Poppy Dog

Going for Gold

2012-01-30T12:40:00.000Z

Hello,

Ive been given a little list of cards to make for a colleague of Steph, they cover her whole year's requirements so Mother's Day, Father's Day have all been done and dusted! Here is the card I made for her Dad's 60th.

I wanted something quite striking and stylish so I chose the black/gold paper from Papermania, a couple of layers using a nestie, 2 small lengths of thin black velvet and a few black bling. I do hope the black bling will be ok, it's only after seeing it up here that I am beginning to wonder if I can get away with it for a chap's 60th - what do you think?

Id like to enter this into the following challenge

Stamptacular Sunday - diamonds or pearls - and Ive got black diamonds here!

Thanks for your visit,

Keryn

Critter Crimbo!

2012-01-29T12:42:00.001Z

Hello,

Our current challenge at the CCC was set by Pinky who asked for any critter! Critter?! I was thinking a bug or something similar but thankfully after clarification it covered any animal - phew!

Ive had issues with my printer for some time so had to use proper papers - it was hard but I survived! I used a Lili of the Valley topper of this cute teddy ontop of his present. Matted onto some red glitter card, a little layer of two of silver mirri, red glitter glue, (a shaky hand) a gem and done!

If you'd like to get ahead with your xmas cards by making one every fortnight to a different challenge each time then just give me a shout; our gang is growing quickly and we are now at 18 and from all across the globe!

I will be back later with another make.
Id like to enter this into Hazel's challenge which is 'make it square'.

Keryn x

Sailing away!

2012-01-24T13:44:00.000Z

Hello,

I just wanted to share a card I made for a great nephew, I finished it yesterday once the glossy accent on the hull of the yacht was dry.

I used the super 'Sailing Boat' by Lili of the Valley that I first saw Claire using and then when I was lucky enough to win a LotV voucher from Lorraine, he just happened to fall into my basket! You know how it is!

I used a bp from a pad called 'Travel Light' that was free in Simply Cards & Papercraft and I used my Silhouette to die cut the waves, the wavy corner and the yacht. Because the paper was already blocked and sectioned off it saved me the job of sorting a proper sketch as the hard work was already done for me, I hope you like it!

Thanks to everyone for your kind wishes for Amber, she is slowly getting there; here's a quick shot of her taken 5mins ago. Please note, no sign of the air borne rice grains anywhere!

Id like to enter this card into the following

Totally Stampalicious - For the Men

Keryn x

Penny Black Monday

2012-01-23T11:25:00.002Z

Hello!

I hope youve all had a super relaxing weekend.

Life here at 197 has been desperate. Amber's got a tummy bug so she's been starved as Im desperately weary of cleaning her dirty crate :(

Ive made a stock of fish and rice for her poorly tummy - she tried her first few tablespoons and Im still desperately trying to remove rice grains from crevices in places I didnt even know she had after she hoovered it up :(

Im losing a battle between my CISS and new printer and am still desperately trying to remove yellow ink from my hands :(

So there we go, I had a super chillaxing weekend!

Here's a little card I made using an image from a Penny Black multiple sheet (I hadnt quite realised how much smaller the images are on these multi sheets) coloured with PM's, I used up scraps of Pink Petticoat bp's and a little sentiment by Craftwork Cards.

Id like to enter this card into the following challenges

Crafty Creations - Valentine

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - seeing spots

ICS - sketch
Penny Black and more - Love and hearts (thanks B for the tip!)

Keryn x

My xmas make

2012-01-21T09:32:00.000Z

Hello,

I just wanted to share the Aran jacket that I made for DD1 for her xmas present. The pattern itself was for a normal length cardigan with no hood so she added a few requests! She and her sister and myself are all monkeys in that we have long arms so to get it made to measure was a real treat for her!

She was on her way home from work - hence the tired look! I had to share also this second photo as she always embarrassed me in wool shops when looking for a pattern as she was always laughing at the models posing in their knitwear!! This is her version of them!

She would kill me if I didnt balance things up so here she is as her usual self!

You can see her favourite colour!

Thanks for your visit!

Keryn x

Textured Birthdays

2012-01-17T12:27:00.028Z

Hello,

Id like to share with you a birthday card I made at the weekend using one of my crocheted flowers. I made several last year and they've sat looking at me on my desk ever since - too scared to use them for some reason! They are quite 'in your face' due to their size but I bit the bullet and went for it!

Ive used some Papermania papers that Ive had for simply ages, a little dab of DI, a stitched seam or two, a little border punch, a silky smooth satin ribbon bow and of course my cotton flower! The super sweet image is a new one from Lili of the Valley.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Winter Wonderland - Birthday Wishes

ABC Challenges - 'H' Happy Birthday

Stamptacular Challenge - 2 textures

Thanks for your visit,

Keryn x

CCC 2/12

2012-01-15T11:21:00.001Z

Morning!

It's a beautiful bright but cold winter's morning here, Im quite happy to be staying in all day I have to say! It feels like ages since I had a really good session at my craft desk so today will be spent doing just that!

Here's is the card I made for my own challenge which was 'Think Thin'. Nothing whatsoever to do with the usual January thin issues but making a card that will be slim enough so as NOT to involve the 'large' postage stamp! I was quite flabberghasted at the cost of sending so many fat cards at xmas so I decided that with a little more careful planning I will aim for thinnies this year!

I coloured this Fizzy Moon image up before xmas but didnt use it so I felt I was being quite naughty in making the card so quickly (funny how I always enjoy something when I think Im being a bit naughty?!). The bp is Pink Petticoat (who's last day of a fabulous sale is today so rush and grab a bargain), MS snowflake border and a big 3" snowflake that is half hidden. I used a length of stretchy silver thin cord (99p for 10miles worth at The Range!) as a feature down the left side but thankfully as the cord is really thin, the card is still slim enough!
With are very lucky to be joined by 2 new super crafters in our xmas club so please do call in to see what Anne & Lorraine have created for this challenge also! The links are on my sidebar.

I hope your day is filled with doing just what you want also!

Thanks for your visit today,

Keryn x

ETA: ooh Im feeling guilty already and Ive only seen Pinkys card :(
Hers is perfectly flat which of course if the best way of ensuring that you dont get charged for the 'large' stamp. I will now try harder and come back with a true flat card!

Bring it on!

2012-01-09T12:07:00.001Z

Hello,

Today Im sharing a card that I made ready for later this year (I cant bring myself to say the exact word so soon!). Our little group of ladies who make cards ready for the big event are continuing again this year and we're delighted to have 2 new additions to join us!

Anyway this current challenge was set by Carol and she was very kind to us by letting us do what we want!

I used a gorgeous little Fizzy Moon image, layered up some papers left over from last month, a little machine stitching, Martha Stewart punches, Viva perle pen and a Craftwork Card sentiment finish it off.

If you'd like to get ahead with a few cards ready for you know what then just get in touch with any of us as listed on my sidebar!

Id like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Make it Monday - anything goes
CES - anything goes
Paper Shelter - anything goes

Have a super week,

Keryn x

Clever old Bean!

2012-01-05T13:53:00.011Z

Hello,

Just wanted to pop on and share with you another painting Steve made for a Christmas present.

ETA: finished image!

He was just adding a few finishing touches here. The recipient was thrilled so we are really pleased! I'll be adding his paintings as he finishes them throughout the year and if you're interested in having one made for someone who has everything, then please just drop me a line!

Thanks for your visit,

Keryn x

Happy New year to everyone!

2012-01-03T13:53:00.000Z

Happy New Year to you all!

I hope we will all enjoy a healthy and crafty time in the year ahead!

Ive noticed a lot of people putting up some of their favourite cards from the previous year and Ive often wanted to join in so here's a couple from me!

couldnt NOT include an easel card!

Sewing & haberdashery was really big last year and I for one will be keeping it alive this year also!

Loved making this one!

and to conclude, one of my favs from my time with Delicious Doodles!

Thanks for calling in,

Keryn x

Ground Hog Day!

2011-11-20T14:19:00.000Z

Hello,

This fortnight at the Christmas Card Club my teamie Clare set the challenge of making a set of cards! Just what we all need at this time of year so it was an ingenious idea! It coincided with my eldest asking me for some sets of festive cards for her to raise some money for the charity she works for so I was set a challenge for sure!

This set was made using Penny Black's Fir Tree with black and teal papers by Pink Petticoat and Aimee Ascher. I make the girls a set each year and the other set was made in hot pink and black.

This is a set made with toppers from The Range, 3 sets of 6 cost £1 so they went straight into my basket obviously! The papers are by Pink Petticoat.

These last 3 sets are all tiny 4" squares using Pink Petticoat xmas images and papers. I wont bore you with anymore all as Ive made 200 in all!

Im now off to see what the rest of the team have made. If you'd like to join up with us next year to help give you an incentive to make a few cards ready for xmas throughout the year then please just ask any of us that are listed on my sidebar!

Thanks for calling in and have a super week!

Keryn x

My Favourite Flower 2

2011-11-15T16:57:00.000Z

Hello,

Is it me or did Blogger eat up my post from yesterday?! I'll do it again and keep my fingers crossed this time!!

