Saturated Canary Thank you card.

Here's a card I made for a very kind person. There are so many of you out in blog land who are so kind  and I'd love to make one for you all, but I just don't have the time.

So as a thanks to you all, you'll have to share! xxxx

 

She's called Vintage Violet and I really enjoyed colouring her, as she's good I'm going to enter her into the Saturated Canary challenge this week. 

A Thanks and a New challenge over at Di's digis.

The weeks fly by so quickly and before you know it, it's March already and I'm another year older! Sob! I had a lovely birthday yesterday and would like to thank all my CMLIers for the beautiful collection of cards that came my way yesterday. they were all gorgeous! Mwah..xxxxx

This week sees a new challenge over at Di's and it's child or children this week.
Here is my little effort. Isn't she cute?

Saturated Canary Pretties

I have been spalshing out on these beautiful Saturated Canary images. I just adore them! Here's two I made earlier using a couple of digi images. I confess that I have bought some stamps too, but they haven't got inky yet!

 

I would like to enter these into  the following challenges.

Pink Elephant - Anything goes.

Bearly mine challenge - Anything goes

Oldie but a goodie - bright colours

ABC challenge- Happy Birthday.

Get lost spammers!

I'm sorry , nothing to post today, but I am getting increasingly fed up of the spammers leaving comments, some of which are just darn rude, on my posts. So I'm having a little rant today and hopefully they'll get the message and push off! I'm not interested in what you have to say spammers, I don't need anything enlarging spammers, I'm quite happy with my posts thanks spammers and I'm definitely not interested in buying anything on your websites or even looking at your websites. I press delete on all your comments on my posts and you're annoying me with your pathetic posts, so push off spammers and go bury yourselves!!

Humph..........................................................................

Thanks Vicky!

Oh look what arrived in the post for me from the very lovely Vicky over at vixx cards. It feels like my birthday has come early! Well, it's only 12 days away! Not that I'm counting or anything! Here to feast your eyes on is the stash in its entirety.

I shall have to get busy now making a thank you card, now that I have Vicky's address. xxx
In the mean time here's a thank you card that I sent my cousin this morning for the fabulous Friday we spent together.

 

I have been acrafting other birthday cards this weekend, but I can't show them as I don't want to spoil the surprise for my fellow fishy friends ;0) 

I have totally fallen in love with these Saturated Canary images and the button is wooden that I bought in the Galleries in Bristol. My cousin sasy she keeps all the cards I make her, so hopefully this will remind us of all the laughing we did whilst we were out and she was dragged around the craft shop by me, so she saw me buy them! The whole experience was educational for her as she din't realise that you could buy so much stuff!! Good job she hasn't seen my stash pile then!!!!! 

Sugar Nellie- Rosie

I had this lovely little stamp for Christmas from my lovely friend Diane and she's a sugar Nellie called Rosie. How apt is that eh? I dug out my promarkers for this one...see I do still like them! I shall be enetering this sweetie to the Sugar bowl challenge and I love promarkers challenge.

CD moment

I have a fair few CDs, but rarely use them. I had a play yesterday and today though and came up with this card and this one.

Tilda running!

Here's Tilda running for the bus!!

Chocolate and Banana muffins!

Something a little different today! Anybody for a chocolate and banana muffin? I confess that they are rather yummy and two have been eaten already. One by me and one by hubby. They are good for you as there is very little sugar in them and lots of banana!!!!! ;0)

Cabbage patch Tilda.

I was having a lengthy text chat with Diane last night and I sent her a photo of this card that I was making. She's so cheeky, do you know what she said? Oh yes, this is true......" Why is Tilda holding a cabbage?! "  I can see her point, the flower is not in proportion to her body and could be mistaken for a cabbage if it was green, but I'm sure she said this to try and get me to dislike Tilda! Well it's not going to work honey!! You know I love her too much!

Papers - stampin up Attic boutique.....very lovely and pretty!
Stampin up ruffled ribbon
Memory box die, magnolia die and marianne rose die plus nestabilities squares
Tonic butterfly punches,
Pink Petticoat sentiments punched with stampin up word punch. Pearls and button from stash.
Coloured with copics and a whole lot of love :0)

My sweet friend.

I made this card to send to my friend , Diane. I used a fabby Tilda, and yep it's another wiper card! I have really got into these, so you may be seeing a lot of them! Well when I actually get time to play that is! Work and unpaid overtime takes up too much of my precious time!

