Stamp Something Challenge - something digi!

This is my entry for the STAMP SOMETHING challenge this week. I havnt done any challenges for ages, but this challenge inspired me to use one of the gorgeous digital stamps from Pink Petticoat!

Cushions!

I have been busy making cushions - I have even opened a folksy shop to try and sell them in!

Life Is Like A Box Of Chocolates!

I had a flash of inspiration when I made this card for the Cute Card Thursday challenge:



I cut some squares and circles with my slice machine, then cut the squiggles on top by hand and mounted them on foam pads in a "chocolate box" made from brown card and cadbury's purple tissue paper. Yummy!

Hand-Drawn Eeyore Card

It is ages since I did any challenges, but I was inspired by the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge this week, so here is my entry:

I drew the Eeyore by hand (I had a lot of time on my hands lol!) and coloured him with prisma pencils and sansodor.

I didnt have any paper that did him justice so I cut strips of pastel paper and made my own zig-zag stripey background.

I love eeyore! And its good to see him looking happy for a change!

A Cute Little Fish Mobile

Another busy day crafting for me today!

A friend of my Nan's is related to someone who works at a very poor orphanage in Russia. They do a great job looking after the children who either have no family or whose family cannot look after them, but they have very limited funds. For quite a few years my Nan's friend has been sending out big packages to the orphanage, which we have contributed to. My Nan knits loads of bright, cheerful jumpers for them, my Mum knits, crochets and also makes them patchwork blankets. And we buy bits and pieces, clothes etc to send to them too. They are so pleased to get these parcels, they always email loads of photos of the children trying the jumpers on, sleeping under the blankets etc. It is heart-warming!

Well, anyway, I was flicking through the Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine yesterday and there was a gorgeous mobile to make in it, using die-cut circus animals. You might have seen it? And I thought, wow, it would be lovely to make some of those for the little Russian children.

And here is my first attempt, with lots of fish and starfish on it!


I am planning to make a few different ones, but this has taken me all day!!!! I had to make the fish templates for my robo to cut first, then cut it, then stick it all together. But I am really pleased with it!

A productive weekend - cards, quilling and of course cupcakes!

I have been busily making a few cards today. I am planning to give them to a local charity shop to sell once I have a nice big pile as I am not selling anything myself at the moment.

Firstly, I had made some cute little quilled fish but I needed a suitable home for them! I printed out a fish bowl shape, gave it a quick wash of colour with my gorgeous twinkling H2Os, and they soon settled in!

(Sorry, the pictures arent brilliant, I had to use the camera on my phone as my "proper" camera has run out of batteries and I didnt have any replacements!)

After the fish had been sorted out, I came across a partly quilled cupcake that I made a while ago, and matched that up with paper and ric rac to make a quick but pretty card. Ooh, forgot to say, I made the spotty blue paper myself too in Paint Shop Pro, I always feel especially proud when I use background paper that I have created myself!

I also made some cards with felt flowers on, but I think this post is getting a bit long so I will add them tomorrow!