Bad Back

Sorry for  the blogging drought but I have been mega busy making cards for a forthcoming wedding so have not really picked up my laptop for a while. I am suffering a little today as hurt my back yesterday whilst bending down to get a towel our of a drawer :( It's so stupid how these things happen. Anyway three days off to try to get it back to normal or at least let the pain subside also three days of card making I've got a to do list at the moment, more wedding cards, a christening and new baby plus birthday cards to make also I do need to try to make a start on my Christmas cards or it will be a mad rush in a few months time (where does the time go?).
Anyway one of the wedding cards I have made fits perfectly into this weeks challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies   which this week is Anything Goes so here is my card for this challenge.

I have used a Lili of the Valley die cut for the image these are brilliant for a quickish make ( can't say quick as I have never yet managed to make a quick card) and are brilliant value for money. The image I have matted and layered on to card and paper from my stash and added a few little pearls and heart gems also from my stash.
I am entering this card into the following challenge:
Lili's Little Fairies - Anything Goes

Not so lazy Monday

Hi everyone,
hope you have all had a great Easter weekend and that the Easter Bunny brought you loads of eggs. Just a quickie share from me for today as have been rushing around a bit today but can't complain as other than today have had a very lazy crafty weekend. Got quite a few cards made and also actually completed my first Christmas card of the year but the share I have for you is a very simple card that I have made for a work colleague for a Christening. I don't really have any stamps etc. that are Christening related so I hope she is ok with what I managed to come up with

 I have literally just used some blue pearlised card which I have run through an embossing folder on my Cuttlebug, matted and layered this onto some silver mirror card and more of the same blue card, added some ribbon as a wrap and a bow and the sentiment is alphabet peel offs. I have also made another card with an image on it so she has got a choice but I will share that with you again.
That's it from me for tonight going to make the most of what hours are left before bedtime as work tomorrow.

Kietha x

Time

No matter how hard I try to post more often or make more cards time always seems to be against me so here it is the weekend again and you have both a post and a card. Regarding the cards I make I never seem to be able to do a quick card they always take me a minimum of two hours and quite often double that, don't think I'll ever make my fortune crafting. But hey ho who cares it is how I chill and I enjoy playing with paper, card, glitter and glue even if it means the surface of the dining table never sees light of day lol.
So here is my share for this weekend

The image is Lili of the Valley 'Bunny Cupcakes' which I have coloured with ProMarkers added a little glamour dust to the icing and glossy accents on the bunnies noses, feet and the cherries on top of the cupcakes. The yellow card stock that I have used for matting is from my stash as is the ribbon (this is the very last length of this ribbon :( I will have to go on the hunt for more), and the little self-adhesive pearls. The papers are all from Nitwit Designs not sure which collection but I love all their papers and buy a few more each month. The sketch is an old one that I have only partially followed as when I started to layer the card the balance wasn't quite right so I moved where the sentiment was to go. Although there is no picture of the inside of the card I always decorate these as well to mirror the layering on the front.
So that is it from me for now I am going to get another make in today before I have to stop to prepare tea, the weather here today is lovely and sunny again although a little chilly but was watching the weather forecast earlier and they have forecast snow for Monday and Tuesday so will have to wait and see.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Lili's Little Fairies Challenge - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes
Ribbon Carousel Challenge - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays - #61 - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Challenge 28 - Stamp Something
My Mum's Craft Shop - Challenge #50 - Stamp It

Just another quickie

Hi everyone, life is a bit hectic here at the moment in a nice way. Other than work I have been out with family and last night went to Club Academy with my daughter, sister-in-law and an old friend to see Bowling For Soup (for the 6th time) who I simply love. Didn't get in till the early hours so tired today.
This card is one I made at the weekend for my BFF who now lives in Australia (miss you Caroline)

The image is a digital one that my hubby has performed some magic jiggery pokery on with his graphics tablet to make the image look as though she is walking through the flowers. The image is coloured with ProMarkers and has a little glamour dust scattered here and there, the edges are softened with yellow ink and I have used a flourish stamp on the corners. The background paper is from Nitwit Designs and is the new collection that has just been released I used a Martha Stewart border punch to create some texture to the bottom edge. I like the bright yellows on this card as it seems to match the lovely sunny weather that we have been having.
Hope you are all well and happy

Kietha xx

Pretty In Pink

Just a quick post this evening with a card I made for one of my niece's birthday's a few weeks ago

The image is Lili of the Valley and has been coloured with ProMarkers and has had Glamour Dust liberally applied to the skirt and hairband. All the papers and card are from my stash the border punch is a Fiskars one which I have had for years but sadly I hardly ever use. The little flowers scattered over the image are the punched out flowers from the border, I coloured them with ProMarkers and then added little yellow gems to their centres.
I am entering this into the following challenge:
LOTV's Ideas to Inspire - National Craft Month Entries - Mum or Pink theme

Hope you have all had a good weekend, shame it passes so quickly.

Kietha xx

That Friday Feeling

I do have a card to share tonight but firstly isn't it wonderful that it is Friday the endless possibilities of a whole weekend laying before us. As for me I am doing my mother day visits tomorrow firstly to my mum-in-law who doesn't live too far away and then a longer journey to see my mum who lives in a nursing home about 25 miles away. This is so that I can spend Sunday with my own daughter who lives away at Uni. she also isn't miles away but has her own life and is busy with her study's (or so she tells me) so it's been a few weeks since I last saw her so am looking forward to some girly catch up time. I also have some cards to make for work friends and would like to have these wrapped up this weekend as I have a lot of family birthday's approaching and need to get busy. I am still on my countdown to part time working just two more weeks to go and then yay!! a day off in the week to do with what I wish, I can't wait :o)
Anyway onto the card this is for my mum-in-law and is one I completed last weekend.

 The image is Fizzy Moon Blooms and Butterflies which I have coloured with my ProMarkers and added a little glamour dust to the butterflies, the ribbon on the bouquet and the tummy button. I have softened the edges of the image with chalks then matted it onto some pale green card from my stash. The background paper is from a 6x6 paper cellar patterned papers pad, the lace is from The Ribbon Girl and the ribbon is some that I purchased last year in a sale at Paperchase if I remember correctly. The heart I cut out by hand after drawing around a template I then edged this with glamour dust (you can never have too much of this stuff) the sentiment I have hand written as I didn't have anything that would fit onto the space I had available to stamp. The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch that I have punched from pink vellum and placed some little gems along the body, the blue flowers are actually snowflakes from the Memory Box Frosty Border die I thought their shape echoed the shape of the flowers on the image and I'm really pleased with how they look, the flower centres are little buttons from my stash.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 122 - anything goes with a button!
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes!
I love ProMarkers  - Challenge #108 - Anything Goes

I am here

Just in case you thought I had gone AWOL I haven't it's just that I'm busy, busy, busy at the moment. I have been making some cards so hopefully will have time to share them with you later on in the week or at the weekend at the latest. Hope you are all having a good crafty week.

Kietha x