Happy Birthday Jules

Yesterday was Julie's birthday and this is the card I sent her, I did make a matching box but forgot to take a piccie of that.....doh!!! The lovely Magnolia image was given to me as a RAK from Jill, I have coloured her with distress inks and added glamour dust to her wings. The papers are all SU which I always buy through Jules. I've added glimmer mist to the flowers and swirl, sentiment is SU, as is the oval shapes.

Just a quickie post today, hope your all enjoying your weekend so far.
luv 'n' hugs xx vicki xx

SFTW - challenge #5 Double or Nothing....

Gosh these Friday's sure are coming around quickly aren't they. Can you believe that we are already on week 5 of our challenges over at Stampin for the Weekend.

This week we have two wonderful prizes up for grabs, the first is from Daisy May Designs and the lucky winner will have the choice of 5 digital sheets, which has been so kindly donated by Linnie.

The second prize has again been kindly donated by Janet over at Pink Gem Designs. The lucky winner will receive this cute Fairy stamp.

The very lovely Nancy is our Guest Designer again this week. She has done such a fantastic job these last two weeks, not only has she created such wonderful cards but she has also visited everyone's blogs who entered last week and left such lovely comments. Thank you very much Nancy for being part of our team for these two weeks, it has been a pleasure to have you as a GDT member, I hope you have enjoyed yourself.

And now to this weeks challenge which is entitled "Double or Nothing". Kimmi & Donna have come up with two fantastic sketches for you to make your cards with. We shall leave the decision up to you as to which one or both you decide to go with.

Donna's sketch

Kimmi's sketch

For this weeks challenge I have used Kimmi's sketch. And as you can see, just a lil bit of distressing has gone on.......lol!!! I've coloured the WOJ Melinda image with distress inks, used glamour dust for her wings. The papers are K & Co, I've used my SU distressing tool around the edges, then applied some chalk ink. The roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts, lace, string of pearls and charm from my stash, the sentiment is Stampin Up.

Don't forget to pop by and check out my lovely fellow DT members creations, they have come up with some beauties again this week. I hope you'll be able to join us for this weeks challenge over at SFTW, I shall look forward to seeing what you create using the above sketches and you never know it could be you who'll win those lovely prizes. Hope you all have a lovely weekend, luv 'n' hugs xx vicki xx

Friday Sketchers challenge card

Here is my card for this weeks sketch challenge over at Friday Sketchers. I love these papers from MME, it's the "magnolia" range..... I've used Distress Inks (again...lol) to colour the lovely Melinda image together with glamour dust for her wings and bottom of her jeans. Flowers are a mix of Prima, Poppicrafts and Roses are from Wild Orchid.

Thanks for popping by my lil oasis,
luv 'n' hugs to you all xx vicki xx

Just Magnolia Week 11 - Sketch challenge

Bev has come up with a fab sketch to follow for this weeks challenge over at the Just Magnolia challenge blog, so I thought I would has a lil go seeing as it's been a few weeks since I last joined in
I've used mainly SU goodies for this card, the papers, sentiment and even Tilda has been coloured with my SU inkpads her wings have been glamour dusted. Flowers are Prima and the roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I bought a job lot of paper doilies from E-Bay a while back.

thanks for popping by my lil oasis, luv 'n' hugs to you all
xx vicki xx

SFTW - Challenge #4 "Pocket Full of ......."

Helloooooo and a happy Friday to you all. Gosh it's week 4 already of our challenge over at Stampin for the Weekend, can't believe how quick these weeks are flying by.

We have another very generous prize from our sponsors this week, Paper Makeup Stamps have very kindly donated these lovely stamps. So why not join in, you never know you could be a winner...lol!!!!

We have a new Guest Design Team member, the very lovely Nancy is joining us this week, check out her wonderful creations over at her blog. Thank you Nancy, it's lovely to have you as our GDT.

So onto this weeks challenge which is entitled "A pocket full of ....." we'd love to see your interpretation of this title, you can choose to make a pocket card, add a pocket on your card or whichever you feel happy with as long as there is a pocket of some description somewhere...

