Time Flies

Well so much for updating that last post with more information about the card, I think its safe to say I failed at managing to do that. But what with Christmas and all that crafting had taken a bit of a back seat for me sadly.

Now though the festive period is over, and once new year is done with it won't be long and mum and me will be back to our regular crafting session with a couple of auntie's of mine. So roll on 2011 just so I can make time to craft.

Just A Quick One ...

It really is a quick one from me tonight as the fella aint well and I should really look after him, I will go in to more detail about this card made for one of the girls at work who is leaving at the end of the month :o(
Its being entered in to Simon Says Stamp Sketch Challenge

Another for Mum

Whats going on here I hear you ask? More than one post in a week, well thats because I well and truly had my blogging and crafting head on, oh and I was off work yesterday. As I am sat here now typing this blog (Friday morning, its my first scheduled post so I hope it works) its -8 degrees outside, which is not making me want to get out of bed to deliver this card.

This card is another one made for Mum's birthday, this time off my brothers, but made by me. Mum actually wanted me to make a different project for her card, but I said you can't pick your own card design and put my foot down with a firm hand. So this is one I decided to do for mum, being as we are having such a cold load of weather at the moment I figured why not reflect the weather with a card.

The scalloped edge card was very kindly given to me by Auntie Julie I think both Mum and me would be a little lost in the crafting world with out her. The rest of the papers and cardstock is once again from Kanban, meaning that this card literally cost pennies to make, just the way I like them!!!

Out came the Promarkers once again, this week and Tilda was coloured as follows:
Skin: Pale Pink and Satin
Hair: Caramel and Cinnamon
Pinnifore: Pale and Powder Blue
Dress: Artic and Sky Blue
Basket: Cinnamon and Coca
Wellies: Warm Grey 1, 3 and 5
I added a bit of warmth to the card by using canary yellow for the flowers.

I have used some papermania self adhesive gems in each corner of the card just to give it a more finished feel and to make it just that extra bit nicer for Mum. Now that the card is finished I have picked found the perfect challenge for this card, how lucky is that?
Cute Card Thursday The Blues
Paper Take Weekly Sketch - I set out with this challenge in mind but put my own little spin on it by ofsetting the layering of the image, so I hope its still ok!

Happy Birthday Mum!

So today is Mum's birthday,I very much doubt she will be checking up on the blog this morning before I manage to get over to hers and deliver her card, so I can say its safe to finally post the card for her. I made it quite a while ago over at Auntie Julie's House so hopefully I can remember what it was that I used for it which should be easy once I find my scrap of paper I scribbled all the information down on.

OK found it so here goes, I will start off with the colours used for Tilda I have used Promarkers were used for the skin: Pastel Pink and Blush. Though the rest of the colours may shock you having made the card at Auntie Julie's I couldn't use any more of my trusty Promarkers I had to be brave and use copic markers to colour in the rest of Tilda as follows:

Sleeves: RV34 and RV 85
Dress: YG11 and YG23
Shoes, Hair and Tag: E31, E33 and E35
Stem: G05
Flower: RV10, RV13, BV02
The flower also has a touch of glitter on it, I think it was on of the copic glitter pens which I used to do this.

The papers and matting and layering card are all from Kanban, yes even the pale green mirror board though it looks nothing like green on the pictures sorry! The 'Happy Birthday Mum' Sentiment is also from Kanban, along with the pink 'Best Wishes' sticky paper ribbon along the base of the card.

I borrowed one of Auntie Julie's many Martha Stuart punches to give the base of the card a bit more decoration and oomph by punching some of the green mirror board and running the sticky paper ribbon down the centre of it. I think it just takes the card to the next level slightly.

I have finished the card with 3 papermania henbury lane flowers layered up and fastened with a furry pink Dovecraft brad.

I have entered this card in to a couple of challenges:
Magnolia Stamp Lovers Punches
Magnolia Down Under Summer

Let it Snow

Yes the snow has arrived in the region of Manchester and if you ask me and Mum we think it totally sucks. Though as lovely as it looks I do wish it would go away, and thats just after 2 days of it!

Any way yesterday was Tuesday which means craft day, as mum had't attended the last two sessions it was wonderful to have her back with me this week so we could team up and create a card. We decided to make one using the projects we had put together a while ago, it will hopefully be the first of many once we get our butts in gear and do less arguing over what we should put where.


