Get Well Soon- Wild Rose Cat

I thought this would be a suitable card to post up for my girls.

Little one is back in school, but her teacher told me she had a very quiet day yesterday.

Now my eldest has the sick bug and she is in bed today.

Hubby was at home this morning so I did manage to make a start on my Display in the 5/6

area at school. Finishing it tomorrow and then I will show you.

I'm sure you all recognise the stamp as a Wild Rose Studio cat.

I have received a lovely bunny easter stamp from Dulcie and I can't wait to make up some Easter cards. I have got some great Easter ribbon to use as well. How exciting!!

Colourcreate Challenge- Blue and Brown

Here is my card for the Colourcreate Challenge blog.

The theme this week is Blue and Brown. I'm really loving doing colour combos at the moment.

I chose to keep it light. This baby blue and soft fawn is so lovely together....I guess that's the point of these challenges...you get to use things together that you wouldn't normally try.

I notice that a few people were photographing their cards on little stands...I had one of these in my drawer so I used it today...what do you think?

My eldest daughter and myself are really into those lightweight pashmina scaves and when we go shopping in Chichester we treat ourselves to 3 for £5 from a barrow boy type seller along one of the main streets. I think my next 3 will include pale blue and fawn.

We're all a bit 'Green' here today...

My garden design Promarkers have had their first trip out of the box today...lots of lovely greens to play with.... meadow and lime are my favourites at the moment.
I thought they would look perfect for another Tilda in Fall card.

My little one was sick in the night so she has been resting today in her jim-jams.
She has been a little weary but no more sick..so fingers crossed.
Peppa Pig has perked her up a bit.
Cardmaking today and tomorrow for the first market morning of 2009 on Friday.
I'm hoping my new cards will be a hit.

Good Housewife Day....

Well I'm having a Good Housewife day today....

My husband would say that I don't have many of these. He went to work at 6am and I just had little one in the house as 10 year old was at a sleepover.

So after breakfast we got out her homework and drew and coloured a Castle and labelled it and wrote out some facts about it.

Then I did some tidying....made a quick card (can't be too housewifey for long)...then I made

dinner....sausage casserole with veg.

Ready and on the table for when he walked through the door.

He is watching the football now and girls are playing on DS's.

I can't keep it going much longer so I have left him all the washing up.... he he he!

In keeping with the castle theme of the day I used this stamp following Willows sketch again.

My Garden set of Promarkers arrived yesterday so I have some lovely greens to use now, so

I'm off into my craft room until tea time!

Willow Sketchie Challenge...

Hurray...I have managed a challenge today...first one this week.

You could use anything you wanted with the added challenge of some 'texture'.... so I have used some embossed and glittered ribbon and turquoise beads on the flower.

The paper was from an all blue pack called Venetian Skies by Papermania and the stamp was Summer sitting Tilda by Magnolia.

Chocoholics party...

Thanks to all my wonderful chocoholic friends... I had £25 to spend last night on some lovely Easter treats!.... although I had a job to prise the catalogue from the sticky hands of a certain young lady....We had lots of tasters to try which were delicious! A great evening!

Bargain Blues..

Morning all..we have a beautiful sunny day here in Sussex.
I am just cleaning the kitchen and livingroom for my chocoholics party tonight and then I will be off to a meeting at the school.
Just used this beautiful blue paper taken from an all blue pack that I bought in Hobbycraft on Monday. It was a bargain at £1.99!
I thought that my little pink Tilda would look good on it.
I am going to be using it on a few Tilda cards as I can see it will look good with all of them.
It will make a nice change to do some cards for girls without using pink.

Buttons!

Just got in before a new day clicks over...

I was going to leave the computer alone this evening and go a day without a post but..here I am!

I was out at 8.30am this morning ...came in at 4.30pm...went out again until 6.30pm and the in for an hour and out again until now.... 11.30pm!

Been to the cinema to see Benjamin Button! Not sure what to make of it...It didn't make me cry

anyway.

Well I had to post up a card with a button on it so here are the Penny Black hedgehogs again.

Chocoholics party tomorrow night!!!......will post up some lovely choccy pics for you to drool over.

Party tags

Firstly, I'd like to say 'Hello' to some new followers...and 'Sorry' that some of you have been unable to comment as the word verification hasn't been working.
You can leave comments now so I hope to have something to read again..I have missed you all.
Thank-you to Jacky who left a message for me on craftbubble about it!

New cards are under wraps at the mo, as I have been using some very exciting new products which haven't been unveiled yet....
I am in school all day tomorrow and then it's swimming lessons and I am going out in the evening to the cinema to see 'Benjamin Button' so it will be a miracle if I get to post anything.

The photo up today is of some party invites that I made for my little ones 4th Birthday. The idea was from Debi Potter (Sizzix designer) who I have chatted to on craftbubble.
Her design was for a sleepover invite and I adapted it for a summer teddy bears picnic.
Chat to you all soon.

Red Butterflies Wedding Card

The card today is a wedding commission where the theme is Red Butterflies.
This will be going to it's new owner tomorow.

I have had a nice day...first having a chocolate hot cross bun and cup of tea with my neighbour a few doors down.....very yummy.....then I was playing with some lovely bits and bobs for my 'Beautiful cards' commissions. Once I decide which ones are going to be sent to the magazine I will show you some of the other options. I'm really pleased with the results so far!

I had a chat with the headmistress today about working with year 5/6 on some new artwork for the classroom displays. So I am looking forward to doing that next week.

I really want to do a few challenges this week...Penny Black's is a Get Well Soon Card and I could do with a few of those in my stock!
The colourcreate challenge is pink and grey...not got a lot of grey cards but I just might find a small square of something that would do!

