Category Birthday

My niece turns 20!

I’m officially old…  I would swear that I was still 18, except that I have noticed now I have slowed down by at least 110% – I like to say that I am just more experienced in life and now…

For You – CSC31

So I couldn’t resist the current CASE challenge when I saw all of those bright colours and spots!  The current Muse is Julee Tilman, an amazingly talented women.  This was the perfect opportunity to ink up my little sailboat stamp, part…

40!

Okay so the computer crisis is officially over & I’m sad to say that after 5 years my trusty laptop has gone to a better place!  Of course this has made room for my new Rolls Royce, sporting lots of fancy abilities…

Birthday Cycle!

I feel like it’s all boy cards at the moment, not so much of the pretty bling & glitter.  But it’s my fab nephew’s birthday soon & I thought I would ink up my new Practicing Creativity stamps & what…

Happy 21st

This is a card for a friend’s neice who is turning 21 so of course it had to glitter and I’ve been playing with those wonderful Copics… again.  So this will be my entry for the current Stamping with Markers…

Happy Loco 18th

So one of my wonderful nephews is turning 18.  I’m sure I am not old enough to have nephews who are driving cars!   So what better place to get an idea for a masculine card than at the Clean & Simple…

Circus Animals

Here’s my big news – I’ve been published!  I am so so so very excited that my cards were accepted by Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft magazine.  And even more fabulously (is that a word?)  these cards are doing a little tour with the…

All Pure

For this inspiration from There She Goes I thought I would keep the lines clean & simple as well as make use of those wonderful colours.  I have been wanting to colour these Pure Innocence images for a wee while now &…

Simple Flower

So I am back for the last Caardvarks Challenge – to make a monochromatic card (couldn’t resist).  So I used some inspiration from the current Clean & Simple Layout.  It’s a good place to go when the mojo is low, the FTL…

Red & White

 So it’s time for more challenges & this time the theme seems to be Red & White.  So I thought I would stay away from the Xmas theme (I need a change).  I just adore this stamp set from PTI…

Lacey Flowery Thing

This is sooo out of my comfort zone that it’s funny!  Thanks for the great challenge CASE Study.  And a special thanks to the new Muse Nina Brackett.  How comes everyone else makes vintage look so easy…   everytime I tried to…

Birthday Bird Banner!

Fancy having a birthday soooo close to Xmas…  mine is conveniently located in the middle of the year.  I have quite a few family & friends who celebrate their birthdays in December & January including my nephew who is getting…

Funky Flower

Happy Sunday!  I’m enjoying a relaxing Sunday off work…. yaaay,  looking after my poor husband who is currently suffering manflu…  not so yaay.  It’s a terrible disease which stops absolutely everything in their lives for at least 3 days.  I…

Cricket Birthday

So I’ve been making a birthday card for a friend’s son, and the theme was cricket…. If I get stuck for an idea I usually go cruise around splitcoast stampers where there is masses of inspiration.  I could not find one…

Craig is 44!

So here it is… last year I made a birthday card for my brother.  I thought I was being very clever & made a single layer stamped, copic coloured image.  (A very stressful thing to do… no room for error!).   My…

Glitterball Girl!

I thought I would just share a card that I have made for a wonderful friend of mine who is turning 40 (don’t look yet Jack!).  She just loves a ‘bit of Bling!’, and what could be more ‘blingful’ than…

Time for tea?

This is my entry for the Play Date Cafe Challenge,  I have to say that I saw these colours & thought that this would be a difficult mix and then I thought ‘Toughen up…  I’m in!’.  I was also wanting…

A Pink Seal?

This is my entry for the current CASE Study Challenge #13.   I thought I would add a little animal act to the challenge although…   I don’t think seals are usually bright pink!  I just love Heather Pulvirenti’s cards and it great…

On the Baker’s Twine Bandwagon!

Welcome!  I have finally joined the masses & have purchased some Baker’s Twine – it’s a fabulous set from Martha Stewart made for the holidays , 3 different colours & lots in the pack so I thought I should start using…

Felt the challenge!

I’ve been wanting to take part in the current Embellish Magazine Challenge – but haven’t had a chance until today – talk about leaving it until the last minute!  I decided to use the felt as part of the background…