Saturday, July 30, 2011

Commision Card

Hi everyone

This afternoon I have another commision card to show you, you might think I have seen this card before, well the story is, it was put in the shop for sale and was sold about 5 minutes later, I was in the shop at the same time and another lady came over to me ask if I could do her two cards exactly the same as the one that had just been sold as she had just missed it, I said same paper etc g oh yes please, guess what no same paper left aggggg luckly my friend came to the rescue with the same paper phew and I still had a pic of the card so how lucky was I.


I love this Hangar image with summer flowers,coloured with Copic and glitter pens, the papers are Bo Bunny, flowers from Wild Orchid and finished with pearls,lace, butterfly and ribbon from  my stash, sentiment is digital, from Lynne over at Sentiments 4you.

Brian feeling a lot better today and feels like a roast dinner so I will have to keep this post short, on the card front only two Christmas cards left to do, as I had three in my stash and rest was done yesterday and last night.

 Some challenges.

Cropstop - Lace

Paper Playtime - Summer

Polka Doodles -English Country Garden, my flowers.



Thanks for popping by my place, its so good to see you

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Challenges

 Good Afternoon All

Wow! it is so hot here you can hardly breath when you go outside, it’s the hottest that I have known in a long time, it must be at least 53c with humidity high and sticky with it.

Today I have another commission card to show you, this one is being sent to the UK for a friend’s friend, I have a new image from Bugaboo I was waiting to get coloured up and this was perfect for what see wanted , as we all like to shop don’t we hehehe.





I coloured her with Copic and the papers are from Lasting Impressions, the big pink flower was a gift from a friend and the brad is from Hobby House, also used is a M/S punch with flowers from W/O, ribbon, corner piece and pearls from my stash.

Inside

Challenges I have entered

Catch The Bug - Metals add a brad or eyelet

Colour Create - Pink Green White

Allsorts - Free and Easy

Anything Goes - Flowers



I have been in my craft room for the past two days, all day, as hubby had his treatment this week and has not been feeling too well and gets very tired so I like to keep the house quiet as possible so no Rod Stewart blaring out or cleaning for me, quiet like the no cleaning bit.

He’s resting again this afternoon so I get to go back in my craft room again, all things being good he should be feeling more like his old self by the weekend.


Now people who know me, know I do not go into detail about my hubby’s condition very much but I do chat about it quiet often and skirt round the edges but I have had a few people asking me about my hubby’s cancer and the treatment he is on.


I find it very difficult to explain because it is so complicated so I will tell you the cancer and the treatment and you can read about it yourself and I hope this will help you in some way.

The treatment he has is called Lanreotide which is for Carcinoid Syndrome Cancer with Metastasis to the Liver, there is lots of information on the net as it is very difficult and complicated for me to explain and this post would end up a mile long.

I will say when you go for your health checks make sure they take your colon and intestine into consideration as my hubby was diagnosed with something else for years and this was not the case, this was not their fault as this cancer is very hard to detect but it is better to get every check done that is possible.


On a happier note (we always try to stay happy and positive in this family) I have just got an order for 10 Christmas cards by Sunday as this person is leaving the island and wants to take the cards with her. Sunday I said its Thursday today so I’d better get my skates on.

Thanks for popping round today I do appreciate it and all your comments, have a great day all.


Monday, July 25, 2011

Birthday Cards today

Good Morning all

Very early start for me today but I have a few things to do before a friend calls round for a crafty session with tea and muffins this morning, my cards for today are two commissions and both Birthday Day ones.

They are being delivered to Cyprus by a friend for me, I got these commissions while I was on holiday, I used a Bugaboo image, coloured with Copic and glitter pens, the papers are Bo Bunny, flowers from Wild Orchid and finished with pearls.




Inside to match




The second card is also on its way to Cyprus for the same person and uses another Bugaboo image coloured with Copic, the papers are also Bo Bunny with the edges inked with a bit of Timmy distressing ink, flowers from Wild Orchid, pearls, gold corner, lace and butterfly from my stash.




Peak at the inside





Challenges

Colour Create – Colour combo

Stamp Something - Favourite Embellishments - flowers

Thank you for popping by my place again, it’s so good to see you and I do appreciate it. 
I shall be round to see you later, have a good day all.


Saturday, July 23, 2011

Whimsy Inspirations New Challenge Blog

How exciting Whimsy Inspiration has got a new challenge blog.

