1st Birthday Card

This is a card I made for one of the babies at the nursery I work at.



The papers are by Dovecraft (I think) and the wording is done using Go Kreate Dies in my Cuttlebug.

Laura's card

I made this card for one of the girls at work. I try to keep the front as flat as possible because the other girls at work all need to sign it and it's hard to write on the inside of the front cover if there are lots of bulky embellishments on the front. It's not an easy task, let me tell you!

The stamp is a Penny Black which I half paper pieced and half coloured with Twinkling H2O's.The sentiment and swirls are a combination of Sizzix and Go Kreate Dies.

Happy Mother's Day

I thought I'd start by showing you the cards my children made for me. This is Josh's card which he made on the computer at school.This is the insideand this is the back. Charming eh?! lolAnd my daughter raided my stash (with permission of course) to make me this cute card using one of my favourite Penny Black stamps.

This year I thought I'd make a photo frame for my mum. It didn't quite turn out how I wanted to. I think its because now I'm working I just haven't been able to spend the time on it that I would have liked to have done. Maybe it will look better when it has a nice photo in it?! Failing that I might ask for it back and re-vamp it for next year. ;0)

This is how the photo frame started out. and this is how it looked when I'd finished with it... or ran out of time to do anything else with it.

The papers, labels and sentiment are all from a set by K&Co. The flowers are made with die cut by Marriane Designs and two other paper punches.

For the card I used the same K&Co papers and the Marrianne Designs die cut to make the flowers. The rabbit stamp is by Penny Black and coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The Happy Mother's Day stamp is by Inka Stamp Designs.

For the inside I used a clear stamp by Inkadoo it says "You make me smile all over my face" which my mum does. She's the best mum in the world ever! :0)

That just leaves me to say Happy Mother's Day to all you Mums out there in Blog land. Hope you enjoy your special day.

Thank You

A friend of mine really got me out of a tight spot a few weeks ago and offered to look after my son for me on a day I had to work. He had to go into school for 10 minute meeting with his teacher but other than that was at home all day.

He set off to go to school for the meeting but he ended up having a wobble and came back in a bit of a state. Luckily my friend also has an autistic son who is much older Josh so she's been there and done it all before and she managed to calm Josh down and phoned her husband up, who had been working nights, and he came down and took Josh to his meeting and brought him back afterwards. How lovely was that?!

So I made them this card to say thank you and bought them a box of chocolates to share. The papers and the Die Cut Hedgehog are all by Papermania. The ribbon threader border is by Marrianne Designs which I don't know if you can tell on the photo but I added tiny lilac gems to the centre of each embossed flower on it.

For the inside I added a stamp by Inkadoo which says "You make me smile all over my face. Ian Hobson age 5"

1st Birthday Card

I made this card for one of the babies I look after at work. It was his first birthday last week. The papers are by Dovecraft (I think). The sentiment is all done with Die Cuts by Go Kreate which I used in my Cuttlebug.

Birthday Boy

I recently started working at a day nursery and I offered to make the birthday cards for the children in the room I work in.

This is the one I made for Joe who turned two. The dinosaur in a Whipper Snapper stamp coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The papers are by K&Co. The sentiment is a combination of Go Kreate Dies used in my Cuttlebug.

ABC Christmas Challenge

The ABC Christmas challenge is Presents. I have so many stamps I could use for this one but my favourite is this lovely snowman one by Stampavie which I've coloured with Twinkling H2Os and added dome stickles to give the snow some sparkle.


The second card isn't for the challenge but I made it last week so I thought I'd just tag it on with this one. Hope no one minds and if you do tough. :-)






This one is a bear image that my mum gave me that came on an A4 sheet. It's so cute! The papers are by Cricut.

New Home

My friend Denise has been moving house today so I thought I'd make her a card to wish her good luck in her new home.
I used papers and lettering by K&Co and a mixture of Nestability Dies and punches to make the house.