The black, white and red colour theme was so lovely to work with, even if we had been the worlds worst crafter I think with these monotone papers from Kanban I still think it would have looked fab! When we put the project together we decided we would look through the old embellishments we had purchased when we first started to craft that kept getting pushed further and further to the bottom of the pile. When we finally reached the bottom of the pile there was this chipboard flower, with button center, and that was it. It was like the papers were made for our flower which was bought that long ago neither of us remember where it was from.

Tilda is coloured with Promarkers, mum was in charge of this while I was cutting the papers to size. So as you well know mum doesn't like to write the colours she uses down. When will she learn? The answer is I have now given up trying to drill it in to her she has to note down which Promarkers she uses.

The card is finished with a bright red fabric 'Happy Birthday' though again we have had this for that long I couldn't even attempt a guess at where its from. The red bow is made from thin red ribbon which we got for about 50p from the Habberdashery stall on Ashton Market.

Disaster struck ...

So today got off to a great start, I made breakfast in bed for Matt my wonderful fella, and its a good job I did too because I sure would need him later on today little to my knowledge at 06:45 in the morning that was though.
Well as you may or may not know Tuesday myself and mum would normally pop off to the weekly craft meet at one of my Auntie's, disaster struck however when we got a text from Auntie Julie saying she had a stomach bug so had to cancel. So after wishing her to get better soon not to panic I could go to work with mum and we could craft then, but no fate was against us, normally Mum would be sat not only freezing cold at work due to the heating being broken but she would be bored stiff too. Not tonight, with a few coustomers in the bar and a very bare fridge to stock up there was no time to craft.
Heading home at 08:15pm the petrol light on the car came on, ohhhh well not to worry Mum says we can call at Tesco on the way home, fantastic I thought no getting up earlier in the morning to refuel to get to work. Fantastic that was until I got in to the station, filled up the petrol tank and popped inside to pay. Opening my purse I handed over my clubcard, wonderful thats more vouchers for Christmas. But then the disaster, I had no bank card on me, oopsy! Luckily Matt was home from his curry, and after begging and pleading on the phone he fetched his bank card and saved me from alot of hassle.
So needless to say this was another crafting failure in the fact that with Auntie Julie being sick, Mum actually having to do some work at work and then me just being ... well the clumsy thing that is me there is no creation for the blog.
Hoping to get something up before Saturday though if the rest of the week is like today, there is not a chance.

Happy Crafting :o)

Another Christmas Creation

Again its forever since I last posted, which is worrying as I have been off work for the past 2 days, but with Christmas fast approaching I have had to do some present shopping for the few fussy people I always struggle to buy for, well that was on Wednesday, yesterday was the shopping of the good kind, a bit of craft shopping with Mum.

Yesterday we got some beads and some really sweet looking charms which we hope to get to show you soon on a creation. On the return from shopping we were well and truly in the crafting mood. Until we realised that we had no embellishments which would fit with the colours of the card we decided upon. So instead we decided lets make things easier for us when we come to make a card next. Instead of having to flick through boxes full papers to find ones that work well together we would do all the hard work first and put together papers, images, embellishments and even ribbons that would work well together.
Once we had done this I had to go and cover Mum's job, which sucked a little because its so cold where she works and I was cold enough as it was already and on a cold day like yesterday its a crime to do anything but craft in a nice warm house.

Anyway enough of the waffling now on to the card Mum created while I was slaving away working her job. The papers used I think are all from Kanban. This is really all I can tell you about this card because Mum doesn't seem to write anything down that she has used for making a card. I know that Tilda is coloured with Promarkers as for which ones that's a whole other question.

This card is going in to a few challenges, we miss entering these when we have no time to craft.
Stamp With Fun Square Challenge, no problem with this as we do nothing but square cards
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Sparkle Challenge, hope the pictures picked the glittery matting and layering up well enough for this to be seen.
ABC Christmas Challenge X is for Xmas
and finally Crazy 4 Challenges with another Christmas theme.

Yes Weekend Finally

It seems like forever since I last did a post, hang on that's because it has been forever, or that's what it feels like anyway. So weekend is finally here and this is the first chance I have had to get online and blog since Sunday, I was getting withdrawal symptoms from challenge hunting. So once this post is finished that is what I shall be doing.
Tuesday was craft night again, and Mum and Me worked on a card for a 50th birthday, with it being a special birthday we figured the card had to be pretty darn special, we hope we did ok!

