Oh Bugaboo! Better late than never?!

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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