Yummy Cakes.

Hello peeps. Just got back from having my routine smear test, yuk. Anyway enough of that, let's talk about cake instead. Much better.

These cakes are from a set of clear stamps by Woodware called "tea for two".  The caption is by Elzybells and the little circle sentiment is from craftwork cards.

Here's a close up of the yummy cakes just to make you all hungry. The border is done with a Fiskars punch and the card base is 5"x7".
I'm going to get myself something to eat (not cake) then i'm going to use this mornings "ordeal" (wasn't really though but don't tell Speedy) as an excuse to laze around in my den. xxx

Happy Day.

Why does Blogger have to change stuff for the worse? Everything was fine, then they decide to alter the photo upload system. It has taken me ages to upload a photo. They did this a while back and had so many complaints that they changed it back, so here's hoping it'll happen again.
  Today's card is another Elzybells creation.

The "bones" paper is from DCWV stack 6 and the other bits are from my scrap box. The butterfly is done with an X.Cut punch with a couple of gems added.
It was such a lovely day yesterday that i walked to Hobbycraft (2 miles away) and back. Walking that far is nothing to me these days. Six months ago i wouldn't have dreamt of it,lol. I bought a few bags of mixed beads for my jewellery making frenzy. I don't know how long it will last so i'm making hay while the sun shines.

Target weight 9st 2 lb.  Today's weight 9st 2lb. Good girl.

Hello strangers!!!

Or is it me who's the stranger? I think so,lol. I've been making wedding favours. They required a bit of computer work which i'm crap at and the bridesmaids dresses changed colour slightly so i've been chasing ribbon.  They've been a slight headache but are in production at last. BUT......work has been interrupted by a very important matter. It's our  10th wedding anniversary tomorrow so i needed to make the lovely Speedy a card, and here it is.

This card sums us up to a tee. We are bezzie mates and are seriously joined at the hip, one is seldom seen without the other unless we are at work. It would probably drive some couples mad but we love it,lol. Just like Tilda , if we're out i have to sit within touching distance, if we're not, i'll pull the chairs closer. BLESS!! The papers are forever friends and while i was doing my head in on the computer i thought why not completely do my head in and print the greeting onto the card base. I got there in the end but a bottle of wine would not have been safe in the house. The little sentiment is an Elzybells stamp.

  We are going out for a meal tomorrow night and there's no way i'll be nibbling away on a melon fan and steamed fish,lol. Sod the diet, 10 years of cooking for Speedy deserves at least a 3lb gain. I'm going to go for it,i'll still be able to get into me frock a week on saturday. I know you'll all be thinking about me.........Right.........treadmill time ,lol..................

Another doggie card.

This is the last elzybells card for at least a week, promise,lol. I've actually have got no new cards done this week due to the shopping frenzy so i'll have to get making.

It's a girlie version of the last one. The paper is Papermania Henbury Lane and the sentiment is from a Papermania clear set.
Well i trudged round the shops all day yesterday. I went to Cheshire Oaks first but with no joy. The main problem is that the brides mother is wearing red and the grooms mum is wearing blue so i didn't want to hijack their colours. there are some lovely red dresses out there but they're forbidden fruit, it's not as if i can pretend i didn't know because they know i do. So i came back into Chester and tried every dress i could find. I was about to give up when i found one in Next.Hallelujah!! I'ts very fitted which is what i wanted,there's no point in losing the best part of a stone and then wearing something baggy is there? It's black with coral pink polka dots so now i hope i can find one of those daft dead bird things for on my head with a bit of coral in it and some jewellery to match. Well it's friday so that means................

..............The friday weigh in. 9st  4lb. Another one off, total loss 12lb. I thought i'd either put one on o stay the same this week as we went for that meal last friday but 30 miles on the treadmill and all that shopping paid off.

Another christmas card.

