Ed's Place

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2012-01-02T20:04:00.002Z

Hello everyone,
I am so sorry I have neglected my blog this last year, and I do thank you all for your patience and for calling in on me when you can. Hubby is now fully recovered as is Alex the woofer so this year is going to be 100% positive and I am back to making as many cards as I can for my armed forces lads and lasses ..

Incidentally, I had a light bulb idea these last few days for using up left over Christmas Pudding or stale cake -- crumble it - and mix with melted chocolate - I used half a large bar. Set aside in the fridge until it is very hard but can still be moulded and then make lots of tiny balls of the mix, dip it once more into melted chocolate and place on non-stick parchment to set. Put it back in the fridge to set really hard and then put the little balls into tiny paper cases and voila - home made truffles - and very tasty ones too - try it ladies :-) xx

Christmas Starts Here..

2011-09-11T17:30:00.001+01:00

Thank you for your lovely comments and wishes, I think we are on the mend now, hubby and dog - so I am able now to concentrate on my soldiers cards, the cut-off point is the end of September, so i have a lot of work to do between now and then, plus it is my DIL's birthday at the same time, so I am looking for ideas for a minimalist card that oozes style for her - all thoughts, ideas and brain cells gratefully received :-) ...

In the meantime, here are three of my cards ..... the images are - reindeer is Kanban and the other two are American - I love the bright colours :-)

Back at Last ....

2011-07-29T20:50:00.003+01:00

Well, what to say after all this time. I spend so much time on Facebook now in the evenings, and crafting during the day that real life is sometimes beginning to be a nuisance that gets in the way of everything I want to do, but feel guilty about doing - when I think about it, which isn't very often. Here is another reason for my absence - this old boy was attacked by a Japanese Akita (dunno how to spell it but its a huge fighting dog - super aggressive) and in hauling this creature off our lovely dog, my hubby was taken seriously ill - so now, hubby is better, dog is better, I can relax .......
I would also like to thank all of you lovely people who left kind comments, I don't often say so, but thank you so much, I really appreciate your thoughts - and I need your prayers too at the moment, just to make sure everything keeps on track xx

TMTA - Feel Like a Queen

2011-03-17T19:21:00.003Z

Bit late in the week for this one, but nevertheless I shall enter it. I don't have any queenish stamps, but found some tiny crowns in my embellishment box - thought these would be just perfect for this challenge - but since finding them, the whole reason why I dug into my box went right out of my head - ho hum - the joys of getting old :-)
The link to this lovely challenge site is down on the left hand side of my blog - pop along and see the delicious ATC's :-)

TMTA - Life in the Water

2011-02-28T13:29:00.003Z

The new theme for http://tmta.wordpress.com is Life in the Water. here is my

Male and Femals Birthday cards...

2011-02-24T14:53:00.004Z

The card is one of a set of 5 I bought from Dawn Bibby's Topaz Crafts a few years ago in a sale, you know, the sort of impulse buy that you can't live without. Well, they sat in a draw for ages,simply because of the chopped off shape of the front of the card ... and then hubby bought me an Imagina stamp (because he liked a demo card in a shop) and so I ferretted out the cards, thought hmmmm and stamped my chic lady on a piece of card, layered a gold card behind and finished her off with three tiny heart stick on gems ........ hope you like :-)

This is a birthday card made for a special person, I used his birthday month and name as background words, and think it works quite well, because he is an unfussy person.....

SHEET MUSIC ATC's for TMTA

2011-01-18T19:27:00.005Z

I made these for this week's challenge .... it's been so long since I participated in anything, hope you like them x Click on the picture to enlarge them to see the embellishments ..pop over to Think Monday Think ATC's - the link is down the left hand side of my blog ...

Something a bit different ..

2011-01-14T21:43:00.002Z

I had a pack of black cards that I bought a while ago on a whim - just loved them, but somehow they never seemed right to use, until I received a gorgeous CHRISTMAS card printed on black card and I thought ooooooo well - let's go for it, so I did - here is the result !!

HAPPY NEW YEAR ..

2011-01-02T17:59:00.003Z

Wow, it's been 6 months since I posted anything, so first of all, I wish for you and your families and friends, Health, Wealth and Happiness in abundance for 2011.
I can't say I've been too busy to come on here, but in my own defence I found out about a stalker on here, who is an undesirable in my family life and so it's put me off blogging because I don't know how to get rid of that person... that being said, I feel I am bigger than they are, and will start a new blog very soon with photo's that I find precious and would love to shout from the rooftops about and share with a select few of my internet friends -- that way nobody can log in unless invited ...
The photo is two friends and my hubby enjoying a meal at Christmas a couple of years ago, I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and Santa bought loads of lovelies for you xxx

Rainy days mean Summer is here at last .

