Welcome to blogland........

Hello all, I hope you are well?!........

Nothing creative to share with you today......of my own that is. I just wanted to let you all know of a new blog Little Princess Cards. For anyone who frequents docrafts you're probably already aware of Sarita's fabulous cards, but for anyone who hasn't come across them then a visit to see her creations is well worth while. They are soooooo gorgeous!!!

Kerry xxx

Plain & Simple........

Happy & relaxing Sunday.......that's what I'm having! Hope your's is going good too?!.......

Having put a couple of the Xmas Kerry jo images on the other day I thought I'd make them up into cards. For some reason I wanted to make them as simple as possible.

Now, for anyone who knows me, this I don't normally do. I love seeing other peoples creations, when less is definitely more, but find trying to do this myself quite a task.

Anyway I've had a go & I'm quite pleased with how they've turned out. I think I'll be able to do more this way, which can only be a good thing with all the xmas cards I'll need to make!

The first two are the previously shown images from the other day. For the sentiments on each card I've just wrote whatever I felt, however I'm not sure if I'm keen on my writing or if I'd have preferred printed sentiments, I could always do it differently next time.

Here, we have another two ........

I thought I'd show you all a couple more as two was a bit mean...........sorry!!!.......lol.

Bye for now, Kerry xxx

Woo hoo....I'm on Inspirational!

Hello to all from a happy lil bunny me!!!

I had a very lovely email yesterday from Martine over at the Inspirational blog, asking if I would mind if they featured my blog & some of my cards?!............
Now, how long did I need to answer this......in my head a second, otherwise as long as it took me to reply!....lol
Of course my answer was...................YES!!!

On another note, thank you for all of your fab suggestions with regards to 'boy/male' themes, they are all most helpful & I have taken note. Thank you!!

I hope you are all having a great weekend whatever you have been & still have left to do.
Kerry xxx

Harry & Martha.........

For anyone who pops by my blog from time to time, these lil characters you will have already seen........ 'Harry & Martha'.
I had the pleasure of receiving them a few days ago & it really is lovely to see them as stamps. I originally drew them one day whilst I was a little bored & never intended much for them, until the very lovely Kitty at Spiral Whisper said she would be interested in making them up into stamps. For this I'm most grateful, thank you Kitty!

I'd also like to say a huge thank you for all the comments I've received regarding the post below....'thank you!'.
To answer a few questions, they are all girlies this time & as yet there are no boys. However, just out of interest what would you like to see if I were to do some boys?!.............if you think of anything in particular I'd love to know.

Hugs, Kerry xxx

Anyone fancy seeing some new kerry jo's?.........

Hello, I hope you are all enjoying this lovely wea.........rain!! lol. Well it couldn't last that long could it?!.. So many beautiful days of sunshine & then bang, thunder, lightening & my goodness, bouncing rain. Hopefully it will have cleared the air & get back to the sunshine now.

So, would you like to see some of the next kerry jo's?.................OK then......lol. Below we have two of the next set which will be out soon. I've been having a play this afternoon, colouring in, & thought I'd share what I've been up to.

When I know the release date I'll post, for if anyone is interested. There will be 9 in this coming set & see if you can guess what the theme is?..........mmmmm.....it might be tricky...ho ho ho.........

If I get time to colour any of the others, I might post those too........

Thanks for popping by & hopefully I'll see you again soon,
Kerry xxx

A few awards......

Hi all & happy Friday to you!!

Recently I have had the pleasure of receiving a few awards from fellow bloggers, of which I am most touched by & truly grateful for.

Firstly I would like to thank Lisa & Joanne for passing on the 'Brillante Award' to me, thank you ladies its most kind of you. However my sincerest apologies as it has taken me a while to post, so sorry for that but huge thanks for passing it on me. As I have received this award previously I hope you don't mind me not posting the piccie & choosing more peeps, but this doesn't mean the award means any less, thank you & huge hugs xxx


Next, I have been given this lovely award by my buddy Vicki thank you so much Vicki, huge hugs xxx

I've now to choose 3 peeps to pass this one onto..........Kath, Vicky & Sandra.