My Elzybells sentiment stamps arrived yesterday morning. I haven't had time to play with them yet as i went to Liverpool to try and find a wedding outfit. I came back with just a box of white card from The Papermill Shop,lol. I saw a few dresses i liked but they were a bit much for the kind of low key wedding Neil and Nina are having.Then there's the ones which look great until you put them on. I'm petite and these shops seem to think we're all frumps.I did try a lovely one on but couldn't justify the £145 price tag, as i'd probably never wear it again with my modest lifestyle,lol. Still i've got 6 weeks to find something.
In the meantime here's a christmas card.

The fruits of my previous Elzybells order, i hope you're not sick of them yet. The paper is papemania (i think) and the card base is 6"x6".

The image is coloured with promarkers and i added a few white punched snowflakes. The stickles isn't blue as it looks in the photo.These stamps are unmounted so i decided that as i would soon tire of using a pritt stick, to order some E.Z. mount from Joanna Sheen, and... erm.....9 promarkers fell into my basket! I've nearly got the set now but as i was saying on Docrafts last night they seem to be lacking in ordinary non reddish browns and hopefully they might bring out some new shades. I'll get saving just in case.....
   I'm off to work now but i cheated and drafted this post last night.  Thanks for looking.  Di.xx.

Spotty Dog.

I've just ordered another load of stamps from Elzybells, mainly sentiments as they stamp out really clearly if I remember to use versafine ink on Rymans coated card as memento can slide a bit. In the meantime I've had another play with the little dog. I'm going to have to whisper this so as not to upset my Penny Black dogs but I really like this little chap.

I got the paper in Hobbycrafts sale, it's by Crafts House, called Allsorts and it's quit shimmery although it doesn't show on the photo. Image is coloured half heartedly with promarkers. If peeps only want to pay £1.50 they get slap dash, lol, they don't know any different.

A close up of the little dog. And what do I use to thread the fibres through the buttonholes? Nothing! Life's too short, I just tie a knot and glue it on top! The leaf is done with an X Cut botanicals emboss punch.
 Enjoy your Sunday, love Di.xxx

Perfect Men.

If only hey! Speedy suits me fine though, he's a big softy and as sweet as any gingerbread man, i can live without the shape and the tan,lol. Well, i've been playing willy nilly yesterday with no pressure to get something ready to blog and i got a few things made.I bought this little gingerbread man stamp from Elzybells 2 weeks ago then wished i'd bought the little verse to go with it, so i ordered it and it arrived on wednesday.
There is a link to Elzybells sale in a post further down the page, hurry though, stuff is running out fast.

I'm going to to loads of these for my bulk chistmas cards, as you can see i've not been too fussy with the colouring as they'll be straight in the bin in January. The card bases are 5"x5".

Remember this tag stamp i got for 50p at WHS last week? Well, i saw some mini gingerbread men at M&S so i'm going to get some a bit nearer the time and put them into cello bags with a tag to give as stocking fillers.I like to give certain customers a little something and these should give the old dears a bit of a laugh. I chalked it up as it looked a bit stark,it's a bit more sagey green than it looks in the pic.
I saved this as a draft last night so all i have to do now is..................

.............The friday weigh in. 9st, 7lb...that's a pound back on!!!!! This pound has appeared overnight. I've not had anymore calories than usual, i spent all yesterday afternoon trudging round shops trying to find a wedding outfit and this week i've walked 28 miles on my treadmill as fast as i can go without actually running as it's bad for the old knees. There's only one thing for it.......i'll have to start walking on my hands!!  Just joking, maybe 2 pounds will disappear just as mysteriously next week..............

Baby girl card.

Another dull day. I sort of kidded myself that August would be better than July but how wrong could i be.I'm so glad i didn't buy a load of new summer clothes, all you need in this country is an trendy umbrella,lol. It's not a case of  is it going to rain today, but what time will it rain today. And it's getting darker!!!!
Enough of that depressing talk, here's a girlie version of the baby boy card i made last week.

