Max and Milo Birthday Cards

The challenge on Polkadoodles this week was an easel card, so I decided to make this one for Milo, who will be two on he 18th of this month. I used the bear and cake from the Sundae of Seasons CD, the kraft paper is from the Sprinkles of Kraft CD. I 'iced' the cake with Pebeo pearl fabric paint. The cake with candles is popped up with foam pads to keep the easel standing. The green letters spelling his name are rub ons by Making Memories, and the tiny tag is by Craftwork Cards

Once this was done, I had to make a card for Max, his big brother, who will be four on the 20th May. Max is still fascinated with fire engines,firemen and emergencies, so this card will be perfect for him. The engine and lettering were cut from the B is for Boy cricut cartridge, the blue gingham paper is Recollections from Michaels. I embossed the red panel for texture and added some silver card candi to the fire engine

I was with my craft group all day yesterday. We meet in a community centre, which has woods at the back of it, and all day we were watching cardinals and bluejays flying around. Then a feral cat came cautiously out of the woods, looked around, then went and fetched her tiny kitten. When darkness fell, we suddenly heard a tremendous snapping and snarling outside, then the unmistakably anguished cry of a cat. We were quite upset to think that the little kitten may have been taken by a predator. Nature can be cruel.

See you tomorrow

Party Day 4 - Scrappy-go-Lucky Day

Welcome back to the party. Today, it's Scrappy-go-Lucky that are offering you some truly fabulous prizes. Scrappy-go-Lucky are an Australian online store, specialising in all things Cricut. They have a store in the USA and the UK as well, and the blog is full of inspiration.

What is really fun about being on this team, is that we are all getting together at CHA in Los Angeles on the 27th January. So we will have travelled from the UK (me), the USA (Diane aka Capadia) and Mandy, Jane and Tracey who are travelling all the way from Australia. What a cosmopolitan bunch of jet-setters we are. Watch this space for a first-hand account of our adventures

Up for grabs today are these fabulous prizes

First Prize:

A copy of Sure Cuts A Lot, software that works with your Cricut and makes it possible for you to cut fonts and images straight from your computer onto your machine

Second and third prizes:

and TWO lucky peeps will get 20 Cri-Kit pens of their choice with a holder, making it possible to draw with your Cricut
Here are two cards made with the Boys will be Boys cartridge, available from Scrappy-go-Lucky


this shoe is so realistic, I just love it

and another card from the same cartridge, using the game controller cut

The papers are from DCWV Generation Tech stack, the metal dots are from Jo-Ann

So what do you have to do to be in with a chance of winning SCAL or the Cri-Kit pens?

Hop on over to the Scrappy-go-Lucky blog have a little look around and click to follow, then come back here and tell me the name of Mandy's little girl and her friend
hint: look at the post made on January 6th

The follow button on SGL is brand new, I know a lot of you go over there regularly, but be sure to be one of our first followers

You can win a Cri-kits embossing tool as well by leaving a comment on the blog

I will keep the comments hidden until the contest is over on the 22nd January,

the winners will be drawn by random.org from all the correct entries

Don't forget, you still have plenty of time to make a card for Wednesdays challenge, get your thinking cap on to win some ProMarkers from Tuesday's party game, and win all sorts of doodly goodies from yesterday's game......