Thank you for following "me" xxx

Sunday, 30 March 2008

Billy is released

Yee ha!! Today we are releasing two new sets of stamps! These new stamps feature our little boy Billy dressed up in his favourite costumes and playing with his pet dog and frog. The Boy Background stamps coordinate perfectly with the Billy stamps and allow you to create some fun backgrounds and patterns to enhance your cards. Stop by the studio at http://www.pinkcatstudio.com/ to order these fun new stamps.

Billy's Word Search Contest WinnerThank you to everyone who entered this contest!The randomly selected winner of this contest is:Julie Detlef from Mansfield, OhioJulie has won the new Billy Plate 1 stamps!
Name the Cutie Patootie Contest WinnerSo many great names were suggested for this little guy! It was so hard to make a final decision.
The randomly selected winner of this contest is:
Sandie R.
Sandie wrote "I think Simon (as in Simon says be a super hero/cowboy or pirate. "

Congratulations to you both girls and I'm sure you'll enjoy your rubber... Have fun. Hope everyone has had a great week end and getting ready for the dreaded Monday!!!

Love xxx

Wednesday, 26 March 2008

Stamps for grab....

Happy Wednesday everyone! I have a little contest for you today with some Pink Cat Studio stamps for grab... Go on give it a go! You've got to be in it to win it... This contest will end on Friday March 28th at midnight EST. The winner will be chosen by a random draw of all of the entries and will be announced on Sunday March 30th. Good luck to everyone...



Have a great day...

Love xxx

Monday, 17 March 2008

THANK YOU...

A very BIG THANK YOU to all of you for your lovely comments and for the emails I have received for the past few weeks... They really cheered me up and were very much appreciated as it has been such a tough time for me... I am now much better but I still have a lot of things I need to clear in my head and forget them... Not easy and somehow rather painful but I'm trying to concentrate on the future as much as possible... Anyway my mojo is still buried underneath all that and I find it very hard to sit down and create anything at the moment...

Also a MASSIVE thank you to Kim for the beautiful card she sent me. It was a lovely surprise... Also Thanks to Sue and Donna for the gorgeous stamped images and cards they sent me... Sorry girls for the rather long delay in sending yours but they will be on their way this week... Thanks ever so much to Edna and Kaznac for awarding me too... It was so appreciated and you really picked the right time to do so girls... And finally I'd like to thank Melissa for being so understanding... I just feel like I have just been giving one of those speeches at some Awards ceremony! Lol...

I have a lot of catching up to do with all my fave blogs so I shall visit you all very soon... I can't wait to see what you have all been creating while I was "gone".

Love xxx

Monday, 25 February 2008

Issues...

Happy monday evening... Hope everyone's had a great week end... I am going to have to apologise for the lack of blogging at the moment but Mojo is still AWOL! I'm dealing with personnal issues at the moment- you know feelings, hows, whys and all that jazz - and going through a down phase... So not a very happy or inspirational time for me for those last couple of weeks... Should get back soon - hopefully...

Take care and enjoy life...

Love xxx

Friday, 22 February 2008

Easter is on its way...

Yay my connexion is back! It was actually nothing but I won't go into details and all I can say is that I'm definitely not a computer master! Ooops... Lol...

And I even have something to show you! Valerie challenged the Dt at Pink Cat Studio into making a Easter card with lots of flowers on and that is why I have chosen this gorgeous paper from Doodlebug. The card is not that great but I wasn't really in a mood for itt that day - too much on my mind I suppose and it's crushing my Mojo!.... Voila.



Stamp : Pink Cat Studio - Patterned Paper : Doodlebug - Cardstock : SU, Doodlebug - Flowers - Brads -Ribbon

Hope everyone have a great day.

Love x

Thursday, 21 February 2008

Disconnected!!!

Happy Thursday! Hope everyone is having a great week... I'm having major problems with my connexion at the moment and can't connect at all which is driving me up the wall! It also explains the lack of "blogging"! Sorry about that but hopefully this will be sorted out very soon and I'll be back with some cards... Mojo is still almost inexistant too and I'm aching all over too after too much "Wii-ing"! I'm so addicted to Wii sports!!!! lol......

Have a great day and see you all very soon...

Love x

Sunday, 17 February 2008

Pretty in Pink

Happy Sunday everyone! It's absolutely gorgeous outside but so cold too! brrrrrrrr... Still I won't complain and enjoy the sunshine instead. On another note we are off to Bluewater this afternoon and I'm definitely not one to enjoy shopping! Especially with 3 boys who hate it too... Oh it's going to be fun... NOT! *sigh*

I do have a card for you today!!! And it's for all the lovely people who has left me comments on here. Especially for my previous card. I was watching one of my fave movies last night - A time to kill - while I was making it so it was pretty hard to concentrate. This movie still makes me cry even after seeing it dozens of times... I'm actually very happy with the way the card turned out because I wasn't inspired at all when I sat down and wasn't too sure about the colours either but it has definitely grown on me! And I hope you like it too.



