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Buzzy Bee-day

2009-03-11T11:39:00.002Z

Three great stamps from Elzybells. The Glaze pens work really nicely giving an embossed look.

Froggy Get Well Soon

2009-03-11T11:36:00.001Z

I love this paper! This was a card made for a friend for her Grandad. I just wanted something simple but fun.

Greens and Purples

2009-03-11T11:27:00.002Z

I've had these brads for a while now but have never used them. I wanted to try something different other than layering papers. I really liked the end result.

Bubbly Birthday

2009-03-11T11:18:00.006Z

This card was made for a friend for her Mum's birthday. I love this Bella stamp.

Doggy Birthday

2009-03-11T11:09:00.003Z

A card made for my father-in-law's birthday. The image was sent to me - not sure who! But perfect for my father-in-law as loves dogs.

Hello All

2009-03-09T21:57:00.001Z

Thanks to everyone who still checks out my blog. Sorry I haven't been about for a while. I have still been making cards and crafting but have just had no time to do any blogging! I'm hoping to get a few more cards on soon!! Still love looking at all your wonderful cards!

Sparkly Birthday

2009-03-09T21:44:00.001Z

A bright sparkly card in purple using stickles and Swiss Dot cuttlebug embossing folder.

Christmas 2008

2009-02-21T13:57:00.015Z

Thought I'd upload all the Christmas Cards I made.

Ribbon-tastic

2008-09-15T20:54:00.003+01:00

Would you believe I made this card for a blog candy challenge (to include ribbon) and then realised I was one day late! Oh well! I wove two different types of ribbon together around a square piece of card. I attached a Prima flower with a purple brad and stamped the sentiment using a Elzybells stamp.

Fireman Birthday

2008-09-15T20:47:00.003+01:00

This is a card I made for another of my daughters friends. I'm not sure who the paper is by but I loved the old fashioned look of it. I have added a sentiment printed on my PC, mounted on 3D foam pads over a length of Anita's ribbon. The 4 is cut on my Cuttlebug - mounted on 3D foam pads.

Gina's Blog Candy

2008-09-15T20:42:00.001+01:00

Gina is giving away some Christmas candy. Click here to there.

Wonderful Stamp Giveaway

2008-09-10T10:25:00.002+01:00

There are some wonderful stamps to be given away here.

Nessy's Blog Candy

2008-09-10T10:20:00.001+01:00

Nessy is celebrating her birthday and having over 12,000 hits on her blog with some luscious candy. Click here to go there.

4 Today

2008-09-10T10:03:00.002+01:00

I made this card for a friend of my daughters. Everything on it is Basic Grey Archaic. The base papers are Bygone Plaid and Timeworn. I have added a chipboard plane, stars and shape. The lettering is sticker letters. Very quick and simple to make.

Cards for Jo - SBS13 Card Swop

2008-09-09T06:13:00.012+01:00

This is the card I did for the SBS13 card swop. It has taken me ages to do it - sorry Jo, hope you liked it. The image is Stamping Bella, I have used a scalloped Nestie to stamp her on. The paper is Papermania Retro Florals. The sentiment is a Penny Black stamp, stamped on Nesties. I added a little pink Prima flower and a gem.

Below is an extra card I made for Jo for her to use, rather than including any stamped images.

Jo sent me a gorgeous card for this swop! The imade and setiment are from Elzybells, the image is coloured using Whispers makers. I have stamped put some extra butterflies and attached them using 3D foam pads and then dotted a little swirl using my Sakura glitter pen. I have used an orange organza ribbon below the image to add a little sparkle.

My Anniversary

2008-08-28T20:26:00.004+01:00

My hubbie and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary last week and this is the card I made for him. A really simple card, I used some lovely printed card as a base. I cut the heart out from the card and re-attached it using 3D foam pads. I put an Anita's pink ribbon on the top of the card and attached 3 brads. The sentiment is printed on my PC. I rounded the corners with my Woodware punch and attached it with 3D foam pads.

This is the card I made for my daughters to give to us. I layered green and white card for the base. I used my Nesties to cut a base for the image, which is a Penny Black stickeroo. The sentiment is printed on my PC and layered on a piece of green Anita's sticky ribbon. I have rounded the edges with my Woodware punch.

Bride & Groom

2008-08-28T20:01:00.004+01:00

Another commission card! I struggled a bit with this until I tried the red which looked great. The base is red Papermania card with a strip of white organza ribbon. The image is by Elzybells - I love their stamps!! I have coloured them in with pencils and Whispers brush makers. I have added a little bit of glitter using my Sakura pen. I printed the sentiment on my PC and rounded one edge with my Woodware corner rounder.