I've also had the pleasure of having this fab award been passed onto me, 'BFF Gold Card'. Two very lovely friends Vicky & Vicki have sent me this & I am most touched, thank you both sooooooo much!!! Huge hugs xxx

Here are the rules...
1. Only 5 people allowed.
2. 4 have to be dedicated followers of your blog
3. One has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world. 4. You must link back to whoever gave you the award.

Now, I must start by saying I wouldn't have a clue who is a dedicated follower of my blog, I would never presume anyone is. Its just so lovely to think that peeps might want to drop by & have a nosey from time to time & maybe leave me comments, for both I'm truly grateful!!! So I'm going to pass this award onto, Jools, Natalie, Stacey, Katy & Tara although there are many more.....I could keep going lol.



Last but by no means least I've been given this fab 'Wylde Women' award by the very lovely Dawny (Pink piggy wiggy.....absolutely love this blog name...) You'd definitely say I qualify for this one if you saw my hair some mornings!!!....lol Thank you so much Dawny, huge hugs xxx

1. You can give it to one or one hundred or any number in between - it's up to you. Make sure you link to their site in your post.
2. Link back to this blogsite (http://http://www.tammyvitale.com//) so Tammy can go visit all these wonderful women.

And, remember the Purpose of the Award: To send love and acknowledgment to women who brighten your day, teach you new things and live their lives fully with generosity and joy.

Now again, I could be here all day as there are so many wonderful peeps I could give this award to & no I'm not trying to get out of choosing but for anyone who is reading this now, I would love for you to accept this award from me........by visiting you have just made my day! Thank you.

Before I go I'd just like to say that if you don't visit any of the above mentioned ladies at their blogs.......you should!!!!!!............hehe. Time for me to go & have a lil sit down, having spent the morning gardening & the afternoon at the park with the boys I'm a bit ...........shattered!!! so I'm going to have a rest. I hope you all have a fantastic weekend whatever you get up to & hopefully I'll be able to get a bit of blog hopping in.

Kerry xxx

Please open......

Hi all, & a very happy Tuesday to you!
First week on school hols & so far not to bad, weather has been good, boys have been playing in the garden & as yet no complaints of being bored.........mmmm........wonder how long that will last?! lol.

Most of yesterday was spent at my Mom & Dad's where the boys were helping their Grandad. At the moment he's recovering from having a knee replacement op....we've told Tom that 'Grandad's had a new bionic knee, so as he can play football again!' Then to top it all, my Mom isn't too good either. I've come to the conclusion that you hit a certain age & role reversal kicks in, you worry more about your parents than they do of you!!!.......or is it just me?!.......

On a lighter note, a new card. Started tidying my craft area........should I say dining table lol & found an amount of bits & off cuts from the last few cards I've made, so decided to use them up. So we have pp's Basic Grey 'Perhaps' collection, sentiment again wrote & embossed, lace & buttons from stash & 'Fairy Martha' image.
Must say I was a bit brave with this card, I got my sewing machine out!!!!!!!!!
This was definitely a first, but I quite enjoyed using it & will do so again.

Anyway must get on as I seem to be creating a man made feature, an ever growing mountain..................of ironing!!!
Take care all, Kerry xxx

Quick & simple.....

The weekend.....yay!! The six weeks holidays......yay....I think lol!!!
I hope everyone is well & if you haven't already broke up for the summer hols, that its not to long for you.
Tom my youngest finished Nursery on Thursday & is now so excited to be going back into 'Reception'. As he says "I'm a big boy now & I'm at school alllllll day!"
Sam my eldest finished yesterday & will be going back into Year 4, he's growing up so fast....its scary!
I'm just hoping the weather can be kind to us over the coming weeks so as the boys can play in the garden & that we can have days out on bikes, picnics, walks..........etc, rather than being stuck in the house!

