Strike A Pose

There was so many photos of Sharron posing when she was younger that I just had to use this title!

Yet again more lovely paper that I wasn’t supposed to be using for this album, Bo Bunny again…. God I just love their card stock, I really really should be using up my old papers but I just can't help being drawn to the newer stuff and BTW their new range is just stunning!

I’ve scalloped the border using my Fiskars Threading water punch, I just LOVE this punch… mine broke an while back and I had to wait about 3 months for a replacement as everywhere was out of stock… Do you know how hard that was for me to be parted from this punch LOL!

Anyway we are reunited now and this is the first thing I used it on…. Just need to be careful with this one!

Daddys Girl

At long last I can now show these scrapbooking pages that I am doing for Paul’s sister’s 40th birthday, yes the camera cable has been found and Paul got told quite clearly to not tidy up and hide things away especially not where he had hidden it as there was no chnace of me ever finding it!

I’m really starting to get stressed about how little time I have left to get this done, 13th June is the date and I have so much to do yet and not a huge amount of time to work on it, just got another load of photos this weekend to sort out, just wish I didn’t have to keep nagging and pestering everyone for them!!

Anyway this is Sharron and her dad, such a lovely natural photo, don’t have many of them together like this so I think this photo is going to mean a lot to her and I don't think she has seen it before.

Background paper is the lovely flocked doodlebug paper; this was my last sheet after using so much on the Love Bo Bunny Word book I did for Valentines Day… I really didn’t want to use it but seeing as the album is 8x8 it means I get to keep a little back for stroking LOL!

Thanks So Much

I made this card after being inspired by a card I saw at The Glitter Pot when I was down there a few months back, what caught my eye was the stamp they had used and I just had to have it… along with all the other girls LOL. The swirl stamp is what caught my eye, I am a sucker for a swirl, loved how it looks with a bit of glitter on it also. I'll have to come back and tell you who makes the stamp as I don't have a clue, I just know I had to have it!

I cut some acetate using the large Nestability scalloped die and then stamped the swirl with pink stazon on (yes you can imagine my excitement when I saw they did a baby pink colour!)

Then cut a window using the Stampin Up window punch and the little greeting is from a Stampin Up set but right at this moment I can’t remember which one, but I like it! LOL

The large bling in the flower is once again my bargain gem stones from Paperchase!

14th Birthday card... hmmm Basic Grey!

Well I've had an eventful afternoon crafting... let me tell you... I have a bit of a reputation for needing to be kept away from sharp objecs because I tend to have accidents... I am a bit clumsey you see... well today is one of those days... There I was christening my lovely new fiskars knife (thank you Nikki!) when whoops not paying enough attention whilst cutting the numbers and sliced the top of my finger open... blood all over the birthday card I was making!

So after some choccie to make me feel better I had to start again with another card.... to be honest I am glad I did because I have to say I really like this card and the one I was making just didn't look right especially with my own blood over half of it!

Anyway this card is for our Nephew who's 14 next week, scary how time flies by... I have to be honest and say I really get stressed about male cards, normally leave them until the last minute because I have hardly anything in my stash that I can use... why can't they appreciate a nice pink flowery card!

I bought this Basic Grey paper pack lastmonth after seeing cards Becky had made with the same pack... I am so pleased I bought it! I've used Stampin Up Chocolate Chip as the main card stock, I think the colour works really well.

The little enamled tag is from a set I got for my birthday from Making Memories (thank you Becky!). Yet again you have come to my rescue!!

Secret Sister Card… Well The Not So Secret Sister Card!

Look two posts in two days… I’m on a roll!

I made this card last year but I couldn’t show it at the time as it was sent to the receiver without them knowing who it was from.

The only trouble with this was that I sent her one card a month for 11 months and signed it from her secret sister… Only problem was that she guessed it was me from the first card I sent her!

How did she find out?!... No it wasn’t because of my love for pink or owls, I tried really hard to avoid them both… yes it was extremely hard, but I made up for it by making loads of pink owl cards for everyone else LOL…. She guessed it was me because she recognised my handwriting… apparently I loop my L’s… didn’t help that she had just taken down her birthday cards and decided to play detective by checking everyone’s handwriting….. must remember this year to disguise my handwriting when sending cards undercover LOL!

I can’t remember who the paper is by, but I know I like it still and wish I didn’t have none of it left but I do know that the Bird stamp is by Hero arts, the gem stone was my bargain buy at the time from Paperchase, they were selling these large gemstones in pots for something like £3.00 and you get loads, they are FAB! I love a little bit of bling!!!

Haven’t forgotten that I have yet to post the scrapbooking pages that I’ve been working on for months now… They are all sitting on my camera waiting to be downloaded with just one slight problem…..someone who will remain nameless (but let’s just make this clear… it isn’t me!) has put the cable for the camera in a very safe place and now he can’t find it… So he’s not very popular at the moment LOL! Why can’t they leave things alone? So strict instructions for when he gets home this afternoon that he goes cable hunting around the house!

