I have Been Tagged!

I have been tagged by Shh-Shh, this a difficult one so sorry if you get bored!! Here goes ...

Here are the rules which you must abide by if you are tagged:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself: some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).
4. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs.

7 facts about me:

1. I am at university training to be a nurse.
2. I am terrified of spiders and dogs.
3. I am double jointed in my fingers!
4. I have lots of favourite foods but my top 3 are chocolate, pasta and toast/bread.
5. I bite my fingernails (but not when I am on placement as a student nurse!)
6. My favourite song is Stand By Me by Ben E. King.
7. I have an above average IQ (apparently!!).

Ok, I tag: Kitty, Cheryl, Alex, Tara, Suzanne, Katie & Stamping Caz

A Simple Feel Better Soon

My mum unfortunately broke her toe a couple of weeks ago so I made her a little card in an attempt to cheer her up a little (sorry it has taken me so long to post!). Made using a small linen card blank which has been covered with purple card. A Karen Foster mini charm has been added to a punched scallop circle then mounted to card (attached with brad). Greeting has been made on my PC and cut into a strip and prima flowers with crystals added.

• Card Blank by Craft Creations
• Cardstock by Bazzill Basics
• Medical Mini Charms by Karen Foster
• Brad by Making Memories
• Flowers by Prima Marketing Inc
• Crystals by Rhinestones Online
• Scalloped circle punch by Woodware

Thank You Very Much

This card was made for my nan and grandad. Penny Black 'Greetings' has been stamped using Stazon ink and then coloured using watercolour pencils and 3D mounted to a panel of yellow card which has been put through the Cuttlebug using the D'vine Swirls embossing folder. I think this may be my favourite out of all my embossing folders! All the corners have been cut using a corner rounder punch. Greeting panel has been mounted with 3D foam pads. Apologies for the photo being a little dark.

• Card blank by Anita's
• Cardstock by Bazzill Basics
• Message panel by Craftwork Cards
• D'vine Swirls embossing folder by Cuttlebug
• Corner rounder punch by EK Success

Happy Day!

Today is both my mum's birthday and also World Card Making Day! :0) My mum loves all shades of the colour purple so I went with that for her card. I have stamped a bella on to pearlescent card and coloured her in with Whispers Strokes Brush Markers. This bella actually looks like my mum, although of course my mum does not have stick arms! ;0) I have cut her out using an oval scalloped punch and mounted to the pearlescent purple card using 3D foam pads. 2 shades of purple organza ribbon have been tied in a bow around the card. The message panel is also mounted with 3D foam. I have added little gem stones into the corners of the card to finish. Sadly, the pearlescentness doesn't show up very well in the picture.

• Card blank by Craftwork Cards
• Cakeabella by Stamping Bella
• Organza ribbon by Ribbon Oasis
• Message panel by Craftwork Cards
• Gem stones by Papermania
• Oval scallop punch by Woodware

I have also made this gift card for her as she wants some shoes as a present but needs to buy them herself. The card is simply made by stamping the Doodlebug flowers and butterflies then colouring them in using Coloursoft pencils. The greeting is made using rub-ons. I have mounted this panel using 3D foam pads on to some purple card then mounted to card blank itself. I really like this stamp set by Doodlebug.

• Card blank by Papermania
• Cardstock by Doodlebug Designs
• 'Friends' stamp set by Doodlebug Designs
• Lilac All Mixed Up rub-ons by Doodlebug Designs

In The Pink

I have made this card for my crafting friend Ruth to accompany some stamped images I sent her. The large flower is a QuicKutz die that has been embossed using the Cuttlebug embossing folder D'vine Swirls and has a large brad in the centre. The message panel is made using another QuicKutz die and Doodlebug rub-ons and brads. I have added some Zoomz in the top right hand corner.

Sorry the photo is so dark and I had to use the flash but I didn't get the card finished until the evening! I have chosen the title of this post as 'In The Pink' because obviously as you can see my card is pink but also because this month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Please show your support by buying a £1 pin.

• Card blank by Craftwork Cards
• Cardstock by Bazzill Basics
• Large flower is QuicKutz Revolution Daisy die
• D'vine Swirls embossing folder by Cuttlebug
• Oval is QuicKutz Oval Tag die
• Black Small All Mixed Up Rub-ons by Doodlebug Designs
• Large white brad by Bazzill Basics
• Small brads by Doodlebug Designs
• Zoomz by Stamp Galaxy

Prezzibella

This card is made for my cousin who likes the colour green! I have stamped Prezzibella and coloured her in using Coloursoft pencils. She has then been mounted to green card. Tha background peice has been embossed with the Cuttlebug embossing folder D'vine Swirls. 2 Prima Flowers with brads added to the centres have been added to the top of the card. Sentiment has been stamped using my Karen Foster Snap Stamps and mounted to card using 3D foam pads. I hope she likes the card!

