First thing I wanted to show you today is something my son made with a little guidance from mum.

He had to produce an art project for school about something special to him.  He decided to do a canvas about rugby.  He cut the ball out himself, then he used the cricuit for his title.  I printed the photos of him and his mates and the strip of his shirt was the one cut off him in A & E a couple of weeks ago....thought he would like a lasting reminder.  For the back ground he blended 3 colours of acrylic paint...inspired by showing him Sharon's LO for the Cyber crop, thanks Sharon xxx.

Now my youngest wants a go so watch this space.....

Today I have mostly been making a Wedding card!

This is for friends of the family who are getting married this weekend.  Unfortunately we are not going to make the party which is a shame as it is at there parents home and they've got bumper cars and all sorts of activities planned.....I hope the weather holds up for them.

The stamp I've used is from Stamping bella, I love it for a wedding and use it lots....is that wrong?!

I have also used some bazzill, my Martha Stewart punches and I made the little flowers (thanks Kate for inspiring me to have a go). The other embellishments.....yep you've guessed it....I found them lurking in my craft room..!

Finally did I mention that I'm going to be the local demonstrator for Personal Impressions?

Sorry if you've already caught my news on Facebook or UKS, I don't want to keep mentioning it but I am REALLY excited about the prospect.

There now......I promise not to mention it again, LOL!

Yesterday was spent at Papercraft's Boutique in Elgin demonstrating inks, stamping, acrylic/chipboard books, nestabilities and template cards.  I had a lovely day crafting and met lots of lovely crafty folk.

Kate I loved your flowers, will be sitting down and having a go at them.

Oh and I managed to pick up a couple of the new Manga stamps which have gone on sale this weekend seen here.

Guess which ones I went for?!

My final LO of the CC was PASS GO.  This challenge was worth a whopping £600 in Monopoly money so couldn't not be attempted.  It had to include stitching, something metallic, have a hidden section and a flap. 

The paper is bazzill black and beige plus Bon Appetit from Teresa Collins.  The lettering was doodlebug shin dig and the ribbon/embellishments from my stash.

The large flap reveals two photos of my son eating rice crispies off the floor....when he was a toddler he was so chuffed he managed to get in the food cupboard, get a full packet of rice crispies open and tip them over his head....and all over the floor!  There is also hidden journalling.  My stitching is around the outside from my machine and the metallic is silver brads and spoons.

The front photo is him sat enjoying the fruits of his labour, little monkey, lol!

This LO was another challenge for the UKS CC.  The challenge was "Waterworks" and it was to scrap a holiday and include water.  I have used paper from Imaginisce A Shore thing, a sheet of bazzill, paint, plastic bubbles, fish brads from doodlebug and KI lace card stock.

The photo is of a "staycation" we had a couple of years ago down at our beach.....the kids don't want to go anywhere else when we get the weather!

Before the start of the Cyber crop everyone is split into teams....as this time the theme was Monopoly I was selected for the CARS team, vroom, vroom!

Before the crop starts there are a few challenges set, one of which I will show you later....the other is what is known as "The Mystery Challenge".  For this you purchase a kit designed for your team, not knowing what you are going to get!  It is then up to you what you do with it.  My kit came from The Craft Emporium and I loved it.....

As it was sometime since I had sat and scrapbooked I decided to do a couple of LO's as my challenge.  The papers are from October afternoon and Bazzill and are just yummy plus you got all the embellishments with the kit.....as you are required to stick to the kit.

The first LO is of my boys on the swing in our park....so I wanted to incorporate that.  The second is my youngest having a coffee break (red juice!) and a kitkat whilst out helping in the garden...I love the way he just sits on  the chair the double of his dad chatting away like a little old man.

The other challenge I entered was the Pre-crop challenge and that was to do a LO on someone who was a familiar face in my life who has had a profound effect on it.