2010-06-13T19:26:00.005+01:00

First I must say thank you to Lyn - thanks for the nudge sweetheart, I have let too much time lapse between posts and I appreciate your emails xx Secondly, what have I been up to, well, we've been on holiday, over to Southern Ireland again, I have been doing a lot of baking - at our time of life when we should be cutting down on everything - you know, less activity etc .....but you see, because of my pain I can't exercise much so all gentle exercise helps enormously, and a lump of bread dough is a wonderful way to exercise my shoulders and upper arms gently - that's what I have been doing, baking pies, bread, cakes - all fattening, lard on the thighs inducing but lubberly goodies heehee ..

I have also, for a change, been making cards - I had some more goodies from the lovely Sue (link on the left) so I have been using them for all my 'soldiers' cards and I made these three 'specials' for my aunt, so I thought I would share them.
Finally, thank you to everyone who has left a message, I will get round to all your blogs over the next few days, promise..

More cards from Bad Penny days

2010-04-11T19:35:00.005+01:00

I am posting these cards to show appreciation to the wonderful ladies who send me goodies to use for my cards and for myself, can't say a big enough THANK YOU to you for your help xxx Sue, Nancy and Carol - luvs ya loads xxx

Like the proverbial Bad Penny - I turned up again :-)

2010-04-11T19:25:00.003+01:00

I really don't know where the hours and days and weeks go, they just fly past in a haze of all the things I do, and a lot more things that I should do, but never get round to doing, like putting cards on my blog for instance.. I have so many 'outlets' now, for my cards, charity outlets that is, that I am spoilt for choice and just can't get the amount done that I would like to, simply because time and health and normal living quite often get in the way... I send cards to a distribution centre for our soldiers overseas, to a veterans hospital in USA, to a Navy post in Portugal, to a couple of local childrens cancer respite home charities and am now making some for a local animal welfare kennels, so life is good, and very, very full and I am happy - what more is there eh?

Back at Last !!

2010-02-12T19:02:00.005Z

Well, where has the time gone, I have been beavering away with my cards, with a friend moving into the area, with the mundane happenings of real life, including looking after a farm and a garden on Facebook - and then I had an email from Lyn, was I ok because I hadn't been on my blog - and I promised, two weeks ago that I would put some cards on muy rapido - well, my brain became defunct and I didn't for which I apologise, but here are a couple of photos of cards (how unusual) ....
the little silver dots on the Elvis lookalike card and the leopard card are called card confetti, sent to me by Carol - see her link down the left hand side..

Ruby Anniversary Card.

2009-12-10T20:56:00.006Z

I made this card for my aunt to give two close friends of hers - the base card is white, the beautiful scrolled red and gold acetate front of the card is half a Kanban sheet - one half red - the other half grey - absolutely lush !!, I also bought a matching sheet of card - half red, half grey ...So, I attached the acetate front with see-through ds tape and used peel off wording and flowers, and a gorgeous bit of toning ribbon. The inside of the card was the other half of the card that matched the acetate, patterns matching the front, and to it I attached a gorgeous decoupage rose plate which was part of a set of three diecut decoupage sheets, the tiny rose also finished off the verse page.
Hope you like it.

Countdown to Christmas freebies from Lisa..

2009-12-02T23:00:00.002Z

Gorgeous free Countdown to Christmas images for you as linkware from the talented Lisa Vollrath just follow the simple instructions on her blog to grab yourself some lush images - and check out her blogs too, if you haven't already, because there is such a lot of lovely stuff to feast your eyes on ...

Christmas Cactus

2009-11-27T22:42:00.003Z

My cactus has flowered early this year, I have heaps of lovely double deep pink flowers, here's a bit of eye candy for you all to enjoy........

Disney card

2009-11-18T20:51:00.005Z

I made this card for our Godson to give to a special friend for Christmas, and, thank goodness, he loves it !! I used royalty free images from Disney websites and decoupage figures from a sheet that I bought..
The card is a three-fold card, first photo is the front and the second is the inside part..feel free to enlarge it for more detail..

TMTA - Black and White and Red

2009-11-16T16:01:00.003Z

Normally, with this theme, I choose white background, black image and touches of red - with this ATC I have gone totally opposite - big RED splash, with touches of black and white, hope you like it !!

TMTA - Fruit

2009-11-09T22:52:00.003Z

Another ATC, this time Fruit, for Think Monday, Think ATC pop across to their blog and look at all the gorgeous ATC's.
Finished mine off with a beautiful enamel charm ..

SBS Challenge - Baby

2009-11-09T22:39:00.002Z

I entered our challenge for a change - don't normally get things out on time :-(
here is my Baby ATC ....hope you like it.. Stamping Up and Hampton Art stamps..love the words....

We Will Remember Them

2009-11-08T11:58:00.002Z

Today is Remembrance Day in UK, and across Europe. God Bless our Soldiers, Sailors and Navy, then and now because without you, we wouldn't feel quite so safe....

Art Deco card

2009-11-06T19:02:00.004Z

This is a fancy fold card, I picked the idea up whilst blog hopping, but forgot to write down the name, so if you visit, whoever you are, thank you and I love your ideas. I made it with two sheets of A4 card, a beige mottled sheet and gold mirri card. The mottled card was sliced up to fit into the folds of the gold card. The word stamps were Stampin Up and the image is Hampton Arts Cozy Lady... I held the folds in place with thin double sided tape and finished off with some jewelled brads in toning colours..

