I hate doing cards for boys!!

I have had this woodware stamp practically since I started getting into stamping but very rarely use it and I don't know why, it's such a lovely image and good for decoupaging. Its coloured with promarkers, my favourite colouring medium with some american crafts ribbon and card candy. Sorry folks but can't remember what the paper is called as it was just bits and pieces that I used from my scrap box.

Visitors and Crafting!!

Thought it was about time I updated this, I am so bad at blogging, its no wonder I have no followers lol.

I have just had my first Christmas Day of the year, WHAT I hear you say!! Well we have friends come over from Ireland (or us to them) every year and because we don't see them at Christmas we have our very own Christmas Day. Tony got an xbox game and Iron Man 2 on Blu Ray and I got 2 fantastic charms for my Pandora bracelet, I love them so much. My bracelet still looks a little lonely though with only 5 charms on it but I am hoping that Santa will bring me some more :). Anyways, I have been dying to get into my craft room this week but visitors and card making just don't mix, especially when there is a 2 year old running around! They went away this morning so the first thing I did was hop right in there.

The card, is made with a flower soft topper with some red fine FS on her coat and white FS for the snow. I made the bow at the top with lengths of ribbon just fixed in the middle with a Anna Griffin embellishment.

Christmas Cards

Well I started my Christmas cards tonight but my camera is playing up so pictures as yet. I am thinking my colour theme this year is going to be blue and silver. Do you guys theme your cards or do you just go with the flow? I got a couple of Christmas cartridges for the cricut last year but this is the first chance I have had to use them, quite liking a lot of elements in there, especially the snowflakes.

So what is on your Christmas list this year? I would really love the Rock Princess cartridge, love a lot of the elements on there and they are really versatile.

Sugar Nellie Love Birds

Totally love this stamp, its from Sugar Nellie, one of my favourites. I made this card for the Cardmaking and Papercrafts cardmaker of the year competition. Can't wait for the results to come through, I entered a fair few but the competition is so high, there are so many talented crafters out there but as they say if you don't enter you can't win! As well as the Sugar Nellie stamp which is coloured with promarkers, I have used Thickers, grungeboard circle which I have ink dusted with distress inks and Bo Bunny paper.

Happily Ever After

Another special occasion book-ring card made for a friends daughters 1st Wedding Anniversary. They love Disney so I used this Cinderella Jolee and letter cut with Opposites Attract again. The Happily Ever After sign I bought whilst in Florida a couple of years ago, I knew it would come in handy some day :)

21st Birthday Card

This was a book-ring card that I made for a friends daughter. She is a musician so I thought I would stick with that. Guitar is a jolees sticker along with the music notes and embossing done with the happy birthday cuttlebug folder. The letters are from the Opposites Attract cartridge with the cricut and then some ribbons tied around the book-rings. I think it is very effective and different from your every day flat cards.

The Princess and the Frog

Okay my photographics skills aren't very good, lets hope my cardmaking is better. I totally love this stamp, coloured with distress inks and flowers from prima. Don't you just prima, I probably have enough flowers to last me a lifetime but it doesn't stop me buying more.

Bad Bad Blogger

Okay apologies to everyone that is following me (a total of 2 people lol), I started this with good intentions and it didn't last long. Working a full time and part time job is not easy but anyways its no excuse. A very good friend of mine gave me a boot up the backside and said update your blog, so here I am and I hope you stick with me this time.