What A Lovely Day!

Here are a few more cards I've made lately, the first being one I dont want to give away because its so shinnnyyyy lol! I got the decoupage from a craft fair at Bolton (I've still got three more but I'm reluctant to cut them up lol), and the paper from a set I bought at Hobbycraft, I'm not sure of the make, I'll look it up when I get a chance, but there are some gorgeous, bright colours there.




This one was for my Dad's birthday (obviously!) I told you that you'd be seeing more big letter / number cards. I'm not very good at mens cards, they always seem boring to me, but I really liked making this one.



And onto some non-craftyness, I cleaned out my little goldfishes tank this morning, it had horrible fungus stuff on the glass of the tank, so i emptied a fair bit of the water out then wiped the sides of the tank. Its a nice, clean home for fish now. Now I'm just catching up on Neighbours while updating this and my others sites.

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Debbie's 101 followers giveway!

The lovely Debbie is having a giveaway because she has reached 101 followers. Its here: http://countryheartandhome.blogspot.com/2009/05/101-giveaway.html

You should definitely check out her blog while you're there, she's one of my fave bloggers, and her cards and craftiness really inspire me.

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New laptop!

I decided to splash out today and bought myself a new laptop. Its the Dell one they keep advertising on tv from Currys, and its cherry red. Its going to take me a little while to figure it all out, plus I need to put all my programs on it. So bear with me. I do like its prettiness though lol.

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Fairies and Ladybugs!

Heres a lovely flower fairy card, the flower gems, paper, and flower fairy image are from Lets make cards magazine. The rest is from my crafty stash.

I made the card below for my mum when she had to go into hospital for an operation. She's now well on her way to recovery. I seem to be into making bright cards lately, plus I love the little ladybugs I got from a website.

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As Promised...

As I promised several weeks ago I have finally got round to taking photos of the new cards I have made. I won't post them all at once but over the next few days they'll start appearing.

Now...which one to show first?

My mum bought her very first stamp from a site called one stop card crafts. I recommend checking it out, they're good prices plus you get a minimum of 10% discount off your order no matter how little you spend. Ramble over, anyway this is a Jollynation stamp and we both liked it because we have a caravan and go camping, although not as much as we used to. Its perfect for my grandma and grandad too as they love going away in their caravan.

This one I made a couple of months ago for a friend, Chloe, who turned 18. I really enjoyed making this card, its different from my usual style. You'll be seeing a fair few more of these no doubt.

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Busy, busy, busy

I have bought SO much craft stuff in the past few weeks its unbelievable! I haven't even got round to using half of them. I have made a fair few cards though, and I'll finish taking photos of them and if I can find my camera wire I'll be posting them here very soon.

I went to a craft and gift fair at Reebok Stadium in horwich last sunday, it was quite small but that wasn't a bad thing as there was some good quality stuff there (I spent too much lol).

I think its a crafters curse, spending too much money!

Oh and i have finally taken the plunge and bought....wait for it...a Cuttlebug!!!! And some lovely dies and embossing folders to go with it. I keep checking the site to see the status on the order. I cant wait! I've wanted one for quite a while but was put off by the prices. But then i found a site called Crafts at home, where its only £49.99!

Anyway thought I'd better post something on my blog as I've been neglecting it quite a bit. I'll try to show my new cards soon I promise.

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Stitch & Creative Craft Show at Manchester!

Yes thats where I went today and loved it! Well okay to be fair it was packed with people which made it hard to actually get to look at the stalls properly sometimes, it involved several trips round the hall lol, but I still enjoyed myself and spent lots of pennies! One woman gave me some advice, she said to leave my manners at the door and just push in. Then she let me go in a queue infront of her which I found funny!

I'll be making lots of cards with my new crafty stuff soon, I'm also planning on making a bunch of Valentines cards and persuading my boss to let me sell them at the shop. I've never bothered with Valentines day cards before so it should be fun.

I'm knackered from today so I wont write a list of what I bought, but it involves lots of paper, card, peel offs and gorgeous decoupage dragons. God I cant wait. Hey come to think of it why am I? I'm off!