Finally, I can post this today as it is my friend Carol's birthday (link down the left hand side) and it was made for her.

Art Freebies

2009-11-05T15:40:00.002Z

I've just found some delicious Art pics, which are FREEBIES, generously given by a lady who has a blog named dezinaworld
pop over and see for yourself. I will say thank you now, because I have taken a few photo's to use in the future.

Loads'n loads of goodies..

2009-11-04T15:09:00.004Z

I tell you this much, sister bloggers, since I keep having these senior moments, and forget to say 'No Thank You' when someone (like hubby) offers to buy me more craft goodies, and because I need to ring the changes so much with my charity cards (can't keep doing the same images can I?) well, when a special day happens - like every day is special to me, but today is more so, because today is my birthday, I have had a week of absolute crafting heaven, got some really super-dooper pressies, some beautiful hand-crafted cards and rounded it all off with lunch out today and yet another visit to a craft shop - and because my arthritis is behaving itself, life is very good at the moment and I am so happy I could burst !! I wish you all lived closer and we could share a crafty session or two :-) ....

SaWo - Altered Cabinet Cards

2009-10-31T13:38:00.002Z

I scanned my cards and printed them out as small as possible, then mounted two of them on a tag for this weeks challenge over at Saturdays Workout

Penny Black Challenge - White on White

2009-10-31T12:22:00.004Z

The background is a cuttlebug floral embossing folder, and the stamp is one of my favourite Penny Black stamps ....Pop over to see the lovely artwork, the link is down the left side of my blog. The second card is plain and simple, but pretty, stamp is Flying Stars..

Oooo A Twaktaa

2009-10-27T20:17:00.001Z

A gorgeous little boy names Elliot is 2 years old very soon, and he eats and sleeps tractors, so I made him this very simple card, which I know he will love. Actually, the background greens haven't shown up too well on the scan, it's more intense in real life.....

Something Completely Different ......

2009-10-25T09:16:00.001Z

An experiment - but I think it works :-) A FlowerSoft image again - snowflakes stamped in silver ..

One Powerful Hour

2009-10-24T15:41:00.004+01:00

The challenge over on OPH this week is Spooky - well, I tried to make two spooky ATC's, but don't think they would scare many people :-) I used an Inkadinkadoo skull stamp (pressie - aren't I lucky?) and some halloween die cuts and embellishments courtesy of a goody bag from Kristen - link on the left hand side of my blog.

Penny Black Challenge

2009-10-24T15:08:00.004+01:00

Well, I was stumped this week, I don't have any PB Halloween stamps, or any from any other company for that matter because I simply don't send Halloween cards, but I decided to improvise for this weeks Penny Black challenge
I made the card up with a PB stamp, an Anita's word stamp, PaperMania background paper and some Halloween embellishments courtesy of a goody bag received from the lovely Kristen (whose links are all over my blog)

Some Christmas Cards ..

2009-10-22T17:24:00.005+01:00

I made these cards with FlowerSoft and Tapestry stamps. Actually, if you double click on the cards to take a closer look, the little black dots on the Tapestry card is actually gold glitter, which looks very pretty - it doesn't show up at all on the scan which is a shame because the card is quite pretty in real life...
The FlowerSoft used is Christmas Mix.

FREE DIGI TURKEY to download

2009-10-21T21:16:00.002+01:00

Kristen's Kards and Klay is offering the most gorgeous, cutest little digi-turkey image for you to download to use on your Thanksgiving cards ladies. This talented lady has her own little web-shop for you to choose luscious little digi-images - you can find the link over on her blog. Pop over and see her gorgeous cards for yourselves..

Penny Black Challenge

2009-10-17T17:15:00.006+01:00

I've never entered this challenge before, although I follow it regularly, because the examples are always so stunning, I never think my cards are good enough to enter. However, today, I was playing about with greens and yellows, and came up with this card, hope you like it ladies :-)
Stamps used are Penny Black 'Casual', Printworks word stamp and Papermania background papers..when I stamped the image, I smudged the ink slightly because I wanted a soft, muted look ....
The Penny Black blog link is down the left hand side of my blog - go and enjoy!!

What a weekend ........

2009-10-11T16:49:00.006+01:00

I went to Port Sunlight Craft and Stamp show yesterday, took hubby along for a culture shock (he said it reminded him of a cattle market, or being dragged round a jumble sale with him mum when he was a lad..) and actually we had a brilliant day. Met up with my friend Carol - pop over and see her gorgeous cards - had a good chin way, and a great spend - even more so than usual, because hubby kept putting a word in here and there about how I could use particular stamps - and of course, to keep the peace, I agreed with him every time :-)
These cards are the result of a lovely weekend of play with mostly new stuff, stamps are Artistic Stamper, Hampton Arts, Stamps Away, Penny Black, Beach Bum stamps and a few of my own. Fraid there is overkill with turquoise because I also bought a luscious new Vintage ink pad from Ranger and just found some card to matt and layer that matched perfectly.