I choose my parents, now before I explain further I got my times a bit muddled and ended up with only one hour to complete this challenge and for those of you who know me.....that is some ask.....I like to chill and enjoy the process so this LO is a lot simpler that I had initially wanted.

I wanted to use orange black and silver because my parents...as you know are big biker fans and are especially keen on their Harley D.  I wanted to show them getting together, their Wedding day and then how they are now.  I think it's so "random" (I would say "cool", but my kids inform me cool is no longer the right word!) that my parents as grandparents are out the biking most weekend clad in leather, enjoying life and having fun.  They are always there for me, even now as an adult with advice...when asked.

Now onto the sequins, lol......I know it probably isn't the done thing in some circles..but I like to break the unwritten rules now and again....I liken them to chrome on a motorbike, that was my thinking anyway!

Right before we start I've had to change the file of this photo as occasional my computer has a wobble with my canon photos...apparently it is a known issue and the only way around it is to fool the computer in a different format!  Computer suitably fooled!!  But the clarity of the image isn't as good.

Anyway, moving on, this class was designed by Bexter aka Beckie Dryer and her blog can be found here.

The technique in this class was using glimmer mists...something I confess I don't have much of.  Beckie's was beautiful blues and I have to say they are my sort of colours but I was limited with only gold and purple mists to play with.

This is my effort and I have to say I think it was my favourite class and I am so happy with the outcome.  Unfortunately the photo doesn't do the glimmer mist technique justice and it's only when the light catches you see the beauty of the different colours.

The papers I have used are Crafthouse allsorts aniseed, pontefract cake and cream soda together with cream and black card stock.   The butterflies are from Hobbycrafts, lace and flowers are from my stash and the little tags were made using the new SU punch.  The bubble technique top right was done differently to as Beckie suggested as I didn't have the kit needed I instead used bubble wrap and white StazOn ink.

The photo's are of a family get together last Easter, we all live so far apart now it was great to catch up with everyone.

This class was by Gertie aka Sarah Palmer and you can see more of her work here on her Blog.

This was my first class of the Cyber crop and those of you who know me, know I spend most of my crafty time making cards, so it was great to work on 12" again.....and there are not many places you can say that without getting a comment like "Ooo erh Mrs!" 

The technique to try on this class was painting...creating a different style and texture to your scrapbooking.

I have used bazzill card stock and Basic Grey Archaic, white acrylic paint and embellishments from my stash.

The photo is of my eldest son at around 8 months having his first photo shoot.

The first class I wanted to show you from the CC on UKS is designed by Angie Woolfall's "The Angel, Islington".

You can catch up with Angie on her Blog.

I loved this class and I got to use some stash that I have had for a while, I think, if my memory serves me correctly, that is was a gift from one of the Aberdeen girls when we had a crop.  The papers are Kelly Panacci Two-of-a-kind, Khaki plaid and Green mini dots...the brothers sign was a beer mat I picked up at Scrapaganza and the ribbons were in my stash.  The challenge of the class was to had cut the frames and I loved it, will be using this technique again.

The photo is of my two boys actually being nice to each other and having a good picture taken for our Christmas cards a couple of years ago!

 

The next class is designed by Sarah Youde "The Strand".  You can catch Sarah's work on her blog here.

I also loved this class and used Doodlebug safari papers and brown bazzill together with other bits and pieces I found in my craft room.  The challenge of this class was to hand stitch....oh I love my stitching!

The photo is of my eldest boy when he was little.  He loved to play with animals and sticker books.....and animal stickers even better.....he started to stick them everywhere but the book including himself which at the time he thought was so funny!

That's it for now folks I'll show you some more tomorrow.

Happy crafting!!

So what have I been up to over the weekend?  Well, it was cyber crop time over on UKScrappers and boy did we have fun.  The theme for this time was Monopoly and I was rather chuffed at my £2,260 total... and 9 LO's especially as it was cut short yesterday with a trip to A & E to see my son who had a rugby injury.
It's not nice seeing your child strapped to a trolley with a neck brace on!  Still he is fine, thank goodness if not a bit sore.

