Some wonderful news

Hello again crafty friends.

I left you Friday with the news that my daughter was due to have her baby induced that day.  Things didn't quite go to plan but eventually at 15.30 on Saturday afternoon we welcomed Charlotte Rose into the world.

I may be a little biased, but I think she is beautiful :)  She is a little jaundiced so is undergoing light therapy.  Hopefully she will be home tomorrow.

As usual I am way behind with my cards for the event, although I did manage to make this one for her uncle to give to her parents.

I made the bunting from a La La Land die, an MFT heart strip and a heart punch, then raised it on sticky pads. 

I stamped the body suit on a couple of papers and also used the same ones for the card background.

The stamp is from a set we have had forever and was the perfect size to sit under the topper.

I'm happy with the layout but the papers are a bit too much in the banner.  I should really have stuck to plain card.  What do you think?

TTFN Jude xx

Time for tea

Hello peeps.  Hope you have a fabulously crafty weekend planned.

As Jen and Alan are away I have been home alone the last two evenings.  You would think that means undisturbed time to make a mess in the craft room, but NO!!  My mojo is definitely still on holiday and I've had to drag myself in there to make today's card.

As I couldn't think of what to do I fell back on a favourite layout style and a digi stamp I coloured a few weeks ago.

This is Mad March Hatter from Time for Tea Designs.  I used papers from American Crafts called My Girl and layered them with blue cardstock.

I added a ribbon and some pink bling then was stuck for what to do in the top left corner.

In the end I went with a bunting die from La La Land Crafts and gave it a bit more sparkle.

I'm pleased with this but I hope Mr Mojo returns before it's my turn to share again lol.

Hope you like it.  TTFN Jude xx

Tilda with flower

Good morning all. Sorry that we have been missing for a few days but neither of us have had the heart for any crafting in the last week. 

We had a really awful week last week. On Wednesday our cousin Garry passed away after a long battle with cancer, he was only 44. Then on Thursday we lost our dad. He had been battling lung cancer for the last few months but it still came as a massive shock. 

So as you can imagine our minds have been elsewhere. But we have a lovely family who have all been absolutely brilliant and have supported each other through all of this.

Then mum said that we had to get back into crafting again as dad wouldn't have wanted us to stop. So here is the card I have made using dads favourite colour yellow. 

The stamp is a new one to me called Tilda with flower. She is coloured with Promarkers and then cut out with spellbinders circle dies.

I matted her on to a Lacey edge die cut and then used some forever friends paper. The card base is a 6x6 blank layered with Centura pearl yellow card. 

I finished the card with a la la land banner die cut and a spellbinders flower with a small green pearl in the middle. 

Hope you like it. Take care. 

xxx

A smoke free zone

Happy Monday!  The start of another busy week but also the start of another year for Jen as a non-smoker.  Yyyeeeeeaaaaahhhhh!!!

One year ago today Jen decided to quit smoking and in spite of it being a tough time, especially as her health hasn't been brilliant, she has stuck too it.

I wanted to make her a card just to say congratulations and tell her how very proud I am of her for her success.  I know how hard it is and she has done exceptionally well.

The bunting across the top of the card is made using our one of our recent purchases from La La Land and the letters are from a Tim Holtz alphabet die called Carnival.

I thought these paper colours were quite autumnal and the blustery image is in keeping with the weather here at present.

The image is one I've had printed for a while but coloured with Promarkers when we were in Scotland two weeks ago.

The flower is a rose quilling die.  I cut it twice and layered the two colours to make this flower.  I need more practice but it didn't turn out too badly.

Hope you like my card, and that you will join me in wishing my little sister continued success.  Well done Jen xx

TTFN Jude xx

New Baby Girl

Good morning all, hope you are having a good week. Some friends of ours had a new baby girl at the weekend, so this is a card I have made for them.

 

The image is from Crafters Companion, in a booklet I got with a magazine. I simply cut it out and layered it on to some patterned paper from the same booklet.

 

I raised the main image on foam pads for a bit of depth and then added a brad with a dummy charm and her name using my small letter punches.

 

I have resisted buying this La La Land die for so long, and then eventually gave in last month, but this is the first time I've used it, and I do love it lol. I think I will be using it a lot more in the future ;o))

 

I finished the card with a small piece of pink lace across the bottom and some tiny jewels.

 

 

Anyway that's all from me today, hope to see you soon.

 

Take care.

 

xxx