For my dad

It is exactly eight years today since my father passed away, exactly on his birthday, he was 75 years old. I remember I had done a birthday card for him, and being me.... as always, I just didn't post it in time! I so went to give it to him personally, and finding the door closed, meaning they had already gone to sleep, I just dropped it in the letter-box .... but ... he didn't get to see it! Maybe one day I'll learn not to leave things to the last minute!!!!

This is a card I had done quite some time ago but never posted, I thought it would be just right to post on this day.

Very simple, image was a freebie from somewhere, coloured it with my promarkers and papers from Papermania. 

On a lighter note, everything is now ready for the exhibition :) It was really exciting putting everything in place. Finally I managed to decide on which cards to put on display, 'cos you have to select just a few.... and I did another two more cards just for the occasion, which I will be posting later this week. Something NEW for me :) Errmmm ... it's hubby's birthday tomorrow... ermm now I really must go and make him a nice card.... 

See you later for now.

Hugs

xxx

No Squares

Hi everyone, it's time for another fantastic challenge at One Stitch At A Time and this week the challenge is to make anything but square cards, so just do whatever you feel like BUT NO SQUARE CARDS. 

For my card today I got to choose from Barbara Jensen's fabulous stamps and quickly decided on this Naughty Nurse stamp.... First time for me doing such a card, so fun and funky.... I really loooved how it turned out, especially the colouring part, really enjoyed it!!! I also tried some paper piercing after seeing the lovely inspirational cards at Speedy The Cats Friends Challenge, not so pleased with how mine turned out though... ermm it seems I need the right tool and lots of practice.

 A close up of my nurse...

and this is an awesome word art freebie by Vicky which I found on the internet (thank you Vicky, it was just what I was looking for!)  .. There's about four more in the set, couldn't decide which one to use, so I asked my hubby's opinion :) and he chose this one with a smile on his face, looks like he liked it he he  :)

We are sponsored this week by the fabulous Joanna Sheen and the winner will get a nice £10 voucher !!! That would have been nice to have yesterday... I just ordered some stuff, couldn't help myself, he he :)

I'm entering my card in these challenges today 

- Speedy The Cats Friends 43 - BLACK, WHITE + 1 & PAPER PIERCING 

- 2 Sisters Challenge 27 - EMBOSSING

- Pixie Dust Studio Pixie 62 - NOT SQUARE

- Crafty Catz Weekly 70 - ONE FOR THE MEN

- Stamp Something - FUNKY

- Totally Papercrafts 54 - DO IT WITH DIGIS

Thank you for looking today.

Hugs

xxx

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A Wedding Card

Hi, how's your weekend going? Hope nice. I'm so pleased today, went to our dollar shop (it's called 'Tal-Lira here, the Lira was our money before we changed to the Euro) and found what I was looking for.... some nice stands to use to display my cards for the exhibition next week... only one euro each!  

 

This is one of the cards I made just for the exhibition, wanted to show different occasions and noticed I didn't have a Wedding Card, so out came my favourite wedding stamp, Wedding Carriage from LOTV, digital papers from Crafty Sentiments, my MS punches and of course, flowers and pearls, which I got from Michael's while on holiday last year.

I coloured the stamp with my promarkers, ribbon from my stash and a charm from Michaels' as well.

I would like to enter my card in these challenges today.

- LOTV Thursday Challenge 84 - MY FAVOURITE COLOURS
- Stamp And Create - LOVE
- Cupcake Craft Challenge 129 - I LOVE YOU
- Kaboodle Doodles 54 - HEARTS and FLOWERS
- Bearly-Mine Challenges 4 - RIBBON and PEARLS
- Stampin For The Weekend 4 - MONOCHROME

Thank you so much for looking.

Hugs
xxx

Stamp Fairy Friday

Hi Happy Friday everyone, it's time for another fun release at Stamp Fairy. This week its time again for the cute Clementine and today she has brought her carrot with her. How sweet, just perfect for Easter or Spring, or any other occasion for that matter!!! I decided to make mine a Thank You Card as I needed one and noticed I didn't have any  :)

Here are the other Clementines in the set and there is the usual Friday Freebie for you as well.

