Back again

Sorry it has taken sooooo long, went away for a weeks holiday back for two weeks and then off work, went camping firstly in North Berwick so that we could see my sister, weather good, had the new tent up for the first time, withstood the wind well, hardly any rain!  Back to work and was busy trying to catch up, and then off for two.  We went to Balado for National Feast of Lanterns hosted by the Scottish Region of the Camping and Caravaning Club. Saw David Belemany as he is the club president.  They had some good acts, one of them being a group called "Them Beatles" they were great, they get really in the act. Downside the rain, we were going to say until Monday but got fed up with the rain and cold so came home.

Finally here is the card I made for my nephew, thought I had taken a pictures of the card but could not find the picture so had to get the card back again to get the picture done!

most of his cards were football themed! what a surprise!  I got the clouds off clip art, made the backing paper myself using word and the same with the sentiment.  The image came from Pollycraft blog as a freebie, but should be available to buy in her shop.

Found this picture of a card I did for my mother in law for her birthday earlier in the year, I have been trying to use stamps (seeing I have a HUGE collection) and do something different

Took a picture of the final card that I made for Ellie for her birthday, she was doing ballet classes but is now going to acting classes with her best friend Harrie (yes that is her proper name), I got the image free from Cuddly Buddly part of the lily boo designs.  Orange is her favourite colour and used pro markers to colour in. My sister was totally amazed that I had coloured this in. I then used my cuttlebug to make the gold diamond using embossed card, and then used orange gems to finish it off. The backing was printed directly onto the card and glittered the necklace.

Ellie was good in not opening her card, but her friend did, but she loved it.

Any way, need to go.

Kay xxx

Rain rain go away and come back another day

Sorry did not post after Letham but been busy and at work and not been feeling too good either!

Good news at work, I have been awarded a deputy team leader position, so very happy with that.

Letham went well even though it was raining a lot!! Was up early and out of the house by 8.30 am, Martin stayed at home and was at church at 9.30 am and surprised his mum and dad with his appearance!

The main event in the village square got cancelled and moved to the village hall, there were a few cancellations in the hall so got a bigger table for the same price, was really glad though. Sold a lot of cards this time, people loved the nappy cakes but unfortunately no-one bought, mainly as they did not know what sex the baby was!


these are better than the first lot, as I bought cello from ebay, and managed to make my own labels, even putting perforation on where the price was so that you could tear that off!

Made this fantastic easel card, using the free papers by Nancy Watt, that came with Making Cards magazine,

Made this card using the My Craft Studio and using images, printed the background directly on to the card and the man and the trim above and below him was done directly on to the acetate,
one man at the fair was really enthusiastic about the card to his mate!

Very seriously looking at doing a fair in Perth in November in time for Christmas, have to look at a few options first of all.

Somebody on money saving forum showed people how she made some fantastic wedding invites, so went onto PDA card to order the required elements so hopefully should have some new designs to show.

Making a card for my youngest nephew who is into football, got a free digi stamp from Pollycraft she regularly give freebies away on a friday, will post the card when done.

Got the new Popcorn platimum collection and Souffle cd from Crafters Companion and made cards for neices who just had their birthdays the only change I would of made is that instead of putting all tape on the tummy front, I should of curved the paper and just put a small foam stamp on and made it look more 3D. Here is the other one

Oldest nephew had his 16th birthday recently, hope he likes the card, found my copy of Making Cards, men magazine special that they did and used that jsut making a few changes

any way better go and finish that football card!

Kay

another busy time

Hi

Not been uploading much lately, sorry, but I am a civil servant you know!

Was away for a long weekend over the bank holiday in Inverness with hubby! Got some good news on return though, I won the crafters companion competition, got my parcel today and here is a picture of Jemima she is fab, I also got the new glitter sprays as well, congratulations to the other person who won as well.

Had to make a quick card for my oldest niece who was 21, can't believe that she is that old! here is another shot
also made a money wallet for her as well using the forever friends

As promised here are the two cards I submitted to Fee Jee Comps, Woof

and frog

and no he is blurry for a reason! I actually printed the frog onto acetate and then hang him in front of his printed image!

Also made a card using the new popcorn kids, along the shutter style card I did and here is some more views

Anyway better go, making things for the Letham Fair at July, trying to various items apart from cards, and not getting on too badly!

Kay xx

YIPeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, just recevied the monthly news letter from Crafters Companion, and they have announced the winners of their Beatrix Potter Vol 2 competition, and I am one of the two main winners, I have got one of the cuddly toys and their new sparkle sprays, can't wait to receive them!!

Busy making cards for this fair, will get some pictures up, have also made a shutter card using the new popcorn kids range.

Kay xxx

Popcorn Kids

Just ordered the new Popcorn Kids from Crafters Companion, can't wait for it to come!!

Can only do samples if I have a printer that works!!!

Kay xxx

Birthday boy

Just finished my husband's birthday card, decided to use a shutter card and decorated using popcorn images to show how much I love him!



and here is another view



I found a competion that Fee j Designs had on her website but will not put the picture up until after the competion closes.

I also found a nice way to do money wallets. I had to make one at the last minute for a work colleague, and was experimenting around last night and manged to double side the card and printed the template

directly onto the card, have managed to put the images into jepgs and then use them in my craft studio so I can now put a transparent image to use as the label

Also made this card using Joanna Sheen's Ivory cat CD, Martha Stewart Art Deco Punch. The backing paper is from craftsuprint and gold peel offs that I had.



Going to be busy, I agreed to do a vintage fair in Letham in Angus at the beginning of July, lots to do!

Kayxx

Mad dash for a card

Got reminded late yesterday that we needed card for a friend whose birthday is this week, that we were meeting last night for a meal, reached to switch the computer on and then thought I have plenty of papers sitting about needing to be used, so I found these from Making Cards magazine, the Nancy Watts papers that come free with the magazine, and created this



and here is another view



I put the large image and the sentiment on foam tape, even remembering not to put it on the whole of the image!



Got to do hubbys card now!, but will leave it for today seeing it is my birthday!

Kay xx