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Friday 31 August 2012

Faye with Dandelion

Afternoon all,
phew, what a day its been-chaos doesn't even come close!!!!! 100 staff handbooks to print, collate and spiral bind with a deadline of 3.30-made it by the skin of my teeth but needed to call in four extra people to help collate it all. Think I earned myself a huge glass of wine tonight and a bit of craft time to unwind!!
My card today is for my sister in law and I have used the Faye with Flowers digi image from Pink Gem Designs, coloured with my promarkers. I used some papers from my stash and added flowers, pearls and some little punched hearts.



I would like to enter her into the following challenges:
The Poodles Parlour challenge - Winged Things
Moving along with the Times challenge - Flying High

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend and until next time.
Aloha
Andree x

Thursday 30 August 2012

Christmas Mouse

Hello all
First of all a big hello to my new follower-a warm welcome to my blog!
A very short post today as I have masses of things to do as I am back to work tomorrow-so so miserable!! I am hoping to keep my blog updated regularly during the term time as I have so enjoyed it through the holidays. Entering challenges has been so enjoyable, as has being in contact with so many lovely people-thank you so much for making my summer such fun.
My card today is made with a stamp my friend gave me during a clear out of her stash and the papers are from my stash. Coloured as always with my promarkers and a ribbon to finish.


I would like to enter him into the following challenges:
I Love Promarkers challenge 132 - anything goes
Paper Crafting Journey challenge anything goes

Until next time.
Aloha
Andree x

Wednesday 29 August 2012

Emily's balloon

Morning all
I have that 'end of the holidays' feeling today which anyone who works in a school will associate with. I have had such a wonderful holiday and really don't want it to come to an end this year- I have so enjoyed spending lots of time crafting and on my blog-I really need a lottery win so it can continue all the time lol!!
My card today is made with a Digi Garden image which I have just discovered and think they are fab. I have coloured her with my promarkers and teamed her up with some papers from the Dovecraft back to basics pad and also from a freebie pad ( I do seem to use freebie pads alot -must invest in some new papers I think!!!) I added a blue ribbon and bow and some gems.



I would like to enter her into the following challenges:
Digi Garden challenge 1 - anything goes.
I Love Promarkers challenge 132 - anything goes
Until next time then.
Aloha
Andree x

Tuesday 28 August 2012

Racing Ted

Morning all
I hope everyone had a very lovely Bank Holiday weekend-the weather really wasn't so bad so mustn't complain eh?
I seem to have a house full of poorly ones at the moment-I felt a little under the weather on Saturday, hubby wasn't well this morning and went off to work moaning and groaning (as men tend to lol!!!) and then my daughter came back home from work feeling poorly too. I hope it's not the shape of things to come for winter!!
My card today is made with a stamp I bought from my local craft shop some years ago originally for a driving test card but I have used it lots for mens birthday cards too.
The papers were a freebie pad from a magazine from We R memory keepers and I have used some brown card candi and a sentiment to finish.




I would like to enter him into the following challenges:
I Love Promarkers challenge 131 - transport
Here Come the Boys challenge 34 -sketch
Hooked on Craft challenge 24 - cards for men

Until next time.
Aloha
Andree x

Sunday 26 August 2012

Exam congrats for Ashleigh

Hello all,
hope your Bank Holiday is going well-I guess the weather hasn't been as bad as some holiday weekends, at least we got a bit of sun yesterday and today.
Had a lovely day at Wingham wildlife park yesterday near Canterbury-if you live near I can't recommend it enough, you must go!!-saw tigers being fed by hand, huge lions up close and personal (have never stood so near a lion before and was awesome!!) and had lemurs jumping on our shoulders. A brilliant day and not expensive like other wildlife parks.
Today was a bit of a walk near the sea and a sunday lunch in a pub-excellent!!
I needed to make another congratulations card this week for my other niece and found this lovely Sassy Cheryl image in the 'bargain bin'. I coloured it with my promarkers and teamed it with some papers from my stash. I added some little puched stars and gems and a little stamped wording tag.


