My Fave Five from 2010

Debby has done it again, she wants to see our fave five from this year .. what a fantastic idea for the end of the year but oh so hard to pick just five!

She is also offering this yummy candy as well ... Penny Black stamps.. don't have any of these stamps ... want want want :))

So here goes...

This is definitely my most fave. It is the first Autumnal card I did and had really loved the warm colours instantly.

This one I did quite recently, love the cute kitty and the bright colours on the card.

A baby card now and lots of embossing. Also another first here, my first White on White card.

Another kitten and again lots of embossing... I LOVE embossing so much.

And a wedding card now, with some embossing again.

So, are you joining Debby? I really enjoyed looking back at the cards I did this past year, and I have to say that I have to admit I did improve a bit .. all thanks to the inspiration I find here on blog world. Thank you ladies .. you're the best xxx

Wishing you all a Happy New Year and all the best for 2011 !!!

Hugs

xxx

Stamp Fairy Friday

I still didn't find my lost stamps yet, but I sure am feeling so much better today after seeing all your lovely and thoughtful comments. Talking about it was the best medicine ... so now I'll be waiting with the hope they crop up from somewhere ha ha ...

It's Friday today and so time for another new gorgeous release from Stamp Fairy. We have George Cocoa this week and he is one of six new digis released today! I decided to make a Christmas Card with my George stamp... it's never too early to start he he .. and anyway I'm still in the Christmas card-making mood so it came out quite naturally.

For my card I used some lovely digi papers from Crafty Sentiments, a Stamp Fairy sentiment, some nice silver ribbon and also a large silver recycled bow from a box of chocolates. The border punch is Martha Stewart.

Everything is all popped up with foam.. I really loved how it turned out. . Here is the sketch that I followed

Don't forget that today is the last day of the Stamp Fairy Sale.

Did you see the other gorgeous December Releases ?.... go get them before the sale ends...


Nelly and Leo in Love                  Lenny Love
 
Lenny Happy New Year                Thank You

I am entering my card in these challenges today.

- Crafty Calendar December Challenge - THE SKETCH

- A Spoon Full Of Sugar 133 - A CHRISTMAS CARD
- Hodge Podge Shop 6 - BLUE AND SILVER

and in these ANYTHING GOES challenges as well

- Allsorts 83

- Aly's Sunday Challenge 31

- Digital Tuesday 91

- Passion For Promarkers 80

- CES Challenges 17

Thank you for looking today.

Wishing you a safe and peaceful New Year Eve.

Hugs 

xxx

Welcome Little One

I don't want to say this.. but I'm really miserable today, actually.. even yesterday I was.. and you know why ... I can't find a whole set of stamps   : |   .. I even woke up very early today, couldn't sleep as still thinking of where they might be. I turned my craft room upside down to search for them, wasted so much time, had so many things planned and even my kids and hubby helped me when they saw me like this, but still nothing! I last used three from the set on Sunday for my penguin card and then yesterday, when I went to put them in their place, they're gone... I just couldn't find the rest of the set!!! 

I am really hoping they didn't end up in the trash by mistake... ... sniff sniff  

... but now enough of my bad mood... sorry if I bored you ..  

Onto my card now... I managed to stop moaning and did this to cheer me up. It's for a colleague of mine who is expecting her first baby this month. She didn't tell us if it's a boy or a girl, so I did a girl for now and will be doing a boy later on.. Don't want to leave it 'til the last minute.. as I always do..

For my card I used my Pink Gem Cutie Pie Stamp, which I coloured with my promarkers, the papers are from DCWV, and this is the sketch that I followed.

I am entering my card in these challenges today

- Crazy 4 Challenges 67 - THE SKETCH

- Sentimental Sundays 35 - BABY

- Alphabet Challenge - H is for HATS

- Sweet Stampin Challengeblog - CELEBRATIONS

- Fairytale Challengeblog 4 - BABY
- Lothian Crafts December - SOMEONE SPECIAL

and these ANYTHING GOES challenges as well

- Allsorts 83

- Aly's Sunday Challenge 31

- Digital Tuesday 91

- Passion For Promarkers 80

- Creative Craft Challenges

- AUD Sentiments 18

- I Love Promarkers 46

- CES Challenges 17

Thanks for looking today

Hugs

xxx

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Update - here's the card again, photo taken in better light.