Welcome to our new challenge blog where the Digi Design Team will be taking it in turns every week to host a challenge. Our first challenge will begin Wednesday the 10th of August


Who can enter our challenges....? Everyone!



We need your help.... We would love you to help us spread the word and tell your friends we are here on the blog scene.
Please grab the badge above or to the left of this blog to add to your sidebars. Of course there is an incentive ;-)




What do I do to win? Grab the Badge, Tell your Friends that there will be a new challenge starting at Whimsy Inspirations on Wednesday 10th August and leave a link to your blog at Whimsy Inspirations... Simple!

Everyone who follows these 3 simple steps will be entered into our draw to win a mystery prize. The winner will be announced at Whimsy Inspirations on the 10th August on the first Challenge day!

As well as a random winner being chosen each challenge one lucky player who has used a Whimsy Stamps image (rubber or digital) will have the opportunity to be a guest designer for a future challenge. The guest designer will be able to choose a digi stamp of their choice from the store to create their guest card too! Does that sound good?

So what are you waiting for :-)


Friday, July 22, 2011

Christmas cards for this week

Hi All

These are my last Christmas cards for this week at Catch the Bug Challenge, I have had a full week of Christmas and challenges and now the fun over there is comming to an end, awe but I hope to do at least one a week now I have got in the mood.

The card I am going to show you should have been posted yesterday but I was feeling a little unwell.

This is for the Thursday Challenge over at Catch the Bug and the theme was Snow Business and this is what I came up with.





The papers are Bo Bunny and I glitter all the edges, I just love the dotty paper, the image is coloured with Copic and snow flakes have been glitter too.



The challenge for today at Catch the Bug is Anything Goes and this is my little effort for today.







The papers are Bo Bunny again and I added bling to the corners, the image is coloured with Copic and a sentiment to finish.


Quick post today as I have to start dinner but I will be round to see you all later, thanks for popping in to see me and have a great day all.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

I'm back with Christmas again

Good Afternoon all

Two cards to show you today and they are both Christmas ones again as I am still enjoy the Christmas in July week challenges over at Catch the Bug and my collection for Christmas is still lacking cards so I have no excuse not to build it up.

I was so busy at Christmas time last year and so last minute with the cards people wanted to buy that I said to myself it will not happen again ekkkk, I have got orders for Christmas cards already and it’s only July, some people are so organized!!!

My first card is for the challenge on Tuesday which is to use the image they provided, there is a set of these and I must have them all lol, I just love these characters and they are very popular.


The Inside to Match


My second card is for Wednesday oh today in fact, ok I keep losing my days lol and for this challenge it was a sketch to follow.



The Inside to Match


All the papers on my cards this week are from a Christmas stack I bought in the UK and called Christmas Wishes from DCWV, the ribbon and pearls are from my stash.

Challenges entered

Catch the Bug – Image provided

Catch the Bug – Sketch

CupCake Craft – Stars, the star is on my first card.

CES -Christmas

News


It’s Whimsy Blog Hop today with their new release stamps, so do pop over and join in the fun and see some fantastic creations by the talented DT’s.


Thanks for popping in to see me, I do love to see you here and hope you enjoy my creations, well I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy creating them, have a great day all and see you soon.


Monday, July 18, 2011

Christmas in July

Hi all
I hope your all having a good day, it’s hot, hot, hot here and very humid phew, so glad to be back indoors with the AC’s.

To carry on my theme of Christmas I have another card to show you with a Bugaboo image it’s one of the latest releases which I just love, the theme for today is non-traditional colours, if you did not know Catch the Bug is having a full week of Christmas themed challenges and I love these images so I shall be joining in all the fun and I get to make Christmas cards yahh.



I used mainly Pink on my card, love Pink, the papers are Bo Bunny, the sentiment is a free one I got with a magazine last year, the flowers I made myself from a Pointsetter die which I got from Marianne Designs and inked them with Spun Sugar from Tim Holtz, the punch is M/S, lace, ribbon and pearls from my stash, I also added nesstie circles in the corner.



The inside to match, with another free sentiment from the magazine.



Challenges I have entered:

Catch the Bug- Non-Traditional Colours –Christmas

Creative Inspirations – Christmas

Cute Card Thursday – Going Round In Circles

Simon Says – Anything Goes


News



This month Whimsy Stamps are doing things a little differently - they are releasing the stamps and dies a whole week before their new release blog hop!
Don't miss out!

