No Backing Papers

Well its our first challenge over at the Christmas Card Club!

No backing papers !!!

I am so naughty as this post was due yesterday ....... sorry girls !

I was having fun ....... !!!

I did a big Sunday dinner for family and then we played games !

Great fun !

Well I had this card made before Xmas ! 

It was my card I made my Gran despite her not being here !

The photo is of her at Xmas in 2009.

I used my Marianne Anja square die, love it!

Cheery Lynn holly flourish, pearls and flowers !

Have a look at the other girls cards, you will find their blogs on my side bar.

Happy Crafting !!!

Monochrome at Polkadoodles

Ok, breath slowly Liz ...........

nope it not gonna work .............

WOW, WOW, WOW and WOW !! 

Oh and WOW !!!

I have been asked to join Nikki Halls Uk design team at Polka Doodles !

Can you hear my screams of delight !!! lol

So ........ 2013 has started with a big bang !

I will be honest I all most gave up card making for good !!

Phew thank you Nikki for giving me just what I needed to get going !!

SO.... this week our challenge is Monochrome.

Pop on over to the Polka Doodles challenge blog and join in !

Yikes This was hard to photograph !!!
The snow really made the light difficult !! Sorry !!

For my card  I used the CD Not for girls, 

a Marianne die for the leaves called Open Flowers

I made the flowers, used some ribbon and glitter glue from my stash !

Hope you like it !!!

Happy happy crafting everyone !

Something different!

Well I thought I would share my bauble I made !

I got lots of sequins, glue, ribbon and pins and................

Voila !!

Ahh........ its so good to have my mojo back !!! I'm raring to go !

Loads of ideas plus a trip coming up  to the USA craft shops !!

Motivation enough !!!!

Thanks for all your support through the last months.

 I would never have got through it,

without my wonderful Aunt Margaret and my crafting pals. 

Looking back at 2012

Happy New Year !

Well my mojo still hasn't returned,
but I have been buying some goodies
So I hope it will soon .....
I'm going to start on a cross stitch project tho
We have a baby arriving in the family this year !,
No not mine!

Anyway I thought I would look at the cards
I did this year and pick a few of my favourites!
Here they are!

Hope you liked them too !
I'll be back with my next CCClub card soon !

My cousins wedding card.

My partners daughters birthday card.

My Aunties anniversary card.