Never Too Old For Love

Good Evening (here in the UK, anyway)... I hope you're having a fab day and looking forward to a wonderful weekend.

 

I'd like to share a couple of things with you today, firstly a scrapbook layout I did following a sketch and  secondly a little card I whipped up just now.

 

The sketch layout is from LETS GET SKETCHY, the DT there... are fabulous!  The sketch is...

 

 

MY TAKE...

 

My Uncle Roy with his beautiful Filipino bride.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I used a variety of bits from my stash for this layout - the background paper is from AMERICAN CRAFTS AMY TANGERINE 'Yes, Please' collection, the other papers are from FIRST EDITION 'Dreamcatcher; DOCRAFTS FOREVER FRIENDS 'Kraft Notes'.  I also found some heart vellum (both for a mat and as the banners at the top of the page, which are held in place with a couple of paper clips); also I embossed (then sanded back) a piece of CORE'DINATIONS 'Black Magic' in teal.  For embellishment, I used some mists (splattered here and there), a doily and a large fabric flower by TERESA COLLINS 'Fabrications' collection.  I am 'well pleased' with how this turned out and I will be placing it in a 12x12 page protector and putting it in my family album. Thanks LETS GET SKETCHY for the inspiration!

 

Now for my card...

 

 

Just a quick little number I knocked up from the bits and pieces I had floating around on my craft desk!  The vellum background is the same as I used with the layout above, except I punched the corners with a MARTHA STEWART punch.  The border strip and gems are  VERY old finds from the local £ shop, as are the black doily shapes and flower strips.  The rosette and sentiment are both from the AMERICAN CRAFTS AMY TANGERINE 'Yes, Please' collection.  5 minute card - whoop, whoop!

 

Challenges:-

 

LETS GET SKETCHY - April Week 4, Team B - 'Sketch'

 

CARDS GALORE CHALLENGES - May All Your Crating Be Merry - 'Anything Goes'

 

SCRIBBLE AND SCRAP CHALLENGE AND BLOG - Ch #17 - 'Always Anything Goes'

 

A CARD A DAY BLOGGING - Facebook

 

ALL THINGS CRAFTY - Facebook

 

 

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Life Observation... hunger

I realised, some time ago (when I was considerable lighter in weight) that there is a VERY thin line between hunger and boredom, and so, after my second packet of maltesers and realising that I am not hungry... REALLY.  And having a mountain of sorted/categorised/organised photographs on my kitchen table (I've been sorting them out in the hope of getting on with my PROJECT LIFE  albums) that continue to stare at me (accusingly), begging me to either put them away or DO something with them!  I have decided to put my boredom aside (and my maltesers) and attempt a scrapbook page.

 

My boredom buster...

 

 

SUPPLIES USED...

 

Papers...

• DCWV 'Scrapbook kit in a Stack - BABY' - yellow background/photo mat
• FIRST EDITION 'Up, Up and Away'  - circle patterned/plain blue
• MY MINDS EYE 'Grow and Bloom'  - green dotted
• HANDMADE PAPER - from stash

Embellishing...

• LETTERS 'Simple Stories -FRESH AIR'
• INK MIST 'Imagine Crafts - FIREWORKS PALE BLUE'
• EVERYTHING ELSE - from stash. word cut-apart/ fabric 'cool'/brad/washi tape/paper clip etc.

 

CHALLENGE...

 

S J CRAFTS - March Ch - 'A Photo Collage For Inspiration'

 

 

Have fun crafting... remember boredom does NOT equal hunger, If I'd of realise this years ago I wouldn't be so fat!

 

 

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Just Because Tree

I made this for the 'Die Cutting Diva weekly challenge, the theme being 'Just Because', which was rather appropriate as I needed to send a 'just because' card out to a friend who is going through some nasty medical treatment.

 

So here it is...

 

I love how this turned out...

CARD BASE - white card blank (5 3/4" x 4 1/8")

1ST MAT - 'SIZZIX' paper pad (green leaves) 'EARTH TONES' (5 5/8" x 4")

2ND MAT - 'FIRST EDITION' paper pad 'DREAMCATCHER' (3" x 4")

CRICUT CUT - green mirri cardstock - 'ELEGANT EDGES' p. 29 shadow <leaves -s> (2 1/2")

CRICUT CUT - black cardstock - 'ELEGANT EDGES' p.29 oblong <Leaves -s> (2 1/2")

CRICUT CUT - green scrap - 'CINDY LOO' p.65 <Tree1> (3")

SENTIMENT - from stash

EMBELLISHMENTS - gems (from local pound shop)

 

Inside decorated using up any scraps, as usual.

 

 

 

 

Challenges...

 

DIE CUTTING DIVAS  - #130 - 'Just Because'

 

PILE IT ON  - #34 - 'Designer Papers'

 

 

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Bar Closed!