Summer Tilda and Krispy kreme doughnuts!

A late post today as I have been out all day visiting my Dad in Crawley with my sister.
It's his birthday today, so we took him some foodie treats..Krispy kreme doughnuts!
We popped into Hobbycraft after lunch.....I was very good....just one pack of paper ...and some wooden bees!
I got the train home at 4pm and had dinner waiting for me at 5pm.... which was nice.
Quickly finished off another Summer Tilda to show you and now I'm off to have a cuppa and put my poor tired feet up.
Then I'm going to do some late night stamping , ready to do some colouring tomorrow.

Keeping it simple... for a change!

Well..I have finally managed to get on the computer!

We are going to have to draw up a house rota soon.

I've spent the morning making some broccoli and cauliflower soup with the left over veg from last nights cheese fondue...which was scrummy..... and finishing some cards.

The wonderful thing about using promarkers is that they make an image look so good you can make up quite a few simple cards in no time at all just using background paper and ribbon.

I need some quick cards at the moment as I often take far too long making up just one card...especially when I am doing commissions for people.

My latest commission got me in a bit of a spin...a little girl who liked Dragons.

But alls well that ends well.... and special THANKS to Nikki, who came up with the Lily of the valley stamp!

Off to have my Sunday Roast now...being cooked by hubby...his forfeit for doing Sunday morning football.

A Sunny Day!

At last.. a lovely sunny day!

Just right to show you Summer Tilda sitting watching the butterflies.

I'm glad I had the windows cleaned yesterday. The sun is streaming through the house.

The girls are back to school on Monday, so they have been outside on their bikes soaking up the sun and the freedom and my eldest has just gone with some friends and another mum to the beach.

I am finishing off some commissions and still making up some Tilda cards. I want to have a few done for next Friday evening as I am hosting a Chocoholics party. I have a feeling that they are going to be very popular.

Perfect Ribbon match!

I bought this sheet of paper last spring in Hobbycraft.

I have had this stamp image about a week and coloured it with my promarkers, that I have had for 3 days.

The ribbon I bought in a local craft sale in a hall in North Yorkshire ...10 years ago!

Don't you just love it when you can bring in all together! Fantastic!

Tilda in Fall- Willow Sketchie Challenge

I'm doing well with the challenges this week.

Here is my second Tilda card which I've done for Sharons Willow Sketchie Challenge.

I've ordered the Garden Design Promarkers as well now to go with the comic sets, as they have a red and yellow and some lovely shades of green which are essential. My obsession with them meant that I had to order the wallet to put them in. Oh well ...bread and water for the kids again for lunch!

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

Here is my card for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

I love Pink and Lime at the moment and I quite enjoyed following the sketch. The ribbon was in a pack that I bought at the Brighton Show and the dark pink spot paper was from a freebie pack in 'Beautiful Cards' a while back.

Here is Tilda and her muffin.

So here they are ....my first cards using my promarkers.

The mermaid Image is by Lily of the Valley. Thanks to Nikki for introducing them to me.

And here is Little Tilda with her muffin. I just love her. I have been stamping so much in the last 24 hours that I have got repetative strain in my right shoulder.

I'm off to play outside for a bit with my 5 year old and then I can colour in later on in peace.

Official DT member for Wild Rose Studio!

I'm nearly ready to show my first Tilda/Promarker card....not long to go now.

Charging up the camera battery ready for the morning so I can photograph and post.

My sister is visiting for a couple of days and when I showed her my new things she was very impressed...so much so that she is going to get some. We were up until midnight colouring in!

I had an e-mail from Dulcie of Wild Rose Studios to last night to officially invite me to be on her design team. So I have got my DT banner up. Very excited and waiting for some Easter goodies.

We went shopping in Chichester today which is a lovely historic place with the Cathedral right in the centre of the town. I bought a great recycled red shopping bag in M&S. Its made from plastic bottles and looks like felt. I am going to jazz it up and show you the before and after. I'm thinking felt flowers and buttons....

I'm hoping to get some challenges done tomorrow and I've just received my commissions from Marie at 'Beautiful cards'.

Hope you like my Auntie Bear card.

Tilda and Promarkers have arrived.

I was up and out early today for my Dentist Appointment. I like going to the dentist. If I had loads of money I would go and have more done..I find it very relaxing just laying there. Once the injection is done I could go to sleep.

I drove back via the coastal road and had a quick look at the sea. Not many people on the promenade, then whizzed into The Works for some card and some black skinny jeans for daughter no.1.

Home by 11am and what was waiting for me...Tilda stamps and Promarkers!

I have spent the rest of the day colouring in. They are soooo lovely.

Well, my sizzix machine is gathering dust at the moment as I am having a bit of a stamping moment. No finished cards to photograph so here are some Sizzix tag cards that were featured in Practical Crafts magazine a few years ago...

Crafty Connections!

Here's a little story..

Just after moving in to my current house 6 years ago, I found a little craft shop, down a little lane nestling in the corner of a Plant Nursery car park. So I went inside and met a lovely lady called Caroline. I became a regular customer of this little shop and I loved buying little packs of cut out doll shapes which Caroline used to cut out with a machine called a Sizzix machine. She showed me all her dies and showed me how to make Tag cards and Tag notebooks. Then the little Shop got sold and I bought my own Sizzix machine.

I made lots of cards using my Sizzix machine and won some competitions and then started designing for magazines. Fast Forward 4 years and I joined Craftbubble and met Stamperlou.

Lou and I were talking and she told me that Caroline now co -runs a ribbon company called Raspberry Ribbons. So I found their website and left a message and this evening Caroline got in touch and became a follower on my blog. How's that for Crafty Connections!

So Hello again, Caroline. Hope you like my Sizzix cards.