Cards and stuff...

Hmmm, should give myself a slap on the wrist - naughty blogger, not blogged in two weeks! I have plenty to show today to make up for it though...so let's not dilly dally...

A few cards first...

A simple butterfly card using papers from Kirsty Wiseman, a Tonic Studios Multi Detail Butterfly punch and ribbon from The Ribbon Girl

A birthday card - image and papers from Kirsty Wiseman, twine and pins from The Ribbon Girl and Papermania ribbon and buttons

A new home card using the Tiddly Inks "Harmony at Home" image and sentiment and papers from Kirsty Wiseman (again!)

Next, some tags for a tag swap set up by Kirsty - I am VERY late doing these and feel incredibly guilty but they are done and ready to go to the post office tomorrow morning. Each tag is meant to have an inspirational quote on - I decided to take all mine from films. The heart image is Tiddly Inks "Love Hurts", sprayed with Dylusions ink sprays (Fuschia, Hot Pink & Pomegranate) and Cosmic Shimmer spray (Red Firefly), then highlighted with a swoosh of Tim Holtz Rock Candy Crackle Paint. The wing stamps are from a random set me and my mam found, trouble is I've thrown the packet away so not sure who does them...they've been highlighted with Stickles. The twine is from The Ribbon Girl.

"There's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path" Morpheus in The Matrix

"You are what you love, not what loves you" Adaptation

"Every man dies, but not every man really lives" William Wallace in Braveheart

"Winners forget they're in a race, they just love to run" Simon Wilder in With Honours

"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times when one only remembers to turn on the light" Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Now, on to my layout from last Wednesday's cyber crop. As you can see I've moved on to Mexico (and 12x12 rather than 8x8 - go me!). I've started subscribing to the Scrapagogo monthly kits so this was an excuse to break into Octobers kit.

And finally (at last, I hear you cry!)...my friend Susanne asked me to make a hair comb to go with a dress she's wearing to a formal do next month. Here is the result...

I've started my second tiara and have plenty of beads ready for more!

So, well done if you've stuck with me to here - have a nice week!

2 years ago...

... I became a wife and bagged myself a lovely husband! We haven't done much today, but we did have a takeaway curry last night! I haven't felt up to much as I've had a pretty bad tension headache since yesterday dinnertime, it seems to be going now, I just can't move my eyes around too much as I can still feel the pressure behind them. We were booked on a tour on some tunnels under Manchester yesterday evening, I really didn't want to miss it so I dosed myself up with various drugs and soldiered on. I'm glad I did as it was very interesting. I'd love to see more, but the public aren't allowed into most of it...

So, anyway, here is my card to Tim, using the "Happy Couple" image from Tiddly Inks...

I love this image and have been looking for an excuse to buy it for a while now! I felt I needed to get my moneys worth so I've also used it for this weeks Tiddly Inks challenge, which is to make an ATC. Not something I've done before, but I loved being limited to that small space...

I've made them into a wall hanging for a friend's Wedding Anniversary...

And finally, my layout for Kirsty's cyber crop last week. I'm running out of Egypt photos - so it's either Mexico or Tunisia next I think!

Hope you all have a fun week! x

How time flies...

Wow, this week has totally passed me by! We went to visit some friends in Kent this weekend (now that felt like the looooongest drive ever), down on Friday, back on Sunday, it was only last night that I realised I still hadn't done my Tiddly Inks card, so here I am, sneaking in at the last minute...so much so that my Crackle isn't dry...

I've used Fairy Fae Catches A Star, coloured with ProMarkers as usual. Her wings are covered in Tim Holtz Rock Candy Crackle Paint, which is just starting to dry. She's also been accented with a bit of Stardust Stickles. The background paper is wrapping paper from Paperchase - I could wander around Paperchase for hours, they have such gorgeous stuff in there...

I also realised as I clicked on "New Post" that my last post was a week ago so I still have my layout from Wednesday's cyber crop to show...rubbish pic as usual

Was really pleased with this one - not least because I used my new gilding flakes...

That's it for tonight, but hopefully I'll have more to share this week as hubby is on nights so I have my evenings to myself! I shall leave you with a pic of Father and Son, my two favourite boys.