sweet baby girls christening

I had a commission to make a christening card for a sweet little girl, and i couldnt think of no better image than the LOTV christening stamp. ive coloured with promarkers, the papers ive used are first edition spring drop and websters pages which were a freebie with this months simply cards and papercraft magazine.ive added 2 types of ribbon and used a lace punch the flowers are Wild orchid crafts the leaves are cut on the cricut, ive also added stickles and a few dew drops to finish.
Im entering this card into lili's little fairies LOTV challenge blog ribbon and lace, there are some amazing entries pop on over and have a look.

Ive got a late start at work today so im going to make a start on a few of the mothers day card orders before i go.

clean and tidy

Oh my god im wondering just how my craft room got so untidy, ive been in there so much the last few weeks but had no time to tidy as i was going along so today was the day to tackle the mess. Ive spent a couple of hours throwing tiny scraps out, sorting card stock into colour family and sorting out all my patterned papers inks are all put away in their right full places and generally its looking some what clean and tidy. the reorganisation and tidiness prompted me to make a card ive made a thank you card this is to go in my emergency stock card box.
The flag was made from east of india ribbon, the sentiment is MME and the magnolia image was coloured with promarkers.
Im entering this in the following challenge cupcake inspirations

Im in the process of making a christening card and a few mothers day cards so hopefully my blog wont be neglected next week ill have lots to show.

Get well soon

ive made a get well card today especially to fit in with a challenge at less is more -neutrals you can use any neutral colour ive used cream and brown, the dandelion stamp has been clear embossed twice and the other one coated in stamp and stick then glittered, i cant remember the greeting as ive had it years, its a clear stamp not in its original packet :( the ribbon is by East of India.pop on over to less is more and see all the other lovely creations.

Up all night

All work has been delivered, and was well received so I just have to be a little patient until all is revealed. It was a few long nights getting every thing finished so im glad of my day off, I need to catch up on sleep to stop the stinging sensation in my eyes.
On to todays card a very simple one the papers are from my local craft shop suzicrafts lots of barn door distress inks and a simple sentiment generated on the computer.
Mams in hospital today so I hope her op goes well, my uncle is still on intensive care but is making slight improvements

Nothing

ive got nothing (nada, nowt) at all to show you today, but that doesnt mean ive been a lazy bum, oh no! ive been so busy my eyes are stinging as ive been burning the midnight oil, ive had lots of things to keep me busy(but cant tell you just yet), i could of shown you an older card but whats the point youve seen it all before.
I will be back later tonight or tomorrow with a card, as now all my secret work has been completed i can go back to just playing again.
Because i dont want you to of had a wasted journey hop on over to kaths blog here for some lovely candy from ribbon girl
My uncle had his operation yesterday, he was in surgery for 10 hours and is now in intensive care so weve all been saying lots of prayers and hope hell be well , fit and strong soon.

Peaches and Cream

I was going to enter this card into lili's little fairies challenge blog, but i got carried away and ended up using the wrong stamp, i should of used a lili of the valley stamp, but never mind we all have a blonde moment now and again.

Instead ive entered it into a Thursday challenge Do You Stack Up = things with wings, my image has wings so it counts lots of embossing, distressing, wild orchid crafts flowers, liquid pearls, stickles and leaves were cut on the cricut.

Ive also entered into simply magnolia = bling and bows.
sorry the photos not too good it was taken on my iPhone

I havnt been as productive in card making today as i was busy searching and printing verses for a few of my orders, now they are all done and ready to ship out to customers so im one happy bunny.

Back to work tomorrow, my uncle is in hospital at the moment and is due major surgery tomorrow so my mind and thoughts will be with him all day, then later in the week my mam is due surgery so i can see a busy week ahead for me, but im sure ill fit some cards in some where.

happy Anniversary

Next week is my mother and father in laws anniversary so i set to work on their card, i used one of my favourite lily of the valley images and stamped it on craft card stock then coloured it with distress inks. The paper is K&Co. all of the flourishes, hearts and leaves were cut from the cricut give a hoot cart. flowers are wild orchid crafts, the sentiment is pink gem designs, heart pearls are an eBay purchase and stickles to finish.

Im entering this card in the simon says stamp challenge - anything goes

If you take a look on YouTube here you will see a whole host of tutorials on the new splodge away craft mat, its amazing and worth a look.

