HARD CHOICE TO MAKE

I will show you this card first before I go into what I have been up to.

Made this last night and I think it is my favourite of the Thank 'U' cards so far.



The swirl paper is by K&Co that I got at my LCS. I added the glitter to the swirls using my Quickie Glue Pen and yes, once again I managed to get glitter all over the table (It didn't help that i had a sneezing fit whilst adding the glitter on the card.)



The pink card is Bazzill and I edged it with my biscuit ink pad. I also ran the ink pad around the letters - again to lift them as they seemed very pale. I hope the lady likes it when she gets it!

Julie - regarding cutting out the letters - For me it has to be practice makes perfect!!! I spent 12 years (out of 14 years) as a graphic artist for the local newspaper and I had to use a scalpel everyday. Don't get me wrong, I have lost count of how many times I slit my fingers open (OUCH) using those things in the beginning. I ended up keeping plasters in my draw just in case! ;O)

SAD BIT NOW! :( Sorry for the downer!

I had to take my eldest dog to the vets last night at 11pm. She had had a stroke that was quite bad and she was so disorientated she was trying to walk, but ended up walking into the doors and the wall. So I decided to ring the vet and he told me to take her straight up. When I got there he just took one look at her and said it was time for her - It was one of the hardest things i have ever had to do! I cuddled her as he gave her the injection and it was heartbreaking to feel the life go from her.
She had had a great life as she was 16 1/2 and was never any problem - she didn't chew, make a mess nothing at all!!!
So this morning - I had to break it to the kids as hubby had gone to work.
Caitlyn just collapsed in a heap on the floor sobbing and then Avie started crying, as she had heard me tell Caitlyn. I ended up keeping them off school as they were both so heartbroken. The school was very understanding and said it was no problem.
But I still have my other 2 dogs - so as you can understand they got lashings of affection today from the kids and me.

So I will apologize for going on and I hope I haven't upset anyone. And I hope I have no more horrible news to post!

Tassie & Alinka - please bear with me. I have received your addresses and I should hopefully have your prizes in the post tomorrow.

THANK U!

Its been so peaceful in the house tonight as both the kids are at my dads and hubby is at work! So I thought - do I do the ironing, do I start cleaning out my eldests room - then I thought NAH!!! get some crafting done.

I enjoyed making the Thank U card the other day that I thought I would do another one. I used the same swirly paper and dotty one from the mum card, but instead of hand stitching, I added glitter to the swirls.



I have just realised how different the colours look in the photos - the colours are actually more like the top one.

This photo shows the glitter better.



The only problem is, glitter is now all over the place - LOL!! I should be more careful.

Can I also say thank you to everyone who has visited and left lovely comments - its been great reading them. Please remember that the blog candy giveaway finishes on the 29th march at 12 midnight GMT! I will do the draw around 7pm GMT on Sunday - so please check back to find out who has won!

CHOCOLATE & COOL BLUES...

Today when my dad came round to see me, he asked if I could make him a Thank You card. So I decided to do one using the same colours and papers as the Bookmark. I just love these colours at the moment!!



I used DCVW Retro Papers, DCVW Neutral and Brights Matt Stack. I made holes on the blue card using a needle and a ruler and then hand stitched in brown thread. I inked round the edges of the letters with my Dark Brown ColorBox Fluid Chalk Inkpad (that's a bit of a mouthful) and then tied some ribbon round the 'U' and used sticky fixers to raise the letters up.



The letters I used were printed off my computer and then cut out. I then stuck the DCVW Retro Paper over the top then cut them out again. I really didn't want to use the HOTP Monograms that I have - I prefer to stroke them!!!!

JUST ONE CARD

Finally got round to making A card tonight. I was late at getting my craft stuff out and its now 10.30 - need to get to bed as I have the dentist first thing in the morning after I drop the kids at school. Caitlyn also has to be at school a bit earlier as she is going to one of the main high schools to see the musical BUGSY MALONE.



I like this card - but I am not happy with the thanks bit on the ribbon. I stamped it using a brown inkpad but it has turned a red colour. The thing is it worked!!!! I didnt think that it would - only gutted now as its the wrong colour.



The papers are from my prize stash and they are the Bohemian Sarapapers which are lush, lush, lush - it was very hard to cut them (but I cant sit and stroke them forever can I).

The flower was made using some card art shapes, that I covered with paper and inked the edges then added the brad. The 'stem' of the flower was made using some paper string that I got at IKEA years ago.

FEW CARDS

Made these cards this weekend using some of my scrummy competition prize stash.



I used my computer to print the text and then layered it onto brown card stock. I also used my new brads and flowers.

This card I used some DCWV Mat Stack and stamped over it using my Studio G Stamps. I cased the idea from here http://justgivemestamps.typepad.com/page/2/ go to Jan 25th post.



Just a closer look to see the stamping

Hope you have all had a good weekend. The weather has been great here - we have had lovely sunshine and it has also been quite warm. Kids have had fun playing out, dogs have had a manic time down the fields and I got quite a lot of stuff done.

So hope to be back here tomorrow with some more cards.