I'm will be back later with what I have been scrapping as I just want to check with the class designers before publishing my work.
Happy crafting....back soon...xx

More candy for you today over on Tracie's blog, thanks to Jo for the link.

I saw Jo using the pencil lines book at a recent crop and had a wee lookie at it....what a fab reference for scrapbookers.

Thanks Tracie for the opportunity to enter your RAK and good luck to anyone else who decides to enter too.

OOOOOOOoooooo look what I've just found on ScrappyJan's blog, what a giveaway!

Happy birthday Jan and many more....if you want a chance to enter better hop on over before May, good luck all.  xxx

So guys this week I've had a couple of requests for bespoke cards....the first;

and my brief was "the only thing I can think of is he likes "Willie Nelson"...to which I said who?! 

Now I know...

I could have taken the easy route and used a picture of Willie but I like a challenge so decided to use my cricuit paper dolls and experiment...I hope he likes cause that wee chap took a wee while to do, lol.

The second;

and my brief was a 4th Wedding Anniversary with a difference. 

Now the traditional gift for a 4th Anniversary is Linen, however the modern version is an Electrical item.

BINGO BY JINGO

.....the guy is a "sparky" so I couldn't not produce my version of re-wiring a plug

with a comment about still having that "spark"

and inside a reference to hoping their anniversary is "electrifying",

I hope they get my sense of humour!

More blog candy over on Elaine's Blog to celebrate a year of being a SU demonstrator.  Congratulations Elaine, Happy birthday and thanks for the chance to win some fabby candy.

I'd like to thank Sarah for the link to the above cricut giveaway, oh my, how exciting.....work you can eat!

I am putting on weight just thinking about it!  Wow.....it would be so much fun not getting the project right first time as you can eat the evidence rather than recycling the card.

For more information and your chance to WIN a cricut cake visit Cuttlebug challenge blog.

I so would love to use this with my muffins. 

What do you think girls....do you think my muffins would benefit from additional decoration?!

I'M BACK!!

It feels like ages since I've sat and crafted but it isn't really.  It just seems like it.

I have been Easter crafting with the kids and boy I am all feathered and pompom'ed out, lol!  My littlest boy just loves to craft with pompoms, I remember when he was only a toddler he made his dad a card and it had to be reinforced on the back to stand up....more is more, so to speak!  :-)

Anyway this is my version of Gayle's challenge over on the Sugarbowl blog, thanks you and big hugs Mrs!

I have used the Sugar Nellie stamp Bumble bee and copics with green bazzill and pink card stock.  The patterned paper is Doodlebug strawberry blossoms....and as for the rest, well, you've guessed it, stash kicking around my room.

The sun is out today and don't shout too loud but I think spring might be on it's way....the daff's are out on the deck and my doors are open....the breeze waffing in, birds singing....I so love this time of year.

I picked these colours today 'cause I think they just sum up the day bright and breezy......bring it on!

The card is for my neice's birthday which isn't until June, another tick in the box, ha...best I don't loose it between now and then!

Happy crafting.

Hi everyone, feel a little guilty of late as my blog has been neglected last month.
The Wedding I was doing is now complete and delivered...that feels good!
A couple of challenges from March I have stored ideas in my head  for...because I really want to have a go.
Hopefully I will get time when the kids are back at school.

Anyway just wanted to wish everyone a "HAPPY EASTER" and happy crafting to you all.
Hoping to do some Easter crafting with the kids later today.
ENJOY and remember eat plenty of chocolate!

Firstly today I would like to wish you all a Happy St Patricks day, which also means I would like to wish my Uncle and Emma a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Emma just to totally embarrass you, here's a pic of the birthday girl who got a cake at our weekend gathering.

You can give me a thump at the next crop!

Back to crafting and this was the other card I made this weekend which I am entering into the Quixotic paperie Challenge.

