Heading North to Scotland

Morning all.  We are off on our holibobs today and are very excited.  The cases do contain some crafty items to fill the quiet times, but don't expect there will be too many of them lol.  There are 6 adults and 2 dogs staying in a four bed cottage on the coast below Dumfries in Scotland.  It is right by the beach so may be a bit blowy but I don't think we will mind too much.  Anywhere which is away from work and our usual routine has to be good for us.

 

As I have been in London for work this week I haven't had any crafting time :(  It was made worse by two awful train journeys and a foul up with my hotel booking which saw me staying at Heathrow when I should have been in Kensington!! Still last night I took half an hour and put together a little birthday card.  Back to one for the girlies :)

 

This is a 5x7 card blank inked with tattered rose DI and matted with a pink shimmery paper and a polka dot.  I also inked the edge of the spotty paper but it doesn't show too well on the photo.

 I think you can see it a little better in this one.

The sentiment is from a freebie set received with one of our crafty magazines. 

The dress form is from a set of Kanban toppers I bought ages ago, as are the little roses.  The topper was raised on foam pads to give a little dimension to the card.

Down the left hand side I stuck two pieces of redline.  On this I added a pink ribbon and some lace, lightly coloured with the tattered rose.

 

That's all I have for you today as I have to go finish my packing before we set off. We will be back to share some of our holiday photos over the next few days but until then take care.

TTFN Jude xx

 

Celebrations galore

It's Friiiiiidaaaaaay! Yeah!!

At last the weekend is here and once today is over I have a week's leave to enjoy lol :) I try not to work the first week of July as it is my birthday and I loathe having to work it when I should be being spoilt ;)

Anyway I started yesterday off well with a triple caramel frappucino at St*****ks (yum), a new pair of shoes at lunch time (luuurrrves me some new shoes).............


.........and a fabulous chinese restaurant visit in the evening. 

I know how to live :) Anyone would think yesterday was my birthday.

Today is the birthday of Vicky (Jen's 'daughter-in-law') who is 26 (and who's card I shared on Wednesday).  We will have a bit of a celebration to mark it when she and the boys next visit, but the chinese meal was for us to celebrate with Jen's son, Daniel, who is 22 today.  The restaurant was his choice and we all enjoyed some lovely food in great company.  On Sunday he and his girlfriend Staci, are off to Thailand for 2 weeks, so it was also a chance to spend some time with them before they leave.

 

 

My card is the one I made for him. This is a selection of papers from the Papermania neutrals pack, matted and layered with snow white centura pearl and two Kanban toppers.

 

     

 I matted the second topper on a triple layer card which sits in a pocket on front of the main card. A few burnt umber pearl embellishments and it was all done.



 

I really like the simplicity and hope you do too.

TTFN Jude xx

Better late than never!

Good morning, hope you are all well today. I finally have pics of Dad's birthday cards from last week so I can share them with you. They are all very simple but different too. Dad liked them all so hope you do too.

 

This one is made with Kanban Toppers and borders.

 

 

 

This one is an old favourite Wellington...

 

 

...and the inside.

 

 

I still love Boofle, he really is great for men's cards.

 

 

This one is Hot Diggity, all of these 3 ranges are made by Docrafts.

 

 

 

And finally a Kanban postcard and topper with a small clock face charm.

 

 

 

Like I said, all really simple cards, but sometimes I think that's the best way lol.

 

Thanks for stopping by today, see you soon.

 

xxx