Valentine's day

I hope you all had a good day today.

We stopped 'doing' Valentine's cards a few years ago but when I got up I found this waiting for me on the table.

A beautiful red rose in a glass vase with a sprouting bamboo. Mick had bought it on his way home from work.

Sadly I now have to spend the evening alone as he is already back at work after being in bed most of the day.

52Q

The question for week 6 on is.....

If I could do it all again would I change anything?

I've kept the pages very simple this week as I felt that the journalling has more to say than the images.

I did this last night before I had the chance to look at anyone else's answers so as not to be swayed by them and their ideas.

As usual the backgrounds are taken from the Walk in Wonderland Cd. The ribbon is from Hobbycraft.

Valentine cards

As usual I have to make a valentine's card for Mick's workmate to give to his wife. I've done 2 for him to choose from.

This first one uses free papers from Making Cards magazine and follows an example given in there. The only difference is that I have used ivory coloured ribbon from my stash and added one of the tags.This second one is on pink cardstock and has hearts embossed with D'vine swirls from Cuttlebug. They are layered onto pale pink organza ribbon, silver mirror card and palest pink paper. 3 pink gems and a peel-off greeting finish it off.I wonder which one he will choose. The other will be saved for me to use later in the year to give as an Anniversary card.

Challenge

This week on Lili of the Valley challenge site we were told.....

We would like to see your creations for MEN.

This card uses a stamp from Lili of the Valley, Oliver-text.

I've coloured it with watercolour pencils and waterbrush. The backing papers and tag are from HOTP citrus block and the ribbon is from Hobbycraft. The sentiment is a peel-off.

Tagged

I've been tagged by Gez.

It's the 4th picture in the 4th file on my computer which has to be shown.

Well this is the 4th picture in my folder on the computer so I hope it counts.

It shows some of the lovely ribbon I had in the Secret Advent swap we did on the Bubbly Funk forum last year.

I know this tag has been well passed around on that forum so i'll look elsewhere and tag Lynn to show what she has on her computer.

52Q

It's week 5 on 52Q and the question is....

How do I feel today?

My answer....

I've once again used backgrounds from the Walk in wonderland Cd and added a photo of the baby.

Spotty organza ribbon and a tiny sparkled brad finish it off.

New Baby

We heard yesterday that we have become Grandparents again.

Our son's partner had a little boy, born around 11am by 'C' section. He weighed in at 7lb 15oz but as yet does not have a name. This is the card I have made, using the photo sent to us, to Congratulate them on the birth. I used white cardstock with a silver mat. Onto this I layered a background and wording taken from the Walk in Wonderland Cd. The photo, raised on foam pads, has a heart design frame around it and is printed onto matt photo paper. A strip of spotty organza ribbon and a brad with a blue stone complete the card.

We've got snow!

At last we have the snow that has been forcast for the past few days.

It began yesterday evening and came down steadily until the early hours of this morning.

This was taken from my craft room window when I got up this morning. I love the way the snow is beginning to slide off the roof.

This one is taken from inside the conservatory. It's very strange for it to be so dark in there.

These are taken from the warmth of the kitchen window. I love the way the snow has slid down and formed mini drifts over the guttering.

52Q

I had decided not to put any of my cards for this on here as I thought they would be too personal but Sallie read the ones I have done so far and thinks I ought to share my thoughts.

So here goes...... Week 1

Week 2 Week 3 Week 4I've only put them together with book rings at the moment but when they are finished I will bind them properly.

All the backgrounds and images (apart from my eyes) are taken from the Walk in Wonderland Cd. I've embellished with brads, ribbon, prima flowers, ultra fine glitter and buttons.

1 card 2 challenges

I've managed to complete 2 challenges with this card.

The first on Cute Card Thursday was quite simple - make a Valentine's card. On the Lilli of the Valley challenge we were given a sketch to work to.

I've embossed the front of the card with D'vine swirls from Cuttlebug and covered the join with a piece of card with my sentiment and a ribbon attached.

The flowers are Primas with seed beads in the centres and the images are from an unmounted set of stamps bought very cheaply sometime last year but not used before.

The ribbon is spotted organza from Ribbon Oasis and the sentiment is a stamp from Hampton Arts.

Flowers

A quick and easy card again. This time I used a topper and Spring colours both from Flower soft. This was layered onto peach card and then white cardstock to make an A5 sized card. Prima flowers and brads were scattered around the bottom corner.

I've not got anything in mind for this one yet so may save it for a Mother's day card. I seem to have a thing for flowers at the moment as well as ribbons.

52Q Challenge

Over on the Bubbly Funk forum a group of us have taken up the challenge from Emily Falonbridge to answer a question a week about yourself. Hence the 52Q title of the challenge. The idea is to answer the set question on a seperate card each week, many people use playing cards for this but mine are going to be a bit bigger as i'm using the computer to print out my backgrounds and answers.

These are my covers for the book I will make when they are all finally completed in a years time. I covered thick card and punched holes so that the whole thing can be bound using my Bind it All when the time comes.

The papers are from Hot of the Press Citrus pack, the spotty ribbon is from Ribbon Oasis. The lace, letter tiles and cream plaque are from Kaz in the secret advent thingy. I used fabric flowers from my stash and the brad is a tiny glittered one from Papermania. The letter and numbers are stamped and embossed in purple on pale purple card and painted with shimmery watercolour paints.

It's strange how purple and lime green have become my favourite colours, when Sallie suggested them for her bedroom about 9 years ago I thought it a very odd combination. I suppose after living with it for so many years it grew on me.

More Goodies

We had to go to the Post Office sorting place yesterday to collect a package of crafting goodies which were just too big to go through the letterbox.

This is what I got. They are all from Crafty Devils who had a sale on last week and I couldn't resist.

So far i've used just one of the lovely little glittered brads and used the Flower soft to decorate one of the panels.

Baby Boy?

We are due to become Granparents again by the end of this month. Our eldest son and his partner are expecting a baby boy but not wanting to tempt fate I have knit in cream yarn. The pale blue can wait until after the birth if they want to me to do any more knitting.

Goodies

Look what the Postman brought me today.
Over on the BubblyScrumptious blog there was Candy offered before Christmas. I had forgotten all about it until the lovely Caroline sent me a message to take a look again. My name was drawn as the winner of all this lovely stash.

If you want to check out the blog (and why wouldn't you?) there is a link at the side of this posting.

If I go missing for a while i'll be playing with stamps and ink, can't wait to have a proper look at those Thinkable Inkables as i've not come across them before and those lovely big clear stamps will be used lots.

Thank You Caroline for such a super surprise.

Flower soft

This is my first attempt at using the Flower soft my Mum bought me back in August. I'm quite pleased with it but think I need to invest in a few more colours. I layered the Flower soft topper onto silver card before putting it onto a landscape white card. Peel-off corners and wording finished it off.

Twins

I have twin neices who celebrate their 18th birthdays soon. They are totally different to each other and at this age don't need things to be the same but I still wanted to recognise the fact that they are twins so used images from the same Cd for each.

The images are taken from Walk in Wonderland Cd by My Craft Studio.

The first one has the addition of a couple of flowers and glitter glue on the dragonfly wings. The other has a scattering of small flowers and glitter glue on the flower centres. I have printed inserts in a paler shade of each to make them a bit more special.