• Card blank by Anita's
• Cardstock by Bazzill Basics
• Prezzibella by Stamping Bella
• D'vine Swirls embossing folder by Cuttlebug
• Karen Foster Snap Stamps Mini Casual
• Flowers by Prima Marketing Inc
• Brads by Doodlebug Designs

Men's Cards

I can't say that I like making men's cards really, I don't mind if they have a hobby but saying that I also don't want to make the same kind of card every year for that particular person! I guess it is because I do not have that many products for men, I keep trying to get some but there isn't much out there sadly, well not that I have found! This is a card I have made for a family friend. I have used the Ellison champgane bottle die and have shaped some wire to come out of the top. The background has been embossed using the Cuttlebug embossing folder 'Bubbles'. The message panel is an Anita's peel off mounted to card.

• Card blank by Anita's
• Champagne bottle die cut by Ellison Design
• Bubbles embossing folder by Cuttlebug
• Paper by Sizzix Sizzles
• Gold cardstock by Bazzill Basics
• Peel off by Anita's

I Won Runner Up!

Woo hoo! I won runner up in Kitty's Blog Candy Challenge! I think this is the first thing I have ever won, especially for card making so I am really happy! All the entries that I have seen were great. The winner was Tara, you can see her lovely entry here. Thanks Kitty for holding a great challenge and it is really kind of you to add me as a runner up! YAY! You can see my entry below.

I also just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who commented on my card and all the comments I have recieved on this blog, they are all really appreciated.

Happy First Anniversary

This card is made for my brother and sister in law to celebrate their first Wedding Anniversary. The layout is based on Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge # 1 (without the flowers). The mice are stamped then coloured using watercolour pencils and mounted to pink card. The square under it is Doodlebug paper, again mounted to pink card. The background panel is embossed using Sizzix Texturz Retro Hearts. Greeting is printed from PC ('Fontdinnerdotcom Loungy' font used) and mounted with brads and 3D foam. All corners rounded using EK Success corner rounder punch. The colours I have used are the colours of their wedding.

• 'Snuggles' image by Penny Black
• Card blank by Anita's
• Cardstock by Doodlebug Designs
• Loopy Love Hearts paper by Doodlebug Designs
• Brads by Papermania
• Sizzix Texturz Texture Plates Kit #3

Kitty's Blog Candy Challenge

Kitty is doing a Blog candy challenge this week. The challenge is to make a card using the following elements: a stamp/s, patterned paper/s, flowers/blooms and jewels and then you could be in chance of winning her lovely blog candy.

This my creation. I have stamped the gorgeous Eat Cake Graphics stamp (from First Class Crafts) with Stazon ink and then coloured using Whsipers brush markers with a waterbrush and added ultra fine glitter to the hats and snow. This was then mounted onto card then 3D foamed. The panel behind is designer paper from Partners mounted onto purple card. Message printed from PC (Angelina font used) and mounted to more purple card. Papermania Jewels added to the panel. Gorgeous purple poinsettia added to the corner with a brad.

• 'Sarah Pulls Nicky & Otto' by Eat Cake Graphics
• Card blank by Anita's
• Card stock by Bazzill Basics
• Designer paper by Partners
• Flower by Prima Marketing Inc
• Brad by Doodlebug Designs
• Jewels by Papermania

Jolie's Little Friend

This is one of my new favourite stamps, isn't she cute? She is available from First Class Crafts. I have stamped her using black Stazon ink and coloured her using a mixture of Copic Markers and Whispers Brush Markers. The panel has been mounted and then 3D foamed to card. 'Best Wishes' has been printed from PC (Angelina font used). Prima flowers with brads added to the message panel.

• 'Jolie's Little Friend' by High Hopes
• Card stock by Bazzill Basics
• Flowers by Prima Marketing Inc
• Brads by Doodlebug Designs

Bubble of Joy

This card has been made using one of my favourite stamps, it is called 'Bubble of Joy' and is by Penny Black. I have embossed a piece of pink card using the Cuttlebug and mounted the image on top (coloured using watercolour pencils) with 3D foam pads. The sentiment is also mounted then 3D foamed. Prima Flowers with brads added to finish.

• 'Bubble of Joy' by Penny Black
• Sentiment stamp by Stamping Bella
• Card Blank by Anita's
• Card stock by Doodlebug Designs
• D'vine Swirls embossing folder by Cuttlebug
• Flowers by Prima Marketing Inc
• Brads by Doodlebug Designs