Thinking of You..

2009-10-08T20:37:00.002+01:00

I made this card for a friends birthday - I bought a sheet of embossed and glittered decoupage and used some borders and tags from my stash ..

Simple Christmas Cards.....

2009-10-01T21:43:00.002+01:00

Here are a couple of the first batch of cards - I need a major assault on my craft room, have so many cards to make that I must make a load more space - trouble is, it's a really tiny ropom, and I have a tad - just a tad - too much stuff :-)

SaWo - Bubblewrap backgrounds...

2009-09-20T23:11:00.002+01:00

I made this card for a friend, and it's perfect for Saturday Workout - sim[ply because I used bubblewrap as a background, with a little gold Glimmer Mist ...the link for SaWo is over on the left side of my blog..

Think Monday Think ATC - Mixed Media

2009-09-15T20:40:00.002+01:00

Not done any challenges for weeks now, I just don't know where the time has gone, but when I saw the new challenge for TMTA I couldn't resist, because I had just made an ATC with different elements on it, peel-offs, paper, card, and a faux jewel...plus the flowers are touched with gel pen - another element :-)

FREEBIES - Vintage family

2009-08-22T20:16:00.003+01:00

Here are a couple of photo's of my beloved grandmother, early 1920's for you to use in your art, she would approve of being a model, she was always very smartly dressed and always wore a hat when she went out. Her hair was always long and as she grew older, she began to part it in the centre and had two 'earphones' just held together with a few pins, I remember watching her winding it up and curling it round, and it never movded out of place - happy memories....

ATC's

2009-08-15T21:57:00.003+01:00

I scanned these ATC's in their little cello bags, and so they have a slight glare them, perhaps if you pop over to my ATC blog, they are single images without the bags...and would look better.

25th Anniversary card

2009-08-12T22:56:00.006+01:00

I made this card for a friend to give her daughter and son-in-law, had a problem first, because I didn't have a clue what kind of card I wanted to make, the only clue I had been given was that the couple like karaoke. Well, I couldn't find anything romantic musically, so I opted for plain romantic and when I saw these tiny silver roses, and the even tinier red ones I visualised exactly what I wanted to do. I have taken a couple of close up photos so you can see the tiny bouquet and corsages I made, and if you look carefully, I even tucked a couple of tiny red rosebuds under the Joanna Sheen rose topper, and under the top of the verse.

Wildfire Rose

2009-08-07T16:27:00.003+01:00

Hubby and I have been looking for this particular rose for quite a while, and yesterday - well, I was cock-a-hoop - we found one. It's a standard rose around 4ft high, and I just love the colour and delicate perfume.

FREEBIES - Vintage girls ..

2009-08-01T15:07:00.004+01:00

I found these delightful photos in very old wooden photo frames - so please feel free to copy and use them in your projects - just do me a favour please - leave me a comment to say you've copied them. Thank you.

One Powerful Hour - Maps

2009-07-30T16:47:00.003+01:00

My trusty Hero Arts map stamp comes out again, with a Magenta galleon and a scrap of black ribbon - this makes a nice card for a man I think and also complies with the theme of this weeks challenge over at One Powerful Hour - pop across and view the artwork ....

SBS - Christmas in July

2009-07-19T12:20:00.005+01:00

The Blogging Sisters group challenge today is Christmas in July. Since I need lots of Christmas cards for my hospital charity desks, I thought, great, an early start, so I made these three cards with Papermania Joyeaux Noel stamp set, and Docrafts (I think) images, hope you like them !!

One Powerful Hour - Sport

2009-07-17T14:59:00.003+01:00

I love challenges that make you think outside the box, and I certainly did for this one - I have a lone male golfer stamp that I have used and reused, but I decided to go a different route and seek out an image from my computer. I save so many images, and hardly ever use them - so here goes. my take on the theme of Sport over on One Powerful Hour this week is Polo. The image is from a cd of images for cardmakers, sorry don't know the name.

Cards for the Troops

2009-07-14T17:35:00.002+01:00

Just a NOTE in case anyone is interested, I have been asked if I would possibly make a few extra cards and donate them to a local craft shop - these are then distributed to our lads abroad, a different platoon each time. What a worthwhile idea. Apparently, some of the soldiers, in desert conditions, don't have the luxury of being able to buy cards to send home, so all types are needed, for all occasions. Nice to be able to help.

SBS Challenge - Animals

2009-07-12T20:43:00.002+01:00

I made a doggie card for a friends birthday, and Why not pop down to the links on the bottom left of my blog and see all my blog sisters work.

Just to show I have been playing nicely !!

2009-07-11T19:08:00.004+01:00

My lovely friend Sue, from Sue's Art Stuff , sent me a huge envelope full of goodies for me to use on my charity cards, so just to show I really haven't been swanning round country piles all the time, here are a few of my latest cards, around 60 I think - mostly finished, just a few to finish off, adding inserts and putting into bags etc ...