Ive had a busy week and today i am on an early shift 7 till 1 (so i scheduled this post as i wasn't getting up before 6am just to do my daily post Lol) tomorrow im going to chill and relax (after ive caught up with the housework) that will leave my evening to be able to tie up a few loose ends in my secret work ( i will spill the beans when i can) and then make a few cards just for fun instead of for commissions.

stampin' for the weekend

Here is the card i made last night (but was too dark to take a photo) it has fit into a couple of challenge blogs
stampin' for the weekend bingo was the game and i picked ribbons/bows, pink and pearls.
Cute card Thursday signs of spring well we do all start hanging out the washing in the spring.

The image was coloured with pro markers, i used spring drop papers, lots of heart pearls and stickles.

Happy Birthday

Yesterday was Ashleighs 15th birthday, and the day was all about spoiling her, she got many lovely things from friends and family and of course plenty of cash to go shopping with!
when i got home from work i didn thave too much time to make any cards, i did however stay up late to make a card for my mother in laws birthday, as always the lighting is no good on a night so later today when ive finished work i will take a photo in the good light and post it.

The card im showing you now is an old one because i didnt want to leave a post with nothing to show, the cupcake was cut with sweet treats cricut cartridge and the papers are MME lots of bling for the sprinkles, the sentiment is hero arts.

he loves me!

First off i need to give big Happy Birthday wishes to my Daughter Ashleigh, shes 15 today, Where has the time gone?

yesterday's plans didn't quite go the way i expected, i had planned on having an afternoon crafting, but my husband put paid to that , im not angry though im over the moon.

He came home from work last night and had bought me an iPhone!!!!!!!! I lurrrrve him so much xxxxxx

When he woke up (he works nights) he helped me sync it and add music too it, i was like a kid at Christmas i am so excited, ive never been bothered about fancy phones before as long as i can call and text thats all i need, so you can see why this is a big deal for me.

The iPhone pressie means i didnt get to do the cards i intended to finish so ill share an older one with you its a lili of the valley image.

Ive also been doing some secret work for some lovely people, i cant say too much at the minute but watch this space, i hope to spill the beans soon.

Stamping bella

A short post from me today as im about to take my youngest to school. Its my day off, and intend to get all inky and finish off a couple of commissions ive got.
i seem to of neglected some of my older stamps so i dug out my stamping bellas for this card, they are so easy to colour, the papers are the spring drop paper pad. Lots of glitter and sparkle on this card.
Why is the first couple of days back at work always the hardest??? at least its over and done with now and back to the norm, my week off will soon feel like a distant memory so i will have to resort to pinching a few crafting moments now and again.

Im entering this card in the make it mondays challenge anything goes

Gothic Kenny K

My first day back at work wasnt too bad, but i was itching to come back home and finish a few off the card orders i had to do, this card i finished earlier in the week but forgot to post it, the criteria was something gothic and she likes black, the only image i could think of was a Kenny K stamp, you can always rely on him for something different. The image was coloured in pro markers, the wo was cut on the cricut, and embellished with card candi, and small purple prima flowers as always finished with stickles.
It was too dark last night to take photos of my finished cards so ill take them later today and post them tomorrow or this evening if im not too tired after work

Inky fingers

I got out my new splodge away mat (contact suzicraft for details or to purchase) distressing inks and mica powders to create this card and now hence the title i have inky fingers. ive distressed the card within an inch of its life using a mix of tumbled glass, forest moss, mustard seed, barn, door, walnut stain, pumice stone and spiced marmalade, then mixed my mica powder in a spray bottle with water and spritzed the card, the over stamped it with a selection of Tim Holtz urban grunge collection and TPC studio classic icons,. The love and listen to your heart was inked with an embossing pad and embossed with WOW embossing powder in opaque white. The flower was punched with 3 different sized circles then inked spritzed and scrunched.
Ive washed my hands several times, went in the bath last night, showered this morning and there is still ink on my fingers, I really hope my hands will come clean before i go to work this afternoon.

Day out in York

Saturday was a lovely day out with Ashleigh, we were up nice and early so we could catch the 9am train, the train was not very full so we managed to get a table seat, after a while ashleigh put on her i pod and earphones (as teenagers do) so i looked out the window enjoying the view. in the carriage in front was a group of women enjoying a few drinks and a giggle they were obviously on a weekend away, i mentioned to Ashleigh how that is usually what we (my friends and i) are like on our weekends away, she had a look of shock and horror on her face and said mam your too old to do that !!!!!! The lady sat opposite us started to chuckle and that sparked off our conversation so the rest of the train journey went very fast as we exchanged pleasantries and life conversations.
Just before 10am we arrived and headed straight for Betty's tea shop to my surprise there was no queue what so ever, for anyone who knows Betty's tea shop in york will know there is always a huge queue spanning the outside of the shop, i enjoyed a lovely pot of tea and a scone and Ashleigh had a latte. The shopping, Ash had a few treats and we went a bought her favourite room fragrance fairy dust by lily-flame was great and i picked up some lovely Clarke & Clarke fabric (as in the photo above) to be able to make Ashleigh some cushions and hanging hearts etc for her room.

