Woo hoo......

......I did it!
I challenged myself to find the time to join in with more fun challenges than I have ever managed before this week......and with these 2 cards that makes 5 challenges for me in one week!! Its a personal best....really must knuckle down to some in depth cleaning next week though :0(

So...my first card is for the Christmas challenge blog and their theme this week was "Vintage Christmas".
http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com/
For me, the colours represent oldy world & vintage and for added measure I distressed the edged using my scissors & "Antique Linen" ink.
Now this card also fits in with this weeks Papertake Challenge ~ "Fake it"
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/
I have used faux stitching on the design paper and my oldy & distressed look is fake.


MY second card is for the House Mouse Challenge. Theirs is a special challenge this week as they are celebrating their first year! Congratulations to all the fab design team on your anniversary. The theme this week is called 'A year in review' and we could choose our fav challenge for the past year. Soooooo.......I just love Chrimble cards so had to go for
challenge 45 ~ Seasons. My season is of course winter.


Thanks for popping by & have a great weekend!
Kaz xx

Found some time & inspiration.....

....and have actually managed to make 2 cards today!

Spotted the most gorgeous sketch on the Winter Wonderland Christmas challenge and just had to join in. The main challenge was to have a Snowman and the sketch was optional, but as I love both, I have done both. Apologies for the pic but its dark now and the challenge ends tonight (I think) so had to go with this pic. Thanks for a great challenge DT guys!

http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com/

My second card made using a sketch from this weeks Papertake challenge, again a fab sketch to inspire.

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/

Needed to make a birthday card for my sister so here it is....

Again not a great pic but too impatient to wait until morning.

I am going for a personal record this week and am hoping to join in with a few more challenges this week......fingers crossed I can find more me time.......it sure beats doing housework!

Thanks for stopping by

Kaz xx

Helen's blog candy.....

Ooops! I didn't give you a link to Helen's blog did I......silly me! Just want it all for myself...lol

Here it is....
http://helenscrafthaven.blogspot.com

Good luck!

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!!