Sunday, Sunday!

Sunday, Sunday! Where has the weekend gone!
Been clearing up my craft room and trying to be more organised for the week ahead. Tried to do some scrapbooking but only got as far as taking out some papers and then put them back again!
Trying to think of ideas for another card for the Crafty Devils website. Trying, trying, trying. A good description of my mood!

Skint

Visited Hobbycraft in Gateshead today and spent a fortune. Well they had a sale on and as Hobbycraft is usually fairly expensive a girl has to take advantage!
Then we went to the Metro Centre and I just had to buy some templates at The Papermill Shop. Now my credit card is smoking!!!

"We gone dotty"

Another card made for a challenge. This time its for the Tilda & Co Magnolia challenge blog and their challenge was "We gone dotty". I paper-pieced Tildas coat with dotty paper, used dotty ribbon as a frame and finished the dotty theme with a dotty sticker.

Seeing dots before my eyes now!

Also decided to enter it for the Funky Fairy's Challenge blog which this week is paper piecing- my favourite technique

Nature Challenge

Quick blog! I made this card for the Arty Girlz " Nature"Challenge. I used the Tall Poppies stamp from "A Stamp In The Hand" and my Marvy Markers and mounted it on my favourite pearlescent card.

Lost mojo. Any remedies?

Had to cancel my two classes today. Combination of dicky tummy and feeling low. Lost my mojo and need to get it back soon because this is how I make my living. Perhaps I need to enter a challenge or two!

Medallion stamps

Pretty uneventful day today. Been searching the internet for new ideas on how to use my Medallion stamps. Got about six of them and need some inspiration! Can any one help?

Serendipity

Over at the Tilda & Co Magnolia Challenge blog the challenge this week is Serendipity so I made this card as my entry.

New laptop

Not blogged for a couple of days. Been a bit tired with all my teaching commitments.
Problems with the computer again. This time it's the cable. Went to buy a new cable and came out with a new laptop instead! Well the new cable was going to cost me £60+ and I had to decide this month whether to buy this laptop from the leasing company or buy a new one. No brainer!!!

You're hired!

Well there's a suprise! I didn't think Lee would win The Apprentice. My money was on Claire.
Spent most of the rest of today in my craft room playing with my Magnolia stamps and finishing my samples for scrapbooking class tomorrow. I want to use a row of sitting Tildas along the bottom of a scrapbooking page of my daughters when they were younger. I am paper piecing each one (the Tildas not the girls) wearing a different outfit and as I have only finished four so far I better keep at it!

Back to Front Card 2

This is a similar card to the one I made two days using my other set of Back to Front stamps. These stamps remind me of someone I know or am I just looking in the mirror!

On your Wedding Day

I have just uploaded this card and the instructions to make it, to the Crafty Devils Papercraft website. Be back later. Today has been busy,busy,busy!

I'm in love !

I spent most of today working on my next card for the Crafty Devils Papercraft website. Managed to finish the instructions , all I need to do now is upload the photos.
I have fallen in love!!!! At 54 years of age and counting you ask? Yes, with Magnolia stamps. Stamped and paper-pieced my first Tilda today and I love her, love her, love her.Hopefully I will be able to let you see her tomorrow.

Back To Front Stamps

I made this card for the class I had on Friday. It was based on a card by Christina Turner in this months Papercraft Essentials magazine ( issue 30).

Instead of using decoupage I used an Art Impressions Back to Front stamp set and paper-pieced it. I love paper-piecing it's probably my favourite card making technique and it uses up all your scraps of card and paper.

Well I succumbed to temptation and bought my first Magnolia stamps. Really looking forward to using them but accounts to do first. Ugh!

Stocking up....

We killed two birds with one stone when we picked up our eldest daughter from Newcastle today. We also called in at the Paper Mill in the Metro Centre and I managed to stock up on card and paper for the next months classes. I filled up four boxes with card ( unfortunately they are now only half the depth they used to be), picked up two 12x 12 scrapbooking pads, three ink pads and with other odds and ends the whole lot came to over fifty quid!!!!

Well its bread and dripping for the family for the rest of the month! Got to get my priorities right!

Good News

Two pieces of good news today. Looks like I may have another class starting and my oldest daughter is coming for a visit this weekend.Haven't seen my daughter for about six months so I am really looking forward to her visit.
Had a scrapbooking class this morning and preparing for tomorrows cardmaking class this afternoon. They will be paper-piecing some rubber stamped images and if I have time I will post one of the samples I made tomorrow.

40th Birthday

Decoupage is not a technique I use often in my card making but I think this decoupage by Mary Rayher screamed to be used on a 40th birthday card for a friend. I have also decided to enter it for The Papertake Weekly Challenge. The challenge was to use die-cuts and the heart "balloon"is made using a Sissix die.

I have spent most of today preparing for tomorrows scrapbooking class and recovering from the £134 bill for an oil change on the car !!!!!

Happy Dog-Day

This was one of the Little Claire stamps I bought at the Edinburgh Art Stamp Show and I love it. Probably because my parents had a West Highland Terrier. Terrier being the operative word!

I stamped it on watercolour paper, coloured with Sakura gel pens, mounted it on gingham paper and pearlescent card. It was finished with a bone button.

I intend to enter it for this weeks Ink On My Fingers Blog challenge which is "Dogs." These blogging challenges ensure I make cards for more than just classes or family and friends.

Back to work tonight, after a weeks rest and the cardmaking class is based on "Faux Stitching." So better get my bags packed.

Card for Father

I made this card for the Papertake Weekly Challenge. The challenge was to make a mans card so I made a card which would be suitable for either Fathers day or a birthday. I stamped the fisherman with Stazon on watercolour paper and coloured him with watercolour pencils. I used a clear Sakura glaze pen on the fish and his waders. Then I mounted the image on some checked scrapbooking paper before sticking on a blue pearlescent card. Finally I used two buttons to embellish it. Sorry the stamp I used came on a sheet and I have loaned the rest to a friend. When she returns them I will let you know the maker.

My bank account and I are still recovering from yesterdays craft outing. Not had time yet to play with my purchases. Maybe later, but have to finish weekly accounts first.