Chocolate Heaven ~ The Diet Starts Monday!

Good afternoon everyone.
I hope you are all well today. 
Well it's been a beautiful day here today, lots of sunshine.....still cold but lovely to see the sun!!!
No cards or crafty projects to share with you today but I do have some photos of the 'Giant' cupcakes my daughter made for her boyfriend's 18th and my partners birthday (I won't give his age away though).....
The 18th Birthday Cupcake

The 'Other' Birthday Cupcake

And A Close Up

And yes they taste as good as they look too.

Roll on Mother's Day.

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a lovely evening.

Radio Boy

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well.
Well it's very early and I'm wide awake........
and there is thick fog outside the bedroom window......so hopefully it may be a nice day.
Today I have another card to share. 
I made this for my partner's birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mr Chuckles.....
(Oh Boy will I be in trouble.....)
I think there was a theme with his cards this year and I think we have him all summed up....
Images of Radios, Bikes, Monkey's and Wine Bottles/full/empty or just the corks left!!!....No Dog or Book ones yet but we have the rest of the day!!!!.
This was a perfect image for his card as he always has the radio on.....and I mean all the time. Yes Mr, it's your fault I listen to The Archer's and Desert Island Discs on a Sunday morning and I had to have my own PINK Dab radio. He even leaves the radio on for the dogs when he goes to work....I'm informed they enjoy it......although I'm not quite sure what their favourite shows are......I will check with them later!!!!!
The image is from Little Claire's.....I think. I bought it so long ago now but knew it would be ideal for this card......I can't believe I actually remembered I had it to be honest.......I guess that's another sign middle age is setting in.....along with....

"Mum, why is your purse in the fridge?"
"Don't worry about where I put my purse.....where's the milk Kiddo?"
Mmm....just a little worrying!!!!
The papers are from a BasicGrey 'A Little Black Dress' paper pad and I have coloured the image using Promarkers. The stars are a Nesties die set and the pearls are from The Hobby House. The sentiment is computer generated.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:~
Craft~Room Challenge ~ Something For A Man Divas By Design ~ Anything Goes BasicGrey Challenges ~ # 88 ~ Anything Goes Lexi's Creations ~ Monochromatic
Thank you for stopping by.
Have a lovely day.

Gus Again....

Hello everyone.
I hope you are all well. 
I can't believe how cold it's been today.
Well I have another card to share.
I made this for my dad's birthday which was earlier this month and I just thought this image was perfect for the job.....
Sorry dad, I know you don't look quite like this.....Yet!!!

The image is from Bugaboo and I just love this fabulous sentiment that comes with the image. I have coloured using Promarkers and the papers are from my stash. The buttons are from my huge button box.....Oh I wish I had a pound for every button in that box!!!!! I used a piece of old garden string to thread through the buttons and the pearls are from The Hobby House. I finished off by adding some Glossy Accents to Gus's glasses.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:~
Craft~Room Challenge ~ Something For A Man

Thank you for stopping by.
Have a lovely evening.

The Card None Of Us Want To Make.....

Good afternoon everyone.
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.
Today I have a card to share....although this is one of those cards that none of us want to make....I'm pleased I did, as it would have been too simple to take the easy route and go out and buy one.
I made this card for my partner to send to the family of his friend who sadly passed away last week.

I never know where to begin with this sort of card but I'm happy with how it turned out and I have to thank the very talented Kate for the original idea for this card.....

Thank you for stopping by.
Enjoy the rest of your day.  

Another Cheeky Monkey....

Good morning everyone.
It's so cold here this morning and it's trying very hard to snow......but much as I like snow, it needn't bother itself.
Today I have a card to share that I made for my daughter's boyfriend's 18th birthday.....it's not until the next week but he's in the army and he came home this weekend to celebrate with his family so I know he has seen it already.

I won this cute little digi image from Meljen's Designs last year. He's called 'Monkey Toes' and he's a dream to colour..... I coloured with Promarkers and the papers are from BasicGrey 'Granola'. The stars are from a Nestie set that I've had for ages but shamefully have never used before. The pearls as always are from The Hobby House and the sentiment is from LOTV.
HAVE A GREAT 18th BIRTHDAY.
(He's such a lovely young man)....I won't embarrass him further as although I know he doesn't look at my blog I do know that my daughter will tell him I've put his card on here.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:~
BasicGrey Challenges ~ # 88 ~ Anything Goes Totally Gorjuss ~ # 172 ~ Happy!

Thank you for stopping by.
Have a lovely Sunday.

Spring Greens.....

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well.
So it's time for a new challenge over at
A Gem Of A Challenge
Our theme this week is
ADD A BOW
a nice easy challenge......
Here is my DT card

For my card I used this fabulous pre~ coloured digi image from Pink Gem Designs called Carrie Caterpillar......isn't she cute and I loved the shades of green. The papers are from Craft Creation Limited. The flowers have been made using various sized punches and I finished off by adding pearls, gems and a polka dot ribbon and flat bow in a matching green.

Don't forget to pop over to the main challenge blog and take peek at all the fabulous creations the rest of my crafty team mates have made for your inspiration.

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

Tuesday Throwdown ~ # 135 ~ Monochromatic

Lexi's Creations ~ # 84 ~ monochromatic

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a lovely day.

Buttons & Bows

Hello again everyone.
This is my second post today.
We have a new challenge over at 
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards
Our theme for the next fortnight is
BUTTONS & BOWS (make sure you add at least two buttons and a bow)
Here is my DT card

Our sponsor for this challenge is

Please pop over to the main challenge blog and have a peek at the lovely cards the rest of the DT have made for your inspiration.

For my card I used this fabulous image from Bugaboo called Gus Birthday. I coloured using Promarkers and the papers are from my stash. I added tiny buttons and a bow also from my stash and added some Glossy Accents to his glasses. 

Thank you for stopping by.

Enjoy the rest of your day.