I would like to enter her into the following challenges:
Whimsy Stamps challenge 50 - lots of layers
Papertake Weekly challenge -spots and stripes
Basic Grey challenge 75 - anything goes
Enjoy tomorrow, and until next time.
Aloha
Andree x

Friday 24 August 2012

New Home

Morning all,
am sitting here wishing it was yesterday and I could do my day out with mum and dad all over again!!
Had a fab day, first for chips at Folkestone and a little sit by the beach, then a trip to Hythe to see a really pretty church with a spooky crypt full of over 2000 old bones!! Ended the day with a trip to a beautiful little tea room with a gorgeous cream tea-such a wonderful time!
Well, my card today is a new home card, I used an old stamp that I bought from a little craft shop in town which sadly is no longer there (why are all the craft shops disappearing-has anyone else noticed that????)
I used a Dovecraft oriental paper pack, a die cut flourish and finished it off with a few pearls, punched flowers and a little key charm.

 
 
I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Allsorts challenge 168 - Heavy Metal
Digi Doodles challenge 122 - Use Pearls
Stampin for the Weekend challenge 16 - Pearls & Swirls

Hope you all have a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend and fingers crossed for some lovely sunshine.
Until next time.
Aloha
Andree x

Wednesday 22 August 2012

White Wedding

Evening all,
just a very quick post today as had my day totally thrown off track by hubby arriving home at lunch time and dragging me to town to try and get some school wear for my son who was not being very co-operative this morning when we went. (He spent more time texting his friends than looking for shoes, shirts etc and to be honest it drove me a bit nuts!!)
Anyway, my card today is a wedding card as I thought I might need some for my craft fair stash soon and I hadn't yet made any!!
I used a very old stamp of mine which I think I bought at hobbycraft when it first opened in Maidstone-I used a flowery stamp with silver pigment ink to make a background paper and cut a flowery edged backing strip with my Martha Stewart 'all around the page' punch which I bought from QVC when it was on special offer!! I added some gemstones and tiny punched butterflies.
I am not really too sure about this one-after I'd made it I wished I had used my embossing powders to raise the image but it was a bit late by then  (I may well make another and do so next time!)


I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Crafters Companion -challenge 27 - best friends
Totally Papercraft -challenge 130 -inspired by a song ( I will always love you, Whitney Houston

Until next time then
Aloha
Andree x



Tuesday 21 August 2012

Exam congrats for Niece

Hello all,
Hope your day is going well-my kind of weather today, much cooler!!!
I am looking forward to Thursday as Mum and Dad are coming down and taking me out to Hythe for the day, apparently there is a spooky crypt full of bones that Dad wants to show me (haha not so sure about that one !!) and then off to the lovely tea rooms in Donkey Street for cream tea-delicious!!
My Neice sat her GCSE's this year so in anticipation of her good results I have made a card for her using a gorgeous freebie pre-coloured digistamp from Pink Gem Designs.
I have teamed him up with some Papermania Regency and Dovecraft Eastern Blooms papers and used an X cut die. I added some pre punched flowers from Poundland (excellent find!!) and some card candi and liquid pearls to fininsh-hope you like him.

I would like to enter him into the following challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge -animals or teddies
The Crafty Pad -challenge 184 -To Die For
Delightful Challenges punches & Dies

Until next time then.
Aloha
Andree x

Monday 20 August 2012

A Quick Nap

Afternoon all,
First of all I would like to say a big hello and welcome to my two new followers-hope you enjoy reading my blog-thank you for following me.
I hope you are all enjoying this sunny weather (don't like to complain, but boy is it too hot!!) I am not really good in the extreme heat and have done nothing but moan for the last three days-I think everyone's getting fed up with me lol.
I decided to make my card early today before the sun gets round to my craft shed as it gets like a furnace in there and just unbearable.
I used a new Sassy Cheryl digi stamp coloured with my promarkers, used some Lakeland papers and added some raffia and some punched flowers, butterflies and pearls-I don't know if it was the heat or if I just wasn't in the mood, but this one took me ages to put together and was about four different layouts before I decided on this-will have to hope I am in a better frame of mind tomorrow!!



