OFF ON THE OCEAN WAVE

Good Morning crafters, Today is the start of my holidays, at this moment in time I should be on the ferry having breakfast...lol I shall be thinking of you all while I am relaxing in the sun... me hopes lol
this is a little odd writing this the day before I go but I promised to get organised for the time I am away, I have got posts all scheldued for while I am away of cards I have been busy making for different occasions and design team cards for Making Handmade Cards.
Please keep looking back to see whats newly added and of course when I get back all the new creations I have made while chilling in france.
so its bon voyage from me for a wee while...... enjoy my postings while I am away...... and look forward to seeing you all when I get back.
Oh I forgot to tell you where I am going in my excitement..... Normandy in France

Polka Doodles Challenge - Sketch

Over at polka doodle this week the challenge is to use the sketch,


as I am going to be away on holiday from early Tuesday morning I thought I would get my entry in early, I love all that polka doodles doo......
But as I am about to go on holiday, I have to wait till I get back to order the cds..... I am itching to get my hands on them,

I decided to buy a download from them to make this card, Great papers and images with coloured stampies as well as black & white to colour yourself.


Here is my card which I made using their Twittie OWL Collection printable download

Its funny how something just comes to mind when you see a paper or image isnt it.....

For me it was the pale blue backing paper, it gave me the idea of christmas snow, and so I thought snowy owls,

then the oval became a nest, and my martha stewart branch punch became the bedding in the nest, I had just bought some white flower soft so a sprinkling of snow just came down to add to the all round feel of christmas.... lol Too wit too woo your so cute lol

Hope you like my card and if you fancy having a go click on the link above and get your entry in youve got all week so plenty of time.... Have fun . ju x

2 Birthday cards - My grandson the Birthday Boy

Its my grandsons birthday today, and hes 9. A lovely age not yet cheeky and still cuddly.... He loves football so I have made him this card using a decoupage sheet of papernation football boy which you colour your own colours. Ive added it to a sheet of Kanban football paper for the background.

Heres the decoupage sheet and as you see I have coloured it in the colours of his school football team which he is in.

The letter Stamps are from Papermania which I have coloured with my promarkers to match in with the football shirt.

The second card I have made for my son to give to his nephew

The letters are embellishments which I have had for a couple of years from papermania this is the first time I have used them, I am impressed I quite like them for boys and mens cards you need something more masculine.

The skateboarder boys are a stamp from woodware also the skateboard stamp.

Hes having his party on sunday so I hope the weather stays nice so we can all gather in the garden instead of being cooped up in the kitchen thats usually where you find me at parties lol......

Polka Doodles Challenge - Tropical Birds & Sketch

WOW! Did you see create and craft yesterday morning, now that it is on freeview I can get it, something I hadnt seen before was Polka Doodles - fabulous cds really new and funky designs I thought they where fabulous.

BUT because I am on holiday from next week I couldnt order as it wouldnt arrive before I went away

ALAS I shall have to wait and thats very hard to do with crafty things....lol

WELL I decided maybe I can find them on the net, so off I popped and found the website and the blog

WOWWWEEEE the polka doodle challenge blog

your given the link to a download and the sketch to follow

So here is my card for this weeks challenge, you have to download a free file and you get this these little beauties
The papers I have used are from Papermania with just some added white cardstock & plain Green cardstock and a smidgen of ribbon to tie the flowers together.........

My Tropical bird coloured with my promarkers

And the tropical Tree blossoms and all coloured with promarkers

The flowers and backing papers have been distress with an old Quick-un-pic if you can remember them girls..... takes me back I found it at the back of the cupboard lol(whats the saying save a thing for 7 yrs and it will come in...lol) probably been there for 20

I then placed them together punched 2 button holes in the middle and tied a piece of ribbon in the centre.

Hope you like my card and take a look at the polka doodles range its all fabulous....... ju x

Wedding Congratulations

Its the wedding season, and yes I got called on to make a couple of wedding cards for the happy couple. These have been made for an older person so no cute forever friends here..... The first card is using a lovely lace and pearl backing paper but as I bought it some time ago I have no idea whos make it is, which is such a shame as I would love to get some more of it.

The backing paper on this card is from MHC bella kit I have just added a cake topper which I have decoupaged with added flowers and then glittered. It turned out to be the exact cake style they are having what luck is that.

Good Luck Natalie & Barrie on Your Wedding Day.....

Must be a Baby Boom lol

Another baby card today, this time a friends daughter has just had a little girl and she wanted me to make her a card. As usual it was a last minute card so no time to waste just get busy and get making.

