The afternoon is still young, and I can hear the one left all on its own in my drawer calling me......
This was an easy one to a point, but when I started to go through my stash, some of which has not seen the light of day for quite a while, I then could not decide what to use! In the end I went for some ivory lovely hammered card (which I still use!) golden vellum (still use too) and matt gold card both cut with the larger of the three scallop tag Sizzix die. The tiny golden feet I bought ages ago with the idea that they would make lovely birth announcements for when I have another baby (ha - that's not going to be happening!) and a 'congratulations' peel off. And of course some gold organza ribbon.
A lot of my early cards looked like this, and it was quite nice to get back to basics!
You Are a Banana |
 You are mellow, easy going, and a total softie on the inside. People find it really easy to get along with you. You suit most tastes. And while you're very sweet, you're not boring or ordinary. You have an attraction to the exotic, and you could show up anywhere... doing almost anything! You are spirited, energetic, and a total kick to be around. You're also quite funny. Your sense of humor is on the goofy side, and it fits you well. |
I used a gold gel pen to add tiny dots around the edges of the baubles and also down the white sides of the card.
The papers are great aren't they?!
And swings
And climbing frames with big green and red tube slides
And mini tractors for the kids to ride on
And big yellow slides for the staff to go on! Yes, Jade, Rachel and Kim!! Nazia and I were far too sensible to participate. Plus, I had to take the photos!
And yes, despite it being 29 degrees, all the kids (14 of them) wore wellies. Why? Because last year when Rachel did the same trip, it was very muddy. At least we were able to spot our kids as they were the only ones wearing shorts, t-shirts and wellies....
There were lots more animals, but the majority of them were either pooing or weeing when I was going to take a photo so I didn't. And I had the task of trying to explain to one child why a cow does not poo on a toilet like good children do....
They say lightening never strikes twice, well it does! I've been awarded the Brillante Weblog again! Big thank you to Nomei for the award! Go and check out her blog - some beautiful cards she has created!
I promised some more challenge entries earlier in the week, and this post is the first of two. I now have some Tilda stamped images and after watching Samuel painting with his watercolours on Sunday, I thought 'I can do that'!! So I dug out my trusty watercolour set (last used when at college in errr, cough, 1990) and got going!!
so the trees look wobbly! I've added some snowflake punches and gems and some green grosgrain ribbon.
I am quite a fan of stripy paper! The letters have all been cut using the Round-a-bout alphabet from Sizzix with 'crimbo' cut from matt gold card.
The second collection - Funky Christmas Time has a more traditional colour pallet with deep reds, greens, ivory and golds. Some of the patterns are modern but with a traditional feel. I'm working on a further two samples from the Funky Christmas Time collection, so watch out for those later this week!
Go on - go and buy and get making Christmas cards in July!!
He was so chuffed with himself that he wanted me to take some photos of him doing his 'moves', so I obliged!
Jacob was a bit on the grumpy side (in the middle of a really bad cold which is affecting his hearing) and didn't want his photo taking with the old yellow belt. But he still managed to get his fat head in the way! Samuel looks a bit manic on this photo, but he usually looks more sane!
He's done really well as he's only been doing it just 12 months and has gone from white belt to purple, to yellow and now orange and he only has 1 lesson a week. He has a mean punch and a bone crunching kick for an almost 5 year old!!
So this is my entry! The backing paper is a download from Vicki's Blog (sorry, can't remember which collection!) and I really liked the old gold look of it. The cat and sentiment stamp is from the Catt-itude set from Lakeland and they have been stamped with gold ink. The sentiment is edged with gold gel pen dots and has two gold eyelets through which gold edged organza ribbon has been threaded. And that was another Saturday bargain buy - the ribbon was 54p for around 3 metres (Blackburn market). Can't really remember where the gold corrugated card came from but I found it in my stash!
And because I was so pleased with the card, I did another exactly the same, but as a brunette.
PS Entered into the This Thursday, It's All About..... challenge 8
Simple card made with backing paper from a wonderful freebie blog that I have recently discovered - Vicki's Blog. I can't remember which collection the backing paper is from but the downloads are primarily designed for digital scrapbooking but I've reduced the file size and printed them - they all print square. 
I think it works very well together!
Along with two baby embellishments she made on her whizzy sewing machine. Isn't she clever?
Root Beer beans - yes they exist!!!
I munched my way through most of them last night once the kids were in bed, and looking forward to completing the bag tonight. Yum yum yum!!! And for once, no-one else will eat them as they don't like them. Heheheheh!!
So, big thank you JB*JB - really appreciated!!
The title was a poor attempt at a recreation of a Beatles song. Didn't really work did it?! Anyway, two recently commissioned cards for Pauline's Daughter and Granddaughter, personalised to their interests!The detail on Joanne's card is shown as its hard to see it on the other picture - stamped with silver ink from a clear Studio G stamp.
Both my boys were particularly impressed with the Lazy Town card and wanted one!!
The little characters will be available to buy from my website in August.
Some super sized scallop tags cut from pearlescent thick paper, baby booties, 4 acrylic dummies (can't really see them in the pic), some fancy hats, gold champagne glass die cuts, mulberry sunflowers, Christmas stocking die cuts (you can never start too early for Christmas!) and pretty shoe die cuts.
Three sheets of high gloss red card slightly larger than A4, two sheets of ribbed /corrugated slightly mottled white card, 3 sheets of lightly textured bright yellow card, slightly larger than A4 and 3 sheets of the same card but in bright pink.
Mixed sheets from three different collections of 6x6 coated paper
And finally, a rub-on set, dried flowers, tiny alphabet wooden stamp set, clear stamp set, harvest coloured daisy brads and three rolls of ribbon - 2 are not really traditional ribbon but are like a very thick paper but still work the same!
So, what are you waiting for??!! Leave me a comment!
Good luck!
P.S. The last one I had was cinnamon which is quite vile, and with not having any other beans left to take away the nasty flavour, I had to console myself with a mars bar. Hehehehe.
And so that they can fold into themselves to fit into the envelope. Although it does look a bit like the dinosaur is sniffing its bottom!
Look what I got earlier this week!! All these bundles of ribbon for £1!! 10p a bundle!! And some of them are around 4 or 5 metres long. From the lovely market stall in Blackburn.
I love red hot pokers and have big clumps of the in the front and back. I grew these from tiny little plants the summer after we moved to the house, so they are 8 years old now. Last year something munched all the flowers and I had nothing to show, but this year is very different! I'm now thinking of attempting to grow some that are not traditional in colour...
Last night (before it chucked it down) the boys played on the trampoline. We bought the trampoline a month ago from Netto as it was a bargain - costing less for the whole thing than B&Q were charging just for the net enclosure!
It's quite huge - 10 foot diameter! And they love it as you can see!! For some reason, they insist on having a football with them!
And because I had the camera out, they wanted a photo of themselves!
