Creative inspirations Snow much fun!!

Good morning folks! It's a bit noisy here today. The national grid are digging up right outside our house and drive (fabulous) so no naked flames around here with the delightful smell of gas about! I hope they are finished by the end of the week!
We have a new challenge for you over at Creative Inspirations this wk and our theme is "snow much fun", we are sponsored by the fab simon says stamp and I have made a xmas shaker card but can you spot my multitude of mistakes?!!!!

Mistake number 1 - I had to use a double layer of sticky foam to create enough space for my micro beads to move around however this has created some stickiness to the sides so some of my beads are stuck around the frame lol!
Mistake number 2 - I used fun flock on all the white fluffy bits of my image, however all the friction from the micro beads being shaken about has worn off the fun flock and stuck most of it to the inside of my acetate!!!
Mistake number 3 - I coloured the top part of her scarf in blue thinking it was part of her jacket when it should have been brown oops!
Now I have catalogued all my mistakes........ I followed the sketch over at sweet sunday sketches for my card and used papers from My minds eye holly jolly collection. My lace and flowers are wild orchids with a tulle flower from Kort & godt in there. My tag was a freebie digi download from a blog I got over a year ago so can't remember were, sorry! My cheesecloth is from stash.

My image is a darling digi from wee stamps coloured with prismas. I cut a frame and painted the edge with snowtex and added white micro beads to give a snowy shaker card effect.

I would also like to enter this into Incy wincy non traditional xmas colours, Totally stampalicious snow, Totally papercrafts let it snow, Stampin with the dragon anything goes, Sweet stampin snow, One stop craft let it snow, Catch the bug anything goes, Stamp, scrap and doodle holiday card, OSAAT be square, Quirky crafts snow and card cupids winter themed.
Please check out the rest of the DTs fab creations and thanks so much for coming by my blog again! I have to say I am drinking Vit C and cold Meds like crazy to keep the illnesses at bay so thanks for all your kind words!
Big hugs

GDT at papertake weekly!!!

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Yep I'm back and how exciting is this?!! I am so lucky enough to be a GDT over at the fabulous papertake weekly for the month of December!!! This weeks challenge is one of those super easy anything goes too which pretty much gives me free reign on anything (not always a good idea lol!) the option is for something dangly (I didn't dangle lol!) and we are sponsored by the wonderful LOTV. This gave me a great excuse to ink up one of my new LOTV stamps (I bought 3 amazing new stamps and haven't inked any of them up yet!!!)
Warning though this post is photo heavy!!!! I made a book card something I have wanted to try but never got round to before so here it is...

I used beautiful papers from Tim Holtz shabby chic pad along with lace and flowers from Wild orchids, there are some prima flowers, some stamens from a local craft shop and a handmade pebble in there too! My beautiful butterflies are from little snippets and my cheesecloth is from stash, my tags have been cut with nesties and my pearls are Kort & godt.

I have coloured my pretty image with prisma pencils and machine stitched the edge. My sentiment is also LOTV from the same stamp set and her wings and snowflakes have been stickled and glamour dusted.

This is the back of my book, again nesties tags and also nesties for my creator stamp. All layers have been inked with vintage photo and machine stitched. My ribbon is wired blue chiffon ribbon from hobbycraft.

Here you can see the book part of concertinaed card and how it ties together.

And here is the inside, the let hand tag has been cut with nellie snellen and stamped with a 7 gypsies stamp. My pearls are again Kort & godt and my butterfly is e crafts. On the right I have used lace from the local market and a xmas magnolia stamp.
These are such a beautiful way to give a little gift within a card!
I would like to enter this into Flutterby weds recipe challenge, Truly scrumptious xmas with pearls/vintage, Fab and funky anything goes, Cooking it up with Katie anything goes, Papercrafting journey anything goes, DYSU ribbon, Fairytale challenge xmas, Raise the bar xmas, Fairy fun friday winter blues and Card makin mamas use a sentiment.
Thanks to Dawn and the team for having me over on their fabby blog for this month and thanks to all my blogging pals for popping by my blog!
Big hugs to you all

Creative card crew Tis the season

Hello yes it's me super poor blogger!! Actually I have managed to get the kiddies germs now so even though I have managed to get them back to school I'm now feeling rough! I guess it's good to get it all out of the way before Christmas.
Does anyone have snow then? We haven't had any so far but it is pretty cold out!
Today sees anoter challenge over at creative card crew and this time our theme is "tis the season" so let's get festive! We are sponsored by the fab Simon says stamp again and here is my card this time....

