Roll up. Roll up

I've no card to show you due to my ongoing back pain but I wanted to share some exciting news with you.

Mo's digital Pencil and Make it Crafty have come together for a spectacular event, we will be hosting a fabulous blog hop together on the 21st April and believe me when I say you don't want to miss this one, so get out your diarys and mark the date, and I'll see you back here on the 21st.

There'll prizes to be won along the hop and a Grand Prize at the end of it.

Wedding Invitations

Tonight Lauren came to cut out all of the scrolls for her Wedding Invites, I daren't do this until my back is on the mend and as time is of the essence Lauren is helping get then underway.

I'm pretty high on the pain killers but still managing to yelp as I move.

The doctor has given me something to relieve the spasms and it seems to be working and I had a good nights sleep.

Thank you for all of the well wishes.

Embellishment Blog Candy Winner

Wow can you believe that there was One hundred and Ninety Two entrants for the blog candy? I added a further five packets of embelishments when we got over One hundred entrants so I added more ribbons when we got a further fifty to it has turned out quite a nice little prize.

Congratulations Susie Sugar who was the third entrant, I will need you address to get your prize to you.

Fancypants

What set out to be a normal Sunday turned out to be a very big challenge, I have had ongoing back problems for over a year now and Friday afternoon was the start of more than usual back pain, constant pain releavers and back rubs, I was hoping that I would awake fit and well Sunday morning but that wasn't to be.

Not only did I awake to worse pain but also my back kept going into spasms I went through the pain barrier in tears and scrambled my way round making a cup of tea. Normally Chris makes me a cuppa every morning whilst I pull myself together but he was on a training course with the Brigade.

By 11:30am I was back in bed, my Daughter got in about 3pm and madeher first Sunday roast all by herself (she did marvelous) Chris got in around 4.30pm and gave me another back rub with some Voltarol which helped.

So it is a miracle that I have a card to show you at all, luckely this is one I coloured on Saturday. I stood to make the card then Chris did the photography for me as he did with the previous 2 cards (thank you Chris x).

Todays image is Fancypants by A Day for Daisies, coloured with Copic Makers and Prisma Pencils, the big scallop border was made with the Tonic Studios Border System (fabulous bit of kit)

James at the Carnival

Such a sweet image today, just look at him go, you can imagine him running from one stall to the next at the carnival can't you?

James at the Carnival is a Mo Manning image and can be purchased here.

Coloured with Copic Markers and teamed with backing papers from my stash, ribbon and buttons.

Don't forget to enter for the embelishment prize on the post below this one.

Embellishment Blog Candy & Wedding card 3

The third Wedding card which is minus the Bride and Groom and a little more modern than the 2nd one.

So which one do you prefer now? This one is Lauren's choice.

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Now for a little giveaway.

Add Some Sparkle has kindly given me some goodies to give away on my blog If you haven yet paid them a visit I can tell you that they do an amazing pick an mix pot of gems, sparkles and pearls for just £2.

Below is what you could win. Names must be in by midnight on Sunday.

Ribbons, Bows, Butterflies, Blossoms, Hearts, Stamens, Petals and Leaves.

5 more packets added You do not need a Blog to enter just leave the URL blank (Mary Mac I have added your name)

Wedding card Round 2

Another test card, this time a little more to it.

Someone said thay wern't sure where leaves come into my thoughts for a wedding card so i'll try to explain my thoughts on it.

Leaves form part of most bouquets and supply the greenery, I could have choosen hearts but I figured that would not be unusual, the other thing that draws myself to leaves is that to me leaves and trees symbolise life. The other reason is purely design value if I'd chosen,swiss dots, damask, birds and swirls, or most other embossing folders the question would still apply.

Wedding Card - Clean and Simple

Well my family do nothing by halves. My eldest Daughter Lauren sprang it upon us that she will be getting Wed in 10 Weeks time. June the 11th to be exact eeek!

So as this has just been decided it doesn't leave a great deal of planning time for prep and organisation.

Wedding Cards need to be made and sent in mega quick time and we were for our sins going to buy them, I sat tonight with a couple of the Tonic Studios Geared punches (Bride and Groom) and thought "surely I can come up with something elegant yet clean and simple and I'm hoping that this will fit the bill.

I need your comments on this. Does it work?

The card is Antique Gold and Cream the cream is showing up a little white toned but it is cream

Happy Bird House

Happy Bird House digi stamp by A Day for Daisies coloured with Copic Markers, backing Paper from Kaiser Crafts, a pinch of glitter, pearls and butterflies and a ribbon to finish.

