A Trio of Flowers

On Monday I managed to get the covers of the scrapbook album that I am working on finished.  Now just the journalling to do.  Here's a wee peek at the front cover.  Don't want to post the photos of the pages, just in case my daughter, Sarah, happens to drop by and sees what I have been working on. 

Yesterday was out for coffee with my galpal, Lynn.  Good thing that it was Lynn's turn to pay for the coffee as I had left my purse at home.  Felt a right div!!!!

When I got home worked on one of the cards that I need for the June birthdays.  This one is for my daughters godmother, Rita. 

Card Recipe

Cardstock

Card Base - C6 white card from Craft UK Limited

BoBunny Back to Backs - Smoochable Words

K&Company - Recycled - Remake Grass Greens

Embellishments

Topper - A Trio of Flowers (can't remember where I got it from)

Sentiment - 2 Peas Ocean Cross front

Ribbon and Gems - my stash

Equipment Used
Promarkers
Bowmaker

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To Have and To Hold

Had a lovely morning with Linda J (aka Pinklilacs), went for tea and cake at our favourite craft shop on the island.  After we were fed and watered had a wee bit of a shop.  I have to say thanks to Linda for her help picking the papers to allow me to finish the scrapbook album project I have been working on.  Fingers crossed by the time I head home to Scotland on Saturday all that will be left to do is the journalling.

When I came home got a wedding card finish for the wedding that Billy and I are going to at the end of the month. 

Card Recipe

Cardstock

Card base - from my stash (I think possibly from a Create & Craft kit)

White lustre cardstock.

Embellishments

Topper - Digistamp Boutique - Cute Bride and Groom

Sentiment - Rennie Mackintosh Allan Greig font

Ribbon - my stash

Equipment Used

Cuttlebug

Nestabilities -  Labels Eight

Mica Masks - 6x6 Decorative Masks

Whispers Archival - Straw Mat

EK Success corner rounder punch.

Challenges

Digistamp Boutique - May Customer Competition

Catch The Bug Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

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Fairy Wishes

Having got the birthday cards for May done and still trying to decide exactly what I want to the for the May wedding card, I made a start on the June birthdays. You might wonder why I am trying to get so far ahead of myself - let me explain. I am heading to bonnie Scotland at the beginning of May and won't be returning to my main craft room until at least the middle of August. Although I do make cards in Scotland I don't have all my bits and pieces there and thus find it a bit more difficult to be creative.

Onto the first of the June birthday cards for the youngest of my great-niece's, Orla

Card Recipe

Cardstock

Card Base - C6 white card from Craft UK Limited

BoBunny Back to Backs - Petal Pushers Doodles

Embellishments

Topper - Funky Fairy - Image 16

Sentiment - Pink Gem Designs - Fairy Wishes

Buttons - my stash

Ribbons - my stash

Equipment Used

Cuttlebug

Nestabilities - Standard Circles

EK Success Border Punch (sorry don't have the name)

Versacolor Ink Pad - Raspberry

Promarkers

Challenges

Cropstop - Challenge 67- Bows and Buttons

Digi Doodle - Paper Lace



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Snuggle Birthday

Now that I have got all the cards for April's celebrations are done, decided to make a start on May's cards. Only cards for 2 birthdays and a wedding to do. The first of May's celebrations is a birthday and a male one at that.

Card Recipe

Cardstock

Base Card - 5 x 5 white card from Craft UK Limited

BoBunny Back to Backs - Abbey Road Dot

BoBunny Back to Backs - Abbey Road Strip

Embellishments

Topper - Digistamp Boutique - Snuggles Frog

Sentiment - on my computer using Pink Gem Dotty Font

Gems - my stash

Equipment Used

Cuttlebug

Nestabilities - Classic Cirles and Blossom

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Peeled Paint

Brazill Jewel Templates - Glitz

Promarkers

Challenges

Catch The Bug Challege Blog - Stella Says 'Sketch' Challenge 108

Digistamp Boutique - April Customer Competition

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Just a note

Hadn't planned on doing a card yesterday, as I was out all morning with the Awali Ladies Hospitality Group (known by our husbands as the Hostility Group) on a visit to the Refinery where our husbands work and a trip to the Oil Museum.

So on to the card - just a wee notelet card that I want to send home.

Card Recipe

Cardstock

Base Card - 5 x 5 white card from Craft UK Limited

BoBunny Back to Backs - Kitchen Spice Nutmeg
BoBunny Back to Backs - Kitchen Spice Sesame

Embellishments

Topper - Digistamp Boutique

Sentiment - on my computer using Pink Gems Dotty font

Gems - my stash

Equipment Used

Fiskars Border Punch - Postage Stamp

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - spiced marmalade

Promarkers

Challenges

Digistamp Boutique - April Monthly Competition

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Birthday Buttons

Have to admit I have been a bit on the lazy side this week. Kept coming through to the craft table but couldn't settle. Think my mojo was away for a wander in the desert. Anyway it seems to have decided to put in appearance.