Tilda is coloured using yes yes you guessed it Promarkers,
Skin: Peach and Satin
Dress: Pale Pink and Baby Pink also Bright Green and Apple
Hair: Cinnamon and Caramel
Basket: Raw Sienna and Sandstone

I have punched some pale green mirror board with a Martha Stuart edge punch which belongs to Auntie Julie, she also ever so kindly donated the big white pearl in the corner to finish off this card. Oh and by donated I mean it was lying there ever so nicely on the paper trimmer crying out to be used. Thanks Auntie Julie :o)

The papers used are from Kanban, which was very very busy when we went last week Saturday. I really should keep my fingers from typing about how fantastic it is for papers and card stock but I can't help it! The 'Happy Birthday Mum' sentiment is also from Kanban.

As for the challenges this card is being entered in to well with not having much time to challenge hunt it's just being entered in to the one today. Magnolia Stamp Lovers with their wonderful sketch. Though as much as I thought Mum 'got' sketches I have totally done a U-turn on that and have realised she doesn't have the feintest idea on how they work. Which means when we follow any sketch on a Tuesday at our crafting session, its me and mum that provide the entertainment with Noooooo Mum you can't do that! and the Why not! reply which I get from Mum.

Time For A Change

Me and Mum decided that we might just be showing a tiny bit more love to Tilda and poor Edwin was feeling all neglected. So when having a look through all the stamped images Auntie Julie had done for us it was time to blow off a little of the dust that Edwin had been gathering whilst patiently awaiting his turn to be brought to life and used on a card.

So here we have it our very first Edwin card coloured with the same love and care which would usually be towards Tilda at this point with the promarkers.
Skin: Satin and Soft Peach
Hat and Top: Forest Green and Grass
Pants: Pear Green and Marsh Green
Hair: Raw Sienna and Cocca
Boots: Tan
At this point I put Mum in charge of making notes on what colours were used, hence why we have no more. She will learn on of these days I promise.
I do know that she used a glittery gel pen to colour in the fluffy parts of his hat and jacket.

All the papers used for the card are all from Kanban, the trip that mum missed out on yesterday, and she was brave enough to trust my judgement on what to and what not to get. I don't think I picked so badly do you?

Now for the challenges this card is to be entered in:
Just Magnolia Anything Goes with the added option of beads, we decided not to add the beads so hope thats ok.
Sentimental Sundays Sketch
Crazy 4 Challenges Create a Square Card
Charisma Cardz Challenges With Love @ Xmas
and finally last but by no means least Sketchy Colours Green and Silver.

Our First Win!

Well, after being very busy crafting this afternoon making Mum's birthday card (even though it isn't untill 3rd December), I figured it was time to begin the hunt for challenges for this weekend.
This however came to a complete and utter STOP when I got to the C.E.S Challenges blog, because me and mum won our very first challenge.
I was like a woman possesed screaming YAY we won a challenge down the phone to Mum, who knows what the neighbours think! Mum was equally as excited and over the moon that we won. Thanks to all at CES and we can not wait to get our wonderful prize and begin using it.

Cold, Wet and Windy!

If you live in the UK you might know what I am talking about, if not you can probably guess ... yeah its the weather. The perfect kind of weather for sitting down in a nice warm living room doing something you love, which in the case of Mum last night went on very very late. In fact it was gone midnight when she tore herself away from crafting. So like the ever good daughter I am off I popped after a very long day at work, facing the weather for the third time!!! But it was well worth the trip the card she created was amazing, even if I do say so myself, no wonder she was up past midnight.

 So here is Reindeer Tilda, who is adorable! And wonderfully coloured using Promarkers as follows:
Skin: Satin and Soft Peach
Antlers: Caramel
Lace Trim: Hot Pink
Top: Rose Pink and Cerise
Dungarees: Warm Grey 1 and Warm Grey 2
Socks: Cool Grey 2
As for the hair well, Mum didn't write this down, but she remembered to do the rest so credit where credit due, we are normally back tracing our steps to figure the colours out at this point.
Tilda is finished off with some glitter for her necklace beads.

I can't be sure what papers were used as the patterned ones and the sentiments are from a free paper pack received with one of the many magazines we have. I would however put my best guess at the plain black being from one of our trips to Kanban, really looking forward to going soon. Poor Mum has to work though and is gutted at the fact she will miss out, but it gets her out of going halves of anything spent so I guess that's a bonus for her, though my poor bank account will be rather empty by the time I am done.

The sentiments have been finished with some little pink self adhesive pearls, sorry I don't have more information on these. But don't worry I will teach Mum blogging is about everything.

The organza ribbon I think is from a little fabric craft stall up on Ashton Market, which we purchased while the weather was much like that of today and didn't stop raining all day!

