Announcements... and a blogging break!!

Hiya everyone (if there is anyone still reading?) 

You may have noticed I've been a bit hit and miss lately with blogging... (well I say 'lately' I've never been brilliant...lol)

well here's the reason...

Some of you may already know from my announcement on my other blog, and my DT buddies already know...

We are expecting!!

(Due in 14 weeks!)

We are all really excited to be adding a new member to our family... and found out at our scan a few weeks ago that we are having another little man...

and here he is....

I'd also like to take the opportunity wish my 'not so little' other little man a VERY happy 13th Birthday!! 

Love you loads matey!!

So my life is going to be turned upside down very soon, which is why I've made the difficult decision to step down from my DT position at Sketch Saturday...

I was starting to find card making a chore, which isn't good... and I wasn't being fair on Jo and the rest of the 'saturdays' as I was forgetting to post my cards most weeks!! (yep...baby brain!!) 

So I say a sad farewell to the gorgeous ladies at Sketch Saturday... :( 

Jo... you are amazing!! Thanks for having me... you are a STAR... and a wonderful person!!

I'm so thrilled to have been a part of such a talented and friendly team!

well... as the only posts on here were my DT cards... I guess that means I won't have anything to post anymore...

I'll post an update when my lil fella arrives... but other than that I'll be taking a break from this blog....

Catch you all later!!

oh, before I go here's the 2 DT cards I forgot to post....

Thanks for visiting...

xxxxxxx

Sketch Saturday #202 My DT week...

Hi all!! 

Yeah, I've been missing for a couple of weeks... I'm a bit mojoless at the moment... and my head is all over the place... I even forgot to post my Sketch Saturday card last week!! 

(i'll post it another time!)

Heres my card for this week though... following a sketch by ME...

We are sponsored this week by Tiddly Inks... 

and theres a fab prize of a $10 shopping spree up for grabs...!

Heres my card... for some reason the photo is showing all grainy... not sure what i've done to it!

The SUPER CUTE image is Wryn from Tiddly inks... 

aint she cute??? I loved colouring her!

She's been coloured with promarkers.

The papers I think are all echo park and MME all from my scraps box...

The sentiment is from the Greetings farm Spotlight set... I stamped parts of the stamp separately so I could make it fit the card better...

Added some little flourish die cuts for a bit of 'something extra' 

and some dew drops and doodling to finish...

Thanks for visiting today!!

xxxxxx

Sketch Saturday (Gorjuss Mum)

Good Afternoon!!

Sorry this post is a bit late... I've been catching up on a bit of housework this morning... 

shhhh... I know crafting is more important, but I don't think the craft fairy noticed! ;)

This week at Sketch Saturday the fabulous Jo has provided us with yet another SUPER DOOPER sketch...

(when doesn't she?)

I decided to use it to make one of my 2 needed mothers day cards... (you'll see the other next week ;))

I always find that when my mojo is a bit 'off' I can give it a little boost by colouring up a gorjuss girl...

I do still have a BIG place in my heart for these...

She's coloured with Promarkers and pencils...

this sketch is great for using up scraps of paper... so thats 3 bits used out of my thousands of bits...lol!

think they are all either MME or Echo park

I've hand drawn a panel on Kraft to incorporate the scallops needed for the sketch...

The image is mounted on a nestie shape which I've coloured with a promarker, and then stamped a few little blooms on to it... (not sure where the stamp came from)

the 'you're the best' is the words from a whimsy stamp...

I've hand cut the 'MUM'

risson, flowers buttons etc... from stash...

We are sponsored this week by Bunny Zoes Crafts...

and theres a fab £10.00 voucher up for grabs...

if you can't wait to see if you are a winner, and NEED to shop NOW... theres a fab offer in store this weekend...

10% off everthing till midnight Sunday 18th!!

whoohooooo!!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Paula

xxx

Sketch Saturday... on the RIGHT day...go me!!!

Morning all!!

phew! I've literally JUST managed to get my card posted to Sketch Saturday by the skin of my teeth... with just a couple of minutes to spare...

AND, I'm posting it here on the right day!! now thats progress!

Fab start to the weekend, up nice and early, and things going to plan so far... all we need now is a nice sunny day!

right... I'm waffling...

This week over at Sketch Saturday, its the oh so talented Tracey's turn to provide a sketch for us... and its a beauty!!

We are SOOO lucky to be sponsored by the amazing Krista Smith who has generously offered 2 Saturated Canary digis for the lucky winner... woooohooooo!!

Most of the 'Saturdays' have used Kristas digis this week... and there are some literally STUNNING creations... make sure you check them out...

Heres mine....

this is Frizzy jynx... LOVE her!!!!! 

I thought she was just perfectly sassy and cheeky enough for my baby sisters Birthday card... 

and her birthdays not till the end of the month... so I'm ahead for a change!!! oh my!

The papers are a mix of bits and bobs from my scrap draw... I think mostly MME, and echo park...

I didnt want anything too flowery, as she's not really a 'girly girl', so just made a little rolled flower from kraft to add a bit of 'something'.... a few buttons, bit of ribbon and some sparkly 'dots'...