The challenge was to use a Greeting farm stamp and alter it.  Here is my entry:

I love this stamp from the "Happy Day" set.  Oh and I so enjoyed colouring it in with my copic's.  I have combined it with the Basic Grey range archaic, including the chipboard and buttons...which just goes fantastico!  I have distressed the edges with TH ink vintage photo and added a couple of rub ons from stock.

I love these papers and have been coverting them for a while not wanting to used them...sad I know but any fella crafters out there will know that we all have our favourite papers that we don't want to cut into!! 

I have altered the stamp by adding eyelashes and stripes to the t-shirt on the little boy image, I wanted to keep it simple as I think the stamp says it all really.

My youngest boy is not 6 till May but I'd like to thank the guys over on the Quixotic challenge blog as now I am organised early with a card for his birthday...must not loose it between now and then which always happens if I put something away somewhere safe, or is that just me?!*

At the moment at school my little boy is doing a project on dinosaurs, and is loving every minute, telling me the other day that they'd measured their teacher and that she was taller but not wider than a Veloicraptor, good to know, lol!

My eldest absolutely loved dinosaurs when little so here's hoping all those plastic toys will get a second outing now.

Before I start today I would like to wish my eldest son a Happy 11th Birthday and thank him so much for waking me at 5.30 a.m. to the call of "can I open my presents now"!

The answer wasn't yes :-) x

He had mentioned a couple of days ago that this year he didn't want a present as such but would rather have something that goes "woof" with a red ribbon around it's neck.  He has been pestering me for a long time for a dog!  So he was in for a disappointing morning when he came down to a guitar.

I had mentioned this to a pal of mine in the school playground and she said "tie a red ribbon to the neck of the guitar and set a match to it......it will soon go "WOOF"!  LOL.

As it was he is thrilled with his guitar as he has only recently started lessons and was equally delighted with the PSP game from his brother that he wanted.  Tonight we will have the usual family chocolate birthday cake and no doubt a thrashing on the Wii!

My husband has arranged for him to go Go-karting with his pals later in the month as a birthday treat so he will have something else to look forwards to.

On to crafting this is my second card from the weekend and it, surprisingly, is for my sons birthday.

I have used Rusty Pickle Pocket Rocket papers and Inkadinkado Rock star stamps.  The edges are inked with Tim Holts ink vintage photos and the colouring is with my copics.  Finally it is finished with a bit of bling although it is difficult to see from the picture.

I also had a couple more photo's from the weekend to share with you.

This one is of Angela doing her "Mystic Meg" impression with her Angel cards, thanks for my reading.  xxx

Pick a card!!

Spot on again this year.

So this weekend just gone the girls from Fraserburgh came through to Elgin to crop at Mayne house...Jo, Sarah and I joined them.  A great time was had by all.  The food was plentiful with lovely homemade soups, homebakes and puddings, yummy yum yum.  Conversation and crafting was flowing...some more than others, I prefer to craft slowly letting the creative juices flow, lol, Jo who I sat next to was on a roll and I think she said she completed 9 LO's, that's more than I get done in a year!  I hope to rectify it this year.

:-)

On Saturday night we had a lovely chinese meal made better by all sharing so we got lots of little tastes of things normally we wouldn't order, I love doing that.  After the meal we retired to the living room to play games....the embellishment game, bingo, match the paper with the designer and anagrams (which I am the pits at!)  It was a good giggle and here are a couple of pics from the evening.

The top picture has Jo posed to take a picture whilst we watch on the embellishment game...the second is the grand final with Angela winning having come runner up last year!

You can see some other pictures of our weekend on Jo's blog, the house we stayed in plus one of me cake decorating.....Jo I'll get you for that later, lol!

This was the first of my cards that I made this weekend.  It was like going back in time as this is how I first started with card making, stamping an image and colouring, very relaxing, well I think so!

The stamp is from Stamps Happen and is called "It's only a game!"

I coloured the image in with my copic's and kept the rest of the card very simple so it's just the stamp that stands out.