Stamps : Magnolia, Pink Cat Studio - Patterned Papers : Paper Salon - Cardstock : SU - Brads, Photo Anchorz : Junkitz - Flowers - Scallop Circle and Rectangle Nestabilities.

Enjoy the rest of your week end.

Love x

Friday, 15 February 2008

Where's Mojo!!!


Well no I haven't disappeared from the surface of the planet!!!! I haven't blogged for a few days as I had my mind preoccuped with some incident that happened at the school between Ethan and one of his little friend. Ethan is fine and it was not his fault at all but the matter was still pretty serious... So I haven't had any inspiration at all to make any cards lately and my mojo has disappeared!!!! So if you see it could you please send it back to me as it's greatly missed! *lol*...

I managed to make a card last night but I'm not totally happy with it... *sigh*... I have used this cute little dinosaur from Whipper Snapper which I love especially to create babies cards. I also wanted to do something else other tht pale blue which is a bit too common. The greeting is from Pink Cat Studio and the background on the orangey brown -don't know what this colour is!- is from Penny Black... I have added some diamond glaze on the egg. Et voila... Hope you still like it.





Stamps : Whipper Snapper, Pink Cat Studio, Penny Black - Patterned Paper : Doodlebug - Cardstock : SU - Photo Anchorz and Brads : Junkitz. Scallop Square and scallop circle Nestabilities.

Enjoy the rest of your Friday.

Love x

Sunday, 10 February 2008

They're out!!!

I am very happy to announce that the new Lily stamps are available for purchase. The rest of the design team and I have had a lot of fun creating with these stamps. We hope you enjoyed the sneak peeks and the fashion show contest!


The randomly selected winner of Lily's Fashion Show Contest is:Kim ShelbyKim has won the new Dress Up Lily stamps.

The randomly selected winner of the Name the Cutie Patootie Contest is:Monica from Riverview, FloridaMonica has won her choice of 1 sheet of rubber stamps.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the contests! Come back next month for some more fun and games :)

Now here is a card I made especially for the lovely Sue who sent me some lovely stamped images!!! Hope you like it Sue!!!! Sue's blog is full of beautiful cards so why not go and say a little Hello!!!



Stamps : Pink Cat Studio - Patterned Paper : MAMBI - Cardstock : SU - Brads - Ribbon - Scallop Circle Nestabilities - Tab Punch : SU.

Enjoy the rest of your week end and hope you have some sunshine too... ;op

Love x

Saturday, 9 February 2008

Favorite Stamp...

Happy Saturday... Hope evryone is having a great week end and you are enjoying the sunshine too... Sorry for those who are still waiting for it to come out... Actually today I have a winter card for you!!! But I really had to show you this gorgeous stamp from the New Lily plate!!! It's soooooooooooooo cute and I hope you like it too...



Stamps : Pink Cat Studio - Patterned Papers : Basic Grey - Cardstock - Ribbon - Photo Anchorz - Brads- Stickles - Liquid Apllique - Sizzlits Swirls.

Don't forget the fashion show contest, there's still time! So good luck to all...

Have a great day.

Love x

Friday, 8 February 2008

DT challenge...

Friday again and what a lovely week it's been!!! So much sunshine... Don't know what the weather forecast is for this week end but hope it's going to stay like this...

Today's card is a sketch challenge set by Michelle. You are very welcome to join in using your Pink Cat Studio stamps... Go and visit Melissa's blog - Pink Cat Studio for the sketch and leave a comment with a link to your card. Have fun and here's mine... I will add a greeting once I have decided who it's going to be for...



Stamp : Pink Cat Studio - Patterned Papers : DCWV - Cardstock : SU - Flowers - Brads - Ribbon

Have a great day and hope the sun is shining where you are too...

Love x

Thursday, 7 February 2008

Lily's fashion show!!



Lily wants to show you all of her new accessories so she is putting on a fashion show! She is going to share her belongings with one lucky winner by giving away one set of the new Dress Up Lily rubber stamps. To enter the contest visit each design team member’s blog and collect the 2 word name that is written on the sign above the catwalk. When you have all 9 names, visit http://www.pinkcatstudio.com and find the company email address. Email your 9 names to Melissa and she will enter you in the draw to win the stamps. The winner will be randomly selected on Sunday February 10th and her name will be posted on the Pink Cat Studio blog. The contest ends this Saturday at midnight EST.

Here are the blogs you will need to visit:
http://www.pinkcatstudio.blogspot.com/

Stamps : Pink Cat Studio - Patterned Paper : Crate Paper - Cardstock - Flowers - Brads.

Wednesday, 6 February 2008

She's here and her name is Lily...

This sweet little girl is the newest addition to the Pink Cat Studio line of rubber stamps. Her name is Lily and she is just a bundle of fun! Today the design team members are posting sneak peeks of the cards they have made using the fun new Lily & Tweet stamps. So be sure to check out the team member blogs to see all of the cards.