I will be back tomorrow with more cards, im having an inky afternoon, then it will be back to the ironing board and get the clothes ready for the week as im back to work on Monday.

Sometimes less is more

After making many large fancy cards i decided to have a small break and go down the less is more route. I purchased a lovely paper pad whilst shopping at suzicrafts, its by first edition and is called Spring Drop, the spring colours are gorgeous and really brighten up a dull day. I dug out some pearlescent cardstock and made some DL sized card blanks, for the first card i used ultra sticky doule sided tape (you know the type, the red one) i placed 3 strips along the bottom of the card and sprinkled with doodlebug sugar coating glitter then i made 3 paper flowers from the spring drop paer pad the large one is from a 3" circle and the smaller 2 from a 2" circle. The paper flowers have been going around for a couple of years now and are so easy to make, so when you dont have that perfect matching flower in your stash just make your own, simply cut the circle into a spiral and then roll it up.
The second card ive layered one of the double sided papers on top of each other and used one of the stickers that come with the papers, stamped it with happy birthday then layed it and adhered it with 3d foam again the flowers were done in matching papers.
I know i will be using these papers a lot more as they are gorgeous.

Im entering these cards in the less is more challenge blog.

one for the men! kenny k

I had a good play on the splodge away mat last night and first impressions are WOW. I managed to finish the card i need for a young mans 21st, there was no better image to use than a kenny k digital download, as always ive coloured with promarkers, the background paper is WRMK ive scored the metallic card candy to make it look like a screw head lots of distressing and stickles. I find mens cards are so difficult to make but i think thats just cos all my stash is girlie stuff, but i think i managed to pull it off, i hope the recipient likes it

craft shopping at suzicraft

Today i had arranged to go and visit a new local craft shop called suzicrafts when i arrived it was their coffee morning where everyone is welcome, you pay 5.00 and all tea ,coffee biscuits & craft materials/tools are available for you to use, everyone was busy chatting and creating sharing tips and ideas. The shop itself is amazing and its going from strength to strength, they hold regular classes and allso have some celebrity classes coming up so if your in the area go and pay it a visit, you wont be dissapointed or why not join their forum and find out all about any upcoming classes and products. They also have manufactured a new product called splodge away, its a speciality mat designed for doing all your inky work on it will be making an apperance on create and craft soon, so remember where you heard it first.

5 more orders

I received 5 card orders last night so i added them to the list and got cracking on them today. Its a good job im off work else im not sure id find the time to fit everything in as im also making my Daughter a Tilda doll for her birthday next week.

Last night i made a card for my friends birthday, she now lives in Scotland we we dont see each other as often as we did. The embellishments ive used were a freebie off a magazine last year and the papers ive had ages but they were screaming use me Lol, all the orders ive received are for large boxed cards so it was a change to make a more simple one for a change.

Now onto a more cute card ive used another lilli of the valley image and went down the more comfortable colour route of pink (i lurrrve pink!) coloured with promarkers, added lots of flowers my minds eye papers, binding for the bows and of course what card wouldnt be complete without lots of stickles.

Lili of the valley

Iwas asked to make a wedding card and the only brief was purple. If you look back at all my cards purple and orange are my least loved colours so i don't to well with them.

I dug out my lily of the valley wedding image which i adore and distressed to my hearts content, and then coloured the image with promarkers. Idon't have many purple patterned papers so i embossed some metallic card to give a little texture, the flowers are a mix of wild orchid crafts and prima. I do have another commission to work on its a 21st birthday card for a young man so keep your eyes peeled for me posting that one.

I'm enjoying my week of work, its lovely just pottering about and popping into my craft room doing bits and bobs with out having to clock watch making sure I'm not going to be late for work, if only i could go back to being a full time lady of leisure, ill have to pray for a lottery win!