My Fave Five Christmas Cards

If you're looking for the ABC Christmas Blog Hop - Go here

I like Debby's idea to show your favourite five Christmas Cards for this year and so I decided to join in as well ...

So here they are... This is the last one I did and must be my most favourite as it shows the true spirit of Christmas and what Christmas is all about after all.

Again embossing on this card, I love embossing but I like this one also for being so bright, colourful and fun...

This is one of the first ones I did this year. Had so much fun colouring it and doing all the snow on the stamp by distressing.

Love this cheeky snowman on this one and all the glitter on the snowflakes.

And this one for the cute Santa and the simple style but also for how the glitter on the light bulbs seems to really make them look so real. 

So which are you favourites ? Just pop over to Debby's blog and link them up for your chance to win some yummy goodies. Candy closes on the 29th of December.

Hugs

xxx

Not A Christmas Card

.. yes for a change.. it's not that I won't be doing any more, but for today I got this birthday card which I done for a friend.. and a really quick one too it had to be, as haven't been indoors much these last few days. Yesterday, Christmas Day, first family visiting and then for the day at hubby's brother. Today, out for the day again, lunch out in Valletta and then went to see the Chronicles of Narnia. Fantastic film, we all loved it and a lovely day well spent will family. It's what I love about Christmas and what Christmas is all about ...

But back to my card now, I hope our friend will take the joke .. ha ha :) As soon as I saw these penguins I just fell in love with them and now I thought they were just perfect for the card I wanted.

The fun penguins stamp is from Digi Doodle Shop's Best, the sentiments I just printed off on the computer, and to do the stamping I used my Inkadinkadoo clear stamps set. Doesn't show much, don't get good photos indoors, but there is embossing on the circles and star as well.

I am entering my card in these challenges today

- Digital Tuesday 90 - LET'S CELEBRATE

- Everybody Art Challenge 122 - FIRST SNOW

- The Pixie Cottage 50 - PARTY/CELEBRATION

- MAWTT - ANYTHING BUT NO XMAS CARDS

- CYDA 10 - PUNCH IT

- Sweet Stampin Challenge - CELEBRATIONS

- Stamptacular Sunday 91 - SNOW MUCH FUN

and these ANYTHING GOES challenges as well..

- Digi Doodle Shops Best 39

- Papertake Weekly

- Passion For Promarkers 80

- Creative Craft Challenges

- AUD Sentiments 18

- Crafts And Me 20

- I Love Promarkers 46

- Simon Says Stamps Challenge

- Allsorts 83

- CES Challenges 17

Hugs

xxx

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Update - here's the card again... photo taken outside now.

Merry Christmas Everyone

Hello my friends. I've been having a little break from the blog world this week, but today I definitely wanted to come here with this card and take this opportunity to wish you all, and your families a Merry Christmas.

So this is a card I made today for the village priest here where I live. The helpers organised to buy him a robe as a present and wanted me to make a card for him as well. I was flattered, and they are also going to give it to him this evening at the midnight mass.... did you ever see a walking beetroot... well I'm going to be one this evening!!!! I am really not good with these things....

Anyways, I thought this image of baby Jesus from Karen's Doodles was perfect for this occasion and just right to post today, on Christmas Eve as well. I coloured stamp with my promarkers, some glitter with my gel pens all around and lots of embossing today. The stickers are from Anita's Glitterations.

And of course .. some challenges now... all ANYTHING GOES ...

- Karens Doodles 42
- Papertake Weekly
- Passion For Promarkers 80
- Creative Craft Challenges
- AUD Sentiments 18
- Crafts And Me 20
- I Love Promarkers 46
- Simon Says Stamps Challenge
- Digi Doodle Shops Best 39

and some other Christmas ones too...
- Critter Sketch 45 - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS
- A Spoon Full Of Sugar 133 - A CHRISTMAS CARD
- Sarah Hurley 23 - LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS
- Stampin' For The Weekend 53 - CHRISTMAS

Wishing you all a lovely and peaceful Christmas.