Here is my card for the current challenge over at Delicious Doodles which is called Remembrance. I absolutely love Teri's pencil drawings so decided to leave the image untouched. I layered it onto some Pink Petticoat Brocade in cream and matted with plain black.

Poppies are simply my most favourite flower. I love the Californian Poppies also that pop up in the tubs in my garden every summer and I remember once planting seeds of an Oriental Poppy. I watched and waited with baited breathe as this huge great stem grew daily to such a height. It opened into a single huge poppy which was stunning but it only lasted one day! The very next day the petals reach began to drop! I mean, it took weeks to get to full height and finally opened into such beauty and then it was all gone after just one day! Needless to say, I didnt plant anymore thereafter!

I just couldnt resist not using a little red somewhere so I made a couple more!

Please do call in with a card for our challenge using remembrance/thinking of you as the theme, I would really love you to join me!

Keryn x

Recycled Christmas

2011-11-06T13:39:00.001Z

Hello,

Its time again for another Christmas Card Club challenge and this fortnight it was set by Hazel. She asked for us to use up some of the crafty freebies and/or recycle something on our card.

I have to admit I wasn't looking forward to this as I thought Id struggle but in fact once I got the idea in my head I was flying!

With the box from a hair dye I die cut the sentiment and I stamped on the reverse of the backing card that came with a free set of stamps on a craft mag.

I also used the free stamps and papers from another free set for this card so Im feeling pretty smug with my recycling/freebie effort!!

Thanks Hazel for a great challenge! Our new challenge is being set by Clare so watch out for another xmas card in two weeks, if not before!

Id like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz - Cutesy

Hope you're all having a super weekend!

Keryn x

Just For Fun

2011-11-04T10:05:00.026Z

Hello,

Here's a fun card Ive made for xmas using one of my new images from Teddy Bo and if you're quick there is 25% off until Saturday so go over and see if you can resist - I sure couldn't!

I used up some free papers from the Cosy Christmas collection that were free in a craft mag last month, a few layers of a Marianne Poinsettia and 2 tiny Papermania buttons to finish!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenge:

Oldie but Goodie - buttons and bows (the buttons Ive had over a year, the bow is on the image)

Keryn x

Special Birthday Card

2011-11-03T11:15:00.000Z

Hi again,

Here's a boxed card that Ive made specially for Steve's Mum who will soon be 80. She doesn't like nostalgic or vintage themes so I wanted something special enough but quite simple so started scoring on my MS board!

Ive used Tim Holtz Tattered Florals, QK alphabet, butterfly, label and flourish dies with 2 golden brads.

Id like to enter this card into the following challenge

For Fun Challenge - a special birthday card

Keryn x

Kathys Waffle November Sketch

2011-11-02T11:40:00.000Z

Hello,

A new month and a new sketch over at Kathys Waffle please do come on over and have a go too!

Here is the sketch

My version of Kathys Sketch is a very loose interpretation as Ive used Teri's beautiful rose as the central circle. Some pretty lacy ribbon as my square behind and I finished off with a few off cuts of grosgrain ribbon.

I hope you like my version of this and it does seem that I am in a lilac phase right now - it might be more to do with trying to use up the papers Ive already printed off!

Keryn x

The most wonderful time of the year!

2011-11-01T11:43:00.001Z

Hello,

I survived the spooks of the little trick or treaters last night and was completely cleaned out of goodies! Our 3 dogs should be hoarse today from all of the noise they made last night but I fear they are not!

]

Isn't he just adorable? This image is from Pollycraft, the papers are by Pink Petticoat, the sentiment is a freebie Polka Doodles stamp (with a craft mag). Ive used the sketch from Sunday Sketch & Stamp and Id like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Sunday Sketch & Stamp - sketch

Pollycraft Monday Challenge - anything goes
Ooh la la! - stitching

Keryn x

What's your poison?

2011-10-28T10:09:00.026+01:00

Good morning campers!

What's my poison? Im not partial to anything drink wise so I'd have to say a nice skinny cappuccino!

The new challenge over at Delicious Doodles is Good or Evil - you choose!
For this challenge I opted for the Evil side of things for a change and have used Teri's Sparkling Cyanide!

Ive made this for a particular male relative and although it really is far removed from the usual male cards that Ive made before, I quite like it for a change!

Enjoy your weekend!

Keryn x

Poorly Stella!

2011-10-27T10:54:00.000+01:00

Hello,

Here's a little set I made using Bugaboo's Stella.

I made the papers to match the shocking pink colour scheme as I wanted something fun and vibrant! I made a Bagelope and filled it with things that I thought might make a hospital stay a bit more bearable: lip salve, hand cream, dry shampoo, nail files and a body spray! A definite change from the traditional grapes!

Keryn x

Star Dance

2011-10-24T11:18:00.000+01:00

Morning!

Here is my xmas card using this fab sketch from teamie Lizzie.

I really enjoyed working to her sketch and produced this:

and this is a close up of some of the glittery detail!

This was the first inking of this pretty stamp called Star Dance by Penny Black, I used papers by Pink Petticoat in Air Force Blue, a border punch of snowflakes by Martha Stewart and a little layer of coloured mirri card.

I liked doing this one so much that I did this:

Colourways of Envy and Goldenrod too! Sadly I pressed the wrong button when sorting the photoshop and they are a tad darker on the photo.

Our next challenge has been set by Hazel and it is to use something received freely or recycle something! We will be posting these on Sunday 6th November.

Thanks for your visit!

Keryn x

Haunted House

2011-10-20T10:19:00.000+01:00

Morning!

We are half way through our current challenge over at Delicious Doodles which is sooo easy, its Halloween with no orange! I love the twist! Here's something else Ive made for it

Ive used Teri's spooky haunted house and coloured it with some PM's, added some Silhouette shapes of a tombstone and a bat, a trim of ribbon and done! Why not join in too, Id love to see what you make.

Thanks for looking!

Keryn x

Kathy's Waffle October Sketch

2011-10-18T11:11:00.000+01:00

Morning,

Here's our current sketch for this month. I don't know about you but I always struggle to make the main feature a circle so I knew I'd have fun with this one!

I used a beautiful image from Digital Tuesday which I coloured with a few Polychromos. I used 'Berries' xmas paper by Pink Petticoat, a couple of borders from my Silhouette & some Quickutz holly dies.

Being only half way through the month it would be great if you could come and play too! I'd love to see your take on Kathys Sketch!

Thanks for your visit,
Keryn x

Cauldron girl

2011-10-16T14:29:00.000+01:00

Hello,

A little card here for our neighbours little girl. She's about 5 and loves to call on local houses all dressed up with her Mummy at Halloween.

The free pp is from Donna at Bearly Mine Designs, I embossed the black card with a brick wall effect EF, the web and bats were cut from the Silhouette and the super little image was also a freebie from Bugaboo.

Id like to enter this card into a new challenge site I found via Bugaboo, Stamptacular Sunday Chaellenge and this week it is 'You Choose'.

Thanks for calling in,

Keryn x

Crafty Sisters!

2011-10-15T10:11:00.000+01:00

Good morning!

The sun is shining and its a beautiful day here, have to say Autumn has always been my favourite season but this really lovely weather makes it even better!

Long post warning!

Look what I got in the post

I was sooo surprised to open this yesterday as I thought it was some double sided tape (as thats all Id ordered in weeks!) so you can imagine my joy at seeing it all beautifully wrapped in hot pink tissue paper!

Starting top left Ive got my own wet wipe cover - with poppy, a beautiful poppy brooch, a fat pin cushion (I like fat!) and a super needle wrap (thats the wrong name but my meds are playing with my brain right now and I cant think of the proper name?!) oh and did I mention, thats got a red poppy on it too!

I had a lovely time yesterday moving my sewing kit over to its nice posh new home and Ive sat looking at them for quite some time too! Far too much time to admit to anyway so now youd like to know who they came from?

The only crafty sisters I know and they are Annie & her sister Jo, they are my surrogate crafting sisters, Ive adopted them but dont let on!

Jo had been busy holding the fort at Sisters Crafty Creations along with so many Dresses for Africa, craft fayres and beautiful knits for her great nephews and nieces. And the reason she's been extra busy lately is because Annie's become a Nannie again three times over in little over 3 weeks! If you hop on over to either blog you will see beautiful photos of the newest additions.

Here's something Ive been making through the summer for the babies

Thank You Annie and Jo for my super birthday present - with poppies!

Have a super weekend everyone, will be back soon with some cards!

Keryn x

Halloween with no orange!

2011-10-14T12:56:00.000+01:00

Hello crafters!

I am aching all over and my back is really playing up as we had my youngest with her fella and dog visit us last night for dinner and it was lovely, late but lovely! I forgot to put the chicken in the oven until 5.45 and it was biggish & took 2hrs to cook:(

It was so late and I was flapping a fair bit but the meal was lovely and I made an Autumn crumble for dessert (apples, pear, plums and a hint of ginger!) which also went down very well.

Anyway, here is my card for this fortnights challenge over at Delicious Doodles Challenge which is 'Halloween with no orange!' It was harder than I thought so I went with an almost monotone scheme.