Anyway, the card above, this was a quickie for me. Sam & Tom had both been invited to their friends leaving party last night, as they have moved house & start at a new school in September. Two sisters each one in the same year as my boys. I thought I had something suitable in my card box but when I actually looked yesterday afternoon.......I hadn't! So, this is what I came up with. Think it turned out ok.
Paper is Basic Grey 'Perhaps' collection, sentiment wrote with Whispers embossing pen & embossed over with brown powder.
Image is 'Fairy Martha' which will soon be on Spiral Whisper coloured with watercolour pencils & clear embossed over.

Now, first day of our hols what should we do mmmm.............think it might be something inside, looking out of the window its just started to rain!!! Oh well....

See you again soon, Kerry xxx

Working through my list......

Well, I've spent majority of today working through my Teacher 'thank you' list.......i.e the list which my boys gave me, of how many cards they wanted making!
Got another two done, which is really good for slow coach me.......lol.


Again, this one is for Tom to give to one of his Nursery teachers.

Papers are all Basic Grey 'Perhaps' collection which are so yummy...........I eventually managed to cut through them!!

Sentiment, wrote with Whispers embossing pen & embossed over with brown powder, button & ribbon from stash.
Image is again 'Harry with teddy' & I've triple embossed over for definition.





This card is for my eldest Sam to give to his teacher.

Papers are Basic Grey 'Infuse' collection, with ribbons & button from stash. The sentiment, I found on the internet & again have used my Whispers embossing pen & embossed over with brown powder.

Thanks for popping by & I hope you enjoy whats left of the weekend!
Kerry xxx

Maria's candy....

Maria has some wonderful candy that she's very kindly giving away. So, to be in with a chance of winning just pop over to her blog & tell her whats next on your crafting wish list, then stay & have a lil nosey at her blog....you won't be disappointed!!

Teacher thank you.......

Friday again!! Where has this week gone?
Another hectic, filled week but at last I've managed to make a start on my list of Teacher cards which my boys kindly asked for.......lol.

This one is for my youngest Tom to give to one of his Teachers. Next week he finishes Nursery & in September starts school full time..........my little baby's growing up!!!!!

All pp's are Basic Grey 'Infuse' collection. I bought these last week from Craftie Charlie & I have to say I'll be going back, such a great service!! However, having decided to use these papers it then took a while to actually cut them.....lol. For the sentiment I used a Whispers embossing pen & then embossed over with brown powder. Green organza ribbon & eylets.
The image is of 'Harry' a doodle I did a while back & which I've also used on a previous card. 'Harry', along with 'Martha' are being previewed on the new Spiral Whisper site, previews at the mo with actual launch date the 21st of this month........all very exciting!!!

Anyway, hopefully, Tom's teacher will like this. All Tom's interested in is writing his name inside &............ when will I have his other card done?!......

I hope everyone has a fab weekend, &, I hope I get some spare time so as to do a bit of blog hopping.......not getting much chance of late so apologies if I haven't been to visit for a while.
Hugs, Kerry xxx

Cardmaking & Papercraft.....

Wooo hoooo, happy lil bunny here!!
Above is a piccie taken from Augusts issue of Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine. My lil girlies are featured on the 'What's new...' page!
I'm really chuffed as I knew the stamps were going to be in but didn't know they were going to put my name in too, so am very happy. You know what they say......'small things amuse small minds.....' lol.

Anyway, I hope everyone is well & happy & hopefully later I'm going to do a bit of blog hopping, lately I haven't had much chance as I've been really busy.

The weekend was fab! Jool & her gang came to stay with us & we all took ourselves off to Alton Towers for the day!
Yesterday was my eldest son Sam's 8th birthday, my baby 8!!! Can't quite believe where the time has gone.
Talking of Sam he very kindly gave me a list the other day of all the cards he wants for teachers, 'no rush Mom, just do them as soon as you can.......' ahhh bless him......mmmmmm lol.

I have made a few cards over the last week too, but can't show them at the moment. So, just need to get on with my ever growing list of to do's...........

Thanks for popping by & hopefully see you again soon,
Kerry xxx

Grandmother's love.....

