Here come the girls

Evening Everyone

I finally managed to escape today and catch up with all the chores that involved a car. I was slowly going up the wall couped up at home and couldn't settle at anything.
So as a consequence I have no card for today. Instead I thought I would show you a photo of a card we made at a class just before Christmas with the remarkable Jane Gill. Woodware have just brought out a very cute set of trucks and tractors (designed by Jane herself) which are great for all those difficult boys cards!!!

The tractors have been simply stamped in versafine and coloured with Inktense pencils. The sky has been chalked using a simple mask and the grass has been punched using a Leone Em Punch. Everything can be bought from the Glitter Pot

As you may have noticed from my posts there are a number of us that regularly attend Jane's class and have all become very friendly, so for her last class of the year we all brought a contribution for lunch and had a little party as you can see below. I can't take credit for the photos as although you can see a camera next my plate I had forgotten to put back my SD card in.... Duh! Anyway both of these photos were taken by the very kind Gill Penny who then emailed them on to me. Thanks to Gill for the photo's and Jane for organising the party.

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New Beginnings

Evening all                                                                 I know its a bit late to be writing about my new years resolutions but I have not been able to get into my crafting mojo zone this year.                                                           I think the fact that Dean has been away in SA since Xmas day, all this cold and snow and a little bit of a nasty sniffle have all combined to give me a bit of the winter blues.                                                          I don't really do resolutions as I find the whole thing a bit negative so on day 9 of 2010 I have agreed a few goals for myself that I would like to achieve over the next 12 months.    

 - Double the number of posts on my blog this year.                                         

 - Learn a new interest. (last year was knitting even if it was only a couple of scarves!)

 - Finish the renovations on my house. (only been waiting 7 years!)
 - Get to grips with my photo editing suite
 - Weigh less at the end of the year than the start! (doesn't everyone!)
 

 So to start the year off in the right frame I have loaded some of the little fridge lists that I made for some of my friends and family this Xmas. They all follow the same design and are basically mount board covered with these delish My Mind's Eye Double Sided Paper - Be Loved. I have then attached a Gorjuss girl, which has either been coloured with copics or  paper pieced. Each one has different wording dependant on the recipient. I am entering these into two challenges,  Papertake Weekly and Stampin' for the weekend which both have a theme of 'new beginnings'
 The memo pads were from WH Smith & I just cut off the front cover and stuck them on. On the back I have stuck three strips of magnetic tape so it can attach to the fridge.

Last but not least I have included my basket of goodies, which were used as prizes when we played games over the festive period.  They are small bags of sweets or bath treats, which are tied with ribbon and sealed with a stamped paper tag. On the back of each tag is a little message which was in keeping with the image on the front. ie snow man kisses, reindeer droppings or santa wishes.

 Ingredients: Stamps: Gorjuss girl- Little miss attitude from Funky Kits Papers: My Mind's Eye Double Sided Paper - Be Loved - Smitten Stripes, Dearest Dots, Lovely Loops. Magnetic Tape all from The Glitter Pot. Die cut letters by Go Create - Skipton from click on crafts  

Thanks for looking

Hugs

Brrrrrrrrrrr.........

Gosh cold isn't it?

Not much going on today in Cobham, Surrey as the snow that came down yesterday has now turned to ice and has made our whole cul-de-sac into a skating rink and only a few hardy souls have skidded their way out.

Here are a few shots from yesterday lunchtime  about 2 hours after the snow started in ernest.

From living room (too chicken to go outside and Iwas a bit worried I might turn into a snowman!)

View from the back of the living room to the side of the garden

View to side of garden once again showing the camellias and honeysuckle all frosted with the early snow. You can't see any of this now as it is all covered in one total layer of snow!

Although it all looks very pretty for about 24 hours I am official bored of it all now and dearly wish I was in South Africa in the 35 degree heat with Dean especially after the fantastic draw that the boys managed to pull off today!

Anyway back to some crafting, here is a card I made for a friends mother's 70th Birthday in December.

I am entering this in the ABC Challenge for this week which is L for Layering and there are plenty on this card!

This is a take on the Xmas quilt card I made a few weeks ago and I think it looks so pretty in these muted chocolate and pale pink colours

The paper panels have all been stamped using rubber stamp tapestry and the words are stamped using Janes Script.

The delish papers are from the Recency range from Papermania  with all four panels tied up with a ribbon which is attached to the back of the third section. Everything came from the Glitter Pot.