I used Pumpkin Witch and Witchy sentiment with a lovely spooky paper by my very talented teamie Pascale and they are free so please do pop on over to her blog and say 'hi!' I used my Silhouette for the cobweb and railing and was really pleased with how they turned out!

Blogland will soon be full of Halloween makes so why not join in and have a play with a twist - no orange! Id really love to see you!

Have a beautiful weekend everyone!

Keryn x

Autumn Leaves

2011-10-10T12:57:00.000+01:00

Hello,

I need to make a few cards for my own use, it seems really weird saying that as us card makers are usually busy making for everyone else and often we forget our own needs! Anyway, for inspiration I used the current challenge over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp and used some gorgeous papers from Pink Petticoat in tangerine The image is Hero Arts Large Blossom and I used a variety of autumnal inks on it. I finished it off with a few leaves punched from scraps using my X-Cut punch.

Id like to enter this card into their challenge.

The next photo still makes me laugh when I see it!

Amber idea of a cracking friday night!!

Hope you have a super week,

Keryn x

CCC 09.10.11 Claires Challenge

2011-10-09T13:53:00.000+01:00

Hello,

Here's the card I made using the brief from Claire for this fortnights challenge which was: Silver & Blue with embossing.

The gorgeous digi image is a freebie from Kim over at Cuddly Buddly. Join up to her newsletter and you will be able to get hold of the latest offers too. She has decided that with so many digis in her archives, rather than them disappearing she would offer them for free as money is so tight for us all at the moment. Thank You Kim, thats really lovely of you.

Im sure you will agree that Penguin Post is a super little chappie!

I spritzed the background - and have blue and silver ink everywhere now! I used a Sizzix EF and some scraps for the snowflakes to finish it off.

I loved that challenge Claire, thanks! The lovely Lizzie is setting a sketch challenge for the next fortnight so if you click on her name on my sidebar over the coming few days, you can see it and join in too!

Thanks for your visit today,

Keryn x

Doesnt time fly....

2011-10-06T16:39:00.000+01:00

when you're having fun!?! It has been like Manic Central here over the past couple of weeks; had a super birthday with so many beautiful hand made cards from so many special blogging friends, Thank You and went away for a week to Devon with hubby and the 3 dogs for a week to enjoy the gorgeous sunshine and have a chill out. However, this is what I was faced with on Day 2 of the holiday

Who's idea was it to get white dogs?!

And for those without dogs, its badger muck all over her! Needless to say she had a very long and thorough shampoo and condition after this was taken!

The sights weren't all so bad last week

This is Sidmouth basking in lots of glorious sunshine and temperatures of 26'

and proof that good things can come in small packages - well, when she's asleep anyway - here is Amber, dog tired!

I hope you are all well and that Clare your op on your kidney stones is a massive success tomorrow!

Take care,

Keryn x

New Beginnings

2011-09-20T10:28:00.000+01:00

Hello,

Id like to share this card with you as it is a special one for me. Recently I was asked by Kathy if Id like to join her team on her Sketch blog and I was so surprised and really pleased to join the team.

Here is the September sketch:

and this is my side on version of it!

This card is for one of my Sisters who has her birthday next month, Ive used a Lily of the Valley image very kindly sent to me at the start of this year by my special friend Claire - she just loves it when I say that!!

If you get the chance Id love you to hop on over to Kathys Waffle Sketch and join in with this September sketch before the end of the month! I'd love to see your take on the sketch!

Have a super day, Keryn x

Cute as a Button!

2011-09-17T12:11:00.001+01:00

Hello,

Im really enjoying the latest edition of 'Simply Homemade'! What do you think of it?

I love that it's just packed with such a variety of crafts and Im finding it makes me twitch as I read it as I want to go and start making things!

Here's my DT card for our new challenge over at Delicious Doodles, it's caused quite a stir I have to tell you! I think Im one of the few that found it really easy so I sat down to enjoy my crafting to make a super little card using buttons. During this process I found out that my printer (the expensive one that hubby 'suggested' I buy about 18mths ago) had died and gone to Printer Heaven. JUST what I didnt need I can tell you so I set about making my card without anything freshly printed off!

This isnt the card I had in my head but needs must so I did as best as I could. If you fancy joining us this fortnight in showing us how you enjoy to use buttons on your cards then please call in and have a go!

Just 6 days to go until the little Pocket Rocket gets her first walk and I cant wait! Oh, her micro-chipping caused quite some concern as she wasnt impressed at the time, obviously, but for about 24hrs afterwards she was crying anytime she moved :( She is perfectly fine now though!

Have a great weekend, see you soon.

Keryn x

Fizzy Flowers

2011-09-12T11:52:00.000+01:00

Good morning!

Here's a card Ive made using a gorgeous little image from Fizzy Moon that was sent to me by Lizzie, thanks Lizzie I love it! Ive used mainly Copics with a few PM's to colour him and the bps are from Aimee Ascher (Love) and Pink Petticoat (Kraft). The sentiment is by Stampin' Up add a strip of raffia ribbon, 3 card candies and Im done!

Ive followed the current challenge over at Sketch & Stash and the sketch Ive chosen to use is this one

as you can chose which sketch you wish to use from their previous challenges. The stash of mine which is old is the raffia ribbon and the newest was the image.

Here's the image from yesterday that I mentioned!

The bed is about 24" round and why all three squeeze into it I dont know especially as there's another bed by the side of it lying empty!

Amber's got her second jab tomorrow and the microchipping but Im very nervous about the chipping as she's got no spare flesh on her and the 'gun' they use is quite big. The Vet even said to bring a treat in for her (after the amount they charge you'd think they could afford one treat per animal wouldnt you??) as she wont like it! When my other two were done they were older and had grown much more than this little titch so Im not looking forward to it.

Thanks for your visit,

Keryn x

Snowman with an appendix scar :/

2011-09-11T11:13:00.000+01:00

Morning!

Im feeling quite chipper today or should I say, at the moment as all three girls are curled up asleep in one little bed behind me and it is BLISS!

Today's card for our Christmas Card Club is this one:

This poor chap has been in the wars, all together now: aaaaahhhh! You see he was all perfect after my first photo of him and then, as you will all know, trying to get a decent photo of white on white with silver mirri card was difficult so I knew I had to take lots and after the first shot my camera dropped, right on his belly! I cant think of anything to disguise it so maybe he will have to be a scrap heap snowman!

Anyway, this challenge was set by Margaret and because of Pinky, Ive come to love white on white so I really enjoyed doing this one. Our new challenge is being set by Crafty Chris and she's let us all off lightly with 'Anything Goes'! Thanks Chris, that will be great to see a whole variety of different makes.

If you fancy getting a few extra Christmas cards together in time for you know what then feel free to join in. We will be posting our cards 2 weeks today on Sunday 25th September so why not join in and let us know what youve made!

Changing course completely I couldnt let today go without saying something about 9/11. I cant believe it has been 10 years since that dreadful day, my heart goes out to everyone affected by the tragedy.

Keryn x

Growing Pains

2011-09-10T11:18:00.000+01:00

Morning!

Just popping on to share a card I made for my nephew - he's the family joker with a great sense of humour so this image was just perfect for him!

The bp is from Funky Fairies and the blue striped one Ive no idea as it was in my blue bag of scraps, the image is by Bugaboo. I made the badge on the pc.

Have a super time this weekend what ever you're upto!

Keryn x

Sunday Sketch on time!

2011-09-08T16:39:00.001+01:00

Hello,

The days are flying by here at the Puppy's Palace! I tell you I am run ragged! Next time you see a plea on my blog for help finding another puppy PLEASE shoot me!! lol! She is a REAL handful but I can't help but laugh as she is such a cheeky rascal! For example she gruffs and growls when you lift her at night to put her in her bed!! I mean, the cheek of it?!

She's tearing around the place, usually hanging on to Honeys fur in the process as they play chase. Honey is ok at the moment as she can jump up onto the sofas to get away from the terror but Im sure that wont last too long!

Three days after she arrived she was up and down the stairs at a rate of knots that would impress a greyhound! However, on her third day she was just too fast and ended up at the bottom quicker than she intended. Ooh my heart was thumping as I rushed to her at which point she picked herself up and hared after Honey like a thing possessed! Its never a dull moment here folks!

Right, card stuff! Im feeling quite pleased with myself for actually getting this done in time to actually play with this weeks challenge over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp, too often I play along and then dont post the card in time!

I made this card for Steve's birthday earlier this week and I used an image that I first saw when Jules sent me a couple of images, I knew I had to own him too; he is 'Birthday Dog' by Penny Black! The gorgeous papers are from a pad by DCWV 'Naturals' and they are the kind that I struggle to use as they are toooo lovely! Ive had the pad for many months and just couldn't bring myself to use it but I felt Steve was worth it!

The die cut sentiment on the bottom of the easel was cut on my Silhouette from copper pearlised card and the stamped sentiment is also Penny Black.

Id like to enter this into the following challenges

Sunday Sketch & Stamp - I used their sketch
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Thanks for calling in!

