Baby card.

Just a quicky post today. A baby card i made ages ago .The image is a Forever Friends one which i didn't realise till i just looked. The little stickers are from Create and Craft before they hiked up the P&P.

My sister loved her little housewarming basket. She didn't want to dismantle it until she'd shown her friend so she hasn't found the hidden gift card yet
           Thanks for looking, off to get ready for work.  Di. x

New home basket.

If you expected to see a picture of a gleaming cooker after me showing you a basket of cleaning stuff yesterday i'm sorry to disappoint!! This is what i did, i played with it!

My sister has just moved house and i wanted to make her a little pressie. It's my fave Dolly Mama stamp again.She's great because you can put allsorts of captions by her. This one is from Inkadinkado but sometimes i make my own little ditties and print them out then stamp her next to them.Note the marigold flowers at the sides!

The basket is from Wilkinsons. Instructions for the post it note holder are here    http://onthecards.blogspot.com/2010/03/stick-em-up.html

And before you shout at me for being a cheapskate there is a gift card buried in there. Now, what are you doing loitering on here,YOU SHOULD BE STAMPING!!!!       Di.xx

Proper dozy!!

Eeee, you learn summat new every day! Todays little gem of a discovery is when i edit photos in picasa it's best to then save them.(duh). I've been wondering why my photos on here appear to be dull when they are ok in picasa. Now sometimes i can't help right clicking on things just to see what comes up. I clicked on one of my pics and one of the options was "save". That's when the penny dropped!! The reason i'm posting this is, one,to embarass myself, and,two, to help any other technophobes out there. Hopefully tomorrows pics should be better (otherwise i'll look even dafter).

I could muder a pint!

It was Speedy's mates birthday on friday and of course a card was requested two days before.

The stamp is by Art Impessions and the paper is fom a Brenda Pinnick stack(see pevious post). The little barrels are from a Clare Curd clear stamp set and i've put them on 3d foam to raise them a bit.

The little sentiments were done on the computer.
                I've got a little job to do this afternoon with this little lot.

And no i'm not going to blitz the kitchen,,not on the sabbath ,,or not on your nelly! I'll show you tomorrow.
                           Bye for now.  Di. xx

Bloomin' 'eck!!

This girl knows how to party! She is called Dotty and she is by Art impressions. All my Art Impressions stamps are from Sir Stampalot ( see sidebar) , not cheap but i get loads of use out of them.

This is a 6" 6" card so as you can see it's quita a large stamp.The papers are from a stack of Brenda Pinnick papers which i love. I got them from QVC, you get 200 sheets of good quality 12x 12 for about a tenner. They usually have them on the Rosemary Merry shows. I've had 3 different ones so far.

I paper pieced the dress and bloomers and added blobs of glitter glue on the dress.The sentiments are from my "Ethel and Murray" set from C&C.
   This is a scheduled post as i'm working this morning. Sometimes the nice man from the pub over the road brings us a bacon butty on a saturday morning.....please let it be today!!
    Thanks fo visiting.  Di.xx

Friday quickie.

Well my two days of have flown by as usual,i bet today won't go half as quick! Still, it's payday so can't be all bad.Friday's aren't bad if we know how to humour the drunk men. There are 2 pubs across the road and they get full of men who knock off at lunchtime and head straight for a pint (a bit like me on saturdays really). They are in and out all afternoon buying cigs and lottery getting drunker and drunker, most of them are pathetic by 5 o'clock, i pity their wives!
 This card is one i made a while back for a male friend.

It's one of my favourite Penny Black stamps,very versatile,i've used it loads.
   Well i'd best be getting a move on or i'll be late . See you soon  Di.xx

Easter baskets.

Right I'm back. I've been waiting for the sun to come round to the bedroom so I can take some half decent photos. These little baskets were inspired by something i saw on a website last year, I saved the pic but I didn't make note of where I saw it. I didn't think i needed to, after all it wasn't as if I was going to be starting a blog or anything was it???! So I've done some trawling and wouldn't you know it ,the original one was a bought box that had been decorated.

These are made in the same way as the milk cartons but are scored at 2" 5" 7" and 10" to make a rectangular box, and are obviously not as tall, your piece of card needs to be 11" x 5". the flaps underneath are 11/2" so the box is 31/2" tall.