For the inside I added a couple of peel off stickers on the left hand side and on the right I used some more K&Co paper and a Go Kreate Die.

Just wish we could find somewhere to move to now.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

This weeks Penny Black Challenge is "Paper Patch" which is where you use paper squares to make a patchwork quilt effect. I must say I do love the way it looks and it's a great way to use up those little paper scraps you get left with from other projects.

For this card I used papers by Blonde Moments. The image is of course a Penny Black coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The Happy Birthday is a Go Kreate Die. It's been a beautiful day again here today. I even got the paddling pool out when we got back from school - the one I bought 3 years ago and this is the first time it's been out of the box. Good old British Summer eh?! Hope this beautiful weather is going stick around for the 6 weeks holidays and we can actually get some use out of it rather than it go back in the box. Fingers crossed eh?!

Craft Challenge

I think this is the first time I've ever done the Craft Challenge. This week its a colour challenge and the colours you have to use are black, lime green and lilac.



Black and lilac I have in abundance but lime green?! Hmmm. Well this is the nearest I could get without having to go out and buy some which I can't do as I'm on a stash starvation diet. So I hope it still qualifies, if not well at least I had a go eh?

The metallic card is by DCWV which I've embossed using a Cuttlebug embossing folder. The Happy Birthday is a Go Kreate die cut. The little bird is by Imaginisce. The ribbon is recycled from something but I can't remember what exactly.

Happy Birthday Josh and Happy Father's Day

Today is my son's 12th Birthday. Doesn't time fly? I can't believe he'll be a teenager next year... Ooooh scary thought.

This is the card I made for him. I used some green metallic card that Josh bought me for my birthday last year, plus papers from a set by Hot Off the Press. The image is from a set of Forever Friends papers. The Happy Birthday and Josh are made using Go Kreate dies in my Cuttlebug. I added a couple of small buttons just to finish off.

Josh opened his DSi before his birthday - long story but he got lots of great games for it for his birthday. I'm sure we won't be able to drag him away from it today.

Of course it's also Father's Day today. This card I made for my dad who's away on his holidays right now. Hope he's having a good time.

and this one I made for my friend Charlotte to give her Dad.

and the inside.
Hope you are all having a lovely Sunday.

Happy 7th Birthday Ellie

Today is my daughter Ellie's 7th Birthday. Where does the time go. She doesn't seem to have been on the planet long enough to be 7 already.

Ellie loves my Sugar Nellie stamps so I thought I'd make her a concertina card so I could put a few of them on her card for her.
Because it's so long I thought I'd take a closer picture of it in two halves so that you can see it better. This is the first half.

and this is the second half.

My daughter has been wanting a Nintendo DSi for ages and I've finally given in and got her one for her birthday. This was her face as she opened it. I think she was pleased?!

Josh is so jealous though as he said he wanted one for his birthday. Unfortunately for him Ellie's Birthday comes first but on the plus side his is only 20 days away. I wonder if he'll get one for his???

Another Man U Card

My friend that asked me if I would make a Manchester United card for her sister-in-law to give her son Jack was so impressed with the card I made she asked if I would make one for her husband from the kids. She wanted it exactly the same but you know me I don't like making the same card twice so it is slightly different but not by much. The stamps are all from a set by Onefourzero, the wording is all done with Go Kreate Dies in the Cuttlebug.

The stamp inside the card is by Papermania.

Happy Birthday Chloe

This is the card I have made for my neice's birthday. The princess paper is by Dovecraft. The image is a Sugar Nellie coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The sentiment and lettering are all Go Kreate die cuts. For the inside I used a strip of the Dovecraft paper and then used my Go Kreate Frame die cuts to make the insert to write on.

Chloe is very into Princesses and horses so I hope she likes this card!

Happy Birthday Irene

This is the card I made for my Auntie Irene whose birthday is today. I used this gorgeous House Mouse image that a friend sent me which I coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The paper is by K&Co and is double sided. I used one side for the layering and the other side for the leaves and sentiment. The leaves were made using a die cut from Little Claire Designs and the sentiment is a die cut by Go Kreate.