Love /Valentine creations at Di's digi designs challenge.

Oh, where are the weeks going? February already and after all the snow of recent weeks, we have had beautiful sunshine today. Slight chill in the air, but  an absolutely glorious day! Anyway this week over at Di's we have a fab new challenge and I have a new creation to share. This little bear is Bertie's bouquet and boy isn't he a sweetie? I have coloured him with the usual copics and the papers are old ones, dug out from the depths of my paper drawers! They haven't seen the light of day in a long while. Do pop over to the challenge blog to see my fellow teamies creations and check out the new mini DT call. Come and join us, you know you want to!

Apologies for the appalling photo, I can't wait for the light evenings when I can actually see what I am taking pictures of!

I am entering this little sweetie in to the following challenges.

Allsorts Let's get cute

Sweet Stampin - Love is all around

Crafty Calendar challenge Love and Marriage

Card makin mamas - love

Brown sugar challenge - Go red/hearts

Wiper Card.

Happy Sunday all. well it's been horrible, cold and still very icy out, so I have been staying in and crafting. I have to confess to really enjoying myself, playing with new shapes! This card is a Wiper card and it's the first time I have made one of these. I have used a sweet Lili of the Valley stamp, coloured with my copics, a Stampin Up sentiment, Old Blueberry Hill papers from Papermania, Memory box and Martha Stewart punches and dies and a recycled bit of sparkly ribbon from a Christmas present! Nothing gets wasted in this house!! Hope you like her!

Trying to be adventurous!

This year I have set myself the mini challenge of trying out different card shapes and types. I bought myself a scorpal buddy ( Love it) and I have been playing with various folds. I also bought some Magnolia stamps in the January sales, so I have a lot of lovely things to play with.....I shall be playing after I have posted here and had a spot of lunch as I have got up early this morning, completed household chores and am not setting foot outside the door !! It's still treacherous! The children are enjoying it...but I'm not! Still it's an excuse to saty in the warm, put on some music and craft to my heart's content!
So first up is my cascade card effort!

 

I have used an older Magnolia image, coloured with copics, flowers from my friend Diane, for Christmas, an old Marianne die, Magnolia stamped sentiment and pin from Wild Orchid crafts. Can't remember where the papers came from!

Next up is a gatefold card. This was nice and easy to make! Very little effort required!

 

And finally a criss cross card. this took the longest to make as it involved sewing and measuring!

All very different for me! The embossing folder is from Crafts too and was a new one for Christmas and the stamp is also a new one, Bought with Christmas money! It's been simply embellished and very carefully coloured!

 

I'm still in Christmas mode, aren't I?! All this frosty, snowy weather though just makes me feel quite festive! Bring out the choccies!!!

 

 

Brr it's cold outside....Di's digi designs challenge.

Oh my it's cold outside and the snow is only mildly beginning to thaw! It was quite a trek to work yesterday, I had to walk such a long way! So this week's Di's challenge is very appropriate! Remember, you don't have to use anything digital but we love it if you do and very aptly this week our challenge is "Winter" I don't think we could have timed this any better, do you? So get the glitter and sparkle out and make another Christmas card, if you so wish, think how organised you'll be for Christmas 2013!
 Here's mine using this so sweet image from Di's. The snowflake die was new fort Christmas from the very lovely Diane and don't you just love the white stuff? I mean the embossing not the snow! Not looking forward to the journey to work on Monday if this hangs around!

 

I am entering this one in to the following challenges:

Papertake weekly - Baby it's cold outside

Creative card crew - Snow and Ice

Cards galore - Anything goes

Crafting for all seasons - Something new

Promising a rose garden!

Here is my first make of 2013! I have really struggled to get back into my card making even though I had some truly fabulous crafty gifts for Christmas. It's shocking that I can't seem to be motivated. I'm not totally happy with this one, but here it is anyway.

More Lili of the Valley

Tilda and Edwin for Christmas

Pretty Purple

Missing for a while.

Oh dear, I have been missing longer than I thought. I have had so much stuff going on lately that I don't know if I'm coming or going. I have had trouble with my eye, much better now though. Thanks for all your well wishes! I appreciate it. I still have some stuff going on, but it's more manageable now and I don't feel so overwhelmed by it all. With all my stuff going on I have missed quite a few of Di's challenges, so I apologise for my less than committed dedication to the challenge blog, but I did make things , even though I didn't post them here or comment on any of the entrants.... So first up are my missing creations...sorry Di!