baby picture frame..very long post today

well some thing very different from me today........ a picture frame for a baby picture. my mum asked me (before we all were ill with the tummy bug) if i could make a frame for a friend, as a present, who has just become a grandmother to Emma , it is to go into one of those glass frames with no edges ( does that make sense?) - just glass front, frameless.

well now feeling better i thought i had better get started before the baby has it`s first birthday.....so cut out the paper to size and cut around (leaving a little edge) a photo of mine to get the size of a "normal photo" in the middle for my mums friend to put a photo.

think this maybe a long post , so please sit down with a cup of tea!!!


how to start ?? a sketch always helps, so used the fab sketch over on;~

SKETCH SATURDAY# 140 (on it`s side)



CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS#96 -BUTTONS AND BOWS



JUST MAGNOLIA#91 - GOING DOTTY



DO YOU STACK UP?#4 - PATTERN PAPER



IF THE SHOE FITS#64 - ANYTHING GOES , EXCEPT CARDS



LETS INK IT UP#8 -ANYTHING GOES



MAGNOLIA STAMP LOVERS - GLITTER



ALL LINKS ON MY LEFT SIDE BAR



USED K&CO , PRIMA AND SIZZIX PAPERS, MAGNOLIA HEART AND BABY STAMPS, COLOURED IN PROMARKERS, SIZZIX CORNER, ALPHABET, SWIRL, BOW, HEART AND ROUND BUTTON DIES, QUICKUTZ BUTTERFLY DIE, MARIANNE FLOWER AND LEAF DIES, FINISHED WITH PLENTY OF GLITTER.

above the sizzix button dies used for the centre of the flowers, below sizzix alphabet dies for the baby name. with plenty of glitter.

sorry so many pics today- but a lot going on in the creation today!!!! below shows the "hole" for the BABY PHOTO to be put in by mum`s friend.

hope you are still awake - hasn`t the weekend gone so quickly -shame Andy Murray lost the tennis in Australia... oh well there is next time i guess..us Brits get used to saying that!!! LOL

enjoy your week ahead......

good luck in your new home

well i am back at last.. this card is for a friend moving into a new home next week ..made the card a few days ago so maybe i have missed the challenges!!
used the sketch over on :~
JUST MAGNOLIA#90

MAGNOLIA DOWN UNDER#80 ~ RECYCLE ~ A FOUND AN OLD KEY

SENTIMENTAL SUNDAY ~ USE THE FOLLOWING COLOURS~olive green , summer sun, poppy red and handsome hunter

links on my left side bar

used cratepaper and colorbok papers, tilda and house magnolia stamps, coloured with promarkers, elzybells word stamp, label nestabilities, quickutz flower dies, brad from my stash, old key (shown below) found in the house, finished with glitter.

sorry i have not been around , but after lewis coming down with the tummy bug, we all came down with it monday night (including my parents)..... have to say we have all been so very ill and not yet eating.....just don`t fancy food, even the food adverts on the tv make us feel queezy (LOL).. seems the boys are feeling better today but DH paul is still not right and still in bed..so another quiet day here ~ water bicuits, toast and lucozade is on the menu today!!!

hope to be back crafting at the weekend.

party animal ~ CSF#17 ~ USE SHAPES

here we are again MONDAY morning and time for a new challenge over on CREATIVE STAMP FRIENDS (link on left side bar)~and the challenge is USE SHAPES #17.........i have used rectangles, circles and triangles


used the fab sketch on:~



STAMPAVIE AND MORE #125



OLDIE BUT A GOODIE#10 ~BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL (very old penny black stamp)



CARDS FOR MEN#2 ~ LETS PARTY



FAB AND FUNKY#56 ~ANIMAL MAGIC



ALL SORTS #87 ~ MALE/BOY



PENNYBLACK#135 ~ JANUARY SALES ~( used s.e.i bargin paper)




used ~ colorbook and s.e.i papers, penny black lovely bubbly and clear mouse stamps, american bunting stamp, coloured with promarkers, murray and ethel word stamp, nestabilities circle dies, plenty of stickles glitter.



hope you can join us for the new challenge and see what shapes you have used!!!...such fun!!

