Spring into Summer - Papeterie Card Competition

Thought I'd share my entry into The Papeterie's "Spring into Summer" card competition with you - if you've no idea what I'm talking about then here are the competition details...
The challenge will run until the 30th April(noon) with winners being announced at 4pm.
1st Prize: £100 of crafty goodies
2nd Prize: £30 of crafty goodies
3rd Prize: £10 of crafty goodies
All you need to do is design a card made with products currently sold at The Papeterie with a Spring/Summer theme. Take them in to be displayed in store and we will also feature them on our website. Good Luck and have fun.

 Image: Simply Gorjuss - Little Red, coloured with promarkers and added Glamour Dust. Hero Arts - Poinsettia Circle CG103 stamped with Memento - Cantaloupe. Hero Arts - Find Joy CL497 greeting
Papeterie white cardstock, core'dinations colour cardstock
Cuttlebug and Crafts Too embossing folders
Papermania capsule collection paper flowers
circle and scallop circle nestabilities

I'd also like to enter her into
Simon Says Stamp - Emboss It
Totally Gorjuss - Bling It On
ABC Challenge - S for Sparkle
Passion for Promarkers - White on White
A Spoonful of Sugar - Let's Celebrate

Topsy Turvy

Well I just don't know whether I'm coming or going.... I consider myself to be a reasonably intelligent woman but I had a serious senior moment today, get yourself comfy and I'll explain...
It's been a wee while since I joined in with the weekly challenge on the Sugar Nellie Facebook group, and this week the challenge is spots and dots. Well seeing as I treated myself to set 6 of the Simply Sassy's I thought I'd have a go. So I coloured my image, matted it onto some cardstock, then did all the matting and layering on the card base - went to pick up the image to stick on my card, BUT WAIT... it's disappeared?!?!?
It took me 2 days of looking to realise that the image was inded right in front of me - it was just face down so the coloured cardstock was facing up. Honestly - I had to have a serious chat with myself!!
And the worst of it is, after all that carry-on I've decided I don't even like it. I thought it was because I've just used coloured cardstock and no patterned papers, then I thought that I don't like how I've coloured the image, but I'm just not sure what it is - i just don't like it.
If anyone has any suggestions on how to improve it then I'm willing to hear them, because otherwise it's going to land in the bin.

Image: Witches Cauldron from Sugar Nellie, coloured with promarkers.
core'dination cardstock embossed with Swiss Dots and Clockworks cuttlebug embossing folders
MS Spiders Web deep edge punch, ribbon and charm from stash


In complete contrast to my lack of brains the other day, I was out with some of the other mums from school at the local pub quiz last night and we won!! Absolutely chuffed to bits.
Willow lost her first baby tooth on Tuesday, it's been wobbly for months so at last the tooth fairy has been and Willow can't wait to go shopping with the money she got.
We've been missing out on all the good weather this week - the down side of living right on the coast, we get fog sometimes when the weather is fine and sometimes it just doesn't burn off. But today we were extra lucky and it's been beautiful all day. Graham managed to cut the grass for the first time this year and I thought he was going to have a stroke trying to push the mower through it. We have a marathon job still to do, getting rid of all the weeds and because my hip has deteriorated so much lately I'm not going to manage very much :(
Anyway, here are some summery pics from today.... Scott being studious (had to take a pic cos it doesn't happen very often)

 The pond and far end of the garden

 Happy smiley Princess Pot Belly Pepsi

 Happy Smiley mucky face Faith

 Willow's winning lol - those white socks landed in the bin!

 Here comes the coo's tail...

 Scott trying to smile?!?

so am off to watch funny friday on Sky 1, and hope we get some more bonny weather over the weekend

Just A Quickie

Just a quickie as I'm going out to the pub quiz soon, but thought I'd just give you a heads up on a couple of things...


Firstly - there are a small number of places left for our "Girls just want to have fun" craft day - scroll down for all the info and if you have any questions please feel free to ask. 
To answer some questions...
1. If you email Kath to reserve your place, she will email you a booking form which includes all the details of how and when to pay.
2. Once the places are full Kath will still take names for a cancellation list 
3. No you can't book your place with or pay The Papeterie, this crafty day is being organised by Kath, Anne and myself so please contact Kath for all bookings and payment.
4. No you don't need to take anything with you - we will provide all materials and tools (if you prefer to take your own scissors though, you can)


Secondly, to celebrate the bank holiday weekend, Letraset are giving 25% discount on all orders over £25 - all you have to do is click here to get to the Letraset shop and use this code at checkout SPNG0411.
Valid until midnight on Monday 25th April. 
Great excuse to get yourself one or more of the new blender sets, or if you're buying single promarkers or aquamarkers remember they have multi-buy offers too. I've got my order just about ready :)


And I just want to share this wee video of Faith that Graham took the other day...