Totally Gorjuss 198 - Bows.

Edited to add :- is it ok to say I hate Mr Blogger or will that make him worse? I definitely scheduled this post for Saturday morning and he didn't post it!!! When I checked tonight it was under draft. But I double-checked before I switched off last night and it said scheduled so I'm pretty annoyed. Not sure why considering the number of people who visit me!

Good morning everyone. I think this has been a really quick week! But it's time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss. This week we'd like to see bows on your work. We're sponsored by the lovely people at The Ribbon Girl who are offering a voucher to spend in their lovely online store.

I've made a very quick Christmas card this week.

I used :-
Image and DP :- LOTV topper.
Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.
Pearls :- Hobby House.
Sakura clear glitter gel pen and ribbon.

Challenges :-
ABC Christmas :- Q is for quick.
Crafty Ribbons :- Anything Goes with ribbon.
Hobby House :- Christmas.

Well thanks for looking, I'm working this morning and then I'm going to my local craft shop. My friend who works there is doing a melting pot demo and  I think there might be a make and take too.

I'll catch up later, broadband connection permitting.

What Easter Egg?

Looks like Mousie ate the egg! He must be sleepy after eating all that chocolate.

I thought Poppy would like this card. I never used to make or send Easter cards but now that I've got grandchildren it's any excuse to make a card and send a wee present to them!

I used :-

Image :- House Mouse.

Sentiment :- Penny Black coloured with Wisteria Wonder pen from SU.

Embossed panel :- SU - Honeycomb.

Corners :- Whimsy.

Rhinestones :- Hobby House.

Ribbon from stash and Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

I'm entering the following challenges :-

Oldie but a Goodie. :- Easter.
Creative Inspirations :- Spring Colours.
Stampin' for the Weekend :- Child's Play.

Hope everyone's ok during this unpleasant cold spell. I keep hoping that the weather's going to improve and get a bit warmer. To think we've got through most of the winter not too bad and now in March when you think it should be getting better it's worse!! Our neighbour has lots of sheep and this is just the time for him and a lot of others to start lambing if they haven't already. Poor wee lambs. I'm really glad we stopped farming a few years ago. Poor hubby still has to work outside all day every day but at least he's not farming with all the weather related problems farmers have had this past year.

Thanks for looking and I'll catch up later today after work. Thanks as always for all your lovely comments.

Kat xx

LOTV 104

Hi everyone, gorgeous day here so I'm just off out to walk the dogs again. Just a quick post to show an ultra quick card I made this afternoon.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV cute square.

DP :- Tilda.

Roses :- Wild Orchid Crafts.

Pearls :- Hobby House.

Sakura clear glitter gel pen, Promarkers and Distress Inks.

This is for the following challenges :-

Lili of the Valley :- Sketch.
A Spoon Full of Sugar :- Pink and Brown.
One Stitch at a Time :- Anything Goes.
Simon Says Stamp :- Anything Goes.

Do you want to know something? When I finished it I wasn't too keen on it! I love the image and the DP but somehow I didn't like the card very much. I think it's growing on me a wee bit now!

I'm off to walk the boys now. Catch up with you all later.

Totally Gorjuss 85 - Pearls and Swirls.

Good morning everyone it's Saturday again and time for a lovely new challenge at Totally Gorjuss. We had lots of gorgeous entries last week, you all love your flowers don't you? Pop over to the blog to see who won if you haven't done so already. You can also check out my talented teamies cards for this week's challenge. I think you'll like our challenge this week. It's a really easy one again this time, pearls and swirls. How easy is that!?

I used :-

Image :- LOTV.

DP :- DCWV.

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Pearls :- Hobby House.

Swirl :- Cottage Cutz.

Punch :- Martha Stewart.

String, Glamour Dust and Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

I used the sketch from Truly Scrumptious so I'm entering their challenge.