My uncle loves his Golf so I hope he likes this too.

This is my entry to this months Sugarbowl challenge.  This month we had a sketch to follow and have to add "shabby chic"!

I have used Rusty Pickle Mayflower range as I thought it went well with the stripes and spots of the SN stamp "Blossom" by Leanne Ellis. 

Instead of inking my edges....which I just love to do..and you can tell by the state of my chalk inks just now...I think you could call them well loved!  Anyway getting back to inking today I have used a cotton bud and Tim Holts distress ink vintage photo to give it that shabby look.

The flower I got the idea from here (thanks Dawn for the inspiration and Sharon for the link) adding wire rather than thread through the button and shaped it like Blossoms flower attachment in her hair.

The rub ons are from a swatch book by Creative Imaginations and the rafia was lurking in my craft room :-)

I raised Blossoms flowers and added small pearl glass centres, you can see better here:

Loved the challenge again girls, enjoyed having time to just play and see what I come up with...seem to spend a lot of time just now not doing enough of that sort of crafting.

This is going to be a Mother's Day card for my mum, who like me is not really a girlie girl, more a black motorbike leather kind of gal!

And as for the stamp I have recently had my hair cut very similar to Blossoms, just wish I had her body, lol, well, maybe bigger legs and feet, but isn't that all part of her charm?!

Happy crafting guys.  xxx

Well, that's me back from a great weekend away with the family.....a treat for my Wedding Anniversary, no cooking!
Thought I would just pop on to say check out Judy's blog, she has a great giveaway for Mother's Day....leave her a comment before the 8th of March and you could win one of five beautiful prizes.

Before I go today check out My Desert Cottage, and the beautiful giveaway.

Stunning work and fab prize, would love to create work like this.

Kirsti thanks for the link on your blog.  xxx 

Thanks to my craft buddy Kirsti for this award.

The rules are no.1  Pass it on, no.2  List 10 things that make me happy.

So first I'd like to pass this on to: 

Marlene

Gayle

Beckie

Fiona

Jacqui

Sarah

Sharon

Judy

Now onto 10 things that make me happy:

1.  My boy's.........all the time xxx but especially sleeping and not fighting!

2.  Time to craft on what I want to do.

3.  A tidy house....which doesn't happen very often!

4.  Chocolate especially Dairy Milk, Galaxy bubbles and Thorntons Desserts.

5.  Food be it homebakes or a good curry!

6.  A nice glass of red wine...two even happier :-)

7.  A brandy with peppermint!

8.  Cropping with fella crafters.

9.  Attending crafty classes and learning something new.

10.  Gosh I should really place hubby somewhere so what can I say about him.........

.....still thinking..........erm......he looks good in his "grow bag!"  LOL!

So guys here is my challenge results for the Bubbly Funk forum. 

The Vanilla Sugar challenge this month, being February was to create a "Hanging heart". 

Guess what?  I've done exactly that!

I have used some hearts I bought, I think, from Panduro a few years ago, because I loved their shape.

The scraps of material I founds in my box of bits in the loft and the raffia was on a recent bouquet of flowers, reuse recycle...my kids would be pleased!

The lettering is sizzlets bounce to match the material.

I'd like to thank the Bubbly funk guys for another great challenge and for finally getting me motivated to do something with these lovely hearts.  I have kept them simple as I tend to keep my house quite minimal...less housework more craft time.....oh yes, there is method in my madness, lol!  :-)

In saying that I love the whole American New England shabby country craft style....all be it this with a twist of me.

To all fella crafters out there thanks for stopping by....and happy crafting.  xxx 

Look at what I got in the post from the lovely Susan today.....ain't it fab?

This was a swap over on the Bubblyfunk forum in which we filled large matchboxes with embellishments of a desired colour choice....guess what colours I asked for, lol!

Thank you very much indeed Susan, looking forwards to playing with them.

I sent my box to Wendy who asked for green and brown see my earlier post.