Below is what I came up with, I made a lil pocket on the actual card, then made a wallet for stamped images. The papers are all K & Co, the edges have been torn and inked, plus I've got me sewing machine out again....wooo hooo!! still don;t know how to use it properly though...lol!!! Tilda has been coloured with distress inks, the sentiments are SU, lots of lace from my local market, flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, string of pearls also from my local market.
For the wallet I used the leftovers from the card, again the sentiment is SU. I have sent this card to a very special blogging friend, who always cheers me up with her lovely e-mails, thank you Zoe for being such a lovely friend....
I think we all enjoyed this weeks challenge, the rest of my lovely fellow DT members have come up with some gorgeous creations, you can check them out by visiting their blogs or visiting SFTW, all links are on my sidebar. I hope you are able to join us with your versions of "A pocket full of..." would be lovely to see what you come up with.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend,
luv 'n' hugs xx vicki xx

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #16

Gosh two posts in one day, not very often that happens, all I have to do now is get better organised at blog hopping and visiting all your wonderful blogs....lol!!

These two cards I made a few weeks ago and forgot about posting them until I saw this weeks challenge over at Magnolia Down Under. There are three different colour combinations to choose from and these two fitted in with the brown/blue/cream or white catagory.
Isn't this Tilda so adorable.....ahhhhhh....I've coloured her with Distress Inks, my poor Copics are well and truly on the back burner at the mo. the papers are from my scrap box, mainly SU, Autumn Leaves "ticketed" sentiment tags, some tulle, lace, Prima flowers and a lil feather to finish off with.

The very lovely Tara sent me a fabby RAK, these papers were amongst the goodies she sent me, huge thanks againly luvly. Tilda has again been coloured with Distress Inks, some more Tulle, sentiment is from THAT Brenda Pinnick scrapbook kit, a few pearly gems to finish.

Thank you all for visiting my lil oasis and for taking the time to leave such lovely comments too, I really do appreciate them.

luv 'n' hugs xx vicki xx

For my sil birthday

Today is my lovely sil's birthday. I've made this card to give to her from my children. I have made another card from myself and hubby, but that is to be shown another day because it's also my DT card for an upcoming challenge over at SFTW, so mums the word....lol!!!

Sorry for this being another quick post, got loads to do again today, so ttfn,

luv 'n' hugs xx vicki xx

Happy Father's Day

Just a quick post for today to show the Father's Day card's I made in a mad dash Friday night. I thought I had made them all and realised I'd forgotten about my hubby's card from me and the kids.....doh.......so this is what I very quickly put together Friday night, plus I'd forgotten one to my day off the kids.

I find myself apologising again for being a dreadful blogger, I know it's been ages since I visited my blogging buddies, I will do my best to visit you all as soon as I can. Hope your all ok, enjoy th erest of the weekend, luv 'n' hugs xx vicki xx

SFTW - Challenge #3

It's Friday whoooo hooo!! and you know what that means another new challenge begins over at Stampin for the Weekends challenge blog.

This week we have a wonderful prize very kindly donated by Simon Says Stamp, $25 gift voucher......wow!!! how fab is that.

Also, many thanks to Sandie for being our Guest Designer again this week.

So for this weeks challenge, which is entitled

"Rock 'n' Roll 60's".

We would like you to base your card around one of these song titles:-

1. Whiter Shade of Pale
2. Time of the Season
3. Please Mr Postman

I decided to go for White Shade of Pale......

...mind you it doesn't look this dark in real life though...lol!!! For my card I have used a pale pearlescent grey cardstock and cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder. The image and sentiment, which is SU "Baroque Motifs" firstly I stamped the scroll image with versamark then added silver embossing powder and heat embossed, added quite a few lil gems, plus the sparkly heart and ribbon.