I'm quite pleased with this card as I didn't have much time to make it. I've no idea what happened to the time this week. I seemed to have even less of it than usual! To crown it all when I was trying to schedule this post last night after my WRI car treasure hunt it refused to save and kept saying there was a mistake keeping it from saving. So I gave up in disgust. I checked the html and I couldn't find what the problem was! Does anyone else ever have this problem or is it just me?

Anyway I'd best get this scheduled now and go and have a shower and get to work. I've got a crop this afternoon so I'll catch up with you all later.

Thanks for looking and for any comments you might have time to leave. I really enjoy hearing what you think of my cards.

Totally Gorjuss 78 -1,2,3

Good morning everyone, hope you're ready for another challenge over at Totally Gorjuss. Thanks to everyone who joined us last week for our "Bling it on" challenge. You all certainly love your bling, don't you?

This week we have another easy challenge for you, a recipe. The recipe is 1,2,3, all you need to do is have eg 1 image, 2 DP or embellishments and 3 flowers or buttons or card candy or whatever. I've used 1 ribbon, 2 DPs and 3 flowers as well as 3 card candies. This week we are sponsored by Fantastic Ribbons. They have lots of goodies to tempt you so why don't you pop over for a look?

I used :-

Image :- Magnolia.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Roses :- Wild Orchid Crafts.

Ribbon :- Ribbon Girl.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Sakura clear gel pen and clear glitter gel pen.

I'm going to enter the following challenges :-

Cute Card Thursday :- Sketch from challenge 131 (23/09/10).

My talented teamies have made some lovely cards to inspire you so do pop over to Totally Gorjuss to see what they've made this week.

Thanks for looking and I'll catch up with you all this afternoon after work.

Lots of Flowers.

Hi everyone, and isn't it a lovely day for a wedding. At least it is here in Aberdeenshire, so I hope it is where you are too. I've been watching "the wedding" and isn't Kate a beautiful bride? Her dress is stunning and suits her perfectly.

I managed to make my DT card yesterday. Always a relief to get it finished and posted on the DT blog in time. Then I had time to make another one. Just simple and quick but using my favourite colour - lilac.

I used :-

Image :- Stampin' Up.

DP :- Basic Grey.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Flowers, card candy and pearls.

I'm entering the following challenges with this card :-

Simply Stampin :- Sketch and of course a Stampin' Up image.
Fussy and Fancy :-Springtime - I think my DP and flowers are very Springlike so I hope that's ok.

Well I need to go and get some lunch now and take my dogs for a walk. Enjoy your day everyone.

Edited to add :- Guess what silly person only realised about 8pm that she hadn't entered the Simply Stampin challenge which closes at 6pm?!!

Less is More #4

Hi everyone, I'll need to be really quick here as I'm on my lunch hour!

I'm a bit of a last minute Aggie with this card but I really wanted to enter the Less is More challenge. I'm really enjoying these challenges, they're fun to do but you have to do a bit of thinking and planning too.

Not sure this is what I set out to do but here it is anyway. The sentiment looks a bit weird but no matter what I did it didn't look straight!

I used :-
Image :- Hobby Arts.
Sentiment :- Hero Arts.
Colouring :- Promarkers, Sakura clear glitter gel pen.
Nesties and Cuttlebug embossing folder.

 I think I should round up the dogs now and get back to work. Catch up with you all later.

Little Miss Spotty!!

Hi everyone, are you all looking forward to the weekend? I am, even if I have to work on Saturday morning first before I get some time to myself!

The Little Miss Spotty in question is Poppy, she has Chickenpox!! It's been on the go and Catriona's just been waiting for Poppy's turn. Now she just has to wait for Oliver to get it. Luckily Catriona's had it too when she was 9. Poor Poppy really misses nursery but she'll soon be able to go back. This morning I decided to make a quick card for her and send it to her with some chocolate buttons. Probably should have sent buttons to Oliver too but he'll get his when he gets Chickenpox!

I used :-

Image :- LOTV coloured with Promarkers.

DP :- Love Letters from First Edition Paper. New & gorgeous isn't it?

