Busssssssy Day and Happy 2nd Birthday to my Baby

Well what a horrid day weather wise here in Manchester. Today My son and his girlfriend went to see a house to rent for her and her son but he says he isnt moving just yet. Anyway she like to the area but the house was far too small. Anyway they called with an armful of presents for me as tomorrow being mother's day and chris is working they wont be round. i was shocked not being er Mum but she said that the card wasnt for my mum  but to a special lady. She got me a cute teddy with a recorder in and the little one had recorded Hi Sue love you. Also she had a lovely little basket with some blubs in.

it appears that her ex hasnt got a card for her from her son he is 2 so cant go shopping. So I quickly wrote the card i had recently made with his name in it so at least she has one this year.

Now who is 2 you are wondering well my little baby celebrates his 2nd birthday today gosh that has gone so quickly and here is a picture not the best as he needs a trim and a good brush.

So Happy Birthday Buddy

We're All Stitched Up At Crafty Catz

Good evening well it has been raining here in Manchester but hopefully it will stay dry till i get the dog walked. Gosh the week has past so quickly this week and this being Friday means that it is Crafty Catz time. This week it is Kims turn to pick the theme and also it is GDT Call time again.
Well Kim would like to see Stitching on your creations this can be either real as in my case or faux .

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Now onto my card and i picked this lovely little girl called Valentines girl with her heart think this would have been a lovely image for a mothers day but i picked birthday 

 I actually got my little sewing machine out for this one and used pink cotton in a zig zag stitch round the image and the base dp paper. Dp is from a big pack of papers I got from a garden centre but didnt have a name on so sorry folks. Ribbon is from Crafty ribbons and might even be from one of Bev's bags. Flower is a crochet one which a friend sent me but thought it went well with the image. I put a purple flower from wild orchid in the centre. used a M.S round the corner punch. Oh the image is coloured with promarkers and a touch of glitter gel  for the checks . Ok that it now it is over to you hope you can come and join our little challenge we would love to see you over there. Thanks for popping by and have a good weekend and hugs to all the Mums out there enjoy your Sunday.

But just before I go is anyone else having problem with spam gosh i am getting so many which i send to my spam box must be about 8 today so far.

challenges

Stampin with the dragon - anything goes 

Crafty Ribbon - anything goes

the sisterhood of crafters - happy birthday

Papertake weekly - anything goes

passion for promarkers - one for the ladies

the pretty little ribbon - happy birthday

Whoopsi Daisy - 2 patterned papers

Pile it on - birthday

The paper Players - in stitches

Easter Murray DT Card for Craft

Good evening a little late with my DT card for Craft the challenge went live at 9am this morning and if you havent seen then your in for a treat. So I will keep this short.
This week we would like to see lots of EASTER / SPRING creations.
The sponsor for our challenge this week are

Sponsor 1: LEJ Designs

The prize for winner 1 is 3 digis of choice from her site.

Sponsor 2: Stitchy Bear Stamps

The prize for winner 2 is a $10 USD Gift Voucher good on the three creators on our rotation this month  within the Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps Shop. 

StitchyStamps - 

Floppy Latte  Designs - 

BB Kakes - 

Sponsor 3: Pattie's Creations

The prize for winner 3 is 3 of their images of choice.

Sponsor 3: Saturated Canary Digital Stamps

The prize for sponsor 2 is digis of choice from her site.

I was lucky enough to be allowed a pick of images and i jumped at the chance to play with Murray from Saturated Canary just love her images.

So here is my card for your inspiration coloured with my promarkers and the edges and diecuts with my Distressed inks.

close up of the wonderfu image

embellishments 

Flowers from Wild orchid, pearls & gems from Mei Flower,

 Dp is freebie from this month Cardmaking & papercrafts

Ribbon from mei flower, Diecut is part of a Memory box die. ,

 Doily coloured with distressed inks from Joanna sheen.  Lace from local shop

All edges have been distressed

Well hope you like i really enjoyed making this one and hope you will come and join us this week. Dont forget to hop over and see the rest of the teams creations.

pop back tomorrow I will have another card for you and another challenge.

Challenges I would like to enter this card into are

Craft us crazy - anything goes

crafty ribbons - anything with ribbon

Cute card Thursday - Spring fever

Delightful Challenges - embellishments

Flutterby wednesday - anything goes/ butterfly

The paper shelter - punches & dies ( butterfly & leaves)

Crafty Sentiments - pretty in pink

papertake weekly - anything goes

Lexi's Creations - easter

Joanna sheen - layer it up

Saturated Canary - good and evil ( good)

Little Hands - Mothers Day

Good morning hope you all enjoyed the sun yesterday they say today isnt going to be as nice oh well guess it was just a taster. Well today is hump day so thats Wednesday to the rest of us and this means it is another challenge at Creative Inspirations and we have a brilliant one for you this week.

Yes Sunday here in Uk sees Mothers Day so what better than lets see those

 MOTHERS DAY CREATIONS

Our sponsor for this challenge is non other than MY MUMS CRAFT SHOP who are offering a £10 VOUCHER to the Winner!

They are also giving a 10% DISCOUNT for EVERYONE who joins in with the Challenge!
Simply enter the following code when you get to the checkout, but be quick as the code is only valid until MIDNIGHT 12TH OF MARCH!
Discount Code - CIMARCH

so lets get onto my card for your inspiration and i used a image from REDONKULAS

Oh I just love the verse with this and there is also one with grandma instead of Mummy. I always find Mothers Day hard as i no longer have my Mum about and it is very close to her Birthday so Mum if you are looking down this one is for you.

DP is papermanina Capsule collection, Pearls from Mei Flower Crafts, Lace and Velvet ribbon from my stash, Sentiment tag is a stamp from a Mag this month as a freebie. Heart Die is Nellie Sheldon.

So I am sure that most of you will be making Mothers Day cards and there are alot of challenges featuring this theme so why not combine it with ours. remember to read our rules as we have a limit of number of challenges allowed. So thanks for popping by and hope you like my little card. Before I go I would just like to thank you all for your continued comments and also tell you I got picked as the Dt fave winner at 

digistamps4joy with my WOW card. I was so trilled as these where our sponsor and it was my 1st WOW.

Well enjoy the rest of your day and I will be back tomorrow with another fun challenge at Craft

challenges

Passion for promarkers = one for the ladies

papertake weekly - anything goes

Bearly Mine - mothers day

Creative Craft Challenges - mothers day

Through the craftroom door - anything goes

Vickys challenge - anything goes

Crafty Boots - old (DP) new ( image )

Creative Creations - For Mum

Paper Playtime - anything goes

There she goes - matting with Black

The sweetest thing - sketch