He's named her Annie!

This card is for :-
1. Roses On Paper - challenge # 20 - Lavender, soft blue and cream
2. Stamp Something - Something with your favourite stamp and using diecutting or punching tools
3. Simon Says Stamp - sketch

There was an odd moment today while I was making this card, my son was watching and touching as usual when out of the blue while I was painting the image he said "I like her". "Do you love, why?" I said. To which he replied "She's called Annie and she's in my class at nursery". Now my son dosen't start Nursery till next Tuesday, and as far as I know there is no Annie starting his Nursery, he has been once to look round but didn't meet any other children while we were there. As the image is actually a Belles 'N' Whistles stamp and she's called Belle, just between me and my son, I am now renaming my stamp Annie.
I tried something a bit different today with my flowers, instead of using patterned paper, I used plain card and stamped flourishes on in a contrasting coloured ink.
Roses On Paper gave us a beautiful colour combo which was Lavender, Soft Blue and Cream The colours look so pretty together I really enjoyed using them.
Stamp Something want to know what your favourite stamp is by using it on this challenge. Belle and Teddy is my favourite even though it is new, I've just really taken to it. They also asked us to include the use of die cutting tools or punches, I used both a cricut and punches.
Simon Says stamp offered us a brilliant sketch to use, only thing is I don't have a leaf punch or anything on my cricut to cut leaves so used extra little daises instead, just to fill out the corner a bit.

Just for you!

This project is for:-

1. Cute Card Thursday - challenge # 76 - "Back To School"

2. C.R.A.F.T. - challenge # 15 - Anything except a card

I made this notebook today, for my eldest son Scott, he went for his first ever filling and he's 13 years old and was so brave with the injection and everything. He returns to school on Monday so hopefully the notebook will come in handy. I tried to do grown up, masculine but he's still my baby so there had to be a bit of cutie somewhere. The square brads which are a worn metal look kept it more masculine. I did however refrain from using any sparkle Ouch!

Cute Card Thursday was back to school and this is what I made the notebook for. And C.R.A.F.T. was anything but a card, so it all ties in. The stamp is what my son bought on Saturday but the dragon is holding a flower and has a butterfly too. But I masked them parts to keep it boyish, It's called SMOOKIE. Thanks for letting me borrow it Scott.

Baby's First Christmas!

This card is for:-
1. Stampin For The Weekend - challenge # 13 - Anything Baby Goes
2. Sunday Sketch And Stamp - Challenge # 10 - sketch

This card looks much darker on the photo, it's going to be for my neighbours grandson and as you can guess it will be his 1st Christmas. It's got one of my favourite things on sparkle, on his hat. Stampin For The Weekend challenged us with "Anything Baby Goes" such as new baby, first baby, christening. So I thought Baby's 1st Christmas. And with a great sketch from Sunday Sketch and Stamp it all fell into place perfectly.

Recipe:-
Stamps - Daisy and Dandelion, Sentiment computer,
Papers - Sandylion snowy days, Dovecraft winter wonderland,
Colouring mediums - distress inks, H20's,
Tools - Cricut,
Embellishments - glamour dust, brads,

Love At Christmas!

This card is for:-

1. Papertake Weekly - Sketch 22

2. C.R.A.F.T. - challenge # 14 - Embossing

3. Colour Create - Challenge # 26 - Ruby,Cream, Gold and Gems

I decided to do a Christmas card even though it wasn't needed for any of the challenges, as when I saw the colours for Colour Create, Ruby, Cream and Gold they seemed to suit a Christmas card to me. They also asked for us to use Gems as an optional extra, there's a tiny star gem on the i in the sentiment, then 3 gems in the corner and a heart above the boy and girl.

Papertake weekly gave another fabulous sketch, it was so easy to use and ideal for using again.
Finally C.R.A.F.T. wanted to see some embossing, so the cream card and the gold paper has been embossed with leaves, but isn't too clear on the photo.

Recipe:-

Stamps - Sarah Kay Christmas Magic, sentiment,

Papers - My minds eye,

Colouring Mediums - Distress inks, H2o's,

Tools - Fiskars texture plate, Sizzix snowflakes,

Embellishments - Gems, ribbon Anita's organza, Glamout dust,

It's a boy

Using one of my favourites, the bookatrix and a Noah's Ark and Daisy and Dandelion's Pickles rubber stamps. I've made this new baby card for My neighbours new Grandson who was born this morning. As I always do i've made the matching card box.

So proud of my son

This is a picture my son Scott age 13, drew for some new characters that Daisy and Dandelion were asking for. My sons sketch will be used for products due to come out next year. Go to http://www.daisyanddandelion.blogspot.com/ to see full details.

A Mother's Day Card

This is my finished bookatrix card for my mum, it has three layers and contains several verses and images. I also used the majestic board for this card.

I used the cameo shapes from the majestic board and with time and patience managed to centre my verses into the cameos.

Then added images matted on gold card to go with the gold peel-offs.

Then I made a matching stand for the card to be displayed on.



Then came the matching gift box, this can make a gift in itself, it's not just a card.

I Love Red

I just love red, i'm trying to build up my rubber stamp collection and this is my new Penny Black stamp. The best wishes sentiment is from my Daisy and Dandelion collection, i have found them very versatile as they have extra embellishments and greetings on.

Rebel 11 months old Flint 1 week old - with the red paw

This is my rough collie dog called Rebel ( kennel name Imperial Tiger), he is a sable and white. He has a fantastic temperment and is so beautiful. We are due to get another rough collie at the end of April, He will be called Flint (kennel name Midnight Flame), he is a tri-colour black, sable and white. They are wonderful dogs, and perfect with children.

Daisy And Dandelion

I used a free download of Daisy and Dandelion from http://www.daisyanddandelion.blogspot.com/
My friend has just got a new house, but this image would be great for Anniversaries or birthdays and much more. I just love the new Daisy and Dandelion range.