Pearls :- Prima e.line.

Nesties, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Sakura clear gel pen on shoes.

Seam binding :- Ribbon Girl.

I'm quite pleased with it for a quick card. Sometimes it's better not to have to much time to think lol!

I don't think it fits any challenges but if it does I'll come back and edit this post.

Thanks for looking and I'll be back tomorrow with my DT card for Totally Gorjuss. Which reminds me I saw that there were some new Gorjuss Girl stamps over at Funky Kits. I might have to pop over for a look, it's been a long time since we had any new Gorjuss Girls.

Off to catch up with my DT work now before it's time for the next challenge!

Totally Gorjuss 64 Feeling Hot.

Good morning everyone. I hope you're all looking forward to a lovely weekend. This morning I'm off to Simply Create at Alford for a special day. Jacqui has moved into her new shop and Kath is going to be doing demos with some of the stamps from the new 2011 Hero Arts catalogue.

Today I'd like to show you my DT card for Totally Gorjuss. Our theme this week is "Feeling Hot", we'd like you to use hot colours on your card or project.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV cute square with added colour and Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

Sentiment :- LOTV

DP :- MME.

Flower :- Same DP and EK Success punch edged with Glamour Dust..

Jewels, card candy and ribbon.

I'm going to enter the following challenges :-

LOTV :- Sketch.

The Pink Elephant :- Pink, orange and aqua.

Simon Says Stamp :- Bingo, 3 items in a line - DP, glimmer/glitter and gems or jewels.
Stampin for the Weekend :- Getting warmed up.
One Stitch at a Time :- New. I used one of my new cute squares.

I hope many of you will  want to join us again this week. We had lots of entries for our "cuddly" challenge last week. I saw some stunning cards so if you haven't been over to Totally Gorjuss yet remember to pop over to see who has won.

Thanks for looking and have a lovely weekend.

Crafty Cardmakers 33 - Stitching.

Good afternoon girls and I hope it is a lovely day where you are. It's beautiful here today again. Yesterday was lovely too and as we went down to Glasgow to the SECC for the craft show it was so nice to be in the sun when the sun came up. My friend and I got the bus at 6.30am but some of the ladies on our bus left a lot earlier! I was glad to leave my jacket in the bus as it always gets warm as you go round the hall. I have some lovely new stash to play with but first I had to get this card done. Yes of course it should have been done and scheduled a few days ago but between problems finding some of my Halloween stuff to make cards for the grandkids, another DT card to make and no Internet on Friday evening it didn't get done!!

But here it is now. I have to admit it was a very quick card so I hope you like it. Over at Crafty Cardmakers we'd like to see some stitching on your card or project. We don't mind if it's real or faux stitching. I didn't really have a choice, for speed it had to be faux!

I used :-

Image :- Cute square (trimmed to rectangle shape) from LOTV.

DP :- MME Wonderful Winter.

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Snowflakes :- Martha Stewart punch.

Swirls :- Cottage Cutz.

Faux stitching with American Crafts precision pen.

Glamour Dust, Sakura glitter gel pen, Poppy Promarker, glue pen.

As I said this was a really quick card. It had to be and it's surprising how quick you can be when you have to be. I just hope Vix isn't too mad with me! I used a red base card to give a nice border round my first layer of DP. I love these cute images from LOTV and being pre-coloured they save a lot of time. I added some glitter to the image and round the sentiment for a bit of glitz. Some glue on the swirls and snowflakes, some Glamour Dust and you're sorted.

I'm going to enter some challenges with this card :-
Sketch and Stash :- Sketch.
Totally Papercrafts :- Bling it On.
ABC :-G is for Glitter.
A Spoon Full of Sugar :- Let's get Punchy.
Papertake Weekly :- Sparkly and Bright.
Creative Card Crew :- Let's Punch It.
Simon Says Stamp challenge :- Punch Em.
Pile it On :- Beary Good Friends.

