Busy busy busy

It's been a busy old day at work - seem to have got loads done. Pity I can't translate it in to housework..... Here's the card I made for the 15 year old the other day. It's a Nikki stamp which I thought was very appropriate for a teenager. The sentiment is also a Ladybug Crafts stamp. Paper is an old pad I had of Papermania purple and green - spring fling maybe but I could have made that name up ;) Really pleased with it - it's my first attempt at a tri fold card so am chuffed it turned out so well. I was having a real crisis of confidence in my card making the other day. Decided I couldn't make cards so I wasn't going to bother trying. Glad I did now. Was out for lunch today with a friend from work who is leaving our office tomorrow :( It was very nice but I thought I'd better not have any dinner as lunch was quite filling. Now that I've made that decision I'm absolutely starving!! TFL Susan xx

I'm on a roll now...

Here's another card I did recently for a friend's birthday - it's using the LotV Rosie Posie image and coloured with coloured pencils. The paper is Daisy Bucket.

I started off this post by adding lots of photos and then I decided rather than do them all at once I'll do them one by one - that way I have to come back every day to post something.

Been out tonight collecting the Christian Aid envelopes I'd popped through peoples doors yesterday. Out of about 60 houses I got 8 back :( Still at least I didn't get the door slammed in my face this year.

Just having a cuppa and a sneaky biscuit (supposed to be cutting down) and then I'm going to get on with some crafting. Got a friend's birthday on Sunday and as she's a cardmaker too it has to be something kinda good! Either that or I'll put my pj's on and go to bed!!

TFL

Susan xx

From my phone..

so not the best quality photos but better than nowt! Can't work out how to turn the photo round but this is using Ladybug Crafts Bathtime Nikki Made at a class at Craftworld - can't remember which Nikki this is though. But I like to think of her as me. Coffee and a book!!

Baptism card using my fave Sugar Nellie stamp!

Another SN stamp. A card which I did as a commission for my friend's mum's birthday.

Got more to upload tomorrow :D

TFL.

Susan xx

Too late

for inspiration to strike. Was supposed to be making 2 cards tonight. One for a friend who is Godmother to give to the parents of the baby at a christening on Sunday and a birthday card for a friend's daughter (15) - I have half done a christening card but am not overly happy with it so I've left it on my craft mat in the hope that it'll still look ok to me in the morning and I can stick it all down or that inspiration will strike through the night. I've also got a card half done I could use for the soon to be 15 year old. Blowed if I can remember what I've done with it though. Ah well, tomorrow is another day. Susan xx

Hello again...

It's been a while... almost half the year. Oops! I've been made to feel suitably guilty by my lovely friend Tracey who keeps asking if I've updated my blog! Here you go Tracey, this one's for you!

Lots of photos too. Some of the quality is not the best - they were taken with my phone. Going to try and be much better and post every day with a photo.... fingers crossed I actually manage to do it this time.

Birthday card I made recently for a friend using the Lili of the Valley Story Time stamp

Card for Craig's 8th birthday using Sugar Nellie's Manga Boy

Another card for Craig - Lili of the Valley's Milk and Cookies

My first attempt at an easel card using Little Miss Attitude. Love her!!

Think this is a Woodware stamp from a set. No idea what it's called though.

That's enough for the moment. Hopefully back tomorrow with more!

Thanks for looking

Susan xx

Don't know if I've posted this before...

and not even sure it's actually the finished article but I found the photo on my phone. It's a lo of me and the boys on the beach in 2008. Not the greatest photo in the world cos of the flash going off and shining in the middle of the picture. Finished the card for my friend's birthday and I've taken photos - I'll post it tomorrow. I've put the usb cable away somewhere. Safely. You know what that means don't you?! The boys have been playing at a neighbours for most of the day so we haven't actually seen them all day. And now they are in bed!! Got some more cards to do tonight and I'd really like to get a lo down - got some ideas floating round in my head which I should really jot down in the ideas book that Sandra gave me for my birthday last year before I forget them. TFL Susan xxx

Happy New Year!

Hope it's a good one.

Happy Hogmanay

Can't believe that we're at the end of 2009 already (and also at the end of the decade). Where has the time gone?! Managed to make 181 Christmas cards in the lead up to Christmas. No, I don't know 181 people but at least I don't have to make any next year either.... Strangely, after a break from card making I actually enjoyed it and could have gone on but I decided that 181 was enough! Also made a box of cards for my Aunt's Christmas present which she loved. Not sure she's actually going to send any of them as she said she'd rather put them on her walls. Never mind. So, if I enjoyed card making after a break maybe I should get back to cross stitching (or not...) Anyway, whatever you're up to - have a good one and stay safe x

Remember

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them from For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon

Where has the time gone?

It's November, and I've not blogged for ages. *hangs head in shame* I only have an excuse for the last week - I've been stuck in bed with a nasty flu bug since Tuesday. Starting to get better but still have absolutely zero energy. Was at the craft show at the SECC last week, got some good stuff but wondered why I was on such a tight budget. Found £20 of my cash when I got home that I hadn't put in my purse! Silly billy. Last Saturday and Sunday was spent in Springfield Cambridge Church in Bishopbriggs at the Boys Brigade Officers course. Only another 7 hours to go on 22nd November. Not a lot of crafting done (unless you count the hour of crafts at the BB course, but they're Christmas crafts suitable for P2 and P3 boys....)

Yay!

For ages I struggled with the laptop screen bouncing up and down making blogging or uploading very difficult! Well, it's now been fixed so no excuse now. Well there is, I haven't taken any pictures of my stuff for ages.

It's crafting night tonight so hopefully I'll get some photos done tonight. Bought myself some new scrapbooks which were reduced on the Docrafts website so I should really spend some time organising the pages I have got.

Must go, need a cuppa before my meeting at church.