I would like to enter her into the following challenges:

I Love Promarkers challenge 130 -Gardens
Crafters Companion challenge 27 -Best Friends

Until next time then.
Aloha
Andree x

Saturday 18 August 2012

A summer BBQ

Hello all, wow what a gorgeous day!!
A few little jobs to do today and then I think it must be a day to get out the BBQ-we bought a new gas one at the very end of last year much to hubbys protest as he said it wasn't a real bbq unless there was charcoal-well, now he can't get enough of it and thinks its just the best thing ever!!
Inspired by that idea I have used a digistamp image from Digistamp Boutique called BBQ Alf and made this card. I've coloured him with my promarkers and used my Wellington paper pack and added some card candi -big thanks to Andree (I have finally found someone who shares my name!!!!) for the brilliant tip of buying white candi and colouring it with my promarkers-will definitely be doing that in future!)

I would like to enter him into the following challenges:

I Love Promarkers challenge 130 - Gardens
The Crafty Pad challenge 183 - Summer Vacation

Enjoy the sunshine and until next time
Aloha
Andree x

Friday 17 August 2012

A relaxing read

Hi all, and what a gorgeous day it is-so glad to see the sun back again, looks like the weekend is going to be a good one too!!
All of my lot are out working today so I have had the place to myself-what better excuse to go and spend some time in my craft shed??
The card I have made today is using a digistamp boutique digi image, called Snoozing Stan. I coloured him with promarkers and used some papers and card from my stash. I added some card candi from The Glitter Pot which I have only just bought and really love -ordered quite a few different colours as it's so versatile.




(Big thank you to Eileen for the advice on how to make my image larger!!)

I would like to enter him in the following challenges;
Creative Inspirations challenge 176- Case It
Digistamp Boutique - August customer comp'

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and until next time.
Aloha
Andree x



Thursday 16 August 2012

Faye with Toadstool

Afternoon all, hope your day is going well.  So, A level results day, my son did very well in his music AS level and not too bad in other subjects, he knows he now has to knuckle down to some serious work next year for the dreaded A2's.
I have had a very lazy day today and decided that it would be a 'me' day so went out into my craft shed and didn't feel one bit guilty!!
My card today is using a digi stamp from Pink Gem Designs called Faye with Toadstool which I have coloured with my promarkers. My papers are some really old ones from my stash but I can't remember where they came from and the cover has long since disappered!!.  I used some ribbon from my local craft shop and some pearls-hope you like her!
I would like to enter her into the following challenges:





















A Gem of a Challenge 52 - sketch
Whimsy Stamps challenge 50-lots of layers
I love Promarkers challenge 130 - Gardens

Until next time then.
Aloha
Andree x

Wednesday 15 August 2012

Ewe are so sweet

Afternoon all, well what a funny old day - my washing was out, then it was in, then it went out again but when it decided to spit with rain yet again I decided then I had had enough and and hung it all upstairs!!!
I had a good old rummage through all of my stamped images last night and found this lovely digi image from Pink Gem Designs that I hadn't used yet so thought it was about time she was popped onto a card!
I have coloured her with my promarkers and coloured pencils, backing papers are from Wild Rose Studio and I have added a Marianne Designs die cut flourish and some little butterflies and flowers-hope ewe like her (groan!!!!).