Well that's me girls, just in time to schedule this post. Hope you can join us in our stitching challenge. If you haven't been over to Crafty Cardmakers challenge blog do take a minute to pop over and see what my talented teamies have made to inspire you, you won't be disappointed. While you're there check out last weeks challenge, you still have till Sunday to enter and if you like using digis it's ideal for you.

If you have time to tell me what you think of my card I'd love to read what you think. Feedback is always good. Now I'm off to have my lunch and check out my new stash.

Thanks for looking.

Crafty Cardmakers 32 - Use a Freebie.

Hello everyone. I hope you all had a lovely weekend. I have been away babysitting at my daughter's since Wednesday evening. We only actually had to babysit all day Thursday and Friday afternoon but since she lives about 2 and a half hours drive away we had to go on Wednesday. Yesterday we just spent some time with them although my hubby was roped into some gardening with Catriona while I stayed indoors with the kids. Today we stayed until Poppy came back from Sunday School and then gathered up our bags and the dog and came home. The dog is very quiet tonight! You can tell I'm writing this on Sunday evening and scheduling my post for Monday!!  She is used to Catriona's dog but had never met Catriona's in-laws Weimaraner before. She was only there till Friday afternoon so Maddy and Missy had the kids to themselves again. Oliver is only 11 months old but he loves dogs.

Anyway enough waffle, here is the card I made for Crafty Cardmakers latest challenge which is to use a freebie. I have used a stamp I got with Craft Stamper but you could also use freebie papers if you have any you got with a magazine. And of course you could use a free digi image.

I stamped my free flower stamp randomly on Kraft paper with Versamark and embossed with bright white embossing powder. I edged the Kraft paper with Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink. The blue DP is from Tim Holtz. I stamped again with Memento ink, coloured with Promarkers and cut out with a nestie. I added some blue organza ribbon across the middle and popped the image on top of it with sticky pads. The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards as is the card candy. I also added some jewels from Hobby House and finished off with some blue flowers from my stash. I added some glitter with a Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

I followed the sketch over at Creative Inspirations Wednesday Challenge Blog so I'll enter that challenge this week.

Since I have a day off today to catch up with some washing and ironing I'm also hoping to be able to get some crafting done too. Hope you can join us this fortnight, I'm sure lots of you can find a freebie of some description. Looking forward to visiting your blogs and seeing what you've done with your freebies. If you need some inspiration pop over to the challenge blog at Crafty Cardmakers and see what my talented teamies have done with their freebies.

Totally Gorjuss 52 Pink.

Good morning everyone and as usual I'm trusting Mr Blogger to post this for me.  Usually I'm at work but this week I'm off babysitting at my daughter's. We went down on Wednesday night after work and I've been kept on my toes ever since. Catriona is on holiday now so we'll probably be home tonight or tomorrow and I've got a day off on Monday so hopefully I can catch up with all my DT work.

Anyway I'm lucky to have managed to make a card this week. I thought I had brought all the stuff I needed to make this card to my daughter's. No! When I looked at the sketch I was using I discovered that I needed three flowers at each side of the image. I had no flowers needless to say. If I'd noticed sooner I could have nipped out and bought some wool as I did have a crochet hook with me. Never mind I managed to improvise some flowers with my lovely pink velvet ricrac. Not sure if they look ok or even like flowers at all but I had to be inventive since this is a DT card and I had to get it made and posted in time.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV.

DP :- Tim Holtz.

Colouring :- Promarkers and Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

Nesties, pink velvet ricrac.

Pearls :- Hobby House.

I followed the sketch from Sketch and Stash so I'm hoping to enter the challenge there. Since I made these flowers I think I can also enter the challenge at ABC which is flowers.

Thanks to everyone who joined us last week and hope to see you again this week. We are sponsored by the lovely girls over at LOTV this week so it's definitely worth joining us this week. I can always find something new to buy every time I check out their webshop.

Enjoy your weekend and I'll catch up with you all later. Thanks for looking at my card and if you have time to let me know what you think I can pop over and visit you too.

