Little Schoolgirl.

I can't believe that Poppy's starting school on Tuesday. Doesn't seem like 5 minutes since she was born never mind nearly 5 years!! Catriona's got her uniform all organised and labelled with her name ready for Tuesday. She's quite excited and really ready for school after her time at nursery. I think Oliver will really miss her. She'll be able to play schools with him and tell him what to do. Nothing new there then!!

I used :-

Image :- LOTV.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Bunting :- Memory Box die.

Cuttlebug embossing folder, Glamour Dust, Glossy Accents for shoes, ribbon.

I think this fits the challenge at Cupcake :- Bunting.

Thanks for looking, do you think Poppy'll like her card. She usually loves the cards I make for her and Catriona ends up having to put it where she can't reach it as she carries them around and they get a bit dog-eared!

Enjoy what's left of the weekend. See you all later.

My favourite colour......

Hi everyone when I saw the Penny Black challenge I couldn't resist trying to CASE Kath's stunning card. I'm not sure if she'll approve of my effort but I really enjoyed making it. I used colours I really love and I quite like it. ok I'm lying I do like it and in fact I've been making another card using the same layout today.

I had Monday and Tuesday off for the Jubilee this week and I thought fantastic I'll get loads done. So did I? Well no, I got 2 cards made! Did anyone else find the same? I was so busy watching the Jubilee coverage that all my plans fell by the wayside. Never mind at least I had time off. I thought today would be busy at work as usual after a holiday but it wasn't too bad.

I used :-

Image :- Penny Black.

Sentiment :- Heritage.

DP :- Basic Grey.

Colouring :- Promarkers and Flexmarkers.

Flowers :- Daisy punch.

Gems :- Hobby House.

Tag punch, Nesties and ribbon.

I'm entering the following challenges :-

Penny Black :- CASE it.
Secret Crafter :- Anything goes.
Cupcake :- Tag you're it.
Truly Scrumptious :- Flower power.
Penny Black and More at Allsorts :- All my favourite things - Penny Black stamp, Promarkers, gems and ribbon.

Well I'm off to finish my DT card for Saturday. It's my younger daughter's birthday today and since we were both at work today she wants me to go shopping with her tomorrow! Sounds expensive to me lol!

Well thanks for looking, if anyone does and even more thanks to anyone who leaves me a comment.

Vroom, Vroom!

I've had a busy day today with cards. My friend came over this afternoon and we got some cards made for the communion tokens. I think the lady who asked if I'd make them will be surprised when she sees how many I've got ready. I still need to make some to hold 4 tokens as we've just made the single token ones so far. I would have made some tonight but I really needed to make a birthday card for my big brother. Even at my age I think of Jim and Hugh as my big brothers as they are 12 & 9 years older than me. Jim is the eldest and his birthday is on Friday so I need to post his card today!

I used :-

Image :- Hero Arts.

Sentiment & Card Candi :- Craftwork Cards.

DP :- DCWV - Linen Closet.

Buttons  and string.

Isn't this paper gorgeous and just perfect for a male card. I think the image is perfect for a male card too, especially for my brother. He's a time served motor engineer and latterly had his own business for over 30 years. Hope he likes it! I had to add the buttons after I managed to get ink on the image when I stamped the "Happy Birthday." What a clumsy idiot I am!

I'm entering the following challenges :-

Cupcake :- Sketch.
Craft Your Days Away :- Birthday.
A Spoon Full of Sugar :- Birthday.
Pile it On :- Blue, blue, blue - use 3 shades of blue.

I have to work today as my colleague is going to a funeral so it looks like I'm going to be at the last minute with my DT card for Totally Gorjuss - again!!

Thanks for looking, hope you like?

Cheerful Get Well Card!

Well I think it is lol! I made this card for my friend's husband who has just had a wee operation. I meant to have made it in time to give it to her for him when we went to the car treasure hunt on Friday. Didn't happen! I've posted it now so I hope I can remember what I used.

I 3D'd the little mice but I don't know if you can see that on the second pic. I even threaded the buttons which was not a lot of fun as they're so small but I was scared in case Kath saw naked buttons on my blog lol!

I used :-

Image :- Penny Black.

Sentiment :- Hero Arts.

DP :- Basic Grey - White Paper.

Card Candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Stampin' Up! punch, buttons from stash, faux stitching with American Crafts pen.

I'm entering the following challenges :-

Penny Black :- Pesky Critters!
Cupcake :- Sketch.
Secret Crafter :- Something from around the house - typewriter.
Creative Inspirations challenge :- Stitching.
Cards for Men :- Stars.

I'm not really very impressed with this card. I think I thought too much about it and it looked better in my head! Sometimes I get on better when I haven't much time.

I'm off to enter these challenges and then see if I can get some DT work done.

Thanks for looking and feel free to tell me what you think. You can be honest with me, I promise I won't cry!

Christmas in May.

Hi everyone, looks like I'm still not very good at posting even with 2 days off in the same week. At least I have something to show you as well as a DT card. I've been quite good this week. Usually I'm trying to make my DT card and get it posted on the DT blog by Thursday. This week it was all done and dusted on Monday. Net got such a shock she nearly fainted. She said she was only kidding!!

So yesterday I decided to make a Christmas card when my friend came over to craft and I even made another one later. We both used the same stamp which is one of her favourite Penny Black ones.

Here's the first one I made.

I used :-

Image :- Penny Black.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Embossing olders :- Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and Sizzix Tim Holtz Snow Flurries.

Jewels from stash and Glamour Dust.

And this is the second one, also very simple.

I used :-
Image, colouring, card candy, sentiment and Glamour Dust as before.

Snowflake :- Martha Stewart.

These are the challenges for the first card :-
Creative Inspirations Wednesday Challenge :- Embossing.
One Stitch at a Time :- Embossing.
Cupcake :- C for Christmas.

I'd like to enter the following challenges with the second card:-
A Spoon Full of Sugar :- White plus one colour.
Cards for Men :- Circles.

Hope you like! I've not really achieved much today. Can't even blame the weather as it's not been so nice today. We have had some sun but much hazier than it has been and quite a cold wind. At least it's still dry. We're promised rain today but so far it hasn't come. I'm off to take the dogs for yet another walk before I have tea and go to my friend's to make cards. A few of us go and we always have a lovely chat too. It's nice to be able to socialise as well as make cards.

Soon be the weekend!

New Beginnings.

Hi everyone, I think I'm getting back to crafting again!

Today I've got a quick baby card I made to add to my box.

I've just made it very plain and simple. Aren't these Penny Black hedgies so cute?

I used :-

Image and sentiment :- Penny Black from a lovely new set of clear stamps.

DP :- Craft Creations.

Flower :- Prima edged with Promarker.

Gems :- Hobby House.

Card Candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Ribbon from stash.

I'm going to enter the following challenges :-

Simon Says Stamp :- New Beginnings.
Sketch and Stash :- Sketch. New stamps and everything else is old stash.
Penny Black :- New Beginnings.
Stampin' for the Weekend :- New and Blue.
Pollycraft :- Use something new. New stamps.
Cupcake :- Something New.
Craft Your Days Away :- Anything goes.
Passion for Promarkers :- Baby Cards.

Hope you like and I'll try to catch up with you all later.

Thanks for looking and if you've got time to tell me what you think I'd love to hear from you.