Sweet Birthday Wishes...

Before i start, don't forget to join in my candy, the link is at the top of the page.. you only have until 28th February to join in.....Well today has been mega hectic, i don't know where i got the time to post, good job the card was already complete... I'm going to try and be really quick with this one...I've got work in the morning... awwwwwww

The challenge over at The Sugar Bowl this week is ONE to use one sheet of DP... crumbs... i usually use at least two... but it forced me to get the doilies and the flourish stamp out so not all bad.. there is an amazing prize for one winner.. £50 yes £50 worth of stamps.. did you do yours yet..?

I started with a piece of SU Chocolate Chip CS scored and cut down to a 6x6 inch card blank, i stamped again using the BG Flourish Edges Set around the outside of the card on all four sides, i don't have the SU Choc Chip Ink Pad yet so just used a brown Versafine..I then stitched my distressed DP to the card, Laundry Line by MME..ohhh this is just so yummy, it's glittered don't know if the camera picked that up.. I sprayed a doily with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.. Latte, then cut it in half and attached it to the left side of the card, i laid MME Laundry Line Lace Ribbon down the side of the doily and stitched it to the card using my Janome Mini Sewing Machine, I then cut a separate piece of SU Chocolate Chip CS and punched along one edge using a MS Punch, and laid another smaller piece of DP over the top and again stitched them together then placed it onto the card about an inch from the doily, next i used my Nestabilities to cut a labels shape from SU Chocolate Chip CS and another from plain water colour card, i sprayed the water colour card with Tattered Angels GM Latte and then stamped over the top using the same BG Flourish set in brown Versafine Ink, I then stitched around the outside of the smaller label and attached it to the card.. The image is of course SN and absolutely gorgeous, i coloured using my original Copics and Pro Markers, it was then glazed using Anita's glaze, when dry i attached it to another small piece of distressed Chocolate Chip CS, then punched a small whole to attach the charm, which reads Made For An Angel...... I then took a few hydrangeas and some distressed lace coloured with the Latte GM and layered them using SEI brads and some Tibetan spacers from eBay, i finished the flowers by painting around the outside of the smaller hydrangea with Shimmerz paint, Candle Light, if you don't have any of these yet, get some now, my wonderfully talented creative friend Claudia will be demonstrating this over the coming weeks..

I finished the front of the card by adding some of my pearl loops... can you tell i love these...hehehe, and three pins, one of which is among the hundred i created last week for friends.. The inside has layered and distressed DP and SU Chocolate Chip CS punched using the MS punch again to carry it through the card, all stitched together using the mini SM, i then used the SU Top Note Die and stamped a single BG Flourish to accent the area where a message will be written, i think you can see the glitter better here..the back of the card is similar, with just one flower created the same way as the flowers on the front of the card.. i also stamped the old gold envelope using the same BG Flourish Edge Stamp, and then applied a distressed layered Top Note Die Cut again with the same Flourish.. i did this as this will be my first ever card for sale on blogger.. Yikeeeees.... I have to say a lot of work went into this one, it took hours.. but as i was going to sell it, i wanted to make sure it was a good one... what do you think..? that's my Sweet Sugar Birthday Wish... Before i go, i just wanted to show you an award i got from five wonderful crafy friends.. This Hugs Award came from my dear friend Moni.. Sweetie it has been a total pleasure getting to know you over the last year.. you have become a wonderful friend..and i am so honoured to be your friend...I also got this Friends Award from Moni, Maria and Heike, thank you so much girls, i am so honoured to receive these and all the awards that fly through cyber space my way.. it really does make me smile.. A lovely lady i met through my candy Teri gave me this Kreativ blogger award... and she put me in some pretty good company.. thank you so much sweetie, i really am honoured to receive this from you....finally but by no means least, i got this award from the ever so talented Karen, sweetie you made my day to think of me.... i love to visit, to see your fantastic creations... and also to visit Layla..awwwwww did you go see her yet.. take a hop over now. ... she has the most adorable face.....hehehehe...

