Cards For Dad!!!

Today I have been making Father's Day cards ready to go to the local shop tomorrow and these are just a couple of them using Basic Grey papers from the Archaic collection..........not that I wanted to use it mind you but it was just perfect with these images.

The top image is from Vintage Workshop and the bottom one is from a CD I bought from Crafty Computer Paper. Both are printed onto some linen textured card.

Well for saying the year started off so badly for us it looks as if should end pretty nicely with my daughter in law pregnant and now we have had some great news from my brother in law who lives in South Africa that he is coming over for Christmas this year. We haven't seen him for 12 years so it will be a fabulous time.

I've worked my little fingers to the bone today so that I can sit and watch The Apprentice later...........GO KATE!!!...........YOU CAN DO IT GIRL!!!
Just off for a bath and then I can relax for a couple of hours before I go and finish packing and labelling.

Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-

How Wrong Is This?!!!

As I had done a softly coloured card for the lace class I decided to do a more vibrant one for the second card. Well there is vibrant and there is downright too much. This one falls into the latter category methinks so in the class I replaced the green with pearlised silver and it looked much better. I also replaced the lace I used here with a slightly more modern looking one.
If I remember to bring it home on Monday I'll take a picture of it.

I'm posting quite early today as DD and I are off out for a ride this afternoon. She has just done a five night, night shift and only has two days off before doing a seven so she likes to feel that she has done something on her two days off. Also I need some ribbon........yes I kid you not. I don't have any in the right colour for the baby boy cards I did yesterday.

Postie has been and delivered the Promarkers I ordered this morning to add to the ones DD picked up for me last week. Such yummy colours. I am practising with them in spare moments and so far I absolutely love them. None of my black ink pads work that well with them though so I am colouring black and white stuff off the computer which is working just fine until I get my Memento inks I ordered last night.

Well I had best go and put the next lot of washing in the tumble dryer. No chance of getting it dry outside today.

Hope the rain isn't spoiling your weekend.
Bye for now.
Sheila-x-

Lace and Roses!!!

This is a card I designed for this months classes using lace and handmade roses. I didn't think the Brilliance Pearlescent Crimson went very well with the colour of the ribbon so have since changed the colour scheme to cream and brown which looked lovely.........but I forgot to bring the card home to take a picture.

Today I have been making baby cards for the local shop and blow me if I didn't get a phone call from my son tonight to let me know that I am going to be a grandma. Mmmm.........it's going to take me a while to get used to that idea.......lol!!!

My foot is so much better now. Thank you so much to all the kind people who e mailed me with good wishes.

I'm off to phone DD and let her know that she is going to be an aunty.

Bye for now
Sheila-x-

Totally Toasted!!!

Help me...............I'm melting.......lol!!!
Ooooh I do not like this flippin' heat....not one little bit. I feel like I have been toasted and I have barely been outside in it.
Since I got in from work I have been up in my room with the fan on full blast but now hubby has gone up to bed I have to switch it off as he says he can hear it and it bothers him so I've come downstairs where there is just a tad more air flowing around.

Today I am posting another card with a cut and folded front. A little simpler than yesterday's.
The paper is Basic Grey and the stamped images are Inkadinkado.
The butterfly has been stamped onto yellow card with Versamark and then embossed with Crystal EP. Once cool I ran over it with a Rust Brown StazOn ink pad and then wiped it with a tissue to remove the ink from the embossing.I also stamped it straight onto the paper so I didn't have to cut around the antennae. Flowers were stamped in the same ink and the centres dotted with yellow Stickles.

I am off to get my self a glass of somefing kewl and bubbly.......only Coke I'm afraid. Crikey....anything stronger and I would never get up for work this side of Christmas.
Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-

Shiny Bright!!!

I was at the shop by myself today and once I had the prep done for tomorrow's class I thought I would have a play with these rock star peeloffs from Woodware.......and if you are playing with peeloffs you might as well go the whole hog and do bright and shiny.......lol!!!
So........silver rock star and chain peeloffs and red and blue mirror card which is more of a satin finish rather than mirror.
The peeloffs have been put onto the coloured card and the cut out.....yes I am THAT mad........lol!!!
This is an 8x8 card with a cut and folded front. I think it would make a good 18th or 21st card for a fella.
Tonight I am working on cards with lace and handmade roses so they will be posted later this week.......well if they are fit to be seen.

The foot is getting better at last. It's still a bit sore when I have shoes on and I am glad to get home and kick them off at the end of the day. I think leaving the dressing off all weekend really helped.

Just started reading some books by Matthew Reilly. They are adventures along the lines of Indiana Jones.......you know ancient relics, tombs and traps. Very exciting stuff and I am sneaking off for a bath as I have just started on the second one. I will probably emerge at 1am looking like a prune........lol!!!

Thanks for visiting today.
Bye for now.
Sheila-x-