happy 18th

i feel I've neglected my blog this week :( but i have a good excuse last night was my nieces 18th birthday party, and i was involved with the party preparations.
The week started with me being at work every single day so i had no chance to make cards but i did do finishing touches to melissas 18th birthday card and i also made balloon weights for the helium balloons that we bought to decorate her party venue.
I enjoyed going shopping for sweeties as she also had a candy bar and whilst decanting them into fancy jars and bowls not one passed my lips, im such a good girl(if i keep saying that i just might end up believing it lol)
Saturday was the busiest day as we were up really early so we could shop for the fresh food and get cracking on the catering just got it all finished in to to go home bath get myself and the kids sorted then out to the party for some fun, she had a live band and a disco so a good night was had by all.
that brings me swiftly on to say i feel so exhausted after such a hectic week im so glad ive now got a week off work, and all im going to do is rest, relax and sit in my craft area for hours on end and get inky and sticky without a guilt feeling of i should be doing other things like housework or entertaining the kids (they are all at school/college so im not neglecting them)
i guarantee ill be back with cards to show next week xx

Calorie free cake

I know id prefer to eat a big fat calorie laden cream cake but im trying no to indulge as my waistband on my clothes is groaning under the pressure lol

So today i have a card to share and what a better way to enjoy cake the calorie free way. i cut out the cake shape on the cricut but just the icing layers free hand, the sprinkles are a mix of dew drops and stickles. This was a quick make for my nieces birthday, she loved it and said it looked so yummy she wished she could eat it.

Ive been to work this morning so not had chance to get crafty yet but i plan on a full evening of stamping and sticking, and as an added bonus im not at work tomorrow so i plan on another crafting session, so fingers crossed ill have more to share.

5 months later!!!!!!!!

Well that wasn't a very good start, i had promised myself back in September to blog a little more but that hasn't happened. Roll onto February and not one blog post from me Tut, Tut! I'm not making any more promises i will just blog as and when the fancy takes me.

I have been away from crafting (read that as paper crafting) for a little while, i have however been doing a little sewing making aprons, pinnies and bunting, so I've not been idle in the world of crafts.

The last month or so I've been tempted back into my craft room with ideas in my head for cards I've been online window shopping at all the new stash out there but still no cards, that was until this last week. i reorganised all my papers and tools, i had a good sort out and reorganised the room so more things were easily accessible that lead me stamping and pushing bits of paper and card around until at last a card had been made. That wasn't the last either, i have been creating at most of my spare opportunities and im in love again (with my paper stash LOL)

So for now i leave you with a few of the cards that have been produced, who knows when i will be back again? i hope its not another 5 months!!!!!

baby cards

Martin has installed a new hardrive in the computer so i had to back everything up, upon reinstalling everything i came across some Baby cards i had made last year and never got around to sharing them, so no time like the present.
All cards were coloured using promarkers i cant remember papers etc as it was so long ago. I'm not feeling 100% at the minute but ill soon be back to it with more to share.

gone Fishin'

i coloured this image in ages ago and found it today amongst my images ready to colour draws. i thought it wood go perfect with the October afternoon pages I've had for ages, a lovely woodland theme to the card, this will go in my spares box ready for a last minute card for someone. The image (if i remember rightly) was coloured in promarkers and distress inks.
Ive got a day off tomorrow and i plan to spend it shopping, i have an afternoon hair appointment then im spending the whole evening crafting so i'll have more to share in a few days :)

Lili of the valley

Im not doing too bad at this blogging lark! twice in one week, i hope i can keep it up, LOL.
Today i have a card to share, the image is a lili of the valley stamp and i love this image, its gorgeous to colour in with promarkers or copics, but on this occasion I've coloured it in with Tim Holtz distress inks.
I've stamped it on pearlecent card so it already had a shimmer, the shimmer shows through the colouring too.
It is my mums birthday today so i set about making this at the weekend, and I'm sure I've made a very similar if not the same card in the past, I'll have to have a trawl through my blog and see if i can see it.
Ive had a long day at work today and Martin has a night off to watch the footie, so i think ill lock myself away in my craft area and create, I'm sure Martin will keep me supplied in tea and biscuits.

Another year!

It seems i'm not so good keeping up with my blog, i was toying with the idea of making it private so i can be my own online diary, but as I'm not a daily writer I've changed my mind I'm keeping it as a place to show and tell (so to speak)
I have still been crafting but I've been too busy (read that to say too lazy) to photograph and upload pics. it wasn't until i got an email asking when i was going to upload more cards that i thought why not, i honestly thought no one bothered to read my blog.
So on to the card, I had a request for a card for a lady who's sister who was off to New York for her birthday so she wanted something related to that, i thought hard and tried a few ideas and eventually came up with said card, i wasn't too sure but the customer loved it and couldn't wait to give it to her sister.
I drew the new york skyline onto an apple shape i had cut from the cricut give a hoot cartridge, the lady figure was an image from computer as were the district signs, i used an awful lot of stickles to add some bling. i hope you like. i will try to be less lazy in future and post more often.