Cricut Birthday

I know another post from me I hear you say.  Well it is a glorious morning here and I've been up for a while so I thought I would show you another Birthday Card I have made (sorry for the rubbish photo).  This card is for someone who is mad on Eeyore so I decided to get my trusty Gypsy and Cricut out and make a shaped card for her incorporating her initial and the adorable baby Eeyore from the Pooh Font cartridge. All the flowers are from WOC as usual.

Hope she likes it.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Craft Your Days Away - All Creatures Great and Small
CES Challgenges - Anything Goes
Tanda Stamps - Anything Goes
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Anything But Square
Creative Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and see you soon.

 

Special Friend

Good evening everyone

Hope you have all been keeping well.

First of all I have had lots of problems with my PC recently but I've finally got it back - I am seriously thinking that a new one is required as it has been giving me problems on and off for a while now and I'm fed up with keeping having it fixed, on top of that Brian hasn't been very good, so much so that the Doctor signed him straight off for a month yesterday as his blood pressure had gone through the roof.  I am so pleased as I have been worried sick and scared that he may have another stroke so I just want him home resting and relaxing now.

On top of all this Benn has started his GCSE's and gosh I think I am more nervous than him.  It is only 2 weeks until he turns 16 and boy am I starting to feel old.  He seems so grown up and knows exactly what he wants to do in life.  It won't be long now until he will be starting the next phase of his life and attending college as he made the choice of going there first then university rather than staying on at school.  So lots of change on the horizon.

I have been busy creating though, and here's one of them, a birthday card for a very good friend.  Hope you like it.

I have used some Stampin Up papers from my stash along with one of the adorable Paintbox Poppet images.  All the flowers are all from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - Only stamping allowed is the Sentiment
Crafters Companion - Here comes Summer
Little Miss Muffet - Flowers
Forever Friends - Spring including an Animal
Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Birthdays
Do You Stack Up - Use a Flower
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and see you soon, in fact soon than you think lol x
 

60th Birthday

Hi everyone

Hope everyone had a good Easter, we did but it was just a little bit busy as Brian celebrated his birthday on Sunday too.  He coped quite well but had to go to bed in the afternoon as it started to disorientate him having so many people in the house, this is just one of the things he cant cope with since his strokes but he had a good time though which is the main thing.

Well I thought I would just pop on and share with you another Easel Card Box I was asked to make for a 60th Birthday.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Birthdays
Seven Kids College Fund - Diecuts/Punches (Spellbinders)
Whimsy Stamps - Easel Cards R Easy
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges - It's a Celebration
Shopping our Stash - Boys Colours/Theme

Thanks for stopping by and see you again soon.

 

Spring Birthday

Not bad eh, I have actually made another card and I'm hoping to get a bit of time over the weekend to have a play, after I have washed and groomed the dog that is but I think I am finally getting my mojo back, I hope so as I have so many birthdays this month and they are all boys, yikes!!. 

The gorgeous papers are from Nitwits, I think it is the Val'n'tine one and the image is a SWALK one from Crafters Companion (I love these images, they are so cute).  The lovely diecut is a Marianne Die (my favourite) and the flower is from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Stampin for the Weekend - Anything Goes
Patti's Creations - Anything Goes
Marianne's Design Divas - Spring into Spring
Crafters Companion - Spring

Thanks for stopping by and see you soon.

 

My Latest Craze - Jewellery Making

I thought I would show you some ChainMaille jewellery that I have been making recently.  I saw this technique a while back using jump rings and must admit to being slightly hooked , it has also got me itching to do a bit more jewellery making as I found it was quite therapeutic when I had lost my mojo for cardmaking.  At least now I will have something else to do when I am lost for inspiration when making cards.

Sorry about the rubbishy photos , yes that is another thing on my evergrowing list of things I "NEED" a decent camera lol.

Hope you like them and thanks for stopping by.

Mother's Day

Hi all,

well I realise it has been a long time since I have been on here but with everything going on in my life over the last year something had to give and that was blogging.  I have though been busy with personal requests but found it a struggle to get the inspiration or inclanation to just craft for fun.  Well I am pleased to say that I have started to get itchy feet again and have made an Easel card for my Mum for Mother's Day (I can't believe I have actually bought cards recently as I couldn't be bothered to make them lol) using some fabulous free papers that I found over at Lena Scraps.  Aren't they just gorgeous, the beautiful bow was also a freebie.

Papers - Lena Scraps Freebie
Die Cuts - Spellbinders & Magnolia
Sentiments - Pink Petticoat "Lovely Mum Sentiments"
Embellishments - Wild Orchid Crafts

I am going to enter this into the following challenges.

Delightful Sketches - Someone Special
Little Miss Muffett - Easel, Shaped or Step cards
Moving along with the Times - Special Lady
For your Inspiration - Photo
Hotshot Crafts - Ribbon


I hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Christening Card

Hello everyone, I can't believe how quick the weeks are going at the moment not only is it just over 14 weeks until Christmas it is only 28 weeks until Benn and his friends have to sit their exams., how can that happen, I'm sure it was only a few weeks ago that he started school lol.  Well that's how it feels anyway.

I also can't believe that in this day and age people can be held as slaves or that it could happen where I live. The whole town is shocked to think that this was happening right under our noses to these poor peole and why the police left it so long from when they were first made aware to finally raiding the place.  All I can say is thank god they did though as it is absolutely shocking and so sad, I had never seen so many police around as there were last Sunday.

Well I know I haven't been blogging much lately but I haven't been very well, I have been suffering lots of migraines.  Saying that I haven't been slacking either as I have still had to get a few customer orders done but haven't had the time or indeed the enthusiasm to download them from my camera yet but I thought it was about time I updated my blog as I hadn't realised how long I have neglected it.

Here is a christening card that I was asked to do a couple of months ago but haven't had a chance to show you (see I told you I was pretty bad at downloading my photos didn't I).

I am going to enter this into the following challenges.

Crafty Ribbon - Anything Goes
Ruby's Rainbow - For the Girls
Fab n Funky Challenge - Bingo (Embellishment, Ribbon & Diecut)
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Monocromatic
Creatalicious Challenges - Anything Goes

Well that's it from me today but I promise I won't leave it as long next time.  Hope you all have a good weekend.

White Wedding

Good morning crafters, hope you have a great day planned.  We are off to my step-son's 30th birthday celebrations today (gosh I can't believe he is 30 now, I can still see him him the day he started school when he looked so tiny)  Well whatever you have planned I hope you enjoy it especially as the sun is shinning, its amazine how much better you can feel when the sun is out isn't it.

Well onto my card today.  I was asked to make a wedding card and as I have been seeing a lot of these near white ones I thought I would have a go.  I must admit I am really plesased with how it came out, what do you think?

 

 

Hope you like it.  Have a great weekend and I will see you again very very soon.

I am entering this into the following challenges.

hAnglar & sTranglar - Sentiments
Cuddly Buddly - Swirl and Bling
Cute Card Thursday - Weddings
Freshly Brewed - White/White + 1
Craft Room - White on White
Tuesday Throwdowns - Non Stamped Sentiment (Mine's computer generated)
Marianne's Designs - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - Bring on the Bling (Glitter on Roses and hair)
Addicted to Stamps - Anything Goes
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Flowers