Long Time no Craft!

Well Well Well! It's been a long long time since my last post, oops so much for last year's new year's resolution!

I seemed to have been without my Mojo for most of last year, I didn't entirely but i mainly just made cards and presents for family and friends. Anyhoooooo i thought it was about time to get back on the wagon and post something and where better to start than with a Challenge!

So I made this card for a colleague at work who is about to go on maternity leave (oops should have cut the OH out oh well - that's Sam btw)...


Ok so these are the ingredients:

Saturated Canary Image - Ice Cream and Pickles (coloured with promarkers)
Ribbon - blue - rescued from a box of chocs, red - ikea
Martha stewart branch punch and green card
green craft wire
red stickles glitter glue
red and white pearls
red and blue Wild Orchid Crafsts flowers
nesties and x-cut label dies
corded card from papermill (blue and red card coloured with promarkers)

i am entering this card into the Passion for Promarkers challenge 134 - New Beginnings

thanks for looking, happy crafting :-D

Craft Fair

Good Morning!

i thought it was about time i posted something, i have loads of pics of cards that i've done recently but i just haven't loaded them on to the computer yet, hopefully the forthcoming long weekend will give me the opportunity!

So for now it's just a short post about the craft fair i did on Saturday, the pic below isn't great as i had to take it with my phone because in my fluster i forgot my proper camera.



i'd been invited for a meal to Northcote Manor (in Lancashire - run by Nigel Haworth who some of you may have seen on the Great British Menu - i love that programme) but couldn't go because i'd already booked and paid for a table at the craft fair, well... i spent the first couple of hours wishing i'd gone for the meal instead, our table seemed to get completely bypassed i was so disheartened! luckily the table only cost £10 (originally £12 but a friend gave me £2 for a small section) so i thought it wouldn't be too bad if i didn't make any money. Luckily though it seemed to pick up a little after lunch and by the end of the day i had made £17, it doesn't sound like much but i was chuffed that i'd made the money back for the table and the extra £7 was a bonus, but even better than that i then tripled my takings (to £21) because my OH's brother and girlfriend were visiting on their way back from the Lakes and she bought £14 worth of cards!!!!

Goodness, so much for the short post!!!!

Happy crafting
Karen xxx

Some older cards

i have been meaning to put these up for ages, some calendars i made for friends who didn't actually receive them til February (ooops)...





a commissioned mother's day card...


and my first card made with these delicious Stampin' Up stamps...


thanks for looking!

Challenges

Well i've decided to take the plunge and enter some challenges. I'm starting off with one card and entering it into 2 challenges.

the first challenge is 'The Just Magnolia and hÄnglar & stÄnglar Challenge' and the theme is Favourite colour combination and obviously mine is pink and green, i think the colours work so well together and i think that the particular colours i have used are fresh and very 'Spring'.

The second Challenge is 'Passion for Promarkers' and the theme for this is 'In the Garden' so i've used one of my favourite Magnolia images - Tilda and Ladybug - i've used flowery papers, punched butterflies, paper roses and a rose charm.



for this card i have used:
Paper - My Mind's Eye, Card - Core'dinations, Ribbon - from stash, Butterflies - Martha stewart Bborder punch, image - Magnolia, flowers - papermania, charm - ebay and the image was coloured with promarkers.

thanks for looking xx

Productive Day

Well i did it, i finished 4 more cards for my brothers birthday, i'm seriously 'male carded out' now though let's hope noone else asks me for a card for him because they are likely to get something pink and flowery! Anyway in addition to the ship card in my previous post here are my offerings:






Right then, on with the invitations... *sigh*

xxx

Busy Weekend!

Good afternoon everyone!!!!

well i've had an extrmely productive weekend so far! i've finally assembled all the components for the commissioned wedding invites i'm making so they just need to be put together and the inserts printing and i'm done!

The spec for the invites was burgundy, scotty dogs and wedding rings, so i knocked up a sample for the bride to be and she loved it, YAY! Here's where i'm up to so far:-






Also my brother's birthday is on Thursday so i have to make 5 cards for him (from me, my little bro, mum & dad, sis-in-law and neice). i find men's card difficult at the best of times but when i have to make 5 at once and for the same person it's really easy to run out of inspiration! Anyway i've managed to knock up one so far. this one is from me:-




Right, best crack on so many cards so little time! Enjoy what's left of the weekend!

xxx

Angela's Fantastic Candy offer

HI Everyone!

looks like i've broken my New Years Resolution to post more on my blog. i keep meaning to upload my projects but i'm terrible and keep forgetting plus i'm rubbish at taking photos!

Any way...

... Please check out this gorgeous blog - Angelwood, beautiful cards, plus Angela has fantastic Candy on offer until 18th April. While you are over at Angelwood you must check out Elena's blog, Elena is Angela's 12 year old daughter and she is an extremely talented young lady, in fact i'm quite jealous as i'm over twice her age and not half as good at crafting!

Have a Fantastically crafty day

Karen xx