Cutting it a bit fine..

I've been wasting time this week and not doing what I should be - bad Claire! But Mother's Day is finally up on the website!

Main photo is of one of the beautiful cards that JT and I made last weekend.

Here are a couple more.

Black stripe butterflies

Green button flowers

I've had a fun weekend, accidentally went on a bit of a bender on Thurs night and paid for it on Friday. Friday evening was a quiet fried chicken night with Lemon and the Hubby. Saturday I had a playdate with JT, which was lots of fun and I'll show you the spoils later on in the week, but her post is up if you fancy a look at some of the things she made.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Cx

Keeping me alert

Loved my last 'live action' WOYWW yesterday, so many cool desks with great projects to nose at.

JT mentioned that the Mojo Monday sketch this week - #282 was pretty cool. So I took a look and thought I could work with that...

Here's the sketch.

As you can see the main photo today is my card. Pretty true to the sketch and a bit fun, utilising some of the things I have been playing with whilst making up the 2 really big orders..

The flower embellishment is one of the many things that I bought those on my little whirlwind tour of The Range a couple of weeks ago..The yellow paper I have had for ever and it's by Basic Grey..I have never really found a use for it and I have tons of it! The other papers are just scraps from my stash, as is the scalloped circle.

I really like this card, but let's have a laugh shall we...here is what happens when you craft when you should be sleeping...this is my first attempt at this week's sketch...

Ha ha - way too busy..
It is fun to show the oops, this bad boy will be packaged up and taken to the British Heart Foundation charity shop that I use all the time. They actually think the oops cards are nice and think I am crazy to donate them. It makes me feel better about the wasted materials, as they actually don't go to waste, people buy them and the money goes to charity. Win win all round :)

Cx

WOYWW 195 - Thank You bloggers...

As usual, I can't believe a week has passed and its Wednesday already?! Time to pop along and join Julia at Stamping Ground for the weekly desk nose.

I am heading back to work next week it seems (already?!) and I felt it was appropriate that I thank Julia for WOYWW. Why? I hear you ask...well the blogging craft community has kept me and my little blog company for the last month or so and I've made some new virtual friends (Alison, Ria, Sandee, Darnell to name a few) they have provided tips, feedback and affirmation that I am not mad (hmm, well not fully).

So thank you to everyone that visits my blog on a regular basis and not just on a Weds.

Back to business before we get all weepy..my desk is exactly as I left it last night.

What can you see?

At the front and centre is a nearly finished card (needs to have the button stuck down), to the left of the card is the rejected Candi from the main card..they sparked an idea and I quickly laid it out before going to bed, so I didn't forget :) to the right is the next card waiting to be made - in the same layout as the main card. I keep the 'sister' card makings nearby, so I can change it up as I am making the first card...is that weird?! It makes sense to me, as I make 2 of everything. Right at the back on the right you can just see my WIP Mother's Day card. My watch seems to be there - I am assuming I got frustrated at having it on and took it off?! My glasses, a trusty pencil, some birthday sentiments and the usual bits and bobs lying around. You can also see a very small part of my well organised collection of flowers (there are more, many, many more..)

So as I've given you a small glimpse of it, here is  the card I finally settled on for my Ma, it's not finished yet it's a WIP, but I thought I'd share it, as you can see it on my desk..

I like it, I had to return JT's butterfly punch, but will be borrowing it again following our Saturday playdate. It might be time to invest in the same one.

Anyway Happy WOYWW, I'm off to have a nose about, before spending the rest of the day getting Mother's Day ready to upload to the website.

Cx

Nearly there..

After a very dedicated day yesterday I have managed to get through big chunks of my 2 large orders. Now the reason these orders are more challenging than my normal website orders (which I am always fulfilling) is because these 2 customers are regulars and so they ask me to just make things that they will like...which is amazingly trusting and great, but means a lot more thought on my part!

Both orders have a large quanity of kids cards in and so everything I'm showing will be made at least 6 times to fill both orders. You have already seen the Shark and T-Rex cards, well here are a few more.

The main photo today is of a cupcake card - made with girls in mind. I really like these, I am enjoying cutting things out and creating my own toppers. It's a neat trick.

The next card using the same trick, but with a rocket for boys and some cool star papers with a corrugated card border. I like the glittered flame...it makes me smile for some reason!

Rocket Card

I really wanted to use the bicycle stamp and die set I have for some of these cards, so after much deliberation here are the boy and girl versions.

Red bike - girl version

Blue bike - boy version

I like the different textures in these cards and think they are more than suitable for older kids and maybe even adults?

Finally is this cute puppy card for younger girls. Once again utilising the handmade topper trick.

Puppy card

It's all coming together nicely and I will be finished one of the orders today.

Cx

Now that's what I call a weekend!

Oh, I had such a great weekend, it has put a big fat smile on my face.

It was fun to hang out with Amy on Friday and I was stunned by just how much she got out of our trip to Amsterdam just over a year ago. My evening with JT, was THE most fun, it was hilarious and too messy for public consumption :) On Saturday we made a lot of Mother's Day cards (coming to the shop soon) and we also made these bunnies!!

How hilarious are they?! They were made using a kit from Poundland, you should be able to make x3 bunnies, but...well what do you expect for a £1. Anyway, two bunnies was quite enough fun for one day.

Hubby and I just hung out on Saturday night and Sunday. He had to work on Sunday evening, so I managed to get into the craft room to use my new Stamping Bella stamp (I won one via the Kenny K challenge, so invested in some more..naughty). The main photo is of the card I made to enter the MAWTT Sketch challenge this week - here is the sketch.

I think my card is a really good interpretation of the sketch and I love this stamp, the new foam pads I bought work much better with the Candi. I used free papers, Candi, a scalloped rectangle die to cut out the stamp, a chalk ink for the sentiment to make sure it was softer and Dovecraft Cerise glitter glue for the little touches on the stamp. Here's a close-up..

I am very happy with this card...now who do I give it to?

Cx

p.s JT's gift finally arrived, so go over to her blog and see what she made using it.