Christmas is coming....

These trwo little chaps are my first attempt using my new CD-ROM

Aren't they just sooooo cute!

My Latest Christmas Aquirement

These CD-ROMS arrived today from Ideal World's Create & Craft TV. After watching the demo's I loved the idea of making squeezie cards!
I've now made two of the cards on the Christmas Furry Friends disc, and they are so cute - I think my card buying friends will be wanting some of these when they are ready!

My New Martha Stewart Punches

I love a bargain as much as the rest of you, so when I saw these on the Toady's Special Value on QVC the other day, I just could not resist, and went ahead and ordered them...

The three punches are brand new to the MS range, and having watched the demo's and drooled over them (I know, how sad), Paul said, "for goodness sake order them!"

Don't you just love a supportive hubby!

My order was placed on Craft Day (Saturday) and I received my parcel on Tuesday - Great service or what!

Anyway, to cut a long story short - I have my lovely new punches and you get to see my first effort in using them!

I have to admit I was quite pleased with the result.

Mike

Mike goes in for his eye operations this coming week, and finally, after over 12 months, he should be able to enjoy his little MX-5 with the lid down and the sun shining.

He has had to pretty much live permanently in sunglasses, both indoors and outdoors, as the light hurts his eyes too much.

When I saw this image, I realised it was perfect for the occasion. I particularly love the art deco feel of it, and therefore chose a font for the type written notes that fell into this theme

Good Luck for Tuesday Mike, we'll be thinking about you. xx

Scottie Dog

This lovely little chap was a free download sheet from Printable Heaven. It's a lovely little website, and often offers free down loadable images if you register with them.

I particularly loved this one, as we had a Scottie dog for many years, before we got Fred.

A Fishy Dilemma

There are only so many cards for fishermen that you can come up with, and this is my latest attempt.

I gave the person who asked for the card, a few other standard birthday cards to choose from along with this one, and happily, she chose this to give as the birthday card from her.

I used watercolour pencils to get the pale colours needed to finish the image off.

Pam's Special Day

It is Pams birthday today, and I wanted to give her a very special card. A design that I have never done before, and that I had been tutored on at a craft demo a couple of weeks ago (see my other blog)

I took a standard card blank with envelope, and folded the front and back leaves back on themselves.

I then used a circular cutter to remove the centre and add the cutaway corner effect.

The centre circle was cut from silver mirri card and topped with matching backing paper to what had been used on the side panels.

Some peel off stickers finished the effect. The centre disc was then suspended in the centre of the cut out using matching embroidery cotton. This cotton was then hidden using some of the hearts from the papers.

Happy Birthday Pam. I hope you have a great day xx