Pandamonium

Good morning all.  A big thank you to Jen for stepping in yesterday when I forgot to photograph my card before sending it!!

Thanks to Staci I eventually got a picture of the card I made for Daniel's 24th on Sunday.

I found this flic.kr image on Pinterest and it uses the new Mama Elephant Pandamonium set.  The creator isn't acknowledged but I loved the layout they had used.

I bought the Pandamonium set a couple of weeks ago because Jen really liked it, and this is the first time I've used it.  I don't think mine is a bad interpretation of the original card.  What do you think?

I really must try harder with my cards as I either forget to make them until the last minute or forget to photograph them LOL.

TTFN Jude xx

Sweet Blossom

Good morning all. Another week rolls around and back to work lol.

Today's card is one I made for my future daughter in law who's birthday was yesterday. 

I used the lovely Sweet Blossom digi stamp from Wee Stamps and coloured her with Copic markers.

The sentiment stamp is from a Creative Expressions set called Sincere Sentiments.

I used an MFT swirl leaf die and then a flower die from the MFT Blueprints 3 set. Then I topped the flower with a small white fabric flower and a yellow rose.

I added a couple more yellow roses and then the little bow which is again from the MFT Blueprints 3  set. 

I used a dark teal glossy card for the background and then papers from a pad called Fantastic Foils. 

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Engagement Cards

Good morning all and welcome to the weekend.

Today's cards are two that I have made for my son and his girlfriend who recently got engaged. 

For this first one I used an Anita's background stamp and stamped it with Danube Blue Memento Ink. 

I cut the panel out and rounded the corners and then backed it with blue Coredinations card. 

Then I used alphabet stamps to stamp their initials. 

I wrote a sentiment for the inside on the PC and then printed this in a matching blue ink. 

I used some paper from the stash and then some lace from the Vintage Notes collection. 

I finished the card with some pearl trim that Staci bought me at Christmas. Then I cut a couple of the single pearls off to put inside the O's on the stamped panel. 

This next one is very similar to one I have made before, but this time for an engagement. 

I used a matching heart embossing folder and stamp set on to a Kraft 6 x 6 card blank. 

I stamped the heart and sentiment using Cocoa Brown Memento ink. I then stamped this again on a piece of paper for inside the card, but this time I didn't ink the With Love sentiment so it was a plain box in the middle. 

I tried a few different stamps in the centre but couldn't find one I liked, so I ended up using some dry rub on lettering on to some Kraft card and then sticking this in the centre. 

Hope you like them, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Alghero, Sardinia - Highly recommended

Good morning all. Well we are back from a well earned break and refreshed and ready to get back to some serious crafting lol.  But before we do I thought I would share with you some of the sites from our holiday. As the title says I can highly recommend Alghero in Sardinia if you haven't already been as it is simply stunning. 

This was the view from the front of our hotel when we arrived. 

Doesn't look too bright but believe me it was very warm and sunny. 

As it was Jude's birthday on the day we went, my son D and his girlfriend Staci had arranged for us to go out for a special meal at a local restaurant. They had researched it online and booked a table for us, to have the restaurant speciality; Suckling Pig. It was a four course meal, which started with cold meats and cheeses, with bread. Followed by Pane Fratou, which is a local dish, a lot like lasagna but made with a local bread instead of pasta. Served with a poached egg on top. Absolutely delicious.

Then came the suckling pig, and roast potatoes. There was enough to feed an army never mind four of us lol. 

Then a dessert called semi freddo. Really creamy and delicious. It was an absolutely fabulous meal, in a lovely restaurant and we had a really good night. 

The next day we went in to the old town which is commonly known as Little Barcelona. It is absolutely beautiful, really old with cobbled streets, hardly any traffic and a really nice atmosphere. 

We visited the Cathedral Santa Maria, where we lit a candle for Dad. 

The inside was gorgeous and so peaceful. Then we had a good wander around the town exploring all of the little back streets etc. 

After a week of doing this almost every day, we were still finding new things and new places to eat and drink. 

This is my son and his beautiful girlfriend outside one of the little trattoria's that we had lunch at. 

And this was the view from our table. Stunning. 

One of the boats in the harbour. 

and finally a sunset over the sea. 

All in all we had a fantastic time, there is so much to see and so many beautiful places to visit, I'll share more soon.

Thanks for stopping by, see you soon.

Take care

xxx

Get well

It's FRIDAAAAYYYYYY!!  Only today to work then I can relax in the craft room for the weekend lol.  I won't get all weekend in there as there are things to do and places to go, but I intend to do something :)

The card I'm sharing today is for my nephew Daniel's girlfriend, Staci.  She had to have a minor operation yesterday so I've made her a get well card.  What do you think?

The image is another Lili of the Valley Art Pad, and this one shows two of Staci's favourite things - shoes and bags :)  She is definitely a girly girl lol 

The paper is a piece I've had in my scrap box for ages and I thought it very appropriate.

The sentiment is stamped with pink pigment ink covered with glitter.

A simple but effective little card.  I'm pleased with this one.

Here's hoping Staci likes it.  TTFN Jude xx

Happy Birthday Staci

Good morning all, it's Jen back today. I've had a few days off as I haven't had the chance to get in the craft room, so Jude has very kindly been covering for me. But today I can share the card that I made for my son to send to his girlfriend who's birthday it is today. 

They are currently having a few days break in Barcelona, lucky things, so we won't see them today but we will speak to Staci and wish her a very happy birthday from all of us. 

I started with the stamp on this one which is a freebie from one of my latest crafty mags. Isn't she lovely?

I coloured her with Promarkers and cut her out with Spellbinders Labels 29.

I used papers from the stash, matted with coredinations purple card, together with a round and a heart shaped doily for the layers. 

Then I added two different sized mulberry paper hearts which Staci brought me back from Thailand last year. 

I added a mixture of flowers and a punched butterfly and then some rose ribbon down the left side. 

Then I finished the card with a couple of sentiments, one ready made and the other I did on the PC and cut out with Spellbinders Framed Tags one. 

I hope you like it, see you soon, take care.

xxx

Wear With Style

Morning crafty friends, it's Monday again.  They soon come around don't they?

Over the weekend I was browsing some crafty blogs and found an image I really liked which had been bought from an Etsy shop.  Of course I had to go take a look and ended up purchasing the same set!  It is called Wear With Style and was purchased from All Dressed Up.  Do you like what I did with her?

The image was coloured with different shades of brown promarkers then cut out.  I knew I wanted to use her as a figure on her own and not on a matt so this is what I came up with.

I cut a dark brown adorning square matt to use behind my girl.  The paper is from an Amy Tangerine paper pad by American Crafts.  I loved the colour combinations.

The motif in the corner would have been covered by the matt so I carefully cut around the image with my craft knife and slid the square behind it.

The sentiment is my current favourite stamp.  It is really versatile and I have used it alot recently.  This was matted on to another piece of the orange paper and added to the matt.

The ribbon, button and twine are from our stash and were adhered with silicone glue.

I am very fond of this image and can see me using more of this style.  The card turned out better than I envisioned and will be used for my niece Staci's birthday next week.

Thats all from me today.  TTFN Jude xx