Valentine "Make & Take"

As mentioned in my last post I was given a Valentine Box "Make and Take" template to do at home by Cathie Shuttleworth . I actually traced the one she gave me and resized it to be a bit bigger, but on reflection I think the smaller size was better suited to it. I have made up the original now but haven't got a photograph as I haven't got round to embellishing it yet. Regardless, it is rather cute isn't it?

Chick, Chick, Chick, Chick, Chicken

I'd forgotten all about these. When I went to the Craft Show at the Brighton Centre in February I bought some fabulous Cathie Shuttleworth templates and I thought I'd just run one up to see how it looked. To start with I was a bit nervous that it would be too difficult (although this Chicken basket is a beginners level project)but it turned out really well and was very easy to assemble. As you can see it is big enough for an egg to fit in,
so at Easter a Cadbury's Creme Egg or similar would be perfect in this as an Easter gift. Cathie was doing a "Make and Take" Valentine's box at the Craft Fair and although I couldn't manage to get to the head of the queue to have a go, she kindly gave me a blank to try at home, so I'll try to blog about that in the next few days.

Brrr Chilly

I am totally embracing this "waste not, want not" mentality after my disparaging remarks earlier in the week. When I put my first bit of pearlised card through the big shot in the sledding cuttlebug folder, it went a bit skew-whiff and couldn't be used as a complete piece so I cut out all the words I could to be used as accents. Not too shabby, I think! Dottie Skating (coloured by me in PSP) from the Dottie Christmas Collection at Charmed Cards - How cute is this? Must have got the Christmas card bug from Linda :)

Waste Not, Want Not

I always cringe when I hear people on Create and Craft or QVC saying that Crafters never waste anything, but actually I am getting a bit that way myself. I made a bit of a c*ck-up when I printed out this card, thinking I had covered over the Tangerine completely with the blue, but clearly I hadn't! I toyed with throwing it away as it didn't seem to be much use but in the end I fashioned this card. Not fabulous, but not too bad I suppose! All by PP as usual. BTW the lady I made the cards for on Monday, loved them and within 10 minutes of receiving them had already written out one, addressed and stamped the envelope and had it in the post!

My baby's sick :(

My daughter has got flu so I quickly rustled this card up to send to cheer her up in lieu of being there to mop her fevered brow. I love these Dottie Images from Charmed Cards although I think I should have printed this one a wee bit larger. I was in a hurry to get it in the post so didn't have time to re-do it. Background papers by PP (of course) from The Lola's Boudoir Rainbow collection.

Bottoms Up!

I am frittering away far too much time with these Dottie Images - I love them to bits. I think I may have to get all of the sets. As usual the background paper is from Pink Petticoat The ribbon I used to tie up the hammock on either side came from Liberty's, a present from my daughter. She knows what I love :)

Dotty about Dottie

Bit of a grotty photo but I love these little character downloads from Charmed Cards You can buy all sorts of different ones (This on is from the Dottie at Home Collection)and there is a male character too, called George. Most of them are just black & white outlines for you to colour in yourself but I've just bought the Christmas ones which come with a coloured in set too which will save a lot of time. The background papers (as ever *yawn* :) ) from Pink Petticoat I just love the versatility of printing off what I like rather than buying a slab of papers and hating half of them.

Another Graduation Card Post

Another Graduation Card this time using the Pink Petticoat Just for Ewe download and PP papers from the Doodle-iscious CD this time in Turquoise. I left it quite plain and centalised this time which I'm not sure about. With all the last four cards I've made, I printed it off enough of the background paper/images to make two or three cards. With the others I've made them all the same but I might vary this one a little bit. Reposition the image and add some brads or ribbon.

More of the Birthday gift cards

The lady I am making the cards for heard on Friday that one of her Grandaughters got a 2:1 degree so I thought I'd make a couple of Graduation cards she could use. The image is from the Turtle-y amazing download from Pink Petticoat coloured in PSP and the papers are from the Doodle-iscious CD (Also PP) in Tangerine and Mocha. I'll put up the other card tomorrow.

Bit of a flurry

I'm making a few cards to give as a gift to one of the ladies at the Rest Home I work at who has a birthday on Monday. I finally seem to have got my mojo back after months of not making much. The main reason is that I have turned my daughter's room into a craft room so it's easier to get on with things. It's a big room so there's all her stuff up one end and all mine up the other so she doesn't mind when she comes home. At the moment my desk is my husband's Black and Decker pasting table, but it's good and sturdy. The downside of course is that he won't be able to use it for the desperately needed wallpapering. Oh well!
As mentioned in my previous post I only have a small number of punches so I thought I would try pairing an oval scallop cut out with a circle. I don't dislike it. The stamp is Curly Sheep by Inca, the paper as before from the "O Christmas Tree" CD by Pink Petticoat.

Yee hah!

I love how this little card turned out - very plain and simple, but I like it. I have used this little matting combo a lot, mainly because I only have a small number of punches but I love the way it looks, so will use it a lot in the future too. The paper is a download from Pink Petticoat "O Christmas Tree" and the Cow rubber stamp is from A-muse. I have pinched the idea for the computer generated sentiment from the co-ordinating A-muse stamp which was naughty but the shop where I bought the cow only had about 6 A-muse stamps in total, so buying it wasn't an option. We are poorly served for American crafting stuff in the UK, and the prices are astronomical, despite the very favourable exchange rate :( Not sure where I got the ribbon from, but I should get some more, it's cute.