My Winner is...

My winner of The Cutting Cafe Giveaway is.......

Sally

She said........"this one is great. My grandkids love halloween and they would love this great design"

1 September 2011 15:37

Congratulations Sally.  If you contact me by e-mail I shall send the Halloween Milk Carton file to you a.s.a.p. Have fun!

Apple for the Teacher card

The kids break up from school next week which I am looking forward to.....no school runs, no sandwiches to prepare for lunch boxes and no dashing around.  However, I will miss my crafting time over the summer weeks but nothing compares to having FUN with the kids around.

I made this shaped base card on my Pazzles Inspiration using Kraft Card.  I then layered some white linen card which I ran through my printer using some Lettering Delights fonts which turned out great and gave me the look I wanted.

I cut out this cute apple available at THE CUTTING CAFE from the APPLE SHAPED CARD template.  I then made my 1st ever paper rose, used my new seam binding and printed out the sentiment on the computer.

I hope the teachers will be happy with their 'thank you cards'!

I wanted to enter more challenges but could only find these three, so if you know of any other challenges that I could enter this card into please let me know.

Creative Craft World - For Teacher

Bows & Berries - Kraft Card

Clearly I Stamp - Punches, Die Cuts or Cut Outs

My Grafico Challenges

Egg Shaped Goodie Holder

Well what a weekend! The weather is glorious in England at the moment and great for gardening. Yesterday, Hubby suggested that he would cut the grass but I said no, lets start cutting back the shrubs and clean the patio (famous last words).

Please do not continue to read if you are squeamish.....

So, my job was to de-weed the patio and hubby to cut back the shubs. It was all going well when I heard a scream for help from my husband round the corner. There he was on the floor clutching a very bent arm!!!

I called the kids off the trampoline, grabbed my phone, bottle of water and piled everyone off to hospital. I am getting used to limbs being broken in my family (4 so far!), so we get to hospital quite swiftly. However, hubby has lots of metal pins in his arm due to a previous break a couple of years ago. The pins did the job but the breakage was just beyond the pins!!! He is now awaiting surgery for a rather complicated re-build. Poor him, dosed on painkillers waiting for 'the phone call'.

I now regret putting him off cutting the grass (it would have less dangerous with hindsight), and yes, he jokingly says "it's all my fault".

Anyway, this morning at the supermarket the kids couldn't resist buying Easter Eggs and I couldn't wait to get back home to make this Egg Shaped Goodie Holder from The Cutting Cafe.

I cut the Egg Shaped Goodie Holder on my Pazzles Inspiration (easy peasy) then then adhered the oval shape in the centre.

I used the EASTER MINI WORDS......PRINTABLE STAMPS which are perfect for tags of which there are a total of 37 mini words!

I placed all the eggs in a cello bag and tied a bow with one of my favourite ribbons. I promised the kids they could eat them when photographed!!

Right off to give the hubby some TLC!!

Pumpkin Shaped Goodie Bag

I made this Pumpkin Shaped Goodie Bag a few weeks ago when I was on The Cutting Cafe design team but wanted to enter it into a few challenges, so now here it is.....

I have cut out the Pumpkin Template on my Pazzles Inspiration using some Pink Petticoat download papers. I am just getting into using these papers as there are some gorgeous designs just at your finger tips.

I then put the sweets in a clear plastic bag, the sort you use for displaying your handmade cards and added a ribbon with a little greeting which was also from Halloween Printable Stamp Set at The Cutting Cafe.

I absolutely adore Jelly Beans so now I have taken the photo I am off to chew through the bag!!!

I have entered this project into various challenges:-

Polka Doodles - Something Spooky
Moving along with the times - Halloween
Pear Tree Designs - Free for all
Creative Inspirations Challenge - Halloween
A spoonful of sugar - Boo
One stop crafts - Halloween