Spotty Cupcake

2008-08-28T18:59:00.006+01:00

This is a another commission card. I bought some lovely new Papermania papers - Sweet Nothings - I have used these on the base of the card and also to paper piece the cupcake paper. The image is stamped using Hero Arts Cupcakes. I have cut out the cherry and coloured it with my Glaze pens, I then attached with 3D foam pads. This is layered using green Brazzil Bling. The sentiment is a Craftworks Card mini message.

Wedding Cake

2008-08-22T20:26:00.004+01:00

This is a card I made on a commission. I have used a pearlescent card from Craftwork Cards. The base layer is Papermania embossed vellum (you'll have to open the picture to see the detail) secured with gold brads. The image is a gorgous sparkly embossed sticker layered on ivory pearlescent card. The ribbon is a lovely white organza.

Baby Blues

2008-08-22T20:05:00.007+01:00

This the card I made for my Mom to send to my cousin. For the sentiment, I layered different coloured blue card and used a Papermania "It's a Boy"sticker. I have crossed two strips of blue grosgrain ribbon and added a wooden toy lion with the mane and tail coloured in using a blue Sakura glaze pen.

Baby Blue Star

2008-08-22T19:41:00.004+01:00

This is a card I made for one of my cousins on the birth of her second son. Base card - Papermania, using Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder. The image and sentiments are from Stamping Bella and I used blue grosgrain ribbon.

Michelle's Blog Candy

2008-08-05T21:38:00.002+01:00

Michelle from The Card Grotto has blog candy to share to celebrate her Blog birthday. Check out her cards while you are there - they are awesome!

A Quick Visit

2008-08-05T21:13:00.007+01:00

I'm back for a bit...

I saw this style of card on Elzybells Stamps website and loved it so much, I decided to try it out. It is made using an A4 piece of card cut in half and then folded twice. The stamps are Hero Arts Cupcakes. The cupcakes are coloured using pencils and Glaze pens. I used Stickles on the sprinkles to make them glitter. The scalloped edge is made using Nesties.

The card opens up with an additional panel to write you message on. I have coloured the edges with a bright pink Glaze pen.

Sorry I haven't been around...

2008-07-22T20:51:00.002+01:00

I have just been so busy over the last 4 weeks that I have barely had any time to do any crafting. It probably won't be until the end of Aug before I'm back.

See you all soon.....

Pink Feet

2008-06-20T14:10:00.006+01:00

I am on our local NCT branch committee and one of the committee members has just had a little girl. So, I made her a pink and white card. The base card is pink Papermania card and white Brazzil Basics card. I used Nesties for the image and embossed two little feet using my Cuttlebug. I rubbed some pink chalk over the feet to highlight them. The sentiment is by Stamping Bella and the ribbon by Joy. The picture's not great - it is really difficult to get the pale pinks.

My Fathers Day Card

2008-06-17T20:21:00.004+01:00

I wanted to stay away from the usual blues for men's cards - so went with greens and browns. I used a green coloured card, base paper is Papermania Retro Florals. The band is green and brown layered card. I wanted some large letters but didn't have any stamps large enough. So printed out the letters on my PCon green card and cut each letter out. I added 3 green brads to each card and attached them using 3D foam pads. My dad loved it!

An Anniversary Card

2008-06-13T19:41:00.005+01:00

The colours on this card are a bit of an experiment. I have used a blue Papermania paper with dark pink swirls, so I decided to use a contrasting colour - pink. The card is pink Brazzil Bling. The Papermania paper is torn using a really great tool from Creative Moments - it's a metal ruler like tool with two different tear patterns on either side. The image is Penny Black, coloured using pencils and cut out using my Nesties. I have added 3 heart shaped brads and the sentiment was printed on the PC, corners rounded using a Woodware punch.

Roar Roar Dinosaur

2008-06-06T13:16:00.003+01:00

A card I made for my friends son's 3rd birthday. It is made mainly with a great new Basic Grey range called Archaic - I saw this on the DoCrafts website. The base paper is "Prime" and I added a bit of "Obsolescent" on the bottom - cut along the pattern to make a lovely ridge. The dinosaur is a chipboard shape that has a sticky backing - perfect!! The lettering is from the same range - alphabet stickers. The 3 is cut using my Cuttlebug from "Rusty". I just love this card!!!!

