Birthday girl

This week at C4E we want to see all your cards with a children's theme on ! 

Pop on over and join in the fun !! 

We are sponsored by Floppy Latte !! Thank you !!

Well I struggled to get sat down and create !!! 

But here is the results of a whole days struggle !!! lol !!! 

Funny, I just sat and stared at all my stuff for 3/4 of the day 

and then did this in the last hour !! Mmm ...... 

Papers are from Cuddly Buddly, image is LOTV 

I used my fantastic Aunts Grand Nesties for the card !!

Ooh ....... I'm cutting loads of blanks before I give her them back lol!!!

How I miss my Grandma, I keep picking the phone up

to tell her of "new" things baby is doing !!

I know it will get better and I know I will always miss her

it will just be different.

So ............... hopefully I wont stare for quiet so long making my next card !!!

Happy Crafting !

A celebration ........

Today we celebrate the amazing life of my Grandmother. 

Here she is with a card I made her,

there were many but this was a work of love !!!

Both sides were decorated !!!

It took three day to make lol !

But worth it.

Love you Grandma xxx

Sad news

Sadly my wonderful Grandma passed away on Friday.

I am going to take a few weeks off cardmaking.

I am sure you will all understand !!!

I will be back tho as Arnie said !! Week of 23rd !!!

Thank you for all your support.

Here I am 40 years ago with her !!! Oh yesterday ......... Not sure what tomorrow holds

BUT it will be a better place as she was in my yesterdays.

Hugs xxx

Use Ribbon on your Project !!

Its a new challenge over at Forever Friends and Co !!!

We want to see your creations with RIBBON on !!

This month we have a new sponsor Scrappers Delight !!!

Our other sponsor this month is The Ribbon girl

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The image and papers I used are both from Scrappers Delight

Very beautiful paper ! 

This will get used lots !!!

I used Flowers from WOC, ribbon from Walmart

Silver swirls are a Memory box die, tag is Dohickey and sentiment

is a LOTV one !! The border is a Martha Stewart punch.

Phew .. best get back to the washing !!! 

Just back off hols so you can imagine what the Utility room looks like !!

Happy crafting !!

Less is more

Well this is so not me !! lol

Clean, simple cards .......... !!! No bits or glam ....

Well I sat on my hands and made this !!

It was so hard to resist the bits...... 

It was good therapy for me !!! lol !!!

This week the challenge at C4E is Less is more !!! Pop over and join the fun !!

I used a Hot Diggity Dog image and added some words !! 

Not a lot else to say Lol !!!

Happy crafting !!

Tiered Easel thank you card !!

I made this card for Cuddly Buddly using .....

(I begged my Aunt to use her dies !!!)

Mine are a coming for my birthday me thinks !!! lol !!! 

I saw my other half write down the details !!!)

 Grand circle nesties and Grand scalloped circles for the shape of the card !!!

Basically you make three easel cards all of descending size 

then place them on each other so the card in front holds the easel from behind !!

I had to use the same image and papers as my last card for them as my 

computer decided to not like the Microsoft update and shut me out !!
Thankfully I had printed loads last time and could make a card !

I decorated the circles using on the back Marianne Branch forest

The center I used Marianne swirl leaf all over to create texture,

On the front of the card I used the smaller leaf die from Marianne flowers and leaves !

The image is a pre-coloured one Little Sweeties bouquet

Papers are Patchwork of papers - purple !! YUMMY !!

and I blinged it up with Heart gems and Stickles Star dust !!!

So now I have to reload all my email contacts and all my internet bookmarks !!

Thank goodness I backed up my photos and videos !!!

So ..... happy crafting !!!

Cooking up a storm !!!

Well a cake at least !!! lol !!! This week at C4E the challenge is Food for thought !!! 

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Well I did say a few weeks ago you would see these papers and layout again !!! lol !!

LOTV image, Nitwit papers, Cheery Lynn die cut, WOC flowers and Marianne star die cut !!!

So its the last week of the summer holidays here ............. No more lie-ins .. mmm ....

New school uniform already washed and ironed and hanging ready !! 

My baby girl (11 really) is off to high school ......... where did the years go ??

Her baby sister will miss her during the day, she loves her so much and her face lights up when she sees her !

Ah bless, life is good !

Happy crafting !!!