Glitter Me Silly

I have also been given the Smile award agin this time by the most awesomely amazing lady Donna Mundinger – thank you so much hunny, I am so honoured to get this from you.

I had my Stampin Up! evening last night and had a great time. I wasn’t TOO naughty but got some fabby stamp sets , papers, card etc. I can’t wait for it all to arrive. Nicci, the SU! demo who came over was so sweet and showed us all some really great ideas. There was a wide range of experience in the room and she catered for everyone – novice to expert! Thank you so much Nicci, it was a brilliant night and it was so lovley to meet you. I hope you enjoyed it too. If anyone would like to order any SU! stuff then I know Nicci wouldn’t mind you popping over to her lovley blog (Procraftination) and having a nose – if you’re in the Merseyside area then she could do a party for you too!! (plug, plug!!). Seriously, it was a lot of fun and I would reccommend it to anyone.

Hee hee – I am proud to say that this week’s challenge over at A Spoonful of Sugar is a sketch by me!! This is my very first attempt at a sketch so please be easy on me, I hope you all like it. The DT have done wonders with it so please hop over and have a look. We have a gorgeous stamp as a prize this week generously donated by Katie and Collette at Nutcrafters – I wish I could enter myself!!!

I can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with this week – so get crafting!

This is my take on it. I have used a digi download (Dorothy Anya) from The Greeting Farm and coloured her with PM’s. The papers are from the most fabulous gift I received from my chum Steph at Much Ado About Nothing. I asked her if I could buy some of the Sweet Always SU! papers from her (she’s an SU! demo) but instead she sent me a selection of virtually every paper in the SU! catalogue!!!! She is such a HUGE sweetheart and so kind – I LOVE YOU STEPH!!! The papers on this card are from the Sweet Always range – my favourite. The bobbly string (?) along the bottom is from my Raspberry Ribbons kit from last month. I have been dying to use it since I got it but never really had the right spot for it. The flowers have been dyed to match the papers with my PM’s – I love how you can change them to suit your card!!

Right well, speaking of Stampin Up! I am hosting my first SU! evening tonight. I’m so excited – it’s like one of the best shops in the crafting world coming right to your house!! I have a bit of tidying and sorting to do before then – BUT it’s such a nice day here again that I may have to potter in the garden a bit first!!!

Have a lovely day wherever you are.

Hugs,
Caryn xxx

Afternoon everyone and what another bee-utee it is again too! I haven’t been very chatty over the last couple of days because I’ve barley been inside! The weather here is just so gorgeous and you have to grab it while you can – you never know when it’s going again!!

Well as it’s Monday, it’s time for a new Cupcake Crafts Challenge. Lauren has created a fabulous sketch to follow so be sure to go and check it out. The other DT cards are amazing as always so have a look at try the sketch out for yourselves.

This is my take on the sketch. I have used some paper I’ve had for yonks from a Costco bundle and my ribbons from this months gorgeous Raspberry Ribbons kit (plus a couple of others from my stash!). I liked this technique because I only had to part with a teeny tiny bit of each ribbon!! lol. The heart and flower stamps are from a set I’ve had for ages (can’t remember off the top of my head what they are) – and I’ve used my new nesties too. The gorguss girl is coloured with promarkers and and there’s a bit of bling there too – naturally!

I have also been given another award this time by two lovley ladies – Lou and Hello Gorgeous. Thank you so much girls, I am truly honoured and chuffed to pieces to get this. I hope you all get a chance to go and check these blogs out – they’re both such talented girls :0)