My Guy

This card is made just for fun using some of the goodies that I bought a while ago but haven't used yet. I have stamped one of the cute guys from the TGF Roll Call Kit and just like my DT girlie Leann recently admitted she likes doing, I have swapped the head and the body to make the guy I wanted! .... wouldn't that be great in real life?! I have coloured him in Copics and cut out with a Nestabilities circle die and added the head on top. This has been added to the base which is layers of Doodlebug Bon Bon CS and MME Fine & Dandy True Blue papers which have been wrapped with twine and added to a white card blank. MFT Stacking Stars have been cut with more CS and a MME button added to one with teeny pearls added to the others.

STAMPS: The Greeting Farm. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Craftwork Cards, Doodlebug Designs, My Minds Eye. ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities, My Favourite Things Die-Namics Stacking Stars, My Minds Eye button, twine, Stampin' Up! pearls, Copic Markers - skin: E0000, E000, E00, R20; hair: E55, E57, E59; shoes & wistcoat: E35, E37; jeans: B93, B95, B97; shirt: BG72, BG75; shadow and ground: W00, W1, W3.

The month to give thanks ...

So here is my first thank you card I have made for my Christmas presents {yes I am a little behind ...} I have used the very cute CC Designs Swiss Pixies Butterfly Nora, coloured her with Copics, cut out and added to base with 3d foam pads. The base is a white card blnak which has two strips of MME Fine and Dandy Tickled Pink paper added to it. Peach seam binding (from The Ribbon Girl) which has been sponged with Doodlebug Cupcake pigment ink wrapped around with WRMK Sew Easy Floss and tied in a bow using the Bow Easy (both from Quixotic Paperie). MME button added with the floss and message from the Paper Makeup Little Moments set stamped and punched out with a circle punch popped behind. Pearls added to finish.

STAMPS: CC Designs, Paper Makeup. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Doodlebug Cupcake Pigment Ink. CS: Craftwork Cards, My Minds Eye. ACCESSORIES: X Cut Mini Circle Punch, My Minds Eye button, Seam Binding, We R Memory Keepers Sew Easy Floss, The Hobby House pearls, Copic At You Spica pen, Copic Markers - skin: E0000, E000, E00, R20; hair: E55, E57, E59; wings: R00, R12; dress & butterfly: R00, R20, R21, R22; flower: YR31.

And before I go there is a thnak you to go to the lovely Jo at JoJo's Scraps who gave me this lovely award ...

New Beginings

Happy New Year to you all ... how are you doing? did you have a nice Christmas and New Year? I was working but it wasn't too bad! This is the first card I have made this year and it is for my friend who had recently found out she is pregnant. I have used the very cute CC Designs 'Oh Baby!' set and coloured the woman in with Copics, cut out and added to a Nestabilities oval with 3d foam pads. A white card blank has been layered with MME Quite Contrary papers - So Cute and Play {my favourites of last year I think!} and then wrapped with Light Pink ribbon and Sew Easy floss; tied in a bow with a Doodlebug button. The Elzybells greeting as been stamped and cut with a QuicKutz Cookie Cutter die. Pearls added to finish. Sorry for the very dark photo, I tried to 'lighten' it in PSP and it looked awful! I have entered the card into the Simon Says Stamp New Beginnings challenge.

STAMPS: CC Designs, Elzybells Art Stamps. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Anita's, Craftwork Cards, My Minds Eye. ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities Dies, Dies to Die for ribbon, We R Memory Keepers Sew Easy Floss, Doodlebug button, QuicKutz Cookie Cutter die, The Hobby House pearsl. COPICS - skin: E0000, E000, E00, R20; hair: Y23, YR21, E31; top and hairband: R81, R83, R85; jeans: B91, B93, B95, B97; slippers: E31, E34, E35, E37.

Now, I usually make New Years Resolutions in some form or another but I am not one to kick myself if I don't achieve them. I was thankful to have some great things happen last year - I passed my driving test, my brother and sister-in-law gave me a beautiful nephew, I had the courage to cut my hair short which I now love!, I took my mentorship course and passed with an 'A' and I met a wonderful man :0)

So this year I plan to ... get down to the weight I was at the beginning of 2010, to undertake my dissertation and pass my degree and to spend more time with my lovely man!! From a crafty point of view I plan on using more of my 'old' stuff up and try to use everything in my craft room at least once! I hope 2011 is a great one for all my readers.