Have a de'light'ful day

 

Good morning all. Hope you had a good weekend. Isn't it hot ? Not that I'm complaining. Just thought I would post the chandelier card that I made at my Kent meeting last Tuesday. The stamp is a freebie from Card Stamper mag and the papers are Papermania. When I got these papers home I wondered how I'd used them , but the pad is very depleted now !


As Little Claires Challenge #10 is 'pink and brown', I'd like to enter this card.

Better late than never

Well, after all the excitement of birthdays, fathers day and blogaversarys I clean forgot to post my layout from the Eclectic Keepsakes monthly crop.

Mel came in from A Trip Down Memory Lane and we used papers from cratepaper.com, Emmas Shoppe. As you can see they had a lovely vintage feel. My favourite discovery of the day was the Martha Stewart embossing button punch (used on the page). I had great fun with this and must get one !

The picture I used was one of my great grandmother. I do remember her vaguely, and found this photograph a rather strange composition and setting for the time that it was taken.

Off today to see my Kent Lady crafters, so hopefully more goodies to post.

Have a good day.

Welcome to the Blog Hop !

Hello to those who have hopped from Angela's english romantic blog, any of my folowers or random viewers.

Today we are celebrating Sandies Blogaversary . One whole year !! Congratulations Sandie, I haven't been with you all the way, but since I started following all the posts have been interesting and often thought provoking. If you have missed the first few hops please go to Sandies blog, itchifingers to start from the top.

So in the spirit of celebration I would like to share with you my latest crafting masterpiece !!

This is a card made especially for my beloved sis who reached a milestone birthday on Friday 17th. I wanted it to be girly and a bit special. I always admire these styles of cards but because my style is fairy minimalistic, it really to a lot of effort to add all the bits and pieces..my head kept saying enough !! But I stuck with it and even the day after I finished it I went back and added some more.

In the end it turned out as I hoped and Julie loved it !

I have used a lili of the valley topper, papers from the Papermania collection, Blueberry Hill and various flowers and bling too numerous to mention.
I do apologise for my poor photography- I'll have to get some lessons from Sandie, but would love you to leave a comment.

I will send you on now to at Karen at Tales from the Scrapheap, but before you go pick up an 'E' from me.

Happy Bloghopping

Happy Fathers Day

Good morning to you, especialy all the dads out there.
Went to visit my dad yesterday and to celebate my sisters birthday.
Anyway dad.. you're not supposed to help yourself to the beers I bought you from my bag, you're supposed to wait until they are given to you !!

This is his card. As he likes his Cowboys and Indians and was searching for a digi stamp and found this on Just Inklined Digital Stamps. It's Mexican Phil and Horhay and its free to download for a limited period.

I am taking part in a blog hop tomorrow ! Lets hope I dont bring it all to a grinding halt !! So watch this space...

I've put it somewhere safe.........

Hello

Attended Eclectic Keepsakes monthly crop on Saturday and had a good day as usual wih nothing to do but craft !!!

I half finished lots of things (you know how it is you never pack everthing you need), and did manage to finish them off at home yesterday. Only problem is that I can't find the lead to download the photos...

So have taken a picture of the card I did finish on my mobile phone to show you until I find that pesky lead.

I used a pre-printed lili of the valley image and some nit wit collections papers that came free with a magazine. Not my usual colour scheme, but a simple card that came together easily.

Now where's that lead......

Trudy's birthday

Tuesday found me in Kent with my group of crafters.
We have been meeting since 2005. Doesn't time fly when you're enjoying yourself!
We started as a group of 3 and there are now 8 of us. Jean is our wonderful hostess with a fab big craft room. These ladies have seen me through some bad times for which I shall be eternally grateful and we all try to look after one another.
As such Birthdays are a very special day and we all can't wait to see the cards we have made for each other.
First up was Vicky's

Jenny's card

We all loved the sentiment on the card, and Jenny bought this stamp for Trudy's birthday, so we all had a go !!
Joan's fan card

This was a work of art with so much detail, the photo doesn't do it justice.

Jean's card

Fabulous stamping as usual, as is Hilda's card

Lots of Tim Holtz stuff going on here. My card for Trudy is the butterfly one on one of my previous posts.
Thanks to Hilda for a lovely lunch and Jenny as always for supplying the cake.

Happy Birthday Trudy
xxx

Crop Day

Well the 48 hour virus turned into an 8 day one on and off. Felt really grotty last week, but luckily I was well enough to attend the Eclectic Keepsakes monthly crop on Saturday. Another great day as usual..so nice to meet up with like minded souls and see other people do their thing. Also it encourages me to scrapbook which I don't do enough of.

I firstly had to finish a card for my niece.

And, as I try to do nowadays, I made another as a spare.

These cards were made with Papermania Chatsworth Vintage Collection papers and the fab silhouttes are from Die Cut Genie.
After lunch we had a class with Karen using some My Minds Eye, Lime Twist papers. I certainly had fun with it and the finished product is here for all to see.

Using some of the remaining papers I also made this card. I do find it quite challenging to use papers I havent personally picked but its always good to step outside your comfort zone.

Lastly please accept my apologies for a somewhat scrappy post,and not very good photos. I am now charging around like a madwoman trying to catch up with work, but wanted to get this post on before it was too late. I will do better next time :)