Quicky Play

OK so I knew it had been a little while since I had time for a share - but I didn't realise quite how long it had been! They say time flys when you are having fun - but they neglect to mention that it romps right past you when you're not!
Unfortunately I have no exciting news to share - I have just been terribly busy at work, and now one of my chefs is away on holiday so I not going to get much more time off for the next two weeks :(
I have been applying for a couple of new jobs so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for them :)

Anyway - on to more important things - the massive amount of cards that I need to make for up and coming birthdays :)

Number 1 my brothers girlfriend Sally:



This used:
Image: Penny Black 3206J Crossing Bridges
Promarkers
Paper scraps and some of my stolen paper roses :)

So that's one down and because I can I will be entering it into the penny black and allsorts challenges
Yay me :)

Creative Treat

So after being terribly busy making birthday invitations - and designing save the dates, invitations and orders of service for my friend Gill's little sister's wedding I decided that I had earned a non invitation based crafty treat.

Rather excitingly my new stamps from Whiff of Joy arrived yesterday - pesky ash cloud finally left us in peace - so I thought I would have a play with one of these - and of course they are now my new favourites :)



This Used:
Image: Whiff of Joy - Willow with Umbrella
Backing Papers - Funky Hand Minty Madness and Salt and Pepper
Card Candy - Granny Smiths
Promarkers

The photo is a bit rubbish as the sun had moved around the corner by the time I had finished!

Of course making cards is super fun, but seeing how many challenges you can get them in to is almost as good :) I have managed three with this little number:

Get Funky Challenge - April Showers
I Love Promarkers - Black, White + 1 other colour
Whiff of Joy Challenge - Sketch challenge

Off to continue playing, and I may cook tea too :)

Still Alive!

How long has it been since I've had a share? :)

Don't worry - not that you were - I have been busy making birthday invites for mine and my good friend Gill's combined birthday party - we were born on the same day, four years apart.

I remember sharing a couple of birthday parties with my older sister when I was younger - and although it must have seemed like a good idea before hand I don't really remember enjoying them all that much. I didn't really like the people she was hanging around with when she hit her teenage years - and when you're that age a few years is miles apart in taste - not as though I ever liked anything she did, and probably still don't, though back then it was probably on purpose where as now it is because we are completely different people. I must have driven my mum mad!

But now a joint party is completely different. I met Gill back in 2001 when she became the new manager in the pub that I was working in, and we got along like a house on fire. Our first shared party was drinkies in a pub and Karaoke, which we enjoyed so much it became tradition. Spookily one of the other pub managers also shares our birthday (she is slightly more than four years older but I won't say by how much - lol) and joined in the karaoke fun.

So this year - after two years apart we are back to drinkies and karaoke in our pub, but being all grown up (not) we have decided to give it a theme - 1920's prohibition America - and hopefully everyone will be rolling up as gangsters and molls!

Of course this was the perfect excuse for a little buy at Ally Pally and this is the finished article:



This Used:
Image: Circa Design 1930's lady in frame (what is a decade between friends)
Distress inks
Card scraps from the stash (including fabulously strokeable Hunky Dory, almost too beautiful to use)

Thanks for stopping by :)

First Stamping

Today I have been busy playing with some of the new goodies I got from Ali Pali yesterday - technically they are for my birthday next month but I needed to make sure that they worked :)
So these are the first creations of many I'm sure they will be used for - although not technically the first stampings as Jules "borrowed" some before shooting off home :)



This Used:
Image: Forever Friends
Cuttlebug embossing folder: Swiss Dots
Promarkers
Scraps from the box
Papermania embellishments and Craftworks card candy
Diamond Stickles

This "Springy" number works nicely for both the Allsorts challenge "Petals and Pearls" and the Forever Friends spring theme.

The next card is a brand new shiny penny black which My lovely Husband found in the discount bin on the simply stamps stall - bargain!


This Used:
Image: Penny Black 1692K everest next
Papermania buttons
Promarkers

Obviously this is for the Penny Black Saturday challenge which this week is Buttons Galore, but is also perfect for the I Lv Promarkers Challenge and Cute card Thursday!

Jules was laughing earlier but every new stamp I play with is my new favourite :) I love them all!

Quicky Post

Just a quick post pre-work dash - I know I said that I wouldn't be crafting this week but my one of my best friends little sister just got engaged so I had to! :)

Amazingly I had made it before checking out the challenges and yet it is perfect for cute card thursday - yay me!



This Used:
Image - Forever friends "I'll drink to that"
Promarkers
Silver card scraps
Peel-offs


Very excited about the craft expo tomorrow with Mummy Gibbs (Jules) it will make today go quicker - hopefully :)

Last Play...

So this afternoon I had my last play (for about a week ish) before the mass clean up that will occupy at least tomorrow if not Monday too :)
This evening saw the pre-emptive first strike where I finally managed to organise our millions of DVD's into the storage cases in alphabetical order - I'm a bit OCD and I don't care as now I have more room for my toys :)

So this is the last creation of the weekend - unless I get mega busy tomorrow. I checked out the challenges before I started and reckon I can get it into Penny Black Saturday Challenge and the allsorts challenge :)

This used:
Image: Penny Black 1471F Cute!
Promarkers
Ribbon and Brads from the stash

As the allsorts challenge states no ready made design papers rather than leaving the card plain I thought I would just draw my own - checks are super easy and with the amazing range of promarker shades it works really well.

That's it. Job done! :)

Back to work on the tidying i suppose...

Second Saturday

So it is Saturday mark II in London and all is going well. Yesterday Paul and I had an exciting cinema day watching two new 3D films - Clash of the Titans and (the much more exciting) How to Train Your Dragon.

Unsurprisingly not much crafting got done but I did manage to create this girly number for one of the birthdays in May - probably my Sister's - which I will be entering in the I Lv Promarkers Challenge!




This used:
Image: Forever Friends; Special Present
Promarkers:Blush, Dusky Pink, Pastel Pink and Rose Pink
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Fancy Corner
Papers from scraps box and of course a couple of the paper roses :)

I seem to be going through a bit of a pink phase at the minute - but it's Ok as I spoke to my Bestest friend Claire and she is too - must be something in the Thames :)

Just one more card to do before the toys go away! I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing :)