WOYWW 148

A very simple photo here of my "crafting on my bed" for you all. This time it's some Easter cards I've been working on, nothing fancy, nice and simple does it!  My DVT leg has been playing up again so I couldn't craft for long.

Nothing as glamourous as Julia's desk, or anyone else's come to think of it - but it is my craft space.

I'll be sharing my new task with you all soon.  I've got to get a few different images stamped and away I'll go - wind me up like the Duracell bunny and off I go...quite happily....bumbling along (as my Brother calls it!)......well I'm happy in my little world.

Enjoy!!!

Just to say Thanks!

I made this card for a lovely lady I know at one of my many hospitals I frequently visit.  I had a nightmare journey to my latest appointment and in the end traffic made it so bad we had to turn back after being told my Consultant was only doing an AM clinic so we wouldn't make it anyway....argghhh!

Anyhow, this might seem a strange card to give, but believe me, it will make her smile and I really do appreciate all she does to help, so a little Thank You goes a long way!  Oh and yes, she is a black belt, three times over!!!

Enjoy!

Look What I Won...!

These beautiful peel offs came through the door at the weekend.  Aren't I lucky!!!   I know peel off's are out of favour at the moment with a lot of crafters, but I like them, they come in so handy!!!

I'm pleased with them as they will make my cancer charity cardmaking stash go a long way!  They are so intricate and I'm now putting my one grey cell into action to see what I can come up with.

Wish me luck!

Some Easter items...more to come....

I've been busy with trays on my bed - I made this Easter card for a friend of mine.  I always make a more traditional card for Easter and I hope she likes this one as much as the others I've made for her before.

Remember last week I was speaking about Easter goodies.  Well here is one of the items so far.  It's not finished yet, but will be soon!  I have about seven of them made now, all in different styles and colours for different people.  The paper was a freebie and I just love it!  I think it's "HOTP" and it's gorgeous!

Finally today, I made this little Easter choccy box card.  It contains little Easter chocolate bunnies.  It was a quick make really once the box had been made.  Sorry about the strange angle of the photo, it makes it look odd, but in reality it all lines up.

I made it all using my standard Woodware trimmer along with the scoring blade too.  None of these fancy scoring boards for me.  I use whatever I have in my stash to make things without paying out a fortune for all the special items.  I've used my Woodware trimmer for making everything on this blog - if there's a way around it, I'll find it!

More to come later on as they're being made!

Enjoy!



WOYWW 147

Wow these WOYWW sure do come around quick!  Here's what I've been up to - more Easter bits, a new "Thank You" card with a difference and a blank piece of card just waiting to be made into something creative.

Sorry it's not a long posting this week, my blood is up way too high again on the DVT front, it's back to weekly blood tests again.  I'm not sure if it's the DVT or the diabetes or something else that is making me so tired, but I could sleep for England at the moment!!!

Night night everyone....LOL!!!

For Emily

A little girl called Emily, aged 7, is having a tough time lately, she has Leukaemia, then after treatment had many more health problems inluding rotavirus, pancreatitus, shingles, kidney stones and she's really going through ups and downs.

As a cancer patient myself, I know how she feels and thought it might help to send her a card from England which is all pink and girlie.  I know she loves horses and kittens, and the lovely Dustin  has drawn these images.

I made this 'stepper card' using my Woodware trimmer again.  No template, just looking at the finished article on a webpage and had a go!  Once you try it once, it's easier than you think!  Again HOTP freebie papers were used, they are so cute!

The internet is an amazing place, making our world seem a lot smaller by connecting us all.  If you/'d like to send a card to Emily, then Click Here to find out more.

Keep smiling Emily!

Another Rudolph Card!

I'm doing quite well with the Rudolph cards, this should help me just in case there's another health problem to add to my list in December LOL!!!

This gorgeous image was sent to me by Di - thanks Di!  So pretty and easy to colour too.  I added some beautiful snowflakes (part of my Christmas present from Di last year), along with some die cut shapes as a base (another Christmas present!).  Didn't I do well.....!

The backing paper is from a 'sale bargain' I found.  They've come in very handy so far for my Rudolph cards.

The fence die cut has some glitter added to give it more sparkly - well it is a Christmas card!  Although that doesn't normally stop me - you can never have too much bling sometimes!!!

Enjoy!

Special Magnolia Girl...

I saw this little cutie in a visit to a craft shop and she's so gorgeous I just had to have her.  I don't normally get Magnolia stamps as they are so expensive, but I did splash out on two.  Well, you just have to don't you! 

I've stamped a few of them and used different colourings in them so you'll see a few coming along but I know a lot of you are Magnolia fans.  I've tried some different techniques on the colouring as well - what do you think? 

Again I've used my MS PATP set and used the cheapy £ shop card for the matting and layering.  I was going to add some lace in as well, but forgot before I used my DST, so sorry about that! 

This is an easel card, but I've not quite finished the inside yet.  My little yellow flower embellishment suits the colouring fine (and a bargain at 45p for the bag), sadly I only have two left now.  Again the gold brad was from my bargain pack too.  I'm one of life's "bargain bin checkers!" - you never know what you might find.

Hope you like my little cutie and I'll finish the inside soon don't worry!

Enjoy!

WOYWW 146

Another Wednesday and another WOYWW over at Julia's for you all to peak at.  If you're not sure what it is go and check it out - you can have a sneaky peak at workdesks all over the world.  Sounds a bit odd when you first see it, but believe me, it's fun and addictive!

So here's what's on my workdesk (or rather my bed!!!).  I'm working on some special Easter goodies (they need to be posted so I'm trying to get them done early!) - I've not forgotten last weeks WOYWW and will be catching up with that soon promise.  I've got so many ideas in my head for cards I need to make, but just not made them yet!

I wonder if the Easter goodies will count as Snippets, no new papers were used and I also used up some very old peel-off's lurking in the back of one of the boxes! 

Enjoy WOYWW!

Another cheapy idea......

A while ago I had one Tim Holtz ink pad and tried to think of ways round getting expensive brushes.  I used some cotton pads (made for removing nail varnish) and they worked quite well.  Then I thought of this......yes.....a Pastry Brush - only 99p too!

I got a new ink pad care of Di, called Tumbled Glass and then dabbed the pastry brush on it and holding it low down, which stiffened the bristles, I brushed it on in circular motions to the cream cardstock I was using at the time.

It's come out quite well, not too dark, but perfect for the card I was making for the Snippet Challenge over at Di's Place.  You'll see the results soon!

I must add that Di has given me two lovely brushes to use since I made this purchase and if you don't have loads of money to throw at your crafting, then this is an ideal '2nd best' to help you achieve the same result.  Or similar...!

Enjoy!