Valentine's

And here we are again. It barely feels like five minutes since the Christmas festivities began and it's suddenly Valentine's day! I made this card for my darling, it was a quick one, only taking two weeks but it was worth the effort I'm sure you'll agree LOL! I love this one and think that I'll adapt it to make pretty birthday cards too. As the pupsters get older I'm sure I'll manage to get a little more uninterrupted time to craft- no giggling Kate!

 Here are a couple of pics of the offending puppies.... They're just darling and we rescued them from the pound just before Christmas. They're hard work but worth it :) ask me again in 6 months time!

Ah, before I forget, here are the bits that the kiddies made for their parents for Valentine's!
They made a suncatcher decoration from card with a layer of sticky plastic in the middle, which sandwiched tissue paper, glitter and other bits they liked. They added some beads to the string and voila! Very pretty :)

They also made a butterfly Valentine's card for their Mums and Dads. They traced the shape, cut it out, decorated with whatever they liked, did a bit of stamping (the kids just love to stamp!)  and then attached a packet of lovehearts to the middle for the body of the butterfly. They were delighted with their creations but not so happy when they realised that they wouldn't get to eat the sweeties! hehehe. Never mind, I'm not entirely evil and spent two days making little bags for the kiddies which I filled with little packets of lovehearts for themselves. Phew!

Right! Off have a lazy movie day with hubbie! 

Long time again

Oh and I don't have time to write much now either.....Two new puppies have kept us seriously busy since the last time I was on. A quick card for a 21st and a quick layout of the pupstars!

Tim Holtz 12 tags

Ok, so I've only managed 3 so far, and 2 aren't even completely finished, but here is what I DO have so far!....it's been super busy *sheepish grin*

These last 2 baubles are the painting on metal technique on the left and utee over embossed card on the right....need to practise with these again ;)

Kids Christmas crafts

So we have been busy with the kiddies, crafting for Christmas.

the first one we did was a robin hand print decoration, paint hand with brown paint, finger paint a red breast, allow to dry, cut out and glue on eye and red spangles....seeemplz!

The second one is a cool snowman decoration, a kids sock, filled with rice, tied at the top and once more in the middle to make the snowman shape, then the kids decorated him with eyes, buttons and a happy smile.

Ooooopsie!

It has been a long time! Naughty me, but to be fair it's been a busy few months too and it's not likely to get any quieter for a while :)
I just wanted to post these pics of an Advent Calender that I just finished last night. I got the kit from my favourite shop, see it here!
It took me a few days, but I'm not the fastest crafter on the planet. They're cute little boxes that you can fill with your own little things- I love it!

Lily Pad Cards- Love it!

I became a Member of Lily Pad Cards today!  I love this site, there's always something going on and the Sunday vids are great! Check it out :)

Chicken Soup Recipe #44

A little card I managed to make on a dreary wet Sunday, acetate wings stamped with staz-on and a yummy Tim stamp, I might even manage to get something else done today LOL xxx