Pink and Pretty

2008-06-02T20:02:00.003+01:00

This is my entry for Jo's Blog Candy. I have used my new Hero Arts cupcake stamps. The base card is Brazzil Basics pink and white card, cropped with my Woodware corner cutter. The image is stamped on a Nestabilities rectangle layered with the matching scallops. I coloured it with Glaze pens to give it some shine and used holographic Stickles for the sprinkles. The sentiment is also from the same stamp set - this is layered over a large pink ribbon.

Charlie's Blog Candy

2008-05-26T19:55:00.003+01:00

Charlie has some fantastic blog candy to celebrate her 1st birthday and 15,000. Please go and check out her blog.

A Page for Paige

2008-05-22T19:47:00.005+01:00

This is my second scrap-booking page. It is of my eldest daughter, Paige, just after her 1st birthday. I just love the photos and had fun putting the layout together. I have used Blond Moments paper and Prima flowers with some sparkly Papermania gems. There is a length of Anita's sticky ribbon as the divide between the patterned paper and the pale orange paper. I have stamped Paige's name on to a piece of pearlescent paper, using a See D's alphabet in orange ink embossed with Heat It Up powder.

Purple Anniversary

2008-05-21T18:41:00.004+01:00

A card for my brother and sister-in-law's wedding anniversary. I love this paper from Blonde Moments!

Card - Papermania
Paper - Blonde Moments
Ribbon - from stash
Sentiment - Craftwork Card mini messages

More Blog Candy...

2008-05-20T13:32:00.002+01:00

Here is some great candy on offer at Donkey Smiles.

Flowery Thanks

2008-05-17T15:16:00.003+01:00

I made this card for some friends to thank them for a lovely BBQ they held a few weeks back. This is a very simple card but I love the colour combinations. Also, going to enter it in the Stamp Something challange.

This shows the cut edge.

Papers - Papermania Retro Floral
Flowers - Prima
Brads - Papermania
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards mini message

Heidi's Blog Candy

2008-05-17T14:58:00.000+01:00

Heidi is offering some great blog candy!!!

The Card I Made for Jennifer

2008-05-17T14:39:00.005+01:00

This is the card I made for the SBS13 swap for Jennifer. I don't know whether she has received it yet.

CS - Blue Brazzil Bling
Paper - One Heart One Mind
Stamps - Cosmobella by Stamping Bella and Enjoy by Studio G
Flower - Prima
Brad - Papermania
Gem -Papermania
Glitter - Sakura

Some More Candy....

2008-05-10T21:02:00.000+01:00

The Funky Fairy has some blog candy to give away.

The Card I Made for Angie

2008-05-09T21:43:00.003+01:00

This is the card that I made for Angie for the SBS13 card swap. The base paper is some lovely new paper from Papermania called Retro Florals. I used another design from the same paper pack for across the card, layered with some light blue card. The image is a penny black stamp coloured in pencils - corners rounded with my Woodware punch. The sentiment is from my new set of Studio G stamps! Two Prima flowers (from my new bucket) attached with two Papermania brads finish it off.

Trina's Blog Candy

2008-05-06T12:34:00.001+01:00

Trina has some blog candy on offer to celebrate her Mom's, Ila, birthday.

Ila's Blog Candy

2008-05-06T12:32:00.000+01:00

Ila has some blog candy to celebrate her birthday.

I'm Getting There.....

2008-05-03T20:01:00.009+01:00

Well, I have finally got around to doing all my folders for my last PIF back at the end of March (sorry Nessy, Stephanie and Brenda!!!). I have used double sided card from Papermania in 3 different colours. The flowers are from my new bucket (see below).

I have used flowers of contrasting colours rather than coordinating. The folders look a little flat in the pictures but are better in the flesh.

My Hubbie's 40th

2008-05-01T22:02:00.005+01:00

It's my husband's 40th birthday on Sunday and this is card I have made for him. The Edwin is from one of my PIF's (thanks!), layered with green Brazzil Bling. I coloured him in with coloured pencils and used my Sakura glitter pen for his wings. The base is more green Brazzil Bling with some groovy new Papermania Retro Florals paper. I have used 3 Papermania brads at the top in chrome, bronze and gun-metal. The sentiment is from Craft Work cards.

Angie's Card Swop

2008-05-01T21:39:00.001+01:00

I got this lovely card and some great images from Angie yesterday for the SBS13 card swop. Your card will be on the way in the next day or two, Angie!

Lovely Flowers!

