This week over at .....

..... C.R.A.F.T. Challenges the theme this week is 'Background Text'.  I had to make the card very quickly as you will see from my previous post that my holiday was 'extended' by my hubby, so I had very little time.

Our sponsor this week is Saturated Canary.  Krista Smith has kindly provided us with an image to use.  The one I have picked is the cute litte 'Ivy the Nerd', have a look at my card and let me know what you think of Ivy.

Like I said the card was a quickie but I absolutely love Ivy.

Recipe
* cards (I used 2) from stash
* backing paper Dovecraft Basics III range
* text background from Arts and Crafts Direct (I have had this for years)
* Ivy the Nerd from Saturated Canary coloured with my trustee Promarkers
* flowers from Making Memories and edged with Brilliance ink pads
* brads and gems from stash

Hope you like it.

I am entering this into the following challenge
I Love Promarkers - Use a digi

Elke XX

In case ...

... where I have been for the past 10 days.  It was my big birthday on Thursday and my hubby decided to take me to Cornwall for a week.  We were supposed to be back on Friday, but then during the week we had what I thought was a 'surprise' visitor, well it was a surprise for me but hubby had arranged it.  It was an old friend of ours Dave who just happened to 'pop' by on his way to a job in Cornwall.  This was on Wednesday, he spent the afternoon and evening with us and we ended up going out for a Chinese.  He suggested that we should stop off at their house in Wiltshire on our way home on Friday to have dinner with him and Lorraine, his wife.  I never thought anything of it.

Well when we got there on Friday late afternoon, I got the surprise of my life.  My son, his partner and our grandaughter Frankie were there aswell.  I never really thought much of it as I knew that they were taking Frankie to her grandads in Wales on Saturday for a week.  Then they brought out my birthday cake for me which I just have to share with you.

Isnt it absolutely gorgeous and it tastes delicious.

Well it turns out that I was 'kidnapped' for the weekend and we spent Saturday at Twickenham watching the Ariva Premiership Rugby match between Leicester Tigers and Harlequins.  We had a fantastic time as the men had arranged a taxi for the day so we could all have a drink or two.  Oh and my best friend Sylvia knew all about it.  Apparently she kept quiet as payback for her birthday last year.  Thank best friend I still love you.

So we have only come home late this afternoon, but then what a shock when we went to check the garden.  Some thugs must have got in and managed to get oil into the pond and we have lost most of our fish have died or gone.  Its a big disappointment to both of us as the fish were brilliant and we had most of them from babies.

I am way behind with all the cards I need to make and I am gutted that the Grand Calibur that I have bought hasnt been posted yet, it was supposed to be here by now.  Hopefully I will get it next week.  Keep your fingers crossed for me please.

Elke XX

This week ...

... over at 'The Poodles Parlour' our challenge is Monochromatic.  Why dont you pop over and have a look at the lovely creations the Design Team have made.

I have used a lovely digi image called Daisy Fairy by 'The Stamping Boutique'.  I just love the Daisy Fairy and I thought that she was a lovely digi to use for the Monochromatic challenge, what do you think???

Recipe
* card from stash
* backing paper from the new Docrafts Black & White Capsule range
* card candi and sentiment from Craftwork Cards backed onto a diecut from the Memory Box range
* flowers from stash
* digi image from 'The Stamping Boutique' coloured with my Promarkers
* wings covered with Stickles

Hope you like this as much as I do.  I am really pleased with the fairies hair.

Elke XX

Hello everyone

Good morning to all of you.  I hope you enjoyed the blog hop over at CRAFT Challenges last week.  I tell you what, I didnt have a clue what was going on as I have never ever even taken part in a blog hop let alone been part of one.  If you have taken part in the blog hop please pop over to the blog and check if you are one of our many winners.  


This week over at CRAFT Challenges the theme is 'Easel cards' one of my favourite styles of cards to make.  I have chosen a Bugaboo image called 'Person to Annoy ...'.  I just love their old couples and this one is ideal for a wedding card I was making.  What do you think???

Right I better get some packing sorted as we are going away in the morning for a week down to Cornwall for my special birthday.  Yes Sylvia I will alter my age in  my sidebar when I get back lol !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See you all soon

Elke XX

Just a quickie

Hi everyone

just thought I would show the really quick card I made for my grandson Rory's birthday.  He is absolutely mad on Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story.  It had to be a really quick card as my hands were playing up quite bad and I couldnt do much more. 

