Such a Sweetie!

Well Hello - it's been a while!

I have finally got around to doing some crafting and blogging. This is a birthday card I've made for someone who would not really appreciate lots of flowers or bling, so it's fairly simple - but I still like it.

The image is a digi by SJ's Little Musings - I've left it as is because it reminds me of a West Highland White dog (I hope that's how you spell it!) - there's faux stitching around the image. The papers are a download from the Crafts Beautiful website. The lacy ribbon was on a pack I found in a local cheap store - it's perfect for this paper. The flower is a punched flower, with a flower gem added to the centre.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday - the sketch I've followed

Crafty Sentiments - use a digi image

That's it for now - I really ought to be in bed! I do have some other cards ready to show you, so I hope you will call by again soon.

Love, Andrea xx

Midnight Madness Sketch 62

Hello, hope you have been having a lovely weekend!

I made this card for Eleri to give to her friend whose party she went to yesterday.



The image is from SJ's Little Musings, called Finn - isn't he fab. I decoupaged him up a bit, and added some blue wobbly eyes. The papers are a digi download, I use them a lot for male cards (hope you're not bored with them LOL!). I made the ticket sentiment on the computer, it's not quite the right brown but it did just about work!

I followed the simple Midnight Madness Sketch, and am also entering the following challenges:

Crazy Challenge which is It's Hip to be Square
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge which is Babies/Children

I have lots more things to make over the next few weeks, so hope to be back fairly often!

And to all you parents whose children are now on holidays, enjoy the summer!!

Love, Andrea xx

All Male Cards

I hope you are all having a fabulous week and enjoying the gorgeous sunshine those of you in the UK!

I have four cards to show you today, all male cards! The first card is one I made for my son's friend who is 9 today. I have followed the sketch on Friday Sketchers this week - I just turned it upside down. I have used Gray, a freebie from Little Musings, and coloured him with Promarkers. The papers are Hot Off The Press, which I've had for years - that means I can also enter this card in Lexi's Creations Challenge which is Something Old, and also Paper Play Challenge which is also Something Old. The Cool Dude sentiment is from Pollycrafts, and that is a penny slider, but I don't think you can tell from my photo. I decorated the inside to match but didn't take a photo of that as Andrew had already written in it when I was takng the piccies! I was really pleased with this card, and Riki and his Mum loved it too!



Now to my other cards, and the confession I mentioned in my previous post. I've been struggling to get into the crafting spirit lately, so I was really late making my Father's Day cards - had to make three on Saturday night!!! So, of course I cheated, and used the same sketch I used last week for all three cards. I used Spider Henry from Whiff of Joy for my hubbie's card, and images from Fred She Said for my Dad's and FIL's cards. I made the ticket sentiments on the computer - found a fab ticket shape in my word programme!







Now, to my confession if you're still with me ... My Dad's birthday was on Father's Day and, because I hadn't got my bottom into gear to make the Father's Day cards and his birthday cards in time (not that I craft through my bottom of course LOL!) ... the birthday card I gave my Dad was actually a card I gave him a few years ago, and was in a pile Mum returned to me so that I could recycle them ... I just put in a new insert ... how bad is that???? LOL! I'm not sure if Dad realised as he hadn't opened his cards when I left on Sunday!

Anyway, that's it from me! Hope to be back again soon.

Love, Andrea xx

Friday Sketchers - Cool Dude

Hello Folks

My card today is one I made for a friend of my son's. He's having a sleepover tonight - and, just typical, Andrew had croop in the night last night so I'm really worried the same will happen tonight, but he was insistent that he still wanted to go. At least his friend lives on the same estate as us, so I can go and fetch Andrew if he has a problem! (Don't think I'm gonna sleep too well tonight though LOL!)



The image is a freebie from SJs Little Musings - I coloured him with promarkers. The papers are Kay and Co, and the sentiment is from Pollycrafts. I have followed the sketch on Friday Sketchers. Was going to see if there were any other challenges I could enter, but I can't be bothered to look too hard now!!

Considering how my mojo is really playing up at the moment (which has meant I've had to buy several cards this year!), I am pretty pleased with this card.

Hope to have Father's Day cards to show you later this week - unless I have to buy them of course (LOL!)

Love, Andrea xx

A Spoon Full of Sugar - One For The Boys

Happy Wednesday everyone - at last we're getting some spring weather - lovely!

The card I'm showing today has been made for a friend of my daughter - yet another party she's invited to!

I'm entering it in this week's A Spoon Full of Sugar challenge, which is One For the Boys.

The image I've used is a digi image from Little Musings - his name is Finn, and I think he's perfect for a little boy. I've decoupaged him up, and added some funny eyes - I wanted to use wobbly eyes but I hadn't got any big enough.

Well, that's it from me for now. I'm working on some cards to take to the local Cancer Research shop at the moment, and trying to come up with a good idea for cards for my hubby next week - his birthday and our 12th wedding anniversary - and my mojo seems to have taken a hike at the moment! Oh well, I'll come up with something!

Well, enjoy the rest of your week, and I hope to see you again soon.

Love, Andrea xx