I have used this darling Saturated canary image, she is so cute! I have also used papers from the utterly gorgeous black market paper society. I have followed the sketch over at sweet sketch wednesday with a tonne of extra embellies of course! My lace and flowers are wild orchids, with a 7 gypsies bottle filled with micro beads, a recollections butterfly and some diamante bling. My gems are from stash and my sentiment is hAnglar.

I have coloured my sweet image with prisma pencils and have stamped the edge with a stempleglede stamp in worn lipstick distress ink. I have added some dusty concord distress ink to edges and also some snowtex to may layered paper edges.

I would also like to enter this into Simon says stamp anything goes, Paper shelter anything goes, For fun challenges xmas card, The emerald faerie garden non traditional xmas colours, Willow sketchie anything goes, Aud sentiments winter holiday, Sarah Hurley xmas and poodles parlour xmas.
Thanks so much for coming by my blog and please stop by a little later for a GDT which I am soooo excited to post today!
Big hugs

Apologies for my absence!

Hi folks,

Just wanted to say sorry for my lack of blog posts and creativity! I have been dealing with sick kiddies all week, can you believe Caleb has been to school for just 3 days in the last 2 wks! I think he is on the mend now, although the doctor today was slightly worried that his dry cough is symptomatic of asthma so we need to keep an eye on him.

I also had my eldest home today, I'm hoping she will get better over the weekend and that my week may return to normal next wk!

I have also been trying to get the Christmas festivities started here with some decorating and light hanging, most of it is done now although I'm still not feeling all that festive yet!

I am also trying to get ahead on my DT work for the festive period as I will be busy with the family and my mum coming up so I am creating behind the scenes just not able to show you anything yet!

Ah just hearing another little person getting up so off to do my mummy duties again, thanks for sticking with me!

Hugs Rebekah xx

Creative inspirations colour combo and Divas anything goes

Hi folks! Its a busy household here today with the teachers strike and therefore all the kiddies at home! Of course it would be in the week when hubby is on nights so it is a mammoth job trying to keep them quiet enough so he can sleep! We are going to break out all the christmas decorations today so that should keep them busy for a bit!
We have another challenge this wk over at creative inspirations (sponsored by crafty ribbons) and I'm being a bit sneaky by combining my DT work and using this for the Divas by design challenge too! Our colour combo at CI is purple, Turquoise and white and our theme at Divas is nice and easy anything goes (sponsored by crafty pad)!
I haven't inked up my sweetpea stamps in too long and was inspired to do so by another one of my CI teamies using a sweetpea too this wk! I also thought it was about time I attempted to dig through some of my ever increasing pile of scraps so this card is made with a selection of leftovers from digi downloads at far far hill.

I have used the sketch at sketch saturday for my card (it is there I have just covered a fair proportion of it!) and have used flowers and lace from wild orchids with cheesecloth and pearls coming from stash, sentiment from Waltzingmouse and butterfly from e bay.

My beautiful image has been coloured with prisma pencils, inked around the edges with dusty concord and machine stitched. I have used stickles and glamour dust on the scrolled moon behind her. There are stickles on all the flowers too but the dull winter light doesn't do much for sparkly photos!

I would also like to enter this into OLLCB lots of sparkle, Stamp with fun sewn/stitching, Party time tues anything goes, totally gorjuss sparkle and Dream valley sparkle challenge.
Thanks for coming by my blog again do check out the teams creations on both challenge blogs and we would love to see you join in too! Big hugs to all

A Gem of a challenge new sketch

Hey folks this is a scheduled post from me to let you know there is a new challenge over at a gem of a challenge and it is monochromatic! I'm afraid I don't have a card this time due to our poorly boy and the hospital visit but the DT have provided some fab inspiration for you.
I do want to let you know about some fab new digis that Janet has in the store now, look at these cuties!!!