For the first card I used lots of pink as I made it with a friend of mine's little girl in mind who absolutely LOVES anything pink and she's a right cheeky little Miss. The papers are from Doodlebug and this has to be some of favorite ones too.

Stamps : Pink Cat Studio - Patterned Papers : Doodlebug - Cardstock - Brads - Flowers.


I made a Kick stand card for the second one and this stamp is ever so cute - reminded me of when I used to dress up in my mum's clothes and shoes... I used my Nestabilities - again - and the swirls sizzlits.


Stamps : Pink Cat Studio - Patterned Paper : Daisy Bucket - Cardstock - Scallop Circle Nestabilities - Swirls Sizzlits - Flowers - Brads.

Tomorrow we will be posting cards made using the new Dress Up Lily stamps and we will be having a fun fashion show contest so be sure to stop by again.

Have a great day...

Love x

Monday, 4 February 2008

Busy Monday!!!!

I'm a bit late today and I have nothing to show either!!! oops ;o(... I could tell you that I had my Stampin up order yesterday! YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEE... But what a nightmare that journey was to collect if from Caz's!!!! We are just about 30 miles apart but they had decided to shut the M25 and waht should have taken about 45 mns took 2hours and 30 mns!!! How dare they shut the M25 when I need to go on it!!! The boys were asleep for some of the journey but then the "are we there yet"s and the "I want to go home"s started... And I was in charge of the map reading!! ME!!! We still made it and at least it was hassle free on the way back!!! Anyway the colours of the cardstock and the punches are fab!!! Caz alos kindly stamped some images for me... How sweet... It was lovely meeting her even though it was a very quick visit!

Oh yes I have been tagged... So I'm going to make it as painless as possible for you!!!

Here are the rules:Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog. Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog, we all want to know them. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog...Now I have to give you 7 facts about myself for you and then tag 7 friends!

1 - I was born in Paris but grew up in Brittany.
2 - My Dad is spanish and my Mum half Italian.
3 - I dye my hair in blue black.
4 - I have tattoos and piercings.
5 - I'm a cleaning freak.
6 - My favorite drinks are coffee and blueberry Breezer.
7 - I first came to England in 1993.

Hope this wasn't too painful!!! lol... For the 7 friends I have to tag.. .Well that will have to be tomorrow...

Have a wonderful evening...

Love x

Sunday, 3 February 2008

Spread the love award...

I have been given this award by Shary... Thank you so much for this and it really made my day... You really ought to go and check Shary's blog out, her cards are absolutely gorgeous...

Now I would like to pass this award over to

Sue - Sue's blog -
Malieta - Malieta's blog -
Caz - Caz's blog -

Enjoy the rest of your week end...

Love x

Saturday, 2 February 2008

It's the week end!


And a sunny one too! Unfortunately I'm coming down with a cold and it's making feel sooooooooooooo tired... YUCK!!!... Thanks to the boys again... Saying that we know that when they're ill we should stay well away from them but noooooooooooooooo!!! We have to still kiss them and cuddle them even more than we usually do!!! So I shold really only blame myself... :o(

I have finally manage to make one of those Kickstand card!!! It had been on my "to do list" for ages and I really don't know why I didn't make it before because they're very quick! I have used the little monkey from the Missy B set - I found him so cheerful and I really like this set. The papers I used is from Scrapbook Australia - I think - I had never heard of it before but I so love these papers. I used my new scallop square nestabilities too! tee hee! :oD Brads and Ribbon as usual! ;o)


Stamps : Missy B design - Patterned Papers : Scrapbook Australia, Basic Grey - Cardstock - Brads - Ribbon - Scallop Square Nestabilities.


Have a great week end....

Love x

Friday, 1 February 2008

Lovely friend...

Happy Friday! I really do hope that everyone else has the same sunshine as we have down here! Pretty cold but I'm not going to complain about this!!!! To brighten my day even more I receive this morning a package from my friend Sally -at Craft Moments-. She sent me a beautiful card and a "chocolate champagne bottle" -Yummy, won't be able to show you this one as I have already eaten it!!! ;op... I absolutely love those scrummy papers, the colours she used and all the lovely tags... I'm so lucky to have such a lovely friend. So I wanted to share her card with you and here it is...



Update on Ethan's foot... Well as we were aware it definitely wasn't broken but he still can't walk properly on it so I think he did a tendon or something... Which also means no footie for him this week end... Aidan was poorly last night, he had a slight temperature and looked really grotty too... A bit better today but I felt he was better off staying at home today... Tristan's cold still there but it's definitely not affecting him at all! The little Muppet is full of beans!!! Hopefully we'll still manage to have a good week end! I'm collectiong my Stampin up order!!! YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Have a great day and enjoy the sunshine if you're lucky to have some.

Love x

Thursday, 31 January 2008

What a miserable day...