Well it's time for me to sleep, it's every early in the morning and i have to get up for work in a few hours... so much for a short quick post..i don't think i can do one of those..hehehehe.... just wanted to leave you with this... i was in the kitchen earlier tonight... just got out of the shower and was in my PJ's and dressing gown... I've been a quite swollen with the RA lately (which isn't a problem just something i live with) but it means i can't get my slippers or shoes on... when i got out of the shower, i put on my lovely soft pink socks but didn't want them getting dusty or dirty on the bottom so put my Croc's on, apart from my Ugg boots the only thing that fits at the moment... all of a sudden i heard.. gosh you do look sexy in those..hehehehe my husband has THE weirdest sense of humor.... i took a picture just so you could see the type of humour he has...hhehehehehe... tomorrow I'll be blog hopping and going through all the entries for my candy i deliberately haven't moderated them as I'm keeping track of who I've thanked so don't go thinking you're not included.. i also have some groveling e-mailing to do... I've been so naughty and busy of late and haven't kept up with my lovely crafty friends... Carole you are at the very top of my list....gosh I'm useless...LOL... finally finally... my apologies if it took you half the night to read this post..hehehehe so much for short...... Night Night Sleep Tight....Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite..

Two Cards For The Birthday Boy & Awards For Me...

This was meant to be Just a quick post tonight but then i created two cards and i got some yummy awards too..

There is a scrummy sketch over at Friday Sketchers by lovely Murielle... it is a sketch that you can really play with and be creative... i created two cards from it..... My First...

I used two Magnolia stamps, both of the dogs... i love these little chaps, they remind me of my boys... Gizmo & Pika... i coloured the images on both cards using Prisma Colour Pencils and blended using Sansodor and Stumps... i tried to add the colour to match our boys on this one.. as this card was made for hubby....I used an old piece of Crate Paper from an old kit I'd not yet used... the bones have been cut using a Sizzix die from a piece of BG DP and then coloured around the edges with an ink pad from my Close To My Heart Distressing Kit... i love this little box, it has every thing i need for distressing and i got mine really cheap from EBay for just £10...... an absolute bargain...i say i, hubby got it...he's brilliant at spotting bargains or looking up prices to save money, you wouldn't think he'd only been using the computer for three years..(he was a complete technophobe...) now he's the king of finding bargains on-line...LOL

The little dog bone paper clips were from a photo holder a friend at work got me for Christmas, it's a little dog with a crocodile clip attached to add a photograph and then there is a dog bowl full of these clips that came with it...so cute... the charm i added to this card is a Sterling Silver Dog Bowl a little extravagant but this card is for my hubby, he deserves all the extravagance i can give him.... The brown velvet ribbon is from Hobby Craft an absolute bargain at just 99p and there is lots of it.(not extravagant but gorgeous anyway)..This card was again put together by my Janome Mini Sewing Machine... I got mine after speaking to my Friend Carole last year... I told my son about it and he got it for me as a gift... if you don't have one of these or are struggling using a full sized machine, go splash out £50 at Argos on this one... it is fantastic...and so easy to thread and use... I also decorated the inside of this card again, i used the same Crate Paper with the bones just set off the panel... then added another of the bone paper clips.. I did it again i forgot to put the stamp on the back of my card before i took the photograph...... doh.......

Well that was my first card and this was the second one i created using again this gorgeous sketch by Murielle...

This time i used an Alota stamp I've had for such a long time but not used,(Helene has a fabulous sale on at the moment so, why not go get a bargain..) i have to stop getting stamps for a while, i have so many that haven't even been inked yet, i feel awful for not using them as so many have been given to me as gifts.... (i show my family the sites i buy from and add all of the stamps on my wish list to the basket... they go in and buy the ones they want to give me as pressies when it's my Birthday or Christmas... we think it's a great idea cause they always get me something i really want... which makes them happy.and me even happier..LOL better than buying smellies all of the time... although the odd 50ml bottle of 212 is a lovely change....)

Back to the card.. i used SU Old Olive patterned paper from last years catalogue and some Bazzill card stock to create a card blank... i used my nesties on this one... another gift from Mark this Christmas... I also used Old Olive and Chocolate Chip Brads, the silver clips are also SU i think i used lots of SU on this one....the sentiment is an Elzybells sentiment and the lovely ribbon die-cuts are from an old standard die from Accucut, i used to collect dies and had a collection of over 2000 lots have now been sold but i still have quite a collection i can't part with... Again i decorated the inside of my card, just using nestie diecuts and SU Old Olive Brads.. The one thing i used on both of these cards to tie them together was the bling.... i created two circles on each card with Kaiser kraft sticky gems... and again this one was stitched using my old faithful.... and i used the same brown ribbon i used on the doggy card...