2008-05-01T21:35:00.004+01:00

I got this great bucket of Prima flowers from All Things Crafty last week.

Michelle's Blog Candy

2008-05-01T16:25:00.001+01:00

To celebrate her blog (nearly) 40,000 hits - Michelle is giving away some blog candy! Congrats Michelle!

Birthday Butterflies

2008-04-27T19:46:00.005+01:00

This is the card I made for my Mother-in-Laws birthday. The base paper is Papermania floral. I used a square of blue Papermania card run through my Cutttlebug, with the corners rounded with my Woodware punch. The letters are also cut using my Cuttlebug - they are attached using 3D foam pads. I cut the little butterflies from the scrap and attached them with 3D foam pads.

My Nieces Birthday

2008-04-19T20:59:00.004+01:00

I made this card for my nieces birthday today.The base is two different shades of purple Papermania card. The lighter purple card has been embossed using my Cuttlebug. I have added a purple ribbon. The picture is poached from an old birthday card I had - secured using 3D foam pads. The sentiment is a Craftwork Cards mini message.

Twenty One

2008-04-16T19:04:00.005+01:00

This was commissioned by a friend at work. The base card is light and dark pink Brazzil Basics. I rounded the card edges with a Woodware punch. The words are die cut with my Cuttlebug - I added 3 Papermania gems and a bit of glitter using Stickles. The flowers are various different ones by Prima, brightened with Papermania gems.

My Dad's Birthday

2008-04-16T18:36:00.007+01:00

This is the card I made for my dad's birthday, which is today. The base card is two different shades of Brazzil Bling with a strip of blue Papermania ribbon. The sentiment is Stamping Bella, layered with Brazzil Bling. The "Dad" is die cut using my Cuttlebug. I added a Craftwork Cards mini birthday message.

Branching Out...

2008-04-12T20:21:00.002+01:00

This is my first scrapbooking attempt! The photos are of my elder daughter, Paige, when she was about 19 months. I went to a Creative Moments party on Wednesday last week. I have ordered some pages and an album so will be doing some more pages soon. I didn't have any of my own paper so it looks a bit white. Hope you like it.

PIF from Karen

2008-04-12T19:59:00.002+01:00

I got this lovely PIF from Karen last week.

Exciting News!

2008-04-10T17:06:00.003+01:00

My Head of Department's daughter has asked me to make all her wedding stationery - including invitations, order of service etc. More details to follow!

My Brothers Birthday

2008-04-09T21:55:00.007+01:00

I made this card for my brother's birthday - the layout is inspired by one of Michelle's cards. The base card is blue Papermania card embossed with my Cuttlebug. The dark blue card is Brazzil Basics. The image is a Sizzix die cut, I have used Papermania designer blue pack for the base present and overlaid with a Brazzil Bling "ribbon". The sentiment is Stamping Bella.

My Manic Life

2008-04-07T10:46:00.008+01:00

Sorry I haven't been around much lately. Life has been so hectic over the last few weeks. I am on the committee for our local NCT (National Childbirth Trust) and on Saturday we had one of our bi-annual Nearly New Sales. This entailed - last weekend getting all our baby stuff together to sell, cleaning it and tagging it. This weekend - setting the venue up on Friday night, attending the sale on Saturday from 8am - 2pm (I run the till room) and over the next week or so I will be collating all the data from the tills and doing sellers lists. These list all the items each seller has sold and how much we need to pay them (less commission for the NCT, of course!). Also, I managed to fit in two kids parties and lots of playing in the snow on Sunday when we woke up to a winter wonderland! So, can justifiably say I am exhausted!! Well, it will be back to work tomorrow for a rest!

This is the park around the corner from where we live.

The girls building a snowman (with a little help from me!)

Finally, me looking like a Michelin Man with about 5 layers on!

Purple Wednesday

2008-04-02T22:40:00.008+01:00

Well I got a chance to do some crafting tonight! Seems like weeks since I had time to do anything creative! I decided to make a couple of purple themed cards. I also used some of my new mini messages from Craftwork Cards - they are great!

I made this card for a one of my oldest and dearest friends. She is waiting for some good news and I wanted to send her something to let her know my thoughts are with her. The base papers are from Papermania purple designer pack layered with Papermania card in dark purple and lilac. I added a purple prima flower secured with a Papermania flower brad. I added 4 purple gems in the each corner and a Craftwork Cards mini message.

