Been a while...

Been a while, is an understatement, I was shocked to see that my last entry was in August and we are now in mid-September, I certainly didn't keep the "I'll keep the blog up to date promise" now, did I? Ho, hum! I wonder if I am like fellow crafters, in that I find myself with a very short deadline to make a specific card, you know the "I wonder if you could make a card for my friend, her birthday is tomorrow" line, which seems to be heard very frequently. I then find myself creating a very quick masterpiece (I do try you know...), and then in the rush I forget to take a photo of it, and it's gone, no proof of this for my blog, so I think what I am trying to say is, remember to take a pic the same way you remember to take the sticky off the double sided tape, we will see....

Anyway, back to a challenge I would like to enter and a very nice weekend for my cardmaking hobby, otherwise known as, bank balance drainer... I am very fortunate to have my local craft shop, Craft World, within a reasonable driving distance, and they were having a demonstration weekend this Saturday and Sunday, we were spoiled, 14 demonstrations in all! We had demos on glitter, Tim Holtz, docrafts, marianne creatables, colouring mediums, lovely stamps, we had loads to look at and loads to resist buying (I did try, honestly). Learned a lot of new tips and of course, our friendly crafting community all seemed to get together as well, so was able to have a good catch-up with my friends as well, and...we even had coffee and muffins for sale as well, pretty good going I think for a lazy Saturday.

Now, one of the demonstraters was the lovely Kerry who offers us crafters a wonderful selection of stamps, and can I say, they stamp absolutely beautifully every time, they are a high quality polymer stamp and just a dream to work with. Her stamps can be purchased from her website ( http://www.ladybugcraftsink.co.uk/stamps-9-c.asp weekly blog challenge (http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/) is held each Tuesday, this week's topic being "anything goes" as well as a bloghop too. It was Kerry who introduced me to Glamour Dust and I love it, the above card being one of those examples, can't wait to really get cracking on the Christmas cards, I will certainly be a Glamour Dust babe, it will be everywhere, and hopefully some will stick to the cards. I would like to enter this card in the LBCI challenge, I was thinking I need one of these lightboxes to make my pics look better, and in sure MacGyver style, I found a guy on the net who has made his own out of a photocopy box, that should be some interesting fun for me at the weekend, I can see the box being crushed and put in the recycle bin as I am not the most patient person in the world, trust me!

I have entered my card in the following challenges...
Ladybugcraftsink blogspot - Anything Goes
Creations by Gill M - Cute as a Cupcake
Crafting when we can - Anything Goes
One Stop Craft Challenge - Food and Drink





Thanks for looking...

Challenges...

Nice to see the sunshine recently and inspired to make some flowery cards. I had picked up a packet of small sized cards from Craftwork Cards and they are ideal for making wee cute ones, I think these will be perfect for some nice Christmas cards I have in mind. The sentiment is a new stamp I have bought by Marion Emberson, I have to say I adore her stamps. Excellent quality and stamps clear each time, great value and pleased to see Marion hosting recent craft shows on QVC. Her blog at sugarandspice blogspot worth a look. I have entered this wee card in the following challenges:- Ladybugcraftsink blogspot - summer birthdays Thanks for looking...

Lili of the Valley....

Apologies, so long in updating my blog, time flies by so fast. I made this card, along with a few others for my friend who was asking if her friends could make some cards for the MS Society, glad to do so. I had purchased the lovely Lili of the Valley toppers at the SECC craft fair, these are so nice to use. This was a quick and simple card but I really liked the colours. I'll try to keep updating the blog, probably spend too much time looking at other blogs....

Ladybugcraftsink Challenge and Blog...

Been a while since I have added to my blog, life just seems busy all the time, although I have been making some nice cards, just not listed on the blog as yet. One of my favourite blogs, Ladybugcraftsink have a challenge this week of a male card (http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/challenge-31-its-all-about-males.html), so I thought I would enter this card. Do we all find making cards for males so difficult, anything pink or purple seems so much easier!

The Ladybugscraftink are also running a blogaversary, (http://ladybugcraftsink.blogspot.com/)so well worth having a look at the website, Kerry is almost at her target of 200 followers, so go on, give her a hand...

May Bank Holiday...

What a lovely sunny weekend we have had, I really like the idea of four day weekends! Another one at the end of this month as well, yeah!

I have made this card for Bethany who will be 12 tomorrow, I hope she likes it. She likes stickles so I have used these around the flowers and the butterfly, I have also added a wee metal handbag to go with the Lili of the Valley topper which has the cute little girly bear shopping for shoes, ideal for a young lady who just loves being fashionable. I have also used my new circle nestie and scallop circle, really like these. Craftwork Cards came to the rescue with their new sentiment tags, they offer different shapes and I think this shape is my favourite of the lot. I have entered this in the following challenges... Ladybugcrafts ink challenge - topic of fashion (and blog hop as well) Moving Along With The Times - anything goes

PaperCutz Challenge - anything goes

Totally Gorjuss Challenge - 3, 2 1, (three flowers, 2 papers and 1 image

Sarah Hurley Challenge - Butterflies/things with wings

Anne's Card...

Anne's Card

These cards have been made using the wonderful cute cards which Lili of the Valley have available, they are excellent value for money and good quality card, ideal for adding glitter and gems. (http://www.liliofthevalley.co.uk/acatalog/__New___Cute_Squares.html). I have punched the butterfuly using a Martha Stewart punch and added a few gems to these, whilst also adding Craftwork Cards silver card candi to give this a shine and their new sentiment tags. We made a variation of this card in one of my card classes which the wonderful Caroline takes and I hope she likes my use of the Lili of the Valley cards.

This is Anne's card which has been entered into the following challenges... Delicious Doodles Challenge - anything goes

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - anything goes

Bethany's Card...

Bethany's Card

Well been a while, time just disappears. I have made quite a few cards and will list them over next few days. This card has two variations, one by me and the other by Bethany. This was made using one of the Lili of the Valley toppers, a Martha Stewart butterfly punch with diamante gems and Craftwork Cards candi. We are going to enter them into different blog challenges, we're curious to see who likes them and who is the winner! No matter what, as always we had a nice time "playing". Hope everyone is well and having a nice Easter and enjoying the sunshine... Bethany's card has been entered into the following challenges....

Ladybugcraftsink Challenge - Anything Goes (blog hop Tuesday 26/4/11 - have a look!)