School is over!

I can't believe the school year is over. My youngest son had his last day in Junior School yesterday and came home with his shirt covered in messages and signatures from his friends and teachers. He was a little sad to be leaving most of his friends behind (there are two catchment secondary schools for his junior school but most children don't go to the one that my son will be going to. We moved after my son started junior but decided to keep him there). I made quite a few thank you cards for the teachers but stupidly forgot to take photo's of them before my son wrote on them and took them to school. He received an award for excellent attendance and was given £50.00 to spend on a gift of his choice (lucky or what - when I was at school we just used to have colouring pencils or something!) He choose a computer game (!) and a lego stegasaurus model to build. I can't believe he will be starting secondary school in September, my boys are growing up so fast. Sorry if I've waffled on. Thanks for sticking to the end (if you have).

I'm a lucky girl!

I received some lovely cards and stamped images for my birthday last week. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to post them, but better late than never eh?

The picture above shows a beautiful card and wallet, which contained all the lovely images shown, from Tracy at Ella Bella (see link on the sidebar).

The second card and images (above) was sent to me by Michelle at the Card Grotto (again link on my sidebar).

Both cards are absolutely stunning and they put mine to shame ;( I loved the images and can't wait to put them to good use. Thanks for your kindness and generosity girls!!

Thanks for looking.

Sketch Saturday challenge

You're gonna need your sunglasses for this one!! This is my card for this week's sketch saturday challenge which is obviously a sketch haha! I used an image kindly sent to me by Tracy, which I coloured with pencils, adding dots of stickles here and there. The dp was free with a magazine and the plain cs is from the papermill shop. I used my pc for the sentiment and once again the rhinestones are by kaiser crafts (I absolutely love these). Thanks for looking.

Denise x

Wedding day card

I made this card for a friend at work. I stamped the stamping bella image and coloured it with a combination of pencils and marvy markers, although not entirely happy with my colouring on this card. I used Taylor's sketch from last Friday as I really liked the layout. The dp is basic grey and the plain cs is from the papermill shop. I used my pc for the sentiment and adhesive gems are by papermania. Thanks for looking.

Denise x

Cupcake birthday card

I was asked to make a birthday card for a 13yr old girl and I thought this lovely penny black (?)image was just perfect. I coloured the image with pencils and added a some stickles to the candle flame. I used dp from the cabana paper pad from Inque Boutique which I cut on the diagonal for a bit more interest. I covered the join with some papermania sticky ribbon. I used my pc for the sentiment and used rhinestones and pearls from kaiser crafts and flowers from my stash. A pretty summery card don't you think? Thanks for looking.

My signature doesn't seem to be working tonight *sob* so will just have to sign off the "old fashioned" way.

Denise x

Penny Black challenge

The penny black challenge this week was to follow a sketch. This is the card I came up with. I needed to make a card for an 85th birthday so decided to use a penny black floral stamp instead of a cutey image. I simply stamped the image with blue stazon onto white card and added a little stickles to the centre of the flowers. I used free papers from a magazine and the plain blue cs is from the papermill shop. I used my pc for the sentiment. A simple card but I think very effective. Hope you like. Thanks for looking.

Stamp Something & Papertake Challenge

I had to combine challenges yet again this week as I seem to be rapidly running out of time. This week's Stamp Something challenge was a triple challenge (i.e. 3 layers, 3 colours & 3 embellishments) and the Papertake challenge was to make a card for a teenager. For this card I stamped the stamping bella image and coloured her in with pencils. The dp is a free download from an online store called "Mad About Cards" and the plain green cs is from the papermill shop. The sentiment is by Hero Arts and the ribbon is Anita's. The flower and button are from my stash. Thanks for looking.