There are so many options with our challenge this week, my lovely fellow DT buddies have come up trumps again, with so many wonderful creations, just take a lil peek for yourselves. Thank you for visiting my lil oasis and hopefully you will be able to join us this week with our challenge over at SFTW.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend, luv 'n' hugs xx vicki xx

Stampin for the Weekend - challenge #2

OMG!!!!! what a tremendous first week we had and thank you to all who entered our first challenge over at SFTW, we also received some lovely comments and e-mails of encouragement and good wishes, which we are all so very grateful for.

So now onto this weeks challenge which is entitled

"Going Digital"

For challenge #2 we would like for you to create a card or project of your choice using a digi download image. Our sponsor for this week is the very talented Dustin Pike who has kindly donated a fabulous prize, just pop over to SFTW to find out more. You can either click on his name above or the picture below to take you to Dustin's blog
We are also very pleased to welcome Sandie, who is going to be our Guest Designer for the next two weeks, Sandie creates such beautiful cards, why not pop over to her blog and see for yourself.

So here are the cards I have made for this weeks challenge. I used the "Grads" download from Dustin Pike's blog, which just so happens to be a freebie, how kind is this guy, there are also many more freebie downloads available. As the both freebie images were downloaded together I thought I would go with that and make two cards. Both images have been coloured with Copic markers, around the images I have used Brilliance ink pads in Pearlescent Blue and Silver with a sponging technique. Both cards have HOTP papers from a kit I bought yonks ago from QVC. The sentiments are a mix of Cuddly Buddly and SU, with some gems, ribbons and punches as embellies.


Well done and congratulations to the rest of the fabby DT at SFTW for creating some delish designs this week. After such an overwhelming response to our first week, I do hope you will be able to join in with this weeks challenge. Looking forward to seeing your creations.

Have a fab weekend all.

luv 'n' hugs

xx vicki xx

some more wonderful awards

I am so chuffed to have received these wonderful awards from such lovely blogging friends.

This first award was given to my by the very lovely Nicola who is also my fellow DT member over at SFTW, Thank you so very much Nicola for thinking of me to pass this lovely award onto, it's so much appreciated.
This second fab award was very kindly passed onto me by the lovely Sarah-Jane, thank you luvly for thinking of me, I'm so chuffed for the award, not sure about answering all those questions though, took me forever to think of the answers.....lol
Here are the rules for this award:-

I must thank the person who gave me the award, list their blog and link to it.

I must list 10 honest things about myself ( honest? eeek! interesting? debatable!).

I must put a copy of The Honest Scrap Logo on my blog.

I must select at least seven other worthy bloggers & list their links.

I must notify the bloggers of the award.

ok, now for the boring bit

1. I absolutely detest tinned baked beans.....arrgghhhh....the smell turns my stomach..yuk!!!

2. I have an addiction for Yankee candles, love, love, love them and when I have used them I keep the glass jars, wash them and store all my embellies in them, the smell still lingers too.

3. I can't swim, never been interested in learning either. I will go with the kids but tend to stay in the shallower end.....lol!!!

4. Hate spiders....well who doesn't

5. Another love of mine is Kipling handbags, so far I have 7 bags and 4 purses

6. I am an only child but I have made up for that as I have four children..lol!!!

7. Like most of us, I spend way too much on crafting goodies, the majority of my stash is still not used as I am a self confessed paper stroker.

8. My fav snacks are, olives, sun dried tomatoes, celery, hummous, cheese (too many to mention), balsamic vinegar, olive oil and a huge chunk of fresh crusty olive bread.

9. I enjoy writing childrens stories, only for my daughters though, haven't got the confidence to show anyone else......yet!!! (phew!! that was a biggy, can't believe I have just revealed that)

10. I really wish I could draw, especially for the lil characters I have created for my stories.

I feel as if I've just had therapy, where's the men in white coats.....lol!!!!

Well I'm glad that is over, I bet you lot are too....pmsl. I think most of you have already received these awards but I would like to pass them on to all my lovely readers, thank you for all the wonderful comments you so kindly take the time to leave, I really do appreciate each and every one.

ttfn xx vicki xx

a couple of Tildas

I've been really good and used up some more of my odd bits of scrap papers to make these two cards.

