Two People, One Life ....

So, as promised yesterday here is the first of my late cards! :-< ... that's pretty much how i feel today!  

Our gorgeous friend Paula has returned home today after supporting us for the past 2 weeks.  She started off with keeping us fed and watered during our beside vigils ... making oodles of  hot ~o).  Then she progressed to helping out with the vigil and entertaining the troops!  Most of the time having us =)) inappropriately, but it helped us get through the night.  The list of what she did to help not only, Andy and I, but my Mum, sister, niece, daughters, great-niece and the grandbabies ... not to mention Dad ... is far too long to type but this woman has most definitely a :x of gold!  She has kept me sane when all i felt was @-).  When i felt like ~X( she sorted me out.  She has the knack of turning the :( to :)).  I don't know what I shall do in the morning when i wake up ... who can I text saying "i'm awake" to bring me a ~o) ?  Anyway, we shall miss her lots, but look forward to seeing her again very soon :-*

I made this card for Paula to give to one of her friends.  This card was made using Sketch Saturday sketch #180

I used a Mo Manning Digital Stamp called Married

and used it again on the inside of the card in B&W

To make this card I used :~

CS ~ Stash

DP's  ~ Pink Petticoat Gingham & Summer Driggs Giving

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Flowers, Pearls & other bits and bobs ~ Stash

Tools ~ Marianne Design Butterfly Die, Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor, Diamond Stickles

DP2 Challenge #43 ~ Things With Wings

For the month of August, Peggy is the hostess and her first challenge is, 'Things With Wings'. There's a lot of images at Mo's shop that are just perfect for this challenge... you might chose one of those delightful fairies that Mo has created. Or, 'wings' might be a butterfly or bug you add to your project, or a pretty designer paper.

To make this card i used:-

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Pink Petticoat

Image ~ Digital Pencil Too

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Flowers ~ Stash

Hook & Eyes ~ Stash

Pearls ~ Quixotic Paperie

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Sansodor, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch,

Friday Sketchers Challenge #109

This weeks sketch is not only designed by Inge but is also being sponsored by her too!  What will the prize be? ... It's a surprise but she promises it'll be worth it!!!

This is what i came up with ....

To make this card i used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Derek M Designs ~ Love & Bridal Chorus ~ Free Download

Image ~ Lili of the Valley ~ RAK from Diane x

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC ~ Freebie

Ribbon, Pearls, Flowers, Leaves & Pins ~ Stash

Tools ~ Diamond Stickles, Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Sansodor, Blending Stumps No.0, Heart Border Punch

Sketch Saturday Challenge #107

Another fantabulous sketch designed by our Jo at Sketch Saturday!  I have to admit when i first saw it i did have a bit of a panic attack and wondered what the flippin' heck i was gonna do with it, but then i love a challenge.  This weeks challenge is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp

To make this card i used:~

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  CS ~ Stash
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  DP's ~ Pink Petticoat Gingham and O' Christmas Tree
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  Image ~ Belle's 'n' Whistles ~ Sweet Love
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  Sentiment ~ Create with TLC
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  Gems ~ Stash
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  Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Border Punch, Sansodor, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps No.0, Sakura Stardust Pen (Red)

Wedding RSVP

Fae's off to a wedding and wanted an acceptance card. She come's when i'm most busy LOL ... so this is just a very quick card, all done on the lappy and printed directly on to the CS ... apart from the butterflies obviously!

CS ~ Stash

Patterned Panel ~ Pink Petticoat

Butterflies ~ Martha Stewart Punch

Pearls ~ Quixotic Paperie

My Piece De Resistance ....

I know i said that the posies were my proudest moment, but i think this has since topped it .....

Looking at the photo, i'm not sure that it does it justice! Especially since Angeline is wearing her PJ's LOL! Looks like we're gonna have to wait till the end of the month when they're all dressed up and in the right setting to perhaps get a half decent piccie. But anyhow, this is the first time i've attempted to make a cascading bouquet ... god, dont that sound professional (cascading bouquet) I must admit to making it quite a few times before i was actually happy with it. I was fed up with blinkin' sticky florist tape by the time i'd finished and i managed to miss a whole Strictly Come Dancing episode on the Saturday night whilst doing it ... i did hear the programme but didn't see any of the dances!

