Chocolate Marbled Energy Bars

Skipping breakfast and then going shopping is not a good idea.
From the supermarket bookshelf
1001 Cupcakes, Cookies and Tempting Treats called out to me.

But do I really NEED another cookbook?

If I baked one thing a week from this book 

it would take me over 19 years to make everything!!!

That would make me sixty.... well, let's not go into that!!

So I resisted temptation  ( this week ).

Today I turned to Delia
and made her Chocolate Marbled Energy Bars.

I thought they would be great for hubby's lunch box...

if they last that long!!!

Have a greeat weekend everyone.
xxx

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For Better or Nurse.

There seems to be a few summer colds doing the rounds at the moment,

so I thought I'd better get stocked up on some 

'get well' cards.
This is the adorable Nurse Doraline from Motivet.

The image is coloured with Copics and parts of it are 3D'd.

A bit of sparkle always makes me feel better,
so I have glittered around all the paper edges.
I also added a little Glossy Accents to Doraline's shoes.

I have followed the sketch over at Papertake Weekly,

just rotated it and changed the size a little, to accommodate my larger stamp.

Hope that you can still make it out as Dawny's sketch though.
I am also entering this for Charisma Cardz Challenge,
where the theme is 'something with a tail'

and Creative Inspirations, where the theme is 'animals'

Stamp - Motivet, Doraline as Nurse.

Sentiment Stamp - Personal Impressions.

Design Paper - My Mind's Eye 'Pretty Please'.

Crystal Stickles

Martha Stewart lace border punch

Card Candy from Craftwork Cards.

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Totally Papercrafts #27 Going To The Movies

 Morning everyone,

it's time for another challenge over at Totally Papercrafts
and this week's theme is

Going to the Movies

I am a huge movie fan,
but I did struggle with this challenge.

So get your thinking caps on ladies -

we are all looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

This week our sponsor is the wonderful

Simon Says.

Check out the blog for the prize and to see
last week's winners.

Here's my card for the film Moulin Rouge.

I used an Anya stamp, coloured with Copics then

 ruffled up a piece of sparkly ribbon and
pushed it through a slit that I made around her skirt
with a craft knife.
I made the 'curtain' and the sentiment on my computer.
For the 'bodice' effect, I used eyelets,
threaded with black ribbon and then added a little heart charm.

Stamp - The Greeting Farm - Miss Anya Dressy.
Design Paper - Papermania Capsule Collection Mono
Heart charm from the Hobby House

Adhesive pearls and ribbon from my stash.

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Three hedgies are better than one!

Crikey... how hard is it to photograph pastel cards?

I have been all over the house and garden with this.

I used a cute Penny Black hedgie, coloured with Copics and

3D'd his little song book and hands

(they're not  really hands are they... feet??  paws??).

The wings are coloured with diamond glitter glue.

I punched the snowflake from the DP
and covered it with Diamond Dust.

I am entering this card for a few challenges...

Penny Black - Christmas in July
Cupcake Craft - Pastel Christmas

and a late entry for Aud Sentiments - Your own Christmas Sentiment

Hedgie and Sentiment Stamps - Penny Black Christmas Critters
Lace border punch - Martha Stewart
Design Paper - DCWV Nana's Nursery, Baby Boy
Snowflake - Xcut punch and Diamond Dust
Clear Dew Drops - Crafty Emma's Store

Ribbon from my stash.

Like snowflakes... no two angels are alike.

I just LOVE these papers - they smell like newly laid carpet..
not that I sit here sniffing them, of course...

well, maybe a little!!!

:-)

This cute little angel is from Pollycraft,
it's the digi image I chose after joining in Paula's freebie fun.
I coloured her with copics
( it's really pale blue, but the pic makes it look grey!)
and some stickles glitter.

The glitter seems to have slid down her wings a bit..

it must be because I stood the card up before it was dry.

The background trees are also Pollycraft, 3D'd,
coloured with copics and  Flower Soft, for the snow.

I am entering this for the Simon Says Stamp Challenge,
so I followed Martine's great sketch,
and also for Papertake Weekly, where the theme is 

Cutie Patootie.

Pollycraft Digi images - Cherry Kisses Angel & Trees Background,
coloured with Copics, Diamon Stickles and Polar White Flower Soft.
DP - GCDStudios - Ella Blue

Ribbon from my stash.
Silver Pearls from Crafty Emma's Store
Pop on over and check out Emma's store -  she has 15% off everything
until 9am Monday 26th July and is also starting a loyalty scheme
for her customers.

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Totally Papercrafts #26 Feeling Fruity

TGI Friday....  :-)
and time for a new Totally PaperCraft's Challenge.

Thanks to everyone who joined in with last week's recipe..
please check the blog to see if you were a winner.