Well i think that's it for the cards...... phew..... i bet that's what you are saying...hehehehe

Not finished yet....... i got these awards this week as well... this lovely award was from Viv. today... Thank you so much sweetie you made my day with this one today... i was a little down... (don't know why just one of those days...) you really cheered me up....

Last but by no means least.. i got these two awards from Lovely Heike.... thank you so much my friend.. you are so kind to think of me and i am honoured that both of these lovely ladies thought to give these awards to little old me....

I promise I'll pass them on later this week when I've had time to check out a few blogs....

Well Night Night Sleep Tight, Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite....

(Ash my son used to say Bite Them Back when i said this at night to him..hehehe)

Ingredients: Stamps By Magnolia, Elzybells, Alota ~ CS By Bazzill ~ DP By Stampin Up, Crate Paper ~ Prisma Colour Pencils, Sansodor, Paper Stumps ~ Nestabilities ~Kaiser Kraft Gems ~ Stampin Up Brads Chocolate Chip & Old Olive ~ Stampin Up Clips ~ Sterling Silver Charm From My Jewellery Making Stash ~ Sizzix Dog Bone & Basket Die ~ Accucut Standard Bow Die ~ Brown Ribbon Hobby Craft ~ Janome Mini Sewing Machine ~ Finally Lots & Lots Of Love..hehehe

Love You This ********** Much....

Omg i can't believe how late i am with this one.... this card is for the sketch over at Friday Sketchers....

This week it is lovely Kristine's turn and she's given us a fantastic sketch..and there is some really yummy candy on offer from Scrapp & Lapp if you give it a go, then leave a link to your card and you'll be entered to win this wonderful candy...Even if you don't enter i hope you'll go take a look at the fabulous DT creations, they really are so yummy..

I got this fabulously cute stamp set for Christmas from Mark my ever so thoughtful hubby... he got it from Silly Monkey Crafts but you can also buy it from All That Scraps it is a CC Design set and Mark thought I'd like to make some wonderful Valentines with it.. I now have a few of these sets and I'm determined to use more variety with my stamps this year.... a resolution if you will....

I Started this card by using a base of Bazzill CS Folded into a five by six inch card, i used lovely lovely BG Sugared DP i love Basic Grey i keep saying it but i do... and Sugared is from the lurrrrrvvvvv season last year... I coloured my image using the original copic markers and promarkers, no where near as good as I'd like... i wish i could use them like Rach... have you checked out her wonderful creations.... I then stitched the DP to the card ( did anyone notice my mistake... the base layer is upside down... duhhh Klutz) I did stitch a lot of elements on this card, i wanted to make a more masculine card, my friends at work have been asking me to make them for there hubbies and boyfriends.. The ribbon with the sentiment has been stitched onto the card its self and the leaves are actually hearts punched out of Sugared DP, all of the paper & embellishments are Sugared Basic Grey the hearts and arrow and the brads are of course the matching Sugared ones... The Beautiful pin is from my wonderful friend Claudia, ( i really hope that you will go take a look at her wonderful creations although i don't know a card maker who blogs who hasn't been to visit.. she is such an amazing artist..and a true inspiration..)who incidentally was the one who inspired me to decorate the inside of my cards.. I've kept this one quite simple inside, i always struggle with male cards.... the back still has to have my Scrapmagasinet stamp attached to it so I'll change this photograph when I've don't that...as you can see I've also kept the back very simple.. Well that is my first Valentine of 2009, I've got another for you tomorrow evening.... using a yummy image my great friend Moni sent to me in the summer..

I'll pop all of the ingredients at the bottom of this mega long post..hehehe

I've also received some awards this week.... my first is from a lady I've had the privalege to get to know this last year, she has become a great friend and i am so glad i got to know her...Please go visit this mega talented lady, she is a DT member for Paper Basics and the wonderful challenge site Everybody Art Challenge

Moni gave me this Star Stamper Award.. thank you so much my dear friend... Also Lovely Murielle a fabulous DT member for Friday Sketchers awarded me this one and these other awards as well.... woooooowwww so many wonderful wonderful awards... Murielle thank you so very very much, you are so talented and i am so honoured you thought of me...

Finally darling Karen of 6 Wacky Women awarded me this lovely award (one lovely blog award), Karen i am so very touched that you gave this to me... you are so talented and i am honoured you gave me this to me... thank you so much...

