Happy Father's Day!

Hi everyone,

Elusive blogger alert!

I haven't blogged for such a while and it kept coming into my mind that I hadn't blogged for a while, but I wanted to catch up with so many chores in and outside the house.  I tell people it is like having a load of those lotto balls in my head, all rumbling around and every now and then one pops up and reminds me of something that needs to be done ~ lol.  I have been trying to get rid of a few of them to free up some time for my card making and I am still re-organising my craft space which is so time consuming.

Anyhoo, enough excuses and on to todays share ~ my Father's Day card, it was Father's Day in the UK last Sunday and last week I was sat at my desk waiting for divine inspiration, as Mr Mojo had definitely left the building, then all of a sudden it was there on Facebook!  I follow Mo's Digital Pencil on there and they posted a picture of this image which was available to buy in the store and I took one look and couldn't believe what I was seeing, it was almost as if I had asked for Mo to draw me a commission sketch!  There we were my Dad and me all those years ago ~ wonderful.

CARD RECIPE:

Image: Mo's Digital Pencil ~ 'Shoulder Girl S' coloured with Copics
Banner Stamp ~ Sorry un-named set of clear stamps in my collection
Cardstock: PTI ~ Paper Basics White Cardstock
Sentiment: Woodware ~ JWS022 'Happy Fathers Day'

The card was kept simple as I wanted the image to really stand out.  Thank you Mo for such a wonderful image!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp ~ Monday Challenge ~ Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss ~ Challenge 240 ~ Dad
Hobbybook Designer Challenge ~ For Dads/Male Creations Challenge!

Well that's all from me for today ~ I will try and come back sooner next time ~ promise!

Love

Bailey's Thank You Card

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all well and had a lovely weekend ~ wasn't the weather here in the UK gorgeous!

We went on our first Beardie ramble of 2013 yesterday in the beautiful village of Ilmington, the weather was perfect and we all ended up in one of the village's pubs afterwards for a lovely lunch ~ see photo below.

My card for todays share is one that Bailey Beardie sent to my Mom to say thank you for his Birthday card and money (see I bought them all up right and polite) ~ lol.

I didn't share his Birthday card on my blog (his Birthday was 31st March) because I wasn't that pleased with it and when I photographed it I decided I didn't like it at all ~ poor dog!

Now, I have to own up to this not being my design entirely ~ I made so many cards in March my mojo had packed its bags and taken itself on a Spring break, so I saw THIS card by Christine on her blog (I don't seem to be able to link in directly to the card but it was posted on the 26th March 2013 if you want to take a look) and it gave me an idea ~ especially when I remembered that I had the envelope punch lurking somewhere gathering dust.  

CARD RECIPE

Punches: Woodware 'Square Envelope Punch' & a Paw Print punch (sorry but no make on it)
Kraft card for envelope
Sentiment: Bazzill Basics ~ 'Thank You' rub-on
Ribbon from stash

Now as promised a photo of all us Beardie people outside the pub in Ilmington.

Thank you for visiting my little blog I do appreciate it and love to read all your comments if you wish to leave any.

Tulip Jungle

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are all well.

Just a quick share today, as I am very busy ~ I am trying to get another eBay sale going and I forget how time consuming it is.

So, today I am sharing a card made for one of my friends.

This is one of my most 'inked' up stamps ~ it comes out time and time again as it is so suitable for so many occasions.

CARD RECIPE

Image: Penny Black 'Tulip Jungle' ~ 2300K
Colouring Medium: Copics
Cardstock: Kraft Card for card base & pearlescent and hammered card from the scrap box
Sentiment: Woodware Clear Magic Stamps 'Tiny Phrases' ~ FRCL029
Rhinstones: Doodlebug Mini Jewels 'Limeade'
Rafia: From my stash

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:

Charisma Cardz Challenges ~ Challenge #31 ~ Flowers & Fauna

That's it, probably for this week.

Thank you so much for stopping by ~ have a nice day.

Say Thank You With Pooh!

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 first downloaded the Winnie The Pooh image from a website called just-pooh.com, re-sized it and printed it out.  The image is coloured with Copic markers and then mounted onto a black mat.  The border is the Martha Stewart Picket Fence edge punch and this has been trimmed with a piece of lavender ribbon from my ribbon scraps box.  I finished off with flowers punched with my Woodware Daisy punch and fastened to the card with Doodlebug sugar coated brads in Bumblebee - very appropriate!  The sentiment is Hobby Art (CS016D General Greetings) and was stamped directly onto the card with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.


I have an Easter card to share next time, so watch this space.......