Hug a Tree

2009-07-11T10:08:00.005+01:00

Getting away from crafting for a change, we have visited lots of lovely National Trust properties over the past month, since we have had gorgeous weather, we both decided to use our lovely picnic hampers and go out and do something different ...it's surprising what you find when you aren't looking for anything !!
These were taken at Bodnant Gardens in North Wales - some of the trees there are so seriously huge, you feel very humble, and of course, you have to hug them !! ~The laburnum arch is a famous spring feature of the gardens ..

OPH - Summer

2009-07-09T20:28:00.005+01:00

I made this ATC as part of a set a while ago, and I think it epitomises Summer for me, so shall use it for the One Powerful Hour challenge. Why not pop over to One Powerful Hour and see what summer means to other people.

New Award - One Lovely Blog.

2009-06-27T18:36:00.002+01:00

Thank you to Risa and Loretta, their links are both on the comments page of my OPH Viva Espana post - for this award. I don't visit so many blogs at the moment, so don't have too many people to pass this award on to, so I am going to be completely selfish and lazy and say Thank You ladies, and send (((hugs))) and smiles ........

TMTA - Frogs

2009-06-23T22:10:00.003+01:00

What a wonderful theme over at Think Monday, Think ATC it's Frogs - I say wonderful because think it's so different, plus I have had a couple of froggie stamps for years and not used them much - sooooo, now's the chance. I made these two ATC's, green backgrounds of course and scraps of card from my stash ....why not hop over to TMTA and discover how many different ways you can make Frog ATC's :-)

Sympathy Card

2009-06-23T21:59:00.002+01:00

My cousin's mother-in-law just died - here is the card I made to send to them ....

picture stamp is Paper Inspirations, stamped in Black Stazon and chalked, and the background flower, stamped in pale gold is Penny Black, Sympathy stamp is Inkadinkadoo.

One Powerful Hour - Viva Espana

2009-06-11T07:55:00.003+01:00

This week I am so proud to be Guest Designer for OPH - hope you like my Flamenco !!
How I made the card is over on the OPH blog, why not go and see all the lovely images created for Viva Espana.

OPH - Lace (Two challenges in one)

2009-06-06T19:42:00.005+01:00

One Powerful Hour this week has a lovely challenge. I used a Stamps Happen stamp, painted with Twinkling H20's - took me a bit longer than an hour, but I enjoyed it. I am also entering this for the SBS challenge, Flowers ....the links for all my sisters are down the left hand side of my blog.
Pop over to One Powerful Hour to see all the lovely lace...

OPH - Asian

2009-05-21T14:40:00.003+01:00

Over at One Powerful Hour this week the challenge theme is Asian - which is a lovely theme and open to all kinds of interpretation. I have made an ATC with, I think, Asian colours and orchids. I touched the orchids with a Glaze pen to bring out the colours, also the swirls were touched with a Glaze pen to accent the colours on the background.

More Blog Candy !!

2009-05-20T23:15:00.003+01:00

Hey everyone, just look at the photo - what gorgeous blog candy. Pop over to
Kards and Klay and leave the very talented Kristen a comment, and post the photo and a comment on your own blog - simple eh?? and what goodies !!!

SBS Thinking of You, and other cards ..

2009-05-17T21:05:00.003+01:00

Here is a mixture of hand painted and stamped cards - I used cuttlebug embossed backgrounds and words, Tilda images sent to me by a friend, and various background papers from my stash .....I also used a K and Co. buttons embellishment on my Thinking of You card, entered for the SBS challenge today.

One Powerful Hour - Vacation

2009-05-17T20:35:00.002+01:00

Bit late for this challenge, but I really don't know where the week has gone. The theme this week is Vacation, so I chose a view of Canada, vintage postcard stamp by Inkadinkadoo, and, of course, Wish You Were Here !! Happy Holidays!! Pop over to
One Powerful Hour and look at everyone's ideas of vacations ...

DRUM ROLL FOR THE WINNERS !!!

2009-05-17T08:51:00.004+01:00

Thank you to everyone who took part in my Blog Candy draw. The two names picked were
............Drum roll ................taa raaaa

CHRISTINA

LYNIFYNI

If you two ladies would please email me with your snail mail addresses, I will send our your goodies. Happy Crafting everybody. xxx

BLOG CANDY

2009-05-16T14:55:00.004+01:00

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THIS POST IS NOW CLOSED, A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO VISIT ME, HOPEFULLY ENJOY MY BLOG, AND OF COURSE, LEAVE ME A COMMENT.

Hello crafters, today is such a lovely spring day, bit of a breeze but lovely, and I am happy!! So happy, in fact, that I want to make TWO more people happy (hopefully) Who fancies some BLOG CANDY including a Fiskars punch, Cee-dees rubber stamps and sheets of embellishments and alphabets. I won't post a photo, because I have no idea yet what I am going to include, apart from what I have said, but I think it will be worth a smile or two :-) I don't mind where you live, will post to anywhere. If you would like to be in with a chance to win, please leave a comment, and a mention on your blogs, and on SATURDAY, 16th MAY I will put everyone's name in a hat and choose two people. luv Ed xx

SCROLL DOWN FOR MY LATEST STUFF, BECAUSE THIS POST WILL STAY ON TOP UNTIL IT IS DRAWN.