The papers on the above card are mainly K & Co, which I've distressed using my papermania distressing ruler, then inked the edges, I've also inked the doily. Tilda is coloured with a mix of distress inks and Copics, the sentiments are Autumn Leaves "ticketed", Prima flower also used my SU spiral punch
This is one of my newest additions to my ever increasing Tilda stamps, I love her lil outfit. Again I have used a mix of K & Co scrap papers, the ribbon is American Crafts, SU sentiment. I've coloured Tilda with Karisma watersoluble pencils, sansador and paper stumps then added some stickles glitter glue to her wings.

Hope your all having a lovely weekend, despite this dreadful weather.

ttfn xx vicki xx

SFTW - It's Launch Day wooo hooo!!!!!

Yay we have lift off. The Launch of Stampin for the Weekend is finally here, and boy oh boy have all us DT girls been so excited for this day. I do hope you will be able to take part in our first challenge. The candy that is on offer has been so generously donated by Kimmi and Donna, I'd like to take this opportunity in thanking both these amazing ladies for all the hard work they have put into organising this fantstic new challenge blog, not to mention the wonderful candy they have donated and wow!! what a scrummy load of candy it is too, for more details of what you could win, just pop over to Stampin for the Weekends blog where you will see a detailed list.

So here goes then, for our first challenge which is entitled "Dusk to Dawn" we would love you to make a card or any project of your choice with the colour scheme of

PURPLE & YELLOW

Here is the card that I have made, the yellow background paper is a freebie download from the amazingly talented and very generous Summer, I've used SU "Bundle of Joy" stamp set to create the stars and moon backing. The gorgeous Alota image has been paper pieced with another freebie paper from Cuddly Buddly, also used Copics to colour the rest of the image. SU five petal flower punch and Ek success retro flower punch. The cutie lil charm is from The Hobby House.

The rest of the DT girls, Donna, Kimmi, Nicola, Jen, Amy, Claire, Ida, Pops and Vanya have created some truly wonderful projects for our first challenge, so why not pop over and check out their creations for yourself. We are all really looking forward to you taking part in SFTW and visiting your blogs to see what creations you come up with.

have fun and good luck
xx vicki xx

an award, candy alert and a lil reminder

My lovely fellow SFTW design team member Ida has so very kindly passed on this award to me, thank you so very much Ida.

Also, please pop over to Ida's blog as she is celebrating 7500 hits and to mark this occasion she has some amazing candy up for grabs, the best part is for every 10th comment she receives, Ida will add one more thing to the candy, so what are you waiting for, pop over and see for yourselves......lolo!!!!!


Just a lil reminder about the big launch on Friday of a brand new challenge blog Stampin For The Weekend, which I am so lucky to be a DT member. I do hope you will join us for the launch and to be in with a chance of winning some scrummy candy. Hopefully see you there.

ttfn xx vicki xx

Creative Card Crew - Card for a Child Challenge

It's the first time for me to take part in the Creative Card Crew Challenge blog, this week the theme is to create a card for a child. I made this card a few days ago and thought it suited the challenge.


I've used up some more of my scrap papers, which are by Anna Griffin, I don't know about you but my scrap paper box is bursting at the seams, well infact I've three large boxes full of scraps, where do you draw the line and decide what size of scrap papers to throw out or keep...aarrghhh!!! I've coloured this gorgeous Magnolia image with my Stampin Up ink pads and added some pink Sakura stardust pen to the winges and antenna's, a few lil gems for extra sparkle, SU round tab punch and the sentiment is by Autumn Leaves "ticketed"

thanks for taking the time to visit my lil oasis
luv 'n' hugs
xx vicki xx

Miss Anya - Rain, Snow & Shine

Well forget about the rain and snow cos it certainly has been shining and a scorching weekend. I hope you've all taken full advantage of this weather and had a fab weekend. I've spent most of it in the garden, digging, weeding and planting. My daughters went to the beach today with their grandparents, so I was able to carry on and get loads done. Hubby didn't come home this weekend (he works in London throughout the week), it was his friends stag night or should I say stag weekend so he stayed to join in the celebrations, eventhough yesterday was our 11th wedding anniversary, some of you may remember our 10th anniversary when I went to London to watch Mama Mia, gosh how quick has this year gone by already....phew!!!!

