Granny's brag book

As I mentioned yesterday, we flew down to Somerset over the weekend and delivered the Brag Book for mum in law's birthday today. She decided she was going to have a look ate what was in her bag on Saturday so I took the opportunity to explain to her what a Brag Book was and what to put in it etc. I made her an 'All About Me' scrapbook a couple of years ago and she was saying that she is really enjoying filling that one in.


I find it quite difficult to do an album if I don't have any photos to put in it as I find that once you decide which photo is going on which page, you're half way there! I find it really easy to pick out a couple of colours from the photo as a starting point, I then add decoration and any captions as I'm going along. I didn't really know what colours to use for this album so I let my snippet folders decide :) I've worked with pink quite a bit lately so went with the colours I had most of and that was greens, yellows and oranges.


And here it is

I recognise a couple of My Mind's Eye and K & Co papers but all are unmarked as they came from my 'scrap box' :) 

I've added templates for her to cut out the photos and added a few tags here and there....and Bob's your Auntie :)


I shall add the book to Di's Snippet Challenge (tomorrow morning cos I'm pooped!)


See you tomorrow for What's On Your Work desk


Bye for now :)

Football crazy!

Hi, I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend. We whizzed down to Somerset on Saturday, met up with Hubby's Mum, brother and sister in law and sister for a fabulous meal and came home yesterday. I've just thought, I've spent approximately 8 hours on a train and over an hour on a bus!!
My son in law celebrated his 40th birthday on Friday. He is Liverpool FC daft so of course I have to make his cards in red and white (I keep them all in a folder on my lap top so I remember what I've made him in previous years lol,)
So anyway, onto the cards.....the first one is off hubby and myself.

 and this one is from my kids.

All papers are from Pink Petticoat, (but from my scrap box
Image is from Bugaboo stamps a long time ago (I think)
Coloured with Promarkers
Numbers are hand cut using large wooden letters as templates
Sentiment is from Craftwork Cards
Die cut beer glass is cut using a Quickutz die (now Lifestyle Crafts) 
Ribbon is from my box
I now have to make a bracelet and 18th birthday card for DD2 to give to her friend tomorrow, fill some favour boxes and bring out guest name tags for the favours. 
Back tomorrow, take care.

Punches and Die Cuts

The new challenge on the Less Is More blog is (as it says in my title) to use 'Punches and/or Dies The availability of dies for use in cardmaking seems to have exploded recently, with many new ones appearing almost daily... do show us what you can do with them.' I've made two lots of invitations this week using die cuts and they both qualify for the Less Is More challenge. The first is a wedding invitation

Die used is a Sizzix Daisy #2.


The second 

The dies used on this one is by Cuttlebug.

Right, I'm off now, I have a train to catch but hair to dry first :) Enjoy your weekend.

A new baby boy card

Good morning from a very grey, windy and miserable Scruff's Corner today. It's been like this since I got up an hour ago so I think it's time Mr Sunshine was woken up, we want blue skies now, not grey :)


I received an email on Thursday from a very good customer of mine with a list of cards to do over the next couple of weeks or so with the most urgent being a baby boy card for her sister as he was 'due in the next two weeks' I thought I would make a start on that one first. Good job really, he arrived yesterday! So here we have one frantically finished card lol

It's difficult to make out but baby's name is actually in the train....it says Dexter. I've always got a stash of knitted bootees and hats but always forget I've got them, until now. Everything was from my stash. But don't faint, I actually had to print off a sheet of the gingham card as I didn't have a large enough 'Snippet' (sorry Di :))


Sorry about the rubbish photos, they don't look so bad when you click and enlarge them. As I said earlier, we had grey skies and it doesn't warrant decent photos, however, the sun has made an appearance now that the card has gone:)


I would like to enter the card into the following challenges


Allsorts Challenge - week 3 of the anything goes challenges
Secret Crafter - Bingo week and I chose brads, flowers and bows (my flowers are on the beautiful 'Marianne' frame. I really like the flower and leaf detail on this one!)


Thanks for looking.

WOYWW #141

Wow, not only can I not believe that Wednesday here again (I'm sure someone is pinching a couple of days whilst I'm in bed!) but also how much WOYWW has grown since I started showing my desk about 6 months ago. I made a claim to myself last Wednesday that I would carry on all week and visit all the participating blogs. Well it didn't happen, I gave up last night and had visited well over 100 but not being able to sit at the lap top 24/7 (life got in the way, oh, and so did crafting). I'm still pleased with myself though. Will I manage it this week? Who knows, we are away at the weekend (while the kids are home alone, yay)


If you're not too sure what I'm waffling about, take a look at Julia's blog, The Stamping Ground where she explains all, however, you do need to be of a nosey disposition to take part lol 


Righto, on to my desk this week

It's a bit tidier than it was on Saturday I'm making a 6" x 6" album at the moment and these are the snippets I'm using for it.


