love it and not so sure........

I found this sketch looking back on a site I found after being on Linda's blog.
Just Birthday and Christmas cards.
They put a sketch on each week and you make both a Birthday and Xmas card from same sketch.
They have done 3 sketches and this was #1.

I am half way through trying their other two sketches....just waiting on glue drying.

This one is made with my first bits of basic grey from the Eva range,
and the last of my mate Briony's home dyed material.
She is so clever and uses the material for quilting!

Tilda is from an image swap.


It is the most beautiful purple, with bits of cerise in it.
I almost didn't want to use it up !

I am happier with the colouring on from the whisper pens using the blending pen.
And I might change the sentiment in between the buttons.

This one.....*sigh* I bought a cuttle bug embossing folder a wee while back
and this is the first time I have used it.



I used wee drops of two different blue inks to highlight parts of it,
I liked how it ended up, and then I managed to smudge ink on the edge of it.....
so I decided to trim it so it was not wasted.
But now.....I really don't think I like it very much.
I put some navy ribbon behind it....and thought I might use it for the Secret Crafters Saturday Challenge that is blue, white and a few snowflakes....


but I think I will have another go at this one.

purple, sparkles & hiding poppy's

these have been made over last few days, well
actually in last week or so,
I made this one at Emma's well over a week ago,
but have only just taken a picture of it.
It is very different than my normal style.
Wee bit of distressing going on along the edges....


This one is a thank you card, as you can see LOL but is for people at work who
have been helpful in supporting me while I sort some stuff out.

This one is for a lovely mate who has been so supportive , she loves cats and although I have given her a card with the stamp on before it just seemed right as the sentiment summed up what I wanted to say in card!
I am also going to enter it in Nessy's Birthday blog candy.



And this was Poppy who picked up the dry clean face cloth I had dropped and played with it for ages......Andrew put it on her head and she kept it there for ages.....


Do you think , she thinks we cant see her if she can't see us????
She is so funny!
Her bed in the background has become a crash mate
to help her stop when she comes running in so fast through the house,
it stops her smacking into the radiator!!!

purple purple everywhere, then a drop of pink...

I guess the blog and user name give it away...
I love purple. Even my tattoo has purple in it!
Lilac, violet, indigo.....love them all!

Around my house there are many purple things,
but strangely no purple or lilac painted walls...
I plan to change that this year....Don't tell Hubby!



But today I noticed these things...
Mainly because the purple Crop-o-dile I bought arrived today in its purple case!
I am so chuffed with it!
I have been busy adding eyelets to all sorts.....




And my beautiful Blog candy from Linda!



Thank you very much, I am a lucky lassie!

Thank you also for the beautiful cards you sent with the goodies!



I entered blog candies for the first time in these last few weeks and have been lucky twice!
I am loving meeting the new people through blogging too!
I started gathering stuff up to do my first blog candy.....

I would like to spend more time in the garden today, weeding and stuff,
but since I live in Scotland and it is July,
it is of course windy and raining at times !
The rain stopped long enough for me to take these pictures.....

The mini sweet peas....pink with a surprising purple one are so sweet!




Lavender is one of my favorite plants, I love the fact it comes in so many shades of purple, and even one in white! I love the smell of it after the rain, the way it soothes you and how its oils has so many healing properties.

Right I am off to go and put eyelets on some more stuff! Have a nice weekend!