Card Recipe

Cardstock

Base Card - C6 white card from Craft UK Limited

Mats - Making Memories - Cheeky Collection - Emery

Embellishments

Topper - Digi Stamp - Bugaboo Freebie image - Happy Birthday

coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Buttons - my stash

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Just A Note

House is so quiet, my son's holidays are over and he is now back home. Roll on May when I get home and will see him and the rest of the family again. This morning had to change my plans as my hair appointment was changed till the afternoon. After getting caught up on paperwork got a card made - just to say sending hugs.

Had a wee play at embossing a nestiabilities die cut so that only that the centre of the die was embossed and the edge remains unembossed. Will posted later on how I did it.

Card Recipe

Cardstock

Base card - C6 white card from Craft UK Limited

Mats - freebie paper (no name on it)

White lustre cardstock

Embellishments

Topper - digistamp - Olive (from Digistamp Boutique)

Sequins - my stash

Gemstones - my stash

Crochet Ribbon - my stash

Equipment Used

Cuttlebug

Nestabilities - Deckled Rectangles

Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug Bloom Dots

Stamp - Funstamps - Just A Note

Ink - Whispers Archival - Green Leaf

Challenges

Digistamp Boutique - March Competition

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Just Chillin'

Am getting back into the groove on the card making front, which is great as I have a few birthdays coming up both at home in the UK and here in Bahrain. The next one on my calendar is my eldest daughter's birthday.

Just recently she has been really busy both on the work and home fronts. On the work front travelling around West Africa. The home front is a bit harder for me as she is packing up her flat to head away to Canada for year.

What a year for me of family moving on. Tara going to Canada and Sarah getting married and moving into her new home.

Going back to Tara's card, as I said she has been busy so I thought this imagine was just what she should be doing on her birthday, putting her feet up and chilling.

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Birthday Bag!

Rushing about like a headless chicken just now, trying to get everything organised before I head home to bonnie Scotland on Friday for Sarah's Hen Party - Part 1. There was one last card I had to do for the May Birthdays at home. This time it is for the wedding photographer, Susan, who is also a family friend.

Digistamp

Digistamp Boutique - Handbag 3

Paper and Cardstock

BoBunny - Alissa range

Copic & Promarkers

Lime Green (G21)

Pastel Yellow

Rose Pink

Cocktail Pink

Ivory

Nestabilities

Blossom

Gems

From my stash

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Have a Whale of a Birthday!!!

This one is for my favourite BIL (brother-in-law - my only one!) birthday which also happens whilst I am at home for the Hen Party.

Digistamp & Sentiment

Whales Wishes by Studio 313

which was part of Set 1 of Help for Kate

Paper & Card

Masculine set by Dovecraft

Imaginisce - Go For Baroque - Blue Blooded

Nestabilites

Labels 4

Copic & Promarkers

Pale Pink (RV10)

Cool Grey 3 (C3)

Cool Grey 1 and 3

Pastel Blue

Buttons

From my stash.

Distressing

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Faded Jeans

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Hoppy Birthday

As I am heading home to Scotland at the end of next week for Sarah's Hen Party, I am trying to get ahead of myself on the card front. This one is for Sarah's future FIL (father-in-law), whose birthday is whilst I am at home.

Digistamp

Bo Billy Bunny by Prairie Fairy

Cardstock and Paper

Charcoal Prints by Dovecraft

Nestabilities

Labels 11

Copic

Cool Grey 1, 3 and 5 (C1, C3 and C5)

Pale Pink (RV10)

Brads

From my stash

Sentiment

Printed off using Pink Gem's Dotty font.

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Olivia looking for a new home

Olivia is looking for a new home!

If you would like to give her a new home, nipped over to Digistamp Boutique and put your name on the list before 6pm (UK time) on the 30th of April to be in with a chance of Olivia becoming the newest member of your family.

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Happy Mothers Day

This cards was a last minute quickie card I was asked to make by one of the girls at work for her mother-in-law

Digistamp - Digistamp Boutique Doodle Flower 1

Cardstock - BoBunny Petal Pushers Doodles and

Lasting Impressions - Sunflower Collection

Promakers -

Tulip Yellow, Gold, Pear Green, Rose Pink and Blossom

Gems - from my stash

Nestabilities used - Blossom

Challenges - Cropstop - Shine

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I'm sew so happy we friends

This one is winging its way over the causeway to Saudi to one of my BFF's Annie. As she lovely to sew, espcially quilting, I thought this digistamp was just perfect for her card. It is from a collection made up to raise funds to a fellow crafter's battle cancer. There are two sets that you can buy. This image is from Set 1. If you are interested in either of the sets pop over to Help for Katie.

Digistamp - Help For Katie Set 1

Cardstock - BoBunny Petal Pushers - Doodles

Promarkers

Flowers, Brads and Gems - from my stash.

