Papertake Weekly Challenge - Heart's Desire

This weeks challenge over at Papertake Weekly is Heart's Desire. 'Please could we see some hearts (or a heart lol!) on your cards this week? Already done your Valentine's cards? How about doing a Wedding / Anniversary / engagement or birthday card! We don't mind which - as long as there's a heart or two...or three.....!!!'

I decided to use this Magnolia image that Jo from Only-Joking sent to me (although I have had to buy this stamp now!!). I watercoloured and paper pieced her and added stickles to her wings. I cut out a large heart with my Cricut for her to sit in. The Happy Birthday sentiment is an A Muse Art stamp and I cut with my scalloped circle and added to the side on the heart. The card has been covered in paper from this Christmas DCWV pack and heart jewels added to the corners.

Jackie's Blog Candy

Jackee at Pink Diamond Creations is having a blog candy giveaway of a Penny Black Arrangment stamp. All you need to do is create a good luck card using some form of stamping.

This was good timing as I'd been asked to make a good luck card for a little girls ballet exam. I stamped a pink card with little dresses using versamark to create a watermark effect. I then punched out this ballet hippo from the Dovecraft paper and mounted onto a pink scalloped circle. I cut out another hippo and mouse and decoupaged it onto the image and added to the top of the base card. I stamped Hope (little girls name) and punched out using a circle punch, edged with ink and added across the card and then added pink gingham ribbon and a Good Luck peel off to finish.

My Paper World - sketch 2

I decided to make a card for http://mypaperworld.blogspot.com/ Nicola second sketch challenge.

I used an image I got from Julie at JulesJapes and coloured with watercolour pencils, inked the edge brown and added to a brown scalloped circle. This was mounted onto ribbed card, a happy birthday brown peel off and brown buttons finish the card.

Snooker Loopy

Why when you think you have a good selection of mens cards, do you get asked for somthing that you have nothing for!!!! My friend asked me to make a snooker card for her mum, I have fishing, golf, cricket, football, cricket but nothing for snooker. That was until I had the idea to make a snooker table topper, really pleased how it turned out now although punching and sticking all the balls was a bit fiddly.

More Magnolias

My Magnolias have arrived that I thought might have got lost in the post. So many new things to play with!!!

Also just had a mail from Funky Kits to say the new Sugar Nellie stamps go on sale tonight at 8 pm. Unfortunately we will be out celebrating my friends engagement, trust them to choose tonight!!!!! Just to have to hope they get new stock quickly, as I'm sure they will all sell out tonight.

Happy Birthday Natty K

Just wanted to wish Natalie a happy birthday for today. Can't wait to see what you make with your new Cricut machine xx

Quick card

Well my lovely hubby told me at 10 tonight that his friend at work had asked if I could make a card for his gran, but that he needs it for tomorrow!!!!! So I went for one of my favourite layouts, as I didn't have the strenght to be too creative. I used a Pink Petticoat image, coloured with Marvy Le Plume pens and Liquid Pearls added to the middle of the flowers, mounted onto a pink scalloped circle. Layers strip of my favourite paper from Pink Petticoar onto the same pink card, tied some ribbon round it and added across the middle of the card. Then added Happy Birthday sentiment from Pink Petticoat onto pink card to finish off.

New Stash

I've been very naughty and treated myself to some new stash, as I still have Christmas money that I never spent in the sales. I placed this order on Monday from Funky Kits of Sugar Nellies and a couple of Magnolias. Just a bit worried the order I placed on Friday for some Magnolias hasn't arrive, but hoping it will be here when I get home from work tomorrow.

Also nipped out at lunch, first to Asda for a few more jars and then went to the local Craft Central to work. Got these great new Dovecraft papers at £2.99 each and the stamsp and ribbon were only 99p each! what a bargain

Happy Anniversary

I was asked my on of my work colleagues if I could make a Anniversary card for his wife, but he wanted to use a photo from their wedding day. As he isn't in work for the next couple of weeks he posted a picture from his wedding which I scan and then printed out. I mounted this onto white card to give it a bit more strength. I used swirly paper down the left hand side from Pink Petticoat and a Pink Petticoat sentiment and added 3 little heart jewels to the bottom right hand corner.

Never made a card with a photo before and as the photo was taken some time ago and there wasn't much colour in it, decided to play it safe with classic black and white. Just hope that they both like it, their anniversary is this weekend.

Promised I would send it and the original photo back to him by recorded delivery, so it doesn't go missing. This has felt slightly like a military exercise getting it all organised!

Ribbons, ribbons and more ribbons!

