My craft room is crying.......

Oh dear, yes my poor old craft room is crying under the weight of all the boxes and bags that have been piled in to it lol. But it's also singing about all the new, yummy, crafty goodies it's now got. ROFL.

 

Anyway good morning all, hope you are well today. I thought I had better blog again today as I'm not sure that Jude could even find her computer, never mind have something crafty to blog ha ha. Just look at the mess that was once my craft room/study!

 

 

And that's just a bit of the stash, the rest is in other piles lol.

 

 

Today's card has had to be one I did last week for Mum's birthday, as I haven't been able to do much crafting this week. I say not much, as I am still managing to sneak in the odd hour!!!

 

 

This one was a bit of a cheat as I copied the idea from a magazine that the papers and stamps came with. I just really liked it and thought it was a fun image, and I knew mum would appreciate it lol.

 

 

I coloured the image with Promarkers and cut it out by hand. I used a 6x6 white card blank and half covered it with the spotty paper layered on to black card.

 

 

The postcard also came with the magazine, so I used it across the middle and added the sentiments stamped in black Memento ink.

 

 

I cut the sentiments out by hand and added them to the card with some red gems and finished it with some red dotty ribbon and a bow.

 

 

It's a really simple card, but hope you like it too. Thanks for stopping by today, I'm off to help with the big move again! see you all soon.

 

xxx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Jewellery

Good morning folks. Hope you are well and having a good week. Alan and I are both on annual leave this week so we are trying to make the most of it and get our house sorted ready for Jude moving in! Over the last few years since our kids left home, we seem to have spread out to use every available inch of storage space! including the fitted wardrobes that Jude will be using - eek. So I spent the best part of yesterday going through clothes and deciding what needs to stay, what needs to be binned and what needs to be recycled! It's difficult to get rid of things that have hardly been worn lol, but I am a bit of a hoarder when it comes to clothes, shoes and handbags! Jude would probably put it a lot stronger than that lol.

 

Anyway, to get over the pain of losing clothes I have had to make some more new jewellery :o)) well it doesn't take up as much room does it?

 

 

I really like these red beads they are so pretty.

 

 

The earring blanks are my favourites yet, I like the teardrop design.

 

 

Nice summery colours, green and yellow.

 

 

and finally some new porcelain beads with pretty flowers, some look quite oriental.

 

Hope you like them all, thanks for stopping by today.

 

See you soon

 

xxx

 

 

I am entering the multi-strand bracelets in this months challenge over at Beading Friends Forever:  http://beadingfriendsforever.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/june-challenge.html

 

 

 

 

251 not out

Well yesterday passed with no fanfare or fireworks.  In fact I'm not sure Jen even realised that it was the 250th post on this little blog of ours and we only started in November.

So my post today is to point out that while Jen has done the bulk of the posts this is my 92nd!!  Not bad to say I had to be encouraged [read threatened with violence ;)] to participate in the first place lol.

Anyway I intended to share a card I've made for Jen and Alan to thank them for letting me move in with them.  Unfortunately I didn't get it done before my craft cave got packed away so I'll have to do it at the weekend lol ;) 

This is what my cave looks like all packed up ready to move. 

I didn't realise how large my stash had become!  I think we're going to have to have a major sort out to fit it all in with Jen's stuff lol. 

TTFN Jude xx

Wedding day

Good morning all. Well that was a full on weekend lol! with weddings and birthdays we didn't stop, but we had a really great time and I know Mum and Lily May really enjoyed their party's.

 

Today's card is one that I made for the bride and groom on Friday. I really like this card so hope you do too.

 

 

I started with the topper which is a decoupage piece from the Humphrey's Corner 'A year with' pack. I made this up using silicone glue and then matted it on to a piece of co-ordinating card.

 

 

 

I picked a couple of papers from the Prima Botanicals collection as they had similar tones to the topper.

 

 

I layered the papers with cardstock and a doily and then added the topper.

 

For the decoration I used some rose ribbon which I bought in Fred Aldous a few weeks ago. Then I also used some sheer pink ribbon and a diamante heart buckle.

 

 

The little heart is from the Docrafts Vintage Notes collection,

 

 

and the ribbon roses and rose buds are from my stash.

 

I also found a couple of little gold rings to use so added these with a white bow.

 

 

I finished the card with a couple of sentiments and some pearls.

 

 

Hope you like it too.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.

 

See you soon

 

xxx

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:

 

http://acreativeromance.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/our-1st-challenge-is-here-anything-goes.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lily is now 5!

Good morning.  Hope you've got a nice relaxing day planned.  We are visiting Joe today then going out for lunch with Dad for Father's Day.

I'll share his cards later in the week but today I thought you would like to see those I made for Lily's 5th birthday on Friday. 

She had a lovely day and really enjoyed riding her bike to school.  Her mum complained Lily would be 15 before they got there lol.

My cards use more of my Hunkydory stash.  I might actually use it all this year ;)  Although there is still a lot left so you never know...........

The first is a stepper card with birthday cakes.

And the second is two teddy bear toppers on a DL card.

Very simple cards are all I seem to have time and energy for lately.  This week has been particularly manic and it's not over yet.

TTFN Jude xx

Good morning

Good morning everyone. Hope the sun is shining for you today. We are keeping our fingers crossed for some nice weather today as it's my granddaughters birthday party this afternoon and then mum and dad's party tonight. So it would really help if we don't spend the whole day running backwards and forwards in the rain!

 

Today's card is another one I made for Mum's birthday. I'm loving pink and green together at the minute.

 

 

It's a 6x6 Kraft card blank, with some papers and toppers that were free with a magazine.

 

I added the flowers from my stash,

 

and the pearl string.

 

 

I just think it's a really fresh summery looking card. What do you think?

 

Hope you like it too. Thanks for stopping by today.

 

See you soon

 

Jen

 

xxx

 

TGI Friday

It's been quite a week for us with Joe leaving home, two birthdays, a wedding and a party, then Father's Day to finish it off.  I'll be glad to go back to work for a rest lol.

As Jen said yesterday Mum celebrated her 65th birthday.  I managed to get some time from work to take her out for lunch and pick some plants from a garden centre that has a great restaurant and home made cakes.  We had a lovely lunch then at tea time we did presents, cards and more cake!!

We also had cards and presents for my great niece, Lily May, who is 5 today! She loved her presents but in particular the roller skates and a bike she received from us all.  I can't share her cards as she hasn't seen them yet, so these are what I made for Mum.

The first is from Joe and uses the Docrafts Vintage note collection.

The second is from me and is more of my Hunkydory stash.  I'm actually starting to make a dent in it lol!

I also did cards for my daughter and grandaughter to give her.  

Mum loved them all and I hope you do too.

TTFN Jude x