Country Girl

Hi Everyone, hope you've missed me? I succumbed to the dreaded flu, and as I am older it decided to really hit me hard and leave me feeling a little older, weaker and a few pounds lighter! ME! can't believe it, I'm as strong as an ox most times. Just as well I'm not speaking this, as you wouldn't be able to hear me, yep! I've no voice, hubby is pleased LOL.

Anyhow, enough of me, I didn't enter the Outlawz sketch week before last, so decided I should at least try this week and a beautiful Spring day gave me a lift to make this card, it's a card for one of my Great Niece's birthday which is this week, I thought at one time it would have to be a bought card!!!

I followed the sketch (loosely) laid it out in PS and used a digi stamp which I coloured in PS. I added a punch each side. The image is so like my GN I had to use it.

Digi stamp All Dressed Up Stamps
digi papers from 2006 no name I'm sorry.
gingham alpha Aimee Harrison
background from Hugware no longer available
buttons Papermania
punch Martha Stewart

Outlawz sketch challenge
http://alldressedupchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/challenge-50-winner-and-top-3.html

Golfers Diet

Hi Everyone, a request for a golf card and this is what I came up with. The golfer is one that is from Hugware, I am so sorry it is no longer available, there were some very good artists there.

Anyway, I followed a sketch but decided to turn it upside down, I laid it all out in PS, printed and cut it all out, then embossed the circles and the age, the circles are supposed to represent golf balls, well I thought so LOL. I added the Welsh birthday greeting as the gentleman is Welsh speaking, also tried to keep it red and green also the Welsh colours. I didn't want to change the ready coloured image, so added a blue surround to the image. I embossed the background paper and was going to emboss the check paper, you can see it is partially embossed, which in the end I decided looked Ok. The fabulous sentiment is from Create with TLC.

As it was coming to the end of the embossing in the Calibur, there was a sudden cracking, you know as dies sound when they are going through, I kept going for a second or two then realised it was the folder breaking!!!!!!! I have only used it once before I am gutted! I've taped it together, it's only held by one piece of the folder. I will have to be very gentle when I use it. When I looked the folder an A4 size just fits the plate, I suppose I had it slightly off the bottom plate.

Sentiment from Create with TLC
Golfer from Hugware by Laurie
The golf course is from Hugware by BGD
Check paper Janet Scott at Pixelscrapper

http://www.scrapbook.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/1660925/ - Age card challenge

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/challenge-315-check-it-out.html - Use check

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/week-351-birthday-wishes.html Birthday

http://crafting-with-dragonflies.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/51-birthday-card.html  Birthday

http://disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/birthday-challenge.html  Birthday

Another birthday card

Hi Everyone, I have another birthday card today, I saw a card, that I loved, but didn't take notice of the blog, sorry, just copied the card to use the sketch shape as I love it. So thank you Jen Zeeb for inspiration.







This is my interpretation

It's for my Great Niece's 16th birthday, I added stitching with my little sewing machine that I bought for a bargain last year, I think I have used it twice, must get the tension right!!!!!!!

I added a cut out 16 on my Cricut, then dry embossed it with one of my new Tattered Lace borders, I added 3D gloss to the raised part, hope you can see it. I added Xcut punched mini flowers and a sentiment by Create with TLC.  The fab digi stamp by All dressed up Stamps I coloured in Photoshop.

Dp's by Lucy Hampton from her Old Rose kit, I got it in 2007! So glad I haven't deleted old files, I keep telling my son when he tells me to clear "stuff" off the 'puter I may need them, - proved, LOL.

You may wonder why I added the sentiment, and airplane?, well Millie's Dad has been promoted to China, and she and her Mum will moving over there, not long after her birthday and school exams.

http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/challenge-119.html  Include some pink, - Yep!

http://www.fairytalestamper.blogspot.de/2015/01/challenge-50-top3-und-gewinner.html  Flowers - Yep!

http://alldressedupchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/challenge-26-anything-goes.html  Yep!