This card fits quite a few challenges,
Top Tip Tuesday Christmas Inspired
Everybody Art Challenge Untraditional Christmas
Just Magnolia Sketch which Mum really enjoyed using (now she finally gets what your meant to do with them)
Totally Papercrafts Bling It On
StampARTic Christmas with Glitter
Totally Tilda Pink and Pearls (it should pass for this one I hope)

Hopefully another creation will appear here on Friday as we have loads of challenges that we want to get entering.

Happy Crafting :o)

Over already!

Yes its back to work tomorrow after what seems like such a short weekend, its flown by, yet neither of us have done much crafting at all. I got on my favourites pages which are ever so nicely organised in to the days that new challenges are set and found a few which looked wonderful, yet very difficult. We know, crafting hard?! We must sound mad, well have you ever tried to make a card using just one colour, no neither have we not until today, and that's down to the challenge set this week by C.R.A.F.T. with the theme of Monotone. We did however sneak a little bit of yellow in, but that's ok. There is also a challenge over at CES Challenges which is Chocolate Caramel, so we decided to combine the two and use the stated colour(s) for our monotone card.

The plain gold and brown paper used for matting and layering is from the box of papers purchased last week from the Papermill at the Lowry Outlet. The striped card is from one of the many trips to Kanban which is where I am off to on Saturday, Mum has to work though and she is rather gutted at the prospect of not being able to go. flowery paper, I think was from The Range ages ago, its just like the green used on and earlier post.

As far as I can remember some of the flowers used are from The Range as for the rest they are from Miss Fancy Pants Crafts, the best stall on Bury Market by miles, well it is in our opinion and probably many other crafters who know of it.

Tilda is coloured with Promarkers again, Mum is babysitting them for a few days, so hopefully if she gets some creations made this week I might be able to blog them. The colours used are:

Skin: Satin and Baby Pink
Sleeves and Lace: Buttercup
Collar: Mustard
Dress: Tan and Caramel
Hat: Buttercup and Mustard
Hair: Cocca and Chestnut
Shoes: Walnut and Caramel
Suitcase: Caramel, Pastel Beige and Gold

The card is also being entered in to a couple more challenges and these are:
Friday Sketchers again with a wonderful sketch for us all.
Dottie's World Anything Goes, and they have some beautiful Bobunny papers to win!
Our Creative Corner with a photo inspiration, which went perfectly with the browns we decided to use.
and finally last but not least, One Stop Craft Challenge again with a theme of Anything Goes but they also have a blog hop for us all, as its their 2nd blogiversary.

That's all for now, better get this up so I can get the link and enter all the lovely challenges. Even going to give the blog hop ago too, though I'm not sure what I'm meant to do.

Happy crafting :o)

Work, Work, Work

Wow,I can't believe it Thursday already and I haven't posted a thing, work is such an inconvinence! Hopefully I will be able to get some crafting done this weekend, but for now I will show you what I made on Tuesday in my weekly crafting get together.

Tilda has been coloured with Promarkers I have used the usual combination of Satin and Blush for the skin and everything else as follows:
Hair: Raw Sienna
Coat: Ruby and Cardinal Red
Tights: Sandstone
Boots: Cardinal Red and Marsh Green
Present: Marsh Green and Pear Green

The red patterned paper is from DCWV Christmas wishes paper pack. The adheasive gems in the centre of the snowflakes are yet again Papermania Capsule Collection.I have used the scraps of gold and red that I had left to make a snowflake using 2 different Die Cuts and Cuttlebug. The green card is from the Papermill at the Lowry Outlet, which makes it the newest in my stash as I only got it on Saturday.

This card is being entered in to Sketch and Stash Challenge 47.

Vintage Christmas

Today I took myself off to my Mum's for a little while, I have a feeling she is starting to get in to the whole challenge thing too, which is great, however there is no way she will start a blog. So we decided that we would do this one together, in other words, we work together on the challenge cards and I then sit at the PC and blog to my hearts content.

So we have today worked on a Christmas card for a few challenges, we decided we would try something out of our comfort zone thanks to Charisma Cardz who have this week set Vintage as the theme for their challenge. But we did stick to something we know in using Promarkers, which is brilliant because I stumbled across Moving Along With The Times and their challenge this week is sponsored by Letraset with a theme of Anything Goes but you MUST use Promarkers.
Papertake Weekly Challenge have a wonderful sketch challenge this week. And finally last but not least Fussy and Fancy have a Winter Wonderland theme for this week, which could be holiday related or just reflect winter.

