Spring with Adele–Mo Manning

Well I keep taking the pain killers but they take longer to kick in and a sure know when I’m ready for more, a sore mouth leaves you pretty miserable I can tell you, I think part of the problem is my tongue it just can’t leave it alone and I look pretty silly going through the day holding it to stop it wandering.

I decided that a spring card might be just the ticket to cheer me up.

Adele from Mo’s Digital Pencil 

I coloured her with FlexMarkers by Letraset and used the Nestabilities Oval dies to cut her out then teamed her with Nitwit Collection papers

I just love the size of her Easter Bonnet.

Just Look What's New This Week

We have three new digital stamps for you this week, two of them being religious, we thought they would be great for those that make cards to raise church funds, sympathy, weddings, christening and confirmation cards and these two are simply gorgeous.

23rd psalm

Every bit of The Lord is my Shepherd beautifully hand written.

The Blessing

Then we have one for the do lovers

Basset Hound

 

What a let down.

I feel like I have let you all down this weekend, I felt so unwell over the last couple of days that I just haven't made any cards at all, I have coloured images when I felt up to it but no card made. Chris was on a course with the fire brigade on Sunday and I spent most of the day in bed, although I did manage to make a shepherds pie for him coming home.

I made this layout of our Grandson Jack a little while ago but didn’t get to show it to you so at least I have something visual to show you. I could show you the gaping holes where my wisdom teeth were but I figure you wouldn’t appreciated the photo.

Welcome Saturday

What a day Friday was, firstly it would have been my Brother Russell’s birthday, he was lost at sea while serving in the Merchant Navy at the age of 17, just a lad in his prime with the world at his feet.

Then my morning started with a trip to hospital for my bloods to be done followed late morning by a trip to the Dentist to have 2 wisdom teeth removed, now I am a bit of a wus when it comes to dentists due to a drill happy one in my youth, but they had to come out so out they are and pretty painful at that, it made me realise the pain that Natalie must have been in earlier in the month.

The tea time came a call from the hospital to say they were concerned about my blood count and to stop the meds that keep my pains at bay and I need to go in again next week.

So I’m pleased to see Saturday morning, I still have considerable pain but I suspect that each day will get better.

I thought I would share this scrapbook page with you, the picture is one from my wedding day and this is Chris’s favourite picture, it always make me giggle and think start as you mean to go on ha,ha…

It’s quite ironic because we rarely have cross words, we tend to listen to each other and talk about things before the heat sets in, something that has worked for us as last year we celebrated out 25th Anniversary.

I use My Memories Suite to digi scrap and now to make cards it is an amazingly easy program to work with.

If you would like to get started and be able to make wonderful gifts and keepsakes this is definitely in my opinion the program to be using.

Don’t forget by using my code you can get $10 off the My Memories Suite software and also an extra $10 coupon off any purchases made. That's a big $20 saving.

My code is STMMMS48868 Enter the code on the shopping cart page At My Memories Suite

Dream–Victoria Case

Every now and again something special comes along which was what happened when I made a purchase from Victoria Case, we became facebook friends and I was given a free image to work with along side her other facebook friends. So here she is, the Facebook Fairy.

Coloured with Copic markers and prisma pencils then smooched the background with a gold rub and teamed it with gold and iridescent papers from my stash, lace, ribbon and pearl pin and a whimsy ticket. the Flourish is a die from Memory Box.

her dress is paper pieced then shaded with the copic markers.

Project of the Month Blog Hop - All You Need is Love

It’s that time again and this Months theme for the Blog Hop is All You need is Love and Jane is the host and that is where the blog hop begins.

You should have landed on my blog from Pops so if not head back over there first. We will hold this every third Thursday of the month , we aim to give you a little inspiration and hopefully a few Oooo's and Awes along the way.The Dream Team is made up with some of the most talented ladies so be sure to give them all a visit and leave us all a comment as there is a couple of spot prizes up for grabs.

This months theme could have been music or love so I combined the two. My Image is Future Rock Star and is available from Mo’s Digital Pencil 

Coloured with Flexmarkers by Letraset, the lips are a ribbon cut up from Ribbon Carousel and the music ribbon I have had in my stash forever. Designer Black paper in Stampin Up and i used some Nesabilities hearts

Next up is the uber talented Lori so thats where you should hop to next.

Don't forget to leave comments along the way as there is 2 spot prizes to be won from the comments left on the blog hop.

Blog Candy Winner

Oh I nearly forgot about this I said I was choose a winner from comments left on the Husbands Eh! post and I have been so busy this week that it just skipped my memory.

The winner is….

