A nightmare of a day...

I've been having a horrible day today from when I got into my car to go to work, switched on the engine and you would've thought it was a washing machine full of stones!
Thankfully, where I work there is a garage and one of the mechanics was able to come out to look at it and long story short, I wasn't able to drive it.
The next thing I had to think about was getting it fixed - and I only have 3 days left on my warranty, but at least I'm 3 days on the right side of the warranty!
So, even longer story short, I'm now carless with a hire car coming (hopefully) in the next hour or so.

So please wish Bert well!

Anyway, on to a card.
This is the second card I've made for my cousin who's getting married at the end of the month.

I used the lovely sketch, that I think I might use again, from Just Magnolia.

Here's my card

I used this Tilda, who I think is meant to be a princess, but I thought she could get away with being a bride! I coloured her with my Copics.

The hearts are die cuts - a mixture of nesties and Cuttlebug. I glazed the inside of the top heart for a bit of bling! Flowers and ribbon from stash - the wee metal embellishments on the ribbon is from Stampin' Up! and the papers are Basic Grey, Sugar Rush.

And this is the inside

I also made a tag to match the card

Using the same heart dies as on the main card. I did glaze the top heart on the tag too, but not until after I took the photo.

And here's the set

Again, I made a box, but haven't taken a photo, I just added more of the same hearts onto it.

I hope you like it, thanks for dropping by!

Holly's birthday card number 2!

This is the card I made for Holly from myself.

And guess what?? It's an easel card! My first atempt at one and I have to say, I love them! They're so easy to make but look so impressive!

I coloured Tilda with my PM's

Papers are Basic Grey "Nook and Pantry" which I thought went really well with the big magnolia bun!!

I followed Mina's fab sketch at Just Magnolia - I thought I'd make use of it saying as I met Mina at the craft show in Belfast last week! It was great to meet someone from blogland. Plus I spent a fortune!!

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Holly's Birthday Card

It was my gorgeous wee niece's 1st birthday on sunday. And of course I was still making her cards on saturday night!!

I made this card from my mum & dad - her grandparents

I used a Gorjuss girl coloured with my pm's.

The paper is Basic Grey (I think it's call lemonade).
I got the sparkly "1" from Joanna Sheen's online shop and the other bits are from my stash. The sentiments are computer generated.

And this is the inside

It fits 2 challenges
1. the sketch from Stamp Something
2. Glitz and bling from Basic Grey Challenges

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Stamp with fun

I was asked to make a wedding anniversary card this week and for some reason I hate making anniversary cards! It's almost as bad as male cards to me! Must be because there's a man involved!!

So, I liked the sketch over at Stamp with fun so decided to go with it.

Here's my card

I flipped the sketch as I thought it worked better with my image.

Papers are Basic Grey "Sugared". The stamp is a digi stamp from Charmed cards and crafts and I coloured her with my propmarkers.

I coloured her wings at the base and tips with a light pink pm and then blended the colour out and then went over the whole wing with a clear stardust pen - I love those pens!

I didn't take a picture of the inside as it was quite plain.

I hope you liked it - thanks for dropping by!

A card for fun

This is the first card I've been able to make just for fun in ages!

For this one I followed the sketch on Friday Sketchers

This is my card

I love this scrummy Miss Anya stamp and she was the first image I coloured the day my brand new promarkers arrived!

Her skin looks like I didn't colour it at all, but it is just quite light.

The butterfly is from my local craft supplier and I think it's actually meant to be a christmas decoration as I had to remove a clip from the bottom. I bought loads of them so expect to see them again!!

The papers are Basic Grey from the Scarlet's letter pad.

This is the inside

I hope you liked it - thanks for dropping by

Sketch and Stash

I loved the sketch this fornight on Sketch and stash

So I thought I'd use it for a forum friends birthday card - and a big birthday it was too!!

Here's my card

My new stash is the gorgeous Miss Anya stamp and the blingy "50". My old stash is the Basic Grey Porcelain paper.

I coloured Miss Anya with my promarkers

And I made the flower with various punches and nesties.

Here's the inside

I hope you liked it - thanks for dropping by!

Just Magnolia

The second card I made for my cousin is a little nicer!
I followed the gorgeous sketch by Mina at Just Magnolia...

Here is my card

I just love colouring Magnolia stamps! Again, I used my promarkers..

I made some flowers using 2 punches and a nestie and the same paper as the background. Sentiments were computer generated, and the Happy Birthday was then punched out with my tab punch from Stampin' Up!. Charm, brads and bits are all from stash. I can't remember who the paper was by - I'll check when I'm at my craft desk later (rather than my work desk now!)

This is the inside

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Happy Birthday Andria!

Well it's sunday, and the race is going brilliantly!! Ferrari are winning!! Well, I hope so! It's actually Tuesday and I'm scheduling this post for sunday...so hopefully it's worked!

If not...Andria, don't look! At least until sunday when it is actually your birthday (and you should have the card by then!)

I followed the sketch at Sketch and Stash for this card

And here's my card:

My new stash is the yummy Doraline stamp and also the diecut Sizzix Bigz Vine.

I coloured Doraline with my promarkers. Papers are my minds eye.

Here's the inside with another vine.

So hopefully the scheduling has worked. I'll be back in Ireland on Tuesday, so hopefully it won't be long before I'm back here!

In the meantime..

Happy Birthday Andria!!

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Just birthdays... for now!

A very quick post here as I'm running very late! I'm heading away tonight to go to Belgium for the Grand Prix at the weekend!!! I'm a teeny bit excited!! But I haven't packed yet, so the panic is starting to set in!

It was a mad rush to try to get all done that needed to be done - and as I made a couple of cards following sketches, I wanted to get them blogged before I go!!

So here's the first one:

I followed the sketch on Just Christmas And Birthday Cards - lovely sketch, only I couldn't get the circle to go under the frilly bit, so I put it over it!!

I used another fairy from the digi downloads from Charmed cards and crafts. I also used the yummy Wisteria papers from Basic Grey. A few swarovski's and a bit of ribbon from my stash to finish.

You can sort of see here how I decoupaged the fairy a bit.

Here's the inside:

Fairly plain, just using another bit of Wisteria paper.

I have another card to show you, but it's for my friend Andria whose birthday it is on Sunday. I'll be at the race in Belgium on sunday so I'm gonna have a go at scheduling that card. Just in case it doesn't work....ANDRIA, DON'T LOOK! lol!

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