I used different patterned pinks and mounted onto silver mirri, then I made a topper on the computer with all the details of little Abigail, then added different stickers die cuts and shrink plastic around the outside, a few gems and a touch of ribbon to finish off....

welcome to the world little Abigail Dawn.....

Baby Jackets for the new arrival

I have been busy knitting, something I havent done for years, my friends daughter had a little boy a couple of weeks ago and she wanted some matinee jackets as she couldnt get any anywhere so I said I would make some for her.

Yes I can hear you all saying ahhhhhhh!!!
I got a little carried away in the end, and made 4 altogether

I made 2 lacy ones and 2 plain ones arent they so cute, and so small.

I really enjoyed making these they look so cute but I'm not at all broody

Babies are lovely to see and hold but even lovelier to give back once they start crying lol

The card is using DCWV papers and some peel offs
with added ribbon and as always lots of glitter.

Welcome to the world little Jowan

Also heres a card I made for the new arrival......

SCHOOLS OUT AND SUMMER SHOULD BE HERE

Well all the schools here have broken up for the summer, so I decided to go for a summer feeling card today, it may be raining outside but in my heart its summer lol.....using the butterfly background stamp from Magnolia and a diana duda stamp from sugar nellie, an oldie but goodie from hero arts - sunshine laughter summer and hours to enjoy.

Hope you all have a summer full of sunshine............. well we hope!!!

The papers are imaginsce and a couple of papermania flowers and pearl brads

Sugar Nellie with Diana Duda stamp

A great little topper here made with Pinks & Turquoises, here are Papers from papermania, the stamp is Sugar nellie, I love here holding her toy bunny, she has been added ontop of a sentiment from a pack and I have decoupaged the backing paper with extra roses.

The added white lace matches in with the fabric butterfly embellishment.

I just love these stamps from sugar nellie, I think they are one of my favourite companys but because I have such a varied taste lol I like so many, how about you????

LIGHTHOUSE FRIDGE MAGNETS

These fridge magnets are made in the same way as the sunshine magnets on a previous posting, I have used gesso on chipboard and then stamped into it, left to dry and painted with acrylic paints and then embossed with UTEE.

Guest Designer Banner for Making-Handmade-Cards.com

Well its now offical, I have the banner as you can see on the right, its taken me about 40 mins to get this loaded lol, as my son (my technical advisor) is still asleep in bed. But I have managed it without him in the end..... thank goodness.
he would have done it in a few seconds - I can hear him saying Mother I have told you before how to do it lol.....
oh to be 19 again and know everything........
well I am so happy to be a guest designer for making hand made cards keep a look out for cards I make using there range of ekits, lovely christmas ones coming up as well as vibrant refreshing kits if you click on the link below it will take you to the FREE floral doodles ekit for you to download and yes its FREE

http://www.making-handmade-cards.com/free-handmade-card-newsletter.html

Arched ATC - Stewart Gill Stamps

Its an atc mingle over at England stampers - the theme this month is arched atc.
The Template just made me think churches, and so I went down that theme.
I loved making this today, I really lost myself in it, I must admit I love to visit churches when we are out and about. I love the old carvings, and the stone and all the artwork that you find inside, sometimes its really amazing.
So I started off making the doors,

and then you enter inside.....

The colours worked so well it looks so vibrant from the inside as you open the doors

Oh and I nearly forgot, I made the hinges by using some organza ribbon inbetween the layers so the doors opened easily.Heres the view of the back stamped onto gold card with staz on black and then rubbed some ink around the egdes and all over to darken down the gold. All the stamps used are from Stewart Gill. Which I had always admired but they where expensive, but I bagged a lot of them when a local craft shop was selling them off, and I got all they had instead of being 14.99 a set I got them for £4.

Probably my best bargain yet lol.......

I do hope you like this as much as I do, it will be hard for me to let it go.............

Scrapbooking - A Wedding Page - Photos from the past

I was sent in a one of our mingles over at England stampers the lovely tag in the bottom left corner, it was so beautiful I wanted to use it on something special.

kathy the teawife is the gal who made the tag, and I believe it has made this page come to life.

After just 24 yrs of marriage I have finally got around to scrapbooking a couple of photos from the day lol.........

What did we look like lol, charcoal suit for me with black lace fingerless gloves lol the madonna look pmsl.....

I'm going to put this into the frames you can get in the Range, I like to display them on the wall for a couple of months than put them into an album, I dont know when I will get around to scrapbooking any more pages for quite a while......

I must admit they look wonderful when scrapbooked rather than the old photo albums do you think so too?????

