I heart Squirrels....

Hello,

Well that has been a busy old week! Fortunately Friday is here - whoop!

Since moving to NYC, we have developed a big love for Squirrels..here in StuyTown they are very tame and everyone feeds them nuts!

You might remember a few weeks back I submitted a card to the Northridge Publishing Cards blog and got a little prize. Well I saw the latest 'challenge / submission' request and I couldn't resist.

The challenge is to make a card using wood veneer..

Excellent, as I have just recently acquired some sheets of wood veneer paper.

I got busy and the main photo you see today is my finished card. The Squirrel I bought with my last prize from entering, I cut the leaves with my Silhouette and the sentiment sticker is by Recollections @ Michaels. The paper is by Pebbles and from their Lakeside stack.

I am SO pleased with my card - it's so fun, hence why I am posting it today, as it's a fun make for a Friday.

Have a great weekend.

Cx

Moving Along With The Times - 4 things that begin with L

Hi,

It's time for Team B to showcase their talents :) and welcome you to another Moving Along with The Times challenge.

This week is 'Use 4 Things that being with L on your card' as chosen by Hazel.

This is a tricky one, so I thought I would be a teeny bit naughty and cheat a bit!

My 4 things are -
Lapin
Leaves
Lilac
Labels

Can you see my cheat :) 'Lapin' is the French word for Rabbit and I figured I could use my 'Lapin' as Hazel hasn't specified in what language the 'L' things need to be from :)

The Lapin and lilac leaves paper are by Pink Petticoat, the big label is one I had in my stash, but it was a horrible colour, so I used my Promarkers to colour it in Plum, which fits the colour scheme. Then I embossed it using a Sizzix fancy leaves folder. The smaller label is one I punched after printing the sentiment.

Normally my Hubby steers clear of my craft endeavors, but when I told him about the Lapin (Lapin is a private joke between us) he suggested that I cut it using my Silhouette and added googly eyes..

I was a bit blown away that he had an opinion and was surprised when it turned out that he was right!

Now its your turn to make an L focused card, but before you do, pop over to MAWTT and see how well the rest of Team B have interpreted this challenge.

Cx

WOYWW #247...tidy desk, busy mind..

Well here we are - Weds again and time for WOYWW..that wonderful time of the week, where we join Julia over at Stamping Ground and showcase our desks.

My desk is pretty tidy right now. It was a tip, but then I had a mad frenzy of activity on Monday night and did lots of stuff, so its all clear now...bar my mouse, a punch, roll of foam tape, box of charms and some finished cards in front of my Promarkers (I will take better photos to show you them later in the week).

My head is full of things for my trip home, in an attempt to calm myself down, I have been packing up a little travelling craft kit for my trip..I am curious to know what everyone else puts in their travelling kits, mine seems to be growing to the size of my craft space!

I recently bought some lovely grungy stamps by Bo Bunny, as I saw a Stampin' Up set I liked, but couldn't justify the expense..

I have made a couple of cards so far and I love them..here they are just for you WOYWWers.

Thank You Grunge

This one is based on a Pinterest idea that I LOVE and I even managed to use my new Heart Gems that came in the post from JT.

Happy Anniversary Grunge

Don't you just love new stamps :)

Cx

A big heart...

Hello!

I am still in no challenges mode, which is quite nice, as I am finishing off some things for my Ma, packing for the trip home and having a general play with my stash!

The main card today is an Anniversary card for my friends. It was actually going to be slightly different, but I stumbled across some of the Pink Petticoat sentiment ribbons and it became what you see today :)

I love the wood backing paper and the heart strip is glittery and part of my precious Hippie Chick papers by DCWV. The heart came from Paper Presentation here in NYC, they are normally extravagantly expensive, but they had a sale on a while back and I acquired these brown ones and some green ones.

I'm a bit disappointed with my photo - but I have a new lamp in the craft room and I am still adjusting to the light settings...

Have a good day.

Cx

Working birthday..

Hey,

It is nearly the weekend and Hubby and I are off to Atlantic City tomorrow - whoop whoop.

When I first started my new job I got asked to make a batch of birthday cards for my work colleagues. It was a bit of a tricky one for me, as I was asked to add names to all of them.

The main card is my fave - made for one of the AM's at work - Charity, she is a lot of fun and I have a great bar story about her...but this is for another time! Her card was made with chevron paper by recollections a gift from JT, one of my Silhouette pinwheels, peel-off Happy Birthday and name cut using the Silhouette, adding a little bit of bling above the 'I'

Here are the rest of the cards, I made 6 in total!

For Sharifa 

Sharifa - butterfly embossing folder by Darice, all card stock from my stash, butterfly from JT, name die-cut using the Silhouette, the Happy Birthday is a peel-off that I recoloured.

For Taylor

Taylor - green spotty backing paper and washi tape by Papermania, bow and name cut using my Silhouette, the Happy Birthday is a peel-off.

For Bill

Bill - sorry about the fuzzy photo..the backing paper is by American Crafts, a bit of bling and peel-offs for both the sentiment and the name.

For Terry

Terry - I used some newsprint paper, because Terry comes from a newsprint background, some blue bling, peel-offs for the Happy Birthday and the name cut using the Silhouette.

I left out one card...because I had to remake it because the first attempt was so hideous :)

Hope you like them! Have a good weekend, wish me good slots in NYC.

Cx