Hello everyone,
I hope you are all well and settled back into some sort of routine after the Christmas festivities.
I have been MIA for ages (sorry), but after my Dad's 80th in November everything just snowballed out of control, Christmas was fast approaching and I wasn't prepared at all. In the end only a very select few received Christmas cards and none of those were hand made (the shame)! Christmas did happen, but most of it was so last minute ~ not at all like me to be wrapping presents on Christmas Eve.
One of the exciting things that took a lot of my time was being asked to be editor of The Midland Branch of the Bearded Collie Club annual magazine 'Chinwag'. I have never done anything like this before and was quite pleased with my first effort.
I have finally (yesterday) ticked the last absolute 'must do' off my list, namely putting my car up for sale. So, I can relax a bit now and catch up with all the other stuff that needs doing.
So, todays share is a Birthday card for an old friend, who I never see, but we still exchange Birthday and Christmas cards (except for last year) lol.
Card Recipe:
Image: Penny Black ~ T for Transparent ~ 'Hello Friend' coloured with Copics
Backing Papers: Kaisercraft ~ 'Bubblegum Hills' Collection
Cardstock: Bazzil Basics
Sentiment: Stampin' Up ~ 'Petite Pairs'
Button and Twine from stash
I am itching to get crafting with my newly acquired stash from Christmas and the sales, so watch this space.
Thank you so much for visiting my little blog today and for any much appreciated comments you may leave.
Luv
Hi everyone,
I'm back!
A very Happy New Year to all my blog buddies and wonderful followers.
I often wonder while visiting all your blogs, how on earth you all find the time to blog so regularly, and some of you have full time jobs and a family! I do work, but from home and definitely not full time and do not have any children (except the furry kind) and cannot seem to blog more than a couple of times a month?
Anyhoo ~ Christmas was a success, even if I say so myself, and New Year very quiet. Things are moving along with MIL, I heard just before Christmas that I had officially been appointed her Deputy by the Court of Protection ~ oooh I'm all official now!!! Also, we have a date from our solicitor for the exchange on her flat after it being on the market for over four years! So, hopefully things are calming down a bit.
Before I move on to my card, I have to say a huge THANK YOU to a company called Storage4Crafts. I ordered a paper storage cube from them in November and when it arrived it became apparent that a previous storage cube that I had purchased was the wrong wood colour ~ as I had nothing to compare it with I didn't realise at the time. I contacted their customer services people and explained what had happened ~ not expecting anything to come of it as I had had the other unit for just over twelve months, but after sending them photos of the two units together they only replaced the original one free of charge! I am so grateful that they sorted it out as it would have annoyed me for ever more (I would probably have bought another one if they hadn't swapped it out for me). Excellent and friendly customer service and this should be applauded.
Today I have a card to share which is for a friend's Birthday. I have unashamedly taken my inspiration from THIS card by Sue (thank you Sue), as I had found a forgotten First Edition paper pad whilst having a tidy up and was totally lacking any inspiration at all.
I had several attempts at different colourways and designs before I was happy with this one!
CARD RECIPE
Images: Large central Butterfly ~ Kaisercraft 'Tigerlilly' stamp, smaller Butterflies ~ Kanban ~ Butterflies clear stamp set
Colouring Medium: Copics
Backing Papers: Bazzil Basics & First Edition 'Noir et Chic'
Sentiment: Craftwork Cards
Ribbon & Gems from my stash
It is trying to snow as I type ~ not a fan of the white stuff, tomorrow we are supposed to have more. I might just have to do some crafty stuff to take my mind off it!
Hope you are all well and cosy warm and thank you for visiting.
Hi everyone,
Well, what wonderful weather we have been having here in Warwickshire ~ I have finally managed to get some serious gardening done ~ instead of pottering around in the greenhouse.
Today I would like to share a card I made for my Step Brother who lives in Southern Ireland and enjoys the odd round of golf.
I have printed out the image which is a digi image from Karen's Doodles called 'What A Swing' and coloured it in with my copics, I then ran it through my die cutting machine with a Nestabillities oval die (I don't know why, but every time I use this image it always ends up in a oval shape ~ it just seems to suit it somehow), I have then mounted the image onto a piece of Bazzil Basics lime green card also cut with a slightly larger oval die. For the base card I have used one of my cut down hammered white card blanks and layered with the same lime green card stock and some purple Bazzil Basics card stock, I then used two pieces of patterned paper from the Kaisercraft 'Lilac Avenue' Collection and hid the join with a piece of purple self adhesive ric rac, which I thought was more manly than ribbon! I added a sentiment from Craftwork Cards 'Messages' pack which was coloured with a copic marker and to finish added three Craftwork Cards 'Candi' dots. When it was all assembled I thought the image was a little too white, so I distressed the edges with a Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad in 'Old Paper' to tone it down.
I hope you all like it and thank you so much for visiting me today.
Hi everyone,
A belated Happy Easter to you all ......
The sun is shining today, but it is very cold. Yesterday it rained all day long, our poor doggies were not very happy at all!
As promised the Easter card I have to share. It is late because I have yet another bug making me feel grotty and the weekend was spent trying to regain some order in our house/garden/workshop after months of building work. I also had some auctions ending on eBay, so the weekend was pretty busy.
Hoping to share some more creations with you all soon ...... keep watching.
