More of Christmas

Following on from the below post for the Penny Black Challenge here are a few more I had a play round with

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 159

The challenge this week over on Penny Black is Christmas in July

This has really given my card making a kick start it needed, Ive been so busy with decorating our new house, we've just got a dog from a rescue centre and Ive still got my horse to look after ontop of working full time (Ive been doing overtime the last few weekends so Ive gotten a little side tracked.

My entry for this week is:



Card Recipe:

Anita's red card blank
Penny Black Merry Christmas Stamp
Penny Black Christmas tree stamp
White ink pad for sentiment
Glue pad for Tree stamp
White glitterfor tree stamp

As I will be doing large batches of cards as I always hand make ours I have decided to try and keep the designs very simple and basic so they are able to be made in a shorter amount of time

Ribbon Girl Give Away

Lili Of The Valley Giveaway ...At Ribbon Girl

Have you seen the new release of rubber stamps over at Lili Of The Valley? Today is the release of the new Spring 2011 stamps

Well, you can't have a new release without having a celebration andRibbon Girl thought there should be a party to help them celebrate and - if you are having a party then you need a party bag!

The two super fantastic party bag giveaways to celebrate the new release of stamps at Lili Of The Valley including a £10 voucher kindly donated by Laila and Lisa to spend in the LOTV store as well as a great selection of boy themed charms and ribbons from the Ribbon Girl as well as a second prize of a £10 voucher to the LOTV store

The giveaway will close and a random winner will be picked Saturday 14th May at 10PM (UK time).

Check out The Ribbon Girls Blog on how to enter

Yummy Strawberry Give Away

Just posted a link in my side bar but it appears to be misbehaving and not showing.

The Ribbon Girl is having a stawberrylious give away.

The prize includes:

Strawberry Molly stamp

Saddlestitch ribbon

Large check gingham ribbon

Microdot ribbon

Organza spot ribbon

Satin spot ribbon

Polka dot buttons

Strawberry charms

... all in a felt strawberry bag

There are some wonderful cards on the blog made using the newly arrived Molly Bloom stamps. Dont forget to check out The Ribbon Girls shop too to see the latest arrivals

Some more cards

Yes three posts in a day and five cards completed in half a day Im doing well :0) These ones are not for any challenges and not for any specific events but I just fancied playing around with the card making bits in between re decorating, unpacking and going to look after my horse.

Sketch Saturday Week 153 Entry

Here is my entry for Sketch Saturday week 153



The stamp came free with a magazine last year and I came across it while having a tidy out and thought it looked quite cute. The papers I used are offcuts I had in one of my folders that I am trying to use up before I start cutting into any more paper packs. (Thats not going to work for very long hehe)

Less is More week 13 - Thank you

Well still working on decorating the house, unpacking and trying to get things sorted out but I did manage to squeeze in some card making yesterday (saturday) as well as going to look after my horse. Ive decided after going to see my horse today Im having a lazy afternoon/ evening.

First card I completed was for the Less is more week 13 - Thank you

Im please with the theme for this weeks challenge as I wanted to make a thank you card for the nurses on my Grandma's hospital ward as she fell over and broke her hip the day before her birthday hopefully she will be out of hospital on Tuesday all fingers crossed.

I used two stamps that came free with a magazine, coloured them with promarkers and added four half pearls to the card and I even made my own bow. I finally dug out my Crafters companion ulimate pro.