Happy New Year!!!

Here we are day two of the New Year and the decorations are down and the house is almost back to normal.  It was a quiet new year here as hubby was on nights :-(, but I hope you all had a good one.

Now yesterday was also the start of Daffycats Tusal, but I havent got a picture to show as there were no threads in my vase :-( no stitching done last night.

I did however get round to making a card, I saw a challenge over at my mums craft shop and liked the theme of Love, so this is what I came up with:

I'm not going to comment about being ahead of the game for Valentines as it always seems to go a bit mental and I end up not being organised, so I'll just comment that I have one in the bank (oh and I have a christmas card finished too!!)!!

Okey doke, the image is a whimsie doodle freebie from last year and I have coloured him with promarkers and added some glossy accents to his horns and sakura glitter pen  to the bow on the heart, and also put him on sticky pads to raise him from the papers. The sentiment came with the image.  These have been matted onto red card and the heart paper and card blank are from Craftwork Cards.

I would like to enter this into:

My mums craft shop - Love
Stampin for the weekend - anything goes

Thanks for looking

Ali
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Just...

... a VERY quick post as my youngest has a new dvd that he is wanting to settle down to watch!  I just wanted to quickly post this:

This is a card I made for a family friend who got a new job as a teaching assistant.  The image has been coloured with promarkers.   I won the papers so not sure of the make, I made the banner myself.

I would like to enter this into:

Totally Gorjuss - Anything goes - with something new - New Job!

Right gotta go!!

Thanks for looking

Ali
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Wow!!!

I cant believe its been  a month since I last posted!!! So this post might be a bit long!! Erm, not too sure where  the time has gone!!!  I'm afraid my mojo hasn't been wanting to play and having the pressure of last minute cards didn't help as I wasn't really pleased with my makes - so did have to resolve to sending bought cards :-(.  So as part of my New Years Resolution which never seems to stay resolved for very long I am going to try and make a Christmas card a month - so I dont have the same panic as this year - sounds good doesn't it - hmmmm wonder if I stick to it!!

I did make a Birthday card for Sarah which I was quite pleased with:

The image is Saturated Canary coloured with promarkers (can you tell I've been trying to practice shading in her hair lol) - the papers are Echo Park (I think)  and I made the sentiment myself, it finished off inside 'love on your birthday'.

I would like to enter this into:

Passion for promarkers - include a sentiment
Crafty Little fairies - anything goes
Crafty Creations - anything goes
Charisma cardz - anything goes.

I also managed a little break to Harrogate to go to the Knitting and Stitching show - my lovely hubby went with me - bless him - I think he secretly likes these shows he doesnt seem to mind wandering around one bit with me and is quite good at remembering where I've seen things.  I forgot to take my camera though so have no photos of the stalls and also forgot Mouse's  contact details as was hoping to meet up with her  :-( .  Its the first time I had been to this show and would definately save up and go again - there was a life size knitted nativity scene and it was fab!


Here's a little picture of my new stash - I was quite restrained really lol:

I got a couple of new cross stitch patterns and threads and as you may have noticed from previous posts I have a bit of a thing for bags and I bought a pattern and kit to make my own quilted bag - although I was a bit gutted when I got home to find there was no wadding in the kit and it wasnt mentioned at the time that I'd need to buy it seperately so I havent got round to starting it yet.  that can be a New Year project when I get round to ordering the wadding.  Then thats it I'm on a stitchy stash ban until I've used up what I have - cough- yeah right!

On the subject of stitching I've signed up again for Daffycats Tusal - you can find out all the info here.

Right I think thats about it - ah not too long!! apart from to wish you all a:

as I'm at work until 6 tomorrow - boooo!!! so dont think I'll get chance to blog again before Christmas - hope Santa is good to you all - lots of love.

Ali
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Hellooo...

... ooh its blooming freezing here!!!!  So its just a quick post before the kids come in and I have a cuppa to warm up:

This is a card I have made for my niece who has just recently got engaged.  The image is LOTV coloured with promarkers and some stickles added to the flowers.  I have matted this onto orange card (as I have tried to pick out the colours in the top paper) Then punched green card and added pearls from my stash.  The papers are Echo Park and with a freebie sentiment from Netty.  Which have again been matted this time onto pink paper.

I would like to enter this into:

Aud Sentiments - any sentiment

Right my fingers are freezing - enjoy your night and stay warm.

Thanks for looking

Ali
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Good Evening...

... just  a quick post before I nip in the bath to get ready for the start of I'm a Celebrity - although not reckoning much to this years line up - so I may not watch it all :-(, we'll see how it goes (although I must say I'm surprised to see Rebecca Adlington in there!)

Right, the card I'm blogging tonight is for my hubby :

I've also taken a photo of the insert -I'll have to admit I saw the sentiment on Pinterest and have pinched the idea:

The image is a Meljens design which was a freebie last year I think - I have coloured it with promarkers and added fluffy stuff to his had and stickles to certain areas of the snow.  I have die cut the snowflake and added a pearl from my stash.  The papers are Dovecraft again and matted onto red card.

I would like to enter this into:

Totally gorjuss- 3 patterned papers
Paper Shelter - for someone special

Enjoy whats left of the weekend - thanks for looking

Ali
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Eeeh - another post!!

Check me out posting again!!  My posts are like buses - none for ages and then loads all at once!!

This is just a quickie though as just about to start preparing the tea.  Here's my mums Christmas card:

The image is another Pollycraft image coloured with promarkers, Sakura glitter pen to her want and glitter added to her wings.  She has been layered onto silver mirricard as has the sentiment and matted onto Dovecraft (?) papers and then added some holly that I punched with my Martha Stuart punch.  She was a delight to colour.

I would like to enter this into:

I love promarkers - All that glitters (hope I've used enough to qualify but just let me know if not :-) )
Crafty little fairies - christmas in November.
Delightful challenges - All that glitters.

Thanks for looking

Ali
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Hellooo...

...hope you are all well.  Today I've had a lovely day colouring images at Janines crafty club - I'm pleased to have a couple of images under my belt and just get the layouts sorted :-).

I'm also here to quickly blog my other sons christmas  card:

The image is a Pollycraft freebie coloured with promarkers.  The papers are dovecraft I think matted onto red and white card.  The sentiment is just my own done on word, and added a north pole sign that I had in my stash.

I would like to enter this into:

Winter Wonderland - for a child

Thanks for looking.

Ali
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