Valentines Card

I thought I would use the new GG's Open Hearts & Tall Stories board to make DH's valentines card this year as it really lends itself to that - wonder if thats why they launched it when they did LOL, not that I'm cynical or anything LOL. Anyway, made his card and also a box for it to go in and I used my new Cuttlebug and alphabet dies to cut his name and also for the 'stamp' in the corner. The flowers were done using a couple of little punches and I decorated the centres with blobs of glitter glue. I also used a Cuttlebug die for the centre of the heart on the right and finished it off with some organza ribbon. He was suitable impressed and assured me that my card was 'in the post' LOL

Glitter Girls Celebration Board

I can't believe I've had my board now for two whole days and havn't played with it yet!!! How sad it that!!! I put it down to it being half term and everytime I pick up something crafty I hear the words "oh mum, do you have to do that - play with me instead". And so I end up playing various 8 year old boy games (not always suitable for knackered mums!) instead of playing with my crafty stuff - it's just not fair - lol. Still, he will be back at school next week so I will have plenty of time to play with it then. Got some great ideas for Christmas Cards with it using images from Joanna Sheens CD's - I must make some for us to send and not just for sale I remembered - lol.
I finished all the CC Christmas Group's cards and have posted them off so that's another job well done, just hope everyone likes their card, I can't put up pics of them on here because a lot of the people who will be getting cards look at my blog and I don't want to spoil the surprise!
I'm still working on the Papertake Challenge, not finished yet but I think it will look good when it is done - hopefully!

Working Hard!

No pictures of anything to show today ..... yet, because I havn't taken any - lol. I've been working hard on getting more Christmas Cards done for the Craft Fayre and also the cards for the Crafters Companion Christmas group. I've also made a load of pyramid boxes on a Christmas theme to sell as table favours and loads of Pink Petticoat Christmas handbag cards in boxes, they are just so adorable I'm hoping they will sell really well.
What else have I been doing? Mmmm, can't think of anything great I've done, oh, except spend some more money of crafting goodies!!! I just couldn't resist the Glitter Girls new Celebration Board and so I had to order it - well, how could I not - lol. Can't wait for it to arrive as I've got loads of ideas for it already. Also ordered a couple of CD's from Create & Craft today, one for ordinary card making and the other for christmas card making - I thought they looked quite good and the price was reasonable, especially with my members discount so I just went for it - bad girl!!! I'll face up to hubby when the CC bill come in - he knows by now there are some things I just have to have - lol.
Well it's half-term next week so I doubt I'll get much card making done. Although now my pack has arrived for the Papertake Challenge I must get on with it. I've decided I'm going to do an altered item with the pack, won't say any more on it just in case it all goes horrible wrong!
I'm off the watch the F1 Grand Prix now so I can (hopefully - fingers crossed) see Lewis Hamilton make history! Even if he doesn't become world champion this year I'm sure he will next year, another great driver in Schumacher's mould and the best thing is ....... he's British, yahoo!!!

Birthday Card

Today I have been making a card for my friend to give to her Mum for her 65th birthday next week. It took me a while to figure out what design to do, the only brief I had was that it had to have 'Happy 65th Birthday' on the front with either poppies, snowdrops or primroses. After searching through my Joanna Sheen CD's I plumped for snowdrops.
I made the card base with 350g white pearlescent card and then used the Glitter Girls board (the pale green one - can't remember which one that is!) to emboss some more card which I then cut on the embossing lines to create layers. Before fixing the top for the card I added a piece of gold and white ribbon. I did a little decoupage to the picture of the basket of snowdrops, added a little gold tag with a rub-on for 'Mum'. I layered this up and fixed with silicone glue. I printed out the wording in grey onto pearlescent paper, went over with with a versamark pen and then embossed it in gold, layered it in the same way as the topper and fixed using silicone glue. I then made the box using my Ultimate from Crafters Companion (so incredibly useful) and decorated it to match the card. I am pleased with the result and I really hope my friend likes it. She won't be collecting it until next week so you are all getting a sneak preview - lol.