Tilda With Bow

Last night I did no crafting, well actually that's a lie, I coloured a stamped image, but I didn't do any actual creating. I have sooo much to do as well so should have got a move on with it all really but when the inspirations just not there its no good making a card as I would have hated it anyway!

I made this card a while ago, in front of the TV whilst watching heros, which is unusual for me as I normally craft in my craft room.

I quite like how the leaves and flowers look around the edge of the image, I think the flower, butterfly and heart gems were free with a magazine ages ago. I put the flowers on top of an xcut flower punch out, and then added a gem to the middle of them and placed them on woodware leave punch outs. The papers were also free with a magazine ages ago- what a cheapy card this has turned out to be!

tagged

Arrrh I've been tagged again, this time by Vicky honestly I am sooo not interesting!!!! This time I have to answer the five sets of five questions, Tag 5 people by leaving their names as well as links to their blog and let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.


THINGS I LOVE
1. My family
2. Crafting
3. My chick chick~ ok so I might have to explain this one~ I have a small stuffed chick called chick chick that I have since I was one, he has no fur left, no longer even resembles a chick and is barely being held together by a few threads, but I could never get rid of him.
4. Shoes, especially these that I have worn once and had for a while now (they don't really go with anything and despite how they look in the picture are really high) ooo I think I might go and put them on and sit here in them now!
5. My boyfriend Tristan

THINGS I DON'T LOVE
1. Bad drivers, one nearly killed me the other day at a roundabout because he was on his phone!
2. Housework especially the hoover, I hate the noise it makes.
3. Nicholas Cage~ Totally irrational and for no particular reason (I'm horrid aren't I).
4. Pickle, can even stand the smell of it!
5. The fact that I could write loads more about what I don't love than about what I do~ told you I was horrid really!

MUSIC ON MY IPOD (I don't have an Ipod but I like)
1. Kate Nash
2. The Script
3. Scissor Sisters
4. Ella Fitzgerald
5. Anything by any of The Rat Pack

FAVE FOOD AND DRINK
1. Crisps
2. Wine, any colour, any type except Chardonnay
3. Chicken
4. Spag bol
5. Just food in general really!

I am tagging the same people I have given the award to, Tina, Debbie, Gina, Amanda and Lyndsey Marie sorry if you have already been tagged, just ignore it if you have. You have to Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog and pick 5 other people to tag.

Kreative Blogger award

I have received a Kreative Blogger award from Vicky Thanks so much Vicky! Its greatly appreciated!

Here are the rules:

1. The winner may put the logo on their blog.

2. Put a link to the person who sent you the award.
3. Nominate 5 blogs.

4. Put links to their blogs.

5. Leave a message for your nominees

The 5 people I would like to nominate for this award are~ Tina, Debbie, Gina, Amanda and Lyndsey Marie who all have fab blogs.

Forever Friends Christmas

Another Christmas card, this time made with a sketch from the Spoon full Of Sugar Challenge Blog.
I have used the docrafts forever friends stamps from the 3 Christmas stamp set. I used two different stamps for the main image as to me it looks like the bear is looking at the floor so I couldn't just leave the bear looking at nothing! I used the little robin from another one of the stamps in the set, does anyone else think he's meant to be looking at something or is it just me???
The corner decoration I made from 2 fabric leaves cut to look like holly, 2 buttons threaded with embroidery thread, a fern punch and some red gems. The sentiment was made on my computer.
This is the inside

In the comments on my last card Claire asked how long it takes me to make a card, well this one took me about 3 hours from start to finish- however I sit at my computer desk so a lot of that time is spent blog hopping, fiddling about with the sentiment in MS Publisher, looking at craft forums and generally wasting time!

Pringle

Another card made with a wonderful Sugarnellie stamp Pringle and my favorite papers by A Tanabe called Homespun. I've searched and searched for the download link to them but cant find it- sorry! I hate not giving proper credit or a link to things I've used so if anyone can help me let me know.

Once again I've gone embellishment crazy with buttons bows and flowers, I don't do simple and elegant though so it should be expected!

Now to answer a question from Mar G way back on my March calendar page (sorry for neglecting you for so long) I cut my stamped images out with both a craft knife and scissors, I use a knife for the intricate parts and scissors for the main parts ~ Now all come closer I'm only gonna whisper this little secret once~ when I'm cutting out really intricate bits like tails, antennas etc I cut it a bit larger than it actually is so its not too flimsy and then colour the white that remains with a black pen so you cant see where I've not cut it exactly~ you didn't hear that from me though right!

Braveheart

This is my first card as guest DT member of Sugarnellie. I used the sugarnellie stamp braveheart which can be bought here from Funky Kits, isn't he so cute!

The sketch is from this weeks Sketch Saturday challenge blog.

I spent ages trying to find a sentiment to go with the stamp, and eventually found 'Courage does not always roar- sometimes it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying I will try again tomorrow' Author unknown. It think it goes perfectly with this little scaredy cat. I made it into word art in MS Publisher, then went over the roar in an orange glittery gel pen.

I decorated the inside with some cat footprints, patterned paper and an orange gem in the corner.

The papers are from Summertime Designs Boy Oh Boy kit, the image is coloured with whispers pens, flowers are prima, ribbon is from chatterbox, circles are cut with nesties and xcut shape cutter.

Calendar 2009 August

It is also my entry for the Funky Fairy's blog challenge #39, the sketch this week is so good, I really enjoyed using it.

To all those who have left me such lovely comments I say a big thank you, it really brightens my day reading them!

August

*Penny Black Sweet Catch stamp, coloured with whispers markers
*DCWV The Paper Stack papers, and DCWV Card stock
*background paper is from Funky Fairys
*Prima Daisy Crazy and Got Flowers
*Sizzix Skittle Dee do Alphabet.
*To cut the circles I used the Xcut shape cutter and circle nestabilities.

Look at what the post man bought me this morning from those lovely people at DoCrafts! Its my goodies to make a project of the week for them, and they said if I needed anything else to ask~ how cool is that!!!! So keep a look out on their website in December for my creation!