No harm, no fowl.......

Last time I went to the craft Fair at the Brighton centre I bought the template for a Chicken basket and this yearI just bought a plain chicken. It has absolutely no purpose at all but I love it and have made five so far. I love the Cathie Shuttleworth templates, as they are so cute but well within the range of my limited abilities. Mind you just as I was standing at the Cathie Shuttleworth stall to buy this and another template (for a running rabbit - only £1 each - what a bargain!)some dozy tart stabbed me in the side with a walking stick folded up and sticking out horizontially from her bag. It wasn't one with a rubber stopper on the end but a sharp pint like on a shooting stick. She wasn't that concerned, commenting mildly that "Perhaps I should keep my hand over the end" Perhaps? It was an offensive weapon and it bloody well hurt. I was in shock at the time but I now wished I'd kicked off about it. People are so arrogant! The title of my post in no way indicates my well being or state of mind about this incident!

Birthday Bubbly

I haven't had much time again to make any cards so as usual the best laid plans ...... (for that read "I haven't made any Easter Cards!") However it is a card making chum's birthday this Easter Weekend and so I had to stir my stirrups and make her a card. It is using Pink Petticoat Lola Rose Bubbly (Just as well the PP lady Liz keeps coming out with new one's as I lost the first lot when my computer crashed - blessed zip downloads making me want everything straight away and not backing it up!)The joy for me of using image stamps is that I can colour them on the computer using PSP which is what I have done here. Colouring with pens, paint and crayons is not my strong suit but I love that if I make a mistake in PSP I can just undo and start again. I have picked out the colours and prints to colour in the image from the Lola's Boudoir collection (thankfully I have that on CD!) and I have used the same for the background paper. I have made the bath bubbles sparkly using Icicle Stickles, although I was a bit sparing with them as my first attempt made the ink run :( The Sentiment was of course computer generated too and the ribbon came from Liberty's

Snowmen

I was fortunate enough to receive several handmade cards this past Christmas although I didn't manage to make that many myself despite my best intentions. These two arrived on the same day and both feature a snowman image and the same ice blue colour palette. The one above is from Angela and the one below from Linda.They are both fabulous - I wish I could come up with such beautiful cards.

Rose Card by Linda

This fabulous card was given to me by Linda, a friend I made through a card making forum and who subsequently turned out to live about a mile away from me :) I love it, it is so elegant and simple and looks sensational. I wanted to take a second photo to show how the gold card twinkles in the light, it's very subtle but when you see it it makes quite an impact, but it's difficult to get a picture that does it justice. In another forum I visit when someone copies someone elses idea for a card they call it CASE-ing (Copy And Selectively Edit ) I am soooo going to CASE this idea (Doesn't it sound nicer than pinch?)