Spring Lambs

Todays picture is specially for my lovely friend Treacle's children :-)

Recently she and her hubby took the kids to a sheep and lamb place and had a lovely day. I guess I am really lucky where I live....I have the sea on one side and open country on the other. I was standing at my kitchen window today watching these lambs. The one standing up was hillarious, standing all over it's brother or sister and the other one was just letting it do it.....LOL!

I tried to get a picture of them earlier when they were both jumping about but they hid when I went out to the garden!!

Think Tink

I have made this card for my neice who will be 5 next week.

A very good friend of mine sent me the Tink embossing folders set for the cuttlebug as a present. I bought the Tinkerbell cutting/embossing set.

I'm not quite sure what to do with the die to be honest. I did one and then inked over the raised bits but it looked horrible so I've left this one plain.

Cardstock is bazzil bling and the patterned paper is a freebie from a craft mag.

The frame has been cut with nestabilities and embossed with the tiny bubbles embossing folder also for the cuttlebug.

Gems and ribbon are from my stash.

Jukie's birthday

It's my lovely friend, Jukie's birthday today.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUKIE!

I made her this card using yet another image from Pink Petticoat. I thought she might appreciate the humour on this one. Again using my nestabilities for the matting and layering but using my single hole punch to create the holes around the edge of the larger one. The cardstock is from my stash. The yellow backing is bazzil bling and the ribbons are from my stash. I have coloured the image with watercolour pencils and sakura clear sparkle pen.

Flowers are from Sarahs cards and the brads have a glittered coating on them.

Jo's birthday

It was my friend's birthday this week so todays card is the one I sent to her. I moved around a lot as a child and so didn't manage to stay in touch with many friends. I still write to one who I've known since I was two.....but I haven't seen her since I was 15 as she now lives in the States. The only other one I am in touch with is the one who got the card. I met her when I was about 11 or 12 and we still write and send birthday/xmas cards etc.

I'm going to England in July to meet some of my other lovely friends so I shall pop in and see my school friend too.........maybe I won't tell her and keep it as a surprise (although it has been about 18 years so maybe she won't recognise me...LOL!)

Hmm...it would appear that a lot of my cards lately have been made using my nestabilities, I think I need to try something different. This one has a pink petticoat image on it coloured with watercolour pencils, card and ribbon from my stash.

Men!

It was my OHs birthday recently and he is notoriously difficult to make cards for. He doesn't have any interests except for fly fishing so his cards usually take on that form. He is even worse to buy for and this year I ended up just giving him money.

This card has on it a beautiful stamped fishing image. The stamp is from a set from Tanda Stamps. I think I got them not long after OHs birthday last year so they've been sitting untouched ready to use....LOL!

Paper and ribbon is from Sarah's cards.

It's my nephew's 17th birthday tomorrow. I had a terrible job this morning trying to make cards for him so decided to go to town and buy some. Only problem was, I couldn't find any that I thought were suitable for him and had to come home and make some anyway!

The card has an image from Pink Petticoat on it, coloured with watercolour pencils. The sentiment has been printed on the computer and the cardstock is from my stash.

His Mum and Dad are getting him driving lessons...so watch out Scotland...another teenager on the roads!!!!

Funny Day

It's a very odd day weather wise here on the west coast of Scotland. We have had a bit of rain this morning. Followed by a good few hours of lovely warm sunshine and now we keep having snow and hail showers followed by bright sunshine (which melts all the snow).

The card today is another one that was sent to Texas to celebrate my in-laws anniversary but this time from my kids.

The patterned paper was again a freebie from a craft mag. The image is from Pink Petticoat who have some great designs. I used my nestabilities for the scalloped circles and the embossed cardstock is done with my cuttlebug and the tiny dots embossing folder. The ribbon is from my stash (which seems to have grown out of all sensible proportion)

It's my sister and brother-in-laws anniversary next week and as usual I'm running late with their card. They live in Texas and although I posted it this morning, there is no way it's going to get to them by Tuesday.......oops!

They are only in their 30s but I think they will appreciate the humour that is intended on this one....(or at least I hope they will)

The cardstock is just some white hammered cardstock from my stash. The patterned paper was a freebie with a cardmaking mag. Blue cardstock and mirri card from my stash. Ribbon from my stash and the image is from I Brake for stamps.