Too Long...

...since I last posted. Can't believe it was 5 months ago!!!

This card was made from a template by Jo Kill in Papercraft Inspirations magazine.

It's for my stepdad. He has an ongoing war with the squirrels in his garden so I kind of thought it would be funny to do this for him. I don't live near him so didn't see first hand but apparently his reaction was hillarious ;-)

The cardstock is American Crafts and the patterned paper is K & Co.

I love Jo Kills designs they are incredibly simple but sooooo effective!

Not my usual...

Not really sure about this card because it's much brighter than anything I usually make but it was for my mother in law who was in real need of cheering up and it certainly did that.

My mojo has been MIA for quite some time now but my good friend Treacle suggested I use some sketches for inspiration. So...the sketch for this one came from PBSC which treacle used on one of her lovely cards.

The image is from the pucca font from dafont.com, pp is from some freebies that I got with a magazine and everything else if from my stash.

Baby Boy

I had to make a couple of baby boy cards this week. Now I don't find these easy to make at all...my last baby was stillborn in April, 2002, due to a Group B Strep infection and April is not the greatest month for me. So with that in mind and mother's day looming I had a pretty tough time making them.

I have to say though, that I'm quite pleased with the way they turned out. The rabbit image is a Messy Rabbit stamp from Joanna Sheen, while the stork image is from High Hopes. Papers are DCWV and the ribbons and embellishments are, as usual from my stash :0)

Petal's birthday

This card I made for my lovely friend "Petal" who lives on t'other side of the world....well ok, not quite, but pretty far away in the USA.

I used a design by Jo Kill from Papercraft Inspirations magazine cos it was so cute but I couldn't figure out how to make the photocopier print the right bit of the page while enlarging at the same time for the pattern, so I basically had to draw the pieces out, cut them and stick them and hope it looked a bit like a panda.

The patterned paper is Basic Grey and the cardstock is Coredinations. The sentiment was done using the free flocking kit that came with the magazine and the ribbon and the other embellishments are from my stash.

Not off to a good start

I promised myself I would make more time to make cards this year and use up some of my immense stash....I'm not really off to a very good start. I just never seem to have a minute to myself.

I have made a couple though...this one was for my boss to say thanks for her help at work. The papers are K & Co and DCWV and of course Bazzil Bling cardstock. The sentiment was printed on the computer and the image is a Kerry Jo stamp coloured with copics.

2 cards...

...same design.

I had 2 birthdays, one for my brother and the next day for my sister in law, and not a lot of time to do them.

I decided on the cake download that I got from pink petticoat for both of them, so it was just a case of trying to find papers which would be suitable for them.

The papers are both basic grey. Ribbons are from my stash and the candles are using a quickutz die and I popped them on as I needed an embellishment.

For a really quick card I'm actually quite pleased with the results and thought that I managed to make them look quite different just by changing the colours.

Well this fella came out of the potato bag on xmas day and I hadn't the heart to peel him....hee hee! That is because he reminded me of my grumpy other half.

Of course, then said other half got hold of it and started to draw on it. I rescued it for a picture before he went too far.

I hope you all had a wonderful xmas and wish you all a very happy 2009.

The card today is for my sister's birthday. She is a huge Liverpool FC fan and adores elephants so I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone and do the elephant with a red bow (I couldn't find a football playing elephant).

The stamp is from High Hopes and the cardstock is bazzil bling but turned round so it's showing the back. The ribbon was a bargain from Tesco xmas wrapping section. The sentiment was stamped using a couple of stamps from clear dollar and then matted using my nestabilities.

Wow...can't believe it's almost a month since I last blogged. Guess that's what happens when life gets in the way!

This card is using an image from Pink Petticoat, patterned paper is from Basic Grey and cardstock is bazzil.

The ribbon was pinched from my daughter's pyjamas (cos the colour was a good match) ;-)

Hmmm

I'm not very happy with this card at all. It didn't take too long to make and I knew kind of what I wanted to do but it didn't turn out the way I wanted at all.

I tried to make a rosette, because the girl is into horses, and I think the middle has turned out all wrong. I reckon it would have been better cut with my scalloped nestabilities rather than the circle punch I used.

Anyway, the stamp I got from Joanna Sheen. The patterned paper is DCWV adhesive and the ribbon and cardstock are from my stash.

Thanks

Just a quick one today. This card is for my trainer at work who we are supposed to have for the last time today. However, I got a text after I left the house to say she wasn't well so to have the day off. I'm supposed to be doing my maths exam instead but have yet to open a book :-/

Anyway, I digress. This was a quick fling together. The image is from Pink Petticoat, coloured with copics.

Cardstock is bazzil bling, coredinations and white card from my stash. A splash of patterned paper by K & Co and ribbon and flowers also from my stash.