And yes, you're right I do only have one Easter stamp and that's only thanks to Quick Cards mag. Not sure whether that photo is a bit blurred or whether I need to clean my glasses! Well I'm off to town now to change some trousers for mother, stubborn little mule refuses to try anything on then lucky me has to take everything back. Still, she is 89  bless her. I can't see me reaching that age with my lifestyle!
    Bye bye for now.  Di. xx

Take it easy.

One of the girls i work with is having a hernia op today. I took a quick photo of this card before i gave it to  her.                                                                                                                                                              r

She's got to take it easy for 4 weeks and it's going to kill her. She's one of these women who can't keep still for 5 minutes. I offered to make her up a cardmaking kit to play with and she looked at my like i was mad! I'll be back later when i'ts light enough to photo last nights creation. 

On the seashore.

I love this little girl,she is called "collecting shells" by Stamps Happen.She reminds me of when i used to go to Anglesey on hols with my mum and dad and sisters. It was always sunny, or did we just remember it that way.Did time erase the rainy days like it does with childbirth and hangovers?

The backing paper is Papermania Creaive Tones in the lilacs.I coloured the centres of some of the flowers with promarkers to match the little girls dress,a little trick to make an otherwise monotonous paper come to life.

You can just about see the liquid pearls on the shells and the glitter glue on her dress.The flowers are from a Clare Curd clear stamp set. I reckon i might put a happy birthday mum on it for Speedy's mums birthday next month ....unless i make something better.I'm off today and tomorow so who knows what i might create,apart from a mess!!
                           Thanks for visiting . Di. xx

More easter boxes.

My usual Tuesday quick post today as unfortunately I can't afford to give up the day job! Can you believe i work in a newsagent selling lottery and still can't win a bean? So all I've got for you today is a bit of BBC. What? Oh a repeat!

Well not an exact repeat, just a different colourway. More details on my march 17th post.
              Hugs.  Di.x

Back from the shops.

First stop was Tesco home extra.I got a pack of 50 cream cards and envelopes for £4.99.I've had these before they are good quality.I was mooching around and found these mothers day bargains.Gusseted gift bags 37p, tissue paper 12p and wrapping paper 37p.

Then i went to Hobbycraft and as i often do ,i thought why did i bother.I fancied some nice spring/summer backing papers but there was not a lot to be had,not for cardmaking anyway, the patterns were too big.There was not much to be had in the stamp isle either.So all i bought were some flowers.

I was pretty pleased with these as they were only 99p a bunch and a tenner is the least i've ever spent in Hobbycraft.  I've got quite a bit of my stash allowance left so i may do some internet shopping tonight!
            

Birthday Beetle.

It;s hubby's nephew's birthday on saturday so i thought i'd best delve into my male stash and make him a card. I think he's 20 this year so in typical young lad fashion he'll probably just grunt and leave it on the coffee table, especially if there's no cash in it!! I know some people struggle with male cards but i quite like doing them, they make a bit of a change from all the girly stuff.

Being a young lad i thought a car would suit. The stamp is from Funstamps and is one of the fist stamps i ever bought , about 4 years ago. The paper is the Papermania "for him" stack, probably as old as the stamp.As always i used promarkers for colouring.I don't really like peel offs but sometimes they can fill in the odd gap.I won't be able to go to Hobbycraft NEC this year but i am going to Hobbycraft Chester today as a compromise (funds won't strech to NEC).If i buy any decent stash i'll do another post when i get back.Sometimes i get loads, sometimes i wonder why i bothered going. Still there's a TK Maxx next door..........                 Hugs Di. xx

Update.

Speedy is now scalped and beautiful but horrified, bless.

Tilda.

What a lovely morning! At least the weather isn't boring in this country,we never know what to expect fom one day to the next do we?
My little workmate was 18 last week so i made her this little card.

I love this little Tilda and i have loads of her all half coloured up ready to finish off to match my backing paper. This paper is from My Minds Eye bloom and grow stack. My fiskars border punch had an airing, i keep forgetting i've got it.

Here's a little close up. After i photoed it i added her name and 18 on the top.
Well, i'm off to rake the sleeping beauty out of bed and scalp him!! Yes it's haircut time Speedy i did not marry a caveman!! What is it with these men who lose hair in top, why do they cling on to what's left for dear life?           See you tomorrow with a husband who looks ten years younger.  Di. xx

Quickie.

Another saturday morning quickie as i'm off to work.Image is by Penny Black.

Working until 1.30pm then a bit of boozing with Speedy then off home for a beautiful ribeye steak, yum.
          Love Di. xx