By the way we have a DT call out just now so why don't you give it a go. We're a friendly DT and we love working with new people.

Totally Gorjuss 46 - Sketch.

Good morning everyone, I hope you're all having a lovely weekend. For our challenge over at Totally Gorjuss this week we have a lovely sketch drawn by our own lovely Net. I love using a sketch and this is a really good one.

This week we are sponsored by Joanna Sheen. Joanna has a lovely webshop with lots of lovely goodies, good prices and great service and best of all no p&p.

I used :-

Image :- Tilda.

DP :- MME.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Sentiment and Card Candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Sakura clear gel pen and glitter gel pen, Nesties.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-

Just Magnolia :- Anything goes.

Stamp Something :- Something cute.

Thanks to everyone who entered our Christmas in August challenge last week. I had a lovely time visiting your blogs and looking at your lovely creations. I'd really appreciate it if you have time to leave me a little comment and if you have time to visit my teamies and see their gorgeous creations they would be delighted too.

If you're reading this on Saturday morning that means Mr Blogger has been kind and posted this for me. My friend and I are off to Alford to visitSimply Create where Jacqui is having an event day to raise money for Save the Children. Kath is doing make and takes and there's going to be a sales table and challenges. We've made some cards to take with us for Save the Children to sell. I think it's going to be a fun day. I'm hoping to meet some more of the new DT who love near enough to go tomorrow. I still can't believe I've been chosen and I can't wait to hear what the first challenge is going to be. I'll let you all know the date of the first challenge as soon as I know it.

Just Cute Bears # 32 Embossing.

Good morning everyone and it's time for another challenge over at Just Cute Bears. This week we'd like to see some embossing on your card. You could do heat embossing or dry embossing, either with embossing folders or a light box. It's up to you, whatever you prefer. I have to admit to loving my embossing folders.

Thanks to everyone who joined us last week for our colour challenge. I love pink and brown together and you seemed to like that colour combo too. There were some beautiful cards.

This week I was in Christmas mode so I thought I'd make a Christmas card for Just Cute Bears too. Don't you just love the new Christmas images from Lili of the Valley?

I used :-

Image :- LOTV diecut.

DP :- Memory Box - Mistletoe.

Card Candy and Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Snowflake :- Martha Stewart punch

Card candy and edges of snowflakes coloured with Promarker.

Swiss dots embossing folder.

Stickles, Sakura glitter gel pen and Ice White Pearl Pen.

I quite like this card so when I was at a crop at my local craft shop yesterday I made another 5. All slightly different. I also coloured in 6 images so at least I'm making a start on my Christmas cards. We had a lovely time at the crop. We've been meeting about every 4 weeks since last September and we always have fun. Everyone took something - sweet, savoury, paper plates sweets and crisps. We had sandwiches, quiche, sausage rolls etc; trifle, cake, meringues plus traybakes and tablet. Yummy. I took carrot cake and rocky road. It's a surprise we got any work done with all the eating and chatting.

I'm also entering the following challenges :-

Sketch and Stash :-Sketch and new stash - DP.

Stampin for the Weekend :- Anything goes.

The Secret Crafter :- Make a Start on Christmas.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and if you have a holiday tomorrow hope the weather is fine.

Just Cute Bears #31 Pink & Brown

It's Sunday already girls and normally I would be wondering how it could be Sunday already and I'd have to go to work tomorrow. But this week I'm having Monday and Tuesday off as my daughter and 2 gorgeous grandchildren are coming to stay tomorrow for a few days. My son-in-law has to go away for a few days for work so it'll just be the 3 of them. I'm so looking forward to them coming! I'm also taking the day off next Saturday as we're having a special crop to celebrate the first birthday of the craft shop. We're all going to take along something to eat. I'm taking carrot cake and rocky road traybake. Maybe Poppy will help me with my baking!

But I'm sure you'd rather hear about our challenge at Just Cute Bears! This week we are being sponsored by Wild Rose Studio and we'd like you to use the colours pink and brown on your project. Unfortunately I don't have any of their lovely stamps but I do have some of their gorgeous papers so I've used them.

