PINK!!!

Yay back in the PINK, managing to avoid nearly all other colours for this wedding card (just need to add the greeting to the base ), I love this Hero Arts stamp, looks great stamped in this silver, made up that I found this Doodlebug paper in my stash the colors match perfectly.

Right this is yet another short post as I was in work late and still in the process of making bed, sorting myself out after my shower, and need to get to the chippy and get some tea. But I'll try and do a proper post over the weekend. XOX

Supplies: Two Birds stamp by Hero Arts, Doodlebug Loopy Love Collection paper, Bazill card, ribbons and pens

Will someone please tell the weather it's meant to be May

Yay the sun made an appearance today :) after a cold and rainy morning, it was 1 degree this morning when I went out to work - for goodness sake it's meant to be May, it always used to be baking this time of year so I'm hoping that whoever is in charge of the thermostat will stop playing with it and laughing at us and send some nice warm weather our way (ideally for weekends and the days I've booked leave please lol).

Spent 3 hours this afternoon sleeping off a migraine, so missed quite a bit of the day but atleast my head is feeling clearer now. And managed to get 2 cards done this evening too - will post pics later in the week, for now here is a birthday card that I made for one of the girls in work. Love the new double fold cards I got, they save so much time of having to stick 2 cards together and obviously work out cheaper too as only using one card, will definitely be having to order some more of them.

Supplies: Bathtub Nikki Stamp and Sentiments Stamp by Ladybug Crafts Ink, Papers from the Bo Bunny - Alissa Collection, Bo Bunny Double Dot ribbon, shimmer powder

Had some stamps that I hadn't used so been having a play with them today, so will get some cards made using the images over the weekend, been trying to make an effort to use all the things I've bought and then stuck in a cupboard or drawer and they haven't seen the light of day since. Didn't realise how many stamps I still had from when I used to make cards about 10 years ago, and the silly thing is half of them hadn't ever been used.

No post tomorrow as I'm off to the quiz with Ian, looking forward to the weekend - starting with chippy tea on Friday night :) and hopefully off up to visit my nanna and grandad too Anyways I really need to be getting to bed, long day tomorrow so gonna need my beauty sleep. XOX

Awwwwwww

Just a really quick post cos I'm off to bed now (got to be up in 6 hours :S) but just thought I'd post the photo of Saturday's card. (It arrived today so I should be safe to post it lol.

Supplies: Penny Black Transparent Stamp, Paper from my craft box (really old and not got a clue who it's by), Ribbon, White Card, Pink Ink Pad

Just got back from the cinema, went to see Date Night, it was OK but no where near as good as the trailer made it look, but was still fun. Glad the weather brightened up this afternoon/evening getting sick of the cold and clouds and rain (anyone else remember when May used to be scorching?) keeping fingers crossed for a nice weekend but might be asking for too much there lol. Another long day in work tomorrow and then not sure if I'm going to tidy or do some cards??? (I know the sensible answer and I also know what I want to do lol) but for now am off for a quick check of Facebook and e-mails then off to bed otherwise will never get up in the morning. XOX

Time for a Change

Right thought it was time for a change. I've spent this afternoon since I got in from work going through my scrapbook albums (mainly pulling out pages featuring an ex-friend - speaking of which anyone got any ideas on what I could do with these - seems a shame just to bin them after all the work and materials that have gone into them). Anyways really got me itching to get back and do some scrapbooking, I think I've only completed 1 page this whole year (which really isn't like me - but just don't seem to have the time between work and visiting friends and getting cards done and all those little jobs that turn out to be bigger than what you first thought and occasionally (if I'm lucky) getting a little bit of sleep lol. But anyways I've got a couple of cards that I need to get done this week and then think my next challenge will be to FINALLY get a page done.

I can't post the pictures of the last few cards that I've done because they haven't yet made their way to the people yet, so I'll post them in the next few days, in the mean time here is one of my fairly recent layouts and one of my favourites, featuring rob and bob, and junkitz papers, bazill card and my trusty paint markers (love them - thinking that I'm going to have to work them into a card somehow now I've just been reminded of them lol).

Anyways I had best get on with tonight's cards so I can get an early-ish night (haha as if that'll happen) oh and had a quick "look" in The Paper Shop today lol, so got some new punches to try out, and some cute chipboard letter albums (task for the weekend maybe?) Right really am going now... XOX

Nap Time

Back home from Wales for a few hours this evening, so thought would do a quick post while I thought on. Anyway incase I don't get chance to post anything later here is the second of the communion cards I made last week - had fun with the blonde hair for that one, always automatically go to pick up the brown pens lol.

Really want to go to bed for a few hours now but really shouldn't need to - been a very lazy/dozy day today so got no excuse lol. Although actually, watched 'the Notebook' for the first time last night, and sobbed soooo much, not just a delicate little tear was proper full-on crying lol good job we were at home lol so maybe that's what tired me out. So I'm going to try and get a new baby card done now (one of Ian's mate's has just had a little girl, India, awwww) and got to make a start on some other cards that have been asked for too cos haven't really been home this week to get anything done so going to have to play catch up next week.