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New Home

One of my son Will's buddies, Susan, and who also happens to be our photographer for Sarah's wedding has just moved into a new home. So here's my card to wish her many years of happiness in her new home.

The image is from Digistamp Boutique's New Home set, coloured with promakers and made into a mat with Nestabilities Labels Ten. Adding some black gems and a printed sentiment. The cardstock on this came from Bo Bunny's Alissa range with the black cardstock being edged with Fiskars Threading Water border punch.

Pop over to Paperdoll Photography to see what Susan come up with. I can only speak from experience to say that a photo session at Paperdoll Photography is a very relaxed affair and I think she captures the essence of who she is photographing. Our session was a silver wedding anniversary present from our kids (photo 2 in images - celebrations).

Haven't entered any challenges or competitions recently, so have entered this one into Digistamp Boutique's February Competition.

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My Hero

Can't believe that I have nearly clocked up another year on the wedding anniversary clock. Next Tuesday hitting number 27 on the clock!!!! For some reason this year I am had, as Sarah would put it - a cheese on toast moment, lol, but when I saw this image by Just Inklined - Derek Doodlebuns - over at Imag-e-nation, I couldn't resist.

I coloured my 'hero' with Copic pens and used various bits of cardstock from Lasting Impressions 'Limeade' range for the matting and layering. The sentiments were printed off on the computer.

Since I used copic pens I thought I would link this project some fab blog candy that is on offer over on Charmed Crafts Blog - 72 pen set of Copic Pens.

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A New Pad

As I couldn't sleep last night, I had a wee wander round some digistamp online shops for an image that would be suitable to be used on a new home card. Digistamp Boutique had one that fitted the bill - Bob & Benji. So spent the morning getting the card done and ready to be delivered.

I coloured the image using copic pens and cut it out using the largest of Nestabilities Labels 2 and distressing the edge with Versacolor's Icicle ink pad as well as the edge of the card. The 'A New Pad' sentiment was just done using the Text Box option in Word. The base mat was a sheet of card that I had printed off ages ago but can't remember the name. I finished off with a couple of buttons.

I am putting the card in Digistamp Boutique's July Challenge - the only requirements were that you used a Digistamp Boutique image and that the card had to be created in July.

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Circles & Dots

Speaking about going round in circles then today's card certainly hits the spot.

Today's card is a first for me - doing a circle card - and is cut from BoBunny's Back to Backs Alissa Spunky, as is the scalloped circle. The image was Bugaboo Stamp's free image a couple of weeks ago and which I coloured with copic pens and distressed the edge with Versacolor's Petal Pink. The ribbon was punched from another piece of cardstock from the Alissa range, this time 'Twirls' using EK Success' border punch - Donut Chain. Finished off with a silver 'Happy Birthday' peel off.

I am entering it into a few challenges. Firstly into Sketch & Stash's Challenge 39 - make a circle card and use new or forgotten stash. My stash is new the EK Success punch - Donut Chain.

Secondly into Digi Doodles Shop's Best Challenge - Circles and Dots - it certainly has circles and dots.

And last but not least One Stitch At A Time Challenge - 'Lace, Ribbon's & Bows' Challenge - the ribbon being a paper ribbon.

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Little Green Men

As I am heading home to Bonnie Scotland in a couple of weeks for the summer and knowing that I won't have a lot of time and not having any crafty stuff at home, I thought I would try and get ahead of myself on the card front. My target before I leave is to have all the cards that I need until the end of September done. Today's card finishes off August for me.

Thought a I would a tongue in cheek card for a good friend. My image comes from Prairie Fairy and is called Martian Men and which I coloured in with copic pens and distressed the edges with Adirondack Cabin Fever. The two backing mats are cut from cardstock from BoBunny. The green mat is U Bug Me! Dot and the organe is Orange Citrus Dot. The blue buttons are from my stash.

I am entering it two challenges. The first challenge over at Card Patterns gives me the sketch and the second challenge is Prairie Fairy's Anything Goes Challenge. There is a bit of a coincidence here as Prarie Fairy are sponsoring this week's Card Patterns Challenge.

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Happy Birthday

Today's effort was done to put into Card Patterns Challenge, but I was just too late to get it posted, but at least the card won't be wasted as I did it for my sister-in-law, Judith's birthday.

The cupcake image, which I coloured in with copic, and backing papers came from Funky Fairy (sadly who have stopped trading). The backing papers were from Ecclectic Lurve Part 3 - Distress 1 and Cupcake Crazy Scribbles. The ribbon, flowers and brads from my stash. The 'Happy Birthday' sentiment was stamped using a combination of Versacolor Petal Pink and Raspberry.

For the base mat I used Fiskars Threading Water punch to punch around a corner with a fiskars punch - a new technique for me and one which I can see being used regularly.

Although I missed the Card Patterns Challenge, I can still enter it into a couple of challenges. The first challenge is Bee Crafty's 3D Challenge and the second is La-La Land Crafts New Technique Challenge as the punching round the corner was a technique that I have never tried before.

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