Not a Great Photo

This is a mug with a history. I decorated the original mug for my friends son for Christmas. BUT what ever I do for this poor chap gets mucked up in this case the transfer (image taken from MCS) just wouldn't lie flat it kept buckling. So it had to be redone GRRRRRR! Its not just things with the handmade touch that go wrong either, if I buy him chocolate it gets inadvertantly left beside a hot radiator and so his presents are a source of high anxiety!!

Can You Guess Whats In This Box Nanny Gee??

This little box contains something nice for Nanny Gee, but she can only have the gift when she can guess whats inside it!!

Flowers are of course made from MCS Encyclopeadia, which if you haven't seen is well worth a peek.

Mags you can have as many guess's as you like!! It is 2" deep and 5" square!!

My First MCS Violet

This might well be my very first MCS Violet card but it most certainly isn't going to be my last!! The no stamp required images are lovely and coloured with Promarkers look gorgeous and are so simple to do. The matting and layering uses bits from my scraps box.

Old Shep & Tie A Yellow Ribbon

I'm having to play catch up this week, with the Blog challenges. The theme for Craftyann this week is an Elvis theme and Rainbow Ladies is Tie a Yellow Ribbon. So this quick card fills both topics quite nicely. Old Shep is one of my all time favourite Elvis songs makes me bawl like a toddler who can't get her own way every time. The image is fom Joanna's Victorian Companion and the backing paper is from MCS

A Wobbly Scan

Ok, so I probably take the worse piccies in blogland and my scanning is hit and miss. This is a card I have made from Joanna Sheen's Fashion Boutique cd and backingpaper from MCS Library Flowers and featuring (drum roll please)........................................ another spool of 'That' ribbon again.

This is going to be packed off now to The Cd Sunday Challenge Blog for this weeks challenge 'Art Nouveau'

Roll on Summer

Roll on summer, strawberries and cream, sunshine, flowers, Devon Cream Tea, summer dresses, bright colours ....................................... Bring It On!! It is so dull and dismal I needed a boost. When browsing MCS Fab Glam 50's I came across this and it just made me feel all warm and bouncy. I could almost smell the flowers in the garden (makes a change from mud). I had some sunny yellow A5 card blanks which I folded 2 into A6 cards and used the 3rd to form a A5 gatefold card. I matted and layered the image onto a piece of starburst gold mirror card. Then I put matching backing paper onto the 'gate' sections. I have left the inside of the card bright sunshine yellow. As you can see I am delving into my ribbon stash (not bought anymore, so that New Years Revolution has been kept). I have rolls of this gorgeous tape in several different colourways (I just couldn't decide so had one of each). It just yells summer, seaside and beach huts at me.

Well I have hunted high and low for the camera cable and I just can't find it anywhere, so I may have to bite the bullet come pay day and buy a new one. I can then show you some more of my cards, the ones that won't squeeze through the scanner. That is a pain because I have seen some stamps that I would reeeeeeeeeeeaaalllllllllllllllllly like, so that would be them out the window.

I hope that this card makes you all feel a bit more opitimistic and that summer isn't so far away.

Twaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

This is a cheeky little card and I expect some of you know my feelings about cats!! I know- I'm sorry but I much prefer dogs. Not that I would ever hurt a cat or any other animal, I just prefer dogs! Well when that tree twangs back our little friend is off into space. Awww Bless!

The background bauble paper is from MCS and so is the frame. The image is a new discovery in Blogland a very tallented digi artist in the Netherlands called Sliekje. All her images are sooooo sweet.

Going to send this to Bah Humbug for the challenge 'Things That Fly'! Ok so its not an angel or Santa and his sleigh or even Rudolph!!

You Are Gorgeous

A fabby girlie card. I absolutely loved putting thi 8"x8" card together. It is from MCS Fab Glam 50's just trimmed with some lilac ribbon. I bought this ribbon for some wedding stationery that I had been commissioned to do and then the wedding was called off, leaving me with shed loads of this chiffon ribbon. I like this ribbon but its really badly behaved to work with, it curls in all the wrong places and if you aren't careful it frays like the devil.

I must rush to get this on to The Cd Sunday Challenge, I made it in the week but my putey has been playing up and my energy levels have been up and down and al over the place.

Just For You

I love this free digi from Little Claires, it arrived just in the nick of time and was perfect for a card I was going to make as a cheer up kinda card. The backing paper are both from MCS. A nice quick and cheery card. I hope you agree.

Ring in the New But Don't Throw Out the Old

Here is one of Craftyann's lovely digi stamps, she is so clever and I have really enjoyed playing with it. I put the image into MCS to manipulate it and I also used some backing paper from MCS. I coloured the digistamps with promarkers and distressed the edges of a doily with a distressed ink pad. I cut the image out and decoupaged them with pinflair glue.

I loved this image, the weather is so dull and dismal, working on this image reminds me that spring is'nt so far away.

One For The Big Boys

Ok, I've just realised that I put this card skewed in the scanner!! This is a commisioned card for a Father who makes and flies radio controlled airplanes. The backing paper is from MCS One For The Boys and so is the topper. I thought this airways poster was something just a little bit different. I mounted the image and sentiment on mirror card.

I have tried to scan my large creation from yesterday but it just won't fit in the scanner and give a clear image so you will all just have to wait until the camera leads show up again.

Today I have decided that I really NEED a Kindle e-book reader, but I am going to have to make and sell an awful lot of cards before I can buy one. Perhaps that is a great incentive. Watch this space!!