Hello, I hope you are all well?!......

Having said my 'thank you's' I thought I'd show you this card. This was a first for me, as in I made it for a challenge on the DoCraft site...Clare's Challenge of the week. I've never made a card for a challenge before, other than the one I did for Vicki's blog candy a while back, but I thought I could muster something up for this one as you needed to incorporate some form of 'doodling, drawing' into your card.........well I thought...hehe.
This was another of my sketches from old photos, me, my nan & my cousin.

The pp is Papermania Silk Screened Paper, you can't see to well from the photo but there is a gorgeous sheen & finish to the surface mmm.....yummy!!!
Pink vellum, brads & eyelets are all Papermania too. The lace, braid & buttons are as before from a local shop.
As you might be able to see I have ever so slightly distressed.........lol.

Thanks for dropping by & hopefully I'll see you again soon,
Kerry xxx

Awards & thank you's....

OMG!!! July already!
Half way through the year already, how quickly is time going?!.....

Firstly I would like to say a few thank you's to various people who have tagged me over the last couple of weeks...Thank you!!! I have already had this tag & was going to try & do it again, but there are only so many boring things about myself that I can inflict upon you lovely people lol. But all the same I did want to acknowledge you all for very kindly passing it onto me, so huge appreciation to, Kitty, Vicky, Caroline & Lorraine.

Please go visit these ladies if you don't already love what they do, it's worth it!!!


Secondly, I would like to say a HUGE thank you for this very lovely award of which is passed on to weblogs that somehow catch your eye. It has been passed onto me by very equally lovely & most talented ladies.
Each one of you deserve to have this award straight back...... as the title says, it all!!!

So a would like to say 'thank you!' to Janet, Kath, Lorraine, Vicki, Kristine, & Craftyscot.

The rules for this award:
1. The winner can put the logo on their blog.
2. Link the person you received the award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs you have nominated.

So, I've now to choose who I would like to pass this award onto. To be honest 7 is not enough as there are some fabulous blogs to be seen, but here goes.......
Jilli, Sharon, Zoe, Love to Doodle, Emma, Ickle Pickle, Stacey

Please pop over to these fabby blogs to see some truly gorgeous creations.........go on, it's worth it!!!!

Kerry xxx

Mom & Dad Anniversary.......

Hi blog land, I hope you're all enjoying your weekend. I'm having as much of a relaxing day as possible, having got up this morning not feeling to good & have felt tired all day. Oh well only a few more weeks of getting up early & then we can slow down a little, & I can then start to think about going on my hols at the end of the school holidays. The boys are already on a count down & Tom my youngest can't wait to go on 'His' plane....lol.

Today's card is for my Mom & Dads Anniversary. I'm really pleased with myself as its not until the start of August, so for once I'm ahead! woo hoo..... (still have loads to make in the meantime though)
Everything on this card is of do crafts products. Papers, vellum, eyelets, brad & adheasive rhinestones are all Papermania, inks are Ink it up & Whispers & Whispers words sentiment stamp. Reason being, I popped into a local garden center yesterday & found it to be my local stockists of do crafts products. Now this could be quite bad as I spent quite a bit yesterday....(shhhhh don't tell hubby lol) & now I know its so close....well!!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend,
Kerry xxx

Quick cards.......

.......for me that is!!! lol

Realised yesterday, that tomorrow (thurs) is my Dad's birthday. Now I promise I'm not a bad daughter...hehe.... but I've got so much on at the moment I'd forgot to make his cards!

So last night I sat down & made two quickie, simple cards for him as I'll see him today, so I needed the cards asap.

This one is for my boys to give to him. The stamped image was kindly passed on to me by Cass, thank you!

I thought the lil Changito monkies were perfect from my 'lil monkies'.

The pp's are 'kma' dirty laundry & I've also used bazzill cs, brown cs, eyelet & ribbon.

This one is from me. Again pp's are 'kma' dirty laundry, along with a stamped tie, brads, brown cs & a Craftwork cards sentiment.

Really pleased with myself for doing these so quickly.....TWO in one day.....my PB........lol!!!