New Digi Theme Pack

As you know we all love a bargain and this is exactly what you get with this theme package. The wonderland Digi Pack gives you seven superbly fashioned digi stamps for the brilliant price of £10.00 no waiting around for your stamps to arrive as with our digital stamps at Just Inklined you get the download link as soon as you make your payment.

Just click on the image to purchase the Wonderland Digi Pack, Of course you can purchase all of the stamps individually at £2.00 each but the pack of all of them is giving you a saving of £4.00.

Just Inklined to Blog Hop - Bring in the Spring

Just inklined blog hop The theme this month is Bring in the Spring which was chosen by Jeni and that is where the Blog Hop starts.

I wanted to keep my project clean and bright, purely because to me spring is the start of new beginnings when we start to see new shoots coming from the plants.

I choose the Crocus Jug for my image and you can buy it here.

Coloured with Copic markers, Cuttlebug Birds and Swirls embossing folder used on the white background, ribbon and pearls to finish.

Next up is the fabulous Debbie and I just know she has something jaw droppingly good to show you.

Safmat Card

Now I don't want you all to panic, I know, know it's a Christmas Card. But I designed the snowflake backing and loved it, I also printed it onto the Safmat along with the sentiment and I have to say that I love this stuff, it gives such a professional finish to card making and even gives a glaze to your work.

I added some iridescent pearls to the centers of the snowflake, made a bauble from the sentiment and added a ribbon and tradaaa my card was done.

Here's Looking at you Kid!

You may remember me asking for Captions for the photo of Jack with his hat on, well there was a reason for this as you will see from the image below, I decided it was high time I did a scrapbook page to add to the album, I used a product called Safmat by Letraset for all of the wording, you simply type what you want on the computer ie word or editing program then you print it out onto the Safmat and then cut it out, remove the backing paper and you have created your own rub on, brilliant

The possibilities of Safmat are endless, from scrap booking to card making.

Below is an image of the new packaging for Safmat click on the image to buy it, it's amazing stuff.

Tomorrow I will show you a card I made using the left over piece on the Safmat sheet.

Rico Design - Can Can Scarf

Well it isn't very often that I post an image of myself but I was so proud that I made a frilly scarf I just had to show you all.

My friend Lorraine Robinson is totally to blame for setting me off scarf making, when Lorraine said how easy it was I just had to find out for myself .

So no card today but hey just look at my fabulous Scarf, I have started another one too, in burnt orange shades, If you want to know how easy they are to make hop over to Lorraine's blog as she has a tutorial on there.

Pictures from the Pins and Needles show

As I told you earlier we are at the Metro Arena with the Pins and needles Craft Show and there is so much to see there, not only paper crafts but all different types of crafts that is sure to inspire you.

Now I'm back there on Saturday but don't worry if you need a demo tomorrow I've been training up the guys to stand in for me, below is a picture of Craig showing his stuff to the passing ladies ha ha!

Ooh I love this display that I found whilst browsing.

This was another clever sew'n'sew that I found at the show.

I met a very talented lady named Joan Cutts, her work is amazing, I haven't a website for her but if you want something very special her prices are very reasonable, you can contact Joan at joancutts@aol.com

Now how about finishing off the experience with a bit of indulgence

Pin & Needles Metro Arena

La Pashe News

We are at Pins and Needle at the Metro Arena for the Next 3 days, I'll be there demoing the Build a Blossom so if you missed them at QVC come and see us there, we have some wonderful deals.

My Scrapbook - A Day for Daisies

Such a lovely image this one, my two girls when they were small went to stay with friends of ours for a weeks holiday and they kept a scrapbook whilst they were there, year later and they still loved looking through it.

My Scrapbook by A Day for Daisies and coloured with Copic Markers.

That scrapbook is nearly as big as she is lol!

I used the large script stamp by Stampin Up for the background some Marianne dies for the flourishes and some circle punches to make the easy blossoms and tucked a pearl inside each one.

Mothering Sunday / Easter Card

I was thinking that although this isn't the typical Mothering Sunday card if you were to add the caption " Even though we've flown the nest you continue to feed us with love" and it would be perfect.

Equally it would work as an Easter card.

We're Hungry is one of the Newly released Digital Stamps by Just Inklined.

Coloured with Promarkers and Prisma Pencils stampin up designer papers, embossing folders by Sizzix and Cuttlebug and an Egg Nestabilities by Spellbinders.

Caption Winner.

We have a caption winner. for Grandson Jack's photo

Cathy said... The caption might be: BYOB (bring your own bottle) my crib, midnight, don't be late. JackO

Love the golfer card too. great coloring and dp. perfect for a guy card. 26 March 2011 04:12 Congratulations Cathy we deliberated at work over who should be the winner and you came out on top.

I'll pop a little gift in the post for you.