Two for one

Hi bloggers, hope your day has been good. I'm still helping my son get his house sorted so I'm having to try and fit the crafting & blogging in as and when.

My son Jonathan & his girlfriend Liz both have their birthdays today, which is somewhat unusual to say the least. Anyway I can now share the cards I made for them with you.
The images on both cards are downloads from Squigglefly coloured with copics. The BBQ image is perfect for Jonathan as he loves to cook and really enjoys a good BBQ when the weather permits. I loved the girly ostrich image when I saw it and thought it would fit the bill perfectly for girly girl Liz.

Hope you like them both.

Better go now as I've got so much to get done before tomorrow but to be honest I could just snuggle up in my bed. Maybe I'll get a sudden burst of energy in a minute but I doubt it.

Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it.

Love, Pat xx

The Mad Hatter

I'm late, I'm late for a very important date no time to say hello, goodbye, I'm late, I'm late I'm late.
Apologies everyone for being so late posting my creation for Tuesday Taggers this week, if I'd left it much longer it would have become Wednesday Taggers.
Well the theme for the challenge this week is Messy hands and believe me my hands have been extremely messy this week. Not only from doing this challenge but because I've been helping my son decorate his first home that he and his girlfriend are buying. This is the reason for my being late too.
There is a bonus for entering the challenge this week, the Craft Barn have kindly sponsored us and are giving a £15 voucher for the winner chosen randomly, to spend in their fantastic shop. So big thanks to them, and good luck to everyone. Don't forget to post a link to the Craft Barn to be eligable for the prize. I must say how pleased we are to see so many entries for the challenges and what fantastic entries they are too, you clever lot. As usual you can create whatever you choose as long as it involves mess and you post a pic of your messy hands or workspace.
I decided to go with a little wall hanging this time round.
The diamonds are grunge paper embossed in the cuttlebug and coloured using a mix of Crystal laquer and cosmic shimmer mica powders. The edges have been embossed using black glitter embossing powder also cosmic shimmer.
The flowers have been stamped and embossed (black glitter EP) onto paper misted with cosmic shimmer spray then coloured with the cosmic shimmer powder.
The word love has been cut using my lovely pink slice and the edges embossed with the black glitter EP.
Just wish all the shimmer and glitter showed up on the photo.




Well thanks for stopping by and I'm sorry I haven't posted much lately but what with the decorating and also a commission I've got on the go I'm struggling to find time. You should see the mountain of washing and ironing!
Bye for now,
Love Pat xx

"Time" for another Tuesday Taggers challenge.

Hi there fellow bloggers. Hope all is well with you and that you are getting plenty of crafting done.
Well I must say we had a great number of entries for the TT challenge last week. What a romantic lot you crafters are, the Love theme certainly got your creative juices flowing. I must say all the entries were fantastic and I can truly say how much I enjoyed visiting everyones blogs.
This week the theme is Time and Clocks and as usual whatever you decide to create is entirely up to you as long as you include something relating to the theme. Can't wait to see what you all come up with this week. We have 3 new members to our DT from this week and also a fabulous GD. Wow have they started with a bang and have come up with some sensational designs, so please pop over to the TT blog to check out all the DT projects and of course to enter the challenge.
For my card I got out the Crafters Companion Mens CD & Stamp collection. The clock design is printed onto acetate which unfortunately doesn't show on the photo. The small watch is stamped and embossed. The paper on the corners is from a Crafty Individual image pad. The sentiment and wording is computer generated and the chain is from stash. Hope you like it.

Well thanks for visiting today and I do hope you decide to join in the challenge with us.

Take care,

Love, Pat xx