Happy Saturday everyone!!! It's the weekend and the sun is out - that won't happen for too much longer... I went to my very first Stampin' Up! Open Day today in Horsley and I had a really good time - tea, chat, crafting, meeting new people - it was a lovely way to spend a… Continue reading Stampin’ Up! Open Day
Mini card – Autumn thinking of you
Hi everyone!! I've been seeing lots of mini cards on other people's blogs - for some cute Halloween ideas see Elizabeth Allan's blog. I was waiting for a friend to pop over for a cup of tea and some cake, so I wanted a quick make that wouldn't involve getting out loads of materials that… Continue reading Mini card – Autumn thinking of you
Paper Anniversary
I attended two weddings last year, and I can't believe how fast the time flies! This is the card I have created for an old school friend's first wedding anniversary. He plays guitar in a female-fronted hard rock band when he isn't being an engineer and she is a craft-aholic in her spare time (just… Continue reading Paper Anniversary
Paralympics Closing Ceremony
The Paralympics have come to an end 😦 Well done to all the 'Superhuman' athletes, from all over the world!! I have mixed feelings about the Paralympic Closing Ceremony, but I think it's all a matter of taste... I loved the overall theme of 'The Festival of the Flame' - quite Pagan, and with some… Continue reading Paralympics Closing Ceremony
Trees color trends challenge
This is my entry for the 'Trees color trends challenge' on the Embellish magazine blog. I don't know if your parents were always quoting age-old quotes to you, but my parents used to say 'money doesn't grow on trees' whenever I asked for a pony for Christmas... That's where my inspiration came from - I… Continue reading Trees color trends challenge
First Day at School
Awww! My youngest niece is going to infant school for the first time next week!! Last year I made a card for each of her two sisters because they were starting new schools (one had gone up to junior school and her other sister started infant school), she must have felt so left out still… Continue reading First Day at School
Top 1000!!
Yay!!! I just this minute went to craftyblogs.co.uk to check my ranking and I am now one of the top 1000 craft blogs in the UK!!! (at time of checking I was actually #1000) Thank you so much to all my followers for following me and 'liking' my posts - it means a lot!
Micromania
I'm a member of the British Society for Immunology (BSI) and I think they have some wonderful educational material - but this is the best educational resource I've seen yet! It's a card game called Micromania and it's based on Happy Families and encourages children to learn about the immune system and infectious diseases in… Continue reading Micromania
Beach bum
Hmmm... another male colleague's birthday (how inconvenient of all these blokes to make me have to think really hard about so many different male birthday cards in such a short space of time) This colleague jokes about how lazy he is - he will wheel his chair around the office rather than walk & often… Continue reading Beach bum
Pinwheel take 2
Ah-ha! Things always work better the second time around (practice makes perfect!) I've decided to do another pinwheel card for a colleague's son's first birthday (Awww, I know - they grow up so fast!) but as this one is for a little boy I used a different colour scheme from my first pinwheel card. I… Continue reading Pinwheel take 2
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