What complete cuties. I hope I get some crafty time to get working with these soon!
Big hugs to all

SFTW friends challenge

Hey there! My apologies for being late with this, I'm sure you understand given the weeks events, luckily for me most of this card was made Tuesday before we went to hospital so I only had to tweak a few bits to have it ready for the challenge today over at SFTW which this time is "Friends". This seems pretty apt as it has been wonderful to have all the lovely comments from my wonderful blogging friends about Caleb's visit to the hospital, thank you all so much!

This time there is 2 prizes up for grabs from LOTV and In2stamps, so the DT had freedom to use whatever they wished for their creations and what am I going to turn to if thats the case?! Of course another Saturated canary digi! I have used Prima Pixie Glen papers on my card with a LOTV recipe sentiment (isn't it cute?!) My flowers are Wild orchids and mulberry crafts and my butterfly is e crafts. My little tile inside the flowers is also from the Prima Pixie glen range and my pearls are Kort & Godt.

My SC image has been coloured with prisma pencils (these 2 remind me of 2 little sisters like my 2 girls) and I have edged in worn lipstick and machine stitched all my edges, there is of course a spot of cheesecloth under there too!

I would like to enter this into Flutterby wednesday open challenge, My mums crafts shop things with wings, Crafts and me Shabby Chic, Dutch dare recipe (I used images, PP and layers), saturated canary anything goes and bearly mine my favourite things (these sc images are always my faves).
Please do check out the rest of the teams great creations and thanks so much for coming by my blog again!
The update for today is that we had a major fight in getting his steroids down him this morn which resulted in him spitting it all over himself and me! I also had to get up at 4am to give him his inhaler but he is so used to this now that he did it really well and went straight back to sleep! He is playing lego today and seems really well so thanks for all your kind words.
Big hugs

Quick update

Hi folks just a quick update from me, I have only just got back from the hospital. Yep the doctor told me to get down to A&E as my little mans breathing wasn't good and to cut a long story short we were kept in overnight. He had a viral infection which caused respiratory problems and his oxygen saturation was too low to come home and his temp kept climbing.

However all is fine now though, he has to have an inhaler and some steroids for the time being but he is fine in himself. I however look a wreck! I had no sleep Tues eve as he was so hot, ill and wheezing and then last night was in hospital with him hence no sleep again and very little food so I'm not particularly coherant at the mo so apologies for not being about your blogs!

Hugs Rebekah xx

Creative inspirations winter colours, Blue, White and grey

Hello folks hope we are all well today! Its a bit of a sickie house here my little man came home yesterday and practically collapsed on me with a high temp and hacking, wheezing cough. He had been popped into bed with a large dose of kiddie ibuprofen and is not going to school today and probably not for the rest of the week just to be on the safe side. It has been a seriuos lack of sleep here so I apologise for my lateness today and possible incoherance!
There is a new challenge this wk over at Creative inspirations. We want you to use wintry colours Blue, white and grey. We are sponsored this week by The paper shelter who have given the DT some fab images to work with.

I have used the sketch over at the sweet stop for my card and have used these fab papers from Authentique which were perfect for this colour combo. My lace is prima with my cheesecloth, ribbon and pearls coming from stash. My flowers are wild orchids and my pins are homemade (one by me and one by my lovely friend Bonnie). My sentiment is Waltzingmouse and my tab was cut with nesties. This card is super sparkly but the photos don't show it! I used snowtex on the edges of my papers and this time used gesso and glamour dust on my flowers, trouble is my gesso is cream not white so it sort of looks like dirty snow lol!

My image is paper shelter coloured with Prismas. I have edged in stormy sky distress ink and machine stitched. My snowman is covered with glamour dust and I have used glossy accents for the snow drops
I am also entering this into Kaboodle doodles it's cold outside, Pollycraft xmas fun, Lollipop crafts anything goes, Papertake weekly xmas crackers, Digi tues sparkle and shine and Ladybug crafts ink winter blues.
Thanks so much for coming by my blog, do check out the rest of the DTs superb creations!
Hugs to all

Creative card Crew monochromatic with paper pretties

Hi friends! I must apologise for my absence again, I didn't even have the excuse of work at the weekend as I had a rare weekend off but that was because it was our wedding anniversary on Saturday and we had a christening to go to on Sunday so we were kept super busy anyway!
I did of course go and see the fabulous Breaking Dawn on Friday (twice lol) and thoroughly enjoyed it. I felt that the movie kept close to the book this time so I was pleased! Can't believe I have to wait over a year for the final part though!
On to our new challenge over at Creative card crew this fortnight and another one of my fave themes, Monochromatic. We are sponsored by the fabulous paper pretties who have given the DT some wonderful images to use. I had my own paper pretties image already which I used on my card.