For this card, I wanted to try out paper piecing - so Cakeabella's apron is done in this way. I also did the cake in purple card and added a bit of sparkle with my Sakura pen. I coloured the rest of her with coloured pencils. The base is purple Brazzil Basics and daisy paper by Scissor Sisters. I added a purple prima flower with a button in the middle. Lastly a cute flutter message by sentiment from Craftwork Cards.

Nikki's Blog Candy

2008-03-31T19:57:00.002+01:00

Nikki is offering some Blog Candy for achieving 15,000 hits on her blog. You just have to leave a comment and put a link on your blog.

Time for PIF

2008-03-29T20:04:00.002Z

As I have recieved a few PIF's, it's time for another one from me. The first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive some goodies!

Jo's Tilda

2008-03-28T22:26:00.004Z

I got this very cute image from Jo (Me and My Things) and some lovely pearlescent cards from Craftwork Cards and wanted to add a bit more sparkle. So Tilda got sparkly wings using a my new Sakura pen, the rest of her is done using coloured pencils. The base paper is from the Papermania Flowers pack. I have used a square of brown card punched with an X-cut hearts punch and a strip for my sentiment, rounded with a Woodware punch. The sentiment is a gold Anita's peel off. Finished off with a white organza ribbon.

Help Required Please

2008-03-28T11:29:00.002Z

Does anyone have a good method for sealing the ends of ribbon after you have cut it to stop it fraying? Seems the bane of my life - I am always trimming and trimming!

Suzanne's Blog Candy

2008-03-28T11:13:00.002Z

Suzanne at Slumber Cards is giving away some Blog Candy for adding a picture of your favourite spring tree or spring plant.

These are mine. We have some trees in the back garden (I don't know what kind they are) but in the spring they have the most beautiful pink blossoms. They really cheer me up, even on a dreary rainy day like today. Hope you like them too.

Busy Busy!

2008-03-27T19:32:00.002Z

Sorry I haven't loaded any new cards. I have been so busy at work and in the evenings too. Will post some new ones soon!

Cute Card Thursday

2008-03-24T09:08:00.004Z

This is my entry for Cute Card Thursday challenge. I know some of you will have seen it before (see Boxing Sheep for details) but I wanted to make it easier to find.

Finally!

2008-03-22T15:48:00.005Z

Well, finally got my PIF's out today - hope the recipients enjoy! Our household is back up to 2 parents! It has been really difficult being a single parent for the last two weeks - so was really happy my hubbie got back yesterday.

Happy Easter everyone!

An Award!

2008-03-21T20:29:00.003Z

I received this award from Natalie at Crafting Fun! - thanks very much. The "Arte Y Pico" (Art & More) is given to bloggers who share their art and creativity making their contribution to the blogger world.

The rules!

1) You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contributes to the blogging community, no matter what language.

2) Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.

3) Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.

4) Award-winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of "Arte y Pico" blog , so everyone will know the origin of this award.

5) To show these rules.

There is such wonderful creativity out there. I am giving an award to these such wonderful blogs - Michelle (Card Grotto), Maureen (My C.A.S.E. Studies), Jo (Only Joking), Hannah (Hans Crafty Creations) and Vanessa (Nessy's Notes)

Don't Look Richelle!!

2008-03-20T22:31:00.004Z

I made this card from a Bella image, base paper and embossed card that I received from Pam. This is going to be my card swop for Richelle.

PIF from Pam

2008-03-20T22:27:00.003Z

Got a lovely lot of bits from Pam (Handcrafted with Love). Thanks Pam - some really cute images and papers.

Card Swop

2008-03-20T22:21:00.003Z

Look at this cute card that I received from Richelle in our SBS13 card swop. I love the stamp! Sorry Richelle, your card will be on it's way soon.

Pink and Green

2008-03-20T06:50:00.006Z

I was experimenting with bright colours for this anniversary card. I love the shocking pink and lime green together. The base is pink Papermania card with a strip of green Papermania card. I rounded the corners of the card with my Woodware punch. The strip has been embossed with my Cuttlebug Spots and Circles folder. I used a friends Creative Moments cutter to cut 3 circles of white and pink. The stamp is Penny Black, done with coloured pencils. The 3rd white circle has been cut with my Fiskars deckle edging scissors and chalked slightly with green chalk - the image has been mounted on 3D foam pads. A Blonde Moments green polka dot ribbon and 3 Papermania gems have been added to finish.