Now on to the card, as you know yesterday I was off craft shopping, which is how nearly all these papers came to be on the card. The plain cream, burgundy and blue are all from The Papermill at the Lowery Outlet Mall. The gold paper which Tilda is matted on to is from the good old trust stash from Kanban. Now the patterned paper, yes you guessed it, Papermania, though this time its from their Persimmon Collection again purchased from The Range.

The Merry Christmas rub on sentiment was also purchased from The Range in the Papermania Silent Night collection. We have finished the sentiment off with some brads from the stash we already had, so can't say where they are from.

Whilst I was busy matting and layering the papers Mum was busy colouring Tilda with Promarkers. The colours used maybe missing a colour of two as she didn't write them down, I'm sure she won't forget next time though!
Skin: Satin and Blush
Hair: Chestnut and Cinnamon
Dress: Burgundy, Midnight Blue and China Blue
Flowers: Olive Green, Sandstone and Primrose

Well I think that's enough waffling on now being as Mum has just been on the phone checking up on the blogging stage of our creation. So with Mum on board that's another set of fingers and toes that can be crossed in the hope that we might get lucky and win a challenge or maybe 2.

Happy Crafting :o)

All Spent Up

I can't believe that almost a whole day of the weekend has passed already that's what craft shopping and spending up does though I guess! Thankfully once spent up it was back home to get hunting for challenges and then get creating.

The card for today features another Tilda stamp I just can't help that I find her so cute!!! As always she is coloured with Promarkers:
Skin - Satin and Blush
Hair - Coca and Cinnamon
Dress - Dusky Rose, Antique Pink and Cocktail Pink
Boots and Bows - Leaf Green
Flowers - Leaf Green, Blossom, Baby Pink, Canary, Salmon Pink and Denim Blue
Basket - Raw Sienna and Burnt Sienna

Today I put some white in her hair with a new gel pen purchased from The Range (maybe I should get some shares!)

The plain card used for matting and layering in both the pink and the green was from Kanban, as is the pink glitter card. If you haven't been its definitely worth a trip up there. As for the patterned and dotted paper that is from the My Minds Eye Quite Contrary paper pack. In my opinion these papers are stunning!

I have again pulled out the trusty Adhesive Stones from the Papermania Capsule Collection - Verde and Red Hot packs to finish the cards down the section of green.

The stunning layout came from Friday Sketchers as I enjoyed using their layout so much last week I decided to give this weeks sketch a go as well!

I am also entering this card in to a few more challenges:
Just Magnolia Think Pink
Totally Gorjuss Sparkle (I hope the photos picked the glitter card up well enough)
Magnolia Stamp Lovers Sparkle (I was only just in time for this one PHEW!)
and finally with a Photo InspirationOne Stop Craft Challenge I think the pinks and greens look stunning and would never have thought of the colour combination!

Happy Crafting :o)

I Feel An Addiction Starting ....

Having only started with challenges a week ago yesterday I think I am begining to get an addiction to enter them! I am getting that bad I am even starting to check for them while at work, so everyone at work isn't getting any where near the PC at least not untill I go for lunch.
So this weekend not only did I manage to get 2 cards made and blogged, I also managed to in my own little organised way arrange each of the challenge blogs (well the ones I have discovered in my short time of blogging) in to neat little folders for which day a new challenge is set.
Tonight was my weekly craft meeting with my Auntie Julie (A Passion For Paper and Auntie Chris. Usually my Mum goes to but she was working tonight much to her disappointment. Myself and Auntie Julie are trying so hard to get the other 2 to start a blog, but with limited technical know how I don't think there is much chance of that, well not just yet anyways.

Now just before I slope off to bed I am going to quickly enter a blog candy draw to hopefully some Magnolia goodies which look amazing over at Tickled Pink Stamps I do hope I'm the lucky one!!!

Happy Crafting :o)

Christmas Is Coming ... Eeeeek

With Christmas only 67 days away I figured that I had better begin creating some cards so that I would avoid the rush which I had last year so that no one would be disappointed. So before begining anything I hunted for a challenge as I really have got the bug now! Now on with my card for today before I begin to waffle again like yesterday. Sorry for that one.

This is James Bear Pile of Presents. As usual the image is coloured with Promarkers sadly I didn't write which ones I used today. The santa hat is covered with glitter on the white parts. I think the picture manages to pick this up, although how well I'm not so sure.

