We Are Family...

Cards made for a mother and daughter, whose birthdays are near the same date so tend to send the cards off in one go...

Have my parents and auntie and uncle visiting from Australia coming to stay tomorrow for a few days, which will be great as I havn't seen them since 1990!

And also wanted to show you are new additions to the family, Teddy (sandy colour) and Rex (dark grey, with stripe)- the guinea pigs! First time having guinea pigs... so reading up a lot, they are still very shy as they are settling in, but hope that they will become part of the family real soon. Cant wait to here the speak, as they make the cutest sounds... (difficult to take a decent photo at the mo, hope to get some better shots soon)

Missing, Monochrome

Missing colour! And missing you, the theme of my card. This week's Tilda & Co challenge is to use the classic black and white. A great chance to use some new stamps, and my pretty pins!

Battle of the Sexes

Been making a lotof cards recently, just no time to load on blog, so here are a few pics... Stocking up on mens cards and got carried away with some new stickers and made some girly glittery cards too! Was trying to be diciplined and use up scraps which I find helps invent new cards that you might not have made normally :) Gave in and used some of my delicious Basic Grey papers too!

Purposeful Patchwork

My Patchwork heart was inspired by this weeks SALT challenge, the topic being FORGIVENESS. The idea behind it was that despite our sin God sent his Son Jesus to cover our sin and almost patch us up; through dieing on the cross and making a way for us to be forgiven. The date is significant, because it is when Christ invited me to be part of his kingdom. "God works in mysterious ways his wonders to perform" Some people cant pin point the day or the time, but for me it was this date that I came to the realisation, that I needed to accept that Christ died to save me from my sins, I was scared at not feeling 'guilty' but was told that if I accept that I am a sinner, and realise that I need a Saviour, to ask for forgiveness, then I will be saved. What a wonderful moment that was pouring my heart out kneeling in prayer and knowing that I could finally say I was a Christian! I Prasie the Lord for the wonderful work that He has done in my life, all of Him and nothing of me.

To make the card, I gathered some similar coloured scraps, mounted it on card and cut out the heart shape, used a stitching stamp for the edging and inked. Prima Hydrangeas with stick on pearls, wooden button from stash with raffia, then string form a clothes label to hang.

Brown is the new Black

... Well browns seems to be apprearing in a lot of my cardmaking recently... put this home card together out of bits and pieces, and then went on to use some scrap paper to make this ultra simple card...which as usual I was majorly tempted to add to,but managed to resist! Was also kickingmyself for not taking a photograph of a card I spent ages making for a friend and already put in the post!

Shopping Spree

Went to Clark's Village yesterday (outlet shops)! Oo I do love it there, especially cos they have a Paper Mill Shop there, ideal for coloured cards, and now they have a bigger selection! Anyway to my card... stamped on the white paper and coloured over with watercolour pencils, the piece of paper has been sitting on my desk fora while, and I wanted to use it, so made up this thankyou card. Oh also got some vintage buttons from ebay, getting into my buttons recently!!

All Things Bright & Beautiful

I had this card design in my head, and worked out just how I wanted it! I bright colours cheered me up, I love this polka dot paper!
This is a recent card I made for a commission, for a little boy, and specifications were the wording and the colour blue.

Not Stressed But Distressed

Happy with my mojo at the mo, so not stressed. Thanks to the DCM theme I am distressed! Rushed to make my card in order to try and be the first to leave a comment, but I just missed it! nevermind.... here is my card for Ruth (my sisters') birthday, sorry if you get to see it on my blog first Ruth! But at least you will enjoy seeing it in real life! I ran along the edges of the paper and card with a blade to create a torn effect (thanks for the tip Mr Holtz!) Used a clothes tag for the piece of material. OOh and not a stamp in sight?! cor must be a first...

Girls Can Do Blue Too!

This weeks Tilda & Co challenge is to use a girly stamp but with blue! 'You don't see many girl cards/projects in blue very often, They are normally pink! Well i would love you to make your projects this week in BLUE! Has to be suitable for a female. This is a pretty broad challenge this week, It could be a simple card, A altered art project etc'

Licking Lollies

I love this photo, infact I kept snapping away as the expressions on their faces were great! I was glad to use this picture for this week's SALT challenge of 'Contentment' And boy what a life lesson to learn! To be content with what we have! Not to be greedy... And the opposite is true also, not to be content with the bad things that are going on, like Hazel's project

I pain stackingly decided to doodle around all the circles, but didnt look right without it! DO vivit SALT and be inspired by the great work.