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.

A-Spare-Chilli For You! Espeically- get it!

(photo not great will try and re-do tomorrow in sunlight!)
Googled some great imags to use on my card for the DCM challenge of Hot and Spicy, and been desperatly trying to think of a caption to go with it, I thought on the lines of hot, hot stuff, or travelling to a hot country, I thought of a play with the word chilli, like just chillin, then just as I was going to give up and use the words 'espcially for you'- I came up with this! A spare-chilli- for you. I originally had a cinamon stick in the centre of the frame, but didnt think it would fit in with my new found phrase!

Buttons & Bows

After having a few days of using up some scrap stash, I decided it was about time I broke free and dipped in some Basic Grey! (I donl;'t owe a lot of it) So it is precious to me! Using the theme set by the Magnolia Blog; of Ribbon I incorporated it into Tilda's hair for her bow and along the side in brown ribbon. I have just noticed that over at CMUtd they have a challenge for ribbons and buttons- cor fancy that! Wander if I can qualify for entry...

Flutterby, Butterfly

Here are a few cards for both the DCM challenges, made the cards, just haven't had the chance to load them on to my blog!

The first is the butterfly challenge: I used butterflies to attach to the ribbon

I revisted one of my first blog cards and revamped it slightly
I wanted to use up some of my scraps and challenged myself to use the same tie and birthday stamp... These are simple cards, but I enjoyed doodlingHere I used more scraps but worked on outlining the pattern, added this pearlescent dragonfly

Never will I leaf you

My late contribution to this week's SALT challenge 'His Presence, what does God's presence mean to you? Does it mean Comfort in time of loss, Strength when you face a battle, Reassurance that you Walk the Good Walk...or is it something you need to accept,is it something you want to be more open too.Joshua 1:5 No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life.As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.'

I love this verse because it reminds me of God's faithfulness and promise

I used this photograph that I took of a white leaf that was set amongst all the these other brown ones. It reminded me of the artist Andy Goldsworthy that takes a lot of photos using nature. It was so tempting to keep adding to this piece, but I soon realised that it would detract from the picture and the words, so I kept it simple using white lettering and white stazon to ink the edges and stamp the leaf images around the border.

Looks Can Be Decieving

I have acquired this hand made card display unit, which was in a shop. Unfortunately the unit had been abandoned and left outside in all weathers, so it has suffered from damp and mould, but with a bit of TLC and a damp soapy cloth, I plan on restoring it back to life and make it part of the furniture! It will live in the dinning room with my craft area and I hope to use it as a permanent display for my cards. I added a batch of cards on to it to see what it looks like. There is even a draw underneath for storage!

Ruby, Ruby, Ruby!

Latest commission for another Ruby Wedding Anniversary- seems to be the year for it this year?...This is a slightly belated card made for my Auntie who likes butterflies, so thought I would incorporate one into the design. Annoyingly I couldn't locate my water colour pens so ended up coloring the butterfly with watered down ink pads.

Many Magnolia's

I used Edwins boots, and the star from his jumper, to incorporate it into the other Edwin, his mix and match name; Edtwin!

I am amazed how many unique and different designs can be produced from the same style of stamp! Namely the gorgeous Magnolia's. Here are a couple of recent cards, including on for there latest intriguing challenge- to mix and match existing Magnolias to produce a slightly different outcomI have just noticed this card ties in nicely with DCM's midweek challenge os pastels! Bonus!

And this is a commission for a baptismal card for a 13year old girl.