The third panel was finished off with a cute little butterfly from RST - garden of blue set

and Nicky and in particukar her mother were very pleased with it to so mission accomplished!

Ingredients - Stamps: Rubber Stamp Tapestry: Garden of Blue, Christmas Garland, Partridge in a Pear tree. Papers: Papermania Signature - Regency, coordinations and glitter paper from Stash. Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and the ribbon and pearls are from my stash.

Thanks for looking and I hope you are not  struggling too much in the snow if you are in the UK!

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Happy New Year

Dear all

Just a short post as it is NY Eve. We had a fabulous Xmas with my parents, Brother and Nephew and received loads of lovely presents some crafty some not. The parents had to rush back up north yesterday so as to miss the forecast snow and I'm currently having a very laid back New Years Eve with Champers, a chinese and a few girlie friends. No card today,but will be back soon with some of the last items I made in the year.

Finally thank you to everyone who reads my blog and I wish you a very happy and prosperous New Year

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The end is nigh

Hi all

Not quiet a big finale, but here is the last of my Xmas cards.These are just some little ones I made for the kids.

From now on it is the countdown to Xmas and strictly a Xmas card free zone! So I might not be posting every day now as it is starting to get a little hectic.............

These cards were really simple to make and from start to finish only took 30 mins to put together. Which is great when you are rapidly running out of time.

Recipe: 247-251/365 Stamps: Inkadinkado - Christmas characters coloured with copics. Papers and ribbon from stash

Thanks for looking

Hugs

Oh Christmas tree......

Hi all

I'm finally getting my Xmas Mojo!! In the last 24 hours I have put up my tree, finished off my Xmas shopping (albeit I now have to find gifts for my family from my hopeless brother and father- men eh!!) and started writing all my Christmas cards.

I have been so busy that I haven't made a card today, but thought I would show you another of my mass produced cards.

This card is just for fun, but incorporates this lovely Hero Arts Poinsettia Circle and I have used a twister card to fully show it off as each side of the circle part of the card is decorated indentically.

The normal close up......

Recipe: 246/365 Stamps: Poinsettia Circle from Hero Arts stamped in Brilliance Poppy Red. Other: Anita's Glitterations - Circle Frames - Black, Poinsettia flowers from Craftwork cards. Diamante from stash, but no stickles!!!!

Thanks for looking

Hugs

 xx

Let it snow

Hi all

I promise you I really don't want it too snow!
Although I love looking at everything blanketed in white from my window, life doesn't work that way and at some point you always have to venture out into the frozen ice or slushy paths and roads.

Todays card is for the yummy sketch over at Truely Scrumptious and I have also included it in Cute card Thursday which was Girly Swirly and Just magnolia to make a card for someone special.

 I tweaked the swirl to fit the layout, but apart from that everything else was very simple. I can't tell you who the special person is as they read this blog! A closer view below.

Recipe: 245/365 Stamps: Magnolia - Wrapped Tilda, Hero Arts - Clings snowflake circle coloured with copics and brilliance inks. Papers: From stash. Punches - Martha Stewart Lever Border Punch - Icicles.  Die cut Nesties - Circles,  Bigz - Decorative Accent w/Flower. Cuttlebug embossing folder - Snowflakes. Loads of Stardust stickles.

Thanks for looking

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Paper Take Weekly - 29

Hi all

What a lovely day I have had today. The weather was rubbish, but I had my great friend Hilary staying with us and as it was too wet/cold to go Xmas shopping we spent the day crafting  utter bliss....... She has a completely different style to me so its always fun swapping ideas and tips.

I managed to add to my production line of the Xmas cards I needed to finish by tomorrow, but also managed to finish this card using the sketch over at Paper take weekly.

The card uses the lovely Tilda unwrapping an present from the so snowy range.

A close up below.

Recipe 244/365 Stamps: Magnolia - Tilda unwrapping a present, Christmas text background stamped in Sepia Versafine and coloured with distressed inks. Papers: Ladybug and friends.com - Foruenttningen, God Jul, Juleglede. Punch - Martha Stewart - Punch Around The Page Punch Set - Scallop 3-Dot. Loads stickles.

Thanks for looking

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Indigo Blue

Hi all

Todays cards are for the sketch challenge over at Mojo Monday using the theme colour of Indigo Blue on the ABC challenge. As the sketch was so yummy I used it 3 times. Plus as I am now in over drive to get all my cards completed in bulk is order of the day!! Not that I am panicing or anything!