Keryn x

Delicious Doodles New Season starts here!

2011-09-02T10:51:00.000+01:00

Good morning!

The sun is shining and its a beautiful day here on the South Coast but I will be deep in cards as I am so far behind and have loads and loads to do!

Here is my card for the start of our new season over at Delicious Doodles and appropriately we start with a challenge called 'Fresh Start' so why not hop on over and see what our newly reformed DT have come up with, there are some superb creations there!

Teri has released a lot of new things through the summer including this beautiful paper, I played with it in Publisher and duplicated the design and I really love the vibrant colours! The image, which anyone who knows me will know is a new direction for me is called in the pumpkin patch and Ive coloured her with my PM's and Copics, a bit of embossing, a Sizzix photo corner or two and some card candy completes my make.

And for all of those who have asked here are a couple of shots of little Amber!

out on her first 'walk' - being carried the whole way until she has had her last injection!

having a mid morning nap with my big 'sis'! Honey is loving having a little playmate, hopefully she will get a bit of weight off as we got a bit of a telling off at the vets this week when she was weighed! I hastened to explain that Steve likes Honey to test everything he eats - he must think he is Henry Vlll or something!

Have a super weekend and thanks for your visit today!

Keryn x

Mistletoe and Wine!

2011-08-28T16:26:00.000+01:00

No, not the dated song with Cliff in an awful jumper but this weeks challenge which was set by Sylvie. She chose the Mistletoe and I chose the colour scheme of wine! I liked the challenge, thanks Sylvie as it made me search all of my xmas stash for a suitable image and I settled on this one by Bugaboo.

The snowflake mat it is on was one made with the new Martha Stewart Stamp around the page that was the TSV earlier this week. All I can say is that I loved the concept but the actual device needs a few tweaks to stop 'hidden' ink from getting everywhere you dont want it! The centre space had to be covered to hide all of the ink splodges hence, its going back :(

Recipe

Image - Bugaboo

coloured with - PM's

BP - Pink Petticoat dotty snowflakes

embellies - Card Candy

The next challenge is set now by Margaret and she has chosen all white with a touch of glitter! That's a really lovely one so if you fancy joining in with us then just contact one of us who will explain what is what! We are all listed on my sidebar and while you're there you may want to hop over and see what the other girls have done with Sylvie's challenge.

Have a lovely week and thanks for calling in!

Keryn x

Now I know that I must be mad!

2011-08-28T10:56:00.000+01:00

Hello,

Just a very quick visit inbetween squeezing in everything else I need to do before she wakes again..... please meet Amber!

Here's the reason Ive not stopped for the last couple of days! Its been a quick reminder of how much hard work it is to have a puppy but she is rather gorgeous! She's a short legged Jack Russell.

Martha Stewart Stamp around the Page: did anyone else get this set? Mine arrived yesterday and inbetween her sleeps, I had a little play. Im finding the design gets quite a bit of residual ink from the first stamp that appears all over the card thereafter? Has anyone else had this? I used a variety of different inks but its just the same; every now and then, a splodge of ink appears somewhere on the square of card that Im using! Its very frustrating! Id love to hear what you think of it.

Have a super Bank Holiday weekend,

Keryn xx

Jack Russell puppy wanted!

2011-08-24T23:26:00.000+01:00

Hello,

This is a bit random, well not considering it's me, but we are after another Jack Russell and dont want to deal with a puppy farm nor can we afford most of the breeders fees. Hence I wondered if anyone knows of any sensibly priced pups that need to be homed?

We would need a little girl so she would fit nicely in with the two duchesses that we already have! We are also looking into rehoming a rescue dog but that also can be quite expensive.

Here's hoping someone knows of something!

Keryn x

Fabulous Follower Award

2011-08-23T13:34:00.000+01:00

Hello,

Im popped on to say how thrilled I am to be amongst the few that my blogging friend Claire has nominated to receive this. Firstly, many congrats Claire on you receiving it as you would definitely be on my personal list of best blogging followers as you never ever fail to comment on any of my varied posts! And always in record time! I swear youve got some sort of special thingey set up!

Its a tough one isnt it trying to think of particularly special followers and as I say, Claire would be in my top 3 anyway but along with Claire Id also like to forward this onto Wipso as just like Claire, she is always hot on the heels of any post I make! Any follower award wouldnt be complete for me without my very first follower Pinky who is always there supporting whatever I get upto. Thank You very much ladies, you make this world of blogging a very much nicer place to be, please take this award!

Keryn x

Birthday Wishes

2011-08-20T14:54:00.000+01:00

Hello,

Here's a card Ive made for a niece and Ive used a LotV image that was one of many that were free in a craft mag last month - what a good idea that was! It definitely beat receiving a little stamp of something that just isnt my style and ends up filling a space but never gets used! I'd love to see more of that sort of freebie in the crafty mags! Anyway, here she is:

Ive used some pretty SU paper and sentiment, a couple of paper blooms, ribbon and lace and a couple of tiny brads.

Id like to enter this into these challenges

Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge - my fibres are on the lace!

Crazy 4 Challenges - bingo card, Ive used square card, embossing, brads

Ive had a right royal nuisance of late with numerous nuisance calls. I found out that the caller is a debt collection agency looking for a Heidi. Despite being told over 20 times that no one called Heidi lives here there kept on calling and calling and calling.

Their favourite time to call is just after 8am 6 days a week. On the days that I can manage to stagger to the phone sometimes they hang up and sometimes they ask for Heidi. Sometimes I told them the formal reply and I have to admit ladies, that sometimes on the fourth call in 30mins, I told them to go forth and multiply, my Mother would not have been pleased :(

Sadly they just persist.

Ive rung everyone; Offcom, Consumer Direct, Trading Standards etc etc and no one can do anything officially, they can only advise. Today I had no choice but to change our telephone number because had we blocked their number, they could have then rung from another line in the office and it would have started all over again.

I find it amazing in this day and age that innocent folk can be hounded so much and there's nothing we can do to stop them?! What on earth is going on? The bit that really cheesed me off was this morning being told by this chap that if I didnt tell him where Heidi lived then he'd ring me all day every day.

Now Ive got the aggro of changing everything to the new number but in the meantime, if you see Heidi, please tell her Im looking for her!

I do hope your Saturday is going much better than mine!!

Keryn x

A robin came a calling

2011-08-14T18:45:00.001+01:00

Hello,

Here's this fortnights card in the Christmas Card Club and the challenge was set by Kerry; she chose robin, holly and maybe a postbox. I havent used a Robin as a main focal point before so was quite looking forward to this one, thanks Kerry!

Ive only one postbox and its a scene in itself so wouldnt fit with any Robin image that I had so I settled for this gorgeous little chap. He is available here over at Teri's Delicious Doodles shop. Ive made a 6" square card and kept it quite simple with the bp of Pink Petticoats 'Washed Out' in Sand and the first cutting of the Sizzix die 'tis the season' and an old favourite holly leaves by Quickutz.

Id love to enter this card into these challenges:
Saturday Challenge - xmas is coming
SFCC - Robin
CHCC - Keep it simple - this is as simple as I do!

Hope you have all enjoyed a super weekend!

Thanks for calling by,

Keryn x

PS. Jodie over at Bugaboo is having a 35% sale til 26th Aug

Our DT Call over at Delicious Doodles ends this Friday

And Pink Petticoat has just released a couple of new paper sets!

My week in pictures!

2011-08-12T12:48:00.000+01:00

Hello,

Ive had a variety of a week but its a lovely thought knowing Steve is off this weekend, I think we will have the girls and boys over tomorrow for a meal, my favourite thing is having us all together.

I'll start with a little wedding card Ive made for Laura's friends who are due to get married in Florida shortly.

Next is the dogs on their walk on Tuesday playing ball!

This is Steves first entry into an art competition in his painting mag!

This is us just as we went out last night for our anniversary meal! Yes, Steve had been in the sun far too much this week, he looks like a lobster!

And finally, a card Ive made using the Sketchy Colours Challenge this week of pinky, white & gold. I have to say it is a colour combo I had never ever tried before as I always team pink with silver!

Ive used my new SU stamp to make the background, the border punch on the pink paper and a couple of the little dew drops to accent!

Thanks for calling in and I hope you enjoy a snapshot of my week!

Have a super weekend everyone and take care!

Keryn x

Ive been a very lucky lady!

2011-08-10T18:05:00.000+01:00

Hello all,

I wasnt planning on joining in with the Woyww as nothing is drastically different on my desk today until ding dong. No, is wasnt Avon it was the delivery man with a super package from abroad. Have a peep!

This is the bundle of goodies I received today from my American friend Vickie! I am so lucky especially considering when I sent over a package for her with something that she couldn't buy in the States yet loved, it had to go by pigeon post (aka surface mail!) and it took about 5wks to reach her - only getting there just this week!

And do you know what I sent? Teabags and Jaffa Cakes!

I feel so awful now as firstly, I didn't do it for anything back and look at all of the gorgeous stuff she has sent me. I will make it up to her that's for sure!

Thank You Vickie!

