Tea for two

Ooh I did enjoy making this! Susie and Vikki have set the challenge - 'Tea for Two' over at Die Cut Dreams, whilst Cute Card Thursday want a creation with 'Hidden Treasure' and SophistiCat want a card or wallet that can hold something.



So I made this rather gorgeous creation. You can find instructions on how to make one here. My hidden treasure is a couple of tea bags! It was so quick and easy to make too. The patterned paper is by Pebbles Inc and the tea pot is a digi image from Pink Petticoat, shaded with Copics. The ribbon (and tea bags) are from my stash.



I know lots of people I could send one of these to. Mind you I'd have to be selective over the types of tea I send them. I think I'll be making a load more of these yummies.

Victoria
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Another dip of sugar

I've had a fab day and created lots of goodies! I'll start with this card which is actually for five challenges!

Firstly the sketch is from The Sugar Bowl and also the colour combo of pink and brown, Our Creative Corner have set the same colour combo as have C.R.A.F.T Challenge, Passion for ProMarkers say go wild with whatever colours you want as long as you include polka dots and Stamp Something say use your favourite colour or papers in your design - and we know how much I love pink and my Doodlebug papers!

I'm really chuffed, I won last weeks C.R.A.F.T Challenge and get to choose five fabulous digi downloads by Hope Jacare, you can see them here.



The image is of course a Gorjuss girl, shaded with ProMarkers (I used a mix of ProMarkers and Copics on her hair). She's cut out with a Cookie Cutter and mounted on Doodlebug and Pebbles Inc papers. The flowers are made from the same papers. I coloured the glitter gems with a brown peel off pen as I didn't have anything else that went.



Had a lovely walk with hubby and the boys this morning, although Zac wanted to be carried back home as he refused to walk, wouldn't get in the buggy next to Blake and just sat on the pavement with his arms in the air 'pick me up' fashion!

More from me in a bit - with a link to a fabulous tutorial.

Victoria
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Introducing Millie Mouse and Friday Freebies

I'm so on a roll with Christmas cards:



One Stop Craft have set the theme - 'Let it snow', Sketch and Stash provided the fabulous sketch, Dutch Dare provided a photo for us to take colour inspiration from and Creative Inspirations ask to use an animal. Phew four challenges in one.



The papers are Doodlebug and the cute 'lil mouse is Millie and she's brand new and available to download from The Digi Stamp Boutique. I shaded her with ProMarkers and lashings of Glamour Dust. I think the ribbon is Brenda Pinnick and the snowflake bauble was in my stash, I just added the sentiment.

Now I mentioned freebies. They're of the digital variety and are fabulous.

You can download a stack of books from Merrigan at Bee Crafty, great for making a bookmark for her challenge this week.

And you can get an entire digi kit from Pollycraft too - it's pink and brown and simply scrummy!

Victoria
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Put your sunglasses on.......

........because this is a loud one!



Colour Create set the colour combo of black and neon green. Not at all my usual but I gave it a try. Not sure I'll be trying it again mind! Simon Says Stamp said use 2 papers, 1 image and 3 embellishments so I did that too. Finally the fab sketch was provided by Cindy Haffner at Crazy 4 Challenges.

I used Coredinations Black Magic paper which is black on one side and green on the other. I made my 2 papers by embossing and sanding back to reveal the green. The stamped image is from a new set by Inkadinkado and there are five others waiting to be used. the ribbon has come out very yellow for some reason, it's not it's green and matches the flowers which I got from Hobbycraft.



If you were paying attention earlier I'd said I was cuddling Blake all afternoon as he was a lot grizzly. Well he's fast off now after what we shall only ever refer to as 'nappy gate'. Enough said!

So I'm going to post another card I made last night next.

Victoria
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Inspirational Card Sketches DT Call

As the title suggests, Inspirational Card Sketches challenge blog are on the hunt for 3 new Design Team . To enter you have to create a card based on this sketch and submit it today!



I made a Christmas card with a cute snowflake charm:



The sketch was really challenging to work with and I settled on cutting a window and hanging the charm in. I wanted a simple, pure feel to the card so stuck with white linen and embossed with a Cuttlebug snowflakes folder.



The gorgeous glittery ribbon is from Trimcraft and I matched the sparkle with as many glitter gems as I could squeeze in! I created the sentiment on the PC and cut out using oval Nesties and mounted on some 3-D foam. Here's a close up of the window and charm:



I think crafting might be a bit of a no go zone today as Blake is a bit (well a lot) grizzly and doesn't seem to want to settle. So I predict an afternoon of cuddles for us. The best kind.

Good luck to everyone else applying for the Design Team

Victoria
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Charisma Cardz Guest Design Spot

This weeks challenge at Charisma Cardz is 'flower power'. You can create whatever you like on the theme and there's a 3 month subscription to 'Scrapbook News and Review' magazine up for grabs for the winner.



I made a really simple card this week (well for me anyway!). I used silver floral rubs ons from W R Memory Keepers (I think), they're a little awkward to run on in my opinion so a few edges are a little crumpled.



The gems are lush and are from Doodlebug, the large flower is simply mounted on layered card and 3-D foam to give a bit of dimension.

Can't stop, Zac is currently re-arranging my kitchen cupboards for me!

Victoria
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Viva Las Vegas

I had such good fun making this card. My friend Jo's hubby asked me to make it for her birthday from him as she's off to Vegas with the girls for a long weekend away:



This is the photo he gave me to base the card on (!):



I'm sure they're lady boys! Anyway onto the card, this is for a few challenges, over at Papertake Dawny is asking us to 'fake it', La-La-Land Crafts want to see at least three different embellishments and Stamp Something want us to use our favourite embellishments.



Well the sign was made with fonts on the PC and Quickutz alphas, I cut the shape partly with a labels Nestie and then pinged my favourite gems around the edge to look like the Vegas lights. The welcome part is simply Doodlebug rub-ons on punched stars.

Miss Anya is coloured with Copics and sat on a wall of DCWV paper and a ribbon trim with my FAKE bow:



I've said many times I'm rubish with bows, even with my bow maker, so I held the ribbon in place and stitched it before sewing (yes sewing!) on a couple of buttons too. Finally I have to show you the inside, I'm pretty sure Jo won't mind.



I'm looking forward to seeing the photos and having a catch up when she gets back. I've bored my boys stupid this morning, we went on a trip to Hobbycraft and The Range, Both very much dressed in blue and looking all boy - for those of you who are new to my blog, our last trip there involved Blake being mistaken for a girl.

So a quiet afternoon is planned before chaos and mayhem resumes!

Victoria
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