well today is my fathers birthday...getting closer to his 80th ..and up until last year was fitter than me!!! we all had a good sunday party tea ...only one candle to blow out!!LOL!!........ lewis had a bit of the sniffles and didn`t even what a piece of birthday cake , but then at about midnight, woke wanting a drink of water and was soooooooooooooooooo sick all over the bed , pjs and ..well just everywhere.......so a long day ahead doing tons of washing and playing nurse, not the best start to the week ~ delights of motherhood i guess
hope you have a good day

you`re so great....to be my dad

back to male cards today,,,,..this one is for my husband for his birthday from the boys......

used the fab sketch over on:~

LILI OF THE VALLEY #8

4 CRAFTY CHICKS#21 ~ 1. RIBBON, 2.BRADS, 3.PATTERN PAPERS

MY TIME TO CRAFT#124 ~ SPOTS AND DOTS

SIMON SAYS STAMP ~ i used the following ~BRADS, DIE CUTS, RIBBON

LINKS ON MY SIDE BAR TO LEFT

used papermania and crate paper papers, lili of the valley stamp, coloured with promarkers, elzybells word stamp, nestabilities label dies, sizzix corner dies, papermania ribbon, brads from stash.


nearly the weekend .....hope i get some crafting time.... maybe not..... going to my parents as it is my fathers birthday..whatever you maybe doing , have a great time.

ps~ the colours have shown up with this card unlike my tilda one in my last post which didn`t show the bright red flowers and green leaves etc of the scrummy paper i used...disappointing.....

FRIENDSHIP can not be measured.........only treasured

oh yes at last a girly card.... can get out the flowers and glitter!!



used the wonderful sketch over on :~



SKETCH AND STASH #53 ( new magnolia and crafty individual stamps, very old paper and well used sizzix die)

PASSION FOR PROMARKERS#83 ~ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

THE SECRET CRAFTER#117 ~WITH LOVE

MAKE IT COLOURFUL#2 ~ COLOUR WITH RED ~ promarkers~ R445,R 546, R455, R156, R244, R346,R 738/ Y616/G136/0928, 0528, 0618, 0729, 0819

MAGNOLIA STAMP LOVERS ~ A MAGNOLIA SENTIMENT

COOKING IT UP#45 ~ USE SOME CUTE GREEN BRADS





USED MAKING MEMORIES VINTAGE HIP PAPER,MAGNOLIA STAMP,COLOURED WITH PROMARKERS, CRAFTY INDIVIDUALS WORD STAMP, SIZZIX CORNER DIES, NESTABILITIES CIRCLE DIES, STAMPIN` UP PUNCH, ~FLOWERS, BRADS AND GLITTER FROM STASH.


so enjoyed making this girly card ~ what a sweety this tilda is to colour.......

hope you have had so "girly" colouring time today!!

take pride....

yes another male card today...
used the fab sketch over on :~

SUNDAY SKETCH AND STAMP #45

HIGH HOPES ~ANYTHING GOES

365 CARDS #DAY 323 ~WISDOM

used english paper company and colorbok papers, dads catch high hopes stamp, coloured with promarkers, some wording found at the back of my cupboard and finished with card candy.

words of wisdom below!!

hope you are having a fab day ~blue skies and the sun is out, at last no rain.......

have a bearly special birthday

yes another "male" card..so many more to make.... this one is for my dad...

used the fab sketch over on :~

FRIDAY SKETCHERS#137

4 CRAFTY CHICKS ~SHOW US SOME METAL ( 3 metal brads)

ALL SORTS#86 ~TEAL BLUE AND BROWN

ONE STOP CRAFT#114 ~CARD FOR A MALE

used papermania papers, lilli of the valley stamp, coloured with promarkers, popcorn the bear word stamps, nestabilities circle dies, sizzix corner dies, and brads from my stash!

well what a sunday.. had a good clean up of the boys rooms.......then watched a few episodes of "NOT GOING OUT" ..paul got me the box set for my anniversary pressy!!! just love this tv show..and missed the first two series....so catching up!!...roll on thursday night for the new series, week 3! .......oh and it is larkrise to candleford tonight..oh just bliss........