Happy Thursday!!! Well looking outside the window it surely cannot be a happy day!! It's horrible... Raining and very windy! So depressing after yesterday's sunshine... I have nothing to show you today... I had to stay with Tristan on the couch last night until he fell asleep and guess what! I fell asleep too... Hmmmmmmmmmm... But I will have tomorrow! ;oD ... Ethan also hurt his foot last night while fooling around with his brother. Apparently Aidan tripped him over by accident and I had never seen a child so upset... He was devastated that he hurt Ethan so bad and he kept telling him how sorry he was... Bless him. Ethan is now at the hospital to have it checked out because he's still limping... Then Tristan banged his head against the clothes rack... would have helped if he hadn't been walking with his head down!!!

Hopefully today is going to be an accident free day but somehow I doubt it!

Have a great day and hope the weather is kinder to you than it is to us down here...

Love x

Wednesday, 30 January 2008

Bug again...


Bonjour... Another sunny morning down here but Tristan is coming down with a cold again!!! I just hope he's not going to pass it over to the all family again but fat chance!!! He's been sitting on the couch watching his favorite movie twice -already- "the Nightmare Before Christmas"... Some people say that their little ones are into Teletubbies or else and I can say that mine is into Jack Skellington and Hoogey Boogey! lol... He's also having a "I don't want to go to bed phase" at the moment and he's been up again really late so I suppose he's feeling really tired too! At least he won't put up a fight for his nap...
I have been working on some new Pink Cat Studio creations -which I cannot show you just yet!!- so not much time to make any other cards but I still manage to make this one with the cute little pirate from Sugar Nellie... I used more papers from Crate paper again - I just love them!!!- and kept the all colour scheme to colour the image. I still don't know who it's going to be for so I will add a sentiment or something else once I have decided! Hope you like it...



Stamp : Sugar Nellie - Patterned Papers : Crate Paper - Cardstock - Brads - Swirls Sizzlits.

Have a great day...

Love x

Tuesday, 29 January 2008

Name this little girl...


Would you like to win some new stamps? This sweet little girl will be featured in Pink Cat Studio’s upcoming February 17th new stamps release and she needs a name.

To enter the contest, go to the Pink Cat Studio blog http://www.pinkcatstudio.blogspot.com/ and leave a comment in the contest post and suggest a name or two for this darling. If you like a name that someone else has suggested then please mention that in your comment. It’s okay to comment more than once if you come up with another idea at a later time but you will only be entered into the draw once.

We will chose her new name taking into consideration all of your suggestions.

The winner of the free stamps will not be chosen based on the name they suggest but by a random draw so that everyone who participates has an equal chance to win. The contest will end on February 12th at midnight EST and the winner will be announced on the Pink Cat Studio blog during the new release day of February 17th. The winner will receive her choice of 1 stamp sheet from the entire line including the new February releases.

Have fun and we can’t wait to hear your ideas!

Monday, 28 January 2008

Puppy love...

Happy frosty Monday!!! Yes another week end over and it is so cold outside again... Brrr I think I'll stay in today!!! YAY Prison Break is back on tonight so something to look forward to -I'm so addicted to this show!!!

Now... Who says Cats and dogs couldn't get along... This cute stamp is from Inky Antics and I so love it... I did try to make it a quick card but noooooooo... Took me quite a long time to make this one... The paper is from Cherry Arte and it is a doublesided one. Again I tried to use more scraps of cardstock too but the more I try the more there is to go back in the drawer!!!



Stamp : Inky Antics - Patterned Paper : Cherry Arte - Brads - Cuttlebug - Spots and Dots Embossing Folder - Swirls Sizzlits - Scallop Circle Nestabilities.

Remember to keep warm and have a great day.

Love x

Sunday, 27 January 2008

Toad-ally...

Happy Sunday everyone!!! Hope you are all having a smashing weekend... The sun is out down here today so that's enough to make me happy... So I guess I will be stamping today while the boys are out watching Cinderella at the pantomine.

I think I'm getting the hang of those "Quick Cards".. lol... Here is one of the little frogs from the same set as the Puppy. I have used thhis gorgeous paper by Crate Paper - so gorgeous that it took me ages to get it out and use it up!- And I got some scraps of cardstock and some rusty red ribbon to match the stripes on it. Again I got the nestabilities out and added some brads to finish... Et voila...



Stamps : Missy B design - Patterned Paper : Crate Paper - Cardstock - Ribbon - Brads - Photo Anchorz - Scallop Circle Nestabilities

Enjoy the rest of your week end and the sunshine...

Love x

Friday, 25 January 2008

Quick card!!!!

Yay another Friday.. .So another movie night with the boys and I think we might go for "Eragon"... That'll make a change from "Transformers", "Spiderman(s)" or some Disney movies!!! I now know those movies by heart... lol...

