WOYWW #191

Hi everyone, I hope you are ok.

Well here we are again, not only is it Wednesday again but someone appears to have stolen January (I really must fine a new opener for a regular post, I seem to use this one a lot). It's What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday  #191 and my desk this time is filled with wedding stationery (the pile of wallets on the left of my craft mat).

I forgot to say, when I wrote my post yesterday, that I'm in print again :) one of my cards was published in this month's Papercraft Essentials magazine :) and it was made using Funky Hand papers

Materials used are
Funky Hand Papers - Oh Come All Ye Crafters - Stylish Tree #3
Oh Come All Ye Crafters - Stylish Tree #4
Gold mirri card
Wide gold ribbon
Crystal gems

Thanks very much for popping by. :)

My news!!

I had a really good end to the year and a really good start to the new year as I found out last month that I was one of nine runners up in the Papercraft Essentials Papercrafter of the Year. I wasn't allowed to say anything until the magazine was published on 22nd December......and then I forgot! I was so busy with Christmas card that it totally slipped my mind.

Anyway, here is the piccies and the work I submitted

and on the day I bought the mag I also bought this months copy of Craft Seller only to open it to find out that some jewellery I made had been published and my entry was chosen as the winner and I've won a beautiful sewing box (I can finally throw the Quality Street tin away LOL)

 I made a key ring and a pair of earrings with some free beads from the front of one of the editions of the mag and I had some other green beads on my desk which were left over from another project, so I decided to make a matching necklace :)


Thanks for looking and I will be back shortly. I've decided to make this post a sticky for a couple of days so you will need to scroll down to see my recent work.

Daring Cardmaker

It's ages since I took part in any challenges so I'm not even sure if any have closed down but  one of the best and original challenges, The Daring Cardmaker's challenge blog is still going strong. 

this week sees Kathy setting the challenge and as her theme she has chosen

How Many Candles? She would like you to make a Birthday Card with at least one candle on it this week

The DCM team have all used Funky Hand papers from the Happy Happy Birthday CD to make their cards this week so you'll see what it's all about, but of course you may not have any (yet), so you can use anything you like.

If you would like to try using a Funky Hand Freebie, visit Get Funky! where you'll find this months new Funky Fifteenth freebie available to download right now.

I have chosen an assortment of Funky Hand elements for my card just to show how all of the cds and stamps can mix and match!

 My papers are from both the Happy Happy Birthday and the Dreams Come True cds and the cake image is an 'Our Betty' stamp which is part of a set which was given away by Papercraft Essentials a couple of months ago.


thanks for looking. xx

Quick update

Well a lot has happened in my absence mostly due to the fact that I had a very poorly lap top (the most I could get from it was a white screen!!) and my workload has increased by about a million percent (well ok I suppose that's a bit of an exaggeration ;)) I've had a heck of a lot short notice orders which have kept me firmly on my bum but I'm not complaining lol.

Christmas is also a bit of a sad time again in Scruff's Corner. My uncle (Mum's brother)  was 80 yesterday and as I was sat on Monday making his birthday card when my mum rang me to tell me that his wife had died during the night. So we end this year as we started it.....with a funeral. We lost a Great Auntie before last Christmas and her funeral was on 3rd January. Auntie Doreen's is next Thursday :(

Now for a bit of good news.......I am one of nine runners up in the Papercraft Essentials Papercrafter of the Year......erm, I'm just a little more than thrilled :)

This is one of my cards from the comp

Materials: papers - My Mind's Eye, image - The Greeting Farm (digi), flowers - Prima, MS punch, silver mirror card, die cuts, 

gems and ribbon from my stash

Thanks for looking and I hope you have a wonderful Christmas whatever you are doing.

Take care xx

PS have you checked out the fab sale and challenge at DewDrop Craftz yet?

Blue period!