TMTA - Jewels

2009-05-12T17:48:00.002+01:00

Hi folks, the theme over at TMTA this week is Jewels. I toyed with the idea of using one of my cat stamps, but then saw this tiny basque and bead bag, and thought long black gloves, and strings of beads - An Evening Out - the pearls and beads are interspaced with tiny jewels, and the handbag has jewels on it's clasp - think that's enough glitz for one ATC :-)

Theme Thursday - Dance

2009-05-09T18:18:00.002+01:00

Theme Thursday has a lovely theme this week - Dance. I made this ATC for the challenge, decorated simply with a glittery carnival mask - don't think it needs any more. The stamped image is from Stampin Up and the written background is Hero Arts..

One Powerful Hour - In Flight

2009-05-08T22:15:00.003+01:00

One Powerful Hour has a lovely challenge theme this week, In Flight. I always think this little Inkadinkadoo mouse is flying high. I glittered his clothes and his leaf, gave him a couple of jewel eyes stamped the world Giggle at the side, and mounted him on some pretty butterfly card.

TMTA - Peacock

2009-05-04T20:49:00.003+01:00

The theme over on Think Monday, Think ATC today is Peacock. My peacock lady is a Rubbadubbadoo stamp. Pop over to TMTA and look at all the peacock art!!

SBS Challenge - Mothers Day card .

2009-05-04T20:34:00.002+01:00

I love the words on this stamp but don't get to use it very often because sadly, my Mum is no longer with us..the Penny Black stamp was coloured with Marvy le Plume pens and I touched round the sides and the words with chalks (love my chalks) :-)
I finished off with a hand tied double bow.

New Challenge Blog

2009-05-02T23:22:00.003+01:00

we have a new challenge blog about to be launched ladies and gents taaraa and drum roll .......Allsorts Challenge blog they are asking for 4 DT ladies, pop over and see for yourselves, and wish me luck cuz I applied xx

One Powerful Hour - Fantasy

2009-04-30T21:25:00.006+01:00

I made my ATC using an Oasis goddess stamp - think she is called Persia, but not sure, I used Versamark ink and chalks, edged the ATC with green Chalk eyes, from the Peacock Queue, and finally added a red teardrop faux ruby on her forehead and coloured her headdress with gold ink. Why not visit One Powerful House and join in with this great challenge.

Theme Thursday - Hats or Crowns

2009-04-30T21:12:00.003+01:00

I used part of a Stamps Happen stamp for my ATC, coloured with chalks and Marvy Le Plume pens and a bit of glitter.. Pop over to Theme Thursday to see all the gorgeous hat or crown creations.

TMTA - Cars

2009-04-27T20:13:00.002+01:00

The theme over at Think Monday Think ATC is
Cars, so I used a cigarette card of a car, a sign from some gorgeous blog candy I won a while ago from my SBS Sister, Theresa, and a small stamped globe of the world.

SBS 24 Challenge - Birthday Card..

2009-04-26T14:51:00.006+01:00

I made this pleated card for a friend's birthday - also made the box for it to sit in. The buitterflies are peel-offs stuck onto acetate and coloured with peel off pens, stamp is Hero Arts and I also used my Fiskars border punch.. Apart from the name tag which I stuck on the card, it could be used as a general card for any lady who likes a bit of lace.

One Powerful Hour - Black Background

2009-04-24T16:28:00.003+01:00

I made this ATC for a private swap group I belong to, and thought it would be perfect for this challenge, since it took minutes to make. I stamped a white ATC background card with red accents, added the Googled image, coloured her hat with red felt tip and red glitter glue, added a red and white embellishment to the bottom of the ATC, and bingo - finished ..One Powerful Hour is the place to go to check out all the black backgrounds, some awesome pieces of art !!

TMTA - alcohol technique

2009-04-20T18:49:00.002+01:00

TMTA has a lovely challenge this week, there is a link over on their blog for you to learn how to do it. It involves alcohol ink on clear acetate. I used Stream, Lettuce and Wild Plum inks, plus a few faux jewels and flowers for embellishment.

Theme Thursday - Glamour Girls

2009-04-16T16:54:00.002+01:00

Theme Thursday this week has Glamour Girls as the challenge theme. Here is my card. The image was printed on acetate and backed with blue holographic card.

TMTA - Eyes

2009-04-13T10:58:00.006+01:00

This challenge is used quite often, and most people use beautiful women, or pretty little girls as their images. Since I stamp most of my challenges, I thought of a totally different take on this theme - hope you like it. The Rubber Stampede pear was inked with Verdigris and Pheasant Gold and edged with Burnt Copper from a ColorBox set, and the eyes were in my stash. Pop over to Think Monday Think ATC and check out all the gorgeous EYES.

