Hey Gorjuss...

I needed to make a quick little card and dug out this gorgeous Gorjuss Girl to help me along...

Aaaaaw, isn't she pretty :D
I noticed the Crafty Catz challenge for this week is "Buttons and Bows" and thought I'd add a bow to my button so I could join in - unfortunately my dodgy camera skills mean it's really hard to see my bow n' button - duh!!!
'nother speedy post sorry - I've just been informed we're heading over to the footie pitch to practise "super-long, champion goal kicks" - can't think of anything I'd rather do on a freezy Sunday morning...

Catch y'all later,

Love bugs...

Howdy all :D
Thought I'd use this weeks Just Magnolia "Love" challenge as an excuse to colour in these two funny-bugs - dontcha just love 'em?!

More scrummy-yummy Love Bandit papers...

I have plans to fill the bag with goodies and hand it over to my littlest niece for Valentines :D
Apologies for the speedy post - hopefully all will be back to normal very soon (although eeeeek! Half Term next week, so maybe not!).
A quick reminder to you all to pop in on SJ's party this weekend - there's another free digi available to all today and the chance to win a truly beautiful painting of hers - I want it!!!!
Have a good 'un all,
Hugs,

There's a party goin' on right here...

...well it's there actually - everyone's invited!

I'll see ya over there!
Hugs,

It's a dino-tastic kinda day...

As you know peeps, we live in Wales - land of myths, magic and maybe a dino or two...
You didn't know that? Well it's true...

See? Now d'ya believe me?

So what does every good dino-spotter need?
A dino-spotters notebook of course...

Heehee - you can grab you very own Little Musing's Finn right now for free - yep, he's this weeks Friday Freebie and you can get him in an outline version now too, so you can colour him in all by yourself!


Happy dino hunting...



**No dinosaurs were harmed in the writing of this blog post.

We gotta love thang goin' on...

...over at CCT this week and I just had to ink up this gorgeous li'l girlie (fanks Dawnie!)...

These gorgeous papers (new obsession perhaps?) can be found right about here at Dies to Die For - very scrum!

It's a post n' run (well, not actually run - me? As if...) from me today I'm afraid, I have 4 million and 2 things to do. Oh no, I just blogged so it's only 4 million and 1...

See y'all t'morrow!

I must apologise peeps...

...y'see I really hadn't intended to make you suffer yet another card with that paper on today (I've tried to make it up to you by using one of the new Sarah Kay images), but yesterday I stumbled across this challenge blog. I had to make this card!
Lemme explain...

One of the reasons I'm soooooo happy to be a part of Stampavie is the fact that as a child I loved Sarah Kay - I even had Sarah Kay wallpaper in my bedroom. And pink gingham curtains...See where I'm going with this? The Moving Along With the Times theme for this week is "Childhood Memories" and every day until 1988 I woke up to Sarah Kay and pink gingham (what happened in 1988 is another story**...)

So there's my childhood memory card - it makes me smile :D Thanks to all over at MAWTT for the fabby inspiration!

Hugs,

**Another story... 1988 was the year my brother got a Boglin. Anyone remember them? If not have a looksie here... Pretty vile lookin' yeah? Trust me, the reality of them was even worse - they were made of the most disgusting feeling slimy rubber you could ever imagine and had eyes that glowed in the dark. I can't even begin to describe the nastiness of them. The arrival of that Boglin into our family stopped Sarah Kay and pink gingham being the first thing I saw every morning...my brother found it utterly hilarious to place the evil creature on my pillow every night. Right in front of my face. So that when I woke up I was staring right into it's glowing-eyed, revolting face. Some of you know that nowadays I'm a troubled insomniac.
Is it any freakin' wonder?

A quick n easy "how-to"...

I had a few emails asking how yesterdays Sarah Kay card was made, so here's a quick li'l picture "how-to"... I am not claiming to be the "inventor" of this card style (before you start any abusive emailing!), I'm just showing how I made it. Mine is a 6inx6in finished card, but it's easy to adjust to get the size you want.
So here goes...

Start off with 2 pieces of 12inx6in card - this will make your card base.
We'll be splitting into 2 camps for the remainder of these instructions - the "I love my scoring board" camp (you'll be green) and the "I'm basically just a bodger" camp (you'll be red). No prizes will be awarded for guessing which camp I reside in...

"I love my scoring board" camp:
Skip on over to the next step...

"I'm basically just a bodger" camp:
Fold both pieces of card in half...

"I love my scoring board" camp:
Score both pieces of card at 3in and 6in on the long side.
Fold as shown in pics (use your bone folder - you know you like perfect creases)

"I'm basically just a bodger" camp:
Fold the front bit in half.
Like in the pics.
Nah, don't bother with your bone folder, just use your nail...

"I love my scoring board" camp:
You're now going to attatch the two pieces together to make one card.
Apply your chosen adhesive to one of the cards - you need it on one of the unfolded 6inx6in pieces because these are the bits that will be stuck together.
Make sure you line them up perfectly before you actually stick 'em - wouldn't it be awful to bodge it now?

"I'm basically just a bodger" camp:
See how the two pieces are stuck together in the pic to make one 6x6 fancy-lookin' gatefold card?
Do that.

And yay!!! you have your card - was simples, yes?
Now all you have to do is decorate and embellish it beautifully - let me know if ya make one :D

Hugs,