18th Birthday Card

I made this card for my nieces 18th birthday later this week - she is already a sophisticated young lady, so hope she likes this hot pink and black card!

Another Sugar Nellie Card

Another card with my bargain Sugar Nellie Stamp - this time using a brown, orange and green colour scheme. A bit too hot today to do anything other than craft indoors today!

New Sugar Nellie Card

This card was made using my new Sugar Nellie stamp, she was a bargain off eBay as she only cost £1.45! That has got to be one of my best buys from there. I love pastel colours and so I am going to colour her using a variety of promarker pens. This is my first attempt using lilac and pink.

More Cat Cards!

I'm on a bit of a roll now and have made several more cat cards with my new stash!

Cattitude!

Yehhh! I had a super time at the scrapbook and cardmaking fair today and bought far too much - but in my defence most of them were absolute bargains including a fab cat & dog scrapbooking kit with 10 sheets of 12x12 papers, loads of matching embellishments, rubs ons and ribbons for only £5.

I was also introduced to the delights of silkies pearlescent paints and made an atc with them there and so just had to buy 3 to bring home. Also treated myself to more flowers & brads, new pair of scissors, football shaped buttons and some yummy papers.

Head Stuck in a Watering Can

This is one of the stamps from the new Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter stamps by Crafters Companion, I was lucky enough to win them from Craft Stamper Magazine last week - and of course, had to have a play with them straight away!

They are coloured with my faithful promarker pens and stamp up very well. I'm off to a card and craft fair at Needham Market in Suffolk tomorrow, unfortunately its a week before pay day so will only buy things that I really, really, really need!!

Just Gone Fishing!

This little boy fishing is another great digi image from Digital Two for Tuesday, who have some really unusual and cute vintage images - they have just put some super old motorcycles on which would look great for Fathers Day cards - and they are all free to download!

New Owl Card

I just love these cute little owls on a paper stack free with a magazine - especially the brown and blue colour scheme. I coloured the flower with a blue promarker to match and finished it off with 3 card candy buttons in the corner. I won these in a magazine competition and they have been soooo useful, just adding a bit of embellishment here and there!

Ohh - Another Award!

Thanks so much to Kay at the Daisy Chain for this super award! Kay makes some fab cards and we have swapped a few times through the Craftrak website. Her cards always have a sense of style about them - just like this chap!

Now I have to say where I would like to be in 10 years time - well, still in a job! I work in local government and with massive cuts looming no-one knows who will still be around in 10 months let along 10 years. Ideally I would love to have my own craft room which could be possible in 10 years if eldest son has moved out. Youngest daughter would then be 18 so I expect she will still be here. I would be approaching my 35 wedding anniversary then which would be a reason to celebrate. We are spending a long weekend in London, going to the theatre, visiting museums and eating out to celebrate our Silver Wedding next month!

I would now like to pass this on to some blogging friends

Smiffys Cards - watch out for her workshops in her new log cabin

Carlyann - just love her tilda cards

Chrissie - her cards have great layouts

Joey - check out her animal magic card - cat with attitude!

Annette -for the fab altered artwork

Sugar Nellie Mackenzie

This cute stamp of Mackenzie by Sugar Nellie was a free gift when I subscribed to Craft Stamper Magazine and I love her! She is carrying a basket of apples and looks so sweet.

The backing papers are from the summer special edition of Creative Card Making magazine and are called cherry blossom - yummy!

I'm going to get my promarker pens out now. After a busy week at work I feel like doing a bit of colouring in, as it is very theraputic!

I've been Craftraking Again!

Just made a few more cards to exchange at the Craftrak website, I've just sent my first overseas card to Portugal and I've had some fab cards in exchange! I love the surprise element of not knowing what you will get in return and its great to see cards that you make get passed on to lots of different people - one of mine has now travelled around to 7 different places!!

Fathers Day Footie Card

Fairly simple card for a football mad Father - not mine, as he can't stand the sport! I used the free image from a magazine and coloured with promarker pens and layered against a scrap of paper

We have a winner!

Using the very low tech method of scraps of paper in a hat, the winner of my candy was drawn by my daughters best friend who had come round to play. So congratulations to number 22 ' x laura x'. please send me your address to send the goodies to! Thanks to everyone else for your comments and link to my blog. Dawn