Hurray, its all gone!

At last the snow has gone!  I was beginning to think it never would. 

I've been off work these last few days with the dreaded gastric 'bug'.  Yuk!  Luckily its not been so bad I couldn't do any crafting and the bathroom is next door to my craft room!

Here's a couple of cards I've made - I've got a couple of friends whose birthdays are coming up so I'm pleased I've had the time to make some.

I was quite pleased with this one as it didn't start out like this at all.  The card gradually evolved as I went along.  I used the Kanban papers and stamps, together with the Red Hot Bed card template.  I decoupaged the little teddies behind the characters and also the little owls, which you can't see properly.  I coloured in the characters with my water colour pencils.

Now this one is a bit of a cheat.  I was looking at Joanna Sheen's gallery using the RHS Horticultural CD cos I can't make up my mind whether to buy it or not, and this layout caught my eye.  So using my Jayne Netley CD I printed off various bits and copied her card.  I'm really pleased with how this came out, so I used the same layout but different colour ways and the dandelion head papers and came up with this card.

I've made quite a few more, but I'll get back to you later.  Enjoy your day. x

Hi all
I hope you have all recovered from the New Year festivities.  Have to say mine was very quiet but good.  I saw the New Year in and then, I'm afraid went off to bed.  Can't cope with these late nights!  Anyway I've made the most of being quiet and made a few cards - sent off some thank you cards and started playing with some kits I bought last year.

This card used the Jayne Netley Mayhew CD which I absoutely love.  The variety of designs are brilliant.

This was a new stamp set called Basket of Flowers which can be seen at http://www.rubberstampcompany.com/ These are a set of 5 stamps and you just repeat stamp in different colours.  Very effective and idea for quick little thank you cards.

This one used the easel style card which Anita did.  As Anita said it is simple but different again.  The two toppers and background papers were from Redhotbed which came with a window kit I'd bought from Create adn Craft.  I thought this was quite a nice valentine's card without it being too sloppy! I don't 'do' sloppy!!

Now this one was from Kanban Patchwork Collection which I bought from QVC.  I love Kanban - the card is so good and the characters are great.  I bought some stamps with Christmas characters and am very pleased with them.   This card I've made with my grandson in mind - he's only one year old, but I thought he might like it anyway.  The card opens up and you can see into the carriage:

and there are two of the characters.  Cute isn't it?

Right I'm off for now.  I'll be back later with more chat.  Bye xx