Birthday Cards,Doughnut Bobbing and Fail Bake!

Hello there....I have got a few things to share with you in this post....not all good...eeeek!
Firstly I thought I really must post my mum's Birthday card that I made for her.....or rather Birthday Explosion Box Card.


Its made in basically the same way as a normal explosion box, but I have cut the corner sections off at an angle and then added flowers and a little Magnolia figure in the centre. I have seen these boxes in my travels round other blogs in the past, but i am sorry I can;t credit which ones as I never saved a link :(

Its very sparkly in real life and rather pretty( if i say so myself...hope I don;t sound big headed though lol) The flowers are all edged with Crystal Stickles and there are Stickle dots on the paper too. The little girl is coloured with Promarkers

I guess I really should have taken a photo of the box with the lid on....oh well...maybe another time.

So...onto the doughnut bobbing! This was the main evening entertainment( apart from pass the parcel LOL) the other night at my Mum's house...we popped down to see her on Sunday on her actual birthday and we took a long a couple of bags of doughnuts and long ribbons!

These were then hung from a long ribbon going from the top of the door to the top of the broom and then it was held high so the doughnuts dangled temptingly ( is that even a word??) infront of the girls. They had to try and eat the whole doughnut as fast as they could....without using their hands!

Holly was quite good at it!

I said WITHOUT using your hands Lauren!!!

Good fun was had by all.....and there was sugar EVERYWHERE!!!!!

Ok, so now we are moving onto the not so good.................Fail Bake!!!!!!!

Bet you can't guess what this is supposed to be???????????

Nope, it's not chocolate sponge triangles..........or burnt apple turn overs....... they ARE supposed to be croissants!!!!! And no...not chocolate ones at that!

Firstly i know they are totally the wrong shape for a start....yep, I forgot to roll them up.....and yep, they cooked for just an oodle too long....and no....the birds didn't like them either! At one point we had 2 seagulls with a kango hammer trying to break into them on the front grass.



Soooooo......I had another go....and followed(read) the instructions....he!he!he!

And they came out like this

so when they were cooked ( to perfection I might add) I also popped in some ham and cheese....yummy yum yum! The seagulls did NOT get any! I don't think I will give up my day job though.

......right, just going out for a little stroll up the road to see if we can see any fireworks and to take out some sparklers....Happy Bonfire Night :)

Cupcakes...a card AND a sneak peek!

Hello there :), I hope you have had a lovely weekend? I know I have....it started with Lauren's Birthday on Friday....then onto our monthly crop yesterday with a lovely bunch of talented ladies who are also very special friends....and then today I have had a lovely lie in and a generally lazy day( having said that, I have ignored my ironing pile that HAS to be done tonight...you know...the school and work uniforms....that grow overnight!!)
Anyway, I thought I would share some pics with you. This first one is Lauren with one her cupcakes that my lovely and multi-talented Sister made. Lauren had asked if she could have cupcakes instead of a normal birthday cake....all she said was she wanted something bright....and would also love a VW badge maybe if poss.
So, here she is with her very own cupcake....VW badge and all! Nice and shiny silver....and all edible too.


And here are the cakes altogether on their stand. My sister also had rice paper toppers printed with Lauren on them....how cool is that!!! Donna, if you read this, thank you soooo much Hun, you are so flipping lovely (((hugs)))
Because Lauren is a girl after my own heart I just knew she would *need* a cupcake card too LOL, so I set too and made her this easel card...its not perfect so please don't look too close lol, I freehand cut the cupcake and then coloured in a Magnolia with my Promarkers ( I think she is Cowberry Muffin, but could be wrong)
I added a small paper doily, some AC thickers

, crochet mesh netting , Prima blossoms and bling.....and I was really pleased with it...and Lauren likes it too, so that's good!

So, now I have a little sneaky peek to show you.....tomorrow heralds the October Scrapology Challenge

......and its an absolutely gorgeous layout that we had the pleasure of lifting for this month....so pop along, have a looky and hopefully you will want to join in the fun.

