'Tis the Season to be Jolly!

yes I know, another Christmas card, but I have lots to make! I'm using up scraps and this Splitcoast Stampers sketch #217 is great for tiny bits of last year's Papermania traditional papers. The little Penny Black hedgies are stamped then punched out, coloured with Polychromos pencils and a touch of glitter then mounted with burgundy cardstock from Stampin' Up! I finished with faux stitching using a Sakura Stardust pen, an Elusive Images text stamped with crimson copper Brilliance ink and punched flowers with golden Papermania gem centres and stars scattered about. With my punched shapes and flowers I can enter this weeks Stamp with Fun blog challenge.

Christmas Decorating

wow, another post from me, and another Christmas card! This little fur ball is from the Penny Black transparent set 'Holly Day Critters' and I've coloured with my Polychromos pencils then added liquid glaze to the baubles to make them shine. The card layout is Splitcoast Stampers sketch #220 with dp from Basic Grey and scraps of burgundy and green cardstock by Stampin' Up! with the top panel mounted with 3d foam for dimension. I've edged the dp pieces and the base card with crimson copper Brilliance ink and stippled around the edges of the image with green chalk ink to take off the stark whiteness then stamped a little greeting from another PB set. I decided to leave the card plain as the dp is quite busy and flowers didn't look right - and green or red snowflakes positively yuk!

I noticed that Our Creative Corner want to see pets on a project this week and One Stop Craft have a Furry Things theme , so I think my card fits both of these with this kitty!

Soon be Christmas!

I made a card! Well thanks to having a tidy up I found this cute image that my friend Linda sent me a while back and it reminded me that I need to make a start on my Christmas card list too! I already had the card layout done for Splitcoast Stampers sketch 223 with dp from Designer Digitals so I coloured hedgie with my Polychromos pencils to match, layered up a bloom from my stash and stamped a little Studio G text greeting. OK it may not be the traditional Christmas colours, but I think the purple works quite well with the green .. .. what do you think?

I'm not sure if this fits in with any challenges as I've not been blogging for ages and it might be a while before I do again, but I do need to make a start on the seasonal cards and I'm just waiting for the new Christmas clear PB sets to come back in stock in the UK. I have an order for 30 Christmas cards with mice on them .. .. and I can't stand to do them all the same so that's my excuse for buying some new stamps!

More Magnolias

Here's a list of a few more of my Magnolia stamps for sale. Send me an email if you would like any of them and I'll put by for you.

SP08 Tilda with basket of daisies £4.50
SO08 Flower Power Tilda (flowers in her hair) £4
SO08 Sitting Summer Tilda £4
VA08 Tilda with flower £4
VA08 Tilda with straws £4.50

And just these left from the Magnolia Summer 2008 Club package:
Edwin with cocktail tray £4
Tilda sitting with one leg drawn up £4

I also have some of the Tilda and Edwin characters left from the Autumn 2008 and Winter 2008 club collections. These are unmounted bare rubber but cut out from the sheet they came on.

Autumn club: Giggling Tilda (£3.50), Tilda sitting with legs to side (£3.50), Tilda and Edwin mushroom picking (£7 for the 2 stamps)

Winter club: Tilda and Edwin skating (£4.50), Tilda standing holding bell (£3.50), Tilda with head in hands (3.50).

Magnolia Stamp Sale

I have been having a sort out and need both space and cash just at the moment so I have put together some of my stamps to sell, starting today with some Magnolia ones I rarely get to use any more. I'm just listing them with the codes used on the Magnolia shop site so if you want to see them you can go and take a look here. The stamps are either mounted on cling by the shop or myself and start at just £3.50. I will be adding more over the next few days but to start off here are the ones from various 2007 collections.

I will be happy to send International and will put your stamps by until I can work out the postage. Send me an email about which stamps you want. Payment by PayPal please once we have agreed a price.

So here's the list (I'll delete once a stamp is put by for someone):

Just these left now:
SA 07 Edwin Fishing £4
JUL07 Edwin sitting (star on his jumper) £4
JUL07 Tilda with lantern £4
CH07 Party Tilda £4.50
CH07 Party Edwin £4.50
DEC07 Chilly Tilda £4

I'll add a few more next week from the 2008 collections.

Just a Note

Well friends, yes I am still here - although not creating anything to share with you just at the moment. My own health has been up and down as I try to balance my life with living with ME, and trying to loose some serious weight to save my knees from giving out. On top of that my son is quite poorly again. On top of the health problems he had last year and then the nasty virus earlier this year that left him with heart problems, he has now been diagnosed with Lyme disease after being bitten by an infected tick up on Dartmoor. He is waiting to undergo further treatment, including a spinal tap to check if the virus has attacked his nervous system.

So friends, for the moment my blog is at a standstill and will probably be quiet over the summer months. I'll keep you posted, and maybe find a quite moment to stop by to see what you have been doing with yourselves too.

Love and Hugs,

A Bit of Bling

This week's theme on Cute Card Thursday is 'A Bit of Bling', something that is easy for me to do! However, with a miserable wet day and a niggling headache yesterday, I'm not so happy with my DT card for this week but didn't have time to make another. The papers are by Designer Digitals and I'm just not sure about that bottom layer or about the circle in the same dp as the rectangle, even though I've used a plain lilac Coredinations cardstock for mounting. I've sanded all the plain lilac to reveal the paler inner core but also dragged a spring pansy Versmagic chalk ink around the edges. The image is sitting Willow from the Whiff of Joy Summer collection by Elisabeth Bell and I've coloured her with Polychromos pencils then cut her out and 3d mounted her with foam tape to the circle, which is also on 3d foam so it stands out a bit more from the background. I found a scrap of lilac shimmery organza ribbon to wrap around the vertical panel and then added lilac Papermania gems and Liquid Pearls in lilac and pale yellow blobbed onto the flowers. The card layout is Splitcoast Stampers sketch #212 - I'm slowly getting them done!