We all seem to have had a great swap, thanks Wendy for organising it.

On to today....this is the card and little keyring I've made for my pal Gayle to welcome the arrival of little Maya.  The stamp is from Hanglar Stangler and is Bee, the papers are from Flair baby girl.  The little mum mini book is from More than Words.  The rest as usual is stash found kicking around!  (Got a bit of that!)

I really enjoyed making this card and loved playing with the stamp...thanks Karen.  I started the card whilst having a girlie craft together with Pam and Karen but I think I was doing most of the crafting guys, lol!!! 

You know what I mean.  I was just happy to be out playing.

Arh well, as they say on cartoon time "that's all for now folks!"

Have a great day and if you get time to craft....even better!

This the card that I have made for my niece to celebrate the arrival of her baby brother.

I thought the stamp from Sugar Nellie "Manga kids" was so appropriate for her and the papers are from Deja Views "little ones" collection.

The other embelishments I found in my craft room...it's amazing what you can find after a tidy up!

Let's hope she likes her card.

Can you guess who this card is for then?  Yep this one is for my brother and partner...again I have used the Deja Views "little ones" collection so that everything matches.  The stamp is baby bunny from SN also....I just love this stamp for baby cards and have used it quite a lot.  It's just so cute!

So what happened in your world today?

Anything exciting?

I had my hair chopped short again after having it very long last year.

Is it me or do us girls like to grow our hair only to find it drives us batty so we have it cut again?

Could just be me, lol!

This is my entry for this months Sugar bowl and Marlene's sketch.

I have used Fancy pants papers Daydreams Imagine and Gaze...the flowers I have my mum to thank for making and also for the lace as she brought me a whole bag up last year after having a sort out...some of it is even homemade! 

The sugar nellie stamp is Guardian Angel and the phrase stamp was picked up in the USA last summer and is by Inkadinkado...I love it

"Some people come into our lives

and quietly stay.

Others stay for a while,

leaving footprints in our hearts

and we are never the same."

This is how I feel about the guys who I was on holiday last year as we had such a fabulous time together and was a real treat for my big birthday!

So big thanks to the guys over on the Sugar bowl for a great challenge and happy crafting to you all.

This is my decorated matchbox for my swap on Bubblyfunk forum.  Wendy who I have made for asked for green and brown items...so the match box is stuffed with ribbons, brads, buttons, flowers etc...

I have used Crate papers from the seaweed range, a papermania flower which has been layered up using the boho blossom punch from SU, then attached with ribbon and a wee tag.

I do hope she likes what I've sent her as I've never done a matchbox swap before and am not sure what to expect!

Finally I just wanted to mention the recent news about Rusty Pickle stopping trading....one word "gutted"

explains how I feel...I love all their papers and will really miss their funky style.

Wishing you guys over at RP all the very best for the future.  xxx

Kreative blog award

I have been sent this award by Sharon over on My little pad 

It is my first award Sharon so I am well chuffed that you thought to send it to me.

So onto the rules:

To have this award is to pass it on – the instructions are as follows:

1. Thank the person giving the award.

2. Copy the award graphic to your blog.

3. Place a link to their blog.

4. Name seven things people don’t know about you.

5. Nominate seven bloggers you admire.

6. Place a link to these bloggers.

7. Leave a comment on their blog notifying them of the award.
 
Right onto the nitty gritty......Sharon thanked tick, award copied tick, link to blog tick...gosh seven things folk won't know about me!!!
 
1.  I'm stuck on one, lol, I used to dance and qualified as a dance instructor.
 
2.  My favourite chocolates are Thortons Dessert selection but would be very happy with a bar of Dairy Milk.
 
3.  I get really nervous when I go somewhere new...and would rather avoid going!
 
4.  I can ski up-hill, lol!  (Don't ski well)
 
5.  In the Navy I came top in all my training (5) but only recieved an award twice.  Work that one out!
 
6.  I've been told I'm a perfectionist.....but I'm trying hard not to be!
 
7.  My hubby says for this one "I never tell my husband I love him!"  That's because I'd run out of buckets to puke in, lol.
 