Elzybells stamp, paper from stash and stickers from Accessorise. My mojo is really suffering lately so i thought i'd play safe and "copy" a card i'd already done rather than risk a trashed craft room. In fact, that's an idea, i think i'll spend the next few days or so " casing" some of my older cards, yeah good idea, that's made me feel a bit better. I could maybe put a link to the original too.
 I'll be off out later with Speedy for my usual sunday barmeal. Ive been really good lately and having prawn salad.................and,erm.....................a bowl of chips, lol. At least i only let myself eat half of the chips and Speedy is banned from finishing them off!
     Bye bye for now. Di.xxx

EDIT for Gay, i get my Elzybells stamps from here but you need to be quick as she's closing down and is having a huge sale.

Elzybells sheep.

Quickie post before i get off to work. I made this little card on thursday after i'd finished sorting all my ribbons. The card base is 5" x5", one of tesco's home extra 50 for £5 packs.

I used one of my favourite Elzybells sheep stamps. I've ordered a few more sentiment stamps from her closing down sale. The kraft paper is a bit of wrapping paper and i decided to bring out my fancy scissors.
 Time to get my skates on, thanks for looking. Di.xx

On the beach.

Well, i don't know about "hotter than July", i think old Stevie Wonder should bring out a new album called "wetter than July. Every year it's the same, like a monsoon season. It starts as soon as they mention a hosepipe ban, lol. I decided to cheer myself up by making a sunshine card.

The little girl is by Stamps Happen and the sentiment is Elzybells. I made the flower using a small scallop punch and an X.Cut botanicals punch which also embosses. The backing paper is from a DCWV glitter stack although there's no glitter on this piece.

I put some liquid pearls on the shells for a bit of dimension.
I'm starting work a bit later than usual this morning as i'm going with Speedy for his hospital check up. I have to go with him because as a typical male he doesn't listen and doesn't ask questions, he just wants to get the hell out of there,lol. Also if there's anything he's not supposed to be eating or drinking i want to know!!
 Thanks for visiting. Di.xx

Babies everywhere.

I'm one of those unnatural women who doesn't really do babies. There's only a handful of us in the world and most women think we're really odd, but that's the way i am,when i go anywhere where there's a baby i dread it being passed around,lol. But........i can feel a bit of a change coming on. We went to see little Michael yesterday and instead of my usual glance into the cot with a "yeah nice", i came over all queer and wanted to touch........not hold exactly......just touch ( i can hear you all now, but this is a giant leap forward for me) and look. He is a beautiful little thing and i must admit i was quite taken with him, actually he's not so little at 22 inches long!!  We've all been banned from uploading photo's until mum & dad have done theirs and quite right too.They've come home today so i'll wait a couple of days.
My ex boss has just had a little boy too so i made them this little card.

The stamp is Elzybells, nice and easy to colour.The paper is from my scrap box, origin unknown and the sentiment is Hero Arts stamped 3 times. The little bird sticker is from Accessorize. If you want to see more ideas with these stickers pop along to Helens blog It's all fiddle fart. She is the queen of stickers and the queen of bargain hunting,lol.
 I'm getting hungry now, i've just realised i've strutted 4 miles this morning, done a load of housework and forgotten do eat anything, i wish i could do that every day. I'll have a bit of crumpet i think as were out for a bar snack later.
    Thanks for visiting. Di.xx

Little Elzybells Dog.

I made this card before i went away. My new Ellzybells stamps arrived so i just had to try one out.

Another coloured card base, i'm getting into these now.

I fancied this little dog stamp ages ago but forgot about it until i was looking at the closing down sale.Very quick and easy to colour, great for a quick card. The navy backing card is DCWV and the stripy paper is Papermania.The "stitching" is done with a white gel pen (and a ruler of course). The card base is 5"x5".
 Well i'm back in work today after 2 weeks off so i'd better get my skates on. Thanks fo looking. Di.xx