Anyway back to the cards, my lovely new Miss Anya's arrived last weekend, I ordered them direct from the Greeting Farm and they only took a week to arrive, fab service me thinks....lol!! I did order the original Miss Anya's from there too.

I've used DCWV pp, Miss Anya has been coloured with Distress Inks, ribbon from a local haberdashery store, flowers and brads from my stash and the sentiment is Autumn Leaves "ticketed"
Miss Anya here has again been coloured with Distress Inks and had a touch of Glamour Dust added here and there. I've used some scrap bits of papers together with some vellum, square brads and Prima Flowers.

Today is my lovely fellow Stampin for the Weekend DT member Nicola's birthday and this is the card I sent her, she lives in Spain so I'm not too certain if it has arrived yet. I've coloured Miss Anya with Copics, pp are Basic Grey, Cuddly Buddly circle sentiment, cuddlebug embossing folder and Prima Flowers.

Oh well the half term is over, didn't that just fly by, kiddies back to school tomorrow YAY!!! that just leaves me with a huge pile of ironing (oopppppsss, sorry for that lil nasty word there...lol!!!) to plough through tomorrow....ooooohhhh I can't wait....not. Then I'm back to work on Tuesday..booo hooo!!!

Thanks for popping by my lil oasis and many thanks again for all the lovely comments your kind enough to leave...mwah....

luv 'n' hugs

xx vicki xx

Huggable Hank

awwwww...I just love this lil guy...look at his expression isn't he just so adorable.....lol!!!

I was a bit of a pain to Tracy at Dies To Die For, cos I kept on asking when was he due in stock, so apologies Tracy but I just couldn't wait to get me lil mitts on him...lol!!! Thank you also for the fabulous service you offer too.

Well as the title suggests, this is Huggable Hank and he's by High Hopes. I've coloured him with a mix of allsorts of mediums, from Copics, Derwent watercolour pencils, Karisma shading pencils and Karisma water colour pencils with Sansador, I dunno, I just can't get along with the Sansador way at all, the colour just doesn't seem to "move" around the image for my liking, i'm awaiting the arrival of some Koh I Noor pencils so I'll try them with Sansador next and see if I get on any better. Papers are SU. Here he is again, slightly paler in colour this time but still used the same mediums to colour him. Basic Grey Archaic papers, some dewdrops and I'm not sure the name of the sentiment tag sorry.

I also ordered High Hopes "Warm Wishes" (another adorable dragon blowing out the candles on his birthday cake), from Tracy too, I've made a few cards with that image and what a doughnut I am as I forgot to take piccies and have given the cards out...doh!!!!

My MIL is taking my daughters out for the day so I am hoping to sort out my craft room.....boy oh boy is it in one heck of a mess, this time I really am too ashamed to take any pics, trouble is I keep buying crafting goodies and I've run out of spaces to put everything, so all my new stash is still on the floor....pmsl

Whatever your up to today I hope you all enjoy yourselves. luv 'n' hugs

xx vicki xx

Fairy Tink & Fairy Chloe

aawwww aren't these lil fairies just the cutest images. I ordered them a few weeks ago from Tracy at Dies to Die For and haven't really had much chance to play with them until this week.
I've used my Copics to colour the image, the check pp was very kindly given to me as part of a gorgeous RAK from Tara, many thanks again, the ribbon is American Crafts .

Again coloured with Copics the papers are a mix of allsorts from SU, DCWV and MME, liquid pearls. SU sentiment. SU Boho Blossoms and Five Petal Flower punch, EK Success Retro Flower Punch.

On Monday it was Michelle's birthday and this is the card I sent her, unfortunately I was a lil late in sending it as she received it the day after her birthday, apologies Michelle. BG paper, dew drops from The Glitter Pot, SU sentiment.

