Birthday bear

Phew finally got a little bit of papercrafting done again, was beginning to wonder if I'd even remember how to do a card lol... So anyway this is my entry for four, yes four, of this weeks challenges... Forever Friends sketch challenge, Dutch Dare Card challenges colour inspiration, Cute Card Thursday theme anniversary and Cupcake Craft challenges theme food/drink...
I've used:

• Forever friends birthday bear
• Dovecraft paper
• Orange ribbon
• Black silk ribbon
• Pink chipboard tag
• Chipboard and felt flowers
• Birthday sentiment peel off
• Chunky orange brad

Jewellery Day

So it's been nearly a week since I've blogged but it's been an awkward week.. spent last weekend in hospital oh the joys and many hours this week sitting waiting in walk-in centres to get dressings changed daily... had some free time over the last couple of days where the inspiration for jewellery making has returned so here we are...

The black cluster earrings are what i gave mum for Mothers day last weekend.. Loving the little heart beads at the base, found them at the cutest little bead shop in Kingston upon Thames.

And the rest...? Well they are goodies for me using some ideas gained from surfing etsy, etc and mostly from beads I've recycled from old pieces of broken or unwanted jewellery I've hidden in my move..

A bit of a green moment with all the St Patrick's celebrations going on..

..And it would appear my obsession with pearls and big fabric flowers lives on..

Something Girly

This weeks Stamp Something challenge is something girly and here's my piece..
I've used:

• Papermill cardstock
• Fabric blooms
• Scrabble tiles
• Papermania ribbon
• Stamped image (bit rusty with names now)
• Dovecraft striped paper

Mothers Day/Girly

This weeks theme over at Simons Says Challenge is Mother's Day/Girly. Good thing I'm having to make my bloke's cards too so I've got enough to enter this weeks challenges!
I've used:

• Dovecraft hint of pink papers
• Papermill cardstock
• Fabric flower
• Charcoal buttons
• Hobbycraft ribbon
• PB image Buzz in the air

Flower Power Challenge

Wow so it really has been a while once again and this time I'm gonna try to keep my blog a lil more regular..
Anyway this weeks Cupcake Craft Challenge is Flower Power and here's my card.
I've used:

• PB hedgie stamped image
• Poppicraft dotty flower
• Fabric brad inked bronze
• Papermania borders paper
• Dovecraft hint of pink papers
• Pink flower ribbon (hobbycraft)
• Tortoiseshel button
• Papermill cardstock

I Believe In Fairies...

The theme over at One Stop Craft Challenge is 'I believe in angels/fairies'.. so I dragged out the enchanted forest digi kit as it's full of pretty fairy papers and embellishments.
The photo is from our graduation party, our mates dared us to kiss for a photo, wow not like we haven't done that before in the 5 months we've been together but hey lol. I love the wire word embellishment on the top right hand corner, it blends so well with the rest of the page :)

Long time no see....

Ok so I have been AWOL from my blog for a long time I know.. if anyone is even still looking at it anymore.. but things have been very hectic and I'm sorry I've lost touch with so many of you too. So anyway... I'm going to try and come back a bit more often now though nothing will be regular again till at least November when I'm settled in my new BA job and moved down south..

More to the point here's my first challenge entry in months... it's for the Lots To Do Challenge 'Paper Craze'. It used to be a naff plastic bangle so I decided to upcycle it.. I decoupaged it with white paper that has real green leaves in it, then I wrapped some green and black ribbon around it to add a bit of colour, and finally I added the large bow to give the bangle a main detail.

Crafty Creations Challenge #11

Ok so it's taken me forever to get last weeks Crafty Creations DT piece up.. in fact the new challenge comes out 2mo oops! I've had a pretty hectic time recently so I had to sacrifice some things and sadly crafting seems to be one of them... The theme was 'Sparkle' so I made a digi page of my best mate and I from new years eve.

I've used:

• Personal photo
• Enchanted digi kit
• Hearts & Flowers digi kit
• Love Me Forever digi kit

Kaboodle Doodle challenge #5

So challenge 5 over at Kaboodle Doodles is 'Not a card', now that's my kind of challenge as I can never think of enough cards to make to fit in with every challenge lol! So I decided to make myself something useful that I've been in dire need of for quite a while now... it's an earring board made from an old cork notice board.. So now I can display all of my handmade earrings on one boards o I can always find what I'm looking for quickly and easily :)


I've used:

• Cork notice board
• Morris dance papers
• Rock salt white paint
• Black garden netting
• 2 chocolate brown paper flowers
• 2 medium blue vintage rim buttons
• Strong staples

In other news... keep an eye out for the next Kaboodle Doodle challenge as we will be on the look out for new DT members :)

Crafty Creations Challenge #10

Well here we are challentge 10 and this week I'm being a little easier on you all with the theme... I guess fabric was a bit tricky so to get evryone back into the swing of things (including myself) I picked a simple one....
Recycling
So you can make anything you like as long as at least one part of the piece has been recycled from something old or previously used.
This weeks prize is... my DT piece.. so the winner will be sent my tape measure brooch, to jazz up their coat or handbag!