Belated Birthday Wishes

 

Do you feel like you are constantly chasing your tail?  That's how I feel at the moment.  My list of things to do is so long and I have very little time to get anything done.  Things are starting to slip.  I'm really looking forward to half term in two weeks time so that I can take stock and prepare myself for the onslaught that is Christmas!

 

We are suddenly in the middle of university open days and applications.  This has all happened in the last week and half and we are tackling it head-on with a visit to the University of Greenwich yesterday, and Canterbury next Sunday, with more to come.  I am totally out of my comfort zone, but we did have such a lovely day yesterday and Emily is VERY enthusiastic!

 

So, as I was saying, things are beginning to slip.  Hence the two belated birthday cards that I made last Sunday.  The cards were for two members of the card swap group that I belong to, and I knew there was no way I could get them made in time for their actual birthdays.  I chose to make identical cards and changed the colours because time was short.  But I am really pleased with the design.

 

I used Elegant Eggplant ink and paper from the DSP Paper Stack, with the Flower Shop stamp set and matching punch.  The sentiment is from the retired Hostess set - Happiest Birthday Wishes.  I also added a line of piercing along each side of the white panel.  The flower has been curled a little bit and mounted with 3D pads for dimension.  The centre of the flower is Card Candy from Craftwork Cards.

 

 

For the second card, I used Crisp Cantaloupe from the current In-Colours.

Well, that's me for today.  I'm getting ready to face another manic week - at work and at home.  Wish me luck!

Thanks for dropping by.  Take care.

Michelle x

Card Swap Group - 6

 

Hi all. Just a quick post today.  Our card swap this month was to make a tag or a bookmark.  I elected to make a bookmark as you can see, or rather two bookmarks!

 

The first one I made was the pink flowery one.  I used Morning Madness and Gorgeous Grunge, stamped in Strawberry Slush, Pistachio Pudding and Baked Brown Sugar, with a little bit of Early Espresso.  I mounted the white card on Baked Brown Sugar.

 

Having made this one, I wasn't sure, so I made another one!  This time I sponged a piece of Pool Party card with Not Quite Navy, then stamped various images from Best of Shelli and Gorgeous Grunge in Elegant Eggplant, Not Quite Navy, Pacific Point and Concord Crush.  I added some PP ribbon and mounted the stamped card on Concord Crush cs.  So my recipient Zoe, got two for the price of one!

Hope you all have a fab week.  Thanks for dropping by.  Take care

Michelle x

Card Swap Group - 1

Well this post is long overdue.  I think I mentioned before that I joined a Card Swap group run by the lovely Jane over at Eden's Tree .  I've been meaning to share the card I received as well as the card I made.  As I am about to post off April's card, I thought I had better show you March's.

 

This is the beautiful card I received from Aileen. (Check out her blog here ).   The stamping is gorgeous and I love the pierced design.  The card is very clean and simple which I am a big fan of.  

 

This card is my entry.  I scored a border with my Simply Scored.  Then I cut a slightly smaller panel and stamped the flower and leaf images from the SAB Bloomin' Marvellous set in Elegant Eggplant, Melon Mambo and Old Olive.  The sentiment is from A Word for You which I stamped in Elegant Eggplant.  I cut round it and mounted it centrally with 3D foam.

 

So there we are.  I'll be back in a few days with April's entry.  Thanks fro dropping by and I really appreciate your comments.

 

Take care

 

Michelle x

Cottage Garden

Hello everyone.  Yet again it's been an age since I last posted.  So much for my theory that the summer holidays would bring more crafting time - I wish!

So time has been spent reading, running Edward around, trying to blitz his room, have a Harry Potterthon with Emily (one more film to go), watching the Olympics, etc etc.

This week Mark is on holiday and we are living in a state of chaos as we are decorating Edward's room.  Honestly, I think the room has elastic wall for all the stuff that has come out!  We are trying to give his room a more grown up look as he is now a teenager, and Mark is laying a laminate floor as I type.  I'm not sure how the stuff is going to go back in but that's a bridge we will have to cross in the next few days. 

Amidst all of this, I did find a small window of crafting opportunity at the end of last week and made this card.

I used the Cottage Garden stamp set and randomly stamped the solid flower in Regal Rose.  I then stamped the outline flower stamp in Elegant Eggplant over the top.  Using the cluster of small flowers I sprinkled those around using Perfect Plum and Bashful Blue.  I mounted the stamped piece using coordinating cardstock (I used the scalloped ribbon punch to cut the pretty edge).  The sentiment is from Happiest Birthday Wishes.

I'm really pleased with this card - it's the most stamping I've done for years!  Even though there is a lot of stamping, it still has the clean and simple look to it.  Hope you like it.

OK, time to make a cup of tea for the worker.  Have a great day and hope to be back soon.  Thanks for dropping by.

Michelle x