Creative Kids

I took my 9 month old to his first toddler session on Friday and he loved it.  I loved it too!! It gave Daniel space to crawl and climb with Mummy not having to say NO a lot.  He played great with the other babies and toddlers and I got to meet some other Mums with babies of the same age. 

We are definitely going to make it a regular play date it felt like he just had complete freedom and could go where ever he wanted.  Happy baby equals one very happy Mummy.

Now this weeks challenge at Daring Cardmakers is all about creating a card with your child/children or just for a little person.

I made my card for my Nephew for his birthday.  He is a big boy now and is going to school all day.

 

I used papers from Pink Petticoat and made a little rolled paper candle.

 

I also used my favourite die of the moment my Stampin Up Star framelits.  I just love it so much and its so versatile for all occasions.  I then added a little wooden 5 to make his card extra special.

Hope you can stop by the Design Team blogs for more lovely inspiration.

Fashion Week

Its fashion week over at Daring Cardmakers. Leo our lovely host asks this week that we include an outfit on our cards as it was New York Fashion Week last week and London Fashion Week this week.

This was a real challenge for me as I had no fashion stamps or stamps of people wearing clothes.  So I attempted an origami dress.  I found loads of great tutorials on the internet but used a video tutorial from Utube.

 

The papers I used are from Do Crafts from the Spring Bellissima collection and also the little resin flower.  The sentiment is download and printed out from My Time Made Easy.

 

I have then added a little bit of lace to the bottom of the dress and also to the collar.

 

Don't forget to stop by the Design Team Blogs for more lovely inspiration.

Water colours

Today is a very special day. Its my Birthday!! But the best part of it is that I share it with my gorgeous little nephew who is 5 today. 

Hopefully today my husband and I are going to go shopping and I am dragging him kicking and screaming to my local craft shop.

I am a little late with this post but its water colour week over at Daring Cardmakers.  Sharon our lovely host would like to see water colours on your cards. 

I found this a bit of a challenge as I am not really into inks, sprays etc... But I did have some twinkling H2O's so I had a go at creating a back ground using them.

 

I used three different colours and made a wash effect background.

 

I then used the set of stamps called Annabelle Stamps called gifted swirls.  Unfortunately Annabelle stamps are no longer trading but you can check out the blog HERE for inspiration.  I made my card clean and simple and of course its for Christmas!!!

 

Don't forget to stop by the design team blogs at Daring Cardmakers for more inspiration.

September Elemental Inspiration

School started on Tuesday for us here in France after a long but fun summer holiday.  My daughter has gone into big school and is all grown up.  Where has the last four years gone.  She started nursery looking so little.  I can't believe the change makes me feel very proud but a little sad at the same time that she isn't my baby anymore.

With school starting that must mean one thing autumn is just around the corner.  Love this time of year when the leaves on the trees start to change and the mornings become crisp and cool. So with this in mind I move onto the challenge this week at Daring Cardmakers.  Its September, the start of the month so its Elemental Inspiration time. 

Check out the lovely picture for inspiration and remember to pick at least three elements.

 

I have used the Colours, Leaves, Tree and I thought the corrugated card looks like the pattern in the baskets.

 

 

The papers I have used are from My Time Made Easy and the image is from Pink Petticoat.

 

Don't forget to stop by the Design Team Blogs for more inspiration!

 

Have a great weekend!

 

 

 

 

Feeling Fruity

Just recently my daughter and I have been picking brambles.  There are loads of bushes near where we live and it makes a good walk out in the fresh air.  So we have been making and eating bramble crumble, yummy!!

So with fruit in mind its time for this weeks challenge at Daring Cardmakers which is all about fruit on your cards and its the lovely Jo's turn to host.  Jo asks that this week we feature fruit on our creations.

Here is mine.

 

I used strawberries.  The little receipt set came from Printable Heaven which you can find HERE.  The papers I have used are from a set available by Docrafts which is part of the Bellissima collection.

I am not sure if you can tell from the photo but the little die cut cake dome was made from a little piece of plastic to look like glass.  The die cuts are from the Tea Party set by XCut.

Hope you can stop by to play and don't forget to check out the Design Team blogs for more fruity inspiration.

Blog Hop

Hello Ruby Rock-It and Daring Cardmakers Fans!  

We are so excited to be teaming up with this fabulous group of crafters!

We have a fun blog hop that we are kicking off today!!

Yes, that’s right, you can sit, relax, and hop through the blogs of our Creative Team members as we show you what we have been creating!

Here’s your blog hop order…

Kathy

Erin

Lythan

Pattie

Jo

Christine

Nat

Alicia

Leo

Beck

Sharon

Teresa Horner

Miri

Jenifer

Beckie

Teresa Abajo

Svenja

Shannon

Dawn

Ruby Rock-It

Here’s the details:  Enjoy the hop and leave a comment for each of our fabulous designers along the way, and be sure to leave one on your last stop the Ruby Rock-It blog!  For those that follow until the end leaving your sweet sentiments along the way, will be entered to win a fabulous prize from us!  We will announce our winner the first week of September!

 

It's time now to head on over to RUBY ROCK-IT'S blog

Enjoy the hop!

Lets here it for the boys.

Only one more week until the summer holidays finish and the new term begins.  My little girl is about to go to big school so feeling a bit proud of her at the moment.  She has grown up way to fast.

 

I can't believe how quickly each week comes around and here we are with another dare at Daring Cardmakers.

 

This week is all about the boys/men in our lives and its Lythans turn to host this weeks dare and as its her Dads birthday she would like to see men's cards.

 

Here is mine.

 

 

I have used more gorgeous downloads from Pink Petticoat.  I always find men's cards the hardest.  So kept this nice and clean and no fluff, I do love my embellishments.

 

Hope you can stop by the design team blogs for more inspiration and have a great weekend.