Baby baby baby ...

Just a quick post today. The birth of a baby brings so much joy & happiness. And what better way to celebrate than with a handmade card :) One of the mums from school gave birth to a gorgeous little girl recently, so I made 2 cards for her ... one from me and one requested by a friend. And in the same week, a plea for another baby girl card! So here are all three ...

The 2 cards above use products from Craftwork Cards, 'Warren' the rabbit is soooo cute!

This card is made from papers & a topper from the Do crafts goody bag last month, Tatty Teddy is just right for baby cards.

Finally, from the young to the old! My lovely Dad had his birthday the other day & here's the card I made for him ...

This card was stamped with the spot on roller from Stampin' Up. Other stamps used were, I think from Banana Frog & Clarity Stamps.

Right, a frantic 2 weeks for me now ... I sit my level 2 psychology exam with the Open University 2 weeks today. Aaaaaagh!! I haven't sat an exam for ... well, yes let's not even go there! So I'm off now to revise, revise, revise ...

Take care & thanks for stopping by x

Over the hill!!

April was a pretty mad month. The title of this post gives you a smidge of a clue why ... yes, I reached that milestone of a birthday, the big 40!!
Now instead of sobbing into my grey hair I decided to embrace my coming of age with lots of treats & celebrations :)
I had an 80s night out with my lovely friends, a meal out with my fab family & a visit to Blenheim palace in the gorgeous sunshine with hubby & my cherubs :)
And I'm really gonna milk this ... a trip on the London eye had to be postponed, we decided visiting London the same weekend as a big footie match & the marathon was a bad idea so I still have this to look forward to. I've never been to ladies day at Ascott so that's booked up. Oh, & a girly day at a health spa is calling me later in the year. I mean, come on, what's not to like about turning 40??!! :)

Onto crafty things now, an old school friend of mine also turned 40 a few days after me so here's the card I made for her. I'm loving the lace & bakers twine that's so popular at the moment. Or butchers twine, as one of my lovely crafting friends keeps calling it :)

And just to get your taste buds watering, there's a pic of the birthday cake I made for myself. Yes, covered in maltesers & minstrels. Yummy ...

Take care & thanks for popping by x

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Using up the scraps!

Just a short post to show 2 quick cards I've made using some leftover scraps of paper.

Sentiments are from my favourite stamp company, Banana Frog.

Thanks for popping by & take care x

Merry Christmas

OMG ... can't believe that last post worked, how easy was that! So while I'm on a roll here's the Xmas cards I made for my gorgeous kids. My lil man simply loves club penguin. Jess's card is a stamped image from the Greeting Farm coloured in with promarkers. The stamped sentiment is one from a Banana Frog Xmas set.
I also made some very quick & simple gift tags using distress ink & Banana Frog stamps again.

All that remains for me to say is I wish you all a very merry Christmas & a happy & healthy 2011.

Take care & thanks for stopping by.

x

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Fame at last!

Well I didn't quite believe it when I received the letter & freebies, but I've had one of my cards published in a magazine! It was in issue 61 of Papercraft Essentials. Here's a pic of it ...
Now this is a short post as I'm trying out blogging from my phone!

Take care & thanks for stopping by.
x

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Celebrations continued ...

Just a quick post ... I rummaged around & managed to find a pic of the card I made for my sister for passing her degree. Here it is

And I made her birthday card using the adorable "Hiya chick" stamps from Banana Frog

 That's all for now!
Thanks for stopping by & take care xxx

Celebrations!

Yes I know ... long time no post. I'm gonna try really hard to blog a bit more often!

July is always a busy month for celebrations in our family... my Mum & Dad's wedding anniversary is in the middle of July & also, can you believe it, my sister's birthday is on the same day! So after years of always feeling left out (sob, sob, pass the tissues), when me & hubby decided to get married, it had to be in July!
This year though my parents celebrated their Ruby wedding anniversary ... 40 years of married life together. We had a big family meal at TGI Fridays to celebrate. If you've never been there, you should go it was yummmmmmmmy!
Of course such an occasion can't be celebrated without a card so here's the one I made for my Mum & Dad, with of course the obligatory wedding day photo ;-)



My Mum also asked me to make a card for her to give to my Dad. I made a kind of flag/concertina style card which I had seen on the Craftwork Cards website gallery.




We had even further reason to celebrate as my little sister passed her social work degree! Kerry's in her 30s, but she hated school & got out as soon as she could. After bringing up her 2 boys on her own, once they were in secondary school she decided to go back to education. She's worked her butt off to get this qualification & I am so immensely proud of her. Love you lil sis xxx

Thanks for stopping by and take care xxx