Last night I have managed to make a card in 45mns -max- which is a record for me who usually spend ages on a card!!! I am such a perfectionist that it's got to be as I want it to say that it's finished and I'm happy with it!!! And most of the time I go back to them and add or remove something... So for this "Quick Card", I have used some really cute stamps from Missy B -there are some very cute monkeys and frogs too in this set... And I sooooooooo love this mad looking puppy -put a smile on my face everytime I look at it! The paper is from DCWV, I used my nestabilities, added some ribbon and brads et voila... I'm actually happy with it like it is!!! lol... And I hope you'll like it too...



Stamps : Missy B - Patterned Papers : DCWV - Ribbon - Brads - Scallop Circle Nestabilities.

Have a great Friday...

Love x

Thursday, 24 January 2008

A little ray of sunshine

Wow the sun has finally managed to make it through the clouds! YIPPEE... I've just had enough of this horrible yucky weather and spring isn't coming fast enough!!!

My lovely "step mum in law" asked me to make her a baby card... I had to use this cute little tweet from the new set from Pink Cat Studio -if you haven't got yours yet, go and check it out because it's too cute-... I watercoloured the image and added some stickles on the wings too. I used some paper from Pebbles inc and combine it with brown -yes again, lol...- added some flowers, ribbon and brads et voila.



Stamps : Pink Cat Studio - Patterned Paper : Pebbles Inc - Cardstock - Ribbon - Brads- Flowers.

I think I'm going to go and enjoy this little ray of sunshine... Have a great day and enjoy it too if you're lucky enough to have a bit of sunshine.

Love x

Wednesday, 23 January 2008

Birthday boy

Thanks to everyone for their birthday wishes to Tristan. He had a smashing time and enjoyed all the attention, opening all his presents and his " Ratatouille" cake - especially the icing!! :oD... Isn't it just so difficult after having 2 other boys to buy presents for him! I have so many toys of all age groups in the house that I'm running out of ideas and space for them all!!! lol... I haven't had the time to go through all the piccies I took but here are a couple .



And now for his finished birthday card... I have tried to use some of my ever growing scrap of papers and cards!!! My drawers are about to burst I have so many and as you can see I keep the smallest piece of paper possible! lol... But don't we all!? ;oD



Stamp : High Hopes - Patterned Papers : Crate Paper - Cardstock - Brads - Sizzlits Swirls die cut - Number Chipboard - Brown String.

Well it's pretty grey again down here today but I hope everyone is having a great day whatever the weather is like where you are...

Love x

Tuesday, 22 January 2008

Not a baby anymore...

Happy Tuesday everyone!!! And today is a lot brighter too... YIPPEE especially so because it is Tristan's big 2nd birthday today!!! So got him his decorations and a big Ratatouille cake! Got him loads of Goodies too... I have made him a card with one of the stamps I received yesterday but I cannot show it to you yet as it still needs some finishing touches! I can show you the coloured image... Oh what a tease!!!! But I will definitely post the all card tomorrow and probably a couple of piccies of the Birthday Boy too!!!



Isn't he just cute!!!!

Hope you all have a wonderful day and that it has stopped raining too wherever you are...


Love x

Monday, 21 January 2008

Another monday...

Yes it's another dreaded Monday! :o( ... Hope everyone had a nice week end... But is it me or are they over before you have the time to actually say week end!!!...

Last night I had time to play with the Magnolia images that Kim has kindly sent to me... I have a nephew who loves fishing so this image was very welcome - well any Magnolia images are very welcome, lol... - How cute is that little Edwin!? The papers I used are from Crate paper and I have used some scrap card I had left in my drawer... And to add a little bit of brightness to this card I have attach this cute little sun - also from Magnolia - I know my nephew is going to love it and he's the sort of little boy who keeps everything you send him! Aaaaaaaaaaawww bless... I hope you like it too... Et Voila...



Stamps : Magnolia - Patterned Papers : Crate Paper - Cardstock - Brads - String - Cuttlebug and Bubbles Embossing Foder.

Thank you so much Kim for the images... Go and visit Kim's blog, she's got some awesome cards!

Hope you have a fantastic day... Have fun.

Love x

Sunday, 20 January 2008

Tweet and Kitty's big day

Today Pink Cat Studio is releasing two new sets of stamps! The Tweet stamps feature a fun loving little bird who enjoys shopping, parties, sewing and many other activities. The Crafty Kitty stamps feature Pink Cat decorating a cake, watering her garden, dressed up as a craft queen and sending holiday wishes. Stop by the studio at http://www.pinkcatstudio.com to order these fun new stamps.


Thank you to everyone who entered the scavenger hunt and the Tweet contests! And now for the winners ...For all of you who have been wondering, Tweet visited Robin's Hattery first on her day of shopping. A winner has been randomly selected from everyone who chose Robin's Hattery and the winner is:Jen Marie!!! Check out Jen's blog at http://taylormadebyjenmarie.blogspot.com/

The randomly selected winner from the Pink Cat's Favourite Things Scavenger Hunt is:Julie M. from Granby, Quebec.We will be having another contest next month so please stop by again to see the details.

