KB DCM

Tee hee.......it looks like a code for something!

The challenge is for the Daring Cardmakers last Friday which was

Cos I'm a woman!
This week it is me, Tracie, who will be setting the dare for you - and iI hope it is a nice easy one. Seeing as this weekend is Mothers Day in the UK, and I am doing the 600 mile round trip home to see my mummy, I want the focus of your cards to be the girls. It can be any style, any theme, and any recipient - as long as she is female.

and I used Kathy's Sketch 2009 #7

The papers are all oddments again, the image is from a Whispers stamp which I bought about 4 years ago and have inked probably 2 or 3 times! I found the image in a drawer with some others so it must have been in there a while! The large butterfly was cut using one of my new Martha Stewart punches and the small one is using an X Cut punch, everything else was found on my desk!

I have a very busy day tomorrow and we are going to see Simply Red in concert tomorrow evening so it won't be too much longer before I'm in bed. I still have a bit of work to do though as I watched the Dancing on Ice final this evening as we taped it while we were away. I have to say that Ray Quinn definitely deserved to win in my opinion! My mum and dad are going to see the first night of the tour next week (sis bought them tickets for Christmas) and DD and I are so jealous. We went last year and it was fantastic to see them all live. We tried to get tickets this year and they only had them in the roof space! As you can't actually see anything from up there we didn't book :( Never mind..........it will be on telly at Christmas LOL

Tagged

I've had the same tag twice for this on but I don't mind cos I like this one!! The first time was from Beryl during the week (sorry I'm late!) and the second time is from Jo
You have to go to where you keep your pictures - go to the sixth album and choose the sixth picture in that album - upload it and explain it, then tag six more people.
So for my first picture (if you don't see me around any more, you'll know that DH has seen the pic and strangled me :))

For those of you who drop by on a regular basis, you will know that DH~ is a part time DJ. The hotel where he has a residency decided last year that they were having a 70s and 80 theme and he was booked in for the Christmas parties. He has had 70s gear since before I met him but it had somehow 'shrunk!' over the last few year so he decided to have a new out fit made. He ordered the shoes and tried them on as soon as he got up. What he hadn't realised was that I was taking photos of Christmas cards and had my camera in my hand.........hence the lovely shot of him in his jamas and platform soled shoes. How (un)cool LOL It's quite funny to see him dressed up as he also wears an afro wig. He is 6' 3" in his bear feet so is ginormous in shoes and wig :)

One for Jo.

This is Squirt, the smallest of our dippy cats. We were trying to pack to go to Greece last year and she wouldn't get out of the suitcase! She has to sit in any container she comes across.

Sorry about the delay in posting my pics, I got distracted by Dancing on Ice!

As most people have done this tag I won't list anyone just yet. If you haven't done it and are on my list then I will hunt you out over the next couple of days :)

Dancing On Ice

We spent a fabulous evening yesterday at Sheffield Arena watching the opening night of the Dancing on Ice tour so I thought rather than share any cards today, I would share some photos. They aren't brilliant as we weren't allowed to use a flash while the show was on for obvious reasons and DD2 took the pictures.

Kyran Bracken

Gareth Gates and Maria
Fred & Mel

Kristina, Frankie, Daniel & Matt

Jayne Torville & Christopher Dean

Everyone

It was an absolutely amazing evening and I would definitely say that if you get the chance to see the tour, do so because you won't be disappointed.

Oh, I almost forgot

The Winner (and well deserved too!) Chris Fountain

Challenge Me!

Two challenges from me today, so two more cards for the stock box and a tiny dent in the left over mountain.

My first challenge was the DCM one which has been set by Kathy this week.

So without further ado, here's my tiny little challenge for this week
Shrink to Fit
I used to be able to make cards with lots of "white space" around the designs, but lately when I've tried to do this my cards just look sooooo naked!
So this week I'd like you to think small - not small cards, but small spaces of embellishment on regular sized cards.
You are allowed to cover no more than a 5x5cms area of your card with paper or embellishment - the rest of the card must be left plain.

My simple card consists of a square of card embossed with baby feet (which I bought a couple of years ago from a craft shop in Cornwall!), a square of blue paper from Doodlebug and a silver charm tied to the card with pale blue ribbon. I don't usually use peel offs but I do quite like these tiny ones.

My second challenge is for Di Hickman's template challenge This is Di's template for this week

and this is my card

The card is gatefold covered with yet another Pink Petticoat paper. The flowers are Prima and the rest is off my desk.

Right, that's it from me today. I am still in h*******k mode for some strange reason, not like me at all, and we are going to see Dancing on Ice this evening. I am so looking forward to it.

Take care and have a lovely weekend whatever you are up to.

xx