Right had best get going with the cards otherwise will still be sat here messing on facebook in a few hours time lol XOX

PS yay nice sunny evening

Who broke the weather?

OK where on earth has all the nice sunshine gone? It's meant to be May so what's going on with rain - not impressed, typical isn't it just in time for a couple of days off work but hey still off work so that's always a plus. Got to remember to vote tomorrow too otherwise will lose my right to complain when tax goes up, petrol goes up, and pension age goes up lol

Anyways this is just a quick post cos off out for tea and the cinema now, but here's one of the other cards from Friday - Communion card that one of the girls from work had ordered (with the main requirement being no pink lol). Right best get going now XOX

Quick Post

I can't post the other 2 cards I made last night cos the girls that asked for them haven't seen them yet so I'll post them in the week, so for now here's a birthday card I made the other day, it doesn't really show up on the photo but Nikki's dress is covered in black glitter, how sparkly :) I love the papers - it's the unforgetable range from Bo Bunny think it works well with the purple, but thinking it's gonna work even better with hot pink so might have to try that.

Right off to tidy up before my Nanna's party now XOX

TGIF

Soooooo glad that it's Friday, this has been my first full week in work since February (between being ill, strike days, bank holidays and leave) and god has it been a killer lol, work has been busy and then been busy in the evenings too so feel like I could sleep for a week now lol. Evening of girly films with Steph last night, and both of us ended up falling asleep on the sofa waiting for the boys to get back - I know life and soul of the party lol.

Anyways actually managed to get 3 cards done this evening!!! I know how good is that after a full week in work (and just realised I did 3 on Monday night too - I've never done so many in one week), anyway am proud of myself (well someone has to be). Anyways here is a little get well card for Ian's Auntie, how cute is the Penny Black stamp (yay finally used it) anyway late now so am off to bed. Night night xox

My favourite

I wasn't expecting to be on the computer at all today, the plan was to stay late and build up some flexi hours ready for a few days off next week, and well that turned into a leave as soon as it turned 3 o'clock, thinking I'd have a quick look in Primark, well that turned into an hour long shopping trip and cost me a fortune - now I know technically it's impossible to spend a fortune in there but I swear I managed it, especially as I haven't actually been paid yet - my poor credit card. But anyway got a couple of dresses and tops and swimming stuff so am all kitted out for the summer now, all I need is the weather lol, and nope I'm not to blame for all the water currently falling out the sky it was raining even before the idea of going shopping popped into my head lol. Anyways I'm home now, just about dried off, but still trying to warm my feet up, my poor little ballet pumps just couldn't stand up to the puddles in town lol.

So anyway had a really nice evening yesterday, well other than a pigeon flying into the side of my car on the m'way :S but managed to calm myself down and turned into a really nice evening (I don't think Ian enjoyed it as much as me, mainly due to me making him watch Glee (what was worse is he doesn't like Madonna, and it was the Madonna episode lol) bless him, we'll have to watch it from the beginning so he learns to like it lol. I'm off to steph's for the evening/night in a bit so thought would do a 'quick' post now rather than wait until tomorrow.

Well as promised this is my favourite of the 3 cards I made on Monday...

Another card using my new stamp and Bo Bunny Aliss paper and double dot ribbon. I have a habit of colouring in the images and then picking paper to go with them (I think this is because at heart I am a scrapbooker and am used to having to find papers to go with my photos when really when I'm making cards I should be making the most of been able to pick the papers and colour the image to match but it's a hard habit to break). Anyways that was a very waffley way of explaining why the tulips are yellow/orange instead of pink lol, I'm thinking I may have to do another card with them in pink instead lol. I know that's sad isn't it lol.

Anyways off to get myself ready to go out otherwise will still be in my PJs lol. XOX

Monday Again

Am sure that some one has mixed up all my days this week, work today definitely felt like a Monday but then this afternoon dragged like a friday, and I've been convinced it's Thursday all day. Confused yet? lol. You are are? good, welcome to my world.

Well I'm off to my boyfriends now hopefully for a nice DVD and cheer up, after some rubbish this evening. We went to see Cemetery Junction last night which was really good, some very funny bits. Got a busy couple of days coming up, but hoping to fit in another couple of films, can't believe the amount that are out at the moment that look good, I think it's gonna be expensive come the time when they all come out on DVD lol and that's just to buy the new shelves.

Well this is the second of my cards from Monday, features Chatty Nikki from Ladybug Crafts Ink and some papermania paper and for the bargain effect some ribbon that I'd cut off a top (you know the ones that they use to attach the clothes to the coat hangers in the shops) I love the colours on this, and yay back to my usual pink lol.


Right well I'd best get going, I probably won't be able to post tomorrow as off to Steph's while the boys go to see Peter Kay, but on Friday I'll post the 3rd (and my favourite) of Monday's cards, and hopefully get some new ones made - I've just had a huge order of blank cards arrive, including some double fold cards - yay huge time saver from having to make my own or stick 2 normal cards together :) and got a couple of new stamps (as well as some I found in the cupboard) to try out too - so that should be good, hopefully it'll be as productive as Monday :) Right well I really best get going still few bits to do before leave.
XOX