Wine lovers.

The usual short tuesday post as i'm off to the jobette.This little card is made from a stamp by Stamp Happens. I bought it at Hobbycraft fo £4.95. I thought it was a bit of a bargain for that shop so i checked on t'int when i got home and most places were selling it at around £7.95.

Next time i went i saw 3 more similar ones so i just had to buy them. It is my mission to ink them up tomorrow.               See you soon Di. xx

Fatty Speed!!

I feel so fat! I ate and drank so much yesterday and now i'm good for nothing. The good news though is i've lost a pound a week since christmas. The bad news is it's the same pound! The one i put on every weekend, well i've probably put a few on this week! Luckily i have a little emergency stash of cards in picasa ready for days like this.

I got this little tin of stamps at dies to die for(see side bar) last year and i love them to bits. I was looking through my stash and found a pad of papers which i got free with an order from somewhere ages ago. It's not what i'd have chosen to buy,proper gawdy stuff but i made myself use some of it, a sort of challenge.

These are about the best sheets in the whole pad,the others are nasty loud pinks and dirty yellows.
I'm going for a walk into town later ,so hopefully the fesh air might sort me out lol.
     Thanks for visiting  Di. xx

Hi there! More Notecards.

First of all let me tell you what fun i had at my local yesterday afternoon.I always go straight from work with Speedy for a bit of liquid refreshment. Yesterday i took a bag of these little pouches and as people nipped to the loo i snook one onto their table.

It was such a hoot watching them when they came back. They'd pick it up, scrutinise it, look all around the pub then say to the nearest person "where did this come from"? Of course no one knew, i'm too sneaky. So they'd put it down again sligtly to one side,then a few minutes later they'd pick it up again and look around. It was only when they were about to leave that i put them out of their misery. Fo more info on making them see here.
I had a couple of hours playtime this morning while speedy was watching the grand prix so i made this little notecard set.

I love making these as they are very quick and are handy to have in for little thank yous or emergency gifts.The stripy paper is from my scrap box, i only just had enough to finish the inside flaps. The stamp is from the penny black 12 days of christmas clear set.

There is a bit more info on making them here.
                     Thanks for visiting, make sure you take your little gift below.  Di.x

A little easter pressie.

I received this award from the very kind Nic at Coops cluttered corner. (Thank you very much hun). As it's easter and as a thank you i'd like to pass it on to all of my followers.
    Help yourselves and i'll see you a bit later.   Di.x

Joanna Sheen.

Mega quickie today as it's the usual saturday work/pub ritual and if i don't schedule a post then i may well forget!

This card was made a while ago using Joanna sheens messy rabbit village scene stamps.The paper is papermania creative tones paper. This is about as good as it gets on a saturday i'm afraid.  Di. x

Twin Tildas.

A couple of cards i made yesterday afternoon.

The papers are from the forever friends all loved up pad. I  paper pieced her pants to match the backing paper.

Coloured with promarkers and a bit of chalk around the edges. Must go now and earn some rent money!
      See ya!   Di.xx

Another male card

Morning everyone,are we in the same country as we were yesterday? I can't believe the difference in the weather! Hope none of you have had any April fools tricks played on you yet.
It's my bother in laws birthday next week so i thought i'd make him a funny card.

The spotty paper is from Clare Curds signature stack and the stamp is by rubbernecker.I got it in a set from C&C  about two years ago.The caption is part of the set.

The letter stickers are from the Papermill shop.Buttons from Abakhan which is dangerously close to my house,luckily they don't have a lot of cardmaking stuff as it's quite a small shop.
Well i'm off into town now to pay the telly licence!       Thanks for visiting.  Di. x

Toy boxes.

First of all let me say these boxes were not my idea. I was stalking the gallery at SCS and spotted the idea here. I wasn't likely to pass off the chance to make a box or two was i? So here's my version.

The piece of card measures 11"x 41/2" and is scored at 21/2", 5", 71/2" and 10" then turn and score at 11/2" for the bottom flaps.Not much stamping and colouring required as the toy is the star of the show.

The little toys were only £1 each from Tesco but they aren't suitable for tots. They have a clip attatched so i think they are to clip onto bags etc.
I'm off to do a token amount of housework to keep the guilt monster away then i can play again later.
               See you soon.  Di.xx

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