All the way from the U.S of A!

Woo hoo! Look what the posty kindly delivered for me this morn! Gorgeous Swirly stamps! Can't wait to get stuck in...! Will post some results if they come out right...

Taking up the Challenge

My First Ever Dare- for the Daring Card Makers blog. It was to do a Valentines layout. i kept mine ultra simple. Why? Well still getting the knack of scrapbooking, I wanted to keep it masculine, and didnt have the right sort of embellishments... As for the title 'My Love', well although it sounds simple, I think it sums a lot up, plus that what I call my Hubby. I made it so that the flap can be opened and a secret message can be written inside. Oh also a chance to start using my gorfeous DCWV papers!

Giving it the chop!

I made another card on Saturday, for another friends birthday. But my dear son managed to give it the chop! No Troy! Not the guillotine!!! Thankfully it was only the green bit of the card and I managed to salvage the main body! I used some Urban Lily papers, as I thought it looked very surfer chick (which my friend is!)

The second card was using up by bits, I had the idea of what I wanted to make, but took much longer than I thought, just wasnt working out how I wanted it, but the final result came out fine. (I think)

A Touch of the Orient and more...

I couldnt find my chip board letters, but I did recently buy some wooden letters from ebay, which I used for the card on the left with the letter 'C', this is for a friends birthday coming up, and then there was no stopping me using up the rest oif my tip bits to go one making 2 more cards and even a book mark! My other resolution which I have just decided on is to try and make at least 1 card a day, and during the week, Sunday being a day of rest and where my time is spent mostly at church.

Sorting the All-sorts

At last! I have found the battery -recharger!!! My digital camera wasn't surviving on normal batteries, and I was getting rather frustrated of dead batteries and missing and special moments. I had a brain wave that it might be under the telly stand for some reason? and sure enough it was tucked down the side. So more photos of cards coming soon

I have also managed to sort a batch of photos, firstly into my son's baby album, and then date a big pile of photos that had been processed that needed sorting through. One of my sort of resolutions was to make sure I sorted my photos. As for doing any scrap book layouts.... well that will take me another yesr or so!

Mini-me cards

A big and helpful craft tip is to not waste, the trouble is you often get stuck with little bits and pieces that dont get used. Don't save them up for a rainy day, try and use them straight away. Today I made what I am nick naming 'Mini-Me' I made 2 cards and had a little bit of scrap left over so made a miniature version of the bigger cards.

Part of my inspiration was from making some ATC's for a group swap, the theme was 'Flowers' so I tore up floral papers and decorated them with a Prima flower and some doodling, then stamped each corner to spell ou the word 'flower'. I also made a patchwork card; where you piece together similar papers and add a stitching design along the edges.