I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
The Poodles Parlour challenge -use a die cut
Digi Doodle shop challenge 120 Things with wings
Until next time then
Aloha
Andree x

Tuesday 14 August 2012

Emma Walking-Cuddly Buddly

Morning all, well, I have just got back from a gorgeous couple of days in the Cotswolds-such a beautiful place. Stayed in a wonderful little B&B in Bourton -on-the-water overlooking the river-sheer heaven!! Did far too much eating and quite alot of walking and luckily the weather was perfect which really does make all the difference. Just don't want to be back home now though-why do all the fun things seem to go so quickly??
I made this card just before I went away but ran out of time so didn't get a chance to post it-I used a free digi image from Cuddly Buddly and some Papermania papers, coloured with my promarkers and I have used some punched leaves as well.


I would like to enter her into the following challenges:
Creative Inspirations -challenge 175 anything goes
Stampin' for the Weekend -challenge 15 monochrome

Until next time
Aloha
Andree x

Thursday 9 August 2012

Dad's Anniversary picture

Wow, two posts in one day!!!
All thorugh my life and that of my brother and sister, on special occasions my dad has drawn us all something for us in our cards, special birthdays, weddings etc -we all look forward to them so so much and I have kept each and every one of them.
This is the picture that he drew in our Anniversary card this week-he has included all our assortment of animals-even down to the fish in the garden!!!!
Hope you like it as much as I did!



Until next time then.
Aloha
Andree x

Watering the flowers

Morning all,
I am having a little sit down in between lots of cleaning today-boy do I hate cleaning!!
I was hoping to have a little sit in the sun but the weather obviously has other ideas as we have huge black clouds at the moment!!
I found this image amongst my pile of stamped images that I had pre-coloured and thought I should use it. I chose some Pink Petticoat and Papermania papers and the image is from Wild Rose Studio - I love their stamps, they are so cute, coloured with my promarkers. I used my Martha Stewart edging punch and added punched flowers and gems.


I would like to enter her into the following challenges:
Moving along with the times challenge 'summer'
Whimsy Stamps challenge 49 -'summer fun'
Have a lovely weekend-fingers crossed for some sunshine!!
Until next time.
Aloha
Andree x


Wednesday 8 August 2012

Vintage Lady

Hello all,
well, I have had a busy morning shopping with my son who used to hate to go to town but since he has got himself a job and some money he now can apparently spend hours there!!!
We did manage to get him a suit ready for going back to school (yeuch, don't even want to THINK about that yet!!!!) and he got himself some lovely new clothes ready for the weekend-I remember when I used to be able to buy clothes just for going out on a Saturday-those were the days!!!!
I have spent a little time in my shed this afternoon and have made a couple of cards, the first is this one -I used an Oyster stamp, coloured with my promarkers, used some paper from a stack I bought in a little craft shop in Hawaii when I was lucky enough to win a trip there a few years back, added some flowers gems and glitter glue.


I am going to enter her into the following challenges;
I love promarkers challenge   129 'vintage'
Allsorts challenge  166 'a recipe'

Until next time
Aloha
Andree x

Tuesday 7 August 2012

Silver Wedding

Afternoon all
Well, I had a fab time yesterday at Mum and Dad's, they took me for a lovely lunch out in a beautiful garden-and the sun shone so we were able to sit outside-just gorgeous!!!
Dad helped to show me where I've been going wrong with my shading so I now have lots to remember and lots of excuse to practice what I've learned!!
Am sitting here with the Olympics on tv-I really don't know what's happened-I am so not into sport at all yet you can't help but watch can you and team GB are continuing to do fabulously well!!
My card today is a Silver Wedding card and it was quite difficult to decide what to do. In the end I decided to go for a traditional wedding type card with lots of embossing, gems and bow-hope you like it.

I am going to enter it into the following challenges:

Paperplay Challenges - week 31 Layer it Up
Digi Doodles - challenge 119 Ribbons and Bows
Lisabdesigns - anything goes

Until next time
Aloha
Andree x

Sunday 5 August 2012

A Cheeky Pint

 Morning all, and another wet start to the day!!
Wow, what an evening it was yesterday, I am not really into sport but couldn't help but get dragged into all the excitement-so brilliant to see team GB doing so so well, congratulations to all of them and lets hope it continues!!
My card today is one for the men-not always so easy, but I am aware that my collection for the upcoming school fete is rather short on mens cards!!!
I used a Wild Rose Studio image coloured with my promarkers, and used some papers from my stash.