The only thing I own by Stampin' Up prior to today was the beautiful buttons that I won and now amongst other delicious stuff Ive got 2 gorgeous sets of stamps and I can really see why they are so popular, the quality is phenomenal.

Thanks for calling in and enjoy the rest of your week!

Keryn x

Fizzy Moon

2011-08-08T09:23:00.002+01:00

Morning!

I hope everyone's had a super weekend, I was busy with lots of cards and crocheting! I really enjoyed it and it kept me quiet!

Steve's got the next weekend as holiday so we are looking forward to a few days a little different to the norm! I hope the weather holds!

Right, here's my card for him for our anniversary later this week.

Last week I stamped up a couple of this cute Fizzy Moon bear and for this one I wanted to keep it quite masculine so decided upon a plain black and white scheme. The script paper is by Pink Petticoat - French Script along with a scrap of the stripey black & white that I found in my black wallet of scraps so Ive no idea what it is!

Id like to enter this into the following challenges:

The Saturday Challenge - Black & White

Sketch Saturday - the super sketch

For those that saw my Woyww desk here is a photo of the finished card!

Isnt he just so cute?!

Thanks for calling in, hope to get back for more blogging at some point this week.

Keryn x

Delicious Doodles DT Call

2011-08-07T10:54:00.000+01:00

Delicious Doodles

DT CALL

We are seeking FOUR new members to join our wee gang here at Delicious Doodles.

Do you love Delicious Doodles images?

Are you interested in joining our Team?

Are you confident using Digital Images?

Do you have an active blog?

Can you contribute to our Challenge Blog every other week with a project (not necessarily a card) and take turns in hosting a Challenge?

If the answer to all these questions is a 'YES' then apply now!!

All you have to do to apply for the DT posts, is make a new project reflecting your preferred style and personality, and post about it on your blog. Then add your post link to our Blue Froggy on the post here for us to come visit you, couldn't be simpler!

(If you want to combine it with challenges at the same time, that's fine by us)

What do you get out of it?

You get to play with any Delicious Doodles image you want!

You also get to play with new images before they are released into the store!!

You get to be part of a lovely easy-going Team, no stress or pressure allowed!!

This DT Call will be open through our summer break, and will end on Friday 19th August at noon UK time,

so be sure to get your application in before then folks!

Successful applicants will be informed as soon as possible after that so we can get you on board and ready for the new challenges in September.

What are you waiting for folks! Off you go, get creative!

Good luck to all of you!

Teri and the girls on the DD Team

xxxx

50 years together!

2011-08-06T18:02:00.000+01:00

Hello,

Ive been asked to make a special card for a special couple who are celebrating their Golden Wedding anniversary so my usual came out to play again! Pink Petticoat's Little Swirls in Sand and Lord Tim Holt's Tattered Florals with a little sprinkling or three of golden seed beads too!

Have I ever mentioned that I do love Easel cards! Honest, I do!

I think they make a simple card look extra special!

And a matching box does the trick also I hope! (I have made another bloom for the top of the box but it wasnt dry when I took the photo so it's not on it yet!)

A number of weeks back I was thinking that Id soon be parting with my dies and then Laura and I cleared and cleaned this craft room and I lost 2 of my Bigz dies, the Tattered Florals above and a new flower die so knowing I had this to make I had to go and buy another! Grrr! That'll teach me!

I made these 2 little A6 cards with the leftovers; a bit like a Mondays Cottage Pie after the Sunday Roast!

Id like to enter this into the following challenge:

Papertake Weekly - anything Goes - with metal

Right, Im off to make more mess at my desk!

Enjoy your weekend everyone and thanks for calling in!

Keryn x

WOYWW 3.8

2011-08-03T10:51:00.000+01:00

Morning!

Im playing along with the great WoywW again, its been soooo long and I think I dropped by the wayside as I was deterred because I couldnt comment on everyone's blog but Im just gonna get a grip and do what I can!

Here's my desk today:

I'm trying to make a nice card suitable for my clever girl and I've used my one and only Fizzy Moon stamp - have to own up, I did buy it specially for this occasion though! I'm going green and sand with the colours and maybe that's slowing me up too as maybe they aren't her usual colours!

For anyone wishing to play along then pop over to visit Julia and add your link. You'll be amazed at the various ports of call you will make, it really does make the world a lot smaller!

Thanks for calling in!

Keryn x

Catch up!

2011-08-02T10:14:00.001+01:00

Morning!

Long post warning!

Firstly, just to say that my very clever little girl has passed all of her exams and is now a qualified public and private sector Accountant! I am soooo proud I could burst!

We were at a family wedding on Friday - the day she found out the results - and here's a snap of us.

Heifer alert! Ooh how I hate seeing myself!!

Anyway, here's a photo of my beautiful niece on her special day too.

and the lovely soft buttercup colour scheme was just gorgeous!

Im also late with my Christmas Card Club submission so here it is too.

This used a new digi from Cuddly Buddly which I just fell in love with! The challenge this fortnight was set by Sally and we had to use a 'Santa' figure and the hardest thing was deciding which one to use! If you hop over and see some of the other girls (links are on my sidebar) you will see what they made too.

I hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful summer sunshine and long may it continue - even though we are now due rain for the remainder of the week?! Hopefully it will just be showers though and better still, not actually reach Southampton!

Catch you all soon, thanks for calling in.

Keryn xx

Mum in lilac

2011-07-20T18:12:00.000+01:00

Hello back again, this time with a card Ive made for my youngest to give to her MIL. She chose the image so apologies for bringing it out of the cupboard again but it is a beauty I think!

Ive used Pink Petticoats washed out and Grandmothers wallpaper both in lilac and the sketch is today's mini challenge over at Bugaboo. Well my version of it, just a tiny tweak! Hope you like it!

Now Ive seen it up here, Im going to add the big Tim Holtz bloom in the top left hand corner as its looking a tad bare to me! Firstly, I need to find that die! Aaaaargh!

Keryn x

Oh Bugaboo! Better late than never?!

2011-07-20T10:59:00.000+01:00

Good morning campers!

Its another perfect British Summer's day here, grey, cloudy with showers :(

Meanwhile over at Bugaboo it's Christmas in July all week long and Im hoping that the time difference between here and Bugaboo HQ in Canada will allow this to count as yesterdays entry?!

This is Xmas Tree Ruby and she is just great! Ruby is a family name so I am particularly soft for her! I used up a sheet of embossed card leftover from last year layered with some silver mirri card, a sentiment, a flower and Voila!

Im going to try to join in with there week long of activities, come and play too!

Keryn x

WAM - What A Mess!

2011-07-19T10:04:00.000+01:00

Morning,

Dont worry no material content referring to any newspaper here folks! Im bored stiff of it all to be honest!

As promised here is the before shot

eeek, what a blinking mess you cry!

Indeed! BUT, in my defence it was the dogs' fault!! lol!

The double bed, as you can see is virtually clear as that is where the dog beds are and they sleep there all the time I am in here so it just had to go on the floor! This is the stuff that was cleared out of the conservatory (my first location for the craft room) a couple of months back when we gutted there. My youngest came to stay/organise/help me at the weekend and we spent a lot of time and money in Ikea! We were just about to be awarded their regular visitor trophy too!

Anyway, after a big trip to the tip and some assembly this is how it now looks.

aaaah, that's much better!

The bit of white on the right of the shot is another 4 cubed storage unit and that has my sewing machine and associated 'stuff' in it.

Having a big list of cards to make I fear that it will be an ongoing task to finish off but at least the floor is clear but I have to be honest, the bed has lots of craft stock that needs sorting through too! Its never ending I fear!

Keryn x

My CCC card

2011-07-18T14:15:00.001+01:00

Hello,

Managed to clear enough space on my desk to get my card up. I will show a couple of photos to explain my absence tomorrow.

Here's the card Ive made using Pinky's choice of 'Use a Teddy' so I chose an old digi that Ive had for a couple of years from Cuddly Buddly. Ive also used up some soft blue snowflake papers that were printed off last year too by Pink Petticoat, a little seam binding and a few Martha Stewart Snowflake die cuts!

If you'd also like to get a head with a few xmas cards and would like to join us at the Christmas Card Club just click on any of us listed on my sidebar!

Id like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Emma Christmas

Sketch & Stash followed sketch and old stash is digi as described above

Digi Stamp 4 Joy Christmas in July

Catch the Bug Non trad Christmas colours

Simply Create Christmas Time

Creative Inspirations Xmas in July

Hope to see you tomorrow, thanks for your visit!

Keryn x

Sunshine Wedding

2011-07-13T15:02:00.014+01:00

Hello,

Im back with a wedding card that Ive made for my niece's wedding on the 29th (30yrs to the day from Charles and Princess Di's wedding, cant believe where that time has gone!?!). It's the first time that Ive ever seen a yellow colour theme for a wedding and it's been a lovely change but I am all yellowed out now especially as Ive made the Guest Book and box too all in sunshine yellow! I want to make a pink one now just for a change!!

Ive had the Hero Arts stamp set for years and its been very neglected by me which is naughty so I must try harder to use some of my old stamps that are usually hidden in drawers!

