They look great added as a corner embellishment
also cut out of patterned paper with coloured berries
added to a recycled Christmas card from last year
Sorry I haven't been blogging for soo long, but moving house seems to have taken up far too much time and energy than I expected!
However, we are now nicely settled into our new home and starting to relax and enjoy it.
Of course, the craft room was one of the last rooms to be unpacked and I have twice had to move furniture around to get a set up that I am happy with - you know, the things you use the most close to hand, whilst others can be further back.
Christmas card production is now in full flow, although I started a month later than normal, so may not be able to donate so many cards to charity as usual.
Nothing says Christmas more than a tiger wearing a Santa hat does it! I was surprised to see these toppers in Hobbycraft but couldn't resist them. Hope you are all well on the way with your Xmas cards now.
It's lovely seeing Sunflowers at this time of year, a field of them in Rougham, Suffolk is open to the public this weekend. So a Sunflower card seemed appropriate to make this week!
Looks like we are going to be moving home in September now, the weeks are ticking away - but despite being in a short chain of 4 people, there still are issues and concerns to be dealt with - no wonder they say it is a stressful time for all concerned.
Not sure that I have made many birthday cards featuring an octopus before!
it was also a good way of using up some scraps of paper and toppers that had been hanging around waiting for inspiration to strike!
Exciting news here is that we have just sold our house and are moving into a bigger home nearby in Needham Market. One bedroom is already earmarked as the craft room!
And finally I made an ATC with some peach Opal Polish in the background
When I looked at the faces, I thought they looked a bit sad or surprised, so I have gone and put a little curved line under their mouths and turned them into happy cats!
On a quick trip to The Range, this Nitwit Pawsitivity decoupage pack fell into my basket
There are 48 pages of cute cat die cuts - however they are all the same image!
This means I will have to be inventive and try out different layouts, colour schemes and backgrounds as I use it up!
They were cheery cards to make on a wet and miserable day!
It is also a good excuse to use up some of my older stash, and these 'Hot Diggity Dog' images are years and years old!
I hope the house doesn't take too long to sell as I am missing having all my bits and pieces around me.
Vinyl records are increasing in popularity now - my son has quite a collection, even though he is in his 20's, so I've used the record shape for the 'happy birthday' sentiment.
So there we have it - birthday cards for lovers of heavy metal, glam rock or acoustic guitars!
I couldn't wait to make some new cards when the latest issue appeared in the post.
The 'pretty as a picture' images and backing papers are cute too, so I will be using them for my next few cards!
Always useful to have few sport themed cards ready, like this tennis one above
The jogger card has a background made from exploding blue brushos (which I made ages ago)
and an urban basketball card with a cute wooden ball
A neighbour is expecting twins and they have a habit of coming early, so I thought I'd better be prepared!
I don't know what the gender of the babies will be, so I have made a neutral one above - and can colour the hearts blue and pink if there is one of each
A pink card if they are both girls and a blue one if 2 boys arrive!