I used :-

Image :- Die cut from LOTV.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Butterflies and bow on image covered with Sakura glitter gel pen.

Corners cut with EK Success punch.

Nesties, pearls and ribbon.

I'd like to enter the Lili of the Valley challenge as I used their sketch.

The Pink Elephant :- Ribbon and Sparkles.

Craft Your Days Away :- Things with Wings.

Crafty Creations :- Butterflies.

Creative Card Crew :- Sparkles and Shine.

If you've got time do please tell me what you think of my little card and I'm sure my talented teamies would like to hear from you too.

Enjoy what's left of your weekend.

Just Cute Bears #30 Buttons and Blooms.

Well girls, where does the weekend go. How did it get to Sunday so quickly? Time for another challenge at Just Cute Bears. This week our challenge is very simple.....we'd like to see buttons and blooms on your card or layout.

This week we are sponsored by Lili of the Valley. This gave me the perfect opportunity to use one of their gorgeous bear stamps. Isn't that a sweet image. I just hope I've done it justice lol!

I used :-

Image :- LOTV.

DP :- Papermania Rose Garden.

Colouring :- Promarkers andSakura clear glitter gel pen.

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Pearls :- Hobby House.

Buttons :- MME.

Ribbon from stash and Martha Stewart punch.

I'd like to enter some challenges too :-

Mojo Monday :- Sketch.

One Stitch at a Time :- Use a punch or punches.

Craft Your Days Away :- Favourite things - I love this Martha Stewart edge punch, those lovely pearls and Promarkers.

Totally Gorjuss 42 Sketch.

Hello everyone and thanks for dropping in. Thanks also to everyone who entered the challenge at Totally Gorjuss last week. It was lovely to see your baby cards. This week we have a sketch from our own Net. I enjoyed using the sketch, thanks Net, and I think you will too.

This is what I made and I hope you'll excuse the dodgy photo. Working full time doesn't leave much time to get a photo in daylight, in fact it doesn't leave any time. Add to that the fact that I'm still having internet problems. When I phoned the helpline on Wednesday night they recommended switching off the broadband for 10-15 minutes. They said the problem was widespread so no wonder I waited 35 minutes to speak to someone.

Not sure I actually like this card but that's not unusual, sometimes they grow on me lol!

I used:-

Image :- LOTV die cut.

DP :- MME.

Colouring :- Distress inks on all edges.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Jewels and Prima flower from stash.

I think I can enter this card in some challenges :-

Charisma Cardz :- Teddy Bears.

ABC challenge :- A is for August.

Hope you can find time to join us this week. I like having a sketch to use, it gives you a good starting point for your card. If you have time try to visit my talented teamies to see their gorgeous cards this week. If you have a minute I'd love to hear what you think of my card.

Thanks for looking and enjoy your weekend.

Something yummy!

Hi everyone, first of all I need to apologise if I haven't managed to visit you recently. I've had a real problem with my broadband recently. It's been really slow, somtimes just cuts out and on Monday I couldn't get online at all! Last night I got on eventually and this afternoon when I wanted to show my friend some stuff I couldn't get on at all. Tried the helpline but had to give up when my husband came home for his tea. Tried again later and spoke to someone after about 35 minutes - good thing the Post Office phone and broadband helpline is free. The guy tested and said there was a widespread problem all over the country. Solution was to switch broadband off for 10-15 minutes and try again. Seems to have worked. Fingers crossed!

I had to make this card without a sketch so I can't enter any sketch challenges but I think it fits one or two anyway.

I used :-

Image :- Magnolia.

DP :- MME.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Colouring :- Promarkers and Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

Flowers :- Prima.

Ribbon from stash and Martha Stewart punch.

One Stitch at a Time :- use a little pink.

Creative Inspirations challenge blog :-Anything goes.

The Pink Elephant :- something yummy.

