Birthday Dogs

I was asked to make some small birthday cards with dogs on them.  I used some Penny Black T for transparent stamps.

The backgrounds were stamped with a Hobbycraft pawprint background stamp.

 The images were coloured with Promarkers and Stickles were added to the rose or butterfly for a little bit of sparkle.

Together is the Best Place to be

And another oldie, this time from last year

A class by Anita, using Simple Stories 'Homespun'.

Happy Birthday Mr P xxx

It is Mr P's birthday today and I've made him something a little bit different for his birthday this year, usually he would get something with a cute Penny Black image on it.  I have been enjoying playing with Brushos and those images just don't go with the lovely backgrounds.  I have recently bought some Bister which is very similar to Brushos in how you use it but it is more predictable as to what colour you are going get.  I have only got two colours so far - blue and brown and they work beautifully together.

I used a Papermania Wellington stamp which I watercoloured first with Derwent watercolour pencils and then masked the image so that I could make the background with the Bister.

The Happy Birthday sentiment is from a Stampin' Up set (Butterfly Basics) and the Husband sentiment is from the same Wellington set as the bear stamp (by Papermania).

I wish I knew where the lovely blue/brown organza ribbon had come from it, it was my last piece and a perfect match for the card.  The bling hearts are from Poundland.

Christmas Day Dolphin Racing

I've joined in with May's sketch challenge over at My Creative Sketches

 And I combined the sketch with the monthly challenge at UKScrappers which is a colour challenge

The colours very much reminded me of the papers from the My Minds Eye '12 days of Christmas collection' and I had some lovely sunny photographs from our 2012 Christmas cruise to the Canaries that were perfect.

On at sea days they have dolphin racing and it is held in one of the lounges, all done with a roll of the dice and you bet on which dolphin will win.  Usually the children come up from the kids club to be the jockeys but on Christmas Day they took it out to the pool area and the ship's officers were the jockeys - even Father Christmas came to take part!! 

The title is done with Echo Park 'For the Record 2' stickers and Authentique letter tiles.  The stars were punched with EK Success and Woodware punches.

If you are quick you can still join in with the Creative Sketches challenge as it doesn't close till 14th June.

We May Not Have It All Together

Catching up with sharing layouts that I did a while ago, this one was from a scrap class with the lovely Anita M earlier this year.

The papers used are Websters Pages 'Family Traditions' and the background was created by stamping with bubble wrap and acrylic paint.

Me on Monday

Oh gosh a whole week since I last blogged, I must get on and schedule some posts but first things first.  It is Monday so it must be time to give Sian over at From High in the Sky a big wave!!

The weekend was lovely, the weather was warm and sunny so time to venture out into the garden and start restoring some order to much neglected tubs

 I would love to do lots of gardening but sadly I have to work within the confines of my health, so I just potter about with my tubs and do what I can from my trusty garden stool.

FIL gave us this plant for Christmas - the ivy has gone wild but I think the little conifer was just shoved in the pot with very little root to it - anyway it has two choices now that I have put it outside!!

 There was also some craftiness going on, I took delivery of two pots of Bister on Saturday so I couldn't wait to have a quick play and make some backgrounds for future cards.

As it was the first full weekend of the month, the Sunday was our monthly crop at Cardinal Colours - it is a great place to go and be creative but working in a shop means you are always tempted to do just a little bit of shopping LOL!!

  And Monday finds us with another glorious day, a great chance to get the laundry outside and line dry it.

Hope this weather continues for the rest of the week, it is pleasantly warm without being too hot.
Have a good week whatever you get up to, I have the hairdressers and packing for upcoming holidays to look forward to.

Me on Monday

It's Monday and not just any old Monday but a magical Monday that occurs on the first of the month.  I don't know why but I just love it when a Monday is on the 1st - it just fits how I like order in all things!!

The weekend was a lazy one, Mr P was working nights so I was able to have quite a bit of craft time.

Some scrapbooking got done

 Played with new stencils and Cosmic Shimmer sparkle medium and Distress Paint

And did a load of stamping ready for colouring and painting

So it is back to the normal routine for a Monday - lots of laundry to be dealt with

 The monthly Avon order to be unpacked

but to cheer up the dull Monday routine there is one piece of exciting news, today Rinda's Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt begins.  I am looking forward to spending the next three months hunting down the things on her list - own up, anyone around here own a turtle that I can come and take a photograph of!!!!

If you would like to share about your weekend and Monday, then pop over to see Sian at From High in the Sky and give her a wave!!