celebration of the years

well it is my in~laws wedding anniversary today~this is the card i made for them~ thought it would be a quick one but took ages..... (wish i had left it plain and not coloured he heart)



used the sketch over on :~

SIMON SAYS STAMP



365 CARDS #316 ~ ELEGANCE



STAMPAVIE AND MORE#124 ~GLITTER.



links on my side bar



used papermania paper, papermania confetti stamp, personal impressions word stamp, sizzix swirl dies, card candy, ribbon and flowers from my stash, finished with glitter and coloured with promarkers.

another wet school run.. came in, change of clothes and a hot drink was in order..... think i must have a clean up as lewis has a friend coming for tea tonight ~which lewis informed me he had invited his friend at school yesterday as he was going to bed....and the boys mum phoned last night to confirm her son had been invited~ we both had to laugh at the minds of 6 year olds!!..i really don`t mind as my boys have so few "friends"... being on the autistic spectrum.

birthdays are a piece of cake

so here we go another male birthday card ~over the next few weeks i have my fathers birthday, also my brother, brother-in-law, husband and my son lewis`s 7th birthday..oh and one girl friends card ~oh maybe some pink then!!LOL!!!

used the wonderful sketch over on :~

MAGNOLIA DOWN UNDER #78

MAKE IT COLOURFUL#1 ~WARM OR COOL COLOURS ~I HAVE USED "COOL COLOURS"

MAGNOLIA STAMP LOVERS~BLUE

THE CRAFTY PAD#103 ~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY

used hot of the press paper, magnolia edwin and cake stamps, see d`s balloon and word stamps, coloured with promarkers, sizzix alphabet dies, stampin`up scalloped punch, finished with a little glitter.


thought this card would be great for my boys to give their grandad ~as they all love birthday cake and balloons ... and my dad always wears a tie (whatever the weather!)
must get on and make an anniversery card for my in-laws ~they remembered ours last week!!~my mother-in-law made a lovely card for us ~ cannot believe paul and myself have been married 14 years!! how young we looked on that snow covered day........

it`s a hug in an envelope..CSF#16 ~WINTER

here we are again another MONDAY morning and time for our first challenge this year on CREATIVE STAMP FRIENDS (link on my side left bar)~ this fortnight the challenge #16 is WINTER ~nice and simple, what does winter mean to you???..... and this is my first male birthday card for this year and i have so many over the next few weeks. hope you can join in with us ~your new years cards were just amazing!!

for this card i used the sketch over on :~

SKETCH AND STASH ~ (used this much loved pennyblack stamp which i have had a few years and the quickutz corner die i`ve had, like forever!!!)

CUTIE STAMPERS#89 ~WINTER SCENE

FUN WITH SHAPES AND MORE#74 ~"LETTER TO........... ( used my big shot machine)

used papermania papers, pennyblack royal mail stamp, coloured with promarkers, cut out a pic from a xmas card with nestabilities circle dies, elzybells word stamp, quickutz photo corner die, finished with stickles glitter and white soft stuff

still another blurred close up ~ maybe squint it may look clearer ~nearly got the new camera up and running..fingers crossed!!!

gosh did you see lark rise to candleford (uk) last night ~just so love it for a good watch on a sunday evening, with a warm drink and a biscuit or two ~ am i getting old???

cats are little angels with fur

thankfully it`s the weekend , no school runs and getting soaked to the skin with all this rain we seem to be having ~is it my imagination but does it just rain between about 8.15~ 9am and between 2.30 and 3.15pm???

anyway on to my card ..

used yet another wonderful sketch over on :~

SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY~#83

COOKING IT UP#43 ~BUTTON ME A RIBBON ANIMAL (3 buttons/ 1 pink and 1 green ribbon/animal (cat))

CUTE CARD THURSDAY#146~ OUT WITH THE OLD ( had this stamp, buttons and ribbon for ever, well none of my stash used is new!!)

all links on my left side bar

used papermania (summer bloom) papers, pennyblack (angel cat) stamp, coloured with promarkers, elzybells word stamp, sizzix corner die, marianne flower die, buttons, ribbons and glitter from my stash.