I haven't made cards for ages what with the new job and my OU maths course. I had to make quite a few this week though as I had an anniversary, a 60th, 2 18ths and I still have a 40th to make for a friend of mine, but as she lives in the States, I think it will be a "sorry it's late - 40th" card :-(

The image on this one is from high hopes, and the backing paper is from papermania.

Red sky at night?

I took this picture of the sky the other night. It almost looked as if it was on fire. How awesome does it look?

If I have to make another 18th.......

...I think I might cry ;-)

I'm not sure about this one. But I'm not sure about a lot of my cards lately.

I have just started a new job and I'm still trying to do an OU course so trying very hard to get myself organized...not very successfully. I also don't feel very well today, I have rather a sore throat. I'm hoping it goes away as I'm working all day tomorrow.

I used a project from the scor-pal site and also made the pizza box to put it in.

Cardstock is bazzil bling...what else! The patterned paper is from K & Co and all the bits and bobs are from my stash. All the squares and circles were cut using the cuttlebug and nestabilities.

I have to say that having the scor-pal makes things a lot easier. I wish I'd got one sooner.

Golf!

This card I am not too happy with, but the person who ordered it from me was delighted with it. I was asked by a friend to make a card for a womans 50th birthday. Yep, no problem says I - then she dropped in...."on a golf theme"......argghh!!

I agonised for days about this one. I had an idea for some golf balls but I wasn't sure it would work.The inspiration for the layout of the card came from 2 cards that I got for my birthday from 2 very good friends of mine. I was amazed at the similarities between the two even though one is from England and the other from the USA. Anyway, one of my friends gave me this link and hey presto there were the very same thing I wanted to make and they looked fab, so I decided to give it a go.

So, the cardstock is bazzil bling, the pp is K & Co. Letters and numbers have been cut with my cuttlebug using the Olivia alphabet. The golf balls were cut using the bug and my circle nestabilites. I used photo card because it was glossy and then embossed it with the tiny bubbles cuttlebut embossing folder, but in reverse so they are dimpled. I also used the argyle pattern embossing folder and ribbon, gems and peeloffs from my stash.

Gosh....look how long it is since I've blogged! Mind you I have been away at my Mums, had an exam to have in for the OU and been running about after the kids (I'm still not sure why I run about after them more now that they are older, the youngest being 13, than I did when they were little).

Anyway, todays card is yet another one of the 18th cards that my daughter asks me to make on a regular basis at the moment...LOL!

I thought Edwin with his tray of drinks was fun for this. The patterned paper is by Papermania and was part of a wee stash my Mum bought me for my birthday which is tomorrow....gulp I'll be 39!!!!

I've used Bazzil cardstock on this and some lovely blooms from sarahs cards. The letters and numbers have been cut using the cuttlebug and the hippy chick alphabet. Flower brad is from Dovecraft and the large one is from the Laura Ashley range (again, pressies from my Mum). I wasn't quite sure what I would do with these brads cos they are really big and fabric covered but it goes really nicely in the middle of the flowers.

Blog candy on Andreas blog

Andrea is offering some gorgeous blog candy over on her blog.
You can see it here.
Her cards are lovely too so make sure you have a look.

For Ben

It's my nephews birthday soon. I've never met him as he lives in Texas although I have seen him on the webcam. He spoke to me for the very first time the other day on the phone, it went something like "bye..poo poo head", great to be loved...LOL!

This card is for him. The CS is bazzil bling and the stamps are High Hopes.

Sentiment was just printed off the computer.

There is a challenge over on Cute card Thursday and you have to make a card for a child. I've never entered a card into anything before but I guess there's a first time for everything.

Blog candy on Pretty Pressings

The blog candy on Pretty Pressings is Pretty Impressive!
A very generous prize on offer.
Check out her cards too, they are gorgeous.

Grandad

Well I can wish all I like that I was back at the Bon Jovi concert, but that aint gonna happen any time soon....LOL!

I had some cards that had to be made for tomorrow. One of them for my daughters best friend, and the only information she gave me was that obviously it was for her 18th and it had to be a Gary Barlow (from Take That) card. Well it ended up very Gary Barlow-y. As well as the picture on the front, there are pictures inside, including one of GB himself with the girl in question (some doctoring and a craft knife);-) and then 2 pictures on the back too.

The card I'm sharing today is one of the ones for my dad, from the kids. My mind was a complete blank, so I was surfing a bit trying to find some interesting facts from 1943. Only trouble is, that it was during WWII and most of the facts involved battles etc.

I then found a list of people born that year and so the card was made. I wasn't sure about it at first, but the kids like it, so..................

Pp is by K & Co. Cardstock from my stash, and the arrows cut using a die with the cuttlebug.