This week's theme has been chosen by Emma,

with Lols hosting the challenge.
The theme is

FEELIN' FRUITY

Our generous sponsor this week is Mandi
who is a Stampin Up Demonstrator.

Please visit our fabulous DT ladies to get some inspiration,
and if you'd like to leave a comment we all love hearing from you.

For my 'fruity' project I decided on a picnic caddy..

full of yummy treats, for my girls.

I know they're in their 20's but

you're never too old for sweeties!!  

:-)

For the picnic caddy I followed the brilliant, step-by-step tutorial,
by Katie of Clearly iStamp

I just changed the handle, because I don't have a large punch.

I used an oval nestie instead.. 

and then used the oval nestie with a slightly larger scalloped one,
to cut a little frame from the DP.

Here's a pic of what the caddy will look like 

10 mins after the girls get their hands on it..

lol***

Design Paper and strawberry motif -  My Mind's Eye Summer 

(free in a magazine)

I made the text on my computer.

Sweeties -  Sainsburys   lol***

Flash Your Freebie Part 2

Have you been 'flashing your freebies' ???

If you entered the first part of the fun over at

Tales from Pollycraft
you should have this cute tortoise image.

The next part of the challenge is to create something with this image
and to think...   GREEN.

Then leave your work, on the blog, with Inlinkz,
and you will be able to choose ANY Pollycraft digi image,

for FREE!!

How cool is that?

I paper pieced the Tortoise shells
and added a little stickles glitter to his body
and the design paper. 

Digi Stamp - Pollycraft Freebie,  Tortoise Hugs coloured with Copics.

Design Paper - My Mind's Eye, Bloom & Grow

Sentiment and Card Candy - Craftwork Cards
Border Punch - Martha Stewart

Butterfly Punch - XCut

Bloom and adhesive pearls from my stash.

B is for Balloon

Afternoon everyone...

it's my Wedding Anniversary today,
25 years!!!

So I am having a chill out, crafting, blogging day

:-)

I have discovered the new post editor,
and  thought I would be brave and have a play with it.
I like the way that you can choose your image size easily.

This week's House Mouse & Friends challenge is

the letter 'B',

so, for my entry,  I chose this cute stamp with balloons,
coloured with Copics and the little mouse about to pop the balloon
is 3D'd.

I just love the expression on his face!

The paper is My Mind's Eye

(a freebie in Cardmaking and Papercraft's magazine)
and it's so gorgeous I didn't want to cover it up too much.

Do you like my bow?

It took me forever to tie that...

top of my 'to buy' list is a bow easy!

Stamp - House Mouse Pop-Ular Fun
Design Paper - My Mind's Eye - Summer
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards.

Ribbon and adhesive pearls from my stash.

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New challenge blog and candy

After the closure of Magical Crafts,
some of the DT have got together and
will be opening a new challenge blog
Craft Your Days Away,
on Saturday August 7th.
It's a multi-craft challenge, so I'm sure there will
be lots of fab ideas to take inspiration from.

Spread the word and you could be one of 3 lucky winners
of some super blog candy.

Good luck with the blog ladies..
looking forward to the first challenge.
xxx

Is it really summer?

Due to the vagaries of the great British summer,
I had to have ALL the lights on in my kitchen this morning!
So, I thought I would drag the camera outdoors...
and try and find some natural light.
I'm pretty pleased with the result,
the colours actually look like they do in 'real life'.
Maybe I will be an outdoors girl from now on!!

I would like to enter my card for a couple of challenges -
Sketch Saturday, where I have followed their great sketch
and Cupcake Craft, where the theme is
'Cats & Dogs'.

Congrats to
Faye of Stampin Fluffnstuff
who will be the new owner of Cupcake Crafts
from the beginning of August.

Stamp - High Hopes Heidi & Madison, coloured with Copics.
Design Paper - Basic Grey, Max & Whiskers.
Text - Craftwork Cards
Sizzix corner die, covered with glitter glue.
Buttons from my stash.

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Where to stash your cash!

For some of my family's birthdays only cash will do -
especially for the teenagers!!
I was going to just put the money inside a card,
but at the last minute thought I would make these
quick and easy money wallets.

I made them using my largest, rectangle, scalloped nestie.
One rectangle is scored in half and folded, for the main card,
and the other is lined up with this and cut just below the
main card's centre fold.
Then I stitched around the 3 sides, to form the pocket.

I decorated the front and voila...
a cute little money wallet in super quick time.

I would like to enter these for this week's
Penny Black Challenge,
where the theme is
ANYTHING BUT A CARD.
Check out the awesome projects by the DT.

Owl Stamp - from the Penny Black 'fresh new day' set.
Coloured with Copics.
Design Paper - My Mind's Eye, Bloom & Grow
Text stamp - Personal Impressions, mixed sentiments.
Ribbon and button from my stash.