Have a wonderful day and don't work too hard :)

Flippin men!

Just a quick card today made for someone who has a rugby loving grandson in law!

I have had these sheets since they came out and keep forgetting I have them. I bought loads of them and still have quite a few left. I must find the Flippin Women sheets out too and get them made up otherwise they will sit in the drawer forever.


Materials used are
Flippin Men sheet by Jak Heath (I don't know where sells them any more as I got mine from a craft show)
off cuts of paper are by DCWV and ribbon and charms from my stock.


Another one for the Snippet challenge


Tfl xx

Less is more

I'm really getting into this style of card making and enjoying it very much. I've always gone for an uncluttered look in my work (you wouldn't believe that if  you saw my craft studio lol) and this morning I decided to take part in the new challenge, which is to use stripes on your card, at the Less Is More blog. I've been really busy for the last couple of weeks so this makes a nice change. Having said that I'm back on a wedding tomorrow.

The stamp is from Pink Cat Studio and I've had the set for years and have used it loads :) I coloured the image with Prisma pencils on their own as I didn't want anything to soak through the card like Promarkers or Sansador would! I used this image as she is sat on a striped hat box and stripey thing are definitely lacking in my craft stuff. I don't know if the ribbon counts as another layer and whether it should be removed till I've blogged it but I'm sure someone will tell me and I can always remove the ribbon and photograph it again ;)


Thanks for looking and for all the lovely comments you leave. Also before I go, can anyone recommend any other challenges and I'm also looking for some decent sentiment rub ons if anyone knows of any. I used to buy MSE and Crate rub ons but the craft outlet I bought them from has closed down and I'm finding it very difficult to source them.


Right, off to make tea now.

I can sing a rainbow

I've just looked up from what I'm doing and this is what I can see from my studio window

Now I know it's only a rainbow but I thought rainbows always followed rain. The thing is....we haven't had any!!! We have had beautiful blue sky and sunshine but no rain. Please excuse the pile of dead wood on the front lawn. We had a new fence erected last Wednesday and secretly hoped that the fence man might have offered to get rid of it for us but he didn't. lol Hubby started getting rid of it a few weeks ago but broke his shredder. He returned it to the manufacturer and they've sent him a new one so he has no excuse now the snow has gone :)


So onto my cards.


The first one was commissioned by my window cleaner who has just been to collect it

The image is a freebie decoupage sheet from a craft magazine, I can't remember who the love heart stamps are by but I have a sneaky feeling it might be Heidi Swapp. The paper flowers are from the Range and I just coloured three of them with burgundy Promarkers. The black element on my cards comes in the form of the gems in the centre of the flowers....they are black diamond. The burgundy card is a double sided metal and is gorgeous. All of the pieces on this card are from my ''Snippet'' folders.  Backing paper is Mr & Mrs by Pebbles Inc and the ribbon etc is from my craft boxes.


I shall be entering my card into the following challenges

• Going Buggy - Lace & Butterflies
• The Secret Crafter -  Red, black & white with texture
• Di's Snippet challenge

Before I go I would just like to say how sad I was when I heard yesterday that Whitney Houston had died. Such a waste of a life and such a waste of that fabulous voice. I know I shall remember her as the lovely girl who sang I have nothing in the Bodyguard rather than the very messy singer who lunged round 'performing' on the X Factor Strictly a couple of years ago.


Thanks for stopping by.

What's on my work desk Saturday

I wouldn't usually do this but having adopted a slightly less untidy method of working (well ok, some of it ended up on the floor behind my desk) when I was at the shop, it doesn't seem to have taken me long to revert to my old method of working. I think I must have had an attack of the MDS (messy desk syndrome)  lol


Those of you with a nervous disposition please look away now :)

I did clean up last night in order to start the next job...in fact I even polished my desk (my pride and joy and my best ebay buy ever!) and vacuumed the floor.


I'm sorry if my post has upset any of you and I hope you are all able to sleep tonight lol


Tfl xx

Ruby Wedding Anniversary Album

I managed to get the album finished on Friday evening ready for my friend to collect it yesterday afternoon. She was delighted with it.
If you look carefully at my pages you might see the sketch from Kathy's Waffle Sketch File a couple of times but I'm afraid I bottled out of the double LO using the 'stretched' sketch...I could get it to work properly!

and finally, the box

I have used an assortment of paper snippets, a few new sheets, some freebies and an assortment of embellishments and am not sure where most of it came from (apart from in my craft room :)
Thanks for looking, I hope you like it.

Lili Of The Valley

As I had a wedding card to make today I thought I would get out my little LOTV wedding stamp! This couple are so cute and as with all LOTV stamps, it's lovely to colour too.