Skylark said...

jak it's been a long time since I heard that, the worst one for me was when our youngest grandaughter was born on christmas day then for days he insisted on playing Grandad his reason being she was not born when we got together where as the other 2 grandchildren were born & he was 36 as he is younger than me

17 January 2012 12:44

Please get in touch with via email and I will organise a prize for you.

You will get a $5 give voucher for Mo’s Digital Pencil 

Mariko is Mad

This little one reminds me of myself when I was young, I was quite a handful and my Mam and Dad would often say they didn’t know how I survived to be an adult, apparently if it wasn’t for family and friends I would have ended up in the raggy home eek!.

Mariko is Mad Digital Stamp by Mo’s Digital Pencil Coloured with Letraset Flexmarkers and Prisma Pencils

I used some broderie anglais and then some of the gorgeous ruffle ribbon by Ribbon Carousel  on top of it the border work was done using an around the page punch by Martha Stewart some puffy letters (Thickers Glass Slipper) and a few blossoms and pearls and the designer paper is from Stampin Up.

Free Background Sheets–Pretty Peony Pack 2

I got the 2 pack all made up for you last night, 3 Turquoise at the top of the sample and 3 complimentary papers at the bottom of the preview.

Please abide by my Terms of Use.
You are free to use my sheets for personal use but please do not share, alter, claim them as your own or sell them, instead link back to my blog for people to download them.
They are copyright protected.

Click here (for Pack 2) to start the download (please note if you have a pop up blocker on you may have to  either click on the pop up blocker button on your menu bar and tell it that pop ups on my site are allowed or try right clicking on the link and tell it to open in a new window).

If you missed the middle 6 sheets (Pack 1) in the preview above you can still get them from here

Husbands eh! and Blog Candy

I was just chatting with one of my crafty friends about husbands taste in music when driving in the car and then I remembers the little gem that I got in the car to one morning.

I have been known to slide down my seat in the car in the hope that know one notices me when Chris is driving and puts on his own music but this one beat them all.

Picture the scene, dashing out early morning so that I won’t be late for work I jump in the car and turn on the ignition and wham the music is full blast, Chris had had the car the previous night and this is the little gem he left for me to listen to.

Delaney’s Donkey

I bet you will all be singing or humming the tune all night. Tell be your husbands most embaressing car music in a comment & I’ll sort out some blog candy and do a random draw.

Free Background Sheets–Pretty Peony Pack 1

Wow it seems like you love these, it makes all the hours so worthwhile in the creating of them.

I will share another set of these Tuesday (if I get them finished in time) but this time in turquois colours as requested and a further 3 complimentary sheets to the flowers.

Please abide by my Terms of Use.
You are free to use my sheets for personal use but please do not share, alter, claim them as your own or sell them, instead link back to my blog for people to download them.
They are copyright protected.

Click here to start the download (please note if you have a pop up blocker on you may have to  either click on the pop up blocker button on your menu bar and tell it that pop ups on my site are allowed or try right clicking on the link and tell it to open in a new window).

Fancy a Freebie?

I’m working on a few background sheets, and was wondering if you would like them.

I’m thinking summer gardens here, if enough of you would like them I’m sure I could let them go free for you.

They would make such pretty background sheets for card making or indeed scrapbook pages.

Sunday Serenity

I’m trying to beat the chill in the air by dreaming of warmer days and thought that this would be just perfect for a Mothering Sunday Card.

Serenity by Just Inklined is new out this week

It just screams out relaxation no? it has it all, flowers, pink grapfruit cocktail, mills and boons novel and somewhere to put your feet up.

Coloured with Copic markers, cuttlebug embossing, EK Success scalloped border, pearls, flowers and a ribbon from Ribbon Carousel.

Fast Freddie

I was itching to get some new images released for Just Inklined and I thought I would start with my favourite first, I just know you’ll be bowled over with him.

Fast Freddie

Coloured with Flexmarkers by Letraset and teamed with some Stampin Up designer papers which I inked and distressed.

Just check out his stance, a sportsman if ever I saw one.

These are the other new releases from Just Inklined

Saturated Canary–Janessa

I had loads of fun with this card, the image is Janessa by Saturated Canary Digis  I used Copic sketch Markers to colour the digi stamp and the background designer papers are a mixture of Raspberry Road Designs digital papers and My Memories Suite Girlfriend papers I designed the layout of the card in My Memories Suite software by making an 8 x 8 scrapbook layout, once I had everything looking how I wanted it I saved the individual papers then printed them out.

I embellished the card with a satin ribbon bow a Spellbinders Sprocket die cut, twine gems and a button.