sorry about the fuzzy pic above , but some one has been playing with the camera over xmas and all the settings are wrong ~time to use my new camera my DH got me for xmas , me thinks (once i`ve read all the instructions!!!)

hope you have fun things planned for the weekend ~if not some crafting time!!

have a great weekend.

thinking of you

thought this image ( a new stamp, just arrived) was just perfect for a bereavement/thinking of you card i need to send... and just love this my minds eye paper with it.



used the sketch over on SUNDAY SKETCH AND STAMP#44

FAB AND FUNKY #54 ~ ANYTHING GOES

FLUTTER BY WEDNESDAY#36 ~OPEN~ FLUTTERING INTO 2011 HOP



used my minds eye paper, wags`n whiskers stamp, coloured with promarkers, circle nestabilities dies, quickutz swirls die, cuttlebug flower embossing folder on vellum, flowers and brad from my stash


just taken down the xmas tree, decs and xmas cards ~gosh it looks so bare..and a good clean!!!

a baby is a blessing

well just love this stamp and don`t get chance to use it very much ~ and just so wanted to use my new papers from my minds eye!!
used the sketch over on:~

CRAFTING LIFES PIECES ~SKETCH CHALLENGE#32

ALPHABET CHALLENGE ~ I IS FOR INFANTS

ONE STOP CRAFT#112 ~ NEW BEGINNINGS

LOTS TO DO ~NEW BEGINNINGS

links on my left side bar

used my minds eye paper (and teddybear paper found in the paper cupboard),whiff of joy image and wording, coloured with promarkers, label nestabilities dies, quickutz swirl dies, stamin` up scalloped edged punch, flowers/brad and charm from my stash

thought i would include a picture of my two boys and their cousin justine (6 months old) taken new years weekend at my parents home.

hope you all had a wonderful new year ......if like me the house is so quiet with the boys back to school this morning...... oooooooh what to do first ..yes i guess some more washing......then a nice milky cup of coffee and some dunky biscuits!!

a little note of thanks

well here we are 2011... and a thankyou card for the boys to send to my DH aunt/uncle for their xmas money (my boys have just got some letters to write now ~once i`ve prised them off from the wii/xbox!!)

used the sketch over on :~

OLDIE BUT A GOODIE#9 ~ just love this LOTV stamp just perfect for thankyou`s!! (don`t use it enough stuck at the back of the drawer!!)

4 CRAFTY CHICKS~CRAZY EGG CHALLENGE~" A NEW YEAR" ~well to me new year means get my boys to write their thankyou cards!!

COLOUR CREATE#61 ~ PINK/RED/WHITE ~ op extra ~hearts (did manage one)


STAMP SOMETHING~ SOMETHING WITH GLITTER.

ALL SORTS#84 ~THANKYOU



used papermania paper, lili of the valley bear stamp, nestabilities circle dies, stampin`up circle word stamp, coloured with promarkers, flowers and gems from my stash, plenty of stickles glitter.



well what a xmas and new year.. need a sit down now..all that cooking, cleaning, entertaining, visiting , being visited... and going to a funeral on new years eve (what a time for such sadness) of a dear family friend ..... but great joy at seeing my niece of nearly 7 months crawl across my lounge yesterday and sing mama and dada, ~ what a sweety she is and sooooooooooooo good!! ....and Lewis just loved her...and read to her from a book that little girl Elsie (2 years old) who lives next door, lent for the day (as we have no girl toys in this house)

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!!

with love ~ MY BLOG HOP WINNER for CSF

here is the card i made for the winner of my prize for the CREATIVE STAMP FRIENDS BLOG HOP ~ http://diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.com/........and the winner is ................................. DRUMROLL PLEASE..........................
SEIJA ( SEIJA`S ELFENWELT)~please contact me.

its ok i didn`t use the winners stamp ( that is sealed up) i used my own stamp!!!

what would my week be without using another wonderful sketch over on~

SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY#82

used papermania papers, cuddly buddly ballerina bear and word stamps (my own), nestabilities oval dies, sizzix corner dies, quickutz flower die, stampin` up punch , coloured with promarkers and plenty of glitter.

heres to a HAPPY and HEALTHY 2011~ and plenty of creative mojo!!!