TESTING POST

Testing photo retrieval from drop box into blogger.

Does blogger display in post as I have formatted here.

Me & You ...........

Good Morning, creativity has eluded me for the last week. I need to find it, maybe it is buried under all the mess I made, creating this card :-)

This weeks challenge at Stamp-N-Doodle, is anything to do with the outdoors. Its a great subject I'm sure you can all do justice, the great outdoors mis full of wonderful inspiration.

Card Recipe

Background paper with flower - DCWV

All embellishments cut from Graphically Speaking Cricut Cartridge

Digital Image, Stamp-N-Doodle - A day out with Grandma

Hello to the new followers I have gained in the last week or so.

This have been very busy for me and at the moment I am not able to craft as much as I would like - I'm hoping things can get bak to normal over the coming weeks.

Thank you for your support.

Bling and Sparkle....

Hello, well this week brings some promising news and the doctor has started talking about the possibility of Anthony coming home - that surely can mean one thing - that he is happy with the progress he is seeing. So without getting my hopes up, I know only too well, that talking about it is very different to it actually happening. So it will happen on the day it happens, but I can make the plans for it to go smoothly.

 It was welcome news to our 2 boys too, to have Dad at home (even on greatly reduced play duty) for longer than one day every 2 weeks (as has been the ase for 12 months) is a very exciting prospect.

So to this weeks challenge at Stamp-n-Doodle, make a card full of bling and sparkle.

Well i don''t mind saying this was indeed a challenge to me, I am not known for being blingy and sparkly. Had my sister been given this challenge, there would be glitter everywhere and sparkly bits galore :-)

Not sure if its clear, ut there is a layer of glittered floral paper added the sparkle to this design.

Card recipe

Stamp-N-Doodle image - Grandma's Jig

Background papers - Doodlebug Designs Inc, paper potpourri pack, Lily White Boutique

Promarkers - Cool grey 1, 2, 3, 4 &5, magenta, & lavender

all bling & accessories from stash

Thank you for stopping by, and a welcome to those who are new to following me.

I have also entered this card into this months monochrome challenge over at Emma's Crafty Challenge

Welcome little One

This week is challenge #107 on Sunday Sketch and Stamp using the delightful sketch by Uma

A friend of mine is due a baby a day after this sketch is posted, and I don't have any new baby cards at the ready. This cute little image is Humphrey, and I have to admit to treating myself to a couple of stamps in which he features......he is so cute.

Card recipe

Card blank - papermania 12x12" cardstock cut to make a 6x6" card

Backing papers - Tim Holtz ideology Vintage Shabby stack

Coredinations whitewash cardstock

Floral paisley cuttlebug embossing folder

Stamp - Humphrey's Corner 'Welcome Little One'

Promarkers - lavender, Cool Grey 1, Cool grey 2, blender

Tank you very much for popping by to look, have a good weekend.

Bye x

Happy Birthday Dad

Morning this is a quick post of a card I made for Dads birthday last weekend. He loves his photography, especially of the natural world and can be found usually camped out in the scrub and undergrowth of the spanish nature reserves stalking his subjects.
If you fancy taking alook at you can see his photos here at http://www.pbase.com/ednjoan

Card Recipe

Craftwork card blank 8x8"

Backing Papers - DCWV mariposa 8x8" stack

Stamps - Stampers Anonymous Captured Moments & Attic Treasures

Sentiment - Kaisercraft stamp

Distress Inks - Walnut Stain, Weathered wood, peeled paint, scattered straw

Thanks ever so much for looking



Just to Say............

I would never have predicted this week would turn out as it did.

Anthony's stomach pains reached such a point where he had to be admitted to hospital as an emergency last Wednesday, by Saturday afternoon he had had major surgery, and today, Tuesday, he is leaving the intensive care unit to continue his recovery on a ward.
 Thankfully he is recovering well and looks so much brighter than he has done for weeks. This morning he was allowed a cup of tea, the first thing to pass his lips in 10 days - it was the best cuppa he had had.
He has a long way before he is fully recovered, but there are small improvements everyday.

So I needed no better reason to make a card for this weeks Stamp-N-Doodle  challenge to create a mans card - So this is for Anthony.....

Card Recipe

Craftwork Cards - 8x8" card blank

Image from Stamp-N-Doodle  shop - Puddle Jumper

Tim Holtz Ideology Kraft Resist paper

Kaiser craft Balloon paper

Little Yellow Bicycle - Metal Gear & Brad

Spellbinders Sprightly Sprockets Dies

Distress Ink - Chipped sapphire & fired brick

Thanks for stopping by for a look. x

For Mum.............

A quick share with you today, I've been chasing my tail it seems for the last few days and the bank holiday really threw me.  I've walked passed my little room at least 100 times each day, and each time I've said to myself  'I must go in and craft' - but it didn't actually happen until today , well last night. And I made 2 cards YAY, there's nothing like a bit of pressure and posting deadlines to get you going hehe.

This is the first of my makings, my regular tuesday DT post for Stamp-n-Doodle.

The Canadians have their Mothers Day due, on 13th May I think (though don't quote me!!), which so happens to be my Dads birthday (the second of my makes today, but I won't be sharing until next week:-)

So the theme this week is....... yes you guessed MOTHER'S DAY.

Hope you like my make, a hanging plaque with an image drawn by the lovely Lynne Crosskill, over at her Stamp-n-Doodle shop.

The image could quite easily be replaced with a photograph of you and your Mum.......



Thanks for popping by, hope you can join in with us at Stamp-n-Doodle.

bye

x