Hope you are all having a great week end... Have fun and happy stamping...

Love x

Saturday, 19 January 2008

It's the week end!

And still no sunshine... YUK... On top of that I have to go to the supermarket - suicidal on a saturday - but I need to go and get Tristan his birthday cake for tuesday... The little Muppet is turning 2 - already :o(... Before doing all that I had to choose a card with my favorite stamps from the new set from Pink Cat Studio!!! What a tough one it was - I love them all so much... But I chose this little chick sewing in her nest - I love the sentiment that goes with it too and it's also part of the set!!! The mounted image is on dimensionals and I used my nestabilities scallop circle here. The patterned paper is from Pebble inc...



Stamps : Pink Cat Studio - Patterned Paper : Pebble Inc - Cardsstock - Ribbon - Scallop circle nestabilities.

Whatever the weather and whatever you're up to today, have a nice one... :oD

Love x

Friday, 18 January 2008

Bright card on a Yukky day!!!

Is it ever going to stop raining!!! What a Yukky day - yet again... At least it's friday... YIPPEE!!! So it's so dark and miserable out there that I thought I could brighten up the day a little and post one of my most colourful cards!!!! It's much brighter than what I usually go for but they go so well with the little bird and I like the way it turned out. The papers are from Daisy Bucket d and the stamps are again from the new Tweet plate from Pink Cat Studio... The bright cherry cardstock was supposed to be mounted onto the same green card as the image but I didn't have enough left... lol



Stamps : Pink Cat Studio - Patterned Papers : Daisy Bucket Design - Cardstock - Ribbon - Brads - Flowers - Cuttlebug and Swirls Embossing Folder.

Hope it has brightened up your day a little too...

Love x

Thursday, 17 January 2008

Here's Kitty...

As promised I will post a card made with one of the new Kitty stamps which will also be released on Sunday jan 20th... For this card I have used lighter colours... I really loved this paper from Crate paper. I have mounted and put on dimensionals the same patterned paper, added glitter, flowers, brads, eyelets and ric rac to finish it off... The image is also on dimensionals. I'm actually pretty happy with the way it turned out...



Stamps : Pink Cat Studio - Patterned Paper : Crate Paper - Cardstock - Flower - Brads - Eyelets - Ric Rac

Don't forget the scavenger hunt below and you could win the Crafty Kitty stamp plate but you've got to be in it to win it... Good luck to everyone and have a great day...

Love x

Scavenger hunt


To celebrate the upcoming Pink Cat Studio release of the new Crafty Kitty stamps, we are having a fun scavenger hunt contest! You will be searching for Pink Cat’s favourite things. Throughout the day each design team member will post an image of one of Pink Cat’s favourite things on her blog. Visit each team member’s blog and collect the names of Pink Cat’s favourite things. Once you have collected all 9 items, fill in the blanks in the poem at the end of this post and email the poem to Pink Cat Studio. To find the company email address please visit http://www.pinkcatstudio.com/.
On January 20th a winner will be randomly selected from all of the entries and she will win the new Crafty Kitty Plate. The winner will be contacted by email and her name will be posted at http://www.pinkcatstudio.blogspot.com/.

Have fun and good luck in your hunt!
Here is a list of all of the blogs that you will need to visit:
http://www.pinkcatstudio.blogspot.com/
http://www.allpinkgirl.blogspot.com/
http://www.isabelslittlecorner.blogspot.com/
http://artsyvisions.blogspot.com/
http://blessedalatte.blogspot.com/
http://liseroy.blogspot.com/
http://www.megbeedesigns.blogspot.com/
http://www.stamphappy-tammy.blogspot.com/
http://miss-thaang.livejournal.com/

Here is the poem that you will need to fill in:
Pink Cat’s Favourite Things

My comfy and cozy giant ______1_______.
My ______2_________ from which I’m fed.
My super soft fuzzy _____3_______, these are a few of my favourite things.

My ____4________ that I love to hide in.
My _____5________ where I sit with a grin.
My _____6________ that also can sing, these are a few of my favourite things.

My trendy ____7________ that I fill with catnip.
My ______8______ that I wear on each trip.
My ______9_______ with one broken wing, these are a few of my favourite things.

When the dog barks,
When my clothes cling,
When I’m feeling sad.
I simply remember my favourite things,
And then I don’t feel so bad.
I will be showing you later a card - maybe even two!!- made with The crafty Kitty stamps!
Love x

Wednesday, 16 January 2008

Here is Tweet...

Happy wednesday!!! :oD At last the sun came out down here after a very wet and miserable day yesterday! Yukky... Saying that it is probably going to start raining again later on! :o( Hope the sun is shining too where you are !!!