I hope I can get away with the silver tone heart charm even though the accent is gold, I just havent seen many gold coloured charms around.

Right, must finish the decoration on the top of the box, will show it when its all finished! Have a super week ladies!

Keryn x

Make my Monday

2011-07-11T12:20:00.000+01:00

Hello,

I stumbled across a new challenge blog this morning called Make My Monday and I think it has a monthly theme running through it and then each week an addition is added to change the mix slightly - well, thats if Ive got it right?!

This month's theme is Vintage and this week is added 'embossing' to it. Here's my card:

The bp is Pink Petticoat's Doodle Dots in Mocha, Ive used a CB snowflake embossing folder, the main image is an Inkadinkadoo bargain from Ebay and the leaves were images from a freebie acrylic stamp set in a craft mag last year. I stamped it in Frayed Burlap DI and finished with a quick whiz with the sewing machine!

It's really beautiful here in Southampton but it's not due to last more than a day or so :( Well, it is the British Summer after all!

Thanks for your visit,

Keryn x

My Christmas in July

2011-07-05T12:22:00.001+01:00

Hello,

I had a fairly productive day yesterday making xmas cards! Ive no idea where that came from, it must have been my xmas in July moment! Anyway, here's one of the cards I made using the great sketch over at Sketch & Stash Challenge and I used my brand new Penny Black stamp that I got from Handy Hippo last week.

The old stash was the bp that were already printed and lying around in my Xmas box! I think this tree will be making a frequent appearance as I really love how it's come out.

Id also like to enter this card into the following challenge:
Papertake Weekly Challenge

Thanks for your visit!

Keryn x

Can anyone help please, since the mega mess up with Blogger a few months back I have not been able to link to anything. As you will see my codes are just showing and not actually linking, have I gone mad and the codes are wrong or is there something else that Im doing wrong?? Id really appreciate any advice I can get!
THANK YOU to everyone for your help with this! I worked through the list of suggestions with no joy and when I got to Clares; hers worked! YAY! I love you Clare Bear - thanks so much! The 'Link' button is completely new to me, Id been doing all of the donkey work myself. And, yes, Chrome is the best for blogging and I have to say I couldnt recommend it highly enough as Ive been with it a couple of years now :)

CCC & Pink Gem freebie

2011-07-03T21:36:00.001+01:00

Hello,

Back with another early xmas card! They are very slowly mounting up which is great and Im sure I will be even more thankful come the time!

This fortnight was Lizzies choice and she requested us to not use any backing papers! I really enjoyed this task and here's one of my cards.

This cute chap is Winter Philip and he is a freebie from Janet over at
<a href="http://pinkgem-janet.blogspot.com">Pink Gem</a>. Isnt he cute! It was a simple choice for me to emboss and with a couple of die cuts I was done!

If you fancy joining in with our club to make a coupleof xmas cards every fortnight then please contact any one of us as listed on my sidebar, we'd love for you to join in!

Hope to be back tomorrow,

Keryn x

ETA: can anyone suggest anything to help me, I havent been able to create a link for months and months now and I cant see what Im doing wrong! Its driving me batty!

Bling on the Flourish!

2011-07-01T11:42:00.001+01:00

Morning!

It's quite an odd DT day for me as it is our last challenge this week before our Summer break. My weeks wont feel the same for a couple of months so I thought Id show my card and rally some support from everyone to see if we can get a really big entry this week! The prizes are super and include some of Teri's images plus a super selection of beautiful flourishes from our sponsor so please see if you can come and join me this week.

I'll be honest, I do sometimes use a flourish to finish off a card but this week as I was trying to make the flourish a bit more of a prominent player, I fiddled for a long while before I finished upon this design. No doubt next time I wont stress over the flourish so much and will make a card that knocks the spots off this one?! Cardmaking gets like this at times for me!

I feel much happier with this card now that I have cut up the flourish! I made the background and used a couple of paired seahorses from Teri and was quite disappointed when I googled them to see what colour they were. I thought they'd be a beautiful turquoise and instead they were this sort of ochre colour!

Steves put his back out yet again yesterday so Ive not idea how this weekend will pan out but if it sorts quickly then I hope to be back with some more shares. Have a lovely weekend and thanks for calling in!

Keryn x

CCC set by Claire

2011-06-19T20:13:00.000+01:00

Hello!

Can't believe it's been a week since I was last here, it's been a bit of a manic week here with DD2 celebrating her birthday and then we had a few days thinking she was going to be booking her wedding for 12weeks time! Aaaargh! It's all calm again now though as she's decided to settle with her original plan of next September so I can breathe again and eat again!! The mega fast is on hold too!

Anyway here is my card that Ive made using Claires request for red, white & green and a Reindeer. Ive used a stamp that I can't find the cover for so cant tell you who made it, if you know please just shout and I will amend this. I used an Anita's sentiment with a red ribbon bow to fix and scraps of last years xmas remnants for paper/card.

If you fancy making a xmas card every fortnight getting ready for xmas then please contact any of us in the Christmas Card Club on my sidebar.

The new challenge is being set by Lizzie so pop on over to see what it is!

Thanks for popping in and I hope you have a lovely week.

Keryn x

Father's Day DT

2011-06-11T11:31:00.000+01:00

Hello,

What a busy week it's been, Im so glad to have a day of crafting ahead of me as Ive still not had a play with the Silhouette yet!

Right, firstly here's a card I made for Father's Day which is this weeks challenge over at Delicious Doodles. The sponsor this week is Crafts 4 Eternity and Ive used one of Michele's images for this card.

Isn't he cute?!

And this is a card Ive made using the gorgeous Stampendous stamp and in pistachio using papers by Pink Petticoat, the swirl is by Sizzix.

Hope you have a lovely weekend

Keryn x

DT - Texture

2011-06-07T15:43:00.001+01:00

Hello!

Im all excited! Ive lost my first half a stone at Slimming World (~~only 19 more to go!!~~ 190lbs that is!!) and Im really enjoying it too - never ever thought Id say that about a diet but my head must be in the right place for once! Secondly because Ive just received my Craft Robo-Silhouette!!! toot toot! Im so thrilled as Ive wanted one for a couple of years now and when I saw it on C&C at the weekend and on 4 easy pays I couldn't resist! It's still in its box as Ive got to finish some cards first and then I cant wait to have a play!!

I may be gone for some time!!

I'm going to be getting rid of all of my dies on Ebay now so shout if there's anything that you fancy!

Here's my DT card using Texture as the current challenge. Ive used Teri's New York skyline and some EF which I inked up then wound some thin wire around. I wanted to keep it pared back. Hope you like it and if you'd liek to join in with this weeks challenge then hop on over, we'd all love to see you!

Before I go, Id just like to share a card I made using a water colour image that Steve painted for me.

I love him, what do you think?

Keryn x

Pastel Penguin with a bow

2011-06-05T19:41:00.000+01:00

Hello ladies!

Just popped on to showcase my card for the current challenge which was set by Carol. When I first saw it I thought Id never manage it but once I found the right image I was off, thanks Carol I really enjoyed it!

The image is by Pollycraft and since taking the photo Ive added a glitter glue border to the turquoise Bazzil and Im chuffed as Ive used up scraps again!

Im not sure who is due to set the next challenge as Ive lost the list so Im hoping to catch up with the other ladies in the Christmas Club for the answer!

If anyone would love to join in by making a xmas card every fortnight then just shout to any one of us listed on my sidebar.

Keryn x

New Stamp

2011-05-29T11:57:00.003+01:00

Morning,

Just wanted to come on and show you what I made last night. You know from time to time you read on blogs how good such and such was for sending orders etc etc and sometimes I have to admit I am sceptical as some of the blogs I follow are funded by suppliers due to their super high volume of readers. Well this time I can 100% vouch for the fact that Crafty Emma Store is amazing!

I noticed on her blog that she had a sale so I wondered over and had a little peek and found, amongst a few other things, this beautiful stamp by CraftHouse Press (a UK company) and imagine my surprise when the order arrived the very next morning! Wow! That is amazing service Emma, thanks so much!
ETA: The shoe stamp is still on sale £3.49!

It's called Shoes and I think it's really lovely and I hope you like what Ive done with it. I used some pearlised card that Ive had for years and the bloom was made from some sale bargain a long while ago too - I always knew it would come in handy!!

So, if you want to experience 1st class service for a change then I can personally recommend a visit to Emma's Store!

And talking of deliveries I received a largish package yesterday that looked like 12" papers. I never order 12" as I just can't bring myself to cut into them usually so I was really struggling to understand what it could be. I'd won a draw in Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine and got a fab new set by Basic Grey with accessories! Lucky me!

Hope you enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend!

Keryn x

ps. I can't get a link to Emma to work yet but I'll add it to my sidebar.

Little touch of lace

2011-05-27T15:41:00.000+01:00

Hello,

Here's my card for this week's challenge at Delicious Doodles which is to use lace. I had to go and buy some specially as Im not really a lace girl so I hope this counts as lace!

This is Teri's latest image and is now available in the shop (link on sidebar) and it's called 'Floral Watering Can' and Ive coloured it with PM's and Copic. All of the paper and card is from my huge supply of scraps as I am making a concerted effort to reduce that pile before using any news ones!

