Tissue box get well....

When I was looking for the jigsaw pieces for Monty's birthday card, I spotted this rather strange little cut on the My Community cartridge. It's a oval shaped label, and I cut it out just to see what it looked like, I thought it could be a useful shape to stamp sentiments on......

I then thought that it looked just like the opening in a box of tissues, here's what I came up with. The tissue is a real one, manipulated a bit and folded into shape. The sentiment is stampin up. Scallop card base and candi by Craftwork Cards

We have friends staying with us for a couple of weeks, so I am taking a bit of a holiday myself, to sightsee with them, and do touristy things, but I will be sneaking to my crafty desk whenever I can. I'll be back with the Flexxmarker winner tomorrow

See you then

Under the weather....

I bought this cute turtle stamp from Inky Antics at the Orlando stampfest. The inside sentiment reads

'Hope you are soon back on your feet'

The scallop circle was cut using the lacy labels lite cartridge at 5"

I found this scrap of tiny brown bobble ribbon, I have no idea where I got it from, but wish I had some more

Promarkers used

Turtle - blush and soft peach

shell - apple green and pear green

shadow - ice grey 2

bedding and umbrella - caramel, vanilla and pastel pink

Off down to London today, it's Kiki's 6th birthday tomorrow, so there will be lots of spoiling, cake and presents

Under the Weather? - Serenade

Here's a card I made for Scrappy-go-lucky, the rain clouds are cut from the Serenade cartridge, the umbrella is from Everyday Paper Dolls, and the sentiment is by Inky Antics. The tiny cloud paper is from the Baby Boy pack by Craftwork Cards, and I dotted Robins Eye Dew Drops around to look like raindrops

The inside sentiment is a simple

Get Well Soon

Thanks for all the get well wishes you sent, my back seems to be getting better, although I am moving a bit gingerly at the moment

I had a lovely day yesterday, Jeannie, from Maine, who is a regular visitor to my blog, is on vacation in the area with her husband and son. She emailed me to see if there were any craft stores around here, so I arranged to pick her up and drive her around. She experienced the crafty garden centre, and was like a kid in the candy store, then we went to Hobbycraft (that's the only big box craft store in the UK) All this and a pub lunch too. She was astounded at how easily I negotiated the roundabouts, well, yes, that's sort of second nature when you live here. What should have astounded her, if it had not been our first meeting, was the fact that I didn't get lost once. Mind you, I could have driven to London and back really, and Jeannie wouldn't have known that I was lost
It was great to meet you Jeannie, and thanks for the lovely bag of goodies you gave me xx

Get Well Card

Hmmm, you can tell that this photo was taken at night, the colours look bleached. I love this little turtle, haven't a clue who makes him, as it was stamped with a borrowed stamp at a crop - thanks Cheryl. I coloured him with copics, and added a few white highlights.

My sewing machine has been dusted off, so real sewing on this one instead of the faux stitching I have been doing for the past four months.

Wouldn't this card be perfect for someone who had just had a hip replacement?
We have been busy sorting out our house insurance today. It's so different in the UK, where you insure basically against fire, theft and accidental damage. Here in Florida, we had to discuss hurricanes, floods and sinkholes. Apparently Pasco county where we live is 'the sinkhole capital of the world'. (I found it rather sad that this was said quite proudly, it doesn't have the same ring as 'Paris, romantic capital of the world' does it?). The possibility of your house suddenly dropping into a large hole is rather fascinating really, would it just suddenly swallow it up, or do you get a warning, like pictures falling off the walls? I do hope you get a warning, I will get anxious everytime I am sitting on the loo otherwise. My whole life will be rushed ' ooh, must just finish this card before the sinkhole opens'. On the other hand, I may just have forgotten all about it by tomorrow.

Get Well Card

This one is another MFT stamp - you can tell I am in love with these images at the moment. I stamped her twice, once onto a stripey paper so that her dressing gown (robe) looks all nice and snuggly. The punch is Martha Stewart, and the centre panel was cuttlebugged with the swiss dots folder. Papers and twill ribbon are american crafts.

I have been AWOL from the blog for a few days, as my darling little grandson Max was taken into hospital with a severe infection, so of course I rushed down to London. With luck he will be home tomorrow evening. Get well soon sweetheart, you are Ma's brave little soldier xx

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Get Well Soon

The challenge this week was a sketch, and this is what I came up with. The tiny dog stamp is an old one by stampin up. He looks a bit down in the mouth, so I made it a 'get better soon' card. The lacy border was made by punching each side of the paper with MS chequerboard punch.

Click HERE to see the rest of the entries to the challenge.

Get Well Soon Card

The dare on DCM this week is to use something that has been recycled from another shop bought greeting card/wrapping paper etc. The only card I could find here was a Christmas card from last year, luckily it had this luscious organza bow on it, which I was able to use on this card. The tree is from the happily ever after cartridge, cut at 5". I used a lined gold mirror card for the back, hard to photograph. It's a bit pathetic only being able to find a ribbon, I didn't realise I was so tidy.

Get Well Card

The challenge over on Papertake weekly this week was a sketch, this is my take on it. (I tried to copy it to reproduce here, but as you know by now my computer skills fail me sometimes!) Anyway, click HERE to go and see, and see a lot of awesome cards as well.
I used some paper by provocraft that has been hanging around for ever, the flower is cut from one of the papers and quite heavily glittered. Ribbon is by american crafts. It's a nice sketch, and one I will follow again.

I am off to London tomorrow to see my darling grandchildren for the last time for three months, and although I know I am very, very fortunate to have such a great lifestyle, I so hate saying goodbye to the little ones. Kiki is 3 1/2 now, old enough to chat on the phone to me, and I send her a parcel from America every month with a 'love you' card - I usually get her a little craft kit or something from Michaels or Joannes, and she is very proud of her creations when I get back home. Max however, is only 9 months, and that little lad is doing something new every day. His latest skill is to get to a sitting up position from lying down, and he practises it at every opportunity - he even goes to sleep sitting up! So we will see a huge change in him when we next see him. But hey, the joy when we see them again is fantastic. The upside is that I am getting emails from all my US friends, really looking forward to us getting back. It's quite good really, we are never in one place long enough for people to get bored with us.

Under the weather? Get Well Card

There is a template over on the
papertake weekly challenge site, which makes a card with a little box window. I used this little duck stamp, some primas and my new swiss dots embossing folder. The saying is computer generated. Flowers are primas, and the ribbon is american crafts.

I am off to the hobby fair at the NEC tomorrow with my sister and two nieces, so expect to come home with a much lighter purse.

Feeling Ruff?

So I found another challenge over on cmutd - address in my favourites list. This time it is to make a card in three colours or less - hmmm, surprisingly difficult. This sad little pup was stamped in adirondack ginger and clear embossed, then coloured with prismacolour and gamsol. The scallops were cut with mini monograms, and the bone is an icon from Mickey and friends. I so love this little dog.

We are off to Yorkshire tomorrow for a few days, we lived there for a while many years ago, and have always kept in touch with our friends. I love it there, the village is so peaceful, - a million miles away from the busy urban sprawl of the town we live in now. We will probably go to York one day, which must be one of my favourite English cities, centuries old narrow streets and a Minster (cathedral) which must be one of the finest in the world. Anyone know of any great craft shops in that part of the world? I'll check on my friends computer in case any of you come up with something that's too good to miss. Thanks.