Charisma DT - Black, white + 1 other colour

is the theme over at Charisma this week. Love this theme, and we would love for you to join us, there are as always some great prizes to be had.

To make this card I used Hero Arts Shilouette stamp, it has been double embossed with clear embossing powder, Hero Arts sentiment stamp, card stock & ribbon from my stash. x

Charisma Cardz DT

Hello all, hope your all well, it's nearley the weekend : )

Well it's Charisma day again! Thursday's dont half come round quick.

The theme is Spring has sprung.

Well I went all green and grassy coloured, altough some very dodgy lighting was going on!

I used a Robyns Fettish Image who are one of this weeks sponsers.

We would love for you to join us, so pop on over. x

Lisa has candy

The very talented Lisa over at Wishcraft has some yummy candy - pop on over and see what you have to do to enter. Good Luck. x

Charisma DT Card.

Morning. Can you believe it's Thursday again? Firstly I would like to apologise for my absence again!!! As some of you know my baby girl was born too soon, and had a few complications. She was sheduled to have an op at the end of January, however due to her having the cough/cold that I think every one had it was cancelled. Thank fully it has been resheduled to the end of Feb - so fingers crossed.

In the mean time we have visited various hospitals/doctors having appointments etc. I cant wait for the day when they don't need to see her anymore.

Also we have been very busy promoting our business, and I think all the hard work is finally starting to pay off, as booking are coming in.


If your in the South West and planning a wedding or event, and need chair covers, candelabras, ostrich feathers, giant martini vases, a sweet bar, balloon decor, then you can see our lovely new holding page here, and you can join us on Face book here - or just take a little lookie if you like.


Anyway to the task in hand this week at Charisma the theme is


Mythical/Fantasy

To make this card I used a lovely Penny Black stamp, coloured with promarkers, a tonne of glamour dust on the wings, yummy DCWV sparkly papers, an Xcut punch, and coloured card stock, and a craft work cards sentiment.

We would love to see you interpretation of this weeks challenge.

EBay - items ending soon

Lots of items ending today - if you wanna craft stash bargain - pop on over to EBay here. Lots of Stampin Up, Penny Black items listed amongst others, and many more to come.

We are having our business web site Big Event Boutique built professionally so need some pennys!

The site will be going very soon and replaced with a gorgeous new holding page - so excited I could burst. x

More items added

Afternoon all, hope your having a lovely weekend, if anyone fancies a bargain, I've just added loads more bits to EBay, including lots of Stampin Up markers, stamps, buttons etc. Along with Letraset Aquamarkers. There are also Penny Black stamps. I will be adding some sizzix dies, a Stampin Up marker storage system amongst much more. I wana buy a mansion! lol. x

P.S a link to my EBay can be found in the below post or on the left hand side of my blog.

EBay Sale

It's that time again for another sort out, sadly I dont get as much time to craft as I would like what with a baby and business to look after. So I have some lovely stash looking for good new homes.

I have put it all on EBay on 3 day listings, all starting at 99p, so grab a bargain while you can.

Hope your all having a lovely weekend. xxx

Charisma DT - Magic numbers

Can you believe it's Thursday again??? I don't know where the time is going - scary!

This week over at Charisma the challenge is Magic Numbers - any number you like, as long as there is a number on it.


Here is my card, suitable for a 50th, no one in particular in mind, I just decided to make a few quick cards and use some of my yummy papers. I think this card is better suited for a man.

I'm sorry for being such a bad bad blogger, it's all systems go here, we are doing our up most to promote our business and the bookings are starting to come in. I will be listing some yummy craft items on EBay over the next day or so as we are having a gucci new web site built and its not cheap - but Will give the positive professional image we want people to see.
Then my tenants moved out of my house having trashed it, its almost back up together but what a long slog its been! Don't you just love free loading, wasters?! The saying beware of the man with nothing to lose is sadly so very true. On a brighter note QVC has craft day starting at midnight, and its almost the weekend. x

Charisma DT - Good Luck

What a week we had over at Charisma, thank you to every one who took part.

This week's theme is

GOOD LUCK


I'm so daft, I made my card using Penny Black Zooalphabet's and used a C as a G!!!! I didn't notice until I was sticking it all together, so I had to make an eleventh hour job, I'm not happy with how it turned out, but never mind, its defo better than nothing, and a Good Luck card spelt wrong! The light was also poor which has not helped as it looks really washed out, and you cant read the sentiment, however IRL, it is pastelly but pretty.