Hey, just thought i could enter this into the Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge LOL ... it fits the colour scheme perfectly!

A Bit More Wedding Stuff ....

So, onto my proudest moment LOL ... never before have i made a posie ... but thanks to YouTube and some fantastic tutorials found along the way and about 4 attempts LOL ... here is what i achieved .....

Obviously, not one of the best photo's but i'm hoping to get some better shots the day of the wedding that i shall put on here as well as Facebook .... if your interested in having a nosey!

• All Flowers ~ Dunelm .... not sure if you can tell from the photo, but they are chocolate brown and ivory roses. They came in a tied bunch of about 19 roses for £4.99 per bunch .... MIL thought that we (thats the royal we!) should leave them as is ... so the bride would have a bunch of ivory roses and the bridesmaid each have a bunch of chocolate brown ones! How crap would that've been?!!! I have no idea what the little orange flowers are, but they also came with the green whispy leaves that i've looped through the posie, they were £1.49 for a huge sprig!
• Beads ~ I've had these so long i dont have a clue where they came from .... i do however have a vague memory that perhaps they were sewn to a cushion cover, but i can't be 100% about that! I got DH to stick the beads to a florist wire and then i wound the wire around a stem to make it a spiral. MIL thought beads were too fancy along with my suggestion of feathers ... cos i have brown ones in my stash ... as you can see she won on the feathers, but she's not having it all her way LOL and so i chucked some beads in!

The total cost for all the flowers, which have made 3 posies, 3 button holes, a corsage and a cascading bridal bouquet and i still have a bag full of flowers left over ... was £37! At some point i shall work out how much this wedding has cost them and let you know!

Can't wait to see the girls holding them with all their finery on. They are soooo excited, its the first time they've been bridesmaids! Ellie is doing everyones make-up on the day and has done everybody's colours and has done practise runs on Angeline and myself. Fae said that she'll have whatever Ellie has ... but Ellie hasn't decided yet LOL!

Friday Sketchers #63

Jeanette from Canada has created this weeks gorgeous sketch for Friday Sketchers. This weeks sponsor is the fabulous Simon Says Stamp and they are offering some gorgeous stamps.

CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Freebie Download ~ Alexa Crazy Part 1
Image ~ Hanglar Stanglar, coloured with Whisper Strokes and Watercolour pencils
Flowers ~ Stash
Paper Rose ~ The Works
Pearls ~ Stash
Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Woodware Leaf Punch, Nesties

A Wedding Card and Christmas Present!

Laura my "Fat Club" leader asked me to make a wedding card for her brother. My brief was ... it didn't have to be traditional as they're getting married on a beach in Mexico, some gold on it and their names if possible. I knew exactly which stamp and papers I wanted to use for this card, had to buy the stamp first though lol! Good enough excuse don't you think?....

So, this is how it turned out.... CS ~ Stash, DP's ~ back paper is Whisper of Romance by Verena Karolyi and the other paper is Alexa Crazy by Alexandra Brandwein, rafia, shells, peel-offs and bling ~ stash, swirls ~ cut using Cuttlebug, image ~ Rubber Romance stamp, "You Shouldn't Have", coloured with Whisper Markers and Sakura Glaze and Stardust pens, skirt is white netting from stash to make it appear more weddingy.

Made a box for it too and added another shell to the lid with a raffia bow and 2 hearts cut using Cuttlebug from Hippie Chic Alpha Set. Used the same papers for the box as I did the card.

Now onto the Christmas present.... My gorgeous, bestest blogging buddy Jill surprised me on Monday (actually it wasn't a surprise cos I hate surprises and clearly she can't keep a secret lol! and she told me about it over the weekend!) by sending me this gorgelicious Daisy stamp. I'd mentioned that I was adding it to my ever growing wishlist and her being my fairy godmother made it come true. I haven't had chance to ink her up yet, but she has been stroked well ... everytime I pass her lol! Not even managed to put her away in the drawer yet, shes taken pride of place on the dining table next to my laptop pmsl! (god I'm a saddo) But isn't she just cute?! Hope your gonna love yours as much as I love mine Jill PMSL!!!!!!

