Back to normal

Well holiday is over, that week really flew by and the weather is a little warmer although windy here in sunny Cheshire. One of the joys of being home though is that all my crafty stuff is here so the dining table is once again hidden under a mountain of card, glue, glitter etc. much to the cats delight as she loves sitting on just the exact bit of card or ribbon that you want. It's an uncanny gift that most cats possess. Anyway in-spite of the cat I do have a card to share with you.

The main image is a penny black stickeroo mounted onto white card that I have tinted the edges of with some red ink this is then mounted onto black card. The heart was made using a Fiskars template which I then embossed using my Cuttlebug and edged with red stickles. The flowery background paper is from the Paper Cellar pad black and white, the heart and x design I made myself using a Hero Arts alphabet set that I inked and stamped onto white card before cutting to size. These papers I have layered onto a red background and have then attached the heart with foam pads to create a little bit of dimension.
I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Penny Black Saturday Challenge.....Week 188 - Love and Kisses
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Black & White & Red all over
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #172 - Red, White & Black with texture (the dry embossed heart)
Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge PWC 192 - Texture
The Stamp Man - Texture
CES Challenge #72 - Lots of Layers - 3 or more!
Allsorts Challenge  Week 141 - Free and Easy February
Scrapbook Sisters No 70 - Anything Goes
Craft Us Crazy #20 - Anything Goes

Holy Island

No card to show you, just a brief explanation on my absence which is because I'm on holiday on the wonderful Holy Island of Lindisfarne, having a very lazy, relaxing week. Will be back to normal life again next week so will hopefully have a card to share then.
Hope everyone is having a good week and staying safe and warm in this very cold weather xx

Almost the weekend

Well it's the middle of the working week so only two more days before the weekend yay!! why is it that the week days seem so long and the weekends so short? Well I have completed another card today, seem to be managing one a week at the moment which is better than none but really would like it to be more, will have to readjust my time management skills me thinks. it would also most probably help if I got out of bed a little earlier when I am on a late shift and do something productive with the time lol.
Anyway here is my card for this week

 sorry that the image is a little blurred but I scanned it and because the flowers held the card itself slightly away from the surface of the scanner it has blurred the image.
The image is of course Penny Black coloured with ProMarkers, the flower centre and bumble bee's wings have been highlighted with glamour dust, all the card and paper is from my stash. The frame and swirl are die cuts made using my Cuttlebug, the pearls and flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the corners are peel off's that I have coloured and the butterflies are punched from yellow card then coloured using distress ink and their edges highlighted with Promarker with little pearls added for their bodies. The scanned image doesn't really show their true colour they look orange/peachy colour in the pic. but in real life they are actually a pinky colour.
I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 185 - Crafty Bargains (my increased ProMarker stash - 3 for £5 from one of my local craftshops)
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Happy Highlights (the glamour dust on the bumble bee's wings and flower centre)
Hotshot Craft blog Challenge #3 - Flowers
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #86 Die Cuts (the frame and the swirl)
Simon Says Anything Goes!
Creative Inspirations Anything Goes!

Not sure

That's how I feel about this card. I am not quite sure on how it has turned out, don't get me wrong I do like it but just something about it doesn't seem quite right but just can't really figure out what.

Oh well! too late now. The image I have used is Penny Black - Cat on the moon which I have coloured with Promarkers and then cut out, the sentiment stamp is one I have had for more years than I care to remember and hasn't seen ink for a long long time it's by Stampendous but not sure whether you can still purchase it or not. The colour scheme is Pink and Blue which is this months challenge over at the Ribbon Girl. All the papers and little gems etc. are from my stash as is the strip of ribbon along the bottom of the card.
I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Passion for ProMarkers -  Week 131 -Inspired by a song (When you wish upon a star)
Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 114 - be a star
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Week 184 - Anything Goes!
The Ribbon Girl - Challenge No 15 - Blue and Pink
Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge #59 - No Floral Embellishments
Stampin' for the Weekend - Challenge 24 - Out with the old ( The sentiment stamp which is years old)

Not quite the weekend

Well I promised another post over the weekend which I didn't achieve (sorry) but this is only 4 days later not 4 months so I hope I can be forgiven.
Even better I have actually got a card to share with you all........yay!!

I have used the Case It challenge over at Penny Black Saturday Challenge for inspiration using a Penny Black Stickeroo and then matting a layering scrap papers from my stash. The stars I cut out by hand as I don't seem to own a star punch (something else to add to my wish list) after drawing the shapes from templates. The bit of bling in the top left corner is constructed from little shiny peel off's as I don't have any of the rhinestone swirls that you can buy (something else for the wish list). Anyway I hope you like the first card that I have shared with you for a long time (too long) and promise it is only the first of many. Honest indian :o)

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - CASE-IT
Allsorts - Week 136....Paper Piecing

Happy New Year

Happy 2012 to everyone in Blog land I hope that the forthcoming year is full of happiness and health for you all. I am sorry for my long absence away for which I have no excuse but promise to turn over a new leaf with the new year and start to share my crafty creations with the world once again. To get everyone off to a fabulous start to the year the wonderful people at handy hippo have got a great give away to kick the new year off with a bang. They are giving to one lucky person 20, yes that's 20 Promarker's in any colour of your choice this is to celebrate the fact that they have now started selling single Promarker's in their shop so if you want to have a chance to win this fabulous prize then just click on the following link for more info. win 20 promarker's from handy hippo

What a great start to a new year.
I will post again over the weekend (promise) and you never know I may just have a card to share with you all and may also enter a few challenges.

At Last........A Card

Hello there everyone, sorry for the long absence but my card making mojo took an extended holiday and I got the card makers version of writer's block. No matter what I did IT just wasn't there, very frustrating but it just was not happening for me. My crafting mojo hadn't disappeared altogether as during my absence from the blogging and card making I have stitched a beautiful art deco peacock and also been knitting like there's no tomorrow producing cushion covers, a teddy bear (who is waiting to have his arms and head sewn on and to be stuffed), other small toys, a pair of gloves and am currently knitting a rug which is a longer term project and maybe better suited to the winter months.
Anyway back to the card making. One of my work colleagues asked me to do birthday cards for his wife and daughter and my mouth just says yes with no consideration for the departed mojo. So out came my stash, did a little blog trawling to try and find some inspiration and off I went. Yay!! MOJO is back. Still haven't made the cards for work but have made some others including making a start on my Christmas cards.

This card was made using a Penny Black Stickeroo which I matted and layered using card and paper from my stash, a piece of ribbon and some red dewdrops and voilà there you have it my first card in ages. I am also entering this into the following challenges:
Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 159  - Christmas in July
Creative Inspirations Challenge 120 - No Flowers Allowed!