Thank you...

Hi everyone, long time no blog!

Just a quick post to share a little card that I made to thank my SIL for the invitation to my sweet niece's christening. Here she is eating 'whotsits' in the sunshine! I couldn't resist paper piecing that cute A Muse church. I bought this stamp ages ago to use on wedding invitations so it was good to get it inked up again after all this time!

The pretty paper is a tiny scrap from my stash... I never throw anything away, no matter how small! No prizes for spotting that gorgeous Ali Edwards font. The inside reads 'We accept!'

Sorry to rush off but I'm suffering from vertigo today and can't sit up for too long.

Happy crafting everyone!

Celebrate!

The theme for Challenge #90 at The Secret Crafter is 'Water'.

I have been making some quite complicated cards recently (hopefully they'll be along later in the week), so making this sweet and simple little card made a nice change!

I stamped the cute Hero Arts duck and then added a tiny balloon image by A Muse. I have had the balloon stamp for ages and it took a long time to track it down to a tin full of my older stamps. What a trip down cardmaking memory lane that was!

The water was painted in Tumbled Glass Distress ink and the sky was coloured with Versacolour ink. I added some Stickles to accent the water and some Diamond Glaze to the balloon. All of the cardstock was Stampin' Up Scraps - so I am feeling just a bit pleased with myself.

I also rounded the top right hand corner after taking this picture, which really added some extra interest to the card.

And what is the little duck celebrating... could it be my new job??????

Yes, I have a new job at another library! The library has been closed for over a year while it was fully refurbished. It looks fabulous, and I can't believe that I will be starting as the new librarian in just a few weeks! However, I will be incredibly sad to leave the library where I currently work as the staff are just wonderful - telling them my news will be very, very hard tomorrow.

Have a great Sunday evening everyone!