Sewing

Today the MAWTT challenge is hosted for the very first time by Emily and she has chosen the theme of;

Sewing

For my card, I chose another All Dressed Up image, this time Purrfect Together, coloured with Promarkers then set on Ooh La La papers - these CD's come in handy for DP's too when you are looking for a colour match!  Finally, lots of dies in action, my stitched Simon Says rectangles along with my Magnolia tag - for a hidden greeting and my La La Land banner.

Challenges;
All Dressed Up - Anything Goes - Challenge 37
Cutie Pies - Cats & Dogs - but really just cats!!!
Stamping Sensations - Dies & Punches
Chocolate Coffee & Cards - Use pearls
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Papertake - Triotastic - 3 pearls
Crafting for all Seasons - Cute and summery - well defo cute! - Sorry to see you close. Jx

Happy Birthday

Today's challenge at Ooh La La is set by Avril and she has chosen the lovely easy one of

Happy Birthday.

Think we will have loads of entries this time so bear with us as we try to comment on all your cards!

For my card I have again used the Paula Oakley CD - can you tell I love this one already!  I've made an A5 card this time and decorated it with a ribbon flower.  I was so into making these last year and thought it was about time I fished out that tutorial from Bonnie and made another!

I even decorated the inside of this one, and that doesn't happen very often!

Challenges;
A Gem of a Challenge - Summertime - flowers in full bloom
Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge - Anything goes + blue
Frosted Designs - Summertime blues
Kitty Bee Designs - Birthday
Simply Papercraft - Anything goes Jx

Man's Best Friend

For clarification, man's best friend may well be the dog, but this woman's best friend is defo her cat!  I haven't mentioned the lovely Merlot in a while, so just in case you were wondering, he's still as lovely as ever.  He now has a fantastic Elvis styled lip curl which is more pronounced when he's on the attack and his favourite place remains to be on my lap sound asleep afer a day of cat action.  (I will not give details as he's a bit of a lad!)

Anyway, back to Bertie dog off the latest Ooh La La CD by Paula Oakley.  Isn't he lovely - he too looks like he has a lot of character and would be a fun guy to have around.

Challenges;
CD Sunday -Four Legs and a tail
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Furry Friends Jx

Plain Jane

I've got a new toy - two actually all because of Sarah  (not Debs this time!!!)

It's a stepper card die used to make the card below only the die was too big for my big shot so I needed to buy the bigger plates - but plates are boring so I got the new teal coloured Grand Calibur instead and I love it!

So, back to the card - kept it simple with a few dies and paper piecing. The stamp is a beautiful All Dressed Up one which I love, well actually I love most of their stamps!  And the papers, LOVT Country Meadow.

As for what's new, well Colin is now back working at Mackie's Ice-Cream and Alan is loving working with the oil company Nexen - both just Summer jobs.  And as for me, well the phlebotomy went well last week, real blood has now been drawn and my training is ongoing.

Challenges;
All Dressed Up - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Oh so Pretty
Passion for Promarkers - No squares allowed
Top Tip Tuesday - Cut it out
Crafting When We Can - Paper Piecing
Glitter n Sparkle - Include a die cut
Crafty Calender - Fancy Folds
Chocolate Coffee & Cards - Pearls
Crafty Catz - CAS
Stamping Sensations - Dies & Punches Jx

To The Happy Couple

Challenge time once more at MAWTT, and today Gail has chosen

To The Happy Couple

So that could be an engagement, a wedding or an anniversary card - it's up to you.

I went with anniversary, as my husband and I celebrated our 27th wedding anniversary last month.  I looked it up and apparently the appropriate gift for said occasion is a sculpture, so I'll keep you posted if one appears!  (Perhaps not!!!)

Anyway, back to my card and the stamp used, it's a Penny Black showing a lovely sun set, and it just reminded me of our honeymoon in St Lucia and the sun sets there.  I had never seen a sun set so quickly and was amazed that you could be on the beach sun bathing then about half an hour later the sky was black and it was night!

Challenges;
Sweet Stampin - Something Old  - PB Stamp, Something New - Tattered Lace borders from a die
Stamping Sensations - Dies & Punches - Corner & border dies
Without Words - Summer holidays
Addicted To Stamps - Summer Colours
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
C4C289 - Sunshine  Jx

Here Comes Summer

I so hope the title of this post is correct, a nice spell of hot weather would be so welcome so fingers crossed! Not that I want it too hot, as I have a busy week ahead getting some practice in at phlebotomy (taking blood).  To date I've only practiced on dummys so I'm guessing I'll be hot enough with a real arm in front of me!

Anyway, enough of that and back to the latest challenge over at Ooh La La, where the theme is

"Here Comes Summer!"

Now for this one I just had to use my new Paula Oakley CD and a gorgeous deck chair image.  So reminds me of the prom at Brighton.  We spent so many hours down at the beach there, swimming in the sea and sun bathing and on sunny days the hire of deck chairs was big business!

Challenges;
Brown Sugar - Anything goes
Chocolate Coffee & Cards - Summer fun
Fussy & Fancy - Fun in the sun
Cute Card Thursday - Summer colours - well you only get a sea that colour in the summer!
Crafty Gals Corner - Summer Fun
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes Jx