Sing pretty birdie ,sing

Sorry I haven't been around just lately time seems to be flying by.We spent 3 days in Melbourne last week ,went to see Lenny Henry (English comedian ,sadly not funny at all)and the musical Moonshadow which was excellant.

Background text paper - Honey Dew from Kaisercraft - deckled border paper Little Miss Pretty, Kaisercraft -bird image from Tina Wenke - faux stitching around image and on green banner strip. It was coloured with Promarkers.
CRAFT challenge 161- feathers / birds
Inspired By - challenge 30 - I would love to show the fab pic but blogger wont let me upload it,spell check not working either.
Creative Craft challenges - Tweet Tweets - this little birdie is da tweetest tweet.

Calorie Free

The Lollipop Ladies - challenge 48 - Cupcakes + 3,2,1 embellishments(3 gems,2 buttons,1 ribbon). The spotted paper was a freebie which I've had for years ,I used this as a base for all the other colours. I managed to find 3 embossed scraps of paper for the cupcake top.

Creative Card Crew - challenge 13 _ Easy as 1,2,3, - 3 Gems ,2 buttons ,1 ribbon.

Papertake weekly challenge - BINGO - Ribbon,Die cuts ,Buttons.

Craft Your Days Away - challenge 47 - BINGO - Buttons ,Ribbon,Die cuts.

Window card

I've used graphic45 'Once upon a Springtime Collection' to make this card.I used sticky tape down the left hand side of the window. The flowers on the lace I fussy cut from a sheet called 'Flower Box by Lori Whitlock. The sentiment inside the window is from Abi's Crafts.


Digi Darla's -challenge 14 - Tic Tac Toe - I've gone the diagonal with lace,gems and flowers.

Papercraft Star - challenge 100 - Summer - this little butterfly fairy is tending her garden .

Christmas in June

My last two posts were scheduled as I've been on holiday in New Zealand , Steve took 3 weeks off work and we went to visit friends as part of our trip. If you've never been to NZ I can highly recommend it ,great accommodation at very reasonable prices ,lots of good food and the friendliest people you could ever wish to meet.

My card today is made up of four elements - ribbons for the tree ,paper for the trunk ,the presents and sentiment are rub-ons and the boarder is a sticky strip.

Joins us at The Lollipop Ladies for challenge 47 -Jelly Babies + Ribbon .My favourites are red and green .

Unstampables - challenge 12 - Ribbons .Traditional Christmas colours.

The Crafty Pad - challenge 173 - Ribbon - When I run out of cards at Christmas and need to make a quick one then a tree aperture card with ribbon is always effective.