I've made this card, which is actually a wallet lol, for my parents. They arrived back from Malta the early hours of this morning and haven't yet seen the photos that I took at their golden wedding celebratory meal. So, I've made this to put them in (the photo's not the parents). CS & DP's ~ Leftovers, image ~ RAK and, bling and blooms ~stash & RAK (sorry dont remember who, but thanks anyway!) coloured with Whisper Markers and a candle ....
... which has the best photo we've ever managed to get of Dad!

This card was one I did last weekend and wasn't going to put on my blog, but Rach said I should! The reason for not wanting to show it was because its based on one that Rach had made. When I saw it on her blog I just loved the colours she'd used and thought how well it all went together. I explained this to Rach and she said to put it on my blog anyway. So thanks honey mwah! CS ~ Papermill, DPs ~ Summer Driggs, buttons ~ stash, raffia ~ Poundland, Sentiment~ done on PC.
This I made a couple of weeks back but just haven't had time to blog. Another last minute card for Fae. CS ~ stash, DP ~ Derek M Designs, image ~ ebay, coloured with watercolour pencils, Whispers and Sakura pens, pearls ~ Crafts Central.

Kids!!

Kids ~ don't ya just love em?!!!! Fae phoned me about 2ish this afternoon and said "Mum in your tin do you have a card suitable for a wedding?" Well I didn't and I don't! "I need one for the wedding we're going to this afternoon, but I need it for 3 o'clock" I told her to leave it with me and off I went to work printing paper and painting images and this is what I came up with...

CS ~ Papermill Shop, PP ~ Retrodiva free download, images ~ painted with watercolour pencils and H2O's and cut out and stuck on to cream cs, glamour dust added to wings, ribbon and gems from stash, sentiment ~ part of kit from Argos. The card was made using a sketch from Mojo Monday. I'm dead pleased with the result and will be making some more to add to my tin for such occasions, I've learnt a valuable lesson today to make sure that I have cards in my tin to cover all occasions!!!

Papertake Weekly Challenge

This weeks challenge is to make a card using the sketch below, which is another one of Katharina's. Fae and Scott are off to a wedding on Saturday and they asked me to make a card for the occasion, so I thought it'd use Katharina's fab sketch to do that. Here's is my interpretation... CS ~ stash, pp ~ dont remember where I downloaded it from sorry! Image was part of a RAK, blooms and brads ~ stash and sentiment is a stamp that I've had forever and have no idea where it came from! I coloured the image using watercolour pencils and H2O's and added some glamour dust to the centre of the flower.

I was also asked to make a card for a naming ceremony and this is what I did today too....

I used Raspberry Road Designs ~ My Baby Love, Girl printed directly on to CS from Crafts Central, its the linen look card. I embellished with gems, hearts and flowers and added ribbon so that it could be tied up like this ....

I made the flowers using 2 flower punches and then added punched leaves. Then, to finish it all off I made a little box to put it in...

I never know how much to charge for the cards I make and I'm definately thinking I've underpriced myself on this one ~ £4!

Just wanted to leave you with one last photo that I took today of Rylee...

He's going to be really pleased we're his grandparents when he's a teenager, don't ya think lol!

4 of the best ... - Daring Cardmakers Challenge

We have decided to revisit your most favourite dares of 2007. The four top dares, decided by the number of comments you made on them are (in no particular order): 'buttons', 'ribbons', ...'and cut' and 'frames'. We would like you to use this week as many of those dares as you like to make your card in any theme and any style.

I made this wedding card back in the summer and never got round to putting it on my blog , so I thought I'd use this one for my daring cardmakers challenge. I hand cut the flowers and the frame and used a button and ribbons on the flower. Of course the papers and flowers are all Pink Petticoat!