I hope you are all enjoying your week so far, hopefully I'll get chance to do a bit of blog hopping later & see what all of you talented bloggers have been up to!

Bye for now, Kerry xxx

Me & Nan.......

Well, I'm on a roll......two posts in one day, think I need a lie down now!!! lol.

Above we have another of my lil sketches which I've made up into a card. This image is of me & my Nan. (who sadly passed on when I was 14) As with my other recent sketches I've used an old photo as my inspiration. The piccie was taken on a big family day out at Blackpool & my Mom tells me I was about 2 or 3 at the time. Lets just say the clothes were very seventies.....lol
When I showed this sketch to my Mom she got a bit sentimental saying, "it's my Mom & my baby!". Because of this I think I'll not let my Mom see this card & give it to her for Mother's day next year, as I feel it would be appropriate.

Back to the card.............distressed heaven...hehe!!
As you may notice I've done quite a bit of distressing with this one. Again, edges, inking & a bit of tearing. I then thought that the actual image didn't look old enough soooooo, I made hubby a cup of tea then used the tea bag/leaves to rub into the paper. This was something I remembered doing when I was little, when I used to make treasure maps & scrolls......sad I know, & I think hubby thought I'd gone mad!!!! lol. But it worked!
PP's are all K&Co, I've clear embossed the flower & image & written the sentiments, then finished off with ribbon & buttons.

Thank you for taking the time to look,
Kerry xxx

Spiral Whisper......

Hi to all. I hope you all had a fab weekend, whatever you were up to. Ours was jam packed, but all good fun!!

If anyone remembers I posted a while back about doing a few designs for someone else....if you hadn't already realised it was for Kitty's 'Spiral Whisper'. If you haven't already checked their blog out, go have yourself a nosey!
The launch date for the new site is July 21st but in the mean time Kitty is previewing some of the fab designs that have been created by the other very talented designers. Also, there is a naming competition being run at the moment giving a chance to win a set of stamps.
My lil characters will be popping up at some point too, they are the lil fellows I used on 'when i grow up' & 'goodbyes make me cry' along with a few more.

Many thanks for popping by & hopefully see you again soon,
Kerry xxx

Baby boy......

Ooooo, I've got that Friday feeling & it's great!! Again another jam packed weekend, but all good!

Above we have a card for hubbies cousin who has just had a lil boy.
All the pp's, the letters & the matching image are from a digital download kit at Sweet Shoppe Designs called Bundle of Boy. As soon as I saw this kit I fell in love with it, it's soooo cute!!!
Now I was told of the site by Jools, I'm not sure whether to thank her or not as there are so many kits on there that I want.........sorry NEED!.......lol. Personally I think she was trying to torment me......mmmm, only joking Jool.

Hope everyone has a fab weekend, thanks for looking & bye for now.
Kerry xxx

Something a bit different........

Hiya blogging buddies, I hope you are well & happy!
This last week has been hectic, rushing from one place to another. Eldest son had his first football presentation last weekend, very proud Mommy moment as he got two trophies!! Father's day, (hope you all had a good one) normal hectic week days & then yesterday eldest was sent home from school poorly........just a week in the life of me...lol. (not to mention this weekend is even more so.....)

Above we have something totally different. Hubbies friend asked if I could come up with something for his M&FIL's Ruby Anniversary, something nice, with their wedding photo on, a verse & ideally in a box. Hopefully I've delivered!? Won't know until he sees it today.
PP's are Shabby Princess from the freebie digital kit Amore. Cream & Ruby linen cs, lace, ribbon, eyelets & embellies which I've used before that were originally from a bracelet I had.
The verse is one I found on the internet a while back & thought would be appropriate.
I did ask hubby if he thought they'd mind a bit of distressing........his answer 'maybe not'.
I can imagine cards with a distressed feel would be an acquired taste, some people do like/some people don't. Soooo I did do a bit..........but only ever so slightly...lol!

Many thanks for dropping by & happy blogging!!
Kerry xxx