I have used papers from both Prima and Tim Holtz to create my mono pink card. My large paper heart doily is from poppys cabin and my cheesecloth is from stash. My pink seam binding, lace and flowers are Wild orchids with my butterfly coming from Little snippets.

I have coloured my image with prisma pencils and have machine stitched all the edges of my layers. I have also used worn lipstick distress ink on my doily. My sweet sentiment in the bottom left of my card is whimsy.

I would like to enter this into My mums craft shop challenge to mix and match your DP brands, Crafts 4 eternity bingo (doily, butterfly, flowers), Crafty Anns monochrome, OSAAT anything goes, Dream valley stitching, Paper sundaes beautiful bows and Pile it on anything with a "p" (pink).
Thanks so much for popping by my blog again everyone! Please check out what the rest of my teamies have done too! Big hugs to you all

50,000 hits blog candy!!!

Hi folks well I'm posting this now as I'm currently just 26 hits off of the 50,000 mark so I figured I would pop the candy on before I forgot! So here it is...

We have..3 sets of A5 card blanks and envelopes, Craftwork cards 6x6 oh la la papers, Whimsy banners die, 2 Peggy loves vintage stamps, 2 Sweetpea stamps, 1 Crafty sentiments stamp, 1 Stamping Bella stamp, a selection of ribbons, a selection of beads in mini storage box, a glittered butterfly, pot of glamour dust, rock candy distress paint, selection of embroidered items including butterflies and selection of mulberry paper flowers.

In order to be eligible for the candy you must..

1. Become a follower if not already

2. Post a piccie of my candy in your sidebar with link back to here

3. Leave your name with mr Linky (and comment in case Mr linky goes funny!)

Please no candy only blogs and please follow the rules and only enter once to be fair to everyone. This candy will run until Dec 17th.

Thanks so much for joining in and thanks so much for being part of my online blogging family! Big hugs

New Divas by design challenge Monochromatic

I know, I know I'm a day late with this, sorry! I never seem to be on top of anything at the moment and christmas is creeping up far too fast for me to even consider the repercussions!
Yesterday saw another new challenge over at Divas and this time we want you to go all monochrome. Now you don't have to go all black and white like I did, the rest of the team have done some fab projects in shades of blue, green or pink.
We are lucky enough to be sponsored by the digi garden whose images some of the DT have showcased.
But is that another saturated canary digi I spy on here?! Yes, I'm afraid I still can't get enough of these!

I have used papers from Prima printery range and have followed the sketch over at sketch and stash for my card. My new stash is my flowers, lace and pearl strings (recent order from Wild orchids!) and my old stash is my brad (I hardly ever use brads) My ribbon is also from my stash and my sentiment is SU. my Fabulous little embroidered butterfly is little snippets. I have got some lace butterflies from WOC too but I find the little snippets have a tougher backing on and therefor lift my butterfly off the page, it depends what look you are going for.

My stunniing image is of course saturated canary, this (in true twilight form...1 day to go!!!) is Rose a vampire. I will of course be seeing the new film tomorrow (twice) so I maybe MIA lol! I have given rose a monochrome look with 10 different shades of grey of prisma pencils.

I would also like to enter this into OLLCB bingo (pearls,flowers,lace), Desert Island crafters (wings,ribbon,black & white), Flutterby weds open, Whimsy flower power, one stop craft ribbon and lace, Craft your days away bingo (Pearls,flowers,ribbon), Crafty Emmas roses and ribbon and OSAAT black & white.
Thanks so much for coming by my blog, please join in with us over the next 2 wks and check out what superb work the rest of the DT have done! Big hugs