Won't Be Back Until March....

For those of you that don't know things have not been great around here for the last couple of weeks, we have had lots of family matters to deal with and we are slowly getting back on track. I will also be going into respite next week too, to give my family a break so feel it would be better to start a fresh after that.

However, I do have one piece of fabulous news which is that my adorable husband surprised me with a brand new Cricut Expression machine, it came right out of the blue in the middle of everything going on and I am slowly getting used to it (slightly different to your little machine we use at the crop Tracy lol). It came with Plantin Schoolbook, Accent Essentials and the Design Studio so just need to learn the design studio part now and then I will look to getting some more cartridges.

Enjoy the next couple of weeks and I will see you all soon.

Kim xXx

Crafty Sentiments Celebrates Valentine's Day With A Blog Hop

Today Crafty Sentiments are celebrating Valentine's Day with a blog hop. Each design team member will have a creation on their blog and all you have to do is follow the route by hopping from one to blog to the next and leaving a comment on ALL blogs you visit along the way. In order to be eligible for the surprise candy you must become a follower of the Crafty Sentiments blog as well and leaving your comments. Good luck and most of all enjoy what you see I am sure the design team have created some fantastic projects for you. You have until Thursday 4th February 2010 at 8pm GMT to join in and if you should get lost along the way or happen to fall upon a broken link please see my sidebar for all the design team links.

For this gift card I have used:-

6" Sqaure Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - DCWV

Cardstock - Sizzix

Stamp - Crafty Sentiments designed by Cathy Hare

Sentiment - Crafty Sentiments

Medium - Promarkers

Double Heart - Cut on Cricut whilst at a crop with the help of Tracy and now I cannot remember the cartridge used, any ideas Tracy please???

Embossing - Cuttlebug 'Hearts'

Die - Sizzix 'Tags'

Ribbon - Local Craft Store

The inside of this gift card uses the same papers and has a pocket for a gift card, money or even a special message. Unfortunately I cannot get the photo to upload it keeps rejecting it, I will try to upload again but if it continues to reject I am sorry.

This is a circular blog hop and there is candy somewhere along the way. You may start on the blog you are on and just continue by clicking on the next name on the blog. The end of the blog hop is when you land back on the blog you started on. You don’t have to hunt for the blog candy! We want you to enjoy the hop so to be eligible for the blog candy you MUST do 2 things. 1) You MUST be a follower of the Crafty Sentiments Blog and 2) You MUST leave a comment on every blog (6 comments total).

The next blog on the hop is: LISA so off you go and don't forget to leave those comments.

A Couple More Cards

Good morning, well I didn't make it back with a second post yesterday but I have two cards to share with you today. The first card has been made for a friend whose little girl is so like this image and always dressing up. I used the 'Sketch' from Sweet Stampin' and it also fits into the Creative Inspirations challenge of 'Feminine' well you jsut can't get more feminine that this little lady can you lol.

Supplies:-

6" Sqaure Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - Daisy & Dandelion 'Picnic Patch'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Sugar Nellie 'Dress Up Maggie'

Sentiment - 'Crafty Sentiments'

Medium - Promarkers

Flowers - Primas

Brads & Gems - Stash

Now for my second card, this is a card that is very different from what I would normally make but hey ho here it is. As the designer paper is very busy I decided to keep the rest of it to a minimum but now don't like it!!

This card fits the following challenges:-

 Create 4 Fun - 'Sketch'

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle -'Spring'

Pile It On - 'Warm Wishes' (Warm Apple Pie)

 

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Paper - Laura Ashley

Cardstock - Coredinations

Stamp - Belles & Whistles 'Warm Apple Pie'

Sentiment - Crafty Sentiments

Medium - Promarkers

Die - Nestabilities 'Classic & Scalloped Ovals'

Embossing - Cuttlebug 'Tiny Bubbles'

Punch - Fiskars Border 'Diamond Weave' & Martha Stewart

A Quick Card

Good evening everyone, hope you are all well? Today I am going to share with you a card I have made for a ladies birthday and the request was all purple. This on its own was a challenge for me as I have never made a monochromatic card before. I used the 'Sketch' from Friday Sketchers and it also fits into Hand Full Of Stamps challenge which is 'Swirls, Swirls, Swirls'.

Supplies:-

6" card blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - Papermania 'Amethyst Infusion'

Cardstock - Unknown Local Craft Shop

Stamp - Belles & Whistle 'Belle With Teddy'

Sentiment - Crafty Sentiments 'Just Sayings Set 1'

Medium - Promarkers

Dies - Nestabilities 'Classic & Scalloped Ovals'

Flower - Prima.

Thats all folks but I may be back with another.

Crafty Sentiments Challenge Week 2

Today makes it week 2 over at Crafty Sentiments wow where did the last week go?? So this week we have a new 'Sketch' with the added option of 'Brads'. For my card I used one of Suzette's new soon to be released stamps and I noticed that my other team pals have used another of the soon to be stamps too so why not go and have a look at them.

Here is the sketch which you are free to rotate or flip.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

All Papers - Papermania 'Truly Scrumptious'

Stamp - Crafty Sentiments

Medium - Promarkers

Brads - Papermania

Heart Embellishments - Unknown 'Beads'

We would love for you to join in so why not pop on over to Crafty Sentiments and have a look at the array of image and sentiment stamps now available.

Finally I would like to enter this card into the following challenges One Stop Crafts where the theme is 'Love & Kisses' & Crazy 4 Challenges who have the theme 'Pretty In Pink'.