Something for Mothers Day....

and its not purple!!!!
What an achievement lol! Yup I have a pink card to share today lol.

I used my new LOTV Bunches of love stamp that I bought from GNPE. I also used the new Mother's Day sentiment from LOTV and my new card candy. I coloured it up with the ole Promarkers and added stickles to the gorgeous WOC roses.

Now the paper and the fact that it is plain well um yup lol. I go through these random phases of not using any patterned paper - how odd! Is it just me ??!!

Anyway I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

• Crafty Creations Challenges - bunnies
• Stampin' for the weekend - for Mum/Mothers Day
• Cupcake craft challenges - flowers for mum 
• OSAAT  - mothers day/ babies
• Dream Valley Challenges -Mothers Day
• The Crafty Pad - for mums

So day 8 of placement and I am still alive - just. I spent most of last night crying my eyes out because I taught my first lesson yesterday afternoon and basically it went up in flames :( (not literally!) but I went in today and laid down the law! And had a much better lesson this morning - lets hope R.E. is the same tomorrow. Cross your fingers lol!!

So off I go, we've just got a new oven and I'm dying to try it out! I couldn't turn the old one on myself because the pilot had gone and my arms are simply not long enough to reach to the back with a match!

I'll hopefully be back soon!

Hugs

Rachael xxx

Hi everyone!

Long time no post from me - AGAIN!!

I have the excuse that I started placement on Monday and already have loadssss to do and last week was spent tying up all the loose ends at uni.

I did get a day off on Saturday though and guess where I went .......

                                  GNPE in Harrogate !!!!!!!

My amazing bf took me all the way to Harrogate only to stand behind me holding my bags for four hours bless him! I spent an immense amount of money that Ive been saving for ages and got some awesome stuff - namely a lot of LOTV stamps (and a few old), some nesties and some FAB craftwork cards stuff! Ive always liked craftwork cards stuff but have never actually bought any but I am now in LOVE  with them and have a wish list of stuff I want from their website lol! I had a brilliant day and felt like a kid again. It was fab knowing that the things that I wanted I could actually buy instead of just looking and drooling!

Anyway enough about my brilliant day at my first ever craft show lol I have another purple card to show you all.

Now I swear I hid of my purple stash but it managed to worm its way on to this card!

The stamp is the ever so cute Ellie from Stamposaurus. I love her to bits! I coloured her with promarkers and gave her a little MS butterfly. I really like the simplicity and white space on this card for some reason!

Anyway I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Promarker Challenge.- In the garden (Ellie is in her garden lol!)
• Stamp Something - Something Sweet
• I love promarkers - go dotty

Well off to do some planning! I get to teach my first lesson next week :s Its Science so I'm making it nice and practical lol!

Hugs

Rach xxx

Some sunshine!

You hooo!

Just a quick post to show you a very sunshiny card I made :)

I was clearly inspired by the sunshine we've been having for the last few days because this card turned out to be yellow of all colours! Not a very yellow person but I am sooo pleased how this turned out! I have had a whole box of these images decoupaged up for ages sitting  in my craft corner so I thought it was about time I used it lol.

I used a Forever Friends Springtime decoupage bear, papers and sentiment from the same range.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Forever Friends Challenge - monochrome - even though there is a hint of green on one of the papers!
• By the cute and girly - springtime
• Papertake Weekly - Zingy

Hope you are all well. No where further with the science assignment :( but we have found out our placements ......and I'm miles away so again :(

Never mind I'm sure it will all be worth it in the end!

Hugs

Rachael xxx

A thank you

Just a quick post to say thank you very much to Sarah for this award!

As I have already had this award I am running out of people to pass it onto!

And I know I am supposed to pass this onto 3-5 people but nearly everyone else I follow has either had it or has over 3000 followers!

But I would like to pass this award onto Sharon.

Please check out their blogs there are some brilliant makes!

Bye for now!


Rachael xx

Hello everyone!
I managed to finish the History assignment woop woop so while I had a bit of spare time I thought I should maybe get a bit if a head start on the 'Thank You' cards for placement.

As soon as I saw Teacher Anya from The Greeting Farm I NEEEEEEEDED it! As I'm training to be a teacher I knew it would come in handy lol.

I used the sketch over at Anyone for Anya with Basic Grey papers and some translucent gems and flowers.
Now these papers well they were one of those "ooo I really like those " impulse buys. And they have sat in a drawer for few months and every time I have seen them I have been annoyed with myself because I really don't like them but I have forced myself to use them and to be honest I am really pleased! Moral of the story Rachael is to push yourself once in a while!

Anyway I used the good ole promarkers to colour Anya in and tried for my life to give her hair a bit of shading. I found some distress inks and tried to distress the edges a bit too.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
• Cupcake Crafts Challenge- Anything but a square
• Anyone for Anya - Sketch
• PaperPlay Challenges - Vintage/shabby chic

                  So I am off to start the NEXT assignment lol this one is Science and doesnt look too bad (she says!).

Speak soon

Hugs

Rachael xx



Some more purple!!

Hi all!

I think I am seeing a bit of a colour theme going on here with purple birthday cards lol - its one of my favourite colours!!

This is a very very late birthday card that should have been sent last week but I had the awful stomach bug that weekend so am just getting round to doing it now - ooops!

I have used:

• promarkers
• LOTV I baked a cake stamp and circle sentiment stamp
• Martha Stewart butterfly and new border punch (my naughty treat from QVC for passing both my math and education essays - woop woop!!)
• Docrafts Henbury Lane purple dot paper
• Circle and circle scallop nesties
• glitter and gems

Bit of a close up lol

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

• LOTV Thursday challenge - My Favourite Colour
• One Stitch At A Time - make it pretty
• Lollipop crafts - use your favourite colouring medium - it has to be the promarkers!
• Little Claire Designs -Anything Goes

Will hopefully be back soon!!

Hugs

Rachael xx

First ever blog award!

And first post for February it seems too which is baaaad!

Well Iv seen this award going around blogland for a few weeks now and then guess what.....


The very lovely Rachel gave me this .....!!!

He he he how happy am I lol?!! I just want to say a mega big thank you to Rachel for this award and for being a really great blogging friend!

So there are a few rules that come with this award:

1) You have been tagged, do you want to accept? 'Ofcourse!' then create a post on your blog and post the love blog photo.

2) Link back to the person who gave you the award and say if you accept.

3) Choose 3-5 of your favourite blogs to tag, link these in your post too and tell the lucky people they have been tagged. As the aim of this award is to bring unknown good blogs to light, please don't tag somebody with 3000 followers.

After much thought lol I managed to narrow it down to the following brilliant bloggers that fill me with inspiration every time I visit!!

Dena - Denas Stamping Corner
Sally B - Sally Bees cards and chat
Denise - The Crafty Den
Dawny P - Pink Piggy Wiggy
Sheila - Doubtfires Musings

So please check out their blogs and you may get as inspired as I do :)

I have actually made some cards this week so will hopefully be able to post them soon.

My new Martha Stewart punches arrived this afternoon so Im off to play!!

Hugs

Rachael x x x