Back at last

I can't believe it's been so long since I blogged anything, guess making Christmas cards and the festive season rather took over.

Anyway I've had to get going on one or two things, firstly my dearest friend's 6oth birthday this month. I made her a card and a little bag to put her pressie in. I just hope RM deliver it on time.

Boxes of Thank you notelets

I thought I'd make some thank you notelets and boxes for my three young grand daughters to use after Christmas (not too sure they will appreciate them though!!) I have made two sets with the butterfly on the box for the eldest two and the bear with flowers for the youngest.

Once I had started I wondered just what I was doing, three boxes with hand made embellishments and coloured with inks, each with six notelets and envelopes inked and stamped too. In fact the first box I had made 4 x 4 and then found the envelopes were 4 x 4 and didn't fit, so had to set about and make slightly smaller envelopes as well for that one...A lesson learnt and the next two boxes were made slightly larger to save the extra work.

Door hangers

I took part in another challenge, this time to make a door hanger for a crafter, these are the two I made.

I made the flowers by using various die cuts through my cuttlebug and layering them up, and added the small rose which is another die that you have to roll up into a flower. I got very inky hands making these....lovely.

26th November 2010

I have had a busy couple of weeks with visits to dentist for treatment and the vampire nurse for blood tests, shopping and just the usual run of the mill things in life and now I am suffering from a cold, yuck.

I suddenly realised I needed some more birthday cards for friends and as my dentist is really near my local craft shop I had to call in, didn't I?

I found these cute Housemouse stamps so treated myself, decided I shouldn't have when I got the dentists bill, but too late by then...good job I called in BEFORE the dentist. I've made them into easel cards, but as it's easier to scan them they don't really show them to their best.

Hubby's birthday card

Why are men so difficult to make for? I've made this card for Neil's birthday, not sure he will appreciate it as he is not really a party animal!!!!!

For my son's new girlfriend.

We are going out for my birthday lunch on Sunday, and my youngest son is bringing his new girlfriend who's birthday was yesterday, so I have made this card for her.

Been AWOL

Seems ages since I made anything to pop on here, mainly because my son has been using some left over work top from my new kitchen to make me a new crafting place....he is always short of money so has given his time for my birthday present, which I think it brilliant, as it's something I have needed because my old desk was falling apart. SO all my stash has been scattered about in two rooms for a couple of weeks, and we have been away on holiday for a week too.

This morning my room is just about organised, apart from a tweek or two here and there as to the best place to put things and I JUST HAD to go and have a play.

A friend is going through a tough time with some family problems and is in a lot of pain with a hip problem so I thought I'd send her a card......went through some older Craft Stamper mags and found some ideas from Lavinia Stamps, I don't have many of her stamps, but used the idea with various stamps I do have. I drew the branches and used tapestry stamps for the leaves and other stamps for all the other bits and bobs. Quite like the finished thing, it's quite Autumny, hope it cheers her up a bit when she receives it.

For a poorly neighbour

My neighbour is quite poorly and has been in hospital for quite a few weeks now. Another neighbour and I are going to see her this evening.

As you can't take flowers into hospital here, and as she says everything tastes horrid at the moment I thought a few flowers on a card might cheer her up.

Ickle bird

Why are cards for men so difficult? I had an idea to make this card, or at least something similar.

I used a swirl stamp and some tapestry stamps, and the bird is from a Penny Black Christmas collection I bought last year.

Using labels

Loved the article in the craft stamper using lables as masks, I've done that here, using the same sort of colours and stamps as the originator of the article, but it doesn't show up very well on the picture via the scanner.

Need a card for my brother in law, might send this one, but I have another card with some glitter on drying upstairs so he might get that, see what the other'alf thinks when he sees them!

Will try to scan that once the glitter is dry.