Thank you for popping by my place again, it’s so good to see you and I do appreciate it.
Have a good day all.


Saturday, July 16, 2011

Christmas in July

Good Evening all and hope you all had a good day,

I am late posting a card for today as I have just finished it agg so late today.



I have a Christmas themed card to show you tonight and rest of the week will be Christmas too, as I intend to join in all the fun over at Catch the Bug, Christmas in July week, now this should inspire me to keep going with my Christmas cards every week, I do hope so, make a change from the last minute rush.




Challenge I have entered:

Catch The Bug - Christmas

Secret Crafter – Holidays

Stamp Something – Christmas in July

Digistamps4Joy - Christmas in July


Short post tonight as I still have some things to do before I go to bed and Brian’s cold has set him off snoring, so no sleep last night agggg ear plugs tonight me thinks or the other bedroom.

Thanks for popping by again and see you all later.


Thursday, July 14, 2011

Christmas Card

Hi all
I cannot believe it Thursday already where has the week gone, we start our weekend here tomorrow so hubby has Friday and Saturday off, he has a really bad cold, getting a cold really knocks him for six and makes him very tired but otherwise he is doing very well, the treatment he is on is doing its work and I have never seen him looking so good for ages, so thankful.

Onto my card for today and it’s a card for Catch the Bug challenge which is Clean and Simple ok I am not good at this as I like my flowers and pearls etc but the temptation was too much and I had to put bling in the corners lol.




Now the inside! This is a first for me, plain and just 1 line of message now how clean and simple is that!



Challenges

Catch the Bug – Clean and Simple

All Sorts – Free – Easy

Aud’s Sentiments – At Least 2 Words

News




This month Whimsy Stamps are doing things a little differently - they are releasing the stamps and dies a whole week before their new release blog hop!
Don't miss out!


Thanks for popping in to see me, I do love to see you here and hope you enjoy my creations, well I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy creating them, have a great day all and see you soon.






Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Two commision cards for today

Hi All
I have two cards to show you today, my first is for Chrissy DT call and is also a commission card.
I used the image called Heartfelt Angel that Chrissy designed and can be found at Whimsy Stamps in the digi section.


Recipe
Image – Chrissy
Coloured Copic, Pro Markers, Pearl Shimmerz
Paper – Bo Bunny
Swirl – Magnolia
Flowers – Wild Orchid
Distressing Ink – Antique Lace
Sentiment – Lynne Sentiments 4 You
Stash – Pearls, Lace, Ribbon,




The inside to match, the stamp sentiment and surround shape is from Studio, with maching paper and swirl.


My second card is also a commission ( very busy this week,) using a Penny Black image coloured with Copic, the paper is Lastly Impressions and lastly it is, as I bought the last six sheets as I just love this colour combination.

I mounted the image on matching paper the mounted again on a nesstie just showing the hole edges, cannot remember the name of it.
On this card I did faux stitching and used a computer generated sentiment, ribbon, lace and pearls from my stash.




The inside to match with a sentiment from Ann, Raindrop Echo Designs and you can find this at Whimsy Stamps in the digi section.




Challenges
CupCake Craft -  Pick your own I picked Challenge  40. Green, Pink, Brown, Animals and Flowers

Digital Tuesday – Spellbound

Charisma Cardz - all about flowers



That’s all for today and I will be popping round to see you later, I have had trouble with my internet for the past days and no internet connection for hours then I get it back for a couple of hours then it goes again agggg, it’s all being fixed now after the man came in and then we bought a new router so I hope that has fixed the problem, don’t you just hate having no internet ?

Thanks for popping by my place I do appreciated your visits.

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Sunday's with Chrissy DT Call

Good Afternoon all, are we all in a crafting mood today? I know I am and got straight to work this morning creating this card, I would really love to be on Chrissy DT over at Sundays with Chrissy and created another card using one of her fab images called Nose to Nose, this has to be one of my favourites and have used it quite a lot in recent months.

I usually colour the image first then pick the paper but this morning I drop a load of paper on the floor and this blue and yellow was on the top and it grabbed my attention straight way, I like it when things just flow together and the inspiration just hits you.






I coloured her with copic and the papers are from Bo Bunny which I inked with mustard seed from Timmy, punch is M/S lace, sentiment is computer generated, flowers from Wild Orchid, and the lace, pin, ribbon and bling swirls are from my stash.