Cards for My PIF

2008-03-16T22:19:00.011Z

Just wanted to share the cards I made tonight to send out with my PIF's. These will hopefully be going out on Tuesday - with my hubbie away, I only have a couple of hours in the evening once the girls have gone to bed and all my chores are done!
As you can see, they are made using the same image and similar paper - all spotty. Although, I could only find the pink and blue variants, so went with a slightly different green one. The papers are by One heart One Mind.
I used Brazzil Bling card for the first time - and I love it! Gives the cards a lovely shine.
The image and sentiment are Penny Black. I coloured the cats all the same - marmalade! The envelopes are coloured to match the colour scheme and the hearts on the front of the envelopes are cut from the same coloured Brazzil Bling card as the backing card. The flowers have been attached with large Papermania brads. I hope you like them.

Dinosaurs

2008-03-15T22:01:00.003Z

I made this card for one of daughters friends who is 4 next week. The dinosaurs, tree and 4 have been die cut with Cuttlekids dies from various coloured Papermania card and Craftwork Cards paper. I cut the volcano, lava and land from some brown, red and green Papermania card. The 4 is layered on dark blue Papermania card, corners rounded with my Woodware corner rounding punch and mounted using 3D foam ads. The clouds and shimmer on the green dinosaur is Blonde Moments pearlescent powder.

PIF Winners

2008-03-15T09:07:00.003Z

We have our 3 PIF winners, please would Jo, Linda and Lesley email me their addresses and I will send you your goodies.

My First Tilda

2008-03-13T21:14:00.006Z

My first Tilda! courtesy of Jo's PIF. I love the stamp, she is so cute. I coloured her with colured pencils and layered her with green Papermania card. The paper is from the Papermania Green Designer pack and the ribbon is from some flowers I had for Mothers Day (waste not!). I have added a pink Prima flower fixed with a red Papermania brad.

So, my turn to send out a PIF! The first 3 people (UK only - sorry!) to leave a comment will receive a parcel from me.

Cute Image from Nessy

2008-03-11T22:17:00.004Z

Made this card tonight using one of the cute images that Nessy sent me. The background is lilac Brazzil Basics card. I coloured the image using coloured pencils and layered her with lilac BB card. Down the right-hand side, I have interwoven 4 strips of blue and purple flowery ribbon. The Stamping Bella sentiment is stamped using black Brilliance ink, layered with more lilac BB card. I added a small purple Prima flower and a small Papermania gem to finish!

Jo's PIF

2008-03-10T21:31:00.003Z

Lucky me - two PIF's in one week! Received this lot of goodies from Jo (Only Joking) today. Some lovely Easter stamps - can't wait to use them! Thanks Jo.

Nessy's PIF

2008-03-09T19:37:00.003Z

Got a great PIF from Nessy (Nessy's Notes). Thanks Nessy, such a great number of stamped images and some lovely die cuts. Lovely card too! Will be doing my own PIF soon but my hubbie is away at the moment so don't have too much time for crafting looking after my two little girls (3 and 1)!

Hans Blog Candy

2008-03-08T19:43:00.003Z

Han's offering Blog Candy - just for leaving a comment! I'm doubling my chance with a link!

Boxing Sheep

2008-03-06T12:13:00.005Z

Sorry that the picture is not great. I took it with my mobile phone this morning (at work) as I forgot to take a pic last night. I made this for a friend at work. Her fitness trainer is moving to Wales - hence the sheep and boxing gloves!! The backing card is dark green Brazzil Basics card layered with green daisy paper from Scissor Sisters. The image is designed and hand-drawn by me in ink, coloured with colour pencils. I decoupaged the sheeps' face and the boxing gloves, layered with the same dark green Brazzil Basics. Underneath the image are two lengths of green gingham ribbon from Blonde Moments. I have added an Anita's Best Wishes sentiment.

You Make My Day Award

2008-03-05T08:22:00.000Z

A big thank you to my SBS 13 sister Nessy for this!

Leanns Blog Candy

2008-03-04T12:45:00.002Z

Leann has some gorgeous Blog Candy. All you have to do is add a comment. Good luck. I hope I am the lucky one.

Tagged

2008-03-03T19:33:00.007Z

I've been tagged by Nessy (Nessy's Notes) - thanks hon!

1. WHAT WERE YOU DOING 10 YEARS AGO?
In the first flush of wedded bliss - got married in Aug 1997.

2. WHAT WERE YOU DOING 1 YEAR AGO?
Being a very proud mother as my 6 month old daughter was sitting up on her own!

3. NAME YOUR 5 FAVOURATE SNACKS
Chocolate - any kind as long as it's good quality (Lindt is my fav)
Biltong (brought up in Zimababwe) - for those not in the know, it is spice dried meat.
Fruit - any kind
Chocolate!
Chocolate!