Saturday's Workout - Fossil Stone technique

2009-04-11T19:01:00.004+01:00

Fabulous challenge today at SaWo pop over to see the gorgeous creations using this fabulous, easy technique, there is also a link on how to do the Fossil Stone backgrounds on their blog. I made two ATC's using Peeled Paint and Worn Lipstick Distress Inks, and just a few embellishments. On the Chinese one, I used Peeled Paint and a touch of navy blue and just two stamped images because I loved the background. Enlarge them to see the detail.

TGIF - Zettiology

2009-04-10T17:29:00.002+01:00

Attempt No.2 - think this is a bit better than No.1 - the link for Thank God it's Friday is in the post below, visit for some stunning artwork.

TGIF - Zettiology

2009-04-10T11:59:00.003+01:00

Pop over to Thank God it's Friday this week, if you want to find out about Zettiology. I love the word, never heard of it before mind, so I went to have a look see - and I loved it, since I don't have any of the stamps for this project, I have made my own ATC in similar style - I used part of a Hampton Arts stamp, and Clarity stamps.

Handpainted cards

2009-04-09T19:26:00.005+01:00

You can double click on any of the pictures to see them in more detail..

I've been having a lovely time recently, painting. I have mixed gouache, H2o's and Marvy and Whispers pens, so lots of different painting and colouring mediums - I stamped the images first with Black Stazon and then set to with my colours - hope you like them!! All I have to do now, is add a greeting here and there, and voila !!

Free Images

2009-03-31T14:20:00.003+01:00

Joan at Craft in Italia has very kindly given permission for us to use some gorgeous vintage photos,
I have copied them to use as and when, and I thank you in advance Gabrielle for your generosity. It's always lovely to find new images to use. Here is one of the images, pop over to her blog and see her lovely work for yourselves, and find these images.

All Carded Out Now ..

2009-03-28T11:24:00.006Z

Had a mad week this week, no time for challenges, I have been making cards to donate to some of the charities I help, all different types, styles and techniques. A while ago, I had a lovely time using my friend Carol's stash of Stampin Up sets, so, I have finished off all those cards, plus made lots using my stamps, including a Flower Soft one, (don't use Flower Soft very often - looks good but goes everywhere)
You can double click on the photo's to look closer, hope you like !!

MMM - Oriental

2009-03-22T23:01:00.003Z

Mixed Media Monday this week has a lovely challenge - Oriental. I made a simple ATC for this challenge, using ink, chalks and a little digital wizardry...because my coin fell off and I didn't notice until I had scanned it already - so a quick fix was needed......

ATC's and Other Goodies..

2009-03-21T13:33:00.004Z

I had a lovely surprise yesterday - our postman delivered a lovely package from America, from Kristen. We swapped 3 more ATC's and she sent me a lovely load of swag to play with, plus she made me a gorgeous recipe book. There was a bag full of phrases and sayings, a tiny notebook, some pretty vellums, brill die cuts, postal ephemera, tiny pegs and die cut square hangers and four different flavours of Kool-Aid, which was totally new to me but absolutely gorgeous, although I have only tried the orange one yet - it actually makes a jugful but I only used half a cup of sugar .. the ATC's are just gorgeous, have taken a couple of close ups for you to feast your eyes on them......

Make a Moo or Two - Jigsaw Pieces

2009-03-15T19:10:00.002Z

Make a Moo has a lovely challenge set by Hermine, Jigsaw Pieces. I had some pieces cut with a cuttlebug, and I used two for my very simple Moos. Stamped with Hero Arts Small Handwriting and Inkadinkadoo Winter Birds.

TGIF - Exotic Birds

2009-03-15T18:54:00.003Z

Thank God it's Friday this week has the challenge Exotic Birds, I think my Bluebird may qualify, it's Inkadinkadoo stamps from their Winter Birds plate, stamped with blue dye ink and chalked over the background ...

Some Cards

2009-03-06T22:09:00.008Z

These cards have been dry embossed along the top edges and down the side, and I touched them with chalks to add a little colour. I added a butterfly stamped on acetate and a 3D butterfly to one of the cards..

This one was painted with Twinkling H20's - it's such a shame the company making these tiny pots of paint has gone out of business, I recently discovered them, and love using them.........

I love this stamp - I have been asked to make some dog and cat cards for a friend, this one is the first. It's an Imagina stamp by Clarity Stamps. It's coloured with watercolour pencils.

I'ver shown the back and front of this card, so you can see how it's made, it's just a bit of fancy folding, but it looks so different.

Theme Thursday - Birds/eggs or nests

2009-03-06T20:14:00.003Z

A day late, but here's my take on birds/eggs or nests. Well, I just happen to have found the perfect rubber stamp in my collection which incorporates all three items - and it seemed a nice stamp to use to make a card, which I did, coloured with Twinkling H2o's..
Why not pop over to Theme Thursday where you will find lots of gorgeous examples..

Arty Girlz - Blue and Yellow

2009-03-03T19:35:00.003Z

These colours are out of my comfort zone, but I looked at my Audrey and i did her in blue and yellow - unintentionally - so I thought, let's have a go ... and here is my ATC in blue and yellow - the fabulous button is one I found in a bag of buttons I got from a charity shop for 50p - I coloured the outer part in felt tip, but it's come out black - sorry about that folks :-) the flower stamp is a Laura Ashley one.
Why not pop over to Arty Girls Challenge Blog to see all the gorgeous blue and yellow creations.