Today I'm soooooooooo excited to show you a sneak peek of a couple of the new stamps design from Pink Cat Studio... Tweet is her name and she's so cute!!! The new stamps will be released next sunday - jan 20th... I had so much fun making the cards! I have used some brighter colours than I normally use but I think they work so well with the stamps... I really hope you like them.



Stamps : Pink Cat Studio - Patterned Papers : Pebble Inc - Cardstock - Ribbon - Button


Stamps : Pink Cat Studio - Patterned Paper : Provocraft - Cardstock - Ribbon - Flower - Brads - Cuttlebug and Bubbles Embossing Folder.

On Thursday we will also be ahving a fun scavenger hunt with the prize being the new Crafty Kitty plate. All you have to do is to check out the Pink Cat Studio DT blogs - you can find the links for them on the right. The winner will be announced on sunday along side the winner for the Tweet contest on Melissa's blog - Pink Cat Studio... Good luck to all... :oD And make sure to stop by tomorrow as I will be posting a couple of cards with the new Kitty stamps...

Have a great day...

Love x

Tuesday, 15 January 2008

Tweet Peek...


The design team has been hard at work making cards using the new Tweet and Crafty Kitty stamps that will be released on Sunday. Here is a collage of snippets from some of the fun and colourful cards that were made using the Tweet stamps.Starting on Wednesday, design team members will be posting their cards to their blogs so be sure to check out their creations.Later this week we will be having a really fun scavenger hunt called "Pink Cat's Favourite Things". The winner will recieve the new Crafty Kitty plate. So stop by later this week to participate in the contest.
See you then tomorrow... Have a great evening
Love xxx

Monday, 14 January 2008

I don't like mondays....

Especially when it's as miserable as it is outside!!! Wet, dark and cold... YUK... :o(

So I went to the Glitter Pot on Saturday and Bryan was such a great help there, so thank you soooooooooooo much. I got some fabulous papers and the scallop circles nestabilities - they're sooooooooooo great and I'll definitely will get the oval and rectangle ones too!!! I managed to stay away from the rubber stamps too - although I had a quick peek at the Whipper Snapper ones! Sorry -Kim- I haven't had the time to take piccies of the goodies I bought... I should also receive an order from Capture the Magic today!! YAY...

Obviously I didn't get the time to post any card this week end - been working really hard yesterday all day "creating" but I can't show them to you yet!!! The one I've got to share with you is a Bella - I think she's savvyshopabella- and she has the most amazing butt ever! Wish mine was like that... :o( I popped her and the sentiment on dimensionals. The papers I used are from Basic Grey, added some ribbon, buttons and brads. Et Voila our Bella du jour... Hope you like her...



Stamps : Bella, Great Impressions - Patterned Papers : Basic Grey - Cardstock - Ribbon - Buttons - Brads.

Hope you manage to have a great Monday -if that is ever possible!!- despite the horrible weather...

Love xxx

Saturday, 12 January 2008

Off to the Craft shop ...

Happy Saturday!!! Hope everyone is going to have a smashing week end!!! No time to post a card (but I will have one to post later though...) as I'm about to leave to go to...................... The Glitter Pot!!!! It's sunny down here so a lovely day for a drive too!! YAY :oD Will probably stop at Toys'r'Us on the way back too... Not YAY... :o( But the boys have still got Xmas money to spend and they have been saving some of their pocket too so if I drag them to the craft shop I suppose it's fair enough to have to endure the toy shop... Will have to get creative tonight to release the stress though!

Have a fantastic day...

Love x

Friday, 11 January 2008

Spring in the post...

Yippee it's Friday and the sun is out! Probably not for long as big dark clouds are approaching pretty fast!!! Well this morning was very wet indeed :o(...

I have to show you something which arrived in the post today... The lovely Fiona sent me this beautiful acetate card after I saw the one she made on her blog... The picture is very poor and doesn't do the card any justice at all but it's gorgeous!!! The acetate has been beautifully stamped all over and the position of the flowers are so pretty too... Thank you ever so much Fiona for the little bit of spring you sent me, it really made my day... You can view those gorgeous acetate cards on Fiona's blog...



Hope everyone is having a great day and fantastic evening for those who are out tonight!!!

Love x

Thursday, 10 January 2008

A star!!!

Happy Thursday everyone!!! And what a windy one it is!!! Wouldn't surprise me if it starts raining too... Really cannot wait for spring :o)... The card for today is going to be a Magnolia one and by the way I forgot to mention this new Tilda & Co Challenge Blog . It sounds like fun so what not give it a try if you're a total Magnolia addict!!! I won't have the time this week but I will definitely give it a go!

So voila little Edwin!!! I still don't know who this is going to be for but when I do I will add a chipboard number to it. Between my 3 boys and 4 nephews I'm not short for choice!!! Hope you like it...



Stamp : Magnolia (Edwin) - Patterned Papers : Chatterbox - Cardstock - Brads - Star Gems

Have a great day...

Love x

Tuesday, 8 January 2008

Chop... Chop...