Right, I am going to finish my dinner...and then do the ironing :(....catch you soon

Warmest wishes Anita..xxxx

A few bits and bobs.

Good evening all.....



I thought I really should start to catch up on some of the things I have been making lately, so here are a few bits and bobs that I would like to share with you.




Last month saw a very special friend of mine celebrate a very special birthday and this is the card I made for her
I think the image is a wild sprout from The greeting Farm and is coloured with Promarkers. The paper is a sheet of Scenic Route that I chopped up, the flowers are from WildOrchidCrafts and the little letter stickers are from My Little Shoebox....oh yes and I used some Eline Prima crystals....jeeez I love them, any colour or size, I am soooo easily pleased lol!!!

I had a personalised stamp made for Lynn for her pressie, she is a wonderful card maker( not to mention awesome scrapper!!) and I thought she would like it maybe for stamping her details on the back of her cards, I have one and I love mine, I bought them from BunnyZoe's....you should pop over and have a looky, they are superb quality and an excellent price.
I also made Lynn this little note book








I really enjoyed making this and think I can see some more of these in the pipeline :)


I thought I would show you this aswell lol, its a saucy card using a stamp called Bikini Babe, it was designed by the very talented Sandra Dry and is sold under the Kadoodle stamp name. I just had to buy her when i saw her. Its not a great piccy really as there is quite a lot of shading on her that you cant see. The bunting, ball, flipflops and words are cut from a sheet of Imaginicse papers.

Right, thats me done for tonight I think. Just got time to fly round a couple of other blogs then off to bed for me.....3.30am will be here all too soon again.xxx

Happy Mothers Day....

Evening all :) this is just a very VERY quick fly through, I will hopefully get back on with a bit more time tomorrow so I can catch up on your blogs and see your beautiful work and comment . I hope that those of you who are Mummys have had a wonderful day today? I just wanted to share with you the Mothers Day card I made for my lovely Mum. Its my first attempt at a Tent Card and I was totally inspired by one I saw on Sarah's lovely blog, so thank you for the inspiration Hun :) I know I have probably used the wrong kind of image and backing paper, but I like it....and more to the point so does my lovely, lovely Mum...(((((hugs)))))) if you are reading this..xxxx

Sorry got to fly, catch up tomorrow hopefully....xxxxx

Buttons and Bows...PFP Challenge

Afternoon all :)

I made this card over the weekend but didn't actually finish it totally til last night. Its for the latest challenge over at the Passion For Promarkers Challenge blog and its any colours you like but the theme is Buttons and Bows. I bought this gorgeous ribbon( its a fine organza type with an embossed pattern in flock) and the buttons on Saturday at The Eternal Maker at Chichester and just wanted to use them straight away lol....still, makes a change from them sitting in a bag tucked away under everything else for weeks...nay months....on end LOL!

I thought I would make an easel card and add a little calendar to it. The PP is S.E.I. Dill Blossom.

Thanks for looking...have a super evening...xxxxx

Dipping her pretty lil toes....

I thought this image was so cute, but I don't think I have done her justice on this card, I don't think the balance is right with the flowers/embellies. Having said that, she must be ok as my sister took a liking to her and has given her to a friend today lol.

I have 2 poorly little peeps at home today :(. Chloe has been poorly on and off since last friday( I was out for the day and got called home to collect her from school) she was ill still over the weekend and on monday but felt better and went back to school tues. As the week has gone on she has been up and down and then during the night she got a temp again and was grizzly with earache. I managed to get a docs appointment this morning and found she was right on the verge of an ear infection......BUT worse than that the doc found that her right lung is all congested and got a lot of infection in it, no wonder the poor little mite is feeling off colour. So she has antibiotics( and some choccie as that ALWAYS works lol) and has been snuggled under the duvet on the sofa for the day. Lauren has been feeling pretty rough for most of the week, coldy,cough,achey etc and this morning she could hardly move, so she has spent the day all wrapped up too....so hopefully the weekend will bring a big improvement all round.