Now hop over to the Stamp Fairy main blog to see what the other DT ladies did this week, and don't forget you still have time to enter your card in this week's Stamp Fairy challenge. The theme this week is White with a touch of colour.

I am entering my card in these challenges today

- Scrap Creations 15 - SPRING

- Flutter By Wednesdays 142 - RAINBOWS

- Charisma Cardz 7 - SPRING

Thanks for looking today. Sorry for the short post, and for not visiting so much lately and I also haven't yet been around to say hello to all my lovely new followers...... but been so busy preparing my cards for the Craft Exhibition and to see how to display them that I just hadn't had time for anything else. It will be inaugurated next Tuesday by the CEO of the Bank where I work !!!! I'm really excited :)) 

Hugs

xxx

Lemon and Lilac at Crafty Sentiments

Are you ready for another challenge at Crafty Sentiments ....this week the challenge theme was chosen by the lovely Rebekah and it's LEMON AND LILAC!

Now do you ever see me using these colours on my cards.... nooooooooo ... well this is just the reason why I love challenges so much!!!!  I now just hope to remember to use these colours again because I really loved this colour combo and am so pleased how it turned out.

For my card today I'm using this darling fairy Taski, a Birthday Digi Circle Sentiment, from Crafty Sentiments as well and Martha Stewart leaf and border punches. Papers are from my stash, as are these gorgeous flowers. 

And now look at this awesome embroidered elegant butterfly... isn't it a beauty ? I've never seen anything like this before.

You can get it from the Little Snippets shop but I was lucky enough to win it along with lots of other gorgeous embellishments like these when I won the By The Cute and Girly Challenge last month. It just dropped in my letterbox yesterday and since I hadn't yet done my DT card for today, it seemed it was just what I needed to finish off my card!!! Wow I was so excited. Thank you Geraldine.

We would love it if you could join us this week, so hop to the Challenge Blog for more inspiration by the other DT girls and then go get your Lemon and Lilac cards to play with us.

I am entering my card in these challenges today.

- Crafts And Me 16 - THINGS WITH WINGS

- Creative Craft World - SQUARE CARDS

- For Fun Challenges - BIRTHDAY

- Bunny Zoes Crafts Challenge 9 - SPRING FLOWERS

Thanks for looking today.

Hugs

xxx

Another Valentine Card

One last Valentine Card for this year.. never made so many Valentine Cards all at once .. or in all my life for that matter!!! He he, but I was enjoying myself so much that I just couldn't help myself.

And how was your Valentine's Day? Not a very good one for us unfortunately as hubby's dad fainted while driving and was taken to hospital after crashing in another car! He was discharged today but was advised not to drive anymore.

I still managed to cook up something nice though, and a quick dessert as well, even though someone ate the the strawberries I had bought for the occasion !!!

But onto my card now. I'm again using one of my oldie stamps today, these sweet Forever Friends cuddly teddy bears. Such a long time since I used it..... I coloured image with my promarkers, paper is from Papermania, some embossing....

gems, ribbon and a sentiment for the final touch. I made the sentiment myself on a Word Document, hope you like.

I am entering my card in these challenges today.

- Paper Romance Challenge 37 - CLEAN AND SIMPLE VALENTINE

- Totally Papercrafts 53 - CLEAN AND SIMPLE

- Creative Inspirations 99 - PLAIN AND SIMPLE

- CES Challenges 23 - CUTE AND CUDDLY

- Lexi's Creations 33 - BEARS

- Totally Gorjuss 67 - WITH LOVE

- Pear Tree Designs 36 - VALENTINE

- Pixie Dust Studio Pixie Challenge 61 - BE MY VALENTINE

- Stamp Something - FOR YOUR VALENTINE

- Sentimental Sundays 42 - RED, PINK AND WHITE

And now I have some exciting news as this Monday I won two digis at Craft Your Passion Challenge, one from Lauretta's Digital Stamps and one from Coco Dingo 

and I also made the Favourites at the Pollycraft Monday Challenges with my Funny Monster Card :)) Wooo hoo hoo so exciting.

Thank you for looking today.

Hugs

xx

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