Cogsmo card

I love the Cosmo Cricket paper ranges, they do soft and romatic papers to cool and funky. The Get Happy and Cogsmo are great for boys cards and in Blue Peter Style!!! Here's one i made earlier using the Cogsmo papers.............

I can't remember where i got my image stamp from, i just found it in my ever growing stash of stamps - I'm sure they breed!!! The sentiment stamp is from a clear set from Penny Black.

Thanks for looking. x

Sketch Saturday - #24 - Win a Sarah Kay stamp!

Wow!! Don't these weeks come and go far to quickly, Christmas will be here before i get prepared at this rate!!

Here's this weeks sketch over on Sketch Saturday (Jo is great at these sketches). When looking at the sketch for some reason 'boy' came into my head, so i looked through all my stamps (as there's loads still unused that i forget i have.........lol) and found a boy one by Elzybells. I EZ mounted it and got stamping. This is the end result....................

Thanks for looking. x

Fancy Pants............

I so love this stamp from Stampabilities, it makes me giggle every time i see it on peoples work so naturally when i decided to stock these lovely stamps i just had to have this one!!

It was just a quick card as i just 'had' to make one.......lol. I then decided to make another card using the left over papers. It was going okay for another 'quick' card until i decided to handwrite on the white bits!!! It looked like a child had writtien on it and i was about to put it in the bin but decided to try and save it. This is how it turned out....................

..........yep i cut all the white bits with the writing off..........lol. Can't say it's a great card and don't know if i really like it, but it's different (i will probably put it in my charity box)

Birthday Boy at 80??

The other week a neighbour of mine called round and invited us round for a drink and a piece of cake. When i asked if i could ask how old he was his sister said 80!!! WOW!!!............80 years of age, i couldn't believe it as i thought he was around 65.

With this in mind i decided to make a quick card to celebrate 80 years young - hence the birthday boy..........lol. I don't really like making male cards but found this one easy and made a card for my dad similar (forgot to take a photo).


Thanks for looking. x

Sketch Saturday #20

Here's my DT card for the sketch staurday blog.

I received 2 new stamps from whiff of joy the other week so made this card as soon as i received them..........lol. As you may also tell i am loving this Dream Street Paper and i've used the same couple of sheets for at least 6 cards now!! Such value for money i think............lol.

Stitching, Lace and Flowers........

These are some of my favourite things at the moment. I love this light lime green ribbon and have been itching to use some since i got it. I didn't think i had anything that would go with it but i think red green and brown work quite well together (sounds so wrong though..........lol).

Supplies:
Papers - BasicGrey
Flowers - Prima
Rub-ons - Doodlebug
Ribbons from stock

Sweet Little Donkey

Isn't this Donkey stamp so cute!!

It's from a set of 6 so i'm gonna see if i'll get the chance to play some more over the next couple of days.

Supplies used:
Papers - DCWV Nana's nursery boy & girl
Stamp - alota rubber
Sentiment stamp - Sorry don't remember who this is made by

Recycled Monthly Challenge

Over on Aunty's forum i am a member of the Creating Mayhem team. Each month a team set a challenge and for each project we make for that challenge earns our team points. Here's 2 I've made.

On this card i have cut the center out of a beer mat leaving a frame, covered the frame with patterned paper and voila a nice chunky frame around my image.

The recycled element on this card is the feather bit. This was pulled off the top of ones of the kids pencils (which they don't know about......lol).

You'll have to excuse the shadow on the cards as it was really sunny in my conservatory when i took these and never noticed the shadows at the time!!

Ooops........forgot to post!!

After sussing out how to schedule posts you would think i would start to get myself organised!! I just can't believe how quick the days go and i've been really busy lately sourcing new stock for the shop, sending orders, making cards for DT commitments, family, work etc etc.

I have forgotten to post my DT card for last saturdays sketch saturday challenge, so thought better late than never.........lol.

Supplies used:
Paper - Cosmo Cricket Love Notes
Lace from stash
Prima Flowers
Stamp - Sarah Kay
Metal embellie - Making Memories.

Thanks for stopping by. x

Challenge #8 - Halloween

Over on House Mouse & Friends challenge blog this week the challenge them is Halloween. I don't own any Halloween stamps so i made my card using the traditional Halloween colours for my card.
I really struggled with this one as these are quite strong colours for such cute images. I tried to keep my card quite minimal so it didn't become to over powering. I quite like the finished result but must admit that this one is my third attempt...........lol.

BasicGrey - challenge #4

The challenge over on BasicGrey challenge blog this week is a sketch.

Here's my take on the sketch:

For this card i have used BG Archaic paper, alpha stickers and chip stickers.

I really do love this paper and whilst i had it out i thought i'd make up a couple more cards to use up some of the scrap bits. I then remembered that there was a dinosaur stamp that would be perfect to go with these papers so i pinched it from stock..........lol. Think it is made by Hero Arts.

(not a good idea for me to stamp straight onto the card cause as you can see my text is a little wonky - not to worry though as this card will go in the box for when it's one of my kids friends birthday..........lol)

House Mouse and Friends Challenge #7 - Tags

Over on House Mouse & Friends the challenge this week is:

Hi everybody, I am Janneke from the Netherlands and this week
it was my turn to think about the challenge for you.

