This is the inside of the card! Not that I'm saying his parents are aliens - you could just as easily say it's a picture of Tim and myself! Anyway - it made Tim laugh when he saw it - and as it's his sister I guess he gave his approval!

This was a card that I made for one of my recent classes. I've used some of my favourite colours and techniques. I love the combination of pumpkin pie and rose red - there's something about it that just works so well. i used these two colours, along with some daffodit delight to shade a piece of very vanilla card - before I roughly stamped my flowers. i could have used my stamp-a-ma- jig to line them up accurately - but somehow I don't think it matters with this particular set. I finished off the card with a butterfly from the beautiful wings embosslits folder (usinf paper form the Sweet n' Sour DSP) and a couple of rinestones.

It was only then that I thought of adding a greeting! So I quickly matched up a piece of card and stamped a greeting which was punched with the modern label punch. It's not quite where I would have placed it - but I think it works OK.

Anyway I will be back in a few days with another card that I've made. I can't wait to show you the card I made for my new nephew - but I can't post it yet in case his mum sees it before it arrives!

A couple of weeks ago, our housegroup had a wine tasting evening led by another member of the church. We had a great time - enjoying appropriate nibbles to go with each of the wines. Perhaps it was the wine - but I got (for me) very adventourous and tried a goats cheese and a blue cheese that I would never normally go near! I know I felt very tipsy - much to the amusement of my friends who had never seen me drink quite so much! Anyway - I still had enough of my wits about me to save one of the empty bottles so that I could make this thank you card for the couple who led the evening. I've used some stampin up card (rich razzleberry, crumb cake and very vanilla) and the punch and ribbon - but the rest was a mix of old labels and sealing wax! It does make for an effective card - especially for men. I threw in a script stamp and some wine images to complete the look. I wish stampin up would bring out a wine set - it would be so useful - here's hoping that the new catalogue in October will have one!

Anyway - best of all - I didn't even end up with a hangover!

Back Again!

I can't believe how long it's been since I last posted. I did go away on holiday and was also away for my niece's wedding - but the main reason was that I lost the battery charger for my camera! I searched just about everywhere and eventualy had to but a new one - then guess what turned up again! No wonder I couldn't find it -it had falled into a fiol tray that was on a shelf in the garage!

Anyway - I have also been busy with classes in that time and so I have a number of new cards to show you. so I guess my blog will be busy with that over the next few weeks.

I'm taking a little break from classes over the summer months - but I will be posting some new classes in September - as well as all the lovely sale stuff availablefor stampin up in September!

Anyway I shall leave you now and then post a card!

Happy crafting!

Captain Jack is Back!

Pirates seem to be everywhere at the moment with the new Pirates of the Caribean film just released. This is another card that I received from the swaps at training day and it seemed very appropriate to show you it now! I can see this set being used for lots of children's party invitations and cards - as well as for the bigger children amongst us!

It's been getting very girly recently so I thought I would show you another men's card (I don't think I've shown you this one before!). Father's Day will be here before we know it (June 19th) and it's never too early to get that card made! Have a look back at the other men's cards that I've posted - you won't be short of ideas and there's still time to order the stamp if you need it!

I hope you are all impressed at how good I have been with my posting recently! I probably won't be able to keep it up for much longer as I am going to hit a very busy patch with both work and card classes. I have lots to prepare and and I am going to be away for a few days as my niece gets married later this month.

This is another card that we made at the training day - actually it was one of a set of 5 different cards that we made - all using the same colours and stamp set - but each one diferent from the last. Natalie had cased the idea from an american site - but sadly she couldn't remember who to give the credit to. I thought this was a really lovely idea and if we made a box to match - what a fabulous gift it would make to give to someone. Something that I will have to work on (I feel a class coming up!).