Back again

Twice in one day - can you believe it! I wanted to get this card in on time for a couple of challenges - LOTV and Sketch and Stash.  The paper is my new product - it came free with the latest Quick cards magazine.  As usual, I used Promarkers for colouring and the sentiment stamp is from SU.

Just Magnolia

I made this birthday card using the sketch on this weeks Magnolia challenge.  Most of my Magnolia figures are sitting down and so weren't the right shape - but I found this one and matched her up with these Bo Bunny Sweet Tooth papers.  The sentiment is from LOTV and the pink seam binding ribbon is from SU.  I paper pieced her dress - thinking I could enter the Allsorts challenge - but I was a bit too late!!  Sorry about the photography - the card is actually straight, although it looks anything but in this photo!!

Sugar Bowl Birthday

Just a quick post with my card for the latest Sugar Bowl challenge - its a fairly straightforward sketch and I've used one of my first Sugar Nellie purchases - although I can't remember what its called - I don't think its available anymore.  The papers are all from the First Edition 'Love Letters' pad.  The buttons are from Papermania and the sentiment is by Craftwork Cards, mounted on a SU punched oval.  The image was coloured with Promarkers as usual.  I am also entering it into the Simon Says challenge which is for Spots and/or Stripes - I have both!!

Yet another retirement card

This is the final card on my 'to do' list - now I can go back to making general ones for sale in school and the chemist.  I had to make up some sample wedding invititations for my niece as well - obviously I can't show you them - I even forgot to photograph them - so whichever one she chooses, I'll have to get it back to see what I put on it!! I'll need to get supplies ordered up so that I can get them all made during my Easter holidays - the wedding is in September.

Back to this card - the image is a LOTV die cut square, mounted onto a Nesties lacy square.  The papers are from a First Edition pad called 'Love letters' and the little flowers are die cut from felt using X-cut dies 'Bloom' and 'Flower'.  The leaf ribbon is by Tilda from Panduro Hobby.  The 'Take it easy' sentiment is form a Woodware clear Get Well set and the retirement sentiment is from a clear set by Words Like Honey.  I will enter it into this weeks PTW challenge 'Die cut special.'

Retirement card

Back again - went up to Co Antrim for the weekend and got a wee visit to the Craft Factory for a few new supplies.  We also called at Crafters and Co but were disappointed to find it shut - they must still be on holiday.  I met up with a couple of classmates from College days and they still recognised me - so I was encouraged by that - I mustn't look as old as I thought!!

Here is another card I have been asked to make.  I used the Friday Sketch Challenge and a Papernation stamp.  The doily die is a Marianne one (I think) as are the little flower dies.  The paper is First Edition 'Dreamcatcher' and the buttons came free with Papercraft Essentials.  As usual, I used Promarkers for colouring.

65th Birthday

I haven't used any of my decoupage sheets for ages, so decided to use one for this birthday card.  The background paper is from a First Editions pad called 'Dreamcatcher' - one of my purchases at the NEC.  The sentiments have been printed on the computer and the butterfly was made using a punch.  The border punch is by EK Success and the butterfly embossing folder is by Crafts Too.  I think I will enter it into the PTW challenge which is 'Anything Goes' this week (as is Simon Says challenge), with the theme of 'New' - the sentiments were the first ones made using my new printer!  I have had major printer problems for the past few months - I got a wireless printer last spring and it worked fine until recently, when an automatic update messed up my laptop.  Well DH got it sorted, but then the printer wouldn't work.  We ended up getting a new printer last week, but it refuses to print wirelessly either - I managed to get it to work yesterday through the USB and had to rearrange my craft room so that it could be connected up.  It seems to be a problem with a miniport - something to do with Windows 7 I think.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to everyone!  Sorry I have not been around for a while - I have been trying to get some wee jobs done around the house while we were off school, including a big tidy up in my craft room - so the desk was not available for making cards! - Mind you, there's still plenty of work to be done, but I have been asked to make a few cards for people recently.  This one has been made using the PTW sketch.  The image is a Paper Nation stamp, coloured with Promarkers.  The paper is from a little 6 x 6 pack, but I've lost the cover and can't remember who made it.  The retirement sentiment is from a little clear set by Words Like Honey and the circular one is from LOTV.  The border punch is by Fiskers and the plain blue card is a retired colour from Stampin Up.