Mallow Flower Fairy

Isn't she lovely!!! She's been hiding in my cupboard ... along with the rest of her friends .. for months. I've stashes of backing papers that I never think of using so found this Laura Ashley one and matched it up with some purple card. I chalked round the edges of the base cream card and finished off with the usual ribbons, bow and pearls .. and before you say leaves aren't cream .. they didn't look right in green!!! LOL!!!
Have a nice weekend.

Flippin' Groceries

Another brilliant Flippin' Woman from La Pashe.
This is me every Saturday afternoon after my weekly shop at the local supermarket!!!!
Don't mind the shopping bit too much ... it's putting it all away when I get it home that I don't like.
I made this one up using a backing paper that matched her coat and then coloured some silver peel offs the same colour to put round the edges of the oval. Easy peasy!!
See what Jak, Toni and Jackie have been up to recently.
See you soon xx

Not too sure about this one

Have you ever made a card and when it's finished can't decide whether you like it or not?
That's what's happened with this one. When I had all the bits in front of me I thought the colours looked nice together ... but once I'd made it up ... it didn't do a lot for me!!
Oh well .. I can't make a mini masterpiece every day! LOL!
Have a nice day.

Green and Cream

Can't say I'm a fan of green .. but admit it does look nice with the cream. I THINK this flower is a Narcissus but knowing me it probably isn't ... but I'm sure someone will put me right!!
The flowers in the top right hand corner were originally white cos didn't have any cream ones so added a bit of chalk to make them a similar colour to the main flower.
A different card fold for me as well ... left the inside blank for the minute cos it's not for anyone in particular but when I do decide to send it to someone I'll add a verse on a cream cuttlebug oval and put it on top of the green one .. if you know what I mean!!!
Hope you all had a good weekend.

Anyone for Bingo???

And still they keep coming .. Flippin' Women that is (from La Pashe).

Wish my Auntie Anne was still around .. she'd have loved this one. She lived in Hull but used to travel to the seaside town of Withernsea every week to play Bingo in the amusement arcades and I remember when we used to visit her she used to give us kids some of her winning tickets and let us choose something from the middle of the bingo stall. Oh for the good old days!!
Go and visit Jak, Toni and Jackie and see what they've been up to.

Botanical Bouquet

Yet another beautiful flower from the Cupcake Crafting CD's ... and yet again I haven't a clue what the flower is!!!! I just know it's pretty and pink!!
The backing paper is a free download from one of the many scrapbooking sites, added two different colours of ribbon, computer generated text and chalked round the edge of my white base card with a pale green colour and finished off with some pearls.
Hope you all had a nice weekend ... enjoy what's left of it!!

Two more

Another two Flippin' Women .. this time Ironing and Hiking.
Can relate to the ironing one but as for the other ... the furthest I ever walk is from my craft room to the kitchen to get refreshments!! and then back to my craft room again. That's enough walking for me!!!
Go and visit Jak, Toni and Jackie and see what they've been up to.
Sees ya.

Flippin' Crafting

Another card made up from the delightful Flippin' Women range.
I've tried to incorporate as many crafting things as I can on here i.e. cuttlebug swiss dots, brads, ribbon, bows, peel offs, fabric flowers, pearls and punches .. and ran out of space to put anything else on!! I'll post another one tomorrow .. so you know where I am if you'd like to come back and have a look. Pop over to Jak, Toni and Jackie's blogs for more of these lovely women!!
Have a nice evening.

Flippin' Women

Well here they are last .. the one's you've all been waiting for ... Flippin' Women!
Once again Jak and La Pashe have come up trumps with another fantastic range of decoupage sheets. The one I'm showcasing is Flippin' Gardening .. as if you hadn't guessed.
Go check out Jak, Toni and Jackie's blogs and see what they've done with their women.
Right just off to catch up with Jak on Create and Craft Sky Channel 644.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Lesser Spotted Butterfly

Forgot I had these Cuttlebug butterflies. Only used them once before on a wedding card so got them out, dusted them down and gave them a new lease of life. Also used my circle nesties, and the scallop border was done using my Romance board. The backing paper is from a sheet by Laura Ashley and finished it all off with some pearls and ribbon.
Have a nice weekend.

A new award

Just received this award from Toni. Thank you so much Toni .. very much appreciated.
The only rules are you must send this to five other people so here goes:

Val
Louise
Jools
Lynn
Sonia

Poppy Anemones

I bet your all amazed that I actually know the name of these flowers!! Don't be fooled .. only reason I know is cos it said so on the deco sheet! LOL!
This has got to be the smallest card I've ever made. It's an A4 sheet cut in half lengthways and then folded in half again. Not much room to put a lot of anything on really .. but managed to get some ribbon on .. even though it's not one of my infamous bows!!
Have a nice day.

More unknown flowers!!!