Papers - Snippet folder
Mulberry roses - Wild Orchid Crafts
Other paper flowers -  My mum's stash :)
ribbon and sentiment - my supplies


I'm going to enter this card into the following challenges


Di's Snippet Challenge
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes theme with the optional extra to add a heart or do a 'love' theme.
Allsorts challenge part 2 Free and Easy February
Simon Says Stamp - Love Is In The Air


Thanks for looking :)

Kathy's Waffle Sketch File

The February sketch challenge is now up on Kathy's Sketch File and this month we are treated to two versions of the sketch, a square one and a rectangular one!
This is my first project using the sketch

and here are the sketches.

 I used the square sketch for my card but I've already done a lay out using the same sketch and I'm also going to be very brave and try to do a double LO using the rectangular sketch.


Materials used are
Blonde Moments - Sugar Dumpling paper
Pink Petticoat - heart paper
Everything else is from my stock and the papers are from my snippet folders so I'm entering my card into Pixie's Crafty Workshop Snippet challenge


Please join in with us and show us what you can do. Don't forget that you can use the sketches any way round you like and as long as we can see the sketch it will be ok. Leave us a message on Mr Linky and we will come and take a look.


Thanks for looking and we look forward to seeing what you come up with.

What's on your work desk?

Well peeps, Wednesday has crept up on us once again and it's time to show my messy desk to the world again! Not sure what I'm talking about? Then take a look at Julia's Stamping Ground and all will be revealed.

I'm currently making an album for a lovely couple who are celebrating their Ruby wedding anniversary this weekend so I will carry on working late until it's finished, by Friday at the latest :0 


I wish I was a tidy worker but I have tried, believe me, but I can't work unless everything is out around me lol (oh and I need the ever present coffee on my desk) Even when I had the shop and tried desperately to keep it tidy, it didn't work. I do sort everything and put stuff away before I plough through the next order though......then the mess all starts again :)


My target for this week is to get through every post on WOYWW, something I haven't done yet.


Thanks for looking and I will be back later.

I Heart You

Have you seen the new release on the Funky Hand web site yet? It is absolutely gorgeous :)  There is a total of  approximately 20 different papers, an alphabet and an image sheet, and the price..........£3.19!!! Don't take my word on how lovely it is, see for yourself.

 and here is what I made with it yesterday.

I will add a tutorial on how to make the bag just as soon as I get my weddings out of the way first :)
Take care, back soon and thanks for looking.

Black & White

DH was working last night and the event was a 60th birthday. They had a black and white colour scheme, which I overheard them telling a member of staff at the wedding fayre we did a couple of weeks ago when they came to view the venue.

The papers used are from Doodlebug but I can't remember the name of it. I've also used an off cut of silver mirror and black card, ribbon snippets, flowers and diamantes are from my stock and the sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.


The card will be entered into Di's Snippet challenge and
Allsorts challenge Part 1         


TFL x                                        

Get Funky!

Good morning from a very white and bright Scruff's Corner, I hope everyone is well this morning and managing to keep warm in this horrible cold weather! I don't mind the snow especially if I don't have to go out in it but I absolutely hate the cold. I would love to hibernate at the beginning of November and wake up at the beginning of March ready for my big girl's birthday :)


So onto the Get Funk! challenge. It's my turn today to post my project over on the Get Funky! blog. Lou (Loopylou) set the "January Blues"challenge for this month and she wants you to make a something blue. It doesn't matter what it is as long as it incorporates something from Funky Hand. As always, Anice has provided a freebie paper for those who would like to take part but don't own any FH products.

Papers used are from Xmas Presents on the Twelve Crafters Crafting cd and Birthday Boy on the Happy Happy Birthday cd. If you haven't got these cds yet you really don't know what you're missing, they are both fab!!


I'm entering my card into Di's Snippet challenge as my first one this week. I only made my challenge 'projects' this week as I've been busy with wedding stationery.


Thanks for looking and I hope you manage to join in with us on our Get Funky! challenge.

Wedding stationery

It's Wednesday again and I can't believe it's it's a week since my lap top was so poorly. Luckily I didn't lose anything it just caused my son 24 hours of blooming hard work! I'm still trying to recover and change passwords as I visit different sites as all my history was wiped so my passwords went along with that, I'm getting there though.


So now onto the real reason of my post and that is because today is What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday #139 which is organised by the lovely Julia on her Stamping Ground blog. I would like to offer huge apologies for not visiting anyone last week but I had a bit of a computer problem (see below). I will make sure I poke my nose into the craft spaces this week though and thanks for all the visits I got.


My desk

as you see, I'm in wedding stationery mode at the moment. These will be finished and collected today then it's straight onto the next lot of 75 which are going on Friday :)


Also while I'm here, take a peep at Crafty Linby's blog. She has some fab candy on offer.

Right, back to my invitations now so I can take time later to start visiting the WOYWW bloggers later. 
TFL