Hope you have a lovely weekend,

Keryn x

CC Catch Up

2011-05-24T11:43:00.000+01:00

Hello,

I am so far behind with the challenge cards for the Christmas Club I thought Id better get a jiggy on!

This is the challenge I set many weeks back and I chose to use Penguin, Red & Stitching for this card. Ive used Teri's 'Penguin with present' from Delicious Doodles and the bp is from Pink Petticoat.

I think Ive got another 3 to catch up on which were set by Sylvie, Margaret and Carol! If you'd like to join in and get a few xmas cards made in preparation for this year then why not! Its just a group of girls who make one card each fortnight and they are all listed on my sidebar (I may need to update it so apologies if anyone is missing today) so just contact one of us to find out more.

Keryn x

Vintage sewing

2011-05-19T11:22:00.000+01:00

Hello,

Back in the land of blog and here's a card Ive made for my ex MIL from my eldest. She asked for elderly and floral but knowing Joy as I do I know how she used to love to make everything she could so I managed to use an image that Ive had for a few years from Free Graphics Fairy.

Ive used BG 'Skate Shoppe' papers and I photocopied my tape measure and coloured it with DI.

I'll leave you with a snap from Easter of DD1 with her Chester who was quite jealous he couldnt get in with her!

Hope to see you again soon

Keryn x

Bagelopes R Us!

2011-04-21T11:26:00.001+01:00

Hello,

Im totally addicted to Bagelopes! Beware bagelope overload!

I found lots of inspiring tuts on Split Coast Stampers (that is one amazing site isnt it!) and decided to try one of these.

These are my first attempts and the envelopes were cheap thin ones so I didnt close them with a ribbon but with a funky paper clip. I went to town yesterday and came home with more envelopes of a better quality and lots more bright paperclips. They are so quick to make and so so easy, if you fancy trying something a bit different why not hop on over and find one that you fancy!

Keryn x

Yummy chocolate nest eggs!

2011-04-19T12:10:00.001+01:00

Hello,

I dont want to see another pair of linen trousers for at least a year! Ive just finished taking up 9 prs for my sil, ENOUGH now!!

As ~~promised~~ threatened back again today with another Easter card, this one is for hubby and he's been given it now so I can show it.

Forever Friends bargain decoupage again and using up my Funky Hand rainbow dotty papers. Love to know what you think about the sentiment frame, it just came out of nowhere and thought it looked a it different, now I just need to figure if it's in a good or bad way!?

Enjoy your day!

Keryn x

Forever Friends Easter

2011-04-17T14:23:00.002+01:00

Hello,

Ive got a definite problem with Mr Blogger so until I can come back to change the fonts etc please excuse!

I love The Range as you will know so a couple of weeks back when I saw a set of Forever Friends Easter decoupage for just £1 it just jumped into my basket! Ive made all of my family an Easter card and Ive just finished off with a card each for my girls and hubby.

The fab papers are from Funky Hand, the dotty ones are a recent release and go perfectly with the stripey one that is currently a freebie.

Id like to enter this card into:

Get Funky Stripes and spots
Simon Says Challenge For a Child
Creatalicious Challenge Easter with pink, blue, green & yellow
Secret Crafter Stitching
Totally Stampalicious Anything Goes

Back later with a final few Easter cards!

Keryn x

DIY cards

2011-04-16T09:51:00.001+01:00

Morning!

Does anyone else end up making their own cards? My eldest always gets really upset when she has to buy a card for me and does her best to get me to make cards that she can give me! I used to refuse but over the years Ive gradually given in on some occasions and Easter is one of those;

I was asked to make 2 cards suitable for parents!

So I made 2 fairly similar cards with this freebie image from Bugaboo. Ive layered the front couple of eggs for a bit of extra dimension and finished them off with my new Bigz bloom by Sizzix.

Well I hope her 'inlaws' like it!

Id like to enter this card into these challenges

Totally Papercrafts Springtime

Papertake Weekly Truly Dimensional
Pollycraft Easter
Die Cut Dreams Easter
Stampin for the Weekend Easter

Keryn x

Stitching up Easter

2011-04-15T10:28:00.000+01:00

Good morning crafters!

Heres my DT card this week where the challenge is to use stitching, real or faux it doesnt matter. Ive used this as another opportunity to slip in another Easter card. This card is now winging its way to one of my sisters who is religious so hopefully she will like it.

Keryn x

Welcome Max

2011-04-14T11:47:00.001+01:00

Hi,

When asked to make a welcome card for a dog I did a double take! Its not exactly your everyday request but then my DD1 isnt exactly ..........!

This card is for a couple who tragically lost their beloved GSD a short while ago due to fits. They have now reserved a tiny little puppy, also a German Shepherd and he's already been named as Max.

Ive used the sketch over at Sketch n Stash and it requests that we detail what weve used that is old from our stash and what is new. For image and the blue card I have had both of them for many months but hadn't used them before now so they are both old and new at the same time. I hope that counts.

Keryn x

Easter set

2011-04-13T12:18:00.000+01:00

Hello!

Back again with a set Ive made for my youngest.

Ive used the gorgeous Dotty Bunny from Bugaboo, it was a Friday Freebie last year. Im sure I used a sketch for inspiration but cant find it anywhere now but thank you anyway! (Dont you just hate it when you do this?!)

Ive used papers by Anne Langpap at 2 P's in a Bucket with Sizzix photo corners and nesties sentiment labels.

They're not exactly small though, 6" squares, I struggle to remember to scale down the images when Im printing them off :/

Keryn x

Baby Makes

2011-04-12T14:56:00.000+01:00

Hello,

Back with a couple more items Ive made for a friend of DD1.

Mega apologies for the photos, I cant wait to get the little photo booth!

I have loads of these papier mache shapes and this is the 1st time Ive done anything other than paint them! I really dont know what Im doing with them! I painted it first in a watered down white acrylic paint then covered it in a variety of baby papers and edged with a matching ink. Ive die cut his name and birth date and added a few little buttons but Im now at a loss as to what to do with it now!! Do they need to be sealed? If so, with what? Ive scoured the internet for many hours but to no avail.

And something that I do know what to do and thats this little hoodie! DD1 is mad for her hoodies so when she saw this pattern it was clear that she would request one of these! Today when I rang to say that theses were ready for her to collect she said she loved the hoodie so much that she may decide to keep it for her own baby. I said that the wool will have disintegrated by the time she has a baby so her friend Beth is lucky, she will be getting this for her little George!

Thanks for your visit!

Keryn x

ps. This post is especially for Chris as I told her ages ago that Ive been busy with baby makes and she wanted to see some!

I got it but dont tell Honey!

2011-04-11T10:21:00.001+01:00

Just when Honey wasn't watching me I snook out of the river and she didnt pinch my ball! Then Mum went and threw it in again!

Poppy x

Tropical Wedding

2011-04-11T09:59:00.000+01:00

Morning crafters!

I saw the current challenge over at Cute Card Thursday 'Totally Tropical' and knew instantly what card I would make!

My youngest daughters favourite colours have always been hot tropical colours and she has been trying to find flowers and dresses etc etc in her favourite shade of coral for 2yrs now for her wedding next year and we are very pleased as the colour is just appearing more and more so fingers crossed she will be having her wedding in her favourite colour!

Meanwhile here is the card I have made.

The sweet image and sentiment is by Stampendous and the papers are scraps and my favourite bit is the new big bloom by Sizzix that I got for Mothers Day!

Here's our Honey watching her Mum go swimming for her ball (shes just grabbed it in her mouth) and it was taken down at the river last week! Honey runs into the water everytime she sees it but is too scared to swim instead she just waits for Poppy to reappear and then snatches the ball from her and runs off!

Keryn x

Christmas Card Club 10.04

2011-04-10T13:01:00.000+01:00

Hello,

The last fortnight has just flown by, its been so special having spent such a lot of time with my 2 girls on both weekends and what with the weather well, its just been perfect.

Our CCC is growing so well and its been lovely having new faces join in with the fun each time. The last challenge was set by the lovely Sally and she chose a super sketch and this is what I did with it:

As I only used the small tall cards I thought Id better do 2, I used the fun image by Bugaboo and used up some scraps from last years xmas papers. I tried to vary the look slightly which was interesting as there really isnt much room on these little cards anyway!

Right, below is what Id like to set as my challenge for this fortnight.

Id like you to choose one from each column and make a Christmas card using the 3 factors that you select. Just 1 from each column! Hope you like it and if you'd like to get a couple of xmas cards ready for this year then why not show us your makes on Sunday 24th April - Easter Sunday. We'd all love to see what you come up with. The CCC crew is listed on my sidebar, just click and go and see what they have made also!

Have a super day,

Keryn x

Easter Ribbons DT

2011-04-08T10:54:00.005+01:00

Morning!

We trotted off to Lee on Solent yesterday with the dogs and I am officially now married to a belisha beacon! Poor soul has the face of a beetroot and even though I was sat right by the side of him throughout, I am still as white as I was the day before. We are surprised as it was warm and sunny but we never imagined it was hot enough to get burned!