Hello everyone... What a dull day it's been, so dark and wet and cold too ... Yuk... No cards today as I watched the "Da Vinci Code" last night - good film but too confusing for me!!! Instead I wanted to share a couple of pictures of Tristan. The first one was taken this summer when he still had his long hair... I so loved it but I was so fed up with so many people confusing him for a girl!!! We took them to Disneyland last year and we wanted to go on the Star Wars ride but the woman at the door told us the little girl was too small! Being just under 5 ft 3 I was about to ask her if she meant me!!! No she meant Tristan!!! I was so annoyed...



Anyway I was cutting Ethan and Aidan's hair the other morning and he was really willing to sit on the stool so he had the chop too... Ethan always put gel in his hair - never goes out without his hair done!!! - so Tristan always brings the gel to me to do his hair! So here he is now and do NOT be fool by this cute little face, he's a right little pickle!



Hope you have a great evening... Tomorrow might even be a brighter day. Let's just hope!

Love x

Monday, 7 January 2008

I'm very proud...........

To announce that I'm joining the Pink Cat Studio design team!!! I have been dying to tell everyone and I would like to thank Melissa for such an opportunity, I feel so honoured. I love her stamps so much as they are so much fun to play with and there are some more fun ones to come!!! I'm off to do my little jig now!!!! The boys are looking at me as if I had gone mad!!! Congratulations to Dawn, Lisa, Lise and Tammy.

Here's another card for today made using her retro fifties set. I made it a while ago and I even set myself the challenge not to use black or pink for this one!!! Hope you like it...


Have a great evening...

Love x

Rain, Rain, Rain....

Happy Monday everyone! It was really sunny earlier on but the sun is gradually fading - oh what a surprise!!! Last night was very wet - and I mean veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy wet - so I got my Hanna stamps out!!! She's just so adorable under her umbrella. I paper pieced her rain coat with some retro DCWV paper to amtch the background paper - from the same DCWV pad. I also used my spots and dots embossing folder on the green cardstock and I just couldn't resist some glitter on her boots!!! :oD A few ribbon and some brads - obviously - to finish it off et voila! You like it???



Stamps : Hanna Stamps - Patterned Papers : DCWV - Cardstock - Ribbon - Brads - Stickles - Cuttlebug and spots and dots embosing folder.

Hope the weather is nice where you are. Have a great day.

Love x

Sunday, 6 January 2008

Perfect package

I really wonder where the time goes! I can't believe the week end is almost over ... I went shopping in Bluewater yesterday and as I was expecting it was suicidal - the boys didn't help the matter either!!! Anyway I didn't really get anything exciting but I'm happy to have found some birthday presents for Tristan's 2nd birthday in the Disney Store. Will just have to wrap them up now and I have the perfect card for this today - although the wrong colour!

This card was made with one of the new set from Hanna stamps. Isn't she just too cute! I chose some very girly colours and kept it again pretty bassic. The paper is from Daisy Bucket design and although it's a christmas design I love it for other cards too. I've added some ribbons, glitter to her tshirt and bow and 2 corners attached with a brad. Hope you like it.


Stamps : Hanna Stamps - Patterned Papers : Daisy Bucket Design - Cardstock - Ribbon - Brads : Doodlebug.

Enjoy the rest of your week end...

Love x

Friday, 4 January 2008

A little bit of sunshine

Happy Friday everyone!!! Not as cold today but pretty dull really... So I thought I could post a bit of sunshine today! I finally got to play with the new Magnolia stamps I got for Christmas and I really enjoyed colouring these ones and putting them together! I even managed not to add any ribbon or brads! I just thought it didn't really need any at all. The flower on the bottom corner and the sun are on dimensionals. And apart from the words all stamps are from Magnolia. I just love this Tilda because she's got the same hair do as me!!! I'll definitely send this card to my parents... I miss them so much. Hope you like it... ?



Stamps : Magnolia, Woodware - Patterned Papers : 3 Bugs in a Rug - Cardstock : Bazzill - Cuttlebug - Swirls embossing folder.

Hope it's not too wet where you are and that you have a great day...

Love x

Thursday, 3 January 2008

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.... Chill out!

It's sooooooooooooooooo cold outside! And I really hope it's going to snow to make it worth it!... The boys are back at school today so that means I've got a bit more time to myself and finally can go back to normal - well so to speak!!!! The house doesn't look as if a bomb had exploded in the middle of it and it is so quiet... A bit too quiet maybe!

The card for today is definitely perfect for today's weather!!! It is another of my latest Bellas and I just love her! She so cute and gracious on her skates... I have kept it pretty simple but I really like the way it turned out. I have used liquid appliaue for the fur on her coat - she's got to keep warm too! - and some stickles for a bit of sparkles! Do you like it?



Stamps : Stamping Bella - Patterned Paper : AMM - Cardstock - Ribbon - Brads - Stickles - Liquid Applique.

Remember to keep warm and have a great day...

Love x