Hugs
xxx

Some Photos and Blog Awards

I NEVER ATE SO MUCH !!! .. Today we've been out all day long... We had our Staff Christmas Lunch and it was a buffet! I do take care on what to eat usually, but today, after I saw all the goodies... I couldn't help it... especially when it came to the dessert yum yum yum ..

This is my plate with the dessert ... I was a real piggy

This is all made of chocolate.. just for display

and I also took the opportunity to take some pictures outside from the hotel terrace. It was a really lovely sunny day today, nice and warm .. 19C

Me all dressed up for the day.

and hubby

It was a lovely day, really enjoyed it and so fun meeting colleagues away from work.

Now I have a blog award as well, but I am also sooo sooo bad. I got this awesome award from my lovely blogger friend Corry this week and also from another sweet friend Kathy K a while back and never got round to posting it! Well, it's better late than never. Thank you girls, I am so flattered to have been awarded with this awesome award... I love it xx

Now, as you know there are rules with these awards, and I really do hate rules, and these are, share 8 things about yourself,  thank the person, pay it forward to 8 bloggers, contact them and tell them about the award.

So about the 8 things about myself, I really hate this, I always don't know what to say and it really is too much to think about at the moment haha :) I'll try to think about something later on and come back....

and since I got it twice I can forward it to more than eight persons so I am forwarding it to all my new team mates at Stamp Fairy ..


Gerda
Jackie
Melissa
Deanne
Ria
Carissa
Céline
Emma
Jane
Jessica
Jo
Lisa Haines
Lisa Vaughan
Lorraine
Patricia
Samantha
Tracey


Now I'm off to let them know about it.. and hopefully a nice rest afterwards.

Thanks for looking today.

Hugs
xxx

Quick and Simple Cards

AND I AM back .. but I don't just have my cards ... I had a little surprise this morning 'cos I got my Christmas present early and found myself choosing a pair of lovely earrings from the jewellery shop :))

Can you see them? I'm in Valletta here already wearing my new earrings and of course my sun glasses to hide my wrinkles he he.. and a cap which I had got while in New Zealand last year and which I hardly wear 'cos it's never really that cold here ..

... but thought it really matched my new jacket that I bought last week. A jacket which I really could do without, but loved the colour so much ...

Aww but we need to spoil ourselves sometimes I think. Anyways here are my quick cards now which I told you about in my previous post...

This is the quickest one, just some embossing, dimensional stickers which I had bought from Australia last year, peel offs for the string and greeting and of course a little bow.

And for these two I used my Inkadinkadoo clear stamps. Very quick ones too, just two shades of blue for the snowflakes ..

and a little colouring with my promarkers on the images .. Can't see it, but there is also some very fine glitter all over which I did with my gel pens by smudging it all over.

 

I did a couple of these and so I am finally ready with my Christmas cards for this year!!! Not my usual style, and don't really like to make the same card more than once but I finally gave up and just did these... Hope the receivers will like them :)

I am entering my cards in these challenges
- Crafty Catz 63 - YOUR CHOICE
- Keep It Simple - SEASON'S GREETINGS
- Kaboodle Doodles 46 - CLEAN and SIMPLE
- Pollycraft Monday Challenge 74 - WHITE or SNOWY SCENE
- Simon Says Challenge - BLUE, WHITE and SILVER

- Hodge Podge Shop 6 - BLUE and SILVER

- Glitterbabes Challenge 25 - SNOW or SNOWFLAKES

- Creative Inspirations 49 - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS

- Pear Tree Designs 30 - CHRISTMAS
- One Crazy Stamper - CHRISTMAS

Thanks for looking today.


PS .. I baked a cake today as well ... an apple cake. A quick one too or I wouldn't have he he .. it's been such a long time since I baked but I love this one as it's so easy and quick to make .. yum :)

Hugs
xxx

Thank You Jacque

A quick post today, but I wanted to say thank you to Jacque as I won one of her awesome candies this week...  woo  hoo ... Couldn't believe it when I saw my name there! Definitely a lovely Christmas present :) Don't forget to go visiting, she makes the most amazing cards, truly an inspiration.