And this week's challenge is:

TAGS

I doodled the sketch for my card whilst watching tv at the beginning of the week so i thought with that bit done it would be real quick to get it made up..............I was soooooooo wrong!! It took me ages to choose which paper would work, then i didn't have a stamp suitable so i ended up using part of a stamp. I put the whole card together (which i was quite happy with) then, i had to go and spoil it by handwriting on the tag!! there was too much 'space' on there so i tried to fill it with a little metal flowers and doodles............I don't like it but never had time to change it. Perhaps that will teach me for leaving things till the last minute!!

Anyway, enough blabbing and moaning from me - here's my card:


Ooooooo - almost forgot to add that there is a super prize up for grabs this week donated by alota rubber stamps. Hope you can join in. xxx

Monkey Business!!

I received these images in an image swap i joined in with on SCS. They are so cute and will be great for some upcoming birthdays of my childrens friends.I quite like this paper but can't remember who it's by as i've had it a while!! Right, back to my mission of using up as much old stuff as possible.

Thanks for looking. x

No Stopping Me Now.........

..........that i have got my sewing machine out and fixed the tension!!

I love real stitching on a card, it gives such a great effect and thought it about time that i look at my sewing machine and see if i can fix it. It was easy, i don't no what took me so long (besides laziness........lol). I also forgot how good it is, it has a little screen showing me which stitch i have selected and it also recommends what setting would work best for that stitch with different materials - how cool is that.

I could only find a matching black thread and bobbin so i kept the paper i used quite dark.

Here's the first card i made:

<--------Look!!! Real stitching..............lol. For the second card i wanted to try and make something a bit funky, i decided to use my Crop-o-Dile to do the embellishment (didn't turn out how i pictured in my head). I also wanted to make use of the white space (again something i don't do very often) and have like a wonky stitched border around the edge. The stitching was wonky but not as tidy as i would have liked. All in all the card hasn't turned out to well but decided to show you as i think i'll try and make another with the same idea but tweak it to try and get it to work.

Friday Sketchers - Sketch 20

There's another great sketch over on Friday Sketchers which i just had to have a go at.

Here's the card i made:

I ordered a few stamps from Elzybells the other day and they arrived yesterday so i just had to ink one of them up!! Love this little bear - he's so cute.

Supplies:
Stamp - Elzybell
Papers - DCVW Nana's Nursery Girl
Glitter chipboard alphas - Dovecraft
Rub-ons - Doodlebug all mixed up minis

Penny Black Challenge #15

Over on Penny Black Saturday Challenge Blog the challenge this week is:

DECORATE THE INSIDE OF YOUR CARD

You can choose the theme and the colours this week and as always it is entirely up to you what you make...a card, atc, altered art etc....just as long as it features at least one Penny Black image
so let your creativity run wild.

Here's my card:
This was another quick card made using some more old stash - hopefully soon i will have some room for some new papers........lol!!

Challenges on Just Bex Forum

I have done a couple of challenges on the Just Bex Forum.

The first one being K.I.S.S.........keep it simple, stupid!!
You are allowed to use 1 piece of patterned paper, 1 embellishment and 1 sentiment. I did cheat a little as i added another piece of of patterned paper at the bottom as the space was to 'blank'!!

The next challenge was a sketch - a 15 minute sketch!! I managed to make this card in 10 minutes. It's a little rough in places but this challenge was great to make a quick card as it's coming to that time of year where most of my childrens friends have their birthdays and it's also helping me use up some old stash.

I've decided to try and have a craft morning and try and make as many quick and easy cards as i can ready for all the upcoming birthdays. I may be back later to show my makes. x

Challenge #6 - Stitching

This weeks challenge over on House Mouse & Friends is stitching. Here's the card i made.
It's not one of my best cards but i seem to be going through a crafters block at the moment and i'm struggling to make anything. Don't suppose it helps having so much going on in real life but i won't bore you with that!!

I do own a sewing machine but after a short while of having it a messed up the tension and haven't touched it since, so on this card it is all faux stitching but because i felt guilty for kinda cheating i stitched in 2 buttons with elasticated ribbon.

Hope you manage to find time and join in with the challenge. x

Sketch 19 Norway Heidi sponsored by Kreativ Hobby

I came across another great sketch blog called Friday Sketchers thanks to Carole. I was planning to have a go at last weeks sketch but never got the time so i made sure i joined in this week.

Here's what i made using the sketch:

This was a very quick and easy card to make, it only took 10 minutes as i was trying to get a few made while my little girl had an afternoon nap.

Supplies used:
DCWV Nana's Nursery girl papers
Prima flowers
Buttons galore
Dovecraft chipboard glitter letters
Doodlebug rub-ons

Stamp with Sarah Kay Challenge 10

Here is my first challenge card i created for Stamp with Sarah Kay. I am a bit late posting it as i was trying to decide whether or not to post as i got the sketch slightly wrong as i worked from memory (not a good thing these days!!).

For this card i have used a text stamp from catslife press, basicgrey offbeat papers, Sarah Kay stamp, prima flowers and lace from stash.