recharge!

Been a busy and tiring week but its the weekend
and I am on annual leave next week so time to recharge
and get some fun stuff done!
These are a few cards from the last couple of days......


The first one is was an order from a lady at work.
She wanted a card and her request was for one that....

was funny,
for a man's 50th
he lays brick driveways....not sure why she told me this fact it didn't help!
he looks like Richard Fairbrass from Right Said Fred.
oh and he used to be a male stripper........

so this is what she got.....

She and all the other secretaries loved it!

Thank goodness!!
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Next is a card for a friends Birthday, that sat in my bag until today so will be really late on getting to her!
Not my usual colour combo but her fave, so that's why I did it!
It is my take on A spoonful of sugar's sketch by Debbie.
I turned it on its head so that Daisy was facing the right way.




And lastly is my take on Friday Sketcher challenge this week by Jacqueline


It is a request from someone else at work for her computer loving brother.
well thats me.....Brodie is on his way round to play with Poppy dog.
I have a few more cards to post but haven't sorted that post out yet!!!

spring & xmas

Two cards..........two seasons.....

This one is a spring theme card as asked for on Secret Crafter's Saturday Challenge
using Dawny P's Sketch on Paper take weekly,
which has a new challenge tomorrow
so I am getting this one done by the skin of my teeth!


I have used my alcohol inks again, getting a bit more used to them.
I am quiet please with how this turned out.
It is much better than my last attempt.
I think I put too much on the seems of her jeans.....
Any tips?
Still haven't read up on them , need to do that soon.
Don't have green ink yet, so used water colour pencils and a touch of sukura pens.

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From Spring To Xmas.

And I must say I am glad the snow, well more the ice
has almost gone here, I dont enjoy it when the roads are icey....

This sketch is another one By the Lovely Dawny P.....from Willow Sketchie....
But I didn't read the small print and you need to use one of the products from Willow Designs.
I did see the making sure it wasn't flat. Hedgie is on 3d pads
and just as I was gonna do the doodle bits ......
I saw the use one of our products bit.....POOP! And since I dont have any of their products yet it will just have to one I enjoyed making.
It is a beautiful sketch.

You are a a lovely sketcher Mrs Dawny P!!!
Anyway....My Time to Craft are going for Gold....and thats some thing I did get right!

I haven't put the text bit on yet, as I am gonna do that when I decide who will get it,
and I will leave that till never the time!!


I am trying to be more of a tidy crafter.....I really am!
With less time to craft now I am back to work,
I was hoping not to have to start off each crafting session
by clearing up my mess from the time before.

Not doing a great job but trying my best!!

Hope you all had a lovely weekend....
How did Monday come round so soon?!?!

Crafty Pad # 9

15th Feb Challenge on The Crafty Pad is to follow a Recipe of:-
a Faith image if you have one please use it,
something torn/ripped,
2 brads and some ribbon.

:) You may include other elements if you wish but your card must have these basic ingredients. ;)

There is as always, a wee prize.



Well you seen my sneaky peak!
Wish I had a pair of pins like that!!!

Mind you, I wouldn't mind her waist either!!!!

I do love this shade of green, has to be my fave colour just now.
The paper is a double sided 12 inch sheet from my local store.....
but I canny mind who by!
The felt flowers are paper mania.

Come on over and join in with us,
see the other fabby DT's creations!
love Teen xxx

two hearts

I spent this afternoon sorting out my craft area
AGAIN!!!

I had various heaps of scraps and bits.
Now the large pieces are sorted by colour in a basket of poly pockets.

Smaller bits & patterned scraps I can use for tags/Moo's/ATC's in a smaller box.

I have gathered together stuff for my blog candy.
I have a bag of bits for my niece who likes to craft with bits and pieces.
And a bag with stuff I know my friend will use.

Then after all my tidying up.......I got a wee of crafting done.


So with it being Valentines Day....
I thought I would make a tag and a card
both with hearts on them.

This one is for the Sugar Bowl Challenge #4.
Who want you to use one piece of patterned paper only.

I love this paper. Don't know who makes it.
I used it the other day on another card, so I don't have much of it left.
I will need to go back to paper crafts and get another sheet or three.
I am not sure if the pink heart works with the green black & yellow,
but didn't think a green or yellow or black heart would look any better!

And for this weeks Tag Your It Challenge...... the Girls are looking for

Love and Romance

The swirlie bits are velvety fabric that I layered on shimmery black card.
And the red card also has a shimmer to it.
The beads on it came from a bar of soap from a gift set,
and the straight black ribbon came from another Xmas gift set wrapping!
So it applies for
I used sukra red glaze pen but smudged it a bit trying to add a second layer before it was dry.
I actually don't like the feel of velvet so didn't really enjoy working with this paper on the tag.

Although I did enjoy the tag and the end product.

Did you get something sweet from the one who loves you??

Blog Candy !!

Four Stamp Give Away - Pink Gem Candy

Over on Pink Gem Designs thay are celebrating approaching a massive 20,000 hits since they launched Pink Gem Designs on November 7th 2008!
To celebrate this achievement and as a thank you to all thier wonderful customers and visitors they have four stamps of your choice to give away in a blog candy draw.
All you have to do to enter the draw is leave a comment here, post about us on your blog with a link to the Pink Gem Designs blog.
The draw will take place when the blog counter reaches 20,000.....

Have you seen these sweet wee stamps??

He loves me......

Happy Valentines Day to you !

Roses are from my beloved Hubby!

Thank you my lovely!
I love you xxxx

I made My Beloveds Valentines card using
one of photos I took of the roses he gave me.

Saturday sneaky peaks

Put your best foot forward and have a sneaky peak at my DT card for The Crafty Pad.