I've just finished doing the bar, tidying up and locking up... now I'm unwinding with a cup of tea and a chocolate cupcake with marshmallow filling and chocolate fudge frosting, that my daughter made earlier (yummy).

 

I've been running the caravan park single-handed yesterday and today (everyone else has gone to a 40th birthday party!) so I haven't managed to post until now!

 

I seem to be a little 'stuck' in the Cricut 'CINDY LOO' cartridge at the moment...

 

 

The background  paper  is  from 'FIRST EDITION'  'Dreamcatcher',  I used the filigree cut on  p.29 at 3 1/2".  The pink paper is glittered and from 'CREATA'.  I used gems, ribbon and peel-offs for the embellishments

 

 

Challenges...

 

CRAFTING FOR ALL SEASONS -Ch. #50 - 'No Stamps Allowed'

 

A CARD A DAY Blogging - 'Sunday'

 

 

Thanks of stopping by... I hope you like today's creativity.

 

 

 

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Butterfly and Pearls

Hi there...

Well I finally got back from the Doctor's surgery.  What a place, can you imagine voluntarily going into a germ riddled room hoping to get well? 

 

And yet that is precisely what we do when we visit the doctors!  The waiting room is a mass of virus and bacteria just waiting to attack the already weakened immune systems of the various unsuspecting sick people in attendance. 

 

I am grimacing in pain (everytime I move - my back really is painful), when a little boy approachs me, he's holding out a book (sticky from his runny nose) with a hopeful expression on his face, my face-pulling sends him screaming back to his mother complaining that "the scary lady in the corner is going to get him!"  (well at least I had peace and quiet from that quarter!). 

 

And then SHE comes in... you know the one.  That person, the one who is attending the doctors but looks as fresh as a daisy, with perfect make-up, perfect clothing, perfect everything, and you look at her and think what's she doing here anyway? she doesn't even look sick!  You hope she says something mean to someone so that you know she's not that perfect, but no, she's kind (especially to the little boy still staring at me as if I'm Hannibal Lecter) and she polite (and you hate her even more) and then you feel guilty for being so mean (excusing yourself... you are ill after all).  That is until she is called in before you, and then you go right back to thinking horrible things about her!  You can see I had a fun time in the doctors.

 

I made this putterfly and bearly card, sorry (I'm a little high on the pain killers!)...

 

 

CARD BASE - white card stock (4 1/8" x 5 7/8") - embossed with a 'SIZZIX' embossing folder

SCALLOPED CIRCLE PUNCH - black cardstock (3")

CIRCLE PUNCH - 'FIRST EDITION' 'Dreamcatcher' (2 1/2")

CRICUT CUT - 'CRICUT AMERICAN ALPHABET'

EMBELLISHMENTS - pearls,butterfly and ribbon -  from stash

 

Challenges -

 

MY CRAFT SPOT - Monday Ch. #91 - 'Embossing or Glossy Accent'

 

PIN AND TACK - Ch #7 - 'Anything Goes' SPARK YOUR CREATIVITY NOW!

 

LOVE TO CREATE CHALLENGE BLOG - Ch. #57 - 'Anything Goes'

 

CHALLENGES 4 EVERYBODY - Ch. #16 - 'Anything Goes'

 

GO FISH CHALLENGE BLOG - Ch. #37 - 'Ribbon'

 

 

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Dreamcatcher

Morning all...

I am in an incredible amount of pain!  My back is 'killing' me, so I'm patiently (NOT!) waiting to see my doctor.  But, you know what?  I needed a bit of a distraction so...

I made a card, surprised?

Cardz TV have some great stamps, so whenever I can I like to enter their challenges in the hope (vain though it is) of winning a set.  So this is for the 'It's So You' challenge...

 

Stunning papers from 'First Edition' - I wish my camera could pick up just how gorgeous this paper truly is!

 

 

Banners use up the off-cuts nicely - NO WASTE!

 

CRICUT 'jumbled' creative feature added something a little different to the normal sentiment.

 

Love this... its so me!

 

 

CARD BASE - black card blank (4 7/8" x 4 7/8") - from stash

1ST MAT - 'FIRST EDITION' 'Dreamcatcher' (4 5/8" x 4 5/8")

BANNERS - black mat + 'dreamcatcher' paper - hand-cut from off-cuts adhered with foam pads

CRICUT CUT - 'GRAPHICALLY SPEAKING' cartridge (p. 45 2 1/2") -  using 'jumbled' creative feature, adhered with two thickness of foam tape

INSIDE MAT - white cardstock (3 1/4" x 3 1/2") - 'Dreamcatchers' paper adhered to corner

SENTIMENT STAMP - "Friendship is a Treasure" -from stash

GEMS - purple - from stash

 

 

Challenges -

CARDZ TV - Ch. #26 - 'It's So You'

CHOCOLATE, COFFEE & CARDS CHALLENGES - Ch. #34 - 'Banners'

A CARD A DAY Blogging - 'Thursday'

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