It Really Is !

Just finished this card for my son & daughter-in-laws 1st wedding anniversary........Cannot believe it is nearly a year since that fabulous day !

A NEED TO SHARE !

It has been simply ages since I manage to post on my blog, half a year in fact, still just to let you all know I am still alive and kicking and keeping up with my crafting when time permits.

Thought I would share a couple of things with you all, firstly my dear Friend Annie is about to celebrate her 103rd birthday so here is the card I have made for her !

The other item is my first attempt at altering an old book....May I present Donny Osmond's biography.....

A couple more !

Here are a couple of cards I have made using my "New Bits"......

RAINBOW LADIES CHALLENGE " ITS ALL NEW TO ME "

I received several crafty bits for xmas including rubber stamps and craft papers so I have been playing and here is my offering for Cynthia's challenge !

CRAFTER'S COMPANION MONTHLY CHALLENGE

Happy New Year to One and All !

I intend to try and do more challenges this year, and to start me off is this sketch card for the Crafter's Companion challenge.

The challenge was to follow a sketch with the option of "NEW" as a theme......

I have followed the sketch using a new stamp I received for xmas !

Hi all, hope you had a great Christmas (as I did) and are all looking forward to a prosperous NEW YEAR !

Well I am having a few days off from work so have spent today tidying up my workshop, putting away the Christmas stamps for another year and playing with some of my new bits,,,,,,,,,

Thought I would share the cards I have made today, I was particularly pleased with the red and black lady card.

RAINBOW LADY CHALLENGE "EDGE IT"

Finally for today a card for the rainbow lady challenge "Edge it". For this challenge I have used a "Martha Stewart" punch.

A few more for personal use!

Some more I have made this week!

For Ann and Jack

Next comes cards I have made for my friends Ann and Jack. I have 10 in total to make for them so have got a long way to go yet, but here is the start!

Christmas cards to Share

Hi again, here I am with a few of the cards I have made over the last week. These 1st 2 are to be given with money as a gift towards the recipients car tax.....The green one has 2 pockets attached with foam pads to put money in, the other has 2 sections incorporated where the tags are!

RAINBOW LADY CHALLENGE CARD JUST FOR TODAY

Having had a quick look through some blogs I decided I just had to make a card for the challenge over on Rainbow Lady. Not having done a challenge all year I couldn't think of a better reason for getting this old favourite stamp out.

A really worthwhile challenge !

A Busy Year

Well yet again all of my good intentions to keep my blog up to date have flown out the window.....I have had a very busy crafting year, I made all my son & daughter~in~law's wedding stationary including rubber stamping 250 napkins (that sure was a lot of fun ((NOT)), I am in the process of doing Wedding invites and orders of service for a friend and I have also produced a several hand made canvases which people seem to like.

Any way I will stick some pictures on for you all to share !

This was the card I made for my Hubbies 50th This is a decoupage page I found and thought would be an ideal sympathy card although I think it was really intended for Easter.

And finally another commissioned card.

Valentines Card.

Well it has been simply ages since I last posted on my blog, I have been very busy with family matters and also wedding stationary and although I have still been crafting, I haven't managed to get it here to share.

Anyway I have made a few to share, the first is a commissioned card for "Grumpy Jack" to give his beloved.....This card is an A4 size and it is only the 2nd large card I have made.....

Jacks Card !

I have been ordered to share with you all the card I made for Ann to give her hubby for his birthday, Ann sent me some photos of their little pup Jed ( who is adorable) which I turned into a card using my scrapbook factory c.d. Jack was delighted and insisted I put it on my blog......................

SO HERE IT IS!

Where has the Year gone?

It is simply ages since I have even looked at my blog and suddenly I realise that I have not put a post on for months..... All I can say in my defence is that I have been extremely busy and although I have carried on crafting I just have not found the time to display my work.....Christmas will soon be upon us and I also Have Wedding invites and stationery to do for my son & his fiancee to be sent out in the early new year along with some commissioned golden wedding party invites. I promise to try and share some more work with you all soon and possibly even attempt some challenges.......

Meanwhile I will share this card that I made for my dear friends Ann & Grumpy Jack to welcome their new little pooch Jed! I have made the card from an actual photo of Jed himself which I have printed out and decoupaged.

Just A Couple to Share.

Here are a couple of cards I have made recently that do not fit into a challenge category. I thought I would share them anyway!

Daring Cardmakers Challenge "Supersize Me"

I love large blooms and quite often use them along side decoupage which I think is really effective. This is a special card for a friends 50th.

ISMAKI Sketch Challenge

Not done many challenges again this week but managed this sketch for the Ismaki challenge!

Tanda Teaser Challenge "Yellow & Blue"

Again I have used a rubber stamped image, coloured using sakura pens, cut out and then mounted onto an encaustic backing.