Diamond Wedding

I can't believe my Mum and Dad have been married for 60 years and they still hold hands when they're out walking. How special to live a lifetime with one person and still tell , every day how much they love each other.

Here's my first attempt with Alcohol Inks and Grunge paper flowers on an old tin of mints. Great fun! I'm now on the look out for anything made of tin that I can alter

Got all inspired when I saw a little house at the SECC in Glasgow....so I took a photo and couldn't wait to have a "play". I decorated the turquoise paper to use as a background and sponged on plenty of Tim Holtz Distress Ink. I loved the final effect. xx

Had a great day yesterday at the papercraft and stitches fair at the SECC in Glasgow. Lots of yummy "things" to spend my pennies on, and I certainly spent a few pennies, lol.

I had a lovely surprise when I went to the Fiskars stand (I had replied to an email prior to going to the fair telling them which fair and day I would be there). I announced I was a Fiskarette and the girl there handed me a bag, for FREE. I couldn't believe when I looked in and found :-

Fiskars

Paper Edgers - Scallop wide

Imperial Corner Art punch

Embossing stencil set

Stamps

Shape Template - teddy

and a Catalogue

So I set to and made my Mum her mothers day card.

Thank you very much for all the lovely pressies Fiskars. x

I have been asked to make some Easter cards for a local shop (yippee).

This one I would like to thank Deanne form Quirky Crafts for the idea. I couldn't resist, thank you.

It's been a while since I updated this blog...sorry... :-(

I've just finished this years Valentines card for my HO

I've been dying to have a go at one of those exploding boxes...and finally I have....although I have to admit it is a very small one, ....but you know what they say about small boxes : )

I finally received my images from the image swop over on Papercraft Junkies from Fe Fe and Dee...... thank you.

I had great fun making them and used my new punch gadget for spacing the punches xx

Learned a new technique at the craft fair in Glasgow at the begining of March and I've had fun trying it out

Never ending card....I loved making this card and it's really simple to make, although it did take quite a while to decorate.

It's great to see peoples faces trying to work out how to open it

I've been doing a challenge for the very talented Debbie over on http://www.thecraftypad.blogspot.com/, the theme is Nice and Bright to brighten up these dull days of winter.

coloured her coat and hat in with Souffle and Glitter pens, also drew some flowers and coloured in the same way then finished off with some doodling. Hope it brightens your day xx

My good friend Anne told me about this web site http://www.thelilacgarden.co.uk/ which has some lovely decoupage.....so I printed one out and had a go. I think she is quite happy sitting there on her toadstool hee hee xxx

I took this scraplift from Paper Craft Junkies and really enjoyed making a scrapbook page of my DS and DD when they were younger. I used Basic Gray Pheobe papers.

Why not pop over there and meet a very friendly bunch of craft addicts xx

I cut this christmas tree in half and added each half to a tall skinny card, added some doodling and handwriting xx

I sewed the two hearts together on this card with silver thread, and added some handwriting

Oh christmas tree, oh christmas tree....how lovely are your branches............only 7 weeks until the big man comes down the chimney xx

I'm sooooooo into my new Cuttlebug everything is getting a little piece of embossing in it....I also love to do a little of my own handwriting and doodling on my cards, I think they look more handmade. What do you think ?????

Just to let you know Paper Craft Junkies has added a new blog section to the site which is full of fun, crafty things to learn and make also get to know new friends in the forums.....see you there xx : )