of year nine have 'Go To Work Day', where we have to go to work with one of our parents or someone we know, so I'll be going to work with my mum!

My mojo has come back a little and I decided to make this card for this week's Quixotic Challenge, where the theme is 'Pretty Pearls'.

Materials:

Image: The Greetings Farm

Sentiment: My Mind's Eye

Papers: My Mind's Eye

Ribbon: From My Stash

Flowers & Dots: My Mind's Eye

Pearls: From My Stash

Colouring: Pro Markers

Punch: Martha Stewart

Cardstock: Bazzil

Can you believe these papers were from a paper pad that came free with this month's 'Cardmaking and Papercraft' magazine?! What a great prize, and such good quality pretty papers too! I can't wait to have another go with them to make some more girly cards, tee hee! :)

Thanks so much for looking and bye for now!

Love, Georgia xx

Summer

Hi there! I'm sorry I've been away for so long, but at the moment, I'm struggling to find time to craft because I have exams and coursework to do for school at the moment, as I am doing my GCSEs.

This is my Design Team project for the Crafty Calendar Challenge. My friend, Megan's birthday is coming up in the middle of July, so I painted and decorated this little box I found in my art things and I've bought a little silver and purple charm bracelet to go inside it as a present, which I picked because she loves purple! :)

The theme at the Crafty Calendar Challenge this month is 'Summer', so I used this sweet little Anya image and bright colours to give it a summery feel, especially because Megan's birthday is in the height of summer.

Materials:

Image: The Greetings Farm

Paper: Basic Grey - Nook and Pantry

Flowers: From My Stash

Colouring: Pro Markers

Brad: From My Stash

Gem: From My Stash

Ribbon: From My Stash

Glitter Letter Stickers: From The NEC

I've hardly got any time left now at school before the summer holidays! I'm also looking forward to Thursday 8th July, as I have a kind of work experience day with school, so I will be going to work with my mum for the day! :)

Anyway, thanks so much for looking and have a lovely weekend, let's hope the hot weather carries on!

Love from, Georgia xx

Phew...All Fixed!

Hi there! I'm really glad because my computer has been fixed and it turned out to be something really small, which is good, because I was assuming it was going to cost a lot to put it right, but it's all sorted now! :)

I had a really crafty day yesterday and made a Father's Day card for my dad and this card with one of my mum's new Anya stamps.

I'm entering it into this week's Cupcake Craft Challenge, where the theme is 'Dazzle Us', so you have to use glitter or gems or anything sparkly really.

Materials:

Image: Anya

Sentiment: Tim Holtz

Papers: The Paper Loft

Colouring: Pro Markers

Flowes: From My Stash

Butterfly: From My Stash

Gems: From My Stash

Spacers: The Hobby House

Cardstock: Bazzil

So much for the England victory last night against the USA! Oh well, at least they didn't lose, lol!

Thanks so much for looking and I'm off now for a blog hop to catch up on everyone's creations!

Have a lovely week!

Love, Georgia xx

Anyone For Anya Challenge #2

Hello! I've just finished making this card for the fab new Anyone For Anya Challenge that started recently, where there is a fabulous sketch!



The image is Anya, the sentiment and butterfly stamp is Studio G, the flowers are Prima, the brad is PaperMania, the gems are PaperMania, the flower pearls and ribbon are from my stash and the backing paper is from my stash. I'm not sure where it's from.





I'd just like to say thank you for everyone's support with my new challenge, and good luck to all the applicants so far, I really appreciate it! :)

Anyway, I'd better go for now.

Thanks so much for taking the time to look!
Georgia xxxxx

Just...A Card!

Hi! I hope everyone had a great Easter Sunday yesterday - I certainly did...and it was very fulfilling chocolate-wise!
I'm not entering this card into any challenge, it was just a spur-of-the-moment card and I made it without any particular theme so...here it is!





Materials:
Image: Anya
Backing Paper: Unknown
Gems: PaperMania
Flower Die Cut: Cuttlebug
Pink and White Flower: From Tab
Black Flower: From Michele
Brad: PaperMania
Sentiment: Unknown

Thanks for looking! Enjoy the rest of your Easter break.



Bye for now! xx

Crafty Monkeys Challenge #19

Hi! In this post, I am showing two pictures of my entry for this fortnight's Crafty Monkeys Challenge and also a picture of my friend Elisha's entry, who doesn't have a blog.

A couple of months ago, I posted a picture of a card that Elisha had made because we got together one day, made some cards and I offered to post it on my blog. Yesterday, me and my brother went to her house because her mum was looking after us while my mum was at work and we made a card each.

I explained to her about blog challenges and asked if she would like to be entered into one and have the chance of winning a prize - she was really excited at the chance so below is another picture of my card and then one of Elisha's.

Thanks for looking and Elisha, if you read this, good luck with the challenge!

xx

Friday Sketchers Challenge #45

Hi there! Here is my entry for this week's Friday Sketchers Challenge.

I am really, really pleased with the result and I'm glad to have made a card I like because I have previously made two cards that I don't like very much, so I'm glad.

My mum stamped out some of her Anya images for me so this is my first Anya card! I love the Anya images as I think they are really cute and they are a pleasure to colour.

This particular Anya came with two little outfits to colour so I picked this little dress and then raised it up off her body with foam squares.

Materials:

Image: Anya

Sentiment: Kolette Hall

Star Gem: PaperMania

Big White Flower: From Sarita

Small Turquoise Flower: Prima

Metal Flower: From Sarita

Brad: From Sarita
Backing Paper: From Sarita

Ribbon: From Sarita
Button: Unknown

Thanks! Love from, Georgia xxxx