These are the folk that inspire me:
 
Marlene
Gayle
Beckie
Jackie
Karen
Judy
Sarah
 
Right I'm off to tell them the news.....  

So with the weather at the weekend "SNOW" the girls from our neck of the woods didn't make it to the crop which was very disappointing.  I'm sure Jacqui still had a lovely day although a few others didn't make it too.  Fingers crossed she does another event when the weather improves....she does organise a good do!

The good news from the weekend was that my good pal Gayle gave birth to a little girl, congratulations to you and the family can't wait to see the pics...xxx
Also I became an aunty again as my brothers partner had a little boy, early!  Can't wait to see him too. xxx
Babies, babies, babies....perfect excuse to make some cards!

And finally to all you crafters out there there is some Sugar candy over on the SN blog but better be quick as it finishes on the 4th....one of the brand new Manga stamps and they are absolutely stunning.

Well the plan is to go to Jacqui's Christmas crop in Alford "Simply Create".

But it's snowing, SNOWING, SNOWING!

The journey over to Alford is across the hills and if it keeps up, boo hoo, we might miss it.

It sounds as if it is going to be a fabby day too with make and takes, classes and challenges galore.

PINK being the order of the day, lol!

My card is for CLAN a cancer charity which Jacqui is supporting with all cards going to raise funds and a prize for the winner.

I have used Doodlebug papers and the cupcake image is from the cutting cafe.  The brads are also doodlebug and the stamp is from SU.

My name badge is again doodlebug papers and the chipboard letters from bazzill.  I love the little chipboard cupcakes from Maya roads...will be using more of them!  The button is from dress it up.

I don't often use pink for myself with having two boys so have gone for it with pink, bling and glitter!  So girlie!

Do you think we could have a sudden unusual freaky heatwave between today and tomorrow so we still get out to play and all the snow disappears?

A girl can dream!

So guys here is my entry to this months Vanilla Suger Challenge to use a coaster.  The papers I have used are Bo Bunny persuasion cut outs and persuasion moments and the clock stamp is from Maya roads.  I got the clock fitting from a well know auction site too.

Loved the challenge guys and didn't cover the back as proof i used a beer mat...I now have time on my side when I craft!

This is a card I've made for a friend in the village who wanted a simple birth card with the details on.

Personally I love to play with square cards but the C6 card always seems to be popular with requests.

The stamp is just from Anita's and the little silver feet charm I picked up in the states.

To all my fella croppers in Aberdeen it was great to catch up with you all on Saturday at the Mill.

Firstly I'd like to wish the manager Brian all the very best in his new business venture as he leaves to pastures new this week...we'll miss you diving off to cut us all cards and thank you for your patience.

Thank you to all the girls for the yummy homebakes Emma your carrot cake was delish, plus thanks for organising the day, and Sharon your friend is some baker the little toffee cups and her banana cake was yum!

Also thanks again Sharon for your help with my Merry and Bright mini album from Melodee earlier in the year and the use of your stamps.

Oh and big thanks to Leigh for making a wonderful card on the spot for Brian, it was beautiful.

A great day was had by all!

Mind you I did feel like I was travelling at warp factor coming home as the snow began to fall but atleast the roads were clear.

Looking forwards to next weekend and another crop this time at Alford.  Praying for no snow!  xxx

Now I am interested to hear as a crafter/card maker what you think about Valentine's Day?
Every year I make cards and not being a "hearty lovey dovey" type person I preferring to use humour.
This year I seem to have hit a brick wall.  I've done DIY parts, nuts, knickers, pants, bra's, sweeties, chocolate, chilli peppers, roses and the usual hearts, argh!!  (To name but a few).
What has been your favourite card, I'd love to know?
Or does the day come and go with no real meaning?
Are you like me and maybe a few sweets and a nice meal at home for my boys or do you go all out?