4. NAME 5 THINGS YOU WOULD DO IF YOU WERE A MILLIONAIRE
Buy a big house with lots of land to keep horses
Set up a great outside play area for my girls
Buy houses for my family
Buy lots of fast cars
Travel around the world

5. NAME 5 THINGS YOU LIKE DOING
Spending time with my family especially outside
Taking holidays in the sun and playing on the beach with my two girls
Getting cuddles from the girls
Spending time with my husband on our own
Having a bit of "me" time

6. NAME 5 THINGS YOU WOULD NEVER WEAR AGAIN
White shoes
Floral dresses
Puffball skirts
Shoulder pads (thanks for that one Nessy!)
Anything polyester!

7. NAME YOUR 5 FAVOURITE TOYS!
My new Cuttlebug
Stamping Bellas stamps
Nintendo DS Lite (2007 Christmas pressie)
My Mini Cooper S (Wheeeeee!)
Lego - you can make some fantastic models!! (it's my daughters' of course!)

I need to tag 5 other people - my SBS 13 sisters
Jo
Karen
Maureen
Vicki
Kari

Mothers Day is for Grannys Too

2008-03-02T19:11:00.006Z

This is a card I whipped up this morning for my Mom from my two girls. I stamped "Granny" using See D's and Brilliance ink on to pale blue card layered with bright blue card. I double stamped to create a shadow. I cut 2cms off a square card and attached the sentiment to the top of the card. I used a really pretty Papermania embossed vellum, edged with two strips of bright blue Papermania ribbon. The flowers were made by sticking Anita's outline stickers on to blue paper and cutting them out - they are attached to the card using 3D foam pads. Papermania gems add a bit of sparkle to their centres.

Happy Mothers Day for Me

2008-03-02T19:07:00.002Z

This is the card my 3-year old daughter made just for me. I think it's gorgeous!!

Mothers DayCard for My Mom

2008-03-02T15:59:00.004Z

I can finally put this one on as I gave it to my Mom today. Very simple construction but I love the colours. The backing paper is from Papermania Spring paper pack, with the edges rounded using my Woodward corner rounding punch. I have used a white organza ribbon by Joy along one side. To this I have attached two white and one yellow flowers with blue Papermania brads. I die cut the letters with my Cuttlebug - Cuttlekids Tadpole - from white card and added glitter with Stickles Glitter Glue in holographic.

Sisterhood of the Blogging Stampers - 13

2008-03-01T21:52:00.004Z

Woo who! I've joined! Can't wait to look at all those gorgeous cards on my sisters websites - you give me such inspiration! I've only been making cards for a short time but I adore it. I've been buying loads of new stamps recently - Penny Blacks and Stamping Bellas - can't wait to try them all.

Thank You Card

2008-02-29T20:46:00.006Z

I have used Papermania purple card for the base, embossed with my Cuttlebug Divine embossing folder. The ribbon is from a blue Papermania pack. I have put tied a piece of ribbon to make an open bow on the top ribbon. The tag, pink and purple striped paper and the sentiment are all from a Papermania embellishment pack (very handy!). I have layered the sentiment with pale purple card.

Taggy Mum

2008-02-29T19:35:00.008Z

A Mothers Day card made for a friend's Mum. The base layer is dark orange, over-layered with a lighter orange Brazzil Basics card. The lighter orange card has been embossed with Cuttlebug Divine embossing folder and both have had the corners rounded with a Woodware corner rounding punch. The tags and letters were die cut with my Cuttlebug out of Papermania white and green card - letters are Cuttlekids Tadpole. I have attached a Joy ribbon to the front of the card about 2/3 of the way up. Each of the tags have been attached with another piece of ribbon and the ends cut at an angle. Three green Papermania flower gems finish the card off.

A Star is Born

2008-02-26T22:08:00.004Z

One of my friends had a gorgeous baby boy last week and this gave me an opportunity to try out some more of my new Stamping Bella stamps. I used 4 different types of ribbon (1st and 3rd - Anita's sticky ribbon, 2nd - Joy Crafts, 4th - a blue gingham from Papermania). I stamped Baby Bella Hanging Bundle on to white card and layered this with baby blue card. I coloured him with coloured pencils and Whispers Brush Markers and attached him to the card using 3D foam pads. I then stamped the Bella sentiment using a Brilliance black ink pad.

