40th Birthday card order

I was asked to make a card for a 40th Birthday. The guy works with my husband & wanted to remind his wife that she was 40............... I hated being 40 so this was a challenge, but I was very pleased with how the card turned out, I also made a keepsake box for the card, but I forgot to photograph it.

Miscellaneous Cards

From the Stampin up set ~ unfrogetable

Baby Boy card using the hands stamp from Hero Arts

A hand doodled card drawn by my friend Amanda, she drew the cake for me from an image I saw in a card making magazine

Hero arts stamp coloured with H20's

The Penny Black sign bears, these are so versatile for making up words and names on cards, the backing paper is by Sassyfrass lass.

Spring Fresh

Just been having a play with a couple of stamped images I had coloured a while back, I just love the cuttlebug embossing folders, so I keep getting them out and adding bits here & there.

The flower stamp is so versatile its a Hero Arts stamp & I think it looks lovely stamped in white.

Todays Gallery

I have been making a few cards for family birthdays, a real mixed bag.

This weeks mixed bag

I don't usually work on a wednesday & as the weather forecast was for 70mph winds I decided that it wasn't a day for venturing out. I was up early to get my two up for school, at 7.45 when they both left I whizzed around the house to get all the housework done and by 9.45 everything but the ironing was done. So I spent the rest of the day in my craft room, my desk was covered in bits and pieces of half finished projects and a few decoupage I had made up whilst watching the TV so before I started anything new I had to clear all of these bits, little did I know it would take me all day & I still have bits left to use up.

So here are wednesdays offerings







And some more from Wednesday

Todays efforts

I have had this set sitting on the side in my craft room for over a week now, I have had a long list of cards & orders to make so I haven’t had time to use them until today.

The set is called CL158 clear design Cupcakes by Hero Arts

I have loved playing with them, I could have made cards with these all day.

I still have some more pieces to make up that I have already cut out & coloured.

Finding time to play

Finding time to play with our craft stash is something we all complain about, at the moment I have 10 cards to make for family birthdays and occasions in February & March, whist I work through the list I am trying to find some time to play with my new Sugar Nellie stamps, making an exploding box, new Great Impressions stamps and I am also waiting for the delivery of the new Hero Arts clear cupcake set, on top of that I have two new pink petticoat downloads & two tinker & co downloads.

I have managed to try the flower cascade card that I cased from someone on Docrafts forum ( sorry I cant remember who ).

I then had an order come in during the day for two Mothers day cards

I have a day off from work today so I intend making the most off it and get some of these cards made.

I made this clutter card for my Mum as she loves flowers & her garden.
I also had to make this card for my children to send to my mum as both of the children have stacks of homework & the card needs to go in the post usually Abi will make the cards they send & they both sign them.

Its returned ~ two stamps with a different look

I managed to spend a few hours in my craft room on Sunday & another couple of hours last night whilst the football was on, It wasn't just tidying up and admiring all of the lovely papers.

It's my day off today & all of the housework is nearly finished, so a quick bath is all I need now and then it's off to the craft room for the day.

I have just ordered the stamp of the month from http://stampstash.com they are from the company Great Impressions, who also supply project sheets online for each months stamps.

Temptation is everywhere last night I had an e-mail from my stampin up demo they are having a special promotion..... & I just need a few sets, I seem to short of nice words & sentiments.

I can resist everything.............................except temptation

11 days now without any diet coke, still feeling a bit groggy but I am sure that it will be worth it in the end, however my clothes are feeling slightly looser so it must be working.