Cute card Thursday meets Simon says Stamp

Hello there the weather has been awful this week not sure what happened there. I am home again today. I have to see my local MP tomorrow about housing so I want to prepare for that and I have to meet my daughters primary school teacher this evening so will have less time to prepare. My daughters nursery teacher told me she is not coming back until next term and finishes tomorrow as she has time owing. I have made her card but had to dash to Tesco to buy some candles to alter, so I have a present for her.
Anyway I have made this card for the Cute card thursday challenge, my son's teacher who leaves this term. I made the blackboard using black card and corkboard and some white gelly pen. I paperpieced The greeting farm stamp which makes it eligable for the simon says stamp challenge too.

Fresh Farm Friday - Sketch

Hello back again...he he. Just got back from a childrens party and managed to finish this card for Fresh Farm Friday the challenge this week is a sketch.
I used Rockstar Anya. I used stickles for the three notes. The drum, sentiment, microphone and the row of notes are from Simon Says stamp. I kept the colour scheme monotone as I think that gives it a bit of drama.

Fresh Farm Friday - The Greeting Farm challenge 3 stamps.

I have made this card for the Fresh Friday challenge set by The Greeting Farm on a Friday. I love using more than one stamp on a card. As many of you know I love a scene card. I made this one using Hula Anya, bring you sunshine greeting stamp (hope and grace) and I used the flower ,from the hope and grace stamp, as a sun. I hope you like it. I used paper for the sand and sea. I used promarkers to colour in the images. I used a tiny bit of flower soft on her skirt to create a real hawain feel. I used a bunch of lillies to fall over the side of the card like a bush.

The Greeting Farm challenge - No Layers

Well this was a challenge but I am happy with the end result. The challenge over at the Splendid Stamping with the Greeting Farm blog is to create a card using The Greeting Farm stamps but to use no layers. You can use embellishments to create texture and depth but no layers.
I used Mermaid Anya for my card. As you know I have a passion for scenes so I made a scene.
I masked off a square and used my ink pads,bubble wrap and scrunched paper to create water. I stamped my island ( messy rabbit stamps Joanna sheen) I then coloured with promarkers. I also coloured in Mermaid Anya with these. I used stickles to stick on my pebbles (rocks) I then added some pearls and my sentiment which I think is perfect for the scene.

Stamptacular Sunday Card Challenge - One for the boys!

Hello again gosh I have been busy today not posted this many in one day in a long time. We went to the British Museum today having watched "A Night at the Museum 2" yesterday. The kids loved it!!! My son Harry said I want to go to the museum at night mummy. We even found Dum Dum (think that is what he is called). No Dexter though. There is a pizza express very close by so we popped in for a quick meal too.
I saw that the stamptacular Sunday Card challenge was to make a card for the boys a man or boy close to your heart. I made this it will come in handy for an occasion for one of my boys I am sure of it.
Okay a bit of fun was had here I cut out the head from skater Ian, attatched the body of Rock Star Anya and the legs of hope or grace not to sure who is who yet. They are all stamps from The Greeting farm. I am having a bit of an addiction at the moment so bear with me. My WOJ summer kit should be here next week so I will bombard you with those shortly. I coloured in using promarkers and I used a fairly easy Layout. Papers are Basic grey.

sketch and stash

Hello I have made this card today for the sketch and stash challenge . I have used my Anya rockstar which is fairly new and my swirl stamp by stampativity. I used promarkers to colour in. I used papermania papers. I punched out the musical notes and the stars to embellish. I used some letters by cosmo cricket.
I would love to be considered for the GDT spot.
We have been to a funday today with facepainting and bouncy castles. They had some gorgeous burgers and hotdogs to!!!!

Daring Cardmakers challenge - Old Macdonald had a farm

Hi everyone, my mummy came to see me today and we had a lovely day. We went to starbucks for hot chocolate ,then we went to Next to shop, then we went to The Tate Modern for our art fix and then Pizza express to fill our tummies. We caught the bus back to mine and I made this card for the DCM challenge. The challenge is to use farm animals on your card. Out came my Greeting farm stamps and here is the end product.
I have put a bid in for a flat and we are second in line for it. I really want to get it, please if you pray could you keep me in your prayers. This would make such a difference to my family and to my sanity. Thank you! I leave it in Gods hands.

DCM challenge by my 8 year old daughter!

Hello again well the crafting afternoon went well and here is the stunning creation by my 8 year old daughter!!!! I am entering it into the DCM challenge as it fits the theme perfectly. My daughter designed this herself and made all the elements.

Stamptacular Sunday challenge - New beginnings

Hi this is my entry for the new challenge blog called Stamptacular Sunday challenge . I made this card for a new baby. I used my angel anya by the greeting farm that I coloured with copics and stardust pens. I then added some prima swirls to my K and co backing paper and my nesties. I added some pearls that I added a sentiment to using rub-ons. I also stamped a sentiment Hello with Hero art stamps.