I think I must be going through a 'blue period' as my fourth card in a row, made for the Sketch and Stash Challenge #11 , the Secret Crafter's "New Beginnings" challenge and the Papertake Weekly challenge which is Onto this weeks challenge!! (At last lol!!) Scrap this! This weeks challenge is to use your scraps - I'm sure most of you have a wee little box of them!! Or several large ones if you're like me! ;), is blue :)


My 'new' item is the rocking horse sticker by Karen Foster Design which I received a couple of months ago for having a card published in Papercraft Essentials. It was only when I received the stickers that I realised that I had been published again as I hadn't sent anything in. The card in question was sent in ages ago for a competition in which I failed miserably (as always!) and when I saw it in print I really didn't like it! Does anyone else ever feel like that about their work?

Anyway, back to the topic in hand, the papers are HOTP and everything else is from my stash.

Papercraft Essentials

I've been published in the new edition of Papercraft Essentials. Not just any old article but an EIGHT page feature on wedding stationery. There are also six pages of templates to supplement the article. I think I'm going to burst with pride so I just had to share. I am so pleased with it, the photos are fab. See for yourself

This is me!!!

I'm also mentioned in Cardmaking and Papercraft this month (just my name) but my card can be seen on their web site If you scroll down to the English Paper Company section, my card won second prize. :)

Gosh, I am one happy bunny today.

Surprise surprise!

I can't believe another week has passed us by! It's almost Easter already (ok I know it's early this year but time is still whizzing past) He, he................at this rate it won't be long till we are wishing each other a Merry Christmas again :))

Firstly I would like to say a big thank you to Kathy for returning the honours with the award. You're a star!

I have had two wonderful surprises this week. On Tuesday I received a big box and here is what was in it. This was my second prize from the English Paper Company competition last year in Cardmaking and Papercraft. Good eh! What a shame that they are no longer!!

My second parcel arrived this morning and was for having a card published in Papercraft Essentials :)Lastly, here is what I have been up to this week :)

Fifty day invitations, ninety evening invitations, one hundred and forty reply cards, one hundred and three favour tags, seven gift bags and a guest book.........phew! I've also made an invitation sample today :)

Tomorrow we are all going out for lunch. There are 15 of us altogether with my parents, brother and sister and their families and my kids. It's my birthday on Monday............I'm going backwards in age as of now :)

Well, I must go and get dressed. I need to post the sample this morning and I have some commissioned cards to make. I also have another wedding order which has just come in which they want by Wednesday!!! so no weekend off for me.

Whatever you're doing, have a good weekend and thanks for dropping by.

More good news!

DH came home last Friday with the new Paper Essentials magazine for me. I don't buy many card making mags now as I just don't have time to read them and I have a pile of them waiting to be read. I always have a quick peep if I'm out and if something takes my fancy I will buy it. Anyway, he brought the mag home and I've scanned through it two or three times so far. Last night I wasn't feeling too good so after hubby went to bed I curled up on the settee with a blanket to have a nose at my mag, only to find that a piece of my work has been published! I hadn't even noticed it before. lolI made my little maze book as part of last years comp in which I was a runner up but didn't realise that it would be used in the mag. I felt all giddy when I saw it. Apart from competition entries and adverts in bridal mags it is only the second time my work has been published and it's a wonderful feeling.
Now for my second piece of good news....................When I entered the competition in PE last year, I also entered the one in CM & P. I saw loads of blogs where people had been winners or runners up in different competitions and just assumed my work hadn't been place as I hadn't heard anything. However, yesterday morning I got a letter from Kirstie (the editor of CM & P) informing me that I have won second prize in the English Paper Company category. My prize is £150 worth of English Paper Company products. Yay...........go me!!! LOL
I am such a bad blogger at the moment but work has got in the way. Hopefully I will be back later with a couple of pictures (but don't hold your breath:))
Thanks very much to those of you who keep visiting and leaving your lovely comments, they are really appreciated.

Papercraft Essentials

DH came home this evening with my copy of Papercraft Essentials and I was thrilled to see my 'runner up' card in it. Up until now I didn't know which of my cards had been chosen and I couldn't remember which ones I'd sent in!! Anyway, it is there (middle right), in print and I can't stop smiling.......it's like winning all over again (or should I say runner upping!!)and this is the card in the flesh

Paper and image are both Pink Petticoat (thanks Liz).