Magnolia wedding card

I made this card today following the sketch on this weeks 'Sketchy Challenges.'  The shaped 8 x 8 card is from Craftwork cards and the pink card (yes its pink - it just looks peach in my photo!) and patterned paper are from SU - appropriately called 'Blushing Bride!'  The pleated ribbon is also 'Blushing Bride' from SU and the 'lace' was made using a MS border punch.  The Magnolia image was coloured with Promarkers and Stickles and I can enter this weeks Just Magnolia challenge as I've used ribbon, lace, flowers and pink - the middle row of the square.  The flowers and leaves were made using punches and the sentiment stamp is from LOTV.
I haven't had time to make many cards recently - when I get off school I need to get caught up on lots of 'Spring' cleaning! I've been busy doing all those horrible jobs like cleaning out the oven, the deep fat fryer and the kitchen cupboards and drawers - unfortunately I'm not even halfway round yet!  I have a couple of orders for cards, so I'll have to take some time out soon to get them ready!

WOYWW 163

Back home again for WOYWW 163 - well today on my desk,  I have a all the new stuff I bought while on holiday last week.  The highlight of the craft shopping was a wee visit to the LOTV shop in Leeds - it was very convenient to Leeds Bradford airport (where we flew home from).  Isn't it great when things work out like that!! Last time we planned to go on holiday to York DH managed to get himself knocked down in Dumfries and spent the whole holiday in hospital - so it was safer to fly there this time!! Anyway, you can see I bought some LOTV stamps and die cut squares and they are now stocking Promarkers/Flexmarkers and Wild Orchid flowers, so I had to get some of them as well.  The other tubs of paper flowers came from WH Smith - a bargain at 99p and the buttons came from Duttons in York.  The other bits and pieces came from either 'Boyes' or 'Craft Inspiration' in Scarborough - we went there on Friday so Nathan could have a go at driving a small tank! - but it rained so much that everywhere was flooded and the Military Adventure Park was closed, so we HAD to go to the shops instead!!

Thank you hen card

I made this card tonight for Nathan to give to his Granda for looking after his four wee hens when we were on holidays.  I used the sketch on this weeks Promarker challenge and a couple of Magnolia stamps, coloured with Promakers, cut out and layered up with foam squares.  I think I could enter the Magnolia challenge (using things beginning with 'B') as I have used buttons, a bird (well, a chicken is a bird!) and lots of brown on the card.  The thank you stamp is from LOTV and the paper is from a 6 x 6 pad by MME called 'Blink of an eye.'  The plain mustard and kraft coloured card are from SU, as is the punch used for the sentiment label.

New Home

Just a card I made recently for a new home, to show you today.  I used an old sketch from Sketch and Stash and the paper is from one of the Doodlebug 6 x 6 pads.  The twine is also Doodlebug.  The stamp is from a really old Woodware clear set, coloured with Promarkers.  The scalloped border punch is from SU and the new home stamp if from LOTV.  Speaking of LOTV, I'm really looking forward to visiting their new shop on our way back to Leeds Bradford airport tomorrow lets hope the flooding between here and there isn't too bad.  The shop is now stocking Promarkers, Copics paper flowers etc, so it should be good!  By the way, I managed to finish my jigsaw in time to pack it all up for going home - I took a photo just to prove it!

Wedding Invites

At last I think it should be OK to show you the wedding invites I made for my niece - they have all been posted out now, so it should be safe enough.  I used a cream shimmery card for the base and then embossed a piece for the front.  The layer under this is a pealised raspberry pink card and the ribbon is from Meiflower - they were very helpful in sorting me out with what I needed.  I used the same ribbon to tie a wee bow and then the pearl diamante thing was stuck in the centre.  The label was printed on the computer and punched out using a SU punch and the pink layer under it was also made with a SU punch, then finished off with a tiny adhesive pearl either side.  Because of the thickness of the embellishments, I had to make wee boxes to post them out in - my Scorepal board was very useful for this (I used the same card as for the invites).  The photography is rubbish as usual - the colours look much better than this IRL!

WOYWW 161

Its that time of the week again when we get to see what everybody has been doing on WOYWW - to snoop around go to Julia's blog HERE.  Actually, I am far away from my workdesk this week and so this is a photo of two desks put together to make the surface big enough to build a jigsaw in our wee holiday cottage.  I haven't brought anything crafty on holiday this year - cardmaking doesn't really travel and my cross stitch is almost finished and as it has been comissioned, I thought it was safer to leave it at home in case it would get damaged or lost in transit!  So I'm just building a jigsaw when the children have gone to bed, or else reading a book!  I hope I get it finished by the end of the week!  By the way, the piece in the bottom row that looks the wrong colour is actually right - its just that there is a bolt thing through the table and the piece is sitting up on top of it at a different angle from the surrounding pieces!

Twins birthday (2)

Just a card I made a few days ago, as I'm on holiday at the moment and unable to make any cards.  I used LOTV die cut square and the paper is from a First Edition pad, but I can't remember its name.  The flowers and leaves are made using punches.  The flowers have been inked round the edges with ink from SU, the match of the brown card, also from SU.  The layout is this weeks Sketchy challenge, although you can hardly see the lower band of lace as I've managed to cover it all up!  The wee heart buttons are ones I have saved from the labels of White Stuff clothes - a good excuse to buy lots from them - they have three different buttons on the label of each item, but the heart is the one I like best!  I printed the sentiment on the computer and then punched it out using SU punches.  I am also entering this card in the Allsorts challenge (In bloom) as I have added flowers.