RECENT CARDS

Here are some more of the recent cards I have had to make, over the last couple of months. I love this baby one, and although I find making the pram up quite fiddly, I love the effect you get. All the things used in this card are from my stash.

This one is a birthday one for my BIL's partner, who really like it.

Any this was was for a work colleague of my husbands. The story behind it is that for his birthday a big group of us went camping to the woods for a weekend - back to nature and all that, and my OH decided to that as a present he would by him a fancy dress outfit of the father from the Incredibles. This is a mock up of what he looked like that I did on the computer, but the thing is Paul is only about 5ft 5" and the outfit was huge on him!

I never know what to do for boy's birthdays, so the easiest thing I have found is to use 'wordle', and base the card on the football team that the kids like, so here is an Arsenal one that I did for my cousins little boy.

I'M BACK

I have been awol for a while, and have seriously neglected my blog. Many reasons for it - lost my card making mojo, had a few problems with work, and having the kids home on 6 weeks holidays from school, means that I haven't had much of a chance to do anything other than try to keep them entertained. Since I last posted back in May, I have made a few cards which are below.

The thank you ones were for my son's teachers/teaching assistants at the end of term:





























Not sure what all the papers are, as they are from my stash as are all the peel offs, ribbons and flowers. All the cards were accompanied by home-made brownies and chocolate chip cookies, which were very well received.

ANOTHER AWARD

I have just recieved this award from the lovely Maria at http://mumhugcraft.blogspot.com/. Thank you very much Maria. I have to pass it on to 7 people and then write 10 honest things about myself. I'm passing it on to:

http://debbiesunderland.blogspot.com/
http://helsbelswork.blogspot.com/
http://itsnotterrysitschoccys.blogspot.com/
http://lil-miss-tree.blogspot.com/
http://flourgirlcrafts.blogspot.com/
http://mookybargirlpage.blogspot.com/
http://sallyukscards.blogspot.com/

Please pass it on to 7 others.

Right here are 10 honest things about me:

1. I hate getting up in the morning when it's dark.
2. I'm scared of frogs.
3. I eat far too much chocolate and sweets.
4. I save for everything I need - if I don't have the money I don't buy it.
5. I always treat people as I would like to be treated.
6. I spend far too long on MSE during the day from work when I should be working .
7. I am not assertive with people or confident in new situations and wish I was.
8. I don't do the housework often enough - crafting is much more fun!
9. I love getting value for money and looking for bargains.
10. I am secretly addicted to watching 60 minute makeover, and wish someone would do it for me.

WHAT A LUCKY GIRL I AM!

Arrived home today to find these beautiful cards waiting for me, with a stash of goodies - courtesy from Carol, who was my 'stash' swap partner for this month over on Crafty Places. Opening the envelopes made me feel like it was Christmas!

The brilliant green card is from DawnTeaBag, who was my 'card' swap partner for May from Crafty Places, and the fab pink card is from Carol, who also very generously sent me this amazing stash:

Thanks very much ladies. I love it all, and look forward to making some cards with Carol's goodies.

CREATIVE CARD CREW CHALLENGE - SHAPES

This is the card that I'll be entering for this week's CCC challenge - Shapes. As usual I had an image in my head, and just needed to find a template!

The coloured card I already had, and the paper is, I think, from Dovecraft Retro Flowers, and the padded butterflies I had already, and they were bought a while ago from the Papermill Shop.


Inspiration for this card came from here.


I think it has turned out really well - although my OH begs to differ - what do men know about cardmaking anyway!

BLOG AWARD

Thank you to Flourgirl for passing me the Cindersmacfee Blog Award.

I'd like to pass it on to:

Flutterbies
Helen's Work of Art
Mel's Mess
Sally's Cards
Snowy Peaks

Please pass it onto 5 others.

DADDY'S BIRTHDAY CARD

It's my husbands birthday today, so on Friday the kids and I made this card for him:



The story behind this one, is that the family of a workmate of his own a woodland and my OH and his mates occasionally go into the woods to shoot the squirrels as they are pest in the woodland and are doing a lot of damage to the trees. Try as they might, and despite attempting to shoot the squirrels over 5 weekends so far this year, only one has been shot and that was by my husband. They go shooting for grey squirrels only, so the deliberate mistake in this card is that it shows a red one, but he's dressed in camouflage gear, and looks as though he wants to get his own back on my OH and his mates!



I know this card won't be everyone's cup of tea, but my husband finds it very amusing!

THIS WEEK'S CREATIVE CARD CREW CHALLENGE

This is my 'minimalist' card for the Creative Card Crew Challenge this week.

Had the green card and ribbon in my stash - very proud of my 'hand-tied bow' and usually struggle to make these look any good, but today it worked!

The flowery paper is a bit dovecraft retro flower 6 x 6 paper, and a peel off for Happy Birthday.

CARDS FOR 'BIG' MALE BIRTHDAYS

I am always stumped when it comes to making cards for men.

In the next few weeks, I have a 50th and 70th party to go to, and have therefore come up with these, which I hope both recipients will like.

I've seen the idea in shops, and thought that I would have a go at making some.

The card is designed in Publisher and the birthday cakes in the corner are from clip art. The information that makes the card are facts that have been taken from Wikipedia from 1939 and 1959. I really liked making these and have found the facts fascinating, since I wasn't around until 1972!

3 IN 1 CHALLENGE CARD FOR THIS WEEK

OK, this is my most recent card, which I think fits 3 challenges this week.

Firstly, the 'Green' MSE Challenge this week, was any design but must be green - the dress is mint green set on cream embossed paper and a green circle. Dress was bought at Papermill, and the cream paper from the Works.

For the Crafty Place Challenge you had to use: 3 ribbons (silver); 3 brads (middle of flowers), 3 colours - green, silver,cream; 3 shapes (2 circles and one rectangle); and 3 papers (cream embossed, jade green circle, stripey green paper at the bottom - I know they look blue, but they are actually tones of aqua, so I am classing that as green!

The Creative Crew Challenge this week is the use of embossing, so since I don't have a cuttle bug or the like or any way to do it buy hand, I have just used the dress and cream paper.

The actual card is based a bit on my card for last weeks Creative Crew Challenge, which I loved doing.