Happy Birthday Clare

Clare celebrated her 13th Birthday on 29th June. I made her a word book card saying "Cloggz" and as you can see it has pictures of her from her younger years. I took a whole load more photos, but couldnt get them all on! I have also uploaded a picture of her on the day blowing out the 13 candles on her cake. Shame I am on a diet - I could only have a small piece, but it was beautiful, yum yum.

Blue Christmas xxx

Another Winter Wonderland Challenge, this time it is "Blue Christmas". I decided that I would use my wonderful "Daisy" stamp I got free on the front of Creativity magazine.

You can't really tell from the photo (gosh I hate how the photos make my cards look!, if anyone has any suggestions on how to do them justice please let me know!), but I have coloured her hat in two different shades of pearl blue. I have also stamped snowflakes all over the design - I just love snow!, and put a tag on the corner wishing everyone a Merry Christmas! I finally finished it off with a blue ribbon.

Thanks for looking xxx

Let It Snow!!!!!

We are really loving Winter Wonderland Challenges. This week Clare and I have enjoyed making this weeks challenge which was "Let It Snow". We love the snow, and plan to play in it early next year! My card has a deep blue background with a large half glittered snowflake on it, you cant really see the glitter, but believe me it is there!

Clare decided to go for the snowman effect. She has emobssed "Let it Snow" in red on a gold background and placed it in the middle of a beautiful lilac snowflake. She has decorated the whole card with glitter dots, which once again the picture does not do it justice.

Really hope you enjoy our cards as much as we enjoy making them. Can't wait to see what next week holds. Take care until then.

Clare and Sarah xxx

The First Noel

This weeks challenge on Winter Wonderland was A Christmas Carol. I love Carols, but prefer the modern day ones - are they really Carols? I don't know, but they all remind me of the magical time of year called Christmas. My card is called "The First Noel". My husband really wanted me to incorporate a photo of Noel Edmunds on it - he thought that would be really funny - I didn't!!!. The Noel is printed on a snowflake background and then set onto pale lilac card and then a red card with gold outline. The backing paper says Merry Christmas all over it and provides a good setting. I wrote "The First" in gold pen on shrink plastic and then shrunk it (obviously) and angled it on a slant at the top of the N.

I really am enjoying the Winter Wonderland Challenges, and hope to have all my Christmas Cards wrapped up by the time I have finished - and in plenty of time for the festive time itself.

Winter Wonderland

Hey hey hey, Christmas time!!!! I love Christmas, and am really glad to be entering the Winter Wonderland challenge "OH Christmas Tree". I have gone for a very homemade rustic feel for this card. Hope you like it xxx

Cloggz Tag

Clare has done her first challenge for Tuesday Taggers. This is a brilliant tag for New Beginnings welcoming a new puppy! The weather has been so lovely here in the Lake District, that Clare and I did some crafting in the garden. It makes such a nice change from being stuck in the kitchen on very little work surface! Long may this weather last!!!

Clare in the Sun Crafting!

Daring Card Makers - Mums the Word

I am so excited this is my first challenge card!!! It is for Daring Cardmakers, and the site was recommended to me by Jozza. I must thank Jozza very much for helping me put this card onto the daring cardmakers blog - and recommending that I try it out. She is a star, and has a fab website which I follow, and I suggest you take a look - it is FAB!!! Anyway, back to the card. I used papers from Funky Hand and hand made the embelishments (with a little help from word art).

You will notice that this is my third post of the day - I have been off work looking after my son who is off school at the moment, so been making the very most of my free time!! Great, why can't I just give up work and Blogg??? Oh yes, it doesn't pay!!!!!

Take care until next time.