Football

This is a card I made for a friend's Birthday and as you can tell he loves football and supports Norwich City hence the yellow and green. I used a Personal Impressions stamp I have had for years, coloured with Copics, added a football cut from some card I have also had for years, and some raffia lace.

Challenges

Fab 'n' Funky Boys to men

I am selling at a big craft and gift fair this morning which is in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust so I will catch up with some blogging later.

Schooldays

I do love the Gorjuss girls and this is one my hubby bought me last Christmas. I have the same image on a notebook, so cute. 

Image - Personal Impressions Gorjuss Girl

Medium - Copics, Sakura Clear Star pen on the trim on her dress

Papers - Prima Youth

Die - MB button border

Ric rac - Crafty Ribbons

Other - Buttons, raffia, Scrabble letters

Challenges

The Cutie Pie Anything Goes 

Crafty Sentiments Colourful 

Penny's Dies 

Simon Says Back to School 

Cute Card Thursday Back to School 

Docrafts Anything Goes

We are planning a day at the coast today so will catch you later.

Gorjuss Time

Wow, what a lot of snow we had on Sunday afternoon and through the night. We went for a lovely walk in it yesterday. It was quite hard going as it was so deep, so good exercise and lovely to be out in the fresh air. I'm having a day in today though and after doing some housework will be heading up to the craftroom.

My lovely hubby bought me 2 of the Gorjuss girl stamps for Christmas and this is one of them. She has been coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers with Sakura Goldstar pen for the hearts and chain. The papers are Docrafts Chronology and Bo Bunny Timepiece. The embossing folder is Tim Holtz. I've used Core'dinations and DI Worn Lipstick and lots of distressing and sanding. The flowers were made with punches and pearl, sentiment is Teddy Bo and the cute charm is from My Crafty Heart.

Challenges

Bunny Zoe Anything Goes 

Charmed Cards and Crafts Teenagers/older children 

Creative Inspirations One for the girls 

Divas by Design Girlie 

Stampin' for the weekend Girlie

  A Gem Embossing

MAWTT Happy Birthday

Friday Sketch challenge Fab sketch
Simon Says stamp and show What are you known for (I love Gorjuss girls and have a handbag, notebooks, pen, bookmark, mug, coaster, tin and diary)

Bookworm

I had my friend round again yesterday for her cardmaking class. She thoroughly enjoyed herself. We made three cards in three hours. I make samples up first and then we both make them. The challenge for me is finding cards to make without stamped images that need colouring. Not sure if we will progress to colouring some day. Also she doesn't like cute images!!  One of the cards we made was an anniversary card for her husband. She did so well but when she had finished I found her laughing as she had put the image on so the card opened back to front! She left it like that as she said it would amuse him and he would know that she had made it.

Now I love reading, though since I started blogging I don't read as many books as I used to. I adore this image and she has been waiting to be coloured for some time.

Recipe

Stamp - Personal Impression Gorjuss girl

Medium - Promarkers and Fexmarkers with a ounc of Sakura Rosestar

Papers - Papermania Happy Days

Tools - Sizzix corner die, MB buterfly, bird and cage dies, TH distressing tool

Other - Viva pearl ice white pen, DI Vintage Photo and Tattered Rose, Piece cut from dictionary which I bought just for cardmaking.

Challenges

Sweet Stampin' Books and text 

Send a Smile 4 Kids For the girls 

Divas by Design For a female 

Creative Inspirations Anything Goes 

Papertake Anything Goes 

The Cutie Pie Spots and stripes

Gorjuss in Purple

We've woken up to a lovely bright calm day today. I hope those of you in Scotland and the north of the UK are having better weather today and that yesterday's dreadful weather there didn't do too much damage.

This week at Winter Wonderland it's my turn to host the challenge and I have chosen Let it Snow. We are sponsored by Delicious Doodles and you could win 3 digis of your choice so I hope you'll come and join in the fun. I've made another purple Christmas card, not made many in this colour this year, using one of the Gorjuss girls coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers with lots of glitter. The backing paper is Craft Creations, the other is Papermania. I've used the MS snowflake border punch and some purple ribbon. The snowflakes are some of the Kars wooden ones coloured with a Promarker and some made with glitter card and 3 different MS snowflake punches.

Challenges:

By the Cute and Girly Let it Snow

Incy Wincy Non traditional colours

Creative Card Crew Tis the Season

Ladybug Crafts Ink Snowflakes and sparkle

For Fun Christmas Sparkle

St Luke's Charity Let it Snow!

The first batch of Christmas cards were posted yesterday. 9 left to make which are mostly hand deliveries. The Christmas decs are coming out of the loft later and hoping to get some pressies wrapped this weekend. Hope your preparations are going well and you all have a good weekend.

I found my family in a book

As promised I'm back with a second post today. Please scroll down for today's SWALK sneak peek. When I went to Ally Pally recently I almost a couple of the Gorjuss girl stamps but bought so much other stuff that I didn't buy any. However Lynsey knew how much I liked them and bought me one for my Birthday. She is called I found my family in a book and I adore her. In fact she matches the bag I had as one of my Birthday pressies from my hubby. I saw these bags a while back and we found them in a shop in the New Forest when we went away recently.

So, onto my card which has been coloured with Promarkers. The edges have been coloured with Broken China DI, papers are Pink Paislee Bayberry Cottage which I bought from Crafty Emma's. I used some lovely seam binding I bought at Ally Pally, Prima flowers and brads. I used the great sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday and would like to enter this into the challenge of seeing red at CES and anything goes at By the cute and girly.