Meet Coco!

Yes, ........we have increased our little menagerie of pets to 15 now!!!! with the arrival of the very handsome Coco...................
originally owned by a friend of my MIL, who to be honest did not have the time to spend handling, interacting and talking to his animals. Don't be misled he cares for them perfectly well
just not as obsessed as us when it comes to spending time with them.......................he was also a bit 'miffed' that he has never had any lovely duck eggs in the year that he has owned this gorgeous creature........................and the reason?..................................it's a boy!!!!!!!!

I'm happy to say that our girls Pepsi & Splash have accepted him rather well, although because he has never been handled at all, he is very wary of most things at the moment, especially Flopsy........one of our ex-battery hens that has taken an instant dislike to him and we can only let them be in the same area when we are watching...........he has only been here for two days, so hopefully things will improve when everyone gets more used to him being around!

Isn't he gorgeous?

See you soon.....
Hugs
Carol x

Cute Daisy May ~ Texture

Hello.............. The challenge we have for you this week over at Cute Daisy May is..........

TEXTURE

We want to see your fabulous designs using some form of texture.....it could be embossing, fabric, ribbon or anything that is 'touchy feely'!
For my DT card i've gone with some perforated cardstock and some dead easy to use die cut felt strip.......... The sweet girl is from download sheet number 53

Come on over and play......you don't have to use a Cute Daisy May image , but you will be in with the chance of winning a gorgeous download which you can use on future challenges!

Thanks for your visit today.........see you soon.......

Hugs
Carol x

Cute Daisy May ~ Hey Baby.....

Without wishing to make too many of you feel broody! our challenge at Cute Daisy May this week is..........

BABY

Linnie has so many lovely images for you for this theme, and of course all the other girls on the DT have worked their magic to inspire you as well............some really gorgeous creations to feast your eyes on!

I chose to use this fab little Elephant for my card today from sheet #40...........

Image.... CDM digi sheet #40
Colour.... Promarkers
Papers.... Basic Grey 'lemonade'
Large oval.... Cuttlebug & Nesties
Sentiment oval punches.... Stampin Up!
Sentiment.... Stampin Up!
Ribbon & button from stash

*if you live in the u.k. and would like any SU product,
please e-mail me to place your order*

I hope you will enjoy playing along with our challenge this week and i look forward to visiting you to see what you have made :)

Happy Monday ;-D

Hugs
Carol x

The Pink Elephant

Good Morning lovelies :) Wow! can you believe we are up to challenge #32 at TPE ......already!!

Today we have a fun challenge.......

Back to School / For Teacher

My gorgeous Granddaughter has started going to school now, but just for the afternoons at the moment, apparently she asks her Mum or Dad several times during the mornings "Is it time for school yet?" she's loving every minute :) so i have made a card for her to give to her teacher :)

I think this is called an 'easel' card.......found some images in the gallery at SCS but couldn't actually find any instructions, so i just made it 5 x 5 to fit the envelopes i already have! It was very easy to make and i love how it looks..............hope Mrs Franklin likes it!!

Image.... Digi image that i won from lovely Joni
Colour.... Promarkers
Stamps.... Hero Arts LL760 good Alphabet(teacher)
5/8" Circle Punch.... Woodware
all other supplies from stash

Don't forget to check out the fabulous creations from my lovely team mates and i hope you have fun with this weeks challenge :)

Back soon with Cute Daisy May ;-D

Hugs
Carol x

Here are the RAK winners.........

I used Random.org to pick the numbers and after almost going boss-eyed!! here are the six winners.........................................

Karen B

Milliesmarvels

Hazel Q

Scotspanda

Kathleen

Anne

Congratulations Ladies :) Please e-mail with your full postal address(addy in side bar) and i will get your paper bundle posted out to you.
If i do not hear from you by Wednesday at 5pm GMT i will have no alternative but to draw some more names from the list.

A huge Thank You to everyone that joined in this time.......and don't be too disappointed a new Blog Candy is on the horizon.........i still need to make more space!! ;-D
See you tomorrow,

Hugs
Carol x

RAK is now closed......

........I will use Random. Org to draw the six winners. the winning names will be announced here as soon as possible.............................Back soon :)

Hugs
Carol x

Funky New Downloads

Anice at Funky Hand has been working her magic again designing two brand new Christmas Wordbooks, so now i get to show you the samples i worked on and here they are..................

TIS THE SEASON

BLUE CHRISTMAS

You can of course pop over to Funky Hand and buy them now.........you could be making them this afternoon! Oh, and while you are there don't forget to look at all the other gorgeous samples from my fabby team mates.....................you'll find them all in the gallery!

Thanks for popping in today, i'll see you later with the results of my RAK.......and then back tomorrow with The Pink Elephant & Cute Daisy May!