And I did a Top 5 last week at Allsorts Challenges too.. with my Baby Girl Card

well it's been my lucky week :) I'm so pleased ..

We're going out now ... kids are out camping with the scouts for the weekend and husband wants to go out to Valletta, just some shopping and whatever ....

Hope to be back later on to show you some quick Christmas Cards I did ... yes you read right... QUICK .. and the same too.. Didn't want to do this, but had to ... 

Hugs

xxx

Stamp Fairy Friday

Hello everyone, it's Friday and so time for another new gorgeous release from Stamp Fairy, and yes, we have another new Friday Freebie for you! It's Kasi Happy Life this week and he is one of four new digis released today! 

I decided I wanted Kasi to be a white kitten, so after the third attempt, I finally was pleased with this one. I coloured him with promarkers and the pink on his cheeks is chalk. The butterfly is from Papermania, stamp from  my Hero Arts clear stamp set and border and leaf punches are Martha Stewart.

Here are the other stamps in the set.. and don't forget there is still time to play with us at the Stamp Fairy Challenge Blog, which this week is Glam it up using glitter or Stickles.

This is the sketch that I followed to do my card

and these are my challenges for today.

- Sunday Sketch And Stamp 43 - THE SKETCH

- Craft Your Days Away 10 - PUNCH IT OUT

- Flutter By Wednesdays 135 - OPEN

- Cute Card Thursday 143 - ONE FOR THE KIDS

Thanks for looking today, I really appreciate all your sweet comments. I'm still so busy at the moment with my  Christmas cards, but I should be able to do my usual visits soon. 

Big hugs

xxx

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Update - here's the card again... photo taken outside now.

A Snowman

Hello girls, well it's nearly Christmas and I'm still making Christmas cards!!! Yes.. that's the reason I haven't been doing my usual visits this week ....  I'm nearly finished though.Yesterday I have finally sent out the overseas ones and so now I just have the local ones to send out. Won't be like this next year... definitely... hopefully ... : )

This is another Christmas Card I made today and it's my DT card for this week's challenge at Crafty Sentiments. The theme this week is ANYTHING GOES and it's also the last one for this year. ... so you have plenty of time to join us.

I coloured my Snowman with my promarkers and I did my snowflakes using an embossing ruler which was a freebie in the Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine.

This is the sketch that I followed.

and these are my challenges.

- Card Patterns 94 - THE SKETCH

- Fun With Shapes And More 72 - SCALLOPED

- Paper Cutz 71 - A SNOWMAN

Thanks for lookigns

Hugs

xxx

ABC Christmas Challenge Blog Hop

Hi everyone, it's Blog Hop time this week at ABC Christmas Blog, lots of prizes and Stamp Fairy is sponsoring as well! Here is the card I made for the hop, following one of the past challenges L for LIGHTS. I thought this adorable Santa was just perfect for this theme.

I coloured stamp with my promarkers and then added some chalk all around and glitter with my glitter pen as well. Can you see the shine and shimmer around the light bulbs :) The sentiment is also from Stamp Fairy. Lots of embossing on my card today, quite a simple card I think but really loved how it turned out.


So if you are following the hop, you should have arrived here from Stamp Fairy World, but if not, you should go from the start from the ABC Christmas Blog. Make sure you leave a comment letting us know you have visited us and pick up a letter from each stop. My letter is S. 


Your next stop on the hop is Deanne's.

This is the blog hop list in case you get lost.

Samantha 

Annie

Carissa

Delphine

Dorte

Helen

Stamp Fairy

Dora - - >> You're here

Deanne

Jackie

Jayne

Tanja

Paula

Lacey

Lorraine

Squirrel

I am entering my card in these challenges today..
- Critter Sketch 44 - NO PATTERNED PAPER
- Stamping Vacation - NO NO PUNCHES
- Stamps R Us 11 - ANYTHING
- Passion for Promarkers - ANYTHING GOES
- Kaboodle Doodles 46 - CAS CHRISTMAS


Thanks for looking today.


Hugs
xxx