I've made a few cards this week, shall pop them on my blog over the next couple of days. I hope your all enjoying the kiddies being off school, such a shame the weather is so bad, well it is here in South Wales, keeping my fingers crossed that the sun will come back out soon....

Thanks for visiting my lil oasis and for all the lovely comments you take the time to leave, I appreciate each and every one, thank you

luv 'n' hugs xx vicki xx

Launch candy Part Two

Well it's all getting very exciting now as there are only TEN more days left til the launch....wow!! TEN more days only til STAMPIN FOR THE WEEKENDS launch. As you may already know part one of the launch candy was shown last week.......so here's part two of the launch candy.

Sooooo if you would like to be in with a chance of winning this scrummy lot, all you need to do is to enter our first challenge on Friday 5th June.

Up for grabs are as follows:-

Paper roses in blue, pink, purple and white

3 packs of pearl brads

Sugar Nellie - Fragile Beauty rubber stamp

Designer Extreme Vol 1

Creative Fusion Christmas (2 cd set)

Luma Thorn Trump and Egbert rubber stamps

Bumble Bee rubber stamp

Charms

Bead Spacers

All you have to do to win this gorgeous Launch Candy is to turn up on Friday 5th June and take part in our first challenge........We'd also like to ask you to put a note on your lovely blogs letting all your friends know that we are a new challenge blog and will be launching June 5th.

If your not already a follower, please pop over the Stampin for the Weekend and feel free to follow us, that way you wont forget our launch date and you can take part for your chance to win.

Looking forward to seeing you all there

xx vicki xx

Happy 10th Birthday Georgia~May

...aaawwwwww...my lil girl is 10 today, she's growing up way too quick and it's making me feel old...boo hoo...lol!!!!

So here's a couple of cards that I've made for her. This one is from myself and hubby. I bought these foam stamps from QVC quite a while ago and this is the first time I've used them. I love these papers by MME "Magnolia" range, even got my sewing machine out for this one too This card is from Georgia's sister Yasmin, thought the image was very apt for those two, again it's from the same set as above from QVC I found this image very daunting to colour due to the intricate detail, not done the best job but it's ok for Georgia. The papers are also from the Magnolia range of MME. The swirly background to the image are stamps from Anna Griffin,

This card was giving to Georgia from my lovely "Taffy" friend Clare, thank you so very much again Clare, Georgia loves it.

Well I'd better get a wriggle on, got a house full of girls waiting for me to make them pancakes before we go swimming....oh I don;t like swimming and dreading it, but I'm sure once I get there we will have loads of fun.

Enjoy the Bank Holiday

luv 'n' hugs

xx vicki xx

It's all go at Tinker & Co

Jo has some really exciting news over at Tinker & Co. For all of you that are familiar with her gorgeous downloadable kits you will know of Milly. Well Jo has been very busy lately getting Milly made into stamps....yep...you did read that correctly....very soon Milly will be available to buy as stamps...yay!!!!..wooo hoooo!!! Here's a lil sneak peak to wet your appetite and there's more......

Jo has also been creating some fabulous digi stamps which will also be available really soon. So pop over to Tinker & Co and check out the designs that talented lady has come up with.

a BIG wedding card...

Oh this card has given me nightmare's and I've dreaded making it simply because of the size of it. A work collegue of my hubby's aksed me back in March if I could make a wedding card from himself and his bride tobe on display at their wedding reception for all their guests to sign, we're invited to the wedding so I guess I'll be signing it too, that'll be strange....lol!! I did offer to make a proper wedding guest book but they preferred to have a card with a nice verse from themselves. Anyways they wanted a BIG card...oh eck I thought. So I've taken two A3 sheets of hammered white cardstock, scored and folded in half, then stuck them together so in effect I had four A4 sides to decorate......now do you see why I had nightmares.....lol!!!! You wouldn't believe the amount of papers I bought to decorate this card. They wanted a particular shade of green, so I bought tons of patterned green papers, spent a small fortune only to realise that I already had these papers amongst my stash....typical....lol!!!