I also did the inside to match but forgot to take the picture but you all know how I like to do the insides as well, so you will have to use your imagination on this one lol.

Challenges I have entered:

Cute card Thursday – Lace

Charisma Card – Flowers

Try it on Tuesday – Flower Power



Just to remind you ladies that Chrissy from Sundays with Chrissy is holding a DT call if you are interested, just click on the picture or the written link to take you there.



This is the third time I have attempted to post this card my internet keeps going down, we had the guys round to sort it this morning and lo and behold it is still going on and off so hubby’s on the phone again agggggg driving me nuts.


Well that’s all for today and I shall see you all later, it’s good to see you and I do appreciate the time you take to pop over and see me.



Thursday, July 7, 2011

Grandson Birthday Card

Hi all and good news today, I found my new tag die, yippee, I was looking though my scrap box for some paper and there it was, just glaring at me lol, I must have swept it up when I was taking all the scraps off my table, so pleased.

Onto my card for today I have a special card to show you and it’s for my grandson Leandro, we always send him two cards and he would like a dog and lion (still looking for a roaring lion) on his cards this year.





I have used the image Dog Song from Chrissy Armstrong, you can find this at Whimsy Stamps, I coloured it with copic, the papers are from Bo Bunny and the ticket is one Lynne from Sentiments 4 You made for me, the bling and buttons are from my stash.

Just to remind you ladies that Chrissy from Sundays with Chrissy is holding a DT call if you are interested, just click on the picture or the written link to take you there.



Challenges I have entered:

Do it with Digi’s – Spots or Stripes

Aud Sentiments – Sentimants with at least 2 words

Stamptacular Sunday – Seeing Double

Allsorts – Free and Easy


Thanks for popping by, I do appreciate the time you take to pop over and see me.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Two commision cards for today

Hi Everyone

Had a great meal out last night and some really good wine hic so feeling a bit lethargic today so the ironing can wait but I do have two cards to show you that I made during the week and they are both commission cards.

The first is for a Male Birthday so it’s quiet plain but the sentiment says it all and my friend thought it quiet funny and very appropriate for her male friend.

I love this bright paper from Bo Bunny and it was my last piece so I feel a shopping trip coming on, not that I need an excuse as hubby would say.

The image and sentiment is from Bugaboo and coloured with Copic and a Copic fine nip pen for the faux stitching, I added Kaban bling to finish.




The inside has a computer generated sentiment and faux stitching.



Challenges Entered

Catch The Bug – Anything Goes.

Digital Tuesday – Bling it up

Spoonful of Sugar – Stitching

Simon Says – Stitching.



My second card is also a commission card for an Anniversary, using a Penny Black image, coloured with copic, paper is from Bo Bunny again, the flowers are made from a Nessti die and inked with Spun Sugar distressing ink from Tim Holtz.
I also used a M/S and EK punch, pearls, ribbon, butterfly and lace from my stash.




The inside is also the same Penny Black image which I coloured then copied and shrunk to a smaller size.
The sentiment is from Ann at Raindrop Echo Design you can get these wonderful quotes from Whimsy stamps.




have entered the following challenges with this card.

Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes

Penny Black – Desert Island

Try it on Tuesday – Flower Power

Bearly Mine – Anything Goes

Sentimental Sunday - Anything Goes 

Sirstampalot -Anything Goes


Well that’s all for today and I shall see you all later, it’s good to see you and I do appreciate the time you take to pop over and see me.


Monday, July 4, 2011

Commision card

Hi Everyone
I hope your all ok and taking in the sun shine, my card for today is a commission card, you will be seeing a few commissions this week and some really nice quotes as well.

I have use one of my favourite Bugaboo images relating to food or should I say wine hic hic, I coloured her with Copic, using Bo Bunny stripy paper and flower digi paper from Moon Cookie Gallery at Whimsy Stamps, love this paper and colour combination, adding pearls to finish.





The inside I have used the same paper and layout, finishing with a sentiment.













I have entered the following challenges.

Catch The Bug – Any Thing Goes

Stamp Something – Use a Digi

Aud Sentiments – Food or Drink

All Sorts – Free and Easy


Thank you for popping by my place again, it’s so good to see you and also read your comments, I do appreciate it. Have a good day all.

 

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