Creative Card Crew :- Cute and girly.

Magnolia Down Under :- Birthdays.

I think that's all for now. I did this first while I could get online but now I'd like to check out my favourite blogs and do my DT work.

Thanks for looking and if you have a minute to leave me a comment I'd love to hear what you think of my card.

A Little Round Bear!

Good morning girls, I can't believe it's the 1st of August already! The schools up here in Aberdeenshire have been on holiday for 4 weeks already so just another couple of weeks and the kids will be back at school again. The time seems to have flown. Maybe I wouldn't be saying that if my kids were little lol! But then again on a farm kids are rarely ever inside to hassle you, at least mine weren't!!

Thanks to everyone who entered our clean and simple challenge last week. As usual it was great to see what lovely cards you made. My card this week is quite simple.....and small. The base card is made with my biggest scalloped nestie so it's barely 4" across. I had terrible problems with internet access on Friday night. Even when I seemed to have a reasonable signal I couldn't get onto my blog or several other sites. So as far as i know the only challenge this fits is the Simon Says Stamp challenge which is Dotty with the added option of using Prima flowers. I was just glad to be able to make a card. Eventually after 10pm I managed to schedule my Totally Gorjuss post for Saturday, which was a bit of a relief.

I used:-

Image :- Winnie the Pooh from a clear set by Studio Light.

Colouring :- Promarkers, Sakura clear glitter gel pen for flowers in basket.

Flowers :- Prima.

Sentiment :- Heritage rubber stamp company.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Tag punch and brads.

I've found some other challenges which this card fits :-

Creative Inspirations Wednesday challenge :- Animals.

Charisma Cardz :- Something with a tail.

I'm embarassed to admit that I've had these Winnie the Pooh stamps for quite a while now and this is only the 2nd one I've used!

I hope you can spare a minute to tell me what you think of my little card. It would also be nice if you had time to check out the Just Cute Bears challenge to see what my talented teamies have made this week.

Enjoy what's left of the weekend.

Totally Gorjuss 41 - Baby, Baby.

Well good morning girls and welcome to the weekend and another challenge over at Totally Gorjuss. Thanks to everyone who joined us last week and remember to pop over to the challenge blog to see who one last week's challenge.

Now I don't want to be a drama queen but I really thought I wasn't going to be able to post my card. I had it all made last night. Luckily it came together quite quickly as I lost my day off yesterday as my colleague is on holiday. I took a photo this morning before work while it was nice and bright and thought all I had to do was upload it to the DT blog and write my scheduled post on my own blog. Didn't happen!!! I've spent the whole evening trying to get onto my blog. The signal kept disappearing and even when I was supposed to be online I couldn't get onto this site or any other one. I got a bit panicky but then I thought well if I have to be late it can't be helped for once. I'm sure Net would have understood. Luckily way after 10pm I could get a signal that stayed on. Panic over and I quickly posted my card on the DT blog for Net to find. Phew, what a relief!!!!

But enough waffle. This is my baby card. I decided to make a pink one because even though I have pink, blue and even lilac in my box I need a pink one for my friends who have just become grandparents to a gorgeous baby gir and of course one for the proud parents their son and daughter-in-law and the big sister.


This is the inside which for once I've taken the time to decorate because I'm intending to enter the Gem of a Challenge. I've used their sketch and they also want us to decorate the inside.

I used:-

Image :- Pink Gem.

Sentiment :- Penny Black.

Flowers :- Prima.

DP :- Craft Creations.

Card Candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Colouring :- Promarkers, Distress ink.

Nesties, Sakura clear gel pen and clear glitter gel pen.

The other challenge I would like to enter is Paperplay which is anything goes.

I hope you like! This is one of my favourite images for a baby card, that baby is so cute. I hope you can find time to leave me a little comment and that you'll want to pop over to Totally Gorjuss to see what gorgeous baby cards my talented teamies have made. I'm looking forward to visiting your blogs to see your baby cards too.

Enjoy your weekend.