The inside of the card needed to be quite plain in order for the guests to sign

A few Prima flowers, some spacers and charms for decoration.

Another close up of the box

Phew....am I glad this one is finished. I only hope they will like it, especially as we will be there on their big day...I'll be in trouble other wise....lol!!! The wedding is taking place in London so another lovely weekend for me away from the kids...yay!!!!

luv 'n' hugs xx vicki xx

Stampin for the Weekend - Launch Candy

As you all know there is a new challenge blog

STAMPIN' FOR THE WEEKEND

due to launch on 5th June!!!!!

This challenge blog is to get you thinking and take you out of your comfort zone. We;d like to offer you some different challenges and get your creative juices flowing to come up with some different cards and projects that you wouldn't necessarily sit down and do yourself!!!

We will of coursehave some of the oldie challenges, because lets face it the oldies are great too!

So to get your juices flowing, here is a picture of some of the Lauch Candy we are going to be offering for our first challenge winner.

To make it a little more personal, Kimmi decided to give a little something back to you fabulous bloggers! So these are items Kimmi has chosen herself, including the naughty choccies!!! Soooooo... You could win (if you are the lucky crafter) the following items:-"Country Garden" rubber stamp by Sugar Nellie

24 yards of assorted colours of Dotty Grosgrain Ribbon

A selection of Kimmi's dangling charms, ready to put on cards

Pitch Black Adriondack Ink Pad by Ranger (ideal for sentiments and embossing, needs to be heat set),

8 x 8" Classical Handmade Papers

1x Forever Friends Elements pack

1x Anita's Glitterations Gold Strip border stickers

1x Anita's Dimensions stickers - flowers

Box of Thorntons choccies

Bag of celebrations

All you have to do for a chance to win this gorgeous Launch Candy is to turn up on 5th June and take part in our first challenge. We'd also like to ask you to put a little note somewhere on your lovely blogs letting all your friends know we are a new challenge blog and will be launching on June 5th.

If you're not already a follower, pop over to Stampin for the Weekend and please feel free to follow us, that way you won't forget our launch date and you cand take part for a chance to win.

Happy Crafting

DT makes for Tinker & Co - Marshmallow Kit

I've been having a lil play with this gorgeous new kit that Jo very kindly sent me. You really should check it out, the papers are gorgeous and as for the lil teddy bear Marshmallow, isn't she just a lil cutie. This is a new kit that Jo has designed and will be available to download very soon at Tinker & Co.

If you pop over to Jo's blog, she has a pole going on at the mo, it would be great if you could take part in. Also Tinker & Co have a sale on until the 20th May, so why not bag a bargain while the going's good.

Thought I would try something a bit different and went with a baby theme. In the above picture are baby arrival cards together with the baby's name bunting. I've printed some of these papers in draft to give a contrast.

As it's Georgia's birthday on Sunday, I had her and her sister Yasmin help me make some pin wheels and party bags ready for her birthday. The templates to make these were part of an Anna Griffin kit that I bought from QVC, it really has proved invaluable lately.

Thanks for popping by my lil oasis and for all the lovely comments.

Take care all, luv'n' hugs

xx vicki xx

50th birthday card

Well what a dismal wet Friday it is here in South Wales. Sorry for not being around much this week, have been busy with around the house, work is hectic and I've been making some bits' n' bobs for the lovely DT's that I'm so lucky enough to be part of.

Anyways, this card is made for the same lady who asked me to make her grandson birthday card and box a couple of posts below. It's for her sister's 50th birthday. The papers were downloaded from Shabby Princess (Moody Blues collection), The Rubber Romance image has been coloured with Copics and shopping bags paper pieced with the same Moody Blues papers, Prima flowers, gems and ribbon from my stash, sentiments we printed in Word.

Whatever your all up to this weekend, I hope you have a good one.

Take care all,

luv 'n' hugs xx vicki xx