Gorgeous image ... this time taken from the Botanical Bouquet CD by Cupcake Crafting. I suppose I should know what the flowers are but nature and stuff like that have never been my strong point.
I did some good old fashioned embossing on this one .. dug my light box out and my ornare stencil and away I went ... really enjoyed doing it too.
I'm snowed in so will probably spend the day in my craft room. Good old snow!! LOL!!

Blue and White Flowers

Haven't the foggiest idea what these flowers are but thought they were so pretty and loved the colour. The image is again taken from the Bunch of Botanicals CD and the backing paper is just some I had in my stash. Very simple card to make and I've not put a sentiment on cos don't know who it's going to or what occasion it might be for.
Have a nice day.

Red Tulip

First card I've made in ages ... been sooo busy making invitations for my cousin whose just been appointed Store Manager of a new store of a very well known supermarket chain!! Felt very privileged that she asked me to make the invitations for her ... quite an honour really.
Anyway back to my card ... the decoupaged image is from "A Bunch of Botanicals" CD by Cupcake Crafting, used Swiss Dots cuttlebug folder for the top bit, romance board for the scalloped edge, computer generated text and finished off with some white pearls ... oh and stuck a bow and some ribbon on to finish off!!
Have a nice weekend!

To d .... or not to d ....

..... that is the question. Bet you're wondering what I'm talking about .. yes?
The correct way to spell Grandaughter/Grand-daughter. I never know which is right so I asked the customer first and she wanted it with one d .. so that's what she got.
The card was made with images and backing paper from the new Joanna Sheen Baby Love CD ... some adorable pictures on there and the backing papers are fantastic too.
Have a nice weekend.

The last one (for now!!)

I know you must all be fed up of seeing my cards made with Freds Flowers, but had a spare pink one floating about and just had to do something with it .. so this is what I did.
A little bit different to my normal layout but just wanted to keep it very simple.
Oh and a message for Jackie (Jazz) if you're reading this. See if you can spot my stamping efforts!! LOL!!

My first 2009 card

I actually sat and made this last night .. New Year's Eve .. instead of partying and drinking copious amounts of alcohol. OK .. I didn't go partying but I did drink quite a bit of alcohol but can't have had that much cos everything looks pretty much straight on the card!!!
I used Fred's Flowers .. again .. and I'll warn you in advance .. just made another card today using the flowers, but the one I just made is quite a bit different to the others. You'll have to wait until tomorrow to see that one cos not enough light here now to take a decent photo of it.

Happy New Year everyone xx

I lied ......

when I said I'd made my last Christmas card for this year.
I had a last minute request for a First Christmas card for Cameron ... you may remember the one I made for him when he was born earlier this year.
His Mummy and Daddy weren't in a mad rush for it as obviously at six months old he still can't read and doesn't know who Santa is yet!!! LOL
They just wanted a memento to mark his first Christmas.
Hope you all had a good one and with a bit of luck the next card I post will be a nice, pretty, flowery one .. just how I like 'em.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I'd just like to wish everyone out there a very Merry Christmas and an even better New Year and a big thank you to everyone who visits my blog and especially those who take the time to leave me lovely comments.
Cheers!!!

Ain't she cute!!

After making Christmas cards for what seems forever this year ... it was so nice to make an ordinary card.
This is for Trev's boss and his wife cos every year at Christmas they book all the staff (and their other halves) into a hotel that is having a theme night of some description .. last night it was Moulin Rouge. Had a great night and the brilliant thing about it is nobody has to worry about getting home cos we all stay the night at the hotel and then get treated to a full english breakfast the following morning. (Oh and forgot to mention .. all drinks are free all night .. just put them on the company tab .. how generous is that)!!

The last one

I've made over 80 Christmas cards this year ... 60 of them being the little snowman card further down on my blog ... and to be quite honest if I see another snowman this side of Christmas I might just get the urge to strangle him!!! I get bored when making the same card so many times but with time never on my side, I have no option but to make them all the same ... apart from a few special ones!!

It was such a pleasure to make this one for my Mum and Dad ... a) because it got my creative juices flowing again and b) not a snowman in sight!!!

The lovely poinsettia is from the Christmas Past CD from Cupcake Crafting and the poinsettia paper is a Laura Ashley one .. I just drew round the edges of the flowers with a Sakura Stardust pen to make it glisten!!

The same .. but different

As these two cards are going on the same mantlepiece they had to be made the same but different! If you know what I mean!!
I'm never too sure about putting bows and ribbons on male cards .. they look OK to me ... but then again my bows are practically famous so a card without a bow just wouldn't be me!!!

Gold and Cream Wedding Card


This is for a couple who are getting married in Iceland in a couple of weeks. Don't know why they bothered wasting their money ... they could have got married in our back garden .. it's covered in frost and absolutely freezing!!!

Used the good old Booktrix board ... don't particularly like making these cards .. find them too time consuming but it was what I was asked for .. so I did as I was told!!