Birthday Weekend

Well, that's it now I am officially getting old ! Back to normal now after a great weekend away in the (rainy) Lake District. We had a lovely time and nice rest after being spoilt by work friends who decorated my desk and made my day and by other half who took me away and also had a dedication read out on the radio which made me feel very special! I managed one card this week as it's now youngest son's 17th so will be back crafting this weekend as I've really missed it..

My Time to Craft & Sunday Stampers Challenge

I have been meaning to take part in this challenge and this week decided to have some crafty time after hospital visits to Mum.The challenge is 'Tutti Frutti'- use something fruity ...well I couldn't find any grapey or orangey stamps so decided to use fruity colours instead. I used the K & Co 'Mira' papers and a Sugar Nellie stamp.

Sunday Stampers Challenge

I've not had much time to do any challenges lately and it was really nice to sit down and have a go at Helen's Sunday Stamper challenge. It was to make something with the theme ...faces. Here is mine, I started with a plain manilla tag and inked it with dabbers with a baby wipe,then blobbed some Ranger Acrylics over and rubbed them in with the baby wipe again. Then I used one of the new Tim Holtz ATC sized stamps and stamped it with Archival ink (using half of the stamp but stamping it both ends to cover the tag). Then I used two different sized face stamps from Paper Artsy.

Here's Dottie...

Well, I finally got round to making a 'Dottie'card - she is designed and drawn by the same lady 'Louly' http://craftsbylouly.blogspot.com/who designed 'George'.You can download her from http://www.charmedcardsandcrafts.co.uk/ I also made a couple of cards tonight with the K & Co Mira papers and a birthday ATC.
The Happy Birthday stamp is Penny Black

Here's a page I did this weekend - it's another one for the German trip album. Bless him- he wore his new hat everywhere we went,although he has been banned from wearing it if we go out anywhere around here! We went bowling for eldest son's birthday treat too and a good time was had by all

My first George !

One of the blogs I visit is by a very talented lady called Louly. http://craftsbylouly.blogspot.com/ She has hand drawn a fab design called 'Dottie' and has now added 'George' to her designs.You can download Dottie and George over at Charmed Cards and Crafts.I downloaded Dottie and George the other evening and George was perfect for my son's birthday card- isn't he great! I'm looking forward to making a Dottie card very soon - I love 'em and had great fun printing him and colouring him in.

Scrummy Stash Cafe Challenge

I had a go at the latest challenge over at the Scrummy Stash Cafe's Blog.
Vanessa has posted an idea and here is my version of it. I used DCWV 'Once Upon a Time' papers with some snap button thingies that I had laying around in the 'odds' box (can't remember where they came from!). I made an ATC too for the local craft shop's swap which was Monochrome this month - right up my street!