40th birthday card and box

Hiya my luvly blogging buddies, I hope your all keeping well.  Gosh I can't believe it's been a week since I last posted anything to my blog, mind you I've hardly had chance to do any crafting or blogging for that matter lately, life is taking over and time to myself these days is a luxury.....boo hooo

I was asked to make a 40th birthday card for the wife a work collegue of my hubbies.  I've so many 40th birthdays coming up over the next couple of weeks, well loads of birthdays in general at the moment.  Stephen will be 40 really soon and that's getting me all stressed out cos I'm trying to organise things and they're not happening as planned......I'm in denial that he is 40, he's coping fine but me...well the shock and disbelief is beyond, where did all those years go to, heaven help me next year when I'm 40...oh god I'm dreading it.......pmsl.

Well anyway back to the card.  The papers are a freebie download from Shabby Princess.  Miss Anya has been coloured with Copics, flowers, ribbon, gems and pins from my stash and yep got me sewing machine out again for this one.

Here's what the inside looks like, the swirly gems are Prima

I am really sorry for being such a dreadful blogging buddy to you all, seems like ages since I last left any comments, so huge apologies to you all, I will try to catch up with everyone as soon as I can.  In the meantime, take care all, happy crafting/blogging, loads of luv xx vicki xx

A 16th birthday card and feet painting......

Hiya folks, I've made this card for my sons girlfriend, Becca, she'll be 16 on Wednesay.....awwww bless...young love hey...lol!!! I thought thisSugar Nellie  image was so appt it only arrived this morning and couldn't wait to get me Copics out.  The papers are MME "Magnolia", Amercian Crafts ribbon, Fancy Pants pin, sorry about the piccie, it looks all washed out, the colours are a bit brighter irl.


And now for some feet painting.......well more like whole body painting.....lol!!!!  Thought I would share a few piccies of my daughters creativity with you all..  The weather was beautiful on Saturday and I've been promising Georgia and Yasmin they can do feet painting for weeks, so what better opportunity that last weekend.  Out came their swimsuits, paints and tons of paper, this is what they got up to

They both went in their lil pool after, you should have seen the colour of the water but it didn't bother my girls one bit.  Took so many photos of them but I could bore you all to bits if I showed you anymore, so I'll leave it at that for now....lol!!!! Thanks for popping by, ttfn xx vicki xx

Stampin for the Weekend - Challenge #15 - Donna's sketch

Hiya guys, how are we all doing this lovely Friday, can you believe another week already over, so that means it's time for another Stamping for the Weekend challenge.  This weeks challenge is a brill sketch by Donna.

This is such a fab sketch for using up all those lil scrap bits of papers that we always hang onto just incase, well my just incase box has now quadrupled, all four boxes are bursting at the seems but I can never throw out any lil bits......just incase.....lol!!!  So thanks for this great lil sketch Donna, at least some of my bits have been used up.....lol!!!  The papers are mainly bits of K & Co, and yes it's another new Greeting Farm image, my addiction to these lil beauties is well and truly outta control.  She's been coloured with Copics and the lil cakes have some glossy accents added for the icing on the top, the lil charm is from The Hobby House.

Our sponsor's for this week are Simon Says Stamp and Heidi is very generously offering the winner a $25 gift voucher,  omg!!! how kind is that, what a fabby prize, thank you so much Heidi for your generosity.



Why not check out the rest of the lovely SFTW DT creations, all brill interpretations of Donna's sketch.  I hope you'll be able to play along this week as we all really enjoy checking out your blogs and wonderful creations.


Oh  before I go, just gotta say how chuffed to bits I was that my card that I made a few posts below..."Bliss" was featured on The Greeting Farm blog.....woooo hooooo!!! can you imagine my delight and surprise when I saw it there....talk about grinning like a Cheshire cat......lol!!!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, lets hope this gorgeous weather continues.  Take care all, thanks for popping by my lil oasis, luv 'n' hugs xx vicki xx

Anyone for Anya..........

.......or maybe Edward... this is one of the newest members to my Greeting Farm stamp collection,  I couldn't resist making a card with him, he such a cool dude isn't he....lol!!!  This weeks challenge over at Anyone for Anya is to create a card using brads, buttons and bows and this is what I've come up with.

Edward has been coloured with Copics, Cosmo Cricket papers and larger sentiment, HOTP brads, Autumn Leaves "Ticketed" sentiment button and raffia from my stash.

Can I just say a huge thank you for all the fabby awards that have been given to me over the last few days.  I promise I will post them on my blog asap but in the meantime thank you Kimmi, Natalie, Caroline very much for thinking of me to pass them onto, I hope I've not forgotten anyone.  I'm really disorganised since the kids have gone back to school and me back in work, this routine thingy takes quite a bit of getting used to after having six weeks off, I am all over the place so apologies for not visiting anyone, I'll do my best over the next couple of evenings.

Take care all, luv 'n' hugs xx vicki xx

FFF and Sunday Sketch and Stamp

Hiya folks, hope your all keeping well.  Today's card is for two challenges, The Greeting Farms, Splendid Stamping FFF challenge which is entitled "It's what on the inside that counts" and over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp there's a great sketch but I have added a few extras things, so not sure if it will count.

I was asked to make a 30th birthday card for the daughter of a lady who I work with.  All the Anya's have been coloured with Copics, K & Co papers,  flowers from Hobby Craft and Wild Orchid Crafts which have been Glimmer Misted, KS butterfly punch, twine and charms from my stash.

Here's what the inside looks like

Thanks for visiting my lil oasis and for all the lovely comments your all so kind enough to leave. 

Luv 'n' hugs

xx vicki xx