I am supposed to pass these awards to seven other crafters but my list is a little longer, I'd actually like to pass all of these awards to every body who visits my blog.. you are all angels and make me smile every day.. which keeps me smiling & healthy..hehehe and to me you are all Star Stampers, have fabulous blogs, are encouraging and are absolutely wonderful people... but i did pick out these special artists to highlight..

Moni ( My Wonderful Friend Right Back At You...hehehe)

Ila ( An amazing friend, stamper, listener, & always so encouraging)

Nikki ( Nikki has been crafting less than a year and i am in absolute awe.. of her talent)

Claudia (A Friend, Artist (i do mean that) she inspires so many you deserve all of these awards)

Carole (A Friend, Amazing Stamper, The One That keeps Me In Touch..A Wonderful Lady)

Heidi ( All I Can Say Is You & Your Family Are Really Are Sunshine... You Really Do Make Me Smile)

Finally but by no means least..

Rach (The Absolute Queen Of Colour, i know i need not say more)

OMG

How Long Was This Post...

Well Bye Bye For Now..

Ingredients For My Card: Stamps CC Designs ~ DP Basic Grey ~ Brads Basic Grey ~ Copics & Promarkers ~ Janome Mini Sewing Machine ~ Stampin Up Chocolate Chip Ribbon ~ Heart Punch.. Hope i didn't forget any thing..

I Feel So Honoured To Have Received An Award From Three Wonderfully Talented Ladies....

Just look at this mega funky award I was given by the incredibly talented Rach and Mumur and my wonderful Friend Moni…. I love it…. It is so me, Wylde Woman…. So hubby says anyway……LOL

I am so honoured to receive this award from all three of these ladies, I have so much admiration for the things they create, and not just cards, I do hope that you will find time to visit their Blogs, you’ll find lots of inspiration….and just take a look at their fabulous creations and all three ladies are part of Design Teams…….I am always so impressed….but most of all I am so honoured to receive this award from three ladies I really do admire…one of whom has become a wonderful friend over the last three months…

I’m going to enjoy giving this award, as the purpose of it is to, Send Love & Acknowledgment to Women Who Brighten Your Day, Teach You New Things & Live Their Lives fully & With Generosity & Joy….. and you can send it to just one or one hundred…..
Here are the rules: 1. You can give it to one or one hundred or any number in between - it's up to you. Make sure you link to their site in your post.2. Link back to this blogsite http://tammyvitale.typepad.com/women_art_life_weaving_it/2008/07/wylde-women-award.html#comments. So Tammy can go visit all these wonderful women.

Well I truly think that all of the women below tick every single box…. And I really do urge you to visit every single one…..

Moni my wonderful talented friend (Right Back At You)
Rach (Right Back At Yer Girl I am still so envious of your colouring..hehehehe)
Mumur (Right Back At You to, I am so very honoured to receive this award from you)
Ila My Wonderfully Supportive Friend

Fran, Nikki, Carole, Heidi, Claudia (My wonderful blogging friends)
Katharina, Kristine, Jacqueline, Marlene, Kimmie,
Sophia, Beatrix, Inge, Maria, Michelle, Betty all of the ladies on my list I aspire to be able to create the most wonderful creations as you always do……..
And finally
To all those ladies who visit my blog and make me so happy………

After my rotten weekend you’ve made me so happy…..

OMG I Got A Fabulous Award From Nikki & Moni.......

I got a message last night to say there was a little something on Nikki's blog for me, she awarded me this fabulous award, OHHHHHHH Nikki , Moni if only it were real with a million pounds on it, imagine the fun we'd have crafting heaven (SHOPPING)....hehehehehe Thank you so much Nikki i am so honoured to receive this award from you... I hope you will all take the time to visit Nikki's blog she is not only a very talented crafter but also a design team member for A Spoon Full Of Sugar and Silly Monkey Crafts. Then this evening my wonderful friend Moni gave me the award to, how lucky am i twice in less than twenty four hours, i am so honoured to receive this award from such a talented lady and friend. Moni is an incredibly talented card maker but also creates the most stunning ATC's she is also a design team member for Paperbasics, i hope you will take the time to visit Moni's blog you will find the most beautifully detailed designs.....and lots and lots of inspiration.......

I now have to pass this award on but there are rules........and here they are............................

The rules of this award,

1. Only 5 people allowed.

2. 4 have to be dedicated followers of your blog

3. one has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world.

