CCT #64 - Quotations

A very quick one from me today. We had a wonderful holiday but I have an ear imbalance (vertigo) now and everything is rocking around!!

This week on Cute Card Thursday the challenge is to make a card with a quotation. This card was made using Kate Knight papers and Greetings Farm Geisha Anya. The quote comes from a sheet by My Mind's Eye.

Be back very soon I hope!!

CCT #63 - Nip and a Punch!!

I'm away on holiday now until Wednesday 10th June so I am scheduling this post. Still very distrustful of this - although I don't know why as it always seems to work!!

Anyhow this is my entry for this week's challenge on Cute Card Thursday, the theme of which is "A Nip and a Punch" - to use die cuts and/or punches on your card.

We have a fabby sponsor this week Short Cuts who generously supplied the DT with a pack of goodies to create this week's card with.

I decorated the Gift Card Holder with Tapestry rubber stamps using Versacolour chalk ink. I then used the acetate to make a card blank and adhered the gift card holder inside. Tilda as Dragonfly has been coloured with Promarkers and Glossy Accents. I used K&Co Cut N Paste Mat Pad to punch a border strip with a Fiskars punch and the same pad to punch the flowers and die cut the swirls. Sentiment is from Craftwork Cards, coloured with Versacolour ink pad and triple embossed. A few dabs of Liquid Pearls finish it off!!

Pop on over to the challenge blog to see what the rest of the Design Team made of their goodies!!

See you when I get back.

Away

Off on on my holibobs until next Wednesday. Be good ♥♥♥

Cute Card Thursday #62 - Bit o' Bling!!

This is my first DT card for absolutely weeks and I am so happy to be back at Cute Card Thursday(for the moment at least).

Great theme this week - bling. I have coloured this Penny Black hedgie with Polychromos Pencils and Sansodor with chalk on the background and Glossy Accents on the flowers. Papers are K&Co Madeline, sentiment is from a Serendipity set and gems are Swarovski. Not enough bling yet so I mounted onto Gemstones cardstock and it really does shimmer wonderfully!

Make sure you pop over to the challenge blog to see the DT's creations and join in the fun.

Paint!

The theme for the Card Swap over on the Stamping Mad Craft Forum this month is "Paint" and to be honest I haven't really used my Adirondack Dabbers too much yet so I enjoyed playing and making this card. Stamps are from Paper Artsy.

New Blog

I have decided to keep my craft blog just for craft and put my other nature pictures on their own blog, which you can find here.

Splendour

Do you ever see something and just HAVE to photograph it? Well this was one of those times after we had a heavy shower this afternoon and the lillies were all glistening in the sun. Just spendid!!

Sugar Bowl Challenge 10 - Sketch by Marlene

Now don't fall over in shock but I actually made a card and it's for a challenge too!! Wonderful sketch by Marlene from The Sugar Bowl and believe it or not this is the first time this Gorjuss Girl from Sugar Nellie has been inked up!! Goodness - I HAVE been missing for a wee while haven't I??!!

The brief for this challenge was to use buttons and these gorgeous transparent pink ones from Poppicrafts just work so well with the K&Co Wild Raspberry papers. The Gorjuss Girl has been coloured with Promarkers and Sakura Souffle pens. The sentiment is from K&Co Dollhouse collection. Lace and ribbon from my local florists and some punched and stamped flowers finish it off.

Thanks for looking.

Stuff

Just a couple of things I have made over the last month - not that I have done much at all!!

Candle was for a housewarming present and is using a Hobby Art Stamp. The bracelet was inspired by last month's Crafts Beautiful - I so enjoy sitting fiddling with all these bits and pieces and see what I end up with!! I am going to make matching earrings and wear them next time my wonderful husband takes me out ♥

Hello!

Getting there now. Not done much crafting - more playing about really but not producing anything finished. Have loads of new goodies to play with and am feeling ready to make some cards.

Ben was 5 on Tuesday!! I am still in shock at how fast the time goes.

Hopefully be back very soon with something crafty.

Getting there!

I've got my operation date now for two weeks' time. Been pottering around the garden getting tidied up and spending time with Ben. DH just got a new job which is great news for him professionally but unfortunately does mean his leave being cut quite short at first and he won't really have a proper leave until late June.

Thanks everyone for your lovely e-mails and comments. I appreciate them so much.

I've not been doing a huge amount of crafting as I've been so tired lately but I hope to be joining in with a few challenges after I've recovered from my operation. Much love to all my friends.

Taking a Break

I'm having a few ongoing health problems and waiting for an operation so have taken the very difficult decision to take a break from my Design Team work for a couple of months until I have recovered.

I do hope to get around to say hi every once in a while and hope to share some stuff with you too occasionally but won't be participating in many challenges or blogging very regularly.

Thanks so much to all the wonderful people I have met and friendships I have made, especially to the wonderful members of Cute Card Thursday and Tilda & Friends ATC Challenges.

Cute Card Thursday #53 - Family Affair

This week on Cute Card Thursday we have a nice easy theme - make us a card for a member of your family!!

It's my fabulous husband's birthday today so I am sending him Edwin with much love.

Card is SU and DCVW and paper is from DCVW Rock Star pad.

We have another fantastic prize to give away this week and a new Guest Designer for the next two weeks plus the Design Team's usual stunners so pop on over to the blog and check it out!!

Tilda & Friends ATC Challenges - Spring Time

It's officially Spring here in Britain so we are celebrating with our theme of "Spring Time" this week over on Tilda & Friends ATC Challenges.

This lovely Magnolia Stamp has been coloured with Promarkers and Sakura pens with Glamour Dust for the wings. I have used Rubber Stamp Tapestry stamps to make the background. Ribbon, flowers and brads from Scrapz.

Thanks for looking.

I'm not keeping too well at the moment but really am going to try and catch up on all the blogging at the weekend.

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all you mums everywhere.

We had a fabby holiday and I am now working my way through the huge pile of laundry!!

As I haven't even got into my craft room yet I am sharing a picture of the Pinflair Egg I made for DH's mum for Mother's Day. It's one I made from my own design, using elements from different eggs in the Pinflair catalogue.

Hope to be round to see everyone tomorrow.