Happy birthday Pam.

My sweet Mom-in-law is 70 today.

Anyone who read my previous post will know that she decided to celebrate with a Barn Dance in their church hall.

I just had to share these pictures of my MIL and DIL... as you can see they were really in the party spirit!

Usually Pam is BIG on glamour, which is why I picked TGF Cheeky Glamour for her birthday card. I printed the 70 on my computer and used pretty Stampin' Up papers and cardstock.Simon Say's 'Stamp and show your numbers' for the challenge this week, so I think this card fits the bill quite nicely!

And how did my hubby cope with the barn dance? He found a nice quiet corner and didn't move from it all night except to get his baked potato during the break!

Happy birthday Pam, you're one crazy and special lady!

Tuesday on a Friday!

No sunshine today, but I am looking forward to another day of card making once I've rushed through the housework!

I don't use sketches very often as I just can't make them shine the way some of you talented girls do! However, I thought I'd have a go with this little beauty from the Sketch Saturday Crew.

Say 'hello' to 'Tuesday' from TGF! Isn't she cute?
I decided to break out some gorgeous Basic Grey paper and used up a few scraps in the process.

The little tabs are cut with my Cuttlebug. One says 'Happy birthday' and the other 'Princess' and not 'fitness' as my hubby thought when he looked over my shoulder yesterday!

Hope you've all got a great weekend planned, we have a busy one ahead.

My Mom-in-law is celebrating her 70th birthday with a Barn Dance in the church hall on Saturday. I think I'm most looking forward to seeing how freaked out my hubby will be by the whole experience!

Happy crafting everyone!

Cute as a button

Hello everyone, long time no blog!

I worked all of last week and had to spend Sunday catching up on housework, so just couldn't fit any card making time into a packed schedule.

Today is different: the sky is blue, the sun is shining and I am having a day off.

No major housework, just a day of cardmaking and relaxing... heavenly!

I'm having a bit of a Gorjuss girl fad right now (oh, you'd guessed!). I want to practice my colouring techniques and find that Suzanne W's wonderful little girls virtually colour themselves.I picked a warm blue and red colour combo for Goth Girl , mainly because I wanted to use Cosmo Crickets lovely Material Girl papers. This is such a fabulous pad of retro papers and I love the vintage look of the colours and patterns. This is only the second easel card that I've made and I've got to admit that I struggled to remember how one went together until I re-found these great instructions.

It's easel card time over at the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge, and also at the ABC Challenge (E is for Easel), so thanks for the inspiration girls!

I'm now off to make cards while the sun shines... happy crafting everyone!

September Card Chain Challenge

Hi everyone, I'm just squeeeeeeeeeezing in before the end of the month with my September CCC post.

As you all know I love Deborah's Card Chain Challenge! Nothing compares with the thrill of receiving a beautiful card and of making new virtual friends along the way. This month Deborah is celebrating one whole year of challenges so big congrats and very many thanks to her for organising all the fun!

I sent this card to the lovely and oh, so talented Pia.

I did a little altering to this sweet Diane Duda/Sugar Nellie stamp to add the leaves!

...and just look at what I received from sweet Rikke in Demark!

The papers and colours are just gorgeous and I love that flower.

The little bird detail on the notecard is so sweet.

Thank you Rikke!

It's sign up time again over at Deborah's blog so why not join in the fun for October!

My Gorjuss sister-in-law!

It's my sister-in-law's birthday tomorrow... shhhhh, don't tell anyone but it's the big 40!

I decided to make another Gorjuss girl card and got heavy with the Distress inks to create the layered background. Lot's of lovely Hero Arts stamps and a sentiment stamp by Crescendoh too. I had so much fun with this one!

Here's my SIL with my sweet niece earlier this year. Don't you think that Gorjuss girl image is just perfect for her?

Happy crafting everyone!

Well, anything goes!

It was launch day over at SCSC yesterday as Wendy and the DT girls showcased her newly released collection of manga inspired stamps. As I live close enough to Wendy's shop to be able to visit I have actually seen some of these gorgeous designs in real life... and I've also bagged myself a cute Italian Girl stamp!

SCSC Challenge #101 is 'Anything goes' so I thought I'd enter this little anniversary card that I've made for my sister-in-law and her hubby. They are celebrating 10 years of marriage this week. I cannot believe that their lovely wedding day was soooooooooo long ago!

The cute ducks are a Penny Black Slapstick stamp. I've not used one before and have to say that I am very impressed. The stamp gave a really good, crisp image and stuck perfectly to the perspex block. I coloured with Promarkers and Versacolour ink.

Challenge #130 at Cute Card Thursday is Flutter and Tweet. These guys might flap and quack but they are still birds so can waddle over and join in the fun!

Finally I have just one thing to say: OK, so who stole the weekend?????

Oh well, at least I did alot of housework and made two cards.

Happy crafting everyone!