Fabulous candy!!!

Not so sure I should mention this......but the lovely Helen is celebrating her first blog anniversary with a fabulous candy give away. Such a generous stash of gorgeous goodies!


Now if you fancy getting your hands on this little lot, here's what you need to do:



Link Helen's candy on your blog (if you have one) - sidebar is fine :0)
Add a link to your blog on Mr Linky
If you don't have a blog, but would still like to enter, you can contact Helen by email (click the birdie on her sidebar --->) with 'Blog Candy' as the subject, and she'll add you to Mr Linky
One entry per person please...She would like everyone to have a fair chance :0)
She will post worldwide, so this candy is open to everyone
She has disabled the comments on this post...as entry is by Mr Linky only - if you are having problems with Mr Linky, email her to let her know.

Right off to add my name....fingers crossed!

Cards for grandpa.....

Needed to make two cards today so had a peek at some challenges for inspiration.

This weeks Papertake challenges is to use this fab sketch by Dawny. I do love her sketches!
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/




And here is my card using Dawny's sketch.



Was rather chuffed with myself as it also fits in with the Secret Crafter's Sat challenge for this week which is to use Fancy Corners.
http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com

Now cos this is for a male I couldn't get too carried away with my corners so I used Woodware punch which cuts out little notches........hope that's fancy enough!
Image ~ WOJ Henry A huge THANK YOU to my lovely friend Uma for sending Henry to me, I LOVE him to bits!
Text done on PC using font~ Freehand 591BT
Bazzil card
Paper Mania colossal papers ~ For Him
Woodware squared corner cutter punch
Stickles glitter glue ~ Diamond

My next one fits the PB Saturday Challenge for this week which is a colour combo challenge to use blue, tan & cream. A perfect colour combination for male cards!
http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com




Image ~ Penny Black.....of course!
Text ~ Funstamps
Paper Mania colossal paper ~ For Him
Bazzil card
Glossy accents.....(on nose & candles)
Carla Craft corner punch
Craftwork Cards card candy.......A big THANK YOU to another fab crafty friend Helen for those!
...........stuck on with clear silicone adhesive.

Thought I would leave you with a pic I took today of my baby.....

Oh boy, just look at him now.......how he has grown! He is 5 months old already. He is going out into the garden on supervised play sessions and today he discovered......trees!
He just kept climbing up & down for ages.....lol....he slept for ages afterwards.

Thanks for visiting.....

Kaz xx

Fab candy .......

OMG some fabulous candy offered by Carole over at StarDust, Gems and Ribbon!

She has not one but TWO gorgeous lots. This one is my fave........love the stamp and those papers are totally fab!

Why not go take a peek......

http://stardustgemsandribbon.wordpress.com

Fingers crossed.......................

Thank you teacher's

My son has had a really lovely teacher this past year who had helped him gain confidence and progress through year 5. She really understood him & knew how to bring out the best in him. I wanted to give her a personal gift to show my appreciation for all her hard work & dedication. Quite frankly I don't know how teacher's cope with up to 30 children in a class.....
2 are quite enough for me!
Any way here is what I made for her. I used a 5x7 photo frame to make a post it note holder. I didn't really have design in my head when I started just picked an image and went with the flow. Am rather pleased with the way it turned out.



Here is the card I made to go with the gift.


My daughter's teacher is leaving to have a baby so my daughter really wanted to give her a baby related card & gift, so here is the card I made which we put with a cute Baby's first teddy.


Hope they like their cards & gifts & have a happy, peaceful summer holiday....they deserve it!!

Birthdays galore!

Birthday's & more birthday's this week.....not a challenge card in sight! And I have enjoyed myself crafting.
This first one is for a dear crafting friend I met online, I hope she likes it.
The image is one of my new House Mouse ones........(I just can't get enough of these at the moment! ) called Throwing Daisy Petals.


The next one is for another lovely crafting buddy I met online......wonderful thing this computing lark. Back to my first love.....Penny Black stamps for this one. The big 40 today!

And last but not least for my daughter's friend another fab PB image.

Happy birthday girlies!

House Mouse meets Papertake challenges

This HM image fitted so well with my latest addiction.............Robin's nest dew drops, so just had to have a play. Started this card last night to enter the Papertake challenge using a fab sketch by Dawny P, I love the clean uncluttered look of this sketch.
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/

and when I peeked at this weeks House Mouse challenge it fits so well too, 2 challenges in 1!
http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/
My season is winter with snow on the ground and bright berries on the trees & bushes.


House Mouse stamp 'Christmas singing duo' watercoloured & chalked around the edges.
Card: Bazzil, Coredinations & gold mirror.
Gorgeous DP's by Wassail (need to get more!)
Dew drops from Flame & Pointsetta sets.
Ribbon from stash.

Right back to work.......have wallpaper to hang.

A stitch in time..........

Well I have got it together a bit better this week and actually completed a card for a challenge before the dead line....yay! :0) Had great fun playing with my sewing machine and some new goodies recently purchased. Robin's Nest Dew Drops..........Hmmm I feel a new addiction coming on. Just love these little things. I have used some from the Winter Retreat set....fab colours! Anyway, this card is inspired by the Cute Card Thursday challenge #67 ~ A Stitch in Time.

http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/

The image is a Sarah Kay one gifted to me by my lovely friend Pauline......Thanks hun xxx

This is how it turned out....