So how are all my crafting buddy's?

Have you noticed the nights are starting to get lighter? 

How fab is that...

I so don't like this time of year as it's dark and cold...

Spring is my favourite time of year as the daffodils and tulips start to appear in the garden and the nights are lighter and the weather improves...arh, roll on spring!  Not long now.

On to my card which is this months challenge over on the Sugarbowl blog.

Thanks for a great sketch guys.

The card stock I have used is just what I had in my room and the cupcake paper is from Stemma, Something Sweet Cupcake.  The little buttons are the new range from "dare I say" papermania...so cute!

And finally the stamp is of course from Sugar Nellie "Cute as Cupcakes" and the circle image is from the Cutting Cafe.

For those of you who know me know I have a thing about muffins/cupcakes so I could not resist this stamp...all it remains for me to say is...."Muffin anyone!"  LOL

Thought today I would share with you a couple of cards I have made for a friend down in England who loves her angels.  The gift is, slap wrists, a late Christmas present together with a homemade book mark with an angel on and a book I love about angels.  Are you getting the theme yet?  LOL.

The stamps are a range from Stamps Happen which I bought ages ago...just because I loved them.  The lace has been made using my Chrimbo pressie a Martha Stewart Lace punch....me thinks this will be getting lots of use...thanks very much Karen. 

I have kept the cards simple as there is so much going on within the stamped image and I have coloured them using prisma pencils and a wee bit of sparkle!

Happy crafting everyone.

Karen if you are reading this avert your eyes now!

This is part if a gift for my pals birthday....now although her birthday was earlier in the week, what with the bad weather and her impending trip away we agreed to meet when she gets back and be "ladies wot lunch!"

Karen, Gayle and Marlene all got me onto the Twilight series after our girlie trip in the summer...I hadn't a clue what they were talking about, lol!

Of course upon coming home I was soon "up to speed" and had my heart firmly placed in the Edward camp!

Mind you after seeing New Moon I have to say that Jacob with his shirt off makes remaining in the Edward camp....a difficult choice to live upto!

Decisions...decisions, lol!

Anyway getting back to my story...Karen loves to read and read and read......"your secret is out!"

So along with her other gifts I've put together this bookmark, she has, and always will be, firmly in TEAM EDWARD!!

Just been looking around in blogland and found this Bubbly Funk challenge called Vanilla Sugar, see here.
The challenge is to come up with something using beer mats. 
Over time I have made a few items using beer mats and thought I'd share a few of them again with you.

This was for my dad on father's day...using Harley Davidson papers, with pictures of the kids on the back.

This was for a dear friend Mabel who used to help me with the house and children when I was working.

A halloween banner for home using Heidi Grace halloween papers and various embelishments.  The beer mats being that shape of course!

Another banner for my friends craft shop using Bo Bunny papers...if I remember correctly?!

This was a challenge to use the mats and container at a crop...I have used Rusty pickle papers.

Finally this is a figure of eight beer mat which I thought just perfect for a snowman decoration.

So this is my entry to this months Sugar bowl challenge, the sketch can be found on the link below.

I have used the SN Manga girl and the papers are Winterwonderland by Crafts House.  I thought these papers were appropriate bearing in mind we've had snow, snow and even more snow over the holidays.

Whilst colouring in I was a little disappointed that my copic blending pen ran out..I only got them in September...so not blended as much as I would have liked...better get one of them ordered...I NEED one now, lol!  No more colouring until I do find one, boo....hoo!

The card it's self is for Mrs Sugar Nellie.....who probably won't thank me for mentioning it but

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY KAREN!!

Have a great day.

And a big thank you to the guys over on the Sugar bowl for a lovely challenge...to get me back into crafting after the festive season.  xxx

To all my fella bloggers out there......HAPPY NEW YEAR....wishing you and yours all the very best for 2010 and may you get plenty of time to craft!!