ATC SWAPPERS - BLACK & WHITE - THE SKETCH

Hers my atcs for the second part of the challenge over at atc swappers , I really got into the black and white theme, something I never usually do, so it made a nice change.

I really enjoyed making these and hope the recipients enjoy them too,

These go with the other atcs in black and white I posted yesterday, the ones with the film strip.

the stamps used where..

stamp man - lace sheet

hero arts - art

papermania - floral

ATC SWAPPERS - BLACK & WHITE

Here are my atcs for the atc swappers For the Month of July, The theme this month is Black & white, I had a rummage threw my stamps and came across these which I had not used for a long time, I love the image of the film strip(paper artsy) and that made me think black and white straight away so I worked from there.

I masked the stamped image, and restamped with the wording stamps and the clock stamp. Finished off round the edge with the ragged fabric stamp - which I thought I would never use, but it made a nice effect around the edge.

I have made all 4 the same, so if you fancy a swap click on the link above and join in with this months swaps. ju x

Fridge Magnets with Gesso

I had been making fridge magnets yesterday this is using a stamp which I bought from america second hand,(ebay) I have scraped gesso onto some chipboard and then stamped into it and left to dry, then painted onto it with acrylic paints, finished off by triple embossing. Then added magnets to the back.

These are approx the size of ATC'S so quite big for a fridge magnet,

I am now trying a light house so take a look back tomorrow and I should have them finished.....

England stampers - card mingle - using Promarkers

Heres my Mingles for our group the england stampers, we have to make 3 cards using alcohol markers, I have used my promarkers.
I have made all 3 the same just changing the colours of the image, which is from SU. The wording is using a mini alphabet set from dovecraft. I have used the a circle punch to punch out the image and then inked around the egde. the papers used are from the Bella kit from making-handmade-cards which I also made the inserts with having the darker blue showing and I have put the pale blue on the inside of the insert.
If anyone is interested in joining the group, click on the link below
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EnglandStampers/

ATC Swap with England Stampers

Over at England stampers this month we have an ATC swap mingle, where we make 6 atc and swap them with 3 people each recieving 2 atc each which are both different.


I decided to make 2 lots of 3 so each person would get 1 of each set Set 1 is using handmade backing paper with inks sprayed and then stamped ontop
I then added some detail with promarkers
If you fancy joining the group and exchanging art work with other visit the link below
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EnglandStampers

set 2 is using floraldoodle backing paper printed on a photo paper and then an acetate cover with which I added shrink plastic dragonflys and a stampin up flower theres a message under the flower saying from me to you.

The papers are a free download if you visit the link below.

http://www.making-handmade-cards.com/free-handmade-card-newsletter.html

Such a lovely day - National Trust

What a lovely day it has been again today, hubby had a day off so off we went in our day van towards Lanhydrock nr Bodmin, National Trust.

We didnt go to the house but down the road to Respyn by the river had our salad bowls from Morrisons for lunch and then had a beautiful walk along the river bank.

Young lovers taking a hand in hand walk along the river lol yuk!!! gone past all that lol but must admit we were holding hands lol.

I took some great photos heres a few for you to see and if your in the area its well worth a visit, no parking charges and if you go in the week beautifully peaceful.

Enjoy................. No its not buffalos at the watering hole but an english version lol

Dragonflys by the river

Does anyone know what plant this is, it looks like some kind of wild Orchid to me any ideas?
Have a great weekend everyone ju x

The New Bella Kit from Making-handmade-cards

Today has been a funny old day for me, I found out my friends daughter had her baby today, a gorgeous baby boy weighing 8lb 9 oz and hes gonna be called Jowan. so that was really good news and then on the other hand I had one of my neighbours whos mother died today so that was very upsetting.
So all in all its been a pretty mish mash day, I made a lovely Baby card, then I had to make a Sympathy card which got me rather upset.
But I have now shaken that off and been playing around with the
Bella ekit from making-handmade-cards

This is a really simple card to make, just using 1 part of a printed sheet and mounting onto a black background before putting onto the card itself.
This is sheet BELLA 07 gorgeous blues and blacks, I have printed it onto photo paper which gives it a stunning effect, with added flowers and gems with black organza ribbon it is pure luxury. I have used a Regal blue pearlescent card as the base.

If you like the look of these papers check out the link below for your own FREE set of floraldoodle papers and remember this card is made from the kit BELLA

http://www.making-handmade-cards.com/free-handmade-card-newsletter.html

Have a great evening everyone, I am off to linger in the bathtub and then watch my favourite Big Brother.

If you have any questions for me just leave a comment or mail me on the right hand bar...ju x