Well I am almost there I have one more christmas card to make and then I am done for 2007, hooray! I love this LO that my friend inspired me to make from her own idea!
The snowflake is a chipboard snowflake covered in sparkley glamour dust, it sparkles beautifully in the light!
I think this stamp is one of my favourite christmas stamps, it's from Penny black.. isn't he cute?!
I love this snowflake card, the large snowflake is a die cut pack from Craftwork cards, I then used some 3 dimentional glue to give the snowflake texture and then sprinkled a bit of glamour dust so it sparkles.
Oooh no not another brown and pink card I hear you say lol... sorry!! I know I need to start using all my other colours but pink is my safety net!!
Love my new cuttlebug cake die, think it looks like the doodlebug style, love this paper too, it's from the glitterpot.
I promise the next card I show will not be pink.. gulp!!!
Don't you just love pink christmas cards?! If I had my way I'd do all my christmas cards pink, I know it's not very traditional but I just love pink (if you hadn't already guessed lol!!)
Well it's been a while since I've blogged or even made any cards but this weekend I had a little play, I'm feeling better after the operation, thanks so much to those who have sent cards, emails etc!
I'm still a bit swollen and very tired but I'm getting there, hoping I can go back to work later this week to start getting back into a normal routine!
Anyway here's a card that was inspirited by a lovely friend of mine - Maggie...
The card is embossed with the Cuttlebug snowflake folder and I cut a circle out for a chipboard snowflake which is dangling on some ribbon, the brad in the centre is from the new Doodlebug range and they are gorgeous!!
The Let It Snow stamp is by Paper Salon with a little bit of bling, the picture doesn't do it justice because the snowflake really sparkles thanks to glamour dust!!
12x12 stencils from Blonde Moments
Hmmm papers... mainly bought from Sugar & Spice... love pink & brown and Blue & Brown at the moment... not sure how I'll actually be able to cut into them though!!
Lily of the Valley die cuts, I fell in love with the reindeers and polar bears... so cute!!!
I loved this ribbon you can't see it but they had swirls on the ribbon, very very pretty, sparkly chipboard alphas, chocolate brown velvet ribbon, sizzlit alphabet and swirly border.
Hmmm stamps lol, I actually didn't buy many which is unlike me ,Autumn leaves set was my bargain buy as they were priced at £7.95. The two wood mounted ones at the bottom are by A Muse, I LOVE AMuse stamps but can never find anywhere in the UK that sells them... loving my blonde moments powders too!!
Sorry I haven't posted in a few weeks, I've been quite poorly and haven't made a card in 2 weeks :( Anyway feeling better now and on the hunt for my christmas mojo.. anyone know where it is? Please send it back lol!
I've just realised looking at this card that the colours remind me of sweets we used to have as a kid, We were only allowed to have sweets once a year as a kid and that was for th annual trip to the Panto!! I think there were called chocolate limes or something like that?! They were green sweets with chocolate in the inside! hmmm chocolate!! lol
Awww isn't this cute?! I've been tagged by the very talented & famous Cheryl with the 'Best Blog Friend award'.... I'm so surprised to be picked because Cheryl's blog is so popular she normally has 30 odd comments a day!!
Cheryl's always been a great friend to me over the years and it's partly due to her why I started my own blog..... so thank you Cheryl!!
So with this tag you choose two of your best blogging buds and tag them with this very cute picture and they then go on to tag two of their friends etc etc.
So now I need to choose 2 people....
Kerryn - I've choosen Kerryn because I've known her via a crafty forum for what must be close to 3 years, she's a super special person, her cards are so pretty and she's one of those kind and thoughtful people which make the world a better place.
Marlou - I've choosen Marlou because I have admired her blog for a while now, before I started my own and would just lurk lol! She has fantastic talent and after being so poorly recently I thought this award would put a little smile on her face!
If you haven't had the pleasure of visiting these ladies blogs just pop by and have a little peek because you'll be so pleased you did!!
I'm really into pink, green and brown at the moment... Ok it doesn't sound nice when you say it but don't they look really nice together?! This inspired by a challenge somewhere in blog world but I don't know which one it was now lol!
Now this little cat stamp has to be my favourite Penny Black stamp... I just love cats and flowers so this is just a perfect stamp for me lol... I also like it because it can be used for a number of occasions... the stamp is called 'Merci'.
Paul's Nan is 78 today, she's a very active 78 year old, she looks and acts like someone in her 50's... I so hope I'm like that at her age!!
Here's a rather simple birthday card I made round Becky's, the image is from Pink Petticoat, not sure which collection this is from though, but isn't the cupcake cute?!
Here's another lime green birthday card... I just love that paper... I never used to be into green... funny how your tastes change isn't it?!
Sorry I haven't been about for the past few days I've been away visiting OH's family... had lovely weather but no internet or crafting for 7 days and I'm itching to get crafty again!!
Here's a RAK card I made this month for a very talented crafter... I decided to go for a different colour combination for a change... I don't often use a lot of black other than to mount with but I quite like these two colours together.
The chipboard flowers are cut using the cuttlebug, the ric rac and the tag is by doodlebug. The scalloped lilac background is bazzill card cut with my fiskars large scalloped scissors.
Is it just me or do you find male cards hard?! I really struggle with male cards... if I could just make them pink & flowery I'd be ok lol!
Here's another notebook made with my lovely Bind It All, I found this hard to part with because I love this paper!! The papers are Basic Grey - Phoebe.
I think this is my first black & white card I've ever made, normally I add a little colour with it but this time I thought I'd stick to just black & White.
Wow I’ve been nominated for an award from the very lovely and extremely talented Cheryl! So now it’s my turn to nominate five Bloggers who in turn display the award on their blog with the person who nominated them plus their five nominees!!
This card was a challenge on a forum I go on, the challenge was 'Stawberries & Cream'.... make a card with the colours red & white.
This is my third attempt and I have to say I'm quite pleased with it! We watched a demo at the craft fair for all the handy tips on how to get the edges & corners right and I am so pleased I saw it all as she gave some great ideas and tips!
Ok as promised here's one of the notebooks I made during the week...this was my second attempt so go easy on me lol! I forgot to take a piccie of the inside of this book before I sent it but inside is a spotty background.
I'm really into spotty backgrounds at the moment... I love these spot stamps by MSE, they are a clear set which makes it so much easier! The mouse stamp is by Penny Black, greeting is with my trusty snap stamps!
I'm loving my new toy... I've made three things already with it but I can't show them here until the receivers get them.... so watch this space!!
Ok… I know not enough pink cards being shown on here for a pink girl lol… I have been trying very hard lately to use other colours but I always come back to pink in the end!! Here’s a pink card I made for a friend.
I saw a card simular to this on a blog I visted a few months ago and I really liked the effect so thought I'd give it a go... If you happen to know who's blog it was please let me know so I can make sure that person gets the credit for it!