Sue, if you read this Hun, it shows it was a good job we didn't make arrangements for today eh LOL..xxxxx

Have a great weekend everyone...

Warmest wishes

Anitaxxxxx

A masculine card and one for a friend.

I have had both the girls off school today due to the snow and lots of teachers not being able to get in. Its strange nowadays, the teachers seem to come from miles away to the schools, years ago it used to be local people that were the teachers, sometimes with the caretaker or head even living right next to the school itself.

Anyway, Lauren went out for a few hours and played in the snow with her friends, Chloe stayed in the warm with me and we crafted. I managed to make 2 cards, the first one being the first proper masculine card I have ever made. This is a Thank you from the girls to a guy I used to work with, He sends them £5 in a christmas card every year, bless him. He plays guitar for a local country and western band and so I thought he might like this style of card.

The 2nd card was a 8 x 8 birthday one, that I bought already pre- embossed. I used one of the other lovely images that Karen kindly stamped for me ( Thank you Karen..xx). I also used my 2" square punch and my Martha Stewart doily lace punch and a mixture of various blossoms. Also popped on a couple of dangly charms I made. I hope my friend likes it :)

Well, we now have nearly 5 inches of snow on our front lawn, the grass disappeared under it this morning by 11am and the road is dreadful. The main roads through the town were ok about 7pm, but a friend just text and said how bad they are now. I guess its going to be pretty crappy in the morning as they have forecast it minus 4 overnight, so all that lovely soft fluffy stuff will be lethal.... Oh well...xxx stay safe!..xx

Blue and green......

.....should never be seen!!!! Well, apparently that is how the saying goes. But I am rather warming to the colour combo and have been working on some Christmas cards using those 2 colours. What do you think? ( Thanks Karen for the Tilda image with the basket..x) The card base is on Bazzill dotted swiss and then I have used up some really old paper stash that has been kicking around for a few years lol. Also used a mix of various flowers and some Prima crystals and pearls. The leaves are from an ash branch punch which is a christmas pressie from my Mum and Dad( I had to test it worked before they wrapped it up he!he!he!) and I have finished off with lots of sparkly stickles.

We are child free this evening for a little bit, Lauren is out till 11pm'ish with a group of friends at a movie night and Chloe is at a splash party at the local sports centre.....so, child free and what do I do?????Wrap a few more pressies without prying eyes to see what I am doing??? Sit and snuggle with my hubby on the sofa and enjoy a film in the peace and quiet????....Nope! Can you believe I stood and ironed.....YES IRONED!!!!!!! What a berk! Oh well, at least I won;t have to worry about it tomorrow will I?

Hopefully the weather will be a bit better tomorrow( to be fair it can't get much worse....can it?) I am planning going and picking my Mum up and scoot over to Herstmonceux to a Craft show, haven't been to one for ages so looking forwards to it. And then, if there is time, I hope to get on with some more cards....watch this space....and enjoy the rest of your weekend, whatever you are up to ...xxx

A few bits to share.

Yesterday being Halloween was also my Mum's Birthday and I thought I should really make her a card as I am trying my hand at cardmaking now! I bought some of the Magnolia Halloween stamped images on ebay and set about colouring them in, making a character to signify each of her 4 grandchildren( and as my sister is expecting then the cauldren is for her little one who is still cooking lol!) I used some of the new Basic Grey Eerie papers and also some Bazill cardstock and the end result was this, which I am really pleased with and my Mum absolutely LOVED :) The card when folded up measures 6" x 12" so is quite large but sits nicely when its opened up and stands like an easel.










And these are just a couple of older layouts with and autumny theme or colour.

Hope you are all having a nice Sunday, I am just off to do the ironing....oh deep joy! At least the rain has stopped hammering down outside for a little bit.