Well Done You!

Hi Everyone, I'm back!  Well I haven't been away really, I have been checking blogland out from time to time.  The trouble is that during the spring and summer there is so much to do in the garden and we also have a Caravan Club CL so are busy with that as well.  And to add to this we have started bee keeping this year and that has been very eventful!  Hopefully we shall have some honey soon. 

Anyway, just to show you a card I made for my precious granddaughter who had a very good school report so I thought she deserved a card from nanny and grandad and a little something in with it that she could spend in a well known high street store - hopefully a book but I suspect it will be all the pink pencils (has to be pink - I should have used pink on the card but I like shades of blue and lilac) and pencil sharpeners, erasers etc that you can buy these days!

The image is a LOTV stamp coloured with Copics.  I think it's sooo cute!  The papers are digital from Pink Petticoat and I've also used Bazzill cardstock in a lilac shade.  Martha Stewart punches were used for the border and corner and ric rac ribbon.   I used eyelets on the band and threaded ric rac through. The sentiment was computer generated, cut out and mounted onto a punched circle.

Hope you like it!

Birthday Boy

Hi everyone.  quite a grey day here today but the snowdrops are coming through so spring must be on it's way!  The card I'm sharing with you today is created with a Molly Blooms free stamp which came with my craft magazine.  I'm a fan of Molly Blooms and I think this image of George is really cute.  The bunting is also a Molly Blooms stamp.  I coloured the images with Copics and used a blue ink pad around the edges.  The dotted scallop edge was created using a Fiskers border punch.  The present is cut from Cricut Celebrations cartridge.  I wrote on the tag as I didn't have a stamp small enough. The papers, card and buttons are from stash.   I'm entering this into this weeks Allsorts Challenge Blog and Cards for Men Let's Party challenge.  Hope you like!

Cards for Men Challenge

Hi All.  What awful weather today, it's dark and rainy and cold - just the sort of day for making some cards and having a bit of a blog.  This card I've made for my dear old dad who is 88 years young next Wednesday and I'm also entering it for this weeks' Cards for Men Challenge which is a sketch challange.  The image and the background papers are from the Joanna Sheen CD - Eastern Treasures.  The grey oval I cut using my Cricut 'George and Basic Shapes' and then I ran this through a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  I distressed the grey card edges with a Tim Holtz distress tool and used a computer generated greeting, ( I downloaded a free font as I wanted something Oriental), and then threaded some red ribbon through the coins and attached to the card with sticky dots.  Hope you like!  Linda x

Happy Christmas

Hi everyone, just finished wrapping the presents so thought I'd have a quick blog before the sherry comes out (lol).  I thought I'd share a few cards with you today, the first one I made for my dad using a Sarah Kay stamp which I've coloured with copics and around the edge I've used an Adirondack dabber in gold. I've used distress ink pads on the backgrounds and one of these I sprayed with glimmer mists then stamped with Hero Arts French Writing stamp.  A couple of bits of green ribbon and a stamped sentiment completes.

These next two saucy ones are for my youngest son (it's OK he's 30 now) and my nephew who is a couple of years older.  Both have been unlucky in love this year so I thought these cards might bring a smile to their faces.  They are digital downloads from Kenny K which I've coloured with copics and matted and layered with red and white card and distressed the edges.

The final card is using Molly Bloom stamps and I used a similar layout as Clare has on her blog so not really my own design.  I've used my copics for colouring and the border punch I used on the tag edge and gingham side panel is a fiskers.  Paper from stash and printed gingham paper from CD.

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and great New Year - Linda x

Pink for a girl

Good morning everyone!  It's cold and frosty here this morning but at least the sun is shining.  I'm sharing with you today a card I've made for a new baby girl.  I've used a Penny Black stamp and coloured with copics.  A Martha Stewart punch was used for the heart border.  Sentiment is from a set by Paula Pascual which I've punched out and mounted onto a nesties scallop circle.  Card, papers, ribbon and buttons from stash.  Hope you like!  Hope you all have a nice day - Linda x

Tilda with snowflakes

Good morning fellow bloggers.  Well what's the weather going to do today, it started off sunny here but it's clouded over now! 

Today I am sharing with you another easel card which I am entering into this weeks Totally Gorjuss challenge which is 'Traditional Christmas Colours'.  The Tilda image is stamped and coloured with 'Copics' which I am really into at the moment.  The white circle I have run through a cuttlebug embossing folder and mounted that onto a red scallop cut with a nestabilites die, I've inked around the scallops with a gelly roll pen (Clear Star).  the background paper is from DCWV, all other card is from stash.  I've diecut some snowflakes with my cricut using Christmas Noel cartridge which I have also edged with the gelly roll pen and added star shaped gems to the centres.  The corner punch I've used is Fiskars Snowflakes on the top and bottom of the card.  I punched a border in the dotty paper using a Martha Stewart border punch which I've trimmed with ribbon I bought at Sir Stampalot on Friday.  The greeting is from the Essential Christmas set by Paula Pascual also available from Sir Stampalot.  Hope you like it!  Bye for now - Linda x

30th Birthday

Good afternoon fellow bloggers.  Rather overcast today here in the Fens but a few climpses of the sun have been seen.  Did you all remember to put the clocks back an hour - we forgot and then I remembered in the middle of the night, but of course I was not going to get out of bed to alter them at that hour of the day so hubby got up his usual time which of course was one hour earlier and we had a cup of tea at silly o'clock this morning. 

Anyway, my youngest son is 30 year's old today (that makes me depressed lol) and this is the easel card I made for him - sorry about the photo quality, my little digi camera seems to have a gremlin at the moment!  I hate making mens' cards, I find them difficult.  He loves music and playing guitar so I thought that should be the theme.  The image is a digital download from KennyK - worth a visit to his website for something different.  I got the inspiration from a card in the gallery on the site.  I've coloured the image with Copics, the papers are from stash along with the red and black card.  I've used white brads in the circles and corners.  The jazz border is an All Night Media stamp which I have had for years.  This I've stamped onto white card with black Versafine and clear embossed.  The sentiment is a See-D's and again stamped and embossed.  The 30 was cut using Cricut cartridge Alphalicious and I've used a silver guitar charm to finish.  Hope you like it.