A Royal Wedding Blog Hop!!

Blog Hop is now closed. 
Thank you to all of you for making this hop so special! 

Today's the day!!!!

We are delighted to bring you a one-off blog hop in honour of William and Kate's wedding.

This is the brain-child of our dear friend Heidi, (DT Sistah at Peachy Keen).

This is the task she set us......

Create a card, scrapbook page, or altered item with the theme...

Wedding

Love

Romance

Royal

Fairy tale

or

Prince/Princess

(Considering I live 'over here', I actually struggled to come up with something)!

I didn't want to go down the red/white/blue route, so had to put my thinking cap on.

Here's what I finally came up with....

William and Kate, a Word Book.

Front cover

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

Page 5

Page 6

It's my first word book and I had no idea really how to decorate it, so kept it simple(ish).

It's a bit rough round the edges, but I've let myself off as it's my first, (and probably my last)! LOL

Stuff:

Wedding cake is a stamped image I had in a drawer!
(Think it's a Magnolia image, but can't be sure).
 Groom Edwin
  'Wedding Carriage'
 Tilda as Bride
'I Do' Wedding Word book is from Funky Hand
Stamped images coloured with Copics
Other images from Heidi and Google
Flowers. pearls and metal corners are all from my stash.

Now if you've arrived at me via Heidi, then you are on the right track. If not, please go back and start there. 

There are some fabulous projects to keep you entertained on this special day.

Just in case you get a little lost, here is a list of all the blogs in the hop...

    Heidi
    Me
      Lorie
     Janice
       Samantha 
      Kim 
       Ruthie
      Joanna 
        Kathy
        Angelica
       Glora
                  Theresa          

      Erin
  
AND!!! There's candy too! 

Leave me a comment telling me which page you like best and why for a chance to win THIS puppy!.......

PK-496 Everyday character face parts and MORE!

Please, remember, you need to tell me which page and why, to be included in a random draw for this totally cute Peachy Keen set!

(I will draw one winner on Sunday evening).

I have decided to enter this book into a couple of challenges...
Whimsical Wednesday
Stampin' for the Weekend
A Gem Of A Challenge
Crafty Cardmakers
Creative Belli Blog

Have a fabulous Royal Wedding and an equally fabulous Royal Blog Hop!!! 
(It's getting quite exciting over here now)!

A new day, a new challenge...

A closer view of the skin tone

Ha Ha!! Late as usual!!

I did this, this morning, for the Copic Creations, challenge number 1.

All set to send me link then saw the end date. Doh!

LUCKILY fer me, challenge number 2 is about colouring /blending jeans. Phew!!

So I get to enter it anyway! LOL

I was that pleased with the skin tone, I've enlarged the image to show it off a bit more.

Did I do it OK? I know I'M pleased with it, doesn't make it a work of art that though, does it!

I know I need to work on black hair more though. Not too impressed with this one's hair.

Thanks for stopping by! Love to 'see' you. Please stop by again tomorrow, there'll be another Stamps and Smiles challenge for you to play with.

Crafting day with friends..perfect!

Had a wonderful day yesterday.

Some of my favourite people came to enjoy a day of 'playing'.

(Others were either at work,

or live too far away for a single day's playing. awww).

I've not had a chance to enjoy my favourite pastime for a while,

as I've had a lot on my plate with Mum and her health problems,

hospital appointments for her and general visits.
Not to mention two lots of tooth abcesses!!!


Started the day at 9.15 with Jackie and Sandra catching me in my bathrobe!!
Followed by the arrival of Pam. All we were waiting for was Diane,
(Dizzy Di as she's known to us).
Silly Billy overslept and didn't get here 'till almost lunchtime!
This of course, meant that she missed out on the compulsory bacon butties.
(It's getting to be a tradition now when we all meet at each other's houses).
Practically all my craft room was de-camped into the living room where the big garden table was. We STILL struggled for room!!!

We all had a trip to Craft Central in Congleton which was lovely.
Didn't get much though. Didn't seem to be a lot of choice.
I got one of those easel thingies that you put your card on.
That was good value at £1.

BUT!!!! the best part of the day (besides the brilliant company),

was this card I did.



Why? 'Coz it's the first one I've made
using my new Janome Sew-Mini!
I don't think it's too bad for my very first attempt.
Now those that know me will be stunned
because I'm known for intensely disliking 'cloth piercing'.
This is different though, isn't it!
It's not 'cloth piercing', it's playing! LOL


Well I think I've rambled enough for now, thanks for stopping by! Viv xxx

Cute Card Thursday Challenge

'In the garden'. is the challenge on Cute Card Thursday this week and here's my entry.....

I DO love challenges. :0)