I sit and wait does an angel contemplate my fate! ( Robbie Williams)

Hello I made this card for the "Don't be square challenge" over at The Greeting Farm . I love this angel stamp and this is the first outing for her as a stamp in her entirity, I used her to make Amy Winehouse the other week. I used my scalloped rectangular nesties to make the non square card and I used pearl buttons with rub ons for the sentiment.
What a day we wanted to go shopping in Charlton but the traffic in Greenwich was horrific so we headed home. I will have to go inbetween Jades funeral tomorrow. I will pop down the road to pay my respects as she passes through the blue. They are walking her from a local pub through the blue and stopping at the market where her grandparents had a stall. It is 2 minutes from my flat. Look out for me on sky news!

Cupcake challenge - sketch

I used the cupcake challenge sketch for this Easter card. I don't have that many to make and I have nearly finished them. I used my Anya from Rock the farm set of greeting farm stamps. The background farm is by high hopes stamps. I added some letters from cosmic cricket and I used BG papers. I paper pieced the paper onto the farmhouse. I also used a cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss the circle.

Diamond Pop up Anya Easter card - Sketch and stash

Hello there! Well, I have had all the babes with me today ,as the older two had inset day. I went to see the teachers and boy did the kids do well!!! The eldest especially ,she is excelling all expectations. The teacher put her in the top maths set to see if she could meet the challenge and apparently she did more than meet it. So Proud!!! She also did wonderfully in her writing test I am just brimming with pride. The teacher was mesmerised by her perfectly written story. My boy is doing well too just needs to perfect his writing ,still plenty of time as the teacher pointed out. I am going to treat them to Super Mario cart as a treat for making me the proudest mummy!!!!

Here is my card for the sketch and stash challenge . I used my new pretty hat Anya and one of the accessories is a rabbit, so handy at this time of the year. I used a new fold to me the diamond pop up fold. I think that the sketch is beautiful, simple and versatile. I had lots of ideas floating around on seeing it. I slightly rotated the sketch to make the card so I hope this counts.

Tee Hee I managed to fit a card in!!!Sketch Saturday

Here is my card for this lovely sketch at Sketch Saturday . I love this sketch! I used my rockstar Anya, I used K & co papers and I used musical notes for all the circles/embellies. I paper pieced her dress. The picture is not the greatest but the daylight had gone apologies for that.

Friday sketchers!

I love this sketch it is beautiful! I have made this card using the sketch at Friday sketchers ! I used my new Mermaid Anya! Isn't she lovely!!! I added lots of sparkle and texture!

My Big boy's birthday card!!!

My big boy (see him in the sidebar) is six on Saturday so I thought i would make his card. He has lots of passions, football (Arsenal), space, airplanes, trains and rock and roll!!! Inspired by club anya's challenge rockin rebel I have adapted Rockstar anya by giving her a haircut and adding the legs of Ian from rock the farm! I also decoupaged the guitar. I hope he likes it!!! I had a blast as I do like to change. I used HOTP plain papers that i distressed with an emery board and added some swirls.

Club Anya Rockin Rebel! Tonight I'm going to be Amy Winehouse!!!

Hi a late one for me. I have made a card for the club anya challenge which is to make a rockin rebel out of all your greeting farm stamps. I made the most current British rockin rebel Amy Winehouse. I used Angel Anya and Ian from Rock the farm. I used the hair from Ian and Angel Anya for Amy's famous beehive and Angel anya for the rest of her. I made her into the cover of Rolling stone Magazine as she has been on the front cover. I took inspiration from her album title "Back to black" and used just black and white. If you have some Anya or Greeting farm stamps check out the challenge as it is real fun and the other entrants and the Design teams are all fab!

Basic Grey - Texture

Hello this is a really quick one as I am going out later so can't do too much cardmaking. I coloured anya in last night and added some gems for her necklace so this is really appropriate for this challenge. I also added some ribbon to the card and accent gems to the card and dog. I kept it to a minimum but still there is a sense of texture. I used the "Eva" Basic Grey papers .

Sketch and Stash

Another fabby sketch at sketch and stash this week. I had another play with my new stamps by the greeting farm,which are rock the farm and Mcsplendid farm stamps. I collaged the characters onto paper and then decoupaged them. I think it is quite effective. All my embellishments are new ones too. The papers are HOTP. I flipped the sketch as it worked well for this image.

Papertake weekly, spoonful of sugar and truly scrumptious

Okay i have used three challenges for this card. I used the sketch from Truly scrumptious and the bling is the gems which is the requirement for spoonful of sugar challenge too. A bit ambigious but I used the egg and the buckets of milk as my food elements for papertake weekly . Colouring not fab as it was a first attempt at masking anya and the fence. I am going to have to go on a shopping spree for some more anya's she is too cute!!!