Mother's day card and box.

Don't you just love this new stippled blossom two step stamp set. ( try saying that after a couple of glasses of your favourite tipple). 

I found a card very similar to this on another blog and fell in love with it so I just had to CASE it. Well,  almost, my card does differ a little.

After completing the card I still had the urge to play with this stamp set so then I made a box and decorated it with a panel created with the same set.

I  just couldn't put this stamp set down so here I tried  it in different colours, Giving some the vintage feel and leaving others  crisp and clean. They kind of remind me of vintage seed packets. I think it has something to do with the Style of the font on Perfectly Penned stamp set. The two sets compliment each other perfectly. I am really looking forward to the Easter holidays perhaps I will get to spend a day in my craft room and really go to town with these two sets.

These have to be my all time favourite stamp sets.

Well  Done  SU.

Sharon's little monkey

I have to share this little guy with you. He was sent to me  from Sharon. I thought he was gorgeous and he certainly made me smile when I opened the envelope. Which was Sharon s intention.
I haven't as yet  had a go making him myself as I found I didn't have all the punches needed. But that issue has now been rectified,  I just need to find the time. Half term has been extremely busy for me Sorting out my craft room turned into a mammoth job which has taken me the best part of the week.  I had this idea  that if I moved some  the furniture around  I would have more floor space and easier access to my craft room.......Having moved several large pieces of furniture and many plastic boxes I found I had boxed myself in and couldn't open the door enough to get out.  Now being stuck in my craft room  is not far off my idea of heaven,  the trouble is one needs to eat and use the bathroom from time to time and of course,  one needs to go work to pay for all the new craft stuff that you just can't live without.
Fortunately Hubby was off work that particular day and realizing my plight, he took the door off the hinges  so I didn't have to move everything back to get out..... Bless him.   He has re hung some cupboards  for me so I don't feel so claustrophobic .   I do have a little more floor space...... Gosh ! I may even be able to get two people in there now hee hee.
I still have a few cupboards to sort through and tidy but I am getting there, which is why I haven't done any crafting for a while.
I treated Hubby to  trip to the Cadbury's  World  (chocolate factory)  for his help. He is a bigger chocoholic than  most of the women I know so he enjoyed that.http://sharonscreativemoments.blogspot.co.uk

Baby /toddler birthday card

This was a quickie card again using the Baby love CD from Joanne Sheen this time I printed off one of the co-ordinating background papers.

The greeting is from the S.U set called "something to celebrate " and stamped using bashful blue ink.

Not a very adventurous or complex card but it was 2.30 am and I was feeling really tired by then. It's late againso I am off to bed hopefully I 'll catch up with some of the sleep I missed last night. nite nite X

A rose is a rose certificate

The certificates have been completed and are ready to be delivered, as you can see I changed the colour to pink. I used all three of the pinks in the stampin' up colour range. And NO I didn't cheat by doing one and photocopying it. I stamped each certificate so each one is slightly different. ha ha.

A card using the plane and simple stamp set from SU. The lovely as a tree set gets another airing here. I personally would change the greeting on this one. But over all I love the idea. I was really tempted to have the plane crashing into the trees. LOL.

Christmas card

Marina mist ink and card again, I do love this colour.

I used stampin up's "lovely as a tree" stamp set, daubers, "serene snowflakes" stamp set and the deer from the "winterpost " stamp set.

90th Birthday Card.... well, sort of.

I was having crafters block the week before my mother in laws 90th birthday. I usually do something flowery and pretty for her but this year, I wanted to do something different & special, but the ideas were not forth coming. Then I found a pack of certificate paper buried under papers on my printer, my mind started to wander.......as it often does and minutes later I came up with the idea of a 90th Birthday Certificate......Well,... not many people get to see 90, so I thought she deserves a certificate just for that.

She loved it!!!!! and is having it framed to go on the wall.... How about that then.

I am sorry the photo is so poor I just couldn't get it any clearer than it is. Click on the photo for a larger view.