Friday, 11 March 2011

One I made earlier .....

Hi all,

Not much crafting been going on this week I'm afraid - I have been suffering with an ongoing joint condition and my knee has been causing problems this week again :(

Must be bad I haven't made a card all week lol !


However I have found 'one I made earlier ' so hope this will do...........



The cake is from 'Crazy for Cupcakes' but I cut off the candle and used a circle punch to add the cherry on the top. Colours are Pink Pirouette and Baja Breeze (again ).

Also thank you for the lovely comments about my flowers and I have found something else to show you .....but very few flowers!!!

The brief was to create an arrangement using fruit and/or veg with very little flower material.

So the recipe for my creation was asparagus, lemons, limes, grapes, curly parsley, cress, baby sweetcorn and some solidago. Confused yet ?

Well the idea was for it to be a fresh, citrus style arrangement with a French provencale kitchen window style feel to it..........

What do you think ?

Surprising what you can make with a few things from the supermarket !!!

Hope to get a few more cards done next week, enjoy your weekend x

Sunday, 6 March 2011

Ring o' Roses

Hi all, hope you are well.

Todays card is made from the Growing Green stamp set.

I stamped and cut out the flower 7 times in Regal Rose and added a few Old Olive leaves. The sentiment is from Occasional Greetings which is a very useful set. Paper is from the never ending Paper Stack. Couldn't resist adding the Bliss butterfly.

The Regal Rose grosgrain ribbon is now retired but it is still available in loads of colours and is really easy to 'ruffle' .

When I show you what I made at floristry this week you will see where the inspiration for this card came from lol !

A hand tied posy of beautiful roses

Sooo girly and pretty aren't they ?

Now for things less pretty, I'm off to watch Wolves beat Spurs on the telly - well, fingers (and everything else ) crossed !!!

Wednesday, 2 March 2011

100 and not out

Evening all,
I must start with a big thank you to you ALL. Today is my 100th post and over 7000 visits so thank you , thank you, thank you to everyone that reads.

I really appreciate you stopping by and I love reading your comments. If you haven't yet said hi please don't be shy - Elaine I know you're out there lol !

More scrapbook pages today - my two little cuties pretending to be angelic

The flowers are from Vintage Vogue and I have stamped the edges of the Rich Razzleberry card with a little stamp from Tiny Tags in white ink to just soften the edges.

Reversed the colourway this time for the opposite page.

It was almost spring like today and I even ventured into the garden and cut the grass for the first time this year ! March already - do you realise we move the clocks forward this month ?

Speaking of March you may have seen that Stampin Up have reduced some items by up to 30% for March ONLY so if you would like any more information please get in touch. Also if you would like to 'Spring clean' your photo collection and turn them into a special keepsake please contact me and I'll gladly try to help.

Here's to the next 100 !!!

Monday, 28 February 2011

Cherish Always

Morning all, something different from me today !


During recent chats with Jules she has encouraged me to have a go at scrapbooking. It's not something I have ever really tried and if I'm honest it didn't really interest me - I just didn't 'get it' !


Well, while tidying the bottom of my wardrobe (I did get round to it eventually) I came across a bag of photos and one photo in particular jumped out at me - yes I did think Baja Breeze lol !!


It's a picture taken a couple of years ago and is one of my favourite ever photos of Isabel. When she is a rebellious, gothic looking teenager I will be able to look back and see how sweet and innocent she was once !


It was taken at Discovery Cove in Florida during a fab day when we swam with the dolphins and holds very special memories.





The swirls on the Elegant Soiree paper are perfect to represent the sea. Hearts are from I {heart} Hearts and stamped in Baja Breeze and Crumb Cake.

I used Tiny Tags and a marker to add the date and do you like my ribbon ruffle..............?

A bow just wasn't right ! Few gorgeous pearls to decorate.

I was going to save this for my next post ( amazingly my 100th ! ) but I was so excited I just couldn't wait ! I really enjoyed making this and hadn't realised before how powerful it is to create with a special image and memory.

If you 've never tried scrapbooking , choose a photo that's special to you and give it a go - I know you will be amazed !

The sentiment is a mixture of Baroque Motifs (again ) and Always Elegant but is so apt as this is a memory I WILL cherish always.

Off to find some more photos x

Saturday, 26 February 2011

SAB Quickie !

Happy Saturday, are you doing anything nice this weekend ?

I've just spent a lovely morning meeting a new customer -so hello Alison if you're reading ! I get so excited talking about all the Stampin Up products and I think it makes a big difference seeing them 'in real life'.

If you live in South Staffs/ West Mids area and would like me to bring some products for you to try please get in touch.

Todays card was a result of Sophie asking yesterday if I could make a quick card for one of her friends. (that's daughter speak for I need it NOW lol )

I immediately turned to the Punch Bunch set, with the matching punches it really does mean you can make an extra quick card.


Colours are Concorde Crush, Rich Razzleberry and Perfect Plum (and my fave stamp from Sweet summer ) and because it was quick I even decided to gift wrap the present for her too - colour co ordinated of course lol !

That's what Moms are for !!! Enjoy the rest of your weekend x

Friday, 25 February 2011

This weeks post


Hiya all, hope you are well.

I know a couple of Stampin Up Jems have been suffering this week so here are a couple of cards I popped in the post this week...........

This one uses the Sweet Summer set ( only available for a few more days ! ) and I just love making a matching background with white ink. Hope you will soon be up and about Chris !

Melon Mambo, Concorde Crush and of course Baroque Motifs again lol ! Hope you are feeling better Shazza.

On to happier occasions, there was also a birthday

Hope you had a fab day Sarah- Jane !

Hopefully they all arrived safely, better go and check the calendar to see what I need for next week !

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

No time !

Wow, what a busy week !

Mistakenly, with it being Half Term and not having the restraints of the school run, I thought I might have a little extra time this week and maybe (okay it was a big maybe ) I would get round to some of those little jobs I keep putting off for ages. Tidying out the bottom of my wardrobe was top of the list !

However, I seem to have less time than ever and this morning the girls didn't wake up til 10 oclock so I was trying to be quiet - perfect excuse for not hoovering !


Yesterday we had a girly shopping day and left home at 8.30am for Merry Hill shopping centre and got back at twenty to 7 !!! Definitely 'shop til you drop ', hence their sleep in this morning ! In all that time I didn't buy anything for myself - oh except some deodorant , exciting eh ?

The girls enjoyed it though and spent some of the money/vouchers they had for Christmas/birthday .

So not much crafting going on but I have had a little play with something silly for the girls using these...........

As soon as I saw these stamps from the Sweet Summer set I knew I wanted to make a little person from them and although I'm still not happy with the final result the girls think she is cute

Remember the Weebles, or am I just showing my age lol ?

Anyway, to serious matters -there is only a few days of Sale-a -bration left !!!!! So if you want to get hold of one of the FREE sets please get in touch quickly. If like me, you've got all the sets ( oops how did that happen ? ) then it's still worth ordering because it would make a perfect gift for a crafty friend.

Better go, we are now about to make choc chip muffins - yes real ones ! x