cat's whiskers

Stay well back.....
Germ alert!

I am still feeling really rubbish with
a nasty cold/viral lurgy thing
that I have had for over a week now.

I ended up coming home and going for a snuggle
with Miss Bella Boo this afternoon.

Turning 40 sucks! LOL.

Anyway.....one card to show you.
Got it finished last night,
after promising a lady at work
I would make a card for her daughter.

Anything with animals,
penguins,
cats,
dogs.....
Well I did one with a penguin
but it looked too much like an Xmas card.
I guess I can add it to the very small pile
of Xmas cards I have got done.


Nitwit papers and topper thingys
from local shop were used.

It is an eseal card where a wee accetate cube
makes the handsome black puss sits
holds the back panel forward.

I think I might have to take my cards into
work to photograph, as they are much better
than my latests efforts at home!

hope you are all grand!

Love Teen xx

Valentines Love xxx

Happy Valentines to you all!

This is the card I gave to
my Hubby !

It seems just about everyone wants
love or hearts on their cards this week.
so this fits challenges over at

Crafty Pad,
One Stop Challenge,
Totally Gorjuss,
Papertake weekly,
A spoonful of sugar
Creative Card Crew.

I have double checked and
I think none of the above
have a max entrys for one card.




Now........

my beloved Hubby made
these yummy shortbread
hearts for me!

The house smelled fantastic when I
came home from work!

a few pics
of the other girlies in my
hubby's life!

Poppy Dog....
who likes to snuggle
with her Dad!

Mind you.........
so does Bella Boo!

Who loves her Dad
soooooooooooooooooooooo much!

But she is really too big
to try and snuggle on the sofa
likes she wants to.

Butterflies and soggy doggies.

Two makes today.
First one is an altered tin,
that always reminds me of
my lovely Blogger Buddy Amanda.
Who made one of these last year for me.

I am entering it in the
Penny Black Challenge
who want lots of dots....

The last time I made one of these
I added a large bloom on the lid.
But I wanted to keep it simple
and use this SU sentiment.
The butterfly was sent to me
by another bloggy buddy Sammi.

This acetate card is for someone special...
my Mum!

It has some pearls on it,
my Mum's Birthstones,
so fits One Stop Challenge,
looking for Birthstones.
Passion for promarkers want Mythology or Fantasy.
A spoonful of sugar want cute & girlie

Secret Crafter's Sat Challenge want no patterned papers.

The wee bow behind the cutie's
head is attached to a bow
with a sticker that says Happy Birthday,
which....I put on the wrong way round...
This means I can enter it
into Allsorts challenge of tags this week.
Colour Create want Light Aqua and soft green.

Anyone for Anya want Don't be square
so its a rectangle.....

So I think that is everyone.....

Now for some Doggies....
It has been a bit of a Bella-Boo blog
But I can't seem to get any new photos
of Poppy with Bella being too far behind...

Unless you leave the garden hose
unattended.....something Poppy is not
daft enough to to take on !!!

But Bella-Boo is....
and she lost.....

Poor soggy doggy....

Hope you are all well
lots of love
me xx

Mother's Day

Happy Mothers Day !

A few Mothers Day cards
to show you today.
so lots of photos in this post.

This was an experiment.
I saw a similar kind of card in
one of my local craft shops
and wanted to give it a wee go.

The card is pink and brown
with butterfly from Crafty Pad stamped
in brown stayzon on card and acetate.

The swirlies are from a roller stamp from
SU again using stayzon which I must say
I ended up wearing more than the card did!.

For my Mother in Law.
The layered up poppy is
in pink card too.
I have just noticed I forgot to
apply the mother day day tab
to the front of the card.
Best go do that in a sec!

The handmade by you stamp was
again the one made just for my
by my lovely friend
Sammi!

This one is for my Sister from my Niece
who has been staying with me for
ten wonderful weeks while on
placement at a local health centre.
We take her back to Uni today.

The butterfly is SU
have no idea who the papers are by.

Going to miss my niece
has been lovely having her here.

Much love to everyone today.

For those celebrating today as a Mother
Enjoy the gift of your child no matter their age.

For those who are grieving as a mother,
my thoughts are with you everyday of the year.

For those who are grieving as a child
my heart aches for your loss.

For those who child is far away
I wish them a safe & speedy return.

For those of us who wish to be a mother
but have not yet been blessed...

I truly understand your emptiness.

Black & Red

Edit* I have only just realised how similar
this card is to one I saw on Curts page.
I loved how bold the black and white was.
Thank you for the inspiration Curt.



I loved this butterfly stamp!
it is one of a set from Crafty Pad.


I really enjoyed being a DT member last year
and the butterfly is one a few stamps
I the most on a regular basis.

I decided when making this card
for a girl friend that I would see what the
challenge was this week over at CP.
I haven't done any challenges
for a long while
It is charms....so i made a wee heart charm
into a wee key ring and added it on.
I wanted the person it is for to be able to
use the charm afterwards without
damaging the card by taking it off.
The white stamping is done on acetate
with white stayzon.


This next card is for a friend.

It is never easy making sympathy cards.
But I know that if someone
took time to make me one,
it would help me feel better.....

The poppy is papaermania stamped
onto red card and layered up with a brad.

I don't normal do stamping on the inside
but i have both remembrance stamp sets
and I love this little sweet stamp.

I am almost done with my acetate
card phase I think! LOL.

It is just a pain waiting for the ink to dry
and I am not always able to resist
temptation in touching it to check....

hence the smudges on it!

I used the bigger dog paw print on the back
and wee ones on the front....

I love these stamps.
Can't remember who makes them...

and last but not least....
after a two hour trek around the woods,

you end up with this...........

My Poppy Dog was resting for a short while
but normal service was resumed
rather quickly after this was taken!

have a great weekend
hugs and love

Teen xxx

ooops a daisy.

One card today.
Acetate card, cute but wonky!
Bit like myself just now!

I stamped on acetate using
brown stayzon.

The daisy petal stamp was on cream card
using bronze brilliance.

I didn't notice how wonky the petals
were until I went back to
look at it after it dried!
And found it on the floor,
the button had moved over
and taken the petals with it!

Anyway.....
it is for my Niece to give the
staff at the Heath Centre
she has been on placement at
as a thank you card.

Isn't it funny how you don't notice
all the wonky mistakes
until you see the photograph...

The hand made by Tina stamp
was made just for me by my lovely
mate in Auz Sammi.

xxx