4. you must link back to who ever gave you the award.

quite simply it is a way of saying thank you to those who take time out for wonderful comments to make your day Here are the wonderful ladies I have dedicated this award to.....

Moni

Ila

Heidi

Carole

And my new visitor is Heidi from Michigan

I do hope that you will take the time to visit all seven of these ladies, they are all incredibly talented and you are sure to find inspiration in bucket loads......

OMG Another Award.....

I got this wonderful award from my friend Carole over at Stardust Gems & Ribbon, Carole thank you so much you really did make my day, and warmed my heart to know that you are thinking of us……..i have to admit I am still feeling a little bit of a fraud, I will hopefully fix that tomorrow, I made three cards today and when I’ve finished blog hopping catching up on comments tomorrow I’m going to post my first card in weeks….

I would really like to pass this award onto three very wonderful ladies, they have all become such wonderful blogging friends and have been so supportive to me over the last few weeks……more than that they are all incredibly creative and talented ladies…

Moni ~ Moni has become such a good friend, but more than that, she inspires me to create scenes using stamps, hers are second to none…..she recently became a DT member for Paperbasics, which really is so thoroughly deserved...she really is increadilbly talented and if you are looking for inspiration you should visit her blog....
Heidi ~ Heidi creates the most beautiful cards and her sketches are always so much fun to use… more than that has become such a good friend and her support over the last few weeks has been so amazing.
Ila ~ My Canadian friend who has been so supportive but more than that I aspire to be able to use Prisma Color pencils they way Ila does…….she has the most amazing tutorials and her cards are just exquisite

Ladies again I know that you are all incredibly busy please don’t feel you have to pass on this award, I just wanted to give it to all three of you to show my appreciation of both your friendship and your talent…

I'm Back ~ Awards To Pass On....

I’ve feel like a naughty school child, I’ve not been posting or card making and I feel incredibly guilty, but I am going to start correcting that this evening firstly by passing on two awards I’ve received over the last week…

I received this award from two dear blogging friends last week but with everything happening with Gizmo I just didn’t get a chance to post and say thank you….
I feel like a bit of a fraud because I’ve not made a card in nearly four weeks but I am thrilled to receive this award from two wonderful ladies Moni and Heidi they both have so much talent and receiving an award from them means so much to me.. I am in the process of finishing my very first two scene cards at the moment but can’t show them as they are both travelling by air to two ladies who have become wonderful on-line friends, but I promise to show them when they’ve received them.

I would like to pass this award on to seven blogs I find amazing so… I’m passing the weblog award onto

Ila ~ My Canadian friend who has been so supportive but more than that I aspire to be able to use Prisma Color pencils they way Ila does…….she has the most amazing tutorials and her cards are just exquisite….but more than that, I don’t know anybody that works colour the way she does…
Claudia ~ My lovely blogging friend, I will never be able to create cards the way Claudia does but I get so much inspiration from her designs and love to use her tutorials….Claudia works so hard to bring us all her beautiful designs and tutorials if you haven’t visited her blog WHY NOT!!!!!
Carole ~ Carole is a blogging friend and DT member for Friday Sketchers and a very talented card maker, she is so thoughtful and I can’t think of a better person to give this award to. If you haven’t visited her blog yet, again WHY NOT!!!!
Nikki ~ I have to say this lady blows me away, she’s only been card making for a few months and already is a design team member for A Spoonful Of Sugar and Silly Monkey Crafts, all that after just seven months crafting…if that doesn’t give you the urge to visit I don’t know what will…. She really is very talented…
Rach ~ I only came across her site a couple of months ago, she caught my eye because of her love of die-cuts, I was a complete die-cut addict until last year, Rach is now addicted to stamping but still creates cards using die-cuts, she really is incredibly talented and her cards are a must to be viewed….
Katharina ~ I don’t think I know a blogger that hasn’t visited Katharina’s blog, she has the most amazing tutorials and creates the most beautiful cards……if you don’t believe me go see for your self…
Michelle ~ Have you seen her Donkey’s? they are so very cute, it's a good job i live in the UK if i lived any where near Michelle, i want to visit every day...LOL, I really don’t know how she finds the time, but she sure does and creates the most stunning cards…..

Ladies I know that all of you are incredibly busy and you do not necessarily have to pass on this award, I just wanted you all to know, that I am one of many others who love to visit your blogs……