All the cards use the very yummy Inkadinkdo christmas Silhouette and winter birds and are embossed on pearl white card.

A couple of close ups

Recipe 240-243/365 Stamps: Inkadinkado - Christmas silhouette and Winter Birds. Sentiments: Inkadinkado - Christmas Characters, Magnolia - Santa is coming, Stamping Up - Circle of friends all embosssed in Moon Glow two-toned embossing powder - Midnight Sapphire Obsidian. Papers: Craftwork cards - Jackfrost. Plus lashings of Stickles

Thanks for looking

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Saturday Night In............

Hi all

Just a couple of previously made cards as I was due to be out tonight, but unfortunately our friends couldn't make it, so here we are at home suffering X factor !! yuch

These are a couple of cards we did with Gaynor White. One quite complicated with 9 layers of decoupage and the other realtively simple as it all made with die cut pieces.

A close up there really are 9 layers !

Recipe: 238/365 Stamps: Gillian Roberts - Mistletoe & Mice. Papers: Bazzill Basics. Punch - Martha Stewart - Martha Stewart - Punch Around The Page Punch Set - Aspen Snowflake. Card Candy from Craftwork cards, Jelly roll pen in clear & Glossy accents

Recipe: 239/365 Papers: My Mind's Eye Double Sided Paper - Be Loved - Lovely Loops,Beautiful Branches Punch: Martha Stewart - Punch Around The Page Punch Set - Scallop 3-Dot. Die Cuts - Bigz - Decorative Accent w/Flower, Flower, Build A Flower #3

Thanks for looking

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Penny Black - 77

Hi all

Well its now less than 3 weeks to christmas and I still have loads to do. However did I manage before when I was working!! LOL I suppose for the last few years we have mainly been away,whilst this year we have the family around and they are all decending on Boxing day chez moi along with quite a few friends and neighbours. OMG !

The weather is still freezing and so todays card was all about cozy comfort - Penny Black stamp - always faithful and fabulous sketch, Red and Green traditional colours therefore little thought required for the Cupcake Craft challenge. Add a bit of gold to the red and green and its all go for Stampin for the weekend

Recipe: 237/365 Stamps: Penny Black - ... in a pear tree, sentiment from Christmas critters stamped in Pearlescent Ivy brilliance. Papers: Bazzill Bling and Mirri card. Liquid pearls -red. Glossy accents on balls.

Thanks for looking

Hugs

Silver & lilac

Hi all

Today is all mammoth multi challenge card covering no less than five challenges:

Friday Sketchers - Sketch
Stampin for the weekend - Lilac and silver with additional request of a gift Card and tag
Colour Create - Lilac, Aqua Blackand white
A spoonful of Sugar - Non traditional christmas colours
Creative inspirations - Christmas card and tag set.

The image is from the fabulous Inkadinkado Christmas silhouette set embossed in silver and the snowflakes filled with aqua and diamond stickles.

A close up shows the image in more detail. Inside I have created a pocket to hold an I-Tunes voucher or similar gift card, but have slipped a co-ordinating tag in the slot for now. The tag has a snowflake sponged in silver ink using the negative from the punched snowflake embellies and is finished off with a little lilac and silver ribbon.

Recipe: 236:365 Stamps: Inkadinkado christmas silhouette. Papers: DCWV- Rose tinted christmas. Punch - Martha Stewart - Punch around the page - Aspen snowflake & glacial snowflake. Ribbon from stash & lashings of stickles.

Thanks for looking

Hugs

Sugar Bowl - Challenge 24

Hi all
I'm back from my little trip to Lille and have been a busy bee today catching up with all of my chores. So I will post some of my photo's later in the week.

Well some of my attempts at scheduling my posts ended up on the wrong days, but that was more the author than the system!  whoops!.

So today we are back to real time and I have just got time to load this card for the my first time playing in the Sugar Bowl with a sketch designed by the uber talented Marlene and a requirement for some Zig-zag.

I used the adorable Pip with presents and coloured him with  copics. The presents were Glamour dusted  and the hat was trimmed with white flock, which I was introduced to by Jane Gill at the weekend (where we made a futher 3 Xmas cards). 

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A close up above really shows off the fur trimmed hat

Recipe: 235:365 Stamps: Pip with Presents from Funky Kits, Papers from Craftwork cards and some glamour dust, white flocking and some glossy accents.

Thanks for looking

Hugs