Happy Birthday Sarn!

Well yet again... months fly by without me blogging! Sorry... it's been a busy few months with meeting up with fab crafty friends and then just recently working at Ally Pally.

This card was made for the very lovely Sarn who's birthday it is today, hope you have a fantastic time hun!!

The bird is a stamp by Hero Arts, yes I am still into birds LOL, papers are basic grey, along with the papers used to colour the bird in. The scalloped border is a Martha Stewart punch which I had borrowed. The greeting is a A Muse stamp, I love A Muse stamps... just wish you could get them in the UK!

I've also been really busy scrapbooking, Paul's sister is 40 in June and at the time we came up with the idea of making an album for her... I have just realised that this will be the first complete scrapbook I have made as I have about 5 on the go at the moment.

It's hard making an album for someone else, time is ticking and the pressure is on now as I have so many more pages to do and more photos to get from the family. I need to start taking the piccies so I can pop them up onto this blog.

My First Stitched Card

Just a quick post to show my first machine stitched card.... I made this card a few weeks ago at Becky's... She allowed me to play with her sewing machine... now I know this may not seem like a big deal to most people..... friends share their stash right?!... but when I explain to you that the last time I tried to use a sewing machine I nearly stitched my finger to the machine... I think you might start to understand!

It frightened the living daylights out of me, so much power in such a little machine... I haven't been near another sewing machine in 4 years! Of course it was the machine and not operator error you understand!!!

So I had strict supervision with Becky and thankfully I still have all my fingers, not bad for the first attempt...I had a good teacher!!! Now can I be trusted with my own machine is the question?! Will Paul come back from Footie finding me stitched to the machine?! hmmmm I think I might need more practice before I make a decision!

The flower stamp is from a Stampin Up retired set that I can't remember what it's called but I know I need to add it to my growing collection with the Stampin Up definitions stamp set which is also on the birthday list!!

Mum's Birthday Card

It was my mum's birthday last week and I wanted to make her a nice card, she's had a rotten 2009 so far so I wanted to make sure I made something a little special and this is the end result.

First time I have been successful with stamping onto acetate, I stamped the swirls with white ink onto the acetate and attached the flower to the front but everything else is underneath the acetate.

Thank you to the lovely Becky for giving me some to try, really pleased with the result as the acetate I had tried it on before just sat on their wet.

The card stock I've used is Stampin Up Elegant Eggplant & Perfect Plumb... I have gone into a purple phase at the moment and I just love these two colours!


The stamp set is one of my favourite Stampin' Up sets called Doodle This... I just love the doodle flower and the large swirl is a Sizzix Sizzlit die, another favourite of mine!

Bo Bunny Love Word Book

Well here it is my Valentine's Day book I gave to Paul! I bought this Bo Bunny word book a while ago from CTM and didn't know what I was going to do with it as I've never done one before but I've been inspirde by the examples at CTM.

Seeing as I didn't manage to make him an anniversary card this year as I had too much going on, I thought I had better make a special effort for Valentines Day... We got engaged on Valentines day 1999, he took me up Sleeping Beauty's Castle and proposed down on one knee, much to my embarrasment as everyone stopped to watch!

I've used the new Doodlebug valentine papers and the yummy Heidi Grace papers along with a selection of goodies from my don't part with just stoke box!

Who's a VERY bad blogger!

ME!!!

Wow it's been a while since I posted anything... if fact in all honesty since christmas I haven't made much really... I had a pretty bad start to 2009 which kinda stopped me from crafting for a while, I just wasn't in the mood and most of my stare time was spent trying to sort out things out.

I doubt that may people visit this blog any more and have noticed that I've not been about but for the odd visitor who does, I am slowly back and starting to craft again!

Anyway above are piccies of some desk calanders I made just after christmas, I made 7 in total for New Year pressies for some crafty friends, I forgot to take photos of them all and stupidly I only took piccies of one side and don't have piccies of July - December...ooops!

These two calarders are from using my very much loved Basic Grey papers that I've had for a while... I am trying really hard to start using my papers instead of looking at them, giving them a bit of a stroke and putting them away again LOL!

I've almost finished my Valentines word book which I'll post here when I have finished it, spent about 6 hours on it today trying to get it finished... Lot's of sitting at the desk moving bit's around and trying to decide if I could actually part with some of the Heidi Grace stuff that Ihad bought for it... Would he appreciate the lovely clear quotes or the really lovely rub ons that I don't want to part with... am I mad?!

Anyway I've used a few but couldn't use it all ... I'm off to sit down and recover from using this stash! LOL!