You may not be at the right place....

....if you're trying to visit to see my latest cards.
I recently noticed that every now and then I get some comments left on this blog. Now, as I haven't actually posted anything here since November 2008 I thought people may be being directed here by mistake.
If that's not the case and you really DID want to browse my family and friends cards, Welcome! if not, you may be looking for my main blog HERE
I probably won't be posting anything else on here until the run up to Christmas, when my family cards will be popped on, more as a record for me than anything else.
With hindsight, I think setting up two blogs may have been a mistake and left some visitors a little confused. All I can say is....it seemed like a good idea at the time!
Thank you for visiting and if you left a comment, I appreciate you taking the time it means a lot to me.

Family Christmas Cards

Hi everyone, I thought I'd post some family cards today.
I usually make lots of christmas cards for myself, my Mum and my two sons, but this year I've told them they will have to buy theirs as I'm only making my own.
I know this may sound mean, but I honestly got so sick of making cards last christmas, that it took all the fun out of it. Also they can be bought so cheaply, that I sometimes think it's a wasted effort unless the recipient appreciates handmade cards.
Anyway, I've made one from my Mum for her beloved brother and his wife, another from me for them and my Mum's card from me.
The one for Mum's brother uses a wonderful image and backing paper which was kindly offered freely by Jak. She often does this sort of thing, which just proves how wonderfully generous crafters can be. If you haven't been to her blog before, why ever not? Pop over and spend some time looking at all her wonderful creations.
My card for my lovely Uncle and Aunt uses a stunning image taken from a calender and mounted onto some luxurious gold embossed paper. I've just highlighted with a couple of gems.
The final card is my card for Mum and uses another image from the same calender, this time mounted onto some gorgeous black 'tapestry' card and white glitter card (both from Joanna Sheen) and again finished off with a couple of gems.
I hope you like them, it made a nice change making these as I've been having fun with the cute cards up until now, and 'variety is the spice of life' or so they say.

I'm feeling old now

Hi everyone, I hope you are all keeping well.
I don't know where the last week went to but I suddenly realised it had been a week since I last posted on either of the blogs, so here I am!

My youngest son is 30 on the 30th of this month and if you haven't had this milestone happen to you yet, trust me...it definitely makes you feel old! What happened to the last 30 years??
He is always quite difficult to make a card for as he isn't really into cars, sport or computers, however he does love music and has a really good voice. He sings with a local band and loves karaoke etc. so that was the theme for his card.
The image was from the Cuddly Buddly download kit "Local Lads" and I've done a head transplant to make it feel a bit more personal.
I hope he likes it, I think he will as he has a great sense of humour.

I'm actually in the process of making some cards so watch this space! (well not actually THIS space, as they'll be posted on my other blog so it'll be THIS space)

13th Birthday Card

I'm beginning to get a feeling that my sons may have been in collaboration recently and decided that their "poor old mum" needs to be kept busy.
My eldest son needed a wedding card last weekend, then my youngest son needed a birthday and anniversary card last week, and last night my eldest rang up to say they needed a 13th birthday card this weekend for their nephew. He was quite proud of himself as he knew what the theme would be this time, Manchester United.
So this is the end result, the image and backing paper are part of a download from Cuddly Buddly and the image has been coloured with pro-markers, printed out twice and decoupaged. The sentiment and Man Utd logo were done on the PC.
Let's hope everyone's happy with this, as teenage boy's cards are not really my strong point.

Birthday and Engagement cards

My youngest son rang yesterday to say he will pop over on Thursday to see us and have some dinner. Then he advised me that it is one of his best friends' birthday next week and she has just accepted a proposal of marriage, so could I make a card for each of these occasions and he'll pick them up tomorrow, no rush then!
The only clue I got as far as subject matter for the cards was concerned was that she liked horses, and for the engagement card he thought a silhouette.
As his wish is always my command, this is the result.

I got the image and sentiment for the birthday card from the internet, mounted them onto some cardstock and finished off with a little yellow flower, a cuttlebug oval and some alphabet peel offs from K & Co.
The engagement card image and backing paper is from Joanna Sheen's Dancing with Shadows CD, mounted onto pearlescent paper, with cuttlebug corners and a Craftybitz sentiment tag.

I haven't had time to do any challenge cards today, but hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to get one done.
Thanks for visiting, I hope you (and Gemma) like the cards.

Wedding card - Version 2

I thought maybe I should give a second choice for this card as I have never met the recipients and have no idea what they'd like! So this is the wedding card version 2.
The beautiful images and sentiment were a gift from Jak. If you've never seen this clever lady's fabulous work before...where have you been? Please check out her blog, she makes the most stunning cards with all of her flowers being made from punches, absolutely unbelievable!
The images have been mounted onto silver miri card and the card itself was made from some beautiful white hammered cardstock from The Papermill.

Wedding card

My eldest son rang me last night and said he had a favour to ask. Well, to be honest, neither of my sons ring me out of the blue midweek unless they want something, so it was no big surprise! He and my DIL are attending a wedding reception on Saturday and he wondered if I'd like to make a wedding card for them. Well of course I would, I had only been waiting to be given the opportunity! Irony is lost on my sons.
Anyway, here is the card. I've used the first sheet of my beautiful Papermill cardstock in ivory linen, the image is actually from the Greetings Card Factory CD, mounted onto silver miri card and the sentiment is part of a download kit. The corners are again silver miri card using the "vintage" cuttlebug dies and finished off with a little pearl on each corner. Another really simple card, but I thought this image looked quite effective, and as the wedding couple are only acquaintances and not close friends I think it will be OK. I apologise for the scan, I obviously didn't line the card up very well as it looks a little skiffy, it is straight IRL!