Batch Making!!!

When I need to make a lot of cards to have by me for stocking up at the local shop I tend to do what I call batch making. I take a pile of card blanks, decide on a layout and then make cards based on that layout but use different papers and different colours of ribbons and embellishments. I may move the layout around or up and down but it does help to make a good stash of cards using this method.
Here are a few of the ones I did today using yet another K & Co pad (sorry Christine).
I've also used up quite a few of the Prima flowers that I have had for absolutely ages...crikey...I have just remembered that I bought them at the Great Northern Papercraft show three years ago.....ooooh how time flies...lol!!!
I made about twenty cards altogether today so I think my day off tomorrow is well earned.
My camera is packed and my comfy footwear is sorted.....I even washed behind my ears.....just in case I get to see Tim......lol!!! I shall let you know tomorrow night if I see anything you need to save your pennies for.

I was a bit shocked to notice that my counter has gone past 80,000. I think I had best sort out some blog candy then......so keep your eye open for that.

Talking of eyes.....best go and shut mine for a bit so I'm awake and ready to be off early in the morning. I don't usually do getting up too early on a Sunday but I'll make an exception just for one day.

Bye for now and thanks for your visit.
Sheila-x-

I'm Still Breathing!!!

Well this week turned out to be a bit more frantic than expected and left me no time for blogging or much else really.....except work.....ain't that always the way...lol!!!

Monday I ended up bringing prep home to do for a class on Tuesday which took me up to 3am to do and then Tuesday I went straight into Tamworth after work and didn't get in until late. Wednesday I decided to get ahead with Mother's Day cards. I need to make a lot this year for the local shop as they bought nearly everything I made last year. Yesterday I got home and felt decidedly odd so just sat quietly cutting stuff up for a while and then had an early night.

How exciting is my life.......not!!!

Anyhoo.....today's cards are one of the styles of Mother's Day cards. I have made twelve of these in various springlike colours which made a good dent in a pad of paper that needed using up.
The Valentine card is just a quickie one made with my new Cuttlebug die and folder set and an XCut tag die.
Cardstock for this is C'oredinations and paper is Basic Grey. Although I'm not a huge fan of pink I really love this paper.

I am absolutely beside myself today as I have got what must be the bargain of the century. A friend rang me to say that she had been to the local garden centre where a Craft Central has closed down and they were selling off some 12 x 12 stacking storage trays which CC had left behind. I got twenty nine of them for £3.50.........can you believe it? I know I couldn't. I am never, ever that lucky.......usually......lol!!!
Oooooh how organised am I going to be now?

Off to the NEC on Sunday for a squizz around the trade show with Deb. Hoping to catch Tim Holtz who is on one of the stands but what's the betting he has gone for coffee when I get there.
I didn't go last year so am really looking forward to it this time.

Right well I am off to hoick these trays up two flights of stairs and try not to give in to the temptation to sort out my card and paper into them........I have orders that must be finished first.

Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-

Super Sunday!!!

Today has been just sooooo nice. The house is clean and tidy for a change, the laundry is all done, hubby kindly cooked the dinner and it was perfect. BIL is doing OK which is such a relief and it snowed.....the icing on a perfect cake of a day...lol!!!

I did get a little time in the workroom after BIL went home and finished off the card order I had to get ready for tomorrow. I sort of did my own sketch thing and took the layout of embellishments I used yesterday and laid them over a larger flower and band......quite surprised meself I did....lol!!!

Although the rest of the house is looking good the same can't be said of my workroom so I need to go and tidy that after the Skate Off and get my stuff ready for work in the morning.
Wasn't Ray fab tonight? He is sooooo going to win!!!
Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-

K&Co.......Just For A Change!!!

Thought I would make a start on using up some of my older K&Co 6 x 6 pads today so have spent most of the the day making variations of the card up yonder. Got quite a nice pile of anniversary cards now so I shouldn't have to make any for a while.
I think the papers were from the McKenna pad.....I did look but can't remember......cleaning the bathroom at 10pm does kinda knock stuff out of your head...lol!!! Anyhoo whatever they are I love the soft vintage look of them. They remind me of old faded quilts....gorgeous!!!

Doubt if I shall get much done in my room tomorrow as we have BIL coming for dinner along with Barney, Benji and Shep who were my SIL's Shelties. Ooooh it's going to be fun seeing how Smudge takes to three trespassers on his territory for the day.
Not wanting to tarnish BIL's image of me as 'the best sister in law on the planet' ......his words I hasten to add......I shall be cleaning and cooking and generally being a domestic goddess for the duration. Phew makes me tired just thinking about it.....lol!!!

Best go and have me eight hours downtime to get me strength up.
Ta Ta for now.
Sheila-x-

Two More G45 Cards!!!

This is the final two cards made with the Graphic 45 paper.

The top card has a pleated centre panel and has been sponged with Distress ink.

Tape measure ribbon was from a local country crafts store.

The stamped border on the centre panel is by Judikins and the open edge has been stamped with the fashion word as used on the previous two cards.

The second card is a mat of distressed red card with a layer of the reverse of the paper sewn onto it by hand.
The image has been matted onto more red card and embellished with a metal corner.
Ribbon is from Cally's Christmas Shop.
Lace edging was from Lakeland.
Prima flowers have been sponged with ink and the centres are self adhesive pearls.

I have just got out of a lovely hot Sanctuary bath and I'm going to have a cuppa with hubby before going back upstairs to my room. I have a couple of ideas I need to sketch out before I forget what they are.....lol!!! I also need to make a start on a special order.

Bye for now
Sheila-x-