Penny Black Saturday Challenge #51

I love these challenges!
Great excuse to get my cute kitty stamps out!
This weeks challenge was to follow a sketch:
Here's my card.
The stamp is "Cat Bath"!
Have a great week everyone
XX

Pauls ## Birthday!

Today is my OH, Paul, birthday.
The weather is glorious, and so we went visiting family and to pick up a car for him - his old car literally went up in a puff of smoke, last weekend!
Hes like a kid with a new toy - offering to go here, there and everywhere - will make full use of this whilst it lasts! After all I am a devious, and manipulative female!
Here is the card from me, lovingly handcrafted,

and this one is from my son - Jake I accept payment in the form of several cups of tea on demand!

Love you all
XX

Better late than never!

Not had the best of weeks - that's another story - so am a bit later than I would have liked to have posted this. However here goes - this is my entry for the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #8, on a favourite subject of mine - Chocolate!
The stamp was from the Craft Stamper Magazine - sorry don't recall which issue and the papers are from Craftwork cards - really yummy chocolate papers!
I used liquid applique for the chocolate buttons!
Hope everyone is enjoying the glorious weather, and remembers the suncream - oh and the best place for your chocolate in this heat is in the fridge!
XX

For a dear friend and work colleague

I saw this card sketch on the Lili of the Valley challenge blog and loved it!So, Jan this card is especially for you, just to let you know we are thinking about you.
I know you love your bling, so the extra sparkle is for you! With love X

Graphicus, May Challenge

Here is my entry for the May Challenge - using the colour blue and/or the theme travel.
I found this a bit challenging - I have no idea why! In the end I wanted to make a card fora dear friend that had a certain message to send so decided to combine this with the "blue" aspect of the challenge! Love working with stampbord and, at the mo have a bit of a thing for flowers - Summers around the corner!
TTFN
XX

A Doubler!

Time, unfortunately is short this weekend and the work thing gets in the way during the week, so I decided to combine the wonderful sketch on Sunday Sketch and Stamp with the beautiful colours on Colour create.

Here is the sketch:

And the colours provided by colour create are lemon, pink sorbet and chocolate (yum!)

Here is my card!

The image is "Moon Beam" stamp from Sugar Nellie @ Funky kits - one of a few new purchases!

I think I need to improve my photography skills - the photos of the cards never look as good as they do in "real life"! Any suggestions most gratefully welcome!

XXX

A Sunny Bank Holiday - now theres a change!

Have had a few traumas this weekend and the glorious sunshine meant crafting activities were delayed!
Here's my entry for the Sketch Saturday challenge #52



The sketch to follow was:-






The image (stamp from Craft Individuals) was stamped over paper that had been first sprayed with pink and gold glimmer mists (unfortunately you cant see that too well in the photo, but the do glimmer beautifully!)- I cant remember where I got the papers from - but have used them again for another challenge - they are gorgeous!

XX

Its Saturday! Hurray!

Time to play again!
Here's my Penny Black Saturday Challenge week 50, and its all to do with buttons! Oops - haven't got many of them, so I worked the theme around the buttons I had!
Good fun though - I hope people find the card is too!

Happy Bank Holiday weekend everyone XX

Note to self - need more buttons!
Papers used:- Basic Grey - cupcake, and Cor'dinations
Stamp: - Party Animals!

New Stamps!

I received some new stamps in the post today from Funky Kits!
They are gorgeous, cant wait to play!
They are:-
Leanne Ellis - Moon Beam, Cup of Tea, Wish
Gorjuss - A little birdie told me
Braveheart - has to be cat stamp!
Have been lovingly stroking them!
Roll on Friday! Tomorrow will be a long day!
(Oh and QVC has a craft TSV Friday also - hope its something exciting!)
TTFN
XX