He absolutely loved it and it took pride of place on his birthday table.

Recipe
* card and backing paper from stash
* downloaded image of Buzz
* sentiment and letters and number created in Word and printed out

Hope you dont think its too simple, but my hands have been playing up quite a bit lately.

Elke XX

Happy Birthday

Morning all,

This week is a special week. We are 3 years old this week! So, Happy Birthday to us!!

Our challenge this week is 'Celebration'. So, any project fitting this subject will be eligible for a prize.


We also have our blog hop this week and you can choose to do one or more of the following this week:

1. Take part in our challenge
2. Add your name to Inlinkz on the DT and GDT blogs to be in with winning a prize on their blogs.
3. Complete the blog hop (adding your name to Inlinkz on your way), collect all letters and form the sentence it forms and leave a comment at the end of our challenge post with your answer.

We have a lot of sponsors this week, with lost of prizes to be won.

• A prize for the winner of our 'Celebration' challenge this week.
• A prize for the randomly chosen winner on each (G)DT member's blog.
• A prize for the randomly chosen comment with the correctly formed sentence from the collected letters along the way.

To ensure all is done fairly, we will enable comment moderation this week to keep all answers behind, so there can be no cheating.

Our blog hop route:

Elke - You're here!

Sue

Nikki

Tigerlover

Liam and Owen

Jenny

Coops 

Carol

Sylvia

Sharon

Sheryl

Jeanette

Alison

Jo

CRAFT Challenge

The sponsor on my blog is Bugaboo Stamps

By adding your name/blog to Inlinkz below you can be in with a chance of winning

Don't forget to link in and to collect your letter on this stop which is

So, now it is time to get you some inspiration for this challenge. Here is my card for this challenge.

I am entering this into the following challenge
Allsorts Challenge - Black and white


Your next stop will be Sue. Hope you are having fun! Enjoy the rest of our blog hop!

I have received this ...

... on Facebook from my best friend Sylvia

I had a tear in my eye when I saw it, her friendship means the world to me and believe it or not we have only known each other for just over 3 years but we have grown close and love spending time together especially on Saturday mornings when we go out for breakfast unless we are going to a craft show.

Tomorrow morning we are going to Derby Garden Centre for breakfast and then looking in at Craft Central where Jo Austin is doing some demos.  Unfortunately I have to leave by 12.30pm as I am at work at 2.30pm.  

Elke XX

C.R.A.F.T. Challenges

Hi everyone

why dont you pop over to C.R.A.F.T. Challenges and have a look at the stunning prizes we have on offer for this weeks challenge - BUTTONS.  We have all been working very hard to showcase what the Design Team have created for this lovely challenge.

Here is my effort for which I have used a lovely digi image of a baby girl.  The digi was supplied by Digi Doodle Shop who have very kindly sponsored the challenge.

Recipe

* card, backing paper and buttons from stash

* ribbon from Trimcraft

* stickers from Home Bargains (bought a long time ago)

* digi image from Digi Doodle Shop coloured with my Promarkers

I am entering this card into the following challenges

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Digi Doodle Shop - Anything goes

Creative Card Crew - Ribbon

Hope you like my little card, I do.

Elke XX

This week...

... over at C.R.A.F.T. Challenges our theme is Animals.  Why dont you come and have look and join in to win one of the fantastic prizes on offer.

Well things in the Burden household have been rather hectic of late and now my car is poorly on top of that, but I managed to make my card, although its late.  Here is my DT card for you to have a look at

The elephant is a digi image by Floppy Latte Designs.  Dont you think he is really really cute.

pop over and have a look at the other stunning digis for sale.

Recipe

* card from stash

* backing papers from Kanban

* sentiment stamp from Stampin Up

* flowers and brads from stash

* card candi from Craftwork Cards

Hope you like my card I think I will use it for my hubby as his anniversary card in July.

Right better get sorted as I need to get ready to go off to work.

Elke XX

WOWEEEEE I have won ...

... over at One Stitch At A Time with my DT card for CRAFT challenges.

I am over the moon as I dont normally win anything.  Maybe I should put some lottery tickets on aswell this week as you never know what else is around the corner.

Elke XX