TMTA - Audrey Hepburn

2009-03-02T20:39:00.003Z

Think Monday Think ATC this week has a lovely theme, Audrey Hepburn. Well, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Moon River are such wonderful memories for most of us I think. I found a Rubber Stampede stamp called Lady in a Hat, which reminds me so much of Audrey that I used it for my ATC. Also used one of Barbara's lovely Clarity stamps of the moon with clouds over it, the tips of the trees are a bit of All Night Media stamp called Winter Trees. The river is my scribble and the faux jewels are from my stash.. sounds like a lot of trouble for an ATC that took a very short while to make, and just came together perfectly for me..hope you like it.

TMTA - E

2009-02-23T17:05:00.003Z

Wow, Think Monday,Think ATC has an amazing challenge this week, the letter 'E' - that conjours up sooo many things that I couldn't decide, and in the end decided to do two ATC's (not that I like making ATC's you understand :-) ) ....anyway, my trusted rubber stamps in hand, I used some Laura Ashley ones and Versafine Black for Elegance, and I used a Paper Inspirations stamp and Versafine Sepia for Engagement, adding bits of bling, and glitz and a bow as I thought necessary.

One Powerful Hour/TGIF - Queen of Hearts

2009-02-20T20:08:00.005Z

My Queen of Hearts is an ATC made with a Magenta stamp. One Powerful Hour is the place to go to check out all the other altered playing cards..
This is also for Thank God it's Friday, where the challenge is Hands.

ATC Wednesday - Hair

2009-02-18T15:25:00.003Z

Here's a fun theme, at ATC Wednesday thios week, Hair. I have used a gorgeous rubber stamp of a very blousy lady with a total Hair Attitude - love her, and I have glammed her up a bit with faux jewels in her hair and lovely shiny earrings..she looks as if she can't make up her mind whether it's her hair or a birthday cake on her head :-)

WS - Shiny

2009-02-18T15:06:00.004Z

Wednesday Stamper has, for me anyway, a difficult challenge this week, Shiny. I have loads of shiny stuff, but getting it to scan properly is nigh on impossible. I made two ATC's for this theme, one with Gesso, silver paint, tissue, black card and silver embossing powder ..called Heavy Metal, and the other one, so pretty, but it hardly shows. I used shiny silver card, put it through my cuttlebug in an embossing folder, and attached with foam pads to raise them up, a couple of gorgeous faux jewel hearts in a lovely pink colour, on a small background of shiny card. I am so disappointed with the scans for both of them, because they really are glitzy ....sorry - not my best..

Arty Girlz Challenge - Wire

2009-02-17T19:29:00.003Z

Arty Girlz this week have the theme of Wire for their challenge. I have made an ATC - hey I hear you say, an ATC for a change - well, yes, this one is made with two stamps for the background flowers and flourishes, Papermania Elements Wire Flowers, and faux rubies...very simple....

TMTA - Rooftops

2009-02-16T19:50:00.002Z

TMTA this week has a theme of Rooftops, my ATC is called Eveningtime over Italian Rooftops, because I used a Judikins Italian Holiday cube, also used a tiny watch by Imagina and a sun/moon behind the clouds stamp also by Imagina. I coloured the sky with chalks ..

Awfully Big Art Adventure - Doors

2009-02-16T19:30:00.003Z

Linda and Rosie over at their Awfully Big Art Adventure blog have a theme this week of doors, so I thought I might enter my door ATC. The door is open, leading off to pastures new and buildings new, so I thought it may be appropriate. The image is part of a Rubber Romance stamp, coloured with gel pens and watercolour pencils.

Valentine card

2009-02-16T11:00:00.003Z

I thought I would share this card with you - it's the card I made for my hubby for Valentine's Day. Unfortunately the scan isn't very good because the card is 3d due to the spray of Roses. I made the hearts using my Cuttlebug Heart die and embossing folders. I used Elusive Images Valentine stamp sheet - love those images. Double click on the card to read the words, they are lovely.

Geisha with Fan card

2009-02-16T10:26:00.002Z

Somewhere out there is a challenge to include Fans - but I can't find it now I've made my card - still I like the card anyway so am posting it. I made it for a friend's birthday, the card is Papermania printed card, and the stamp is a big Rubbernecker one. The image is coloured with watercolour pencils.

MMM - Hearts and Wings

2009-02-15T23:02:00.004Z

Mixed Media
Monday this week has the gorgeous theme of Hearts and/or Wings. I just bought a new set of Cuttlebug Heart die and embossing folders which I used for this challenge, along with a couple of Crafty Individuals photo images (don't say 'again' - cuz I luuuuv these images) so here is my ATC of Big Hearted Gals..
EDIT: I have added Big Hearted Gals across the heart - think I like it better than the plain one - take a look and see what you think..it's on my ATC blog - link on the left.