Eleanor's Flowerpot Card

I saw my little bridesmaid Eleanor (well, she's not so little at age 13 now) on Sunday and I took all the bits with me for her to make a flowerpot card, and didn't she do well!

and here she is with her little brother Samuel, showing off her hard work!

Friday Sketchers meets Stamp With Us

This week's Friday Sketchers sketch...

And my take on it which also incorporates this week's Stamp With Us recipe challenge
2 patterned papers
1 ribbon
1 piece of hardware

Sweet Sketch Wednesday meets Charisma Cardz meets Cute Card Thursday

The sketch by Sweet Sketch Wednesday...

and my layout which contains a tag (Charisma Cardz' challenge this week is 'Tag It') and some eyelets (Cute Card Thursday's challenge this week is 'Eye Eye')

Close up of some of the pretty bits!

CCEE Stampers Summer Challenge

This week's CCEE Stampers challenge was to make a summery card...

arty farty angle...

Recipe: (all SU)
Bold Brights card stock (real red, yoyo yellow, tempting turquoise)
Real Red patterns pack (hostess set)
Cheers to You stamp set
Cheers Stampin Around wheel
Bold Brights Stampin' Write
Circle punches (1 1/4 & 1 3/8), scallop circle
Real Red ribbon

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 60

A sketch by Debbie...

and a layout by Niki...

Papertake Weekly Challenge meets CCEE Stampers

I've taken the Papertake Weekly sketch and put it with CCEE Stampers' theme which is 'footprints' this week. My good friend Sarah has just announced that she is 13 weeks pregnant which is excellent news as she was told she would never conceive naturally. Lots of excitment, naturally, and she even knows that she's having a baby boy.

(Thought I'd have a go at the arty farty angle!)



I also made her a 'pregnancy survival kit' which consisted of:

Tissues (for tears)
Sweets (for energy)
Chocolates (for treats)
A teddy (for cuddles)
Socks (for snuggles)
Lavendar bath salts and candles (for relaxing)
Rennie (for, well it's obvious really!)
DeCaf tea bags (for brewing)
A door hanger (saying 'Tonight' and 'Not Tonight')
A bottle of wine (for February - after the baby's born)

She loved it!

I got the template for the box from an In Love with Stamping tutorial by Jo Dumbleton which I adapted to make bigger

Mojo Monday meets Sketch Saturday

I have made this door hanger for a friend and I included it as part of a larger (handmade) present - see next post for further details!

2 Sketches 4 You

Laura's Sketch 30 on 2 Sketches 4 You meets a new technique I learned on the Stamp With Us online class on Friday - vellum stained glass

Sketch Saturday

For this week's Sketch Saturday challenge I decided to carry on with my scrapbooking campaign (I am scrapping random photos at the moment to decorate my craft room with) and choose a picture of me and my bestest friend (and Maid of Honour) on her 21st birthday which was a good few years ago now. We dressed up and went into town - she was dressed as Queen Elizabeth and I was Snow White - what a night!

The Sketch...

And my page...

This time last year...

Ben proposed! The wedding is now a year away but the plans are coming on nicely. What better way to celebrate the event that by doing a scrapbook page showing how happy we were that evening...

Given that this photo captures my favourite thing in the world I thought it would be the perfect project for this week's Papertake Weekly Challenge 'My Favourite Things'.