 
 I decided to give the easel cards a break and just did a standard 5 x 5 square card, in red, these were picked up in a tiny shop in Ashton. The patterned backing paper is from the DCWV Christmas Wishes paper stack. The green textured cardstock is from the Papermania Capsule Collection. Both of these are from The Range. As for the ribbon and the sentiment I can honestly say I haven't the slightest idea where they came from other than the stash at home.

 The card is finished with some snowflakes again these are just from the stash I had already. I have finished these by adding a clear gem to the centre of each one. They are each set at a different height which you might just be able to see on the pictures. I promise I will get better at photographing my creations well I hope I will. 

Keeping it nice and easy with the challenges today as I don't want to over do them and am entering this card in to just the one which is:
Lili of the Valley: Challenge 69 Sketch By Bev

Tilda Had A Little Lamb

After a nice lie in this morning and waking up to some October sunshine I thought to myself what a perfect day to do something outside in the cold but fresh air. That thought soon vanished once I got online and searched for any challenges that I could find to make note of work on during my craft session on Tuesday.
I found one challenge that really caught my eye with a theme of Nursery Rhymes/Songs. I thought I had the most perfect Tilda stamp, after looking though my stash which was provided to my by my Auntie Julie disaster had struck I didn't have that one specific image, another Auntie had beaten me to it. So after a few texts and a bit more challenge searching I was ready to go but not before a trip to The Range for some craft shopping (I haven't been for a while).

Now on to my card that I have to show you. This is Tilda With Lamb (Auntie Julie had come to the rescue and stamped the image for me). She is coloured using Promarkers as follows:
Skin: Satin and Blush
Dress: Lime Green and Lime Zest
Shoes and Bows: Pear Green and Marsh Green
Hair: Cocca and Burnt Sienna
Lamb: Cool Grey 1

The green pearlescent paper was bought from Kanban quite a while ago and I haven't really used it. Can't rememeber where the ribbon is from, I think the lime green one is a Smirk one from The Range. Everything else on the card is papermania and is also from The Range (though not all from todays trip) the paper is from the Olivine Essence Creative Tones paper stack as is the strip along the base of the easel card. The gems are from the capsule collection (I have these in a few colours now).

The challenges I am entering this card in to are:
Truly Scrumptious Sketch with the option of it being on an easel card
Crafty Catz Challenge Nursery Rhyme/Song my inspiration was Mary had a Little Lamb
Charisma Cardz Challenges More than one fold

Autumn Theme

This is the first card I have created to enter into a competition, well a few actually!
These are:
Sketch Saturday Week # 124
Magnolia Down Under Tag It

CES Challenges Create A Tag
Challenge Up Your Life Autumn Theme
Stampin For The Weekend Autumn Theme

The main image for this card is Cherry Tilda. She is coloured with Promarkers as follows:

Skin: Satin and Blush
Dress and Scarf: Pumpkin and Burnt Orange
Cherries: Berry Red
Leaves: Forest Green
Shoes, Bow and Dress Cuffs: Mustard and Sunflower

Hair: Cocca and Hema

The papers used are from the My Minds Eye: Bloom and Grow pack. These have then been matted and layered on to 2 different shades of brown card stock from Kanban Crafts.

The 'Happy Birthday' and 'With Love' sentiments are from a Papermainia pack, as are the coloured gems in the opposite corners, these were bought from The Range. I think this is also where the 'Friends' sentiement on the base of the card is from.

To finish the card I used some brown and orange ribbon which was part of a free gift which came with a magazine subscription.

Happy Crafting :o)

Getting In To Stamping

As a crafter you may think I am crazy when I say this but stamping is something I wasn't really a lover of until recently when I was introduced to the wonderful magnolia stamps that are Tilda and Edwin. I think they are adorable!!!
So yesterday while browsing a few blogs being relativly new to the whole blogging thing I discovered All The Things I Love which, had some blog candy up for grabs in the form of Apple Tilda.
Fingers crossed that my number 146 is the lucky one as to win would start off my stamp collection very nicely.

Nicola :o)

My First Blog

Ok, here goes! After my weekly craft session and much discussion I finally decided to give blogging a go, as I didn't manage to finish my creation for this week there is nothing to display :o(

I have heard about competitions from one of my Auntie's who also has a blog which has some cards that I think are out of this world on, go take a look if you haven't already: A Passion For Paper

I hope to have my card posted for you by this time next week, and hopefully will be able to remember the combination of Promarkers used so I can let you know.

Happy Crafting :o)