07.03.2009

It’s blowin’ a hooly here!!

If you don’t happen to be from Scotland then let me translate that for you… it’s very windy!!! It’s a real “staying in ” night here tonight, the rain’s lashing the windows. Perfect crafting weather in fact. I’m actually considering an early (by my standards) night. My MiL moved house yesterday and OMG – it was more stressful than when we moved ourselves. She’s only gone about 5 doors down the road but I don’t think she really grasped the concept of what downsizing actually means. Ok, the house is smaller but the contents appear to be about the same. And as anyone will tell you 2 into 1 does not go!!! By some divine intervention we did it but whatever slight inclination I may have had to hoard things is totally gone. I’m cured of keeping rubbish.


Anyway, I have self-medicated again tonight by prescribing “one large dose of cardmaking – to be taken orally” lol. I am still lurving the chocolate orange combo thing so am covering two challenges with this card. First I have used the lovely Sketch Saturday sketch and secondly have used my favourite colours – which qualifies me for the challenge at Stamp Something which is “Favourite Something”. This is my latest aquisition, one of the new Leanne Ellis stamps from Funky Kits. I have also used the gorgeous Stampin Up papers – just about run out so must stock up on them when I have my little party in a few weeks time!!

Right, Chris is playing MarioKart on the Wii so off to join him and make a total fool of myself!!!

05.03.2009

If at first you don’t succeed….

…screw it up and start again!!!

EDITEDSeeing as how I managed to totally muck up my Mr Linky post thingy to challenge 28- do NOT ask me how!! – I thought I would enter it to this weeks challnege (no. 29) instead!! It was doomed from the start that challenge anyway and as this weeks theme is Spring I thought this would be the perfect card.

Well I finally got something together for the challenge at the Cupcake Craft blog! The inspiration was a vase of yellow flowers and so I obviously thought of springtime. I have used my little chick stamp which I love and coloured it with Marvy pens and stickles. The dotty paper is Pink Petticoat and the sentiment is Papertrey Ink.

Off to get a cuppa to warm me up – I just can’t stop shivering today!!

04.03.2009

PTW Challenge – Hot Chocolate,

Orange and brown is my favourite colour combo this week so I am delighted that the challenge over at the Paper Take Weekly blog is those colours with pink too. My mojo came back a wee bit tonight probably because I was back in my comfort zone with my fave colours. I did make a card for the Cupcake Challenge too but I’m not sure I am all that pleased with it – again. It may need to be tweaked before I can share it with you!! The base card is Bazzil, the papers are the gorgeous Stampin Up ones and I bought the stamp from a lady on UK Scrappers. I love this stamp so much !! The Happy Everything stamp (which I didn’t do all that well) is one of Steph’s Papertrey Ink ones.
Right, I feel I’ve had therapy tonight with that little crafting session! I have had a tiring day helping my mother-in-law pack her house up – she’s moving on Friday! She isn’t going far though – she’s going from No 4 to No 13 (we live at No 2!!).
Off for a quick cuppa then bed>
Night night.