Sorry about the quality of the photo. I really need to get my photo studio set up again!

Card for Tanya

I started making a card for my daughter's best friend Tanya who will be 7 in May. I'd got so far with it and then wasn't quite sure what to do with it. Then I was looking through my favourite challenge blogs and found this sketch on the Truly Scrumptious blog. So I inverted the sketch and used it to help me finish Tanya's card. I think it works really well.

The papers are by K&Co, The image is a Sarah Kay by Stampavie and is coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The sentiment and name are all done using Die Cuts by Go Kreate, The purple ribbon is some that Tanya's mum gave me although I think it looks black on the photo?! I still haven't got my photo studio back.

Good news though we did get our first viewing today. She seemed to like our house but it's always difficult to tell. She did say her husband needs to see it before they can make a decision so we'll just have to wait and see if they make an appointment to come back again. Fingers crossed eh?! It would be great if we could sell to the first person that comes to look round but I think I may be being a little over optimistic.

Happy Birthday Debbie

It is my blogging friend Debbie's birthday today. This card I made using my new stamp by Nellie Snellen that I got at the Harrogate Craft Fair in March and my new fern punch. The papers are by Papermania and Bazzill. The Happy Birthday is a die cut by Go Kreate.

For the inside I used papermania papers again and then cut a white insert using another Go Kreate die and then used pen to create faux stitching around the edge to add definition.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

I was making this card for my brother and I had already picked out the image I wanted to use but I thought as it was a Penny Black I'd just check out the Penny Black Saturday Challenge blog to see if I could make it to fit in with their challenge.

Their challenge this week is "Check it out" they want to see checks on your project. So I looked through my boys/men papers and found this great checked paper by K&Co to use. It's not the most inspiring card I've ever made but I'm trying to keep them quite simple at the moment so that I can get more done just in case the house sells and we have to start packing everything up and I can't get to my craft stuff for a while. It's not my brother's birthday until May 3rd but I don't think he looks at my blog so I'm safe!

Sorry!

I haven't blogged for ages! A lot has been happening in the last few weeks. I don't want to say too much on here just yet but one of the things that's been happening is that we are selling the house. This has meant a lot of sorting and clearing out and tidying up as had to be done in order to get the house ready and as the last part has been done today, we are now officially on the market.

I have been so busy I've not had chance to do any blogging but I have still been making cards. I thought while it's the Easter Holidays I'd try and catch up a little. However my photos are going to get a little dodgy as my photo studio as had to be put away so I'm back to the old method of natural light and a white sheet background! Not good!


This is a card I made for my new neighbour Charlotte for her son Bobby. She wanted a dinosaur and balloons on it which made my day as this Whipper Snapper stamp is one of my favourites but my son is too old for it now. It was fab to be able to use it again.

The spotty papers are all by K&Co. I love this set of papers for boys cards.

This is the inside of it.I'm now trying to get ahead on all my card making so that if we do sell quickly and I have to start packing everything up I'll already be enough ahead to not have to worry for a while and can move and get settled before I need to make any more. Hopefully once we've moved I will be back to a more regular blogging schedule. Until then I hope you will all bear with my irregular blogging pattern.

Little Mice

I don't seem to make male cards very often so it's quite a novelty when I get to make one. I love these papers by Hot of the Press but they can be a little dark so I've used white lettering and a white gel pen to make little highlights to brighten the card up a bit. The stamp I've used is a Penny Black, I really do love their stamps. I saw this stamp at the Harrogate Papercrafts Extravaganza last year when I was looking for some more male orientated stamps to add to my collection. It really did make me laugh out loud so I just had to get it. The sentiment is a Go Kreate Die cut and the circle was cut using Nestabilites in my Cuttlebug. The ticket corner punch is by Stamping Up.