I don't know why I needed to, but I decided to get some more ribbon!!! Here is my little stash that I ordered on Monday afternoon from Ribbon Oasis and it was waiting for me when I got home tonight. I love ribbon, it is just the best thing ever, but I just can't bring myself to use it ;o)

I also nipped to Asda at lunch and bought these great jars for 96p each. I have put all my lilac ribbon and pink ribbon into these and I have moved my shelves around so they can fit on. Worked out I can get another 3 on the shelf, so off to Asda again tomorrow. Already sorted my blue, red and white ribbon ready!!!

Jo's Blog Candy - show your workstation

Jo at Only Joking is having a blog candy giveaway and she has asked for a link to pics of your crafting space. As I have been lucky and added new storage and shelves since I last showed pictures, I thought I'd have a tidy up this afternoon and let you see where the magic happens ;o)

At the moment I'm lucky, as I have spare room as my crafting space and even with a double bed and wardroom, I still have a really good space.

The photo below shows the main desk that I craft on, to my left is files with all my 12 x 12 papers and then 3 magazine files with all my scrap card in files by colour. I also have a little draw unit with ribbons and next to that a box with chiffon ribbon and prima flowers. Then I have all my tools and glues and then my little tag-a-long. On the shelves above I have my favourite stamps and also little jars with small prima flowers. Above this I have my cricut cartridges and pink petticoat CDS and the shelf above has all my sizzix dies. Underneath the desk and hidden on the left I have a 4 draw unit with embellishments and paperpacks and under the desk to the right holds all my stickles, brads, jewels, eyelets, wire and beads.

This shows my new white filing cupboards from ikea and I have worked out that I can just fit a third one in. One holds all my white, cream and coloured card and paper and the other has 2 draws with more ribbon and the bottom 4 have all my unmounted stamps and stamping products. I also have my lovely new Cricut Expression and guillotine.

The cupboard holds all my envelope and card packs that I have bought and also more stamps that I don't tend to use that much or Christmas ones. It also holds a box with extra glues and foam pads, a light box and heat gun ( which never gets used but I might need them one day). This also holds more boxes of buttons, beads and papermania tags and also a box with anythnig Chrismassy. On top I have my big shot and the red box holds all my quickutz dies and extended dies. The silver boxes hold all my thin cuts/sizzlets, cuttlebug embossing folders and necessities and next to then is my alphabets.

I have that many punches that these are stored in a big plastic box that fits under the bed, which you can just see in the corner of the picture above.

Tilda & Co Weekly Challenge

'This week's challenge i would like to see Numbers, Be it just 1 number on your artwork or lot's of numbers.'

Although I am a bit early, I decided to do a first birthday card for our friends little girl Katie Louise. I covered a card in pale pink spotty paper from Pink petticoat, punched 3 holes in the top right hand corner and tied 3 pieces of pink ribbon through the. I then cut a 1 with my Cricut from the Plantin SchoolBook cartridge in bright pink card and added to the front of the card. I then stamped and coloured Tilda with her teddy and added slightly to the right of the 1 with foam pads. I added Happy Birthday to the bottom of the 1

Papertake Weekly & Poppicraft Competition

I decided to make a card for both this weeks Papertake Weekly challenge and Michelle's competition over on Poppicrafts.

Poppicrafts January competition is very simple, "Make a valentines Day card using only these 3 colours - BLACK, RED and WHITE." The challenge over on Papertake Weekly is 'Roses are Red..' is to use red on your card! Any shade or shades of red that you like from bright pillar box to deep burgandy!!

I stamped You're a Treasure from Penny Black and coloured using my Marvy Le Plume pens. This was then mounted onto red card and a heart jewel added to each corner and just above the hedgies. I also mounted up a Happy Valentine's Day onto red card, this is an A Muse Art stamp. Black and white swirl paper from Pink Petticoat was added down the left hand side and I also tied some red chiffon ribbon down the left hand side. The image and message were then added to the right hand side of the card.

Update on Mum

Some of you may remember that in December I posted about my mum who has been battling cancer which has come back for a third time 18 months ago and that the stem cell treatment she was hoping to have wasn't an option for her.

Well she had a scan at the beginning of the year and has been to see her specialist yesterday. The scan has come back really well and they are now going to put her on chemo every 3 months for a couple of hours for the next 2 years, mum says this is maintenance treatment!!!!

They will keep the stem cells they did manage to obtain, so if her cancer every becomes untreatable they will try the stem cell treatment as a last option. At the moment, if they went ahead with the stem cell treatment she could be putting her life at risk with the treatment or end up having blood transfusions as she has so few stem cells left.

Mum seems really positive, so if she is happy so am I!!!

New Stash

My new stash has arrived today from Creative Pastimes, everything was 50% so it was a real bargain. Got 8 sheets of doodlebug papers reduced to 25p a sheet, 3 packs of doodlebug ribbons reduced to 92p each, 2 clear doodlebug stamp sets reduced to £4.49 each and 3 hero art stamps all about £3.50 each.