Monkeys and Cupcakes!

I just love this stamp - it's one of my many favourites - and also one of the first stamps I was given by Di.  I coloured him with my PM's and then added some glitter to the cupcake. 

The sentiment ticket is one of a few I have digitally, so thought I'd use them all up once I'd printed them.  Some are more easy to use than others!  I've now found a way of only printing ones I need rather than the whole set in one go.  So much easier.

Enjoy!

Dream Big.....on the golf course!

I just love these little bears.  I managed to get this topper set in a sale.  It only cost me 50p and you can't get much for that these days (boy does that make me sound old!).

Anyway, I've used quite a few of them for the charity cards, and this one just came together really easily. 

Also please note I moved the peel off which is slightly skewy after the photo was taken!

Enjoy!

Snippet Challenge and a question for you all....

OK, here's another animal charity card - big batch already delivered ready for the Summer Fayre - and I have a question for you all.

This is a portrait card with the peel off words down the side of the nestie.  Do you think it looks right or wrong?  I've asked three people so far and one said it is right and two say it isn't.  Which side of the fence do you fall?  All comments welcome!

Oh, and I've added this card into the "Snippets Challenge".  It's good to use up all of our snippets, and as most of my cards go to charity, it helps me eek out my pennies!!!

Enjoy!

WOYWW 153

Not quite on my workdesk, but on my work tray!  Here's one of the cards I made from all the glittery sparkly silver stuff last week.  I kept it plain and simple - this is the "Thank you for the invite card" and the actual wedding card will be shown later.  I now have another wedding coming up soon so that's another card to make.

 Look what arrived in the post for me yesterday!  Aren't they so gorgeous!!!  It was a competition I'd entered and forgotten about - chemobrain again!

Here's part of my work bed - one clever lady Laura spotted the rainbow coloured image on my previous WOYWW so here are the ones I've completed ready for the animal charity Summer Fayre.  They are called "Scrapito" and I admit to having had them for a while, so I thought it was about time I made them all up.  They are confusing when you first read the instructions, but once you've done that, it all makes sense - believe me!  There was enough items in the card to make three complete cards, however with my crafty head on I realised I could make something with the negative images too so I made another three cards.  If there's a way, I'll find it!

Also a BIG BIG BIG THANK YOU to Gill, she sends me cards regularly for the cancer charities and has now made some fantastic cards for the animal shelter too, most of which are animal related!  I took a huge big box over to them the other day and they were delighted!  "Are they all for us?" the lady asked, "Yes, 100% of what you make is yours to keep, these are donated from me and my crafty friends!".  They also loved the hand crocheted blankets (slowed down now due to a lack of wool sadly) and are going to sell them at the Summer Fayre too which is nice to know.

Well, I'm off to the hospital again today - this time it's not for me though - so I can relax and go to the Coffee Shop!

Enjoy WOYWW!

WOYWW 152

Another WOYWW has crept up on us.  Don't these Wednesdays go by quickly - can you beleive we are in May already?!?!?!  Arggghhh!?!?!?!?!

Anyway enough of that - here's what I've been up to.  It's all silver and wedding-y as you can tell.  A friend of ours is getting married and here's one of the two cards we're sending.  The first one (this one!) was a quick card that all came together nicely once I'd got the idea in my head.  A CAS card, my kind of first, and I quite like them!  Sometimes the CAS cards take more thought, but once you have the idea, it's easy!

I'll show you the other card later on.  Got to go and sort out the hospitals now, why do all the appointments clash with each other?!?!!?

Enjoy WOYWW and I'll be around your desks soon!

Have fun!

Pampered Pets - of course!

I got this set free from Creativity magazine many moons ago and thought it would be good for the animal shelter I'm making cards for.  I used some more snippets here along with some pink sticky stuff behind the image.  I got it on ebay along with a couple of other colours and have never seen it anywhere since.

I used one of my die cuts in my 'already done' box so it was quite easy to put this one together.  I need to get some more card - if anyone would like to share their 'best place to buy it' with me it would be appreciated!

I put inserts in all of my cards usually, and there is a small but growing pile waiting to have them inserted before bagging and ready to go to the animal shelter.

Oh, almost forgot - I've added this one in to Di's Snippet Playground - I missed it last week, but am back in the playground this week!

Enjoy!

So cute...

I just love this digi image.  It was so cute and I got it along with a couple of other 'kitty related images' which just happened to jump into my shopping basket when I visited the site!

Some snippets of backing paper along with this gorgeous white die cut - I think it came from Gill, I don't know if I've used it in the right way Gill, but it just sort of came together!

I love these little sentiment tickets and have collected a few.  I was going to try making a few of my own but with so many hospital/medical things going on at the moment I've not had a chance to try.

Enjoy!

A kitty charity card

Another one to show you, as I said there will be a few. 

All of the items came from the Snippets Folder, apart from the cat which was from a freebie set in a magazine.  I was given another set of these when I went to a craft sale many moons ago so have double the amount to use!

A little brad along with a rub on (another freebie after a purchase!) and it's all done.  The gorgeous paper came from Gill, along with some other goodies she's sent me - you'll see quite a few of those in the cards coming up Gill...!

Enjoy!

WOYWW 151 and a Rudolph Card - phew still on schedule!

Here's another Rudolph card - if you're not sure what it is, click on the link and you'll find out - you'll be so pleased you did!!!  I might make more than one now as I'getting used to making them each time.
This lovely image was sent to me by Di - thanks Di...she's so cute!!!  I added some Christmas backing paper to it and then some snowflakes (die cuts which were part of my Christmas present from Di last year).  I added some Stickles Glitter Glue to them - and as usual managed to get some on me too!
I also used my gorgeous Fence Die Cut I got for Christmas 2011 too.  Added some Stickles glue to the tops and edges as well and it's all backed on to some silver mirror card.

Also it's WOYWW 151 today. If you're not sure what this is then go and have a look at Julia's page.  Here's what is on myworkdesk this week.  First of all an envelope arrived in the post and it contacted some gorgeous fairy papers and some cards too.  I made them into quick makes just adding some peel off's here and there.  Also some lovely sentiments which will be used soon on cards for my charities.  Sorry I can't remember who sent them to me, there was no note included and I've checked back in my email box and still can't find who it is.  I humbly apologise if it's you, and I'll gladly say a big THANK YOU for your kindness. 

 Secondly for WOYWW - a big post this week! - is our Domi.  Bless, she's 19 now, well between 19 and 22 according to Battersea as we checked on her paperwork from when we got her about 12 years ago now.  She's such a sweetie and likes to help me craft when she can.  Although I think if you look closely she's falling asleep - it's quite a job being a cat, so many things to do, eat, sleep, meow, sleep, chase butterflies, sleep, see other cats off her garden, sleep, eat, sleep, meow, sleeep!!!!

She has perfected the knack of sleeping exactly on top of what I'm working on!!!
Enjoy!

Cute Little Meeces!

A really cute stamped image here.  I think it's a Penny Black.  I used more of the snippets papers in my snippet envelope and added some of the black peel offs and a lovely sentiment ticket freebie I found many moons ago now.

I wasn't sure about the orange card to start with but I think it makes it stand out which is good.  Hopefully they will all be sold and raise lots of pennies!

Enjoy!