Grandad...

...is back in the hospital again so I made him this to cheer him up- complete with little quickutz plasters :).


Supplies are; scenic route papers, creative impressions ribbon and brad, dymo tape, staples, mesh and inking.

TFL!

In a Word

Rhi's fabulous dare this week;

This week I dare you to use a Word as the main focal point to your card. It can be a name, a greeting or just a word that inspires you. You can use other text but only one word as a main embellishment. So dig out your dictionaries, die cutters, alphabet stamps, rubons or download a funky font and show us what you can do!



Supplies are; Doodlebug paper, Singer Mears font, white gel and black pen, hand cut ghostie, sizzix body and shoe dies.

TFL :)

Baby boy...

Supplies... Basic Grey papers, paper pieced duck and printed sentiment.

TFL!

Long time no blog...

....been super busy recently.... Josh is back at school now

and Jared has now entered the education system by starting preschool - it is integrated into Josh's school which is super handy for dropping off and picking up :)

and... I finally made a card for this week's dare...

So, we'd like you to make and show a Christmas card which incorporates the following:
Some Paper Tearing
The colour Purple
AND
It has to have at least one hole somewhere in the design!

and in the same vein...

and...


Supplies are.... Pink Petticoat and Basic Grey Papers, Doodlebu rub ons, an old cardboard box (!) brads, staples, safety pins, ribbon, primas, gems, photo turns and inking.

TFL :)

Thank you all so much for the really encouraging comments, I do feel lots better about my cards this week - havn't made much so far apart from this week's little extra which I will show in a mo...


A couple of piccies first from last weekend...

We stayed in the Holiday Inn Eastleigh and had a brilliant weekend - apart from the service at the hotel which was soooo poor, kinda like the parents had all gone away and left the children in charge... oh and a nasty lady called Jared a girl (I'm sure she was not actually nasty but it has probably reaffirmed Mum's opinion that his hair needs chopping...)

and yesterday we went to the Zoo...

There do not seem to be as many 'big' animals at Bristol Zoo now as I remember but the boys had a fantastic time - we went on the train with Nan and Grandad so they were very excited :)

and... "You Big Softie"
We want you to use something soft on your card feathers, velvet paper, fluffy fibres
all that soft, strokable stuff counts for this one and that's it, easy-peasy, lemon-squeezy!

All the paper is from Kirsty's Betty Loves Adrian little kit - you can down load it from her bloggy blog here ; My soft bit is some wool that I finger knitted to make thicker and arranged in a floral manner; I also used a Bazzill brad and some poppers.

TFL :)

Fantastico!

So I spent last week thinking that my cards were a little bit poo, you know how you make stuff and nothing seems to work and you enter competitions and things and don't get chosen and it makes you feel a little bit pants - which is quite silly really but that is how it was. Then you get a rather brilliant email with the most fantastic content and it cheers you up lots :)

Lianne has asked me to join the Design Team at Little Silver Hat!


WOOHOO!

Of course I said yes :) I love ribbons and actually nearly always buy my ribbons from Little Silver Hat, and I am joining a very talented bunch of designers. I am super pleased to have been asked. *jumps up and down excitedly*

Haven't got anything to show you today as have been making bits with Kirsty's fantabulous papers - she has a little sneeky peek on her blog :)

Off to Mums now as we are staying over before going to the Zoo tomorrow - hurrah :)