Am I just getting old or is it normal for every teenage girl to strip to her shorts and bikini top in April at the first glimpse of the sun?!

Anyway here is this weeks DT card using ribbons by Crafty Ribbon. As you will see I was still on my 'white' phase and love the warm soft colours that remind me of Easter. Hop on over if you'd also like to join in this week with your Easter makes to Delicious Doodles as we'd love to see you.
I would like to enter this card into:

ABC Challenge R - Ribbon
Simon Says Challenge Easter or Spring Colours

Creative Inspirations Punches/dies

Enjoy the beautiful sunshine everyone!

Keryn x

Sailing boat

2011-04-07T10:02:00.000+01:00

Good morning bloggers!

Ive been told off for not blogging so here's something thats been keeping me quiet! My little great nephew - the only one to carry on our family name! - is soon to be 4 so I used this fab image by Lily of the Valley 'Sailing Boat' I was unsure if this image would fit in the nestie so my super friend Claire kindly sent me this one to have a test before I buy it, thank you Claire!

For this card I followed this months sketch over at Kathys Waffle Sketch which I loved. I used Pink Petticoat papers a comp/gen sentiment, a button and a single card candy. It was quite hard not overcrowding the card but Im getting used to it!

Have a super day, will be back soon with some more shares.

Keryn x

A quick share for Easter

2011-03-30T12:59:00.002+01:00

Hello,

Ive been going Easter crazy here for a few days, here's a couple I wanted to share.

A cute one and a floral one for today both made using Teri's images from the Delicious Doodles shop. If like me youve used flowers on your cards then why not come over to the Challenge blog and join in with our current challenge of flowers?

I would like to enter my top card into this weeks Friday Sketchers, I used their sketch on my card.

Hope the rain moves on asap as the sunshine is very sorely missed!

Keryn x

My new ribbon storage

2011-03-29T16:51:00.000+01:00

Ive been a busy bee today!

Makes a nice change I hear you shout!

This is what my ribbons looked like earlier, I hasten to add, this was just the loose cut ribbons, not the reeled ones as Id already done those a few weeks back.

I used scrap card and cut squares of 7cm then punched a half circle from 2 of opposing sides and began to wind the ribbon. Finished off with a little rubber band, an A4 storage box and this was the result!

Keryn x

Going round the twist

2011-03-28T13:08:00.001+01:00

Hello,

Here's a card Ive made with a couple of challenges in mind. The first challenge is having technical problems loading but the sketch I found on one of their DT's. Here's the sketch

It reminded me of the fancy decoupage that was all the craze last year.

Here's my card

My friend Claire is the designer of this fab doodle and I think he looks such a striking chap in his monochrome coat!

Id like to enter this into these challenges

Sunday Sketch & Stamp (try back later if you want to join in too)

Bugaboo

Keryn x

Christmas Club using Pinky's sketch

2011-03-27T12:41:00.000+01:00

Thanks Pinky for your sketch I really enjoyed playing with it.

I dont know about you but in my xmas boxes Ive always got loads of surplus toppers so I thought Id try to use them up.

These are little A6 cards and were oh so simple and quick to make. The first card used a Kanban topper that I backed onto black card, I used my new bargain MS xmas lights punch and added a little peel off sentiment.

This one I kept in the monochrome theme and the stamped image is one from 2 xmas's back! I really love my new BP and for this one I punched 1 in black and 1 in silver mirri card then snipped and glued, I loved it and can see I will really be using this punch alot for this xmas!

Our new challenge has been set by the lovely Sally and she has chosen this sketch

If you fancy getting a few early Christmas cards made then why not come and join us? All you will need to do is to make a xmas card using this sketch as inspiration then post it on your blog and let us know!

The whole CC gang are listed on my sidebar.

You may wish to make a card as and when you choose or if you fancy joining us to make one every fortnight then why not contact one of us and you will be able to set a challenge through the year.

Keryn x

Gardening Bea for Jules

2011-03-26T13:02:00.000Z

psst, the weather wasnt meant to be very good today here but its gorgeous! Cant shout incase it realises and shoots off!

Here is Gardening Beau and isnt she a little beauty! Perhaps the colours are more for an autumnal card, I should have thought of that more, oops :(

The kraft type card is by Pink Petticoat and the pp is by Bearly mine. The big bloom is Water Lily by MS - which was a swap with Clare x

Happy Birthday Jules (always with a heart Jules)!

Thanks for calling by

Keryn x

Helebore

2011-03-25T12:22:00.001Z

Hello,

Oh its been a really lovely week here in the UK, Spring is very much on her way! Its going to be even better from Sunday when the clocks go forward, at least this year it isn't going forward on Mother's Day!

Here is my card for this weeks challenge over at Delicious Doodles Challenge the theme is 'floral'. Ive had this image a little while but hadn't used it prior to this as (and Annie please forgive me!) I didn't know what colours they were! I did a quick Google and found lots of beautiful images. The one that caught my eye the most was a water-coloured image. So I hoiked out my paints (brand new and untouched by human hand) and had a go at watercolouring.

Have to say it was so easy because Teri has done all of the shading so I just had to add a few light washes. I think Im going to keep the paints out this weekend and have another play as it was quite addictive!

Hope you like the card and if you'd like to join in too, make a floral card and come and play!

Keryn x

Ever had one of those days.....

2011-03-23T14:34:00.000Z

when you need a smile? Me too!

I know most of you have seen this couple before but I felt the need to have a smile. Ive got little Honey wimpering all over the place - shes been speyed but clearly it would have been her season as she's trying to huddle into every little nook and cranny she can find or create!

Plus, its Budget day, oh blimey well if that isnt reason enough to need a smile I dont know what is!

Gus and Stella from Bugaboo - link on the side, mocha papers by Pink Petticoat.

To be honest I think the fact that I couldnt find my new glasses for 36hrs then Steve found them on his bedside cabinet.........and before you ask, no it wasnt me, that probably hasnt helped!

Talking of him, have a peep at his latest painting on the right too, he's really loving his pet portraits at the moment but the next one will be a stonker! Its poppies in close up!

Keryn x

Flower Pot Card

2011-03-22T10:31:00.015Z

Morning!

I had a very busy weekend one way or another, I spent a lot of time researching an innocent looking card as seen on the fab San's blog (now if you look at this card you will have to close my blog as my version is very very amateur!). I found utube videos and saw lots of written instructions and by that time felt compelled to give it a go!

Remember yesterday I said Steve took 2 cards for a colleague's sons...well this is for the younger son to give his Mum so please bear that in mind!

For a 1st attempt I suppose Im fairly happy but next time I will use larger flowers! Plus, after all of this I realise the 'card' cant even stand up alone! I played with a couple of bits of card to try to make a stand behind it but I soon gave up! So if anyone knows a way round this please shout!

Keryn x

Hero Arts Clings

2011-03-21T10:31:00.000Z

Hello,

I hope youve all had a lovely weekend, Ive been busy with cards and also managed to finish some baby makes that Ive knitted so Im happy.

I am smitten with this new stamp! I promise not to show it every day though! I saw this last week on a blog by way of another 2 blogs and I just HAD to have it! You know how it is, I was completely unable to restrain myself and if anyone else is interested it is Hero Arts Clings 'Large Blossom' and its best price (incl p&p) is at The Glitterpot!

Its stamped in Versamark clear and then embossed in white then the fun begins! I made 6 yesterday and tried a different way of colouring them for research obviously! This was inked with teardrop Colourbox chalk inks and the surplus rubbed off the white with a tissue. I had a lovely time!

I made a couple of cards for a colleague of Steve to give his sons for Mother's Day, this is the card from the older of the boys so I hope he likes it! More so, I hope Mum likes it!

Thanks for calling in today

Keryn x

Yorkshire Air Ambulance Appeal

2011-03-19T12:48:00.002Z

Hello,

Ive come on to ask if anyone could spare £2 to help keep the vital service of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Crafty Emma has pledged to raise £1000 towards this service following the sad loss of her much loved Dad despite the valiant attempts of the air crew.

She is having a push towards the final stages of her target and as such she has some totally amazing candy up for grabs for the princely sum of a £2 donation. I know we are all feeling the pinch and it is straight after Comic Relief last night but if sometime between now and 1st April you feel that you would like to assist then here are a few suppliers of some of the candy! Take a look!

Thanks for reading,

Keryn x

Stampin' for the Weekend

2011-03-18T13:17:00.000Z

Hello all,

Yesterday we had the most wonderful day with my youngest and her fella and Murphy. It was sooo lovely seeing her in her home with her little family. I dont get many chances to get to her as hubby works weekends and as she's an hours fast drive away its not like I can manage it on my own in just an afternoon.

Anyway am back in my craft pod now and loving it too!

Here's a card Ive made and would like to enter it into the current challenge at

Stampin for the Weekend which is Something for Mum.

Again Ive used Chris Darks beautiful shoe and finished it off with lots of tiny black seed beads. I think Ive shown enough cards with this shoe so really should put it to bed for a while now!

Hope you have a great weekend.

Keryn x