Also, if you haven't popped over to my new website yet, i will be having some fantastic offers in the next few days, so if you live in the U.K. you might want to check those out too! ;-D

Hugs
Carol x

Penny Black Saturday ~ Week 65

Morning lovelies......... my last day of crafty freedom before going back to work tomorrow! I have really enjoyed the last three days..............i'm very easy to please, just give me stamps and paper and i'm a happy bunny!!

I've been creating some DT projects for two new Christmas wordbook downloads soon to be available over at Funky Hand.......so watch out for those! I also made a little card for the current challenge over at PBSC which is called................. Hearts Desire

The layout follows my current sketch over at Carol's Sketch Fun...............with a fabulous prize this fortnight................you will not want to miss your chance at this one!!

Image.... PB 'Crush' 3786F
Sentiment.... Stampin Up! 'Soft Summer'113802
Colour.... Promarkers
Papers.... Basic Grey 12 x 12 'Bittersweet'
Nesties.... Scalloped Rectangles
Sentiment Punches.... Stampin Up!
Border Punch.... Fiskars
bobble trim & ribbon from stash

Off now to cut up the rest of the paper for my RAK Candy..............you still have a few days to enter for a chance at 50 sheets of 6 x 6 Designer Paper.....................and watch out very soon for another Candy giveaway!
I have everything crossed that my Stampin Up! starter kit will arrive today, then i will get chance for a little play before returning to work! :)
Thanks for popping in today, i hope you can spend your Wednesday doing what you love too!
See you soon ;-D

Hugs
Carol x

Cute Daisy May ~ First DT assignment....

Hi again, back as promised with my first DT card for Cute Daisy May......i just loved working with this gorgeous image and i look forward to working with more of Linnie's fab drawings......

My first assignment is a colour challenge........Pink &...............

.....Green!..................... isn't she so cute!!

Image.... Cute Daisy May digi sheet 56
Colour.... Promarkers
Papers.... Basic Grey 'Lemonade'
Cuttlebug & Nesties.... Mega Curved Rectangles
EK Success.... Border punch 'Fleur de Lys'
Oval for sentiment.... Nesties Petite Ovals Large
small pink pearls from stash

Why not pop over now and look at all the fab creations from the rest of the DT girls............and better still, i would love to see what you can do with our colour challenge this week.....thanks for popping back in, and i'll see you very soon ;-D

Hugs
Carol x

The Pink Elephant ~ challenge #31

Happy Monday to you all :)

Today at The Pink Elephant we have a colour challenge for you.................

Black, Red, Yellow and White

Not sure why but this colour combination just made me think of Halloween!

Chipboard Tree.... Maya Road(inked with charcoal cats eye)
Background brayered with Adirondack ink.... Red Pepper, & Sea Brights Beach Ball Yellow
Punches.... Martha Stewart, Woodware
Circle sentiment.... Funky Hand 'Now That's Funky' CD rom
Cuttlebug.... Cut & Emboss 'Creepy Spiders & Bats
ribbon, skull button and cardstock from stash

I always love to see what the other DT girls have done with the challenges...........and i love to visit you and see how you interpret them.................the one thing i must do this week is try to leave you a comment so you know that i've popped in!!!

I will see you in a few hours with my first DT card for Cute Daisy May...........bye for now ;-D

Hugs
Carol x

Some more news!

I received an e-mail a couple of weeks ago from the very talented Linnie over at Cute Daisy May inviting me onto her Design Team! I was very chuffed and didn't even have to think about it........who wouldn't love working with all her fabulous drawings........now that's real talent.......

My first card as a DT member will be shown tomorrow over at Cute Daisy May challenges and i would love it if you could join in this week.........the digi designs are so wonderful to work with and oh so cute!.................See you there ;-D

Hugs
Carol x

Today......................

..................is our 28th Wedding Anniversary and look what's just arrived...


Love the bones of you, ..............you gorgeous man :)

Very pleased to announce.........

..........that i am now an Independent Stampin Up! Demonstrator.......i have started to construct a new blog dedicated to all things Stampin Up!......called Crescent Stampin ..........still got the builders in at the moment!........ but hopefully things will soon be looking good...........see you there ;-D

Hugs
Carol x

Didn't we have a lovely time........

......the day Steph came to demo! :)

And we all made one of these sweet little flowerpot cards................here's mine.........
And this is a mini pizza box & matching card that i made for Steph..............
I thoroughly enjoyed myself and it certainly made a nice change to actually sit down and make something along with all my lovely ladies...............

