Hi everyone,
I hope you are all well and if in the UK not being battered too much by these awful winds. We have had some strong gusts here in Warwickshire and a little bit of rain, but we have got off lightly judging by what I have seen on the news.
Well it has been pretty hectic here (yet again), a couple of weeks ago saw us off to North Wales to celebrate my Dad's 80th Birthday, hence todays card. On our return Bailey Beardie was booked in at the vets for surgery, we had noticed a small lump near his bum whilst grooming him a couple of weeks before and when I showed it to the vet at his annual vaccination appointment she recommended it was removed. Our Bailey boy is a lumpy Beardie and had two other lumps that she agreed should be removed at the same time, since he was going to have a general anaesthetic, but the body blow was that she recommended that he was neutered at the same time to prevent further 'bum lumps' occurring. So, the decision was made, after all he is 10 and a half years old now and we do have two intact female dogs who are now too old to breed from ~ so our dream of having a 'Bailey' puppy have gone. He had his stitches out on Monday and the histology on all the lumps has come back with them all being benign.
Anyway, here is my card for today.
As my Dad is a photographer (which obviously has not rubbed off on me) I thought this Penny Black image was perfect.
Card Recipe:
Image: Penny Black ~ 'Say Cheesecake' ~ 1644L coloured with Copics
Backing Papers: Stampin' Up
Cardstock: Bazzil Basics
Sentiment: Hobby Art ~ 'General Greetings' ~ CS016D
Punches: Stampin' Up ~ 'Decorative Label' (used for sentiment) & EK Success ~ 'Retro Flower'
Craftwork Cards Candi (used as flower centres)
Dovecraft ~ 'Glitter Alphabets' in Comet Gold
Ribbon from stash
I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:
The Paper Shelter ~ Special Birthday
The Stamping Chef ~ Anything Goes
Crafting For All Seasons ~ Challenge #66 ~ Birthdays
So my friends, that's all for now. I hope to catch up with you all before Christmas.
Thank you so much for visiting today.
Hi everyone
A slight improvement on the weather here today, I was out and about yesterday (doesn't happen very often) and got completely frozen and wet, typical!
This card was a request from DH, he had stayed with friends whilst working away from home and wanted a 'Thank You' card. His request was for a card with Winnie The Pooh and a Bee!! The reason for this was that he had been given a jar of honey on his departure as they keep bees. A challenge to say the least, I have no Winnie The Pooh stamps or images. I decided to get on the tinterweb and see if I could find any digi images, I was most surprised to find a website offering coloured and black and white images to be coloured for FREE! So, image selected it was downloaded and I thoroughly enjoyed colouring it in.
I have an Easter card to share next time, so watch this space.......
Hi everyone
I couldn't post this card on here until now as it was for my DH for our wedding anniversary which was on Sunday.
I used a piece of Kraft paper and stamped the Hero Arts "Old French Writing' all over it with Tim Holtz distress ink pad in 'Antique Linen', I then over stamped this with the Penny Black 'Love Is The Message' stamp in Memento 'Lady Bug'. This was then mounted onto a piece of co-ordinating red card stock and fixed to a black pre die cut mat (I have sheets of these lurking in my craft room and have no idea where they came from), the whole thing was then adhered to a basic white card and the sentiment from Hobby Art (CS016D General Greetings) stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black, to finish I have used three black rhinestones.
I love this stamp as it could be used for so many occasions, in this case I have tried with the colours to make a more masculine card.
DH was impressed, although he did say he wasn't sure about the black mat!