NattyK's Blog Candy

2008-02-23T14:24:00.009Z

This my entry for NattyK's blog challange - the theme is pink. The backaround paper is Blonde Moments Sugar Dumpling Sweetie. I have used a Woodware courner rounding punch on the paper and the card. I have put a piece of pinky purple Anita's Sticky Ribbon down one side and attached two pink and one dark pink flowers with small cream Papermania brads. I have stamped the sentiment using See D's Birthday Sayings using pink ink on to light pink card, embossed with pink Heat It Up powder. This had been layered with pink vellum and both the card and vellum have been cut with my Fiskars edging scissors(deckle) and attached with 3D foam pads. To finish, three star Papermania gems have been added to each side of the sentiment.

Blue Bella

2008-02-23T14:05:00.003Z

My Stamping Bella stamps arrived last week and I couldn't wait to try them out. I'm not altogether happy this card. The backaround paper is from Papermania Designer Blues pack. I have stamped Prezzibella on to white card and coloured her with Whispers Brush Markers and coloured pencils. The sentiments is Stamping Bella MC stamped using black ink on to white card. I have layered both Bella and the sentiment with dark blue card stock and attached to the card with 3D foam pads. Finally I have attached a white and blue flower with small red Papermania brads.

Spotty Flowery Mothers Day

2008-02-23T13:44:00.007Z

Taking inspiration from a card I saw in a Do Crafts magazine, I made this card for a friend to give to her Mum. I used several different colours of Anita's Sticky Ribbon wrapped around a length of white card. The layered flower is made from 4 different sizes and colours from Queen & Co attached with a large Papermania silver brad. The flower stem is made from Papermania gems. The sentiment has been made by sticking peel off stickers on to a strip of white card and then inking it up with a small pink ink pad, I then peeled the stickers off. This has been layered with darker pink card. The finshed senitment is attached with 3D foam pads.

Birthday Blues

2008-02-20T20:56:00.005Z

This card was made for a friends brother. I have used my new Cuttlebug, purchased at the Make It Show held in January. I die cut the letters using the Cuttlekids Tadpole alphabet and the tags using Cuttlebug Charms from Brazzil Basics card. The sentiment was stamped using See D's Birthday Sayings and embossed using Heat It Up powder. The strip across the card is layered silver card and blue Brazzil Basics card.

My Cousins Wedding

2008-02-20T20:22:00.001Z

I made this card for my cousin who is getting married this week in California. I have used a white Craft Tonic Card. The base paper is Blonde Moments Sugar Dumpling Sprinkles - I have rounded the corners with a Woodware rounding punch. I have used a Penny Black wedding cake stamp on to white card stock, mounted on lilac Brazzil Basics card. I coloured the cake using Whispers brush makers and my daughters coloured pencils and added two small Papermania gems. I used a See D's Birthday Sayings stamp and embossed it with Heat It Up powder on to white card, mounted on lilac Brazzil Basics card. Finally I have added a horizontal and vertical strip of lilac ribbon and added three pink Papermania gems.

Sympathy Card

2008-02-18T19:21:00.004Z

I made this card for a friend who recently lost her mum. I wanted it to be simple but elegant. I have used a pink card from Craft Tonic. I used a X-Cut daisy and mini daisy punch to make two sizes of flowers – the small flowers were cut from cream card and the large flowers from pink Papermania handmade paper. I added Papermania gems to the small flowers. I embossed the sentiment using a Papermania brass stencil on to light pink card, layered on dark pink card. This was attached using 3D foam pads. The embossed words were highlighted with pink chalk.

Beaded Thanks

2008-02-18T19:21:00.003Z

This lovely card was one I made following my daughters Christening. I saw a similar card in the Do Crafts magazine and I loved the colour and the beads. I have used a tall white card from Craft Tonic. I embossed the sentiment using a Papermania embossing stencil. I have used blue Papermania handmade paper with a blue Anita's Sticky Ribbon across the middle. For the central decoration, I have stuck transparent beads on a square of white card, stuck directly on to the card.

My Cards

2008-02-16T16:07:00.000Z

I have uploaded my cards to an album. I hope to load more soon.

First Timer

2008-02-15T15:41:00.000Z

Hi, just starting up my blog so have a few cards to load. The first one is a baby card made for one my friends. I love pink! This is very simple to make, I have used some Papermania paper roughly torn with a pink ribbon stuck across the bottom. I have used a Papermania "It's a girl" sticker on mounted on white card on 3D foam pads. To add a little extra, I have stuck 3 pink hearts in the top right hand corner.