I am going to enter him into the I Love Promarker challenge 128-'spots & stripes'
I am so looking forward to tomorrow as I am off to spend the day with Mum and Dad -Dad has said I can take my promarkers with me and we will have a little tutorial on shading-am so looking forward to spending some quality time doing something we both love-might even talk him into colouring some images for me to use on my cards!!!
Until next time.
Aloha
Andree x

Friday 3 August 2012

Passion for Promarker challenge-under the sea

Morning all,
Well, my job for today is cleaning the oven-woohoo, such an exciting life!!!!
The good thing is that I have to leave the spray to get to work for a couple of hours so found myself with some craft time-yay!!!
I made this card for the Passion for Promarkers challenge week 160-Under the Sea. I found a lovely digi picture and have coloured it with my Promarkers (naturally!!), used some lovely greeny papers from a pad I won ages ago, added some green fabric, punched flowers cut in half as seaweed and some gems as a tail splash-hope you like her!

I am trying to practice shading with my promarkers-it's not as easy as you would think is it?? and am spending ages looking at shading on photographs etc to try and get the hang of where shadows should be-my dad's an artist so will have to spend some time with him I think!!
Well I hope you have a lovely weekend.
Until next time.
Aloha
Andree x

Thursday 2 August 2012

Cuddly Buddly spots n stripes

Hello everyone, well I am very excited-have just found out my name was picked in third place in the Digidoodles challenge. I am so loving entering the different challenges and will be very sad when I have to go back to work as I won't be able to do so many.  I seem to have found a balance between my house jobs and my craft time- I do the boring stuff from first thing in the morning till lunch time and then after I've had my lunch its 'me' time, that way I don't feel guilty about how much time I am spending crafting!! I did have to dip into the jobs time this morning though as I needed to get Mum and Dad's anniversary card made and off to them but I had a good excuse as I needed to catch the post and I did still defrost the freezer and put two loads of washing on AND have made a pineapple sponge cake-a bit of an experiment as my son loves pineapple I have made a traditional victoria sponge with pineapple chunks in and used pineapple jam-will have to see how that turns out!!!
My card today is using a freebie digi stamp from Cuddly Buddly-I've coloured her with my promarkers and used some pink and brown papers that I got ages ago from the wonderful craft section at Lakeland-which sadly no longer exists. I found a piece of pink shiny material I had forgotten I had so added that too along with some pearls-hope you like her.


I am going to enter her into the following challenges:
I love Promarkers challenge 128-'spots & stripes'
Paperplay Challenges week 31 'layer it up'.
So, until next time.
Aloha
Andree x


Wednesday 1 August 2012

Little Peggy Cream

Afternoon all, well, I finally am catching up on some work round the house but I must say it is so boring!!!
I went into town today and when I came back I was all set for some jobs when I realised I had missed my brothers anniversary-I felt awful!! I quickly went out in my shed and made them a really quick card but they never turn out quite how you want them when you need them in a hurry do they????
I am having some real trouble finding craft items just lately-don't know if anyone else is finding the same??-several of our local craft shops have closed or reduced their stock, it is very frustrating-all I wanted today was some brown card but do you think I could find any??? Will have to resort to ordering online but the P&P always makes things so very expensive that way.
My card today is a Wee Stamp digi stamp by Sylvia Zet and I haven't used this in a while so thought I would try colours I don't usually use. I coloured her in a pale cream and green with my promarkers and layered her with some papers I won in a magazine competition. I added some punched flowers and pearls to finish.



I am going to enter her into the new challenge at lisabdesigns which is an 'anything goes' theme this month.
So, until next time then.
Aloha
Andree x