The 'lil' was hand written on kraft, and layered on foam pads...

the SIS is letters from a crate paper set... I coloured over the original light blue colour with a promarker...

bit of doodling here and there...

et voila!

not sure the photo is all that good, but thats what you get when you try to take it at 7:30 in the morning!

right... off for a coffee I think...

see you soon!!

xxxxxxxxxxxx

Sketch Saturday #196 wee little birdies...

Morning all!

yep, I know, I've done it again!! I'm a day late!!

shhh though, I don't think anyone noticed... ;)

We were up and about late yesterday, and had loads to catch up on while hubby was off work...

and we spent the evening with his Mum and Dad, as we didn't get to spend long with them Friday on their Wedding Anniversary...

lazy day today though, fingers crossed!! Lovely chicken casserole for dinner, and hopefully a bit of crafty time...

Heres my DT card for this weeks Sketch Saturday... and my MIL and FIL's 44th Anniversary card.

using another FABBY sketch from Jo

The supercute lil birdies are from Wee Stamps... thought they were absolutely perfect...

I've coloured them with promarkers, and cut them out, so I could attach their little swing to a bit of bakers twine...

the papers are all sorts... mostly some that the lovely Maria has sent me...

I've used a Marianne designs frame die, cut in half, to add a bit of detail to the main image mount.

Added some flowers to the swing, and a rub on and some doodled letters for the sentiment...

doodled the edges, and an couple of hearts and thats about it... 

pop over to Sketch Saturday to see the GORGEOUS work from the other Saturdays

we are sponsored this week by the Craft Barn... and theres a FAB £15 voucher up for grabs!!

Thanks for stopping by...

Paula 

xxxxx

Sketch Saturday.... on a Sunday...

Yep, I've been back a week, and already I'm late... LOL!!

You know me by now...

its been a nightmare week here with one thing and another... everything seems to have broken all at the same time! BOTH the main pc, AND the laptop have decided to give up on us! then yesterday I couldn't get the camera to work, this morning the bloomin' mouse wasn't playing!! GRRRR so its amazing that I'm posting anything at all!!

oh, and on top of all that the car is in the garage YET AGAIN!! but thats not unusual this year, its there more than it is here... sigh...

right...moan out of the way, I'll quickly share my Sketch Saturday (on a Sunday) card with you...

The photo is pretty poor I'm afraid.... its either been too dull, or too bright where I normally take pics... and the camera doesn't seem to have saved any of the settings I normally use....

still, its marginally better than the one I originally posted on the Sketch Saturday blog...

I'll try harder next week, I promise... ;)

The GORGEOUS image is Butterfly Girl from funky kits (I can't see her on the site at the mo... not sure if she's OOS, or if I'm just being a bit stoooopid)

The papers are echo park and MME, and the main BG is Kraft...

Sentiment is from The Greeting Farm..

rest from stash....

Do pop over to Sketch Saturday to see the AMAZING samples from the 'Saturdays'

this week we are being sponsored by Stamp Fairy, and some of the girls have made GORGEOUS cards with the super cute Stamp fairy digis...

Catch you later

xxxxx

Surprise!!!! .....Guess who!?

Is there anybody there???

Blimey its been a LOOOOOONG time since I've posted isn't it? Sorry for just dissapearing like that, things just went a bit weird here for a while....

anyway, I don't really need to talk about it, and you don't really want to read about it, so lets leave that where it is and move on...lol!

All that matters is.... I'm BACK!!!!

okay, before I show you some cardage... I'd like to just apologise to a couple of people....

Maria, and the Simply Sassy girls... I feel awful for having to just desert you the way I did, I got the BEST chance ever to join such an AMAZING team, and ended up letting you down... :(

Maria... I know you understand though, and thanks for being so great!

And... Jo, and the Sketch Saturday girls... Sorry for being away for so long....

 Jo, thanks for all your support and understanding, and thanks so much for just being you!

Sketch Saturday is SO important to me, and I love being a part of it, I'm SO pleased to be back!!

So... after all that waffle, here is my DT card for this weeks BRILLIANT sketch from Jo...

Now, I havent made a single card for 5 months, so I am a little out of practice... and me being me, decided to return on a rather tricky sketch.... lol!

but all things considered, I'm fairly pleased with how this turned out!

The gorgeous little Cherry bug is from Tiddlyinks (CUTE!)

She's coloured with promarkers

Most of the papers are from the Echo park Happy Days pad

and... did you notice what I used for the 'happy'? yep... the letters from the title on the front of the pad... CLEVER????

stamped 'birthday' below it, not sure where the stamp came fom...oops

added a few buttons, a bow, a bit of enamel accents, and some doodling (boy have I missed doodling!)

and thats it...

Hope you likey?

we ae sponsored this week by Simon Says Stamp, and thees a MASSIVE $25 up for grabs...

what are you waiting for?...

Thanks for visiting me!! be sure to come back soon... I hope to have some more crafty offerings to show you, AND I have some EXCITING news!!!

Paula

xxxx

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Papertake weekly - Anything goes

Birthday sundaes - Birthday card