I've had these big flowers for ages, they are so lovely, the sentiment is Stampin Up, I used heat and stick, then the glitter over the top, you know how I like a bit of sparkle! lol, the blue card has been stamped with my brand spanking new Marion Emberson polka dot background stamp from QVC. I stamped it with versa mark and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.



As always there are loads of great prizes up for grabs, so come and join in the fun. x

Charisma's 2nd Birthday.......

Charisma is celebrating it's second birthday. So to celebrate we are having a blog hop.

You should have arrived here from Gemma's Blog.

The word you need from me is:

FOR

Now you need to visit Alie for the next word. There is a great prize up for grabs.

This week's challenge is Birthdays & Celebrations (do it with a number 2 for a 2nd entry!!)

As awlays there are lots of yummy prizes to be won, it's a great theme so come and play along.

To make my card I used Robyns Fetish Christie Angel coulured it with Promarkers, cut out a number 2 on clitter card with a sizzix die, the patterned paper is DCWV Nana's stack, ribbons and gems are from my stash.

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:

Cute & girly - Bling it on.

Crafty Emma - Anything go's.

Paper Play - Clean & Simple.

Ggggrrrrrrrrrr scheduled posting

I'm so so so sorry for the delay in this post! Trust me to try to be organised, I clearly did not do it right - and not to self must check scheduled post on day of post! (wrist well and truly slapped!)

At Charisma this week we have a great challenge set, the theme is NEW YEAR, we have some fabby sponsors and great prizes as always, so please come and join in.

Sorry about the dodgy lighting, I really enjoyed making this card, I used my Trixie alphabet dies, which I have had stashed for ages, and they cut through the glitter card lovely, the papers are yummy too from DCWV.

Thanks for dropping by. xxx

EBay Sale

(Sorry cant get this pic the right way round) I brought this bad boy a couple of weeks ago at a craft fair - and nearly wet my pants!!! Sorry to much info - but I had had had to have it, it is rather amazing! I don't really want to sell it but its just stayed in the box since I go it home as good old life just gets in the way! So good old boring common sense tells me I don't really need it, I have battled with myself since these thoughts begun! lol.

Anyway its on EBay along with 3 sets of dies, I'm open to sensible offers and happy for buyer to collect, I will also be listing 3 sets of Stampin Up markers in the next couple of days all brand new.

Hello, I'm so sorry for being such a bad bad blogger of late! I've been here there and everywhere with my little girl (mostly hospital appointments for one reason or another) but fingers crossed we have a date for the op and fingers crossed it will just be the regular checks all preemies have until they need to go no more!

Anyway - this weeks challenge had me stumped! So after a lot of thought of things I could make and use! I came up with Christmas day favour box's, I know the pic looks a bit boring, and if I had thought about it better and was not racing against time to meet the deadline, I would have taken a pic of inside the box, so much more interesting, full of retro sweets, flying saucers, jelly beans, love hearts, white mice, bon bons candy sticks and so on, a little box of yummy fun, so I have a few more to make they will all be made from diffrent sheets out of the same stack of yummy sparkly paper.

I cant believe I found this so hard as we sell laser cut favour box's on our website, I couldn't have cheated that bad tough and used on of these! We are about to re brand in the new year, as we have outgrown our current name and it does not do our biz any favours as we have sooooooooooo much more to offer.

Hope its not to cold where you are. xxx

Charisma DT - Sketch

Oh my computer has a nasty infection - I am really gutted! But there we go!

Over at Charisma this week, there is a fab sketch made by the lovely Vee. It has a twist so come and join in, we would love for you to join us.

Well I have had to admit defeat as I cant open any photos from my blog - gutted as I love my laptop! Oh more expense! Nasty virus. x

Weekend Sale

A very pink sweet bar - this one is suitable for up to 150 people

White spandex covers with Burgundy sash

Willow organza sash with with white spandex chair covers.

If your in the South West planning a wedding or event for this year or next Balloon Boutique are having a weekend sale! Starting midnight tonight ending 2359 hours 21/11/10.

Chair cover and organza sash hire just £2.50 each - fitted, or with 2 organza sash's £3.00.

Sweet bar hire from £1.50 per guest.

We also have lovely centre pieces and some snazzy balloon decor.

www.balloon-boutique.co.uk or email me at sally@balloon-boutique.co.uk

Book whilst your date is available.

Small charge may be added to cover fuel, subject to availability, T&C apply.