Saturday 29 October 2011


made this card from a Hammy Hamster cd rom i just love the images on it, i then layered it on to a piece of glittered paper and mirri card and put card candi on the corners

Friday 21 October 2011

christmas card


have not posted on here much lately due to personal issues but as today i feel so much better i thought i would make a card i embossed the snowmen onto a piece of gold mirri card and printed out a topper from a cd rom i had and so a quick but simple card

Thursday 4 August 2011

Christmas Teddy


decided to play with this image when i found the stamp in a box whilst tidying up

Wednesday 3 August 2011

playing with a cd rom


I have been playing with a cd rom and this is the first card made with it I used the design feature to create the background then chose an image i then chose a few embellishments i did use the settings on my printer to borderless print but as usual it ignored me lol

Friday 22 July 2011

doilly card


someone on a forum kindly sent me the lace paper and doilly and the image is from Furry Friends by Joanna Sheen

Wednesday 13 July 2011

another baby card


my hairdresser told me yesterday that she is expecting a baby at the end of the year so this morning i made this for her using the Baby Love cd rom from Joanna Sheen for the image and backing paper

Monday 11 July 2011

baby card


my next door neighbour has told me she is going to become a grandmother soon so thought i would make this card to give to the parents i used a Joanna Sheen cd rom for the backing paper and image

Wednesday 6 July 2011

tissue box mark 6


this is the latest attempt mark 6 at making a tissue box so think i am getting there lol

Tuesday 5 July 2011

tissue box


my first attempt at one of these as my forum swap is to make one of these cut out the shape from a template one of my members sent to me and stamped an image and then coloured with promarkers now all i have to do is to stick it all together

Monday 4 July 2011

another lattice card


yet another lattice card i just love this die had problems getting the flowers to stay on though lol

Tuesday 28 June 2011

Lattice Card


I was having a play with my new die the lattice was cut out using the die and then embellished with some paper flowers i had in my box

i have been wondering about a swap forum

I have been thinking a lot lately about a craft forum for members to swap ATC'S, Fat Book Pages, Tags, etc but knowing that forums seem to be declining because of social network sites I wonder whether people would be that interested

Wednesday 22 June 2011

another mans card


i made this one this morning with some hand made paper i found and some toppers

Sunday 19 June 2011

teddy bear card


whilst going through my stash i came across a pink spotted blank card and then found some pieces of a teddy bear that i had cut out at some point so put it all together and this is the result. I did forget to shape the bear to give it dimension though

Wednesday 15 June 2011

dog in a bag


i bought this stamp yesterday i just could not resist it and then coloured in using promarkers am not very good at colouring yet so must keep practising

Thursday 9 June 2011

retirement cards



these 2 retirement cards are ones i had to make in a hurry as they are needed tonight ready for tomorrow and as i am locked out of my craft room because of the door jamming had to make them with stash that i had available the pink one is for a lady (the picture does not really do it justice and the other is for a man

Wednesday 1 June 2011

card made yesterday


on monday i spent all morning using my Joy Trouvaille to cut out shapes in various sizes yesterday i decided to use some of them and made this the topper is from a QVC kit i had and the backing paper was in a bundle i bought last year

Monday 9 May 2011

Speedy and Binky



these are the latest pictures of Speedy and Binky taken after they were groomed last week, someone commented on that they thought Binky looked like a meerkat lol Binky is the one on the faux fur pad and Speedy on the laminate floor as you can see they were not impressed lol

Wednesday 4 May 2011

my latest card


this card i made using a scalloped edge card i found then a piece of fancy card on top as a layer then i embossed with a cuttlebug border folder glued a flower i found in my box of embellishments then tore a piece of vellum and finished off with faux gems and a ribbon

Sunday 24 April 2011

sundays card


I made this one today i embossed the card itself then cut a piece of coloured card and used a Martha Stewart punch for the fancy border then used a couple of pieces of coloured peel offs then a topper that i had handy and then a greetings sticker. I think i need to get my eyes tested as i can't seem to get things on straight anymore.

Saturday 23 April 2011

made this one this morning


felt i really must get motivated again and so had a play this morning and this is the result

Saturday 16 April 2011

Cheery Lynn die


I made this by using a nestie to cut the scallop shaped card then i found i had a Cheery Lynn die so ran that through the Joy Trouvail then just put a few die cuts on as well had a bit of a wobble when putting the lady on so she is a bit drunk looking lol

Sunday 10 April 2011

just a couple of cards i have made to donate



i have made these cards to donate to the local hospice charity shop for them to sell for funds i have a batch of 14 at the moment so am hoping to make a few more and take down middle of next week i used some toppers from a kanban kit and the backing papers and the mats and layers were from stash i already had

Friday 25 March 2011

card made for the local hospice


i have decided its time to get myself in gear again and have made this card for the local hospice charity shop i am going to make a batch and take them down to them.

I used a scallop card i find amongst my stash and the same thing with the backing paper, i also found an pearlised aperture card which i would not have used so cut it down and ran it through my cuttlebug to emboss and then the top from a kit i bought some time ago from QVC, and as a finishing touch put the flower in the corner

Tuesday 25 January 2011

this is a birthday card


this is a birthday card i have made i used the Joy cutting embossing machine to cut the embossed card, then matted and layered and then used an image from a Joanna Sheen cd rom then i used the cuttlebug to make the fancy tag to put the happy birthday peel off on now i have to work out how to make an envelope to fit

Saturday 8 January 2011

birthday card


this is a card i made for someone i used to work with i used the new large die cutting machine with a grande square scalloped nestie to cut out the card from an A3 piece of card the insert and backing paper and image i used from Joanna Sheens Times Gone By cd rom then used some peel offs for a frame around the image and the Happy Birthday