Relaxing With Mum

 

Here's a little scrapbook page that I did the other week. I'm trying really hard to do at least one Layout a week although with Ally Pally last weekend and a weekend away with friends the week before I have slipped the past few weeks!

 

The flowers aound the sides are decoupaged up so they stand out and stickled the centres and I just love the bird and branches paper so much that I had to add one to this layout!!

 

Papers: We Are Memory Keepers

Alphabet: Sizzix Wallflower Sizzlit Alphabet Set

A Ickle Owl Card!

Here's a Ickle owl card that I made for the lovely Mandy, I had to try out my new Quickutz branch die! I stamped the swirl stamp using Stazon On White and glittered some of the swirls using Star Dust Stickles!

The Baja Breeze flowers have small Swarovski crystal bits of bling in them and the hearts on the owl have been diamond glazed.

Supplies
Card Stock: Thick Acetate, Stampin Up Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze & Pink Pirouette cardstock

Stamp: Owl Stamp - Came free from a Stamping Magazine, Swirl Stamp - Can't remember who it's by! Greeting Hero Arts

Inks: White Stazon, Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip & Pink Pirouette

Tools: Quickutz Revolution: Branches Die, Flower punch: Woodware Tiny flower

Aunt's Birthday Card

This card was made for my lovely crafty Aunt for her birthday last weekend, I used a sketch to inspire me, I saw the sketch and had to try it, I just seem to be into circles at the moment!

I've not used pink and green before on a card together but I really like it!

Cardstock: Bazzill Swiss Dots, Stampin Up Old Olive & Stampin Up Pink Pirouette
Paper: Heidi Grace
Stamp: Penny Black - Merci - I just LOVE this stamp!

Circle: Creative Memories Circle Cutter

Nestabilities, Fiskars Apron Punch, Sizzix Alphabet

Cupcake card for a man?!

I made this card for my uncle, was really pleased with myself as I really struggle making cards for men, showed my other half and he said I couldn't send it to my uncle because of the cupcake... he's not a cupcake person!

 

Well I was really fed up because time was running out and I actually thought I had done a good job with making a cupcake card look masculine!

 

So I asked craft friend's opinions and they said send it, so I did!!! He said he loved it which is all that matters!

 

Cupcake: Quickutz Revolution die

Papers/Cardstock: Basic Grey paper & Stampin' Up Old Olive & chocolate Chip cardstock

Alphabet: Sizzlit Decorative Strip Stampin' Up Exclusive Billboard Alphabet

Tag: Making Memories Embellishment

 

Happy Birthday Maggie

A card for a very special friend!! Hope you have a lovely day hun!

 

Sorry it's a really poor photo, what you probably can't make out is that the card is on acetate. I've stamped the swirls on the acetate with White Stazon and glittered them with stickles. Cardstock: Stampin' Up (last years in colour) Baja Breeze & Stampin' Up (this years in Colour) Soft Suede. I really love these two colours together!

 

The flowers are a Sizzlit die called Floral Fusion which is a Stampin' Up exclusive... well you can never have enough flower dies!!

 

Stamps: Happy birthday is in a set by Hero's Art and the Swirl was from the Glitter Pot, I'll have to come back to you on the names!

A Little Friendship Card

Sorry really poor picture of this card, the light was going when I took it... Still need to work out where the best place is to take photo's of my cards!

This card was for a friend who fell over her mower at the begining of the week and just wanted to send her a little card wishing her a speedy recovery.

Branch and little birdie is We R Memory Keepers paper and the cardstock as the background is Co-Ordinations White Wash. Stamp: Stampin Up

Brother Or Sister?

Well I was hoping to have some crafting time this weekend but it didn't work out like that in the end. I've set myself a goal of trying to do at least one layout a week using a sketch online, I know that sounds like not much of a goal but at the moment there is so much stuff going on and so much stress that it's my way of having a bit of time out for me.

I did however manage to squeeze in a couple of hours to complete my goal. This layout is loosely inspired but the sketch on Lime Tart blog.

Papers: My Minds Eye, I have had hold of these papers since Ally Pally in April, I’ve them aside for when I got my scrapbooking mojo back as I just didn’t want to use them on anyone else!
Alphabet: Sizzix Boss-o Inks: Stampin’ Up Pixie Pink & Baja Breeze (Love these two colours together!)

Friendship Card

Just a quick post, here's a card I sent a friend this week who I felt deserved alittle cheering up, it was based on a card sketch but I can't remember which one LOL.

Papers are Basic Grey Urban Prairie, I've had this stack for a while but didn't want to use them but I am being good and trying to use papers that I have... it's hard!!! Bird stamp is again Basic Grey Grow A Garden and the punch is that Martha Stewart punch again! Greeting is a fab little set by Lizzie Annie Designs.

Too High Up

Well I was really busy yesterday in my craft room and I managed to find my scrapbooking mojo again after a few months off. I was inspired by the sketch from My Sketch World, here's my take on the sketch.

I fell in love with this paper when I saw it, now I have to admit that am not normally a yellow sort of person, but I have to say that I am slightly warming it it and I think it looks fab with the pink!! I used my new Martha Stewart border punch to decorate the pink patterned paper, I have loved this punch for a while now!

Papers are Wild Raspberry by K& Co, flowers are cut using the Hello Kitty Dasies Sizzix die.. I love this die and what makes it so much better is that the Hello Kitty dies are pink... they look sooo pretty sitting on the shelf... yes I know I am sad!! The Alphabet is Curvey by Sizzix and I've used Stampin Up Pink Passion ink around some of the edges and for the journalling!

So pleased to be scrapbooking again!!

My Mojo's Back!

Sorry I haven't been about for a while I've had a pretty stressful few months .... my mum was g rushed into hospital and at the moment we are still waiting on results to see if she needs an operation, so all pretty stressful still.

Then my home PC just stopped working, I've been told by my new IT expert LOL that my hard drive has gone... which is really stressful as I had nothing backed up so I think I have lost everything... I am more upset about the possibility that I have lost all my photos and pictures of my cards I have made for the past 5 years :(

Anyway I haven't felt up to doing much card making as I have spent a lot of my 'spare time' rushing around for others as useal putting others first before myself and I am worn out.

The good news is that I've managed to aquire a lap top which is a start in the right directon I have been lost without a computer at home!

I've had a quiet crafty day today which is the first time I have sat down to make anything in a long while, I've even managed to start my scrapbook off again.... So hopefully my mojo is back for good!!!