Thanks so much girls......... Margaret, Sue, Heather, Sandra, Lindsey, Nikki(who gave birth to her second beautiful daughter just 2 weeks ago!!) Wendy, Sue and last but by no means least Lynne(thanks for our little chat)..... I appreciate each and every one of you ;-D x x

Huge hugs to lovely Steph for keeping us all busy :)

Carol x

Get Funky ~ Challenge 2

The 1st of September sees the launch of challenge number 2 over at Get Funky! This month it's the turn of my fab team mate Ruth, both her gorgeous boys have their Birthdays during September.....so her challenge is.........................

Two Little Boys

Both my boys have their Birthdays in September - Jacob will be 4 and Samuel will be 6.

So my challenge is to make a boy themed card, layout, project or what ever you fancy as long as it is aimed at a boy and uses a Funky Hand paper or extra.

Here is the first of my two cards.........i will be showing the other one a bit later on :)

I've used papers from Very Funky the 'Spring Morning' collection. The cute super dragon image is a digi from Dustin Pike which has been coloured with Promarkers. I used my Nestabilities to cut the ovals and coloured the number and lettering to match the ribbon.

You have a whole month to play along with our challenge and the chance to win a £20.00 gift voucher to spend on the website. I hope you will enjoy seeing what the rest of my teamies did with this challenge and i look forward to visiting you to check out what you have made :) Get Funky!!!

Hugs
Carol x

PINK ELEPHANT Challenge #30

Good Morning lovelies......a little later than usual for TPE (i forgot to schedule my post for 5am!...sorry)

This week at The Pink Elephant we have a recipe from Ella's Kitchen.............

1 Ribbon, 2 Squares, and something that Sparkles

Now, we all know how hard it is to photograph something sparkly! but i think you can just about see the glamour dust on his hat!! .................isn't he a 'jolly' looking Santa ?

Image....'Crayon Santa' JudiKins 2401H
Colour.... Promarkers
Sentiment.... Stamps by Judith
Sparkle.... Glamour Dust
Cuttlebug & Snowflakes folder
DP.... Papermania
Candy Dots.... Pebbles Inc
ribbon & charm from stash

It's a Bank Holiday today here in the U.K. so no work! Yippee!!! Enjoy your day everyone :)

Make sure you head over to TPE to check out the gorgeous work from the rest of my DT pals.........then get busy with your stash and show us what you can do with Ella's Recipe!

If you would like a chance at 50 6 x 6 sheets of Designer Paper then have a nosy at my RAK post which can be found in the sidebar.

Have a fabulous day everyone and i'll see you very soon ;-D

Hugs
Carol x

CUTE CARD THURSDAY

The challenge this week over at Cute Card Thursday is...........

'New Beginnings'

I've taken one of my lovely LilyBoo images and made a New Home card........i adore these little birdie images.........
Image.... LilyBoo's Boutique
Colour.... Promarkers
Inkssentials pen
Cardstock.... Bazzill / Papermania
Sentiment.... Studio G mini alpha stamps
Punches.... Woodware small fern / 35mm square / 16mm circle
other supplies from stash

See you tomorrow...............it's Pink Elephant day!! ;-D

Hugs
Carol x

Time for some RAK's ;-D

Happy Sunday everyone :) I am feeling much better now, Thank You all for your kind wishes ~ x~

I have been having a little sort out of my designer paper stash! I need to make lots of room for other things..............(all will be revealed very shortly!) so i have decided to have a giveaway :)

50 6 x 6 sheeets of Designer Paper
x 6
picture to follow(need to cut them all up first!!)

(I still need to add 27 sheets to the top 2 piles!)

I will randomly draw six names from the comments here at this post. If you would like to mention it on your blog, then i'll pop your name in twice :) The six winners will be drawn on Sunday 13th September at 9pm GMT.........................Good Luck!

Hugs
Carol x

Funky Hand Sale

There is a fab Sale this weekend at Funky Hand..........

Wow!!!! 20% off everything! How can you resist??? You can pop over and stock up on all the gorgeous goodies, just in time to join our new challenge which goes live on 1st September over at Get Funky.......................see you there :)

Hugs
Carol x

DT Sneaky peeks

Hi Everyone :)
In between sneezing, blowing my nose and trying to sleep!! i have managed to complete some of my DT work for the coming week so i though i would pop on and show you a couple of sneaky peeks.........

This first one is for the new challenge over at 'Get Funky' which goes live on Tuesday 1st September...................set by my fab team mate Ruth......and if your mojo has done a 'runner' you will find some great inspiration from the rest of my team mates! And............if you don't have any Funky Hand goodies to work with yet, make sure you check the website over the weekend for a VERY special offer.......................more about that tomorrow!

And this one................well, i've been 'itching' to tell you.............but i can't just yet!!.......watch this space ;-D

hugs
Carol x