Oh what a tangled web we weave...

Can't believe I'm still working on sorting out my craftroom.  So determined to kick things into shape, but today has been a real toughie as I'm transferring ribbon from coat hanger storage that just took up so much space on to cards that I can keep in a drawer.  Rapidly loosing the will to live and still all the red, gold and silver ribbon to sort out.  Eek!!

How lovely will it be to open this drawer to find the right coloured ribbon.  It may even mean that I break away from my addiction to using white, black or cream all the time.

Ann xxx
PS: Just a little foot note - Susan commented...

'How do you keep your ribbon from creasing when you fold it like that ? l bought some in a packet last week and on opening it, the ribbon was creased at every fold ?'

Susan I don't worry about the creases in my ribbon anymore.  One of my Christmas presents was  a really tiny mini hair straightener and it is just amazing for straightening ribbon in seconds.  Best craft gadget ever.
Rita said ...
' it must have been quite a job.'
It certainly was and is - ran out of paper clips around 5 o'clock yesterday.  The pack of 200 I bought wasn't enough.  Eeeek can you believe that?

Friday again...

So that's means it's Bah! Humbug! day and this is one week where I really felt like saying Bah! Humbug!, stamping my feet and scowling like a mad women.  For some strange reason I decided on Monday that my craft area needed sorting.  Hmm, bad idea as it is now the end of the week and what could have been a small job is turning into a marathon.  If I had tried to enter 'What's on your Workdesk Wednesday' this week it would have been more a case of 'What desk? Where?  Not good and it meant that to complete my card for this week's challenge of 'Candy Canes' I had to take all the things I needed downstairs and work on the dining table.  So guess what -  now the downstairs is a mess too now.  Sigh!!

Ah well less rambling and on to describe what I've done for my candy cane card.  I wanted to use the candy images to make a frame that had a love heart shape to it.  I also thought that making the heart an apperture with a romantic image inside might work well.  The image I've used is one from the Hallmark Forever Friends CD which I copy and pasted into Craft Artist so that I could play around with the heart and apperture idea.

My original thoughts were to have the image on the card inner and the apperture on the front, but of course I realised that it would mean cutting through far too many layers.  Instead after printing and cutting out the apperture piece I matted it on to the cute bears image using a double layer of foam pads to really raise it up and give a nice window effect.  After completing the card I realised that I could have kept the original opening idea by making the apperture and image a small card on the front of the main card and have fastened with a ribbon.  Maybe next time I'll try that.

The papers are by We R Memory Keepers and I chose the fab glittery paper as it made me think of rolled up candy canes.  A peel off sentiment, and stamped sentiment mounted on a matching snowflake complete the card.  The red panels are embossed with Swiss Dots, but unfortunately they don't show up very well in the photo.

Additional Challenges...

• Inspirational Card Sketches - fab sketch used for this project
• Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes and something new (my paper)
• CD Sunday - for someone special (possibly for daughter and boyfriend - will need to decide nearer Christmas)
• Christmas Card Challenge - Stitching (mine is faux - hope it counts)

Have a great weekend everyone.  I'm hoping to complete my craft sort out so that I can actually do some fun playing.  Have missed entering so many of my favourite challenges recently.  Perhaps I will be able to catch up next week.

Ann xxx

Happy Mother's Day...

I was really late making this card - something else to blame Max for!!  Eek poor Max.  I made it this morning before my mum came to my house.  It had to be something quick and easy so I used an A4 decoupage sheet that my friend Susan gave me at the NEC.  It's a Debbie Moore image and one that once cut out works really well on a large square card.

Love the glitter effect on the frame.  It isn't actually glitter but it does give that effect.  I added a feather and a gemstone to the glam lady costume and border and corner peel offs finish the card.  I haven't put a sentiment as my mum puts the cards out and they stay out.  She still has a Halloween House Mouse card on her sideboard.

Challenges...

• Sir Stampalot - Ladies and Fashion
• Creative Inspirations - Mother's Day
• Paperplay - for Mum

Hope everyone has had a day as fabbie as mine even though I've cried three times today it has been really special.  The first tears came when my eldest daughter sent me the most sentimental and soooooo sloppy text.  The second was when I rang my own mum who had no idea what was going on when I told her it was Mother's Day and I loved her and the one that really got me was when I put my hand on my youngest daughter's tummy and felt my grandson move for the first time.  That has got to be one of the best Mother's Day presents ever.

Ann xxx

Oh my goodness ... an award...

Oh my goodness how special is this?  Cat at Catnaps Jewelry gave me this award and said 'I chose sites that inspire me and yours is one' - oh my how wonderful to have that said about your blog.  Thank you so much Cat - I really appreciate that comment and the award.

Now there are a few rules to this award.
Thank the person who sent it to you ~ yep done that.
Tell Us 7 things about yourself ~ yep done that.
Send/Reward this to 15 bloggers ~ oooooooooooh will have to get my thinking cap on.

1. I am a mother a soon to be Grandma and responsible for my mum who needs someone to remember things for her.
2. I love creating things and for the last ten years or so papercraft and rubber stamping have completely taken over my creative time.
3. I really want to get into Scrapbooking more - have the papers and albums just need to shake myself and get going?
4. I am addicted to red wine.
5. I love holidays and am always ready to book another.
6. I have some very special friends and I couldn't survive without their love and laughter.
7. I love soppy films and can cry at the drop of a hat.

Here's my list of inspiring blogs...

Joanne at Ambrosia and Iron
June at Yorkie Lover
Debbie at Wiccababe
Claire at Waltzingmouse Makes
Helen at Fiddle Fart
Mel at Mel Stamps

oh my goodness 15 is a lot to link and I am running out of time so I will be back later with more super talented crafters.

Ann xxx