Garden Whimsey Class last evening

Well sorry I've not posted for a few days, had a lot on with my Pre-op assesment for my op, and what have you, however, thursday night I got a creativity rush again, in time I think for the garden Whimsy class I went to at Maria's last evening. I was extremely excited about making this, as I love the set. We made a card wallet with 4 cards on the inside, protected by cellophane - it will make a wonderful gift!

I chose to stamp the outside and the outside of the wallet with a snail random print and then the tops of the card holders in the two little bugs in red, on blue cardstock, layered onto the yellow.

The 4 cards that go into the cellophane are shown below.

Although the wallets were the same for each of the class members made totally different cards, using different stamps for each. I was very, very pleased with the outcome, and learnt some valuable things whilst carding with them. Maria is an excellent teacher, and is very talented, as you can see from her blog. I feel extremely honoured to be attending classes at hers, even though orders are thin on the ground for me, with me being off work at the moment. I have only ever been a sole crafter and therefore am picking up loads of hints and tips from the classes.

The next three cards (and one small origami box) were made on Thursday night, after I had been for my pre-op - needed to escape from reality for a while, and carding is the perfect answer for that.

I treated myself to a corner punch, and as you can see, I have been making use of it.

Well, we have my step children staying over today, and we are going to be making some cards for their dads birthday on Tuesday (needless to say I haven't made one yet and it's Saturday!!!!) I will probably also make mine later on today, when the little ones are all in bed!

So bye for the moment and I will post the creations for Phil's birthday later.

Bye x x x x

Another creativity rush!!!

Well beleive it or not I have spent the last Three nights carding, no break!!!! I blame all this on Maria. My mind seems to be buzzing with ideas (I think it is currently my escape so I don't have to think about my operation)

Anyway here's the first of my creations:

Very simple easy design that I have done, using an embossed card at the bottom and plain card at the top.

The next one is a little bit more detailed (not much):

I saw the 'magnifying glass' type idea on a blog and love it - so here I adapted it to fit my card idea.

The third one is very very simple and very very easy - I really liked the patterned paper on this - and it is so far from what I normally use, I couldn't quite belive i had done it. However my husband did quite happily point out that at the moment every card I have done has Pink in it somewhere - maybe I'm going through a PINK stage, not sure really. But I do quite like pink and purple in a funny sort of way anyhow.

The stamp in the bottom right hand corner says "a friend is someone who makes things easy", and the saying is so true.

So this brings me to my last card for today, a card, which in fact has no pink in it whatsoever. It is my step-sons birthday on the day I go into hospital, so I have done this card for him, to make a little special. I am also going to make him a gift box of some description, to go with it but that will be in the not so distant future.

Creativity rush!!!!

Well following my card class with Maria, I have had a mad rush of creativity, and last night managed to make 3 cards and a little gift type box (that I have found the design on In Love with Stamping - and I loved it!). I couldn't beleive it - mind you I do find it very therapeutic as I have been in an awful lot of pain this week, and it helps me relax and forget about it for a while!!!


Well here we go, the first one I made was to match my Heart Box,

I was quite impressed with this, I think it has turned out really well.


This next one was just so different to what I have done previously - I was quite impressed with the outcome of this too, I have just left this as a "happiness always" card so it can be used for many occassions.

I then did the matching card for my "dreams come a size too big so we can grow into them" box.

I used a buckle on the card, but didn't on the box, thought I would give it it's own identity.

It is also my sister in laws birthday at the beginning of March, so I have done a card for her.

And last but not least - this is my little box. I am sooooooooo impressed with this idea, these will go down well with little chocolates in I think, although it is certainly not just limited to chocolates.

Well thats in for this post, but the way my creative fire is burning - no doubt there will be a load more done tonight. Till the next time x x x x

I got some news yesterday

Well, I finally got the call, last night, at 7.40pm, confirming that i am being admitted to hospital on the 3rd March 2009 (my stepsons birthday) so I can have the operation on my back on the 4th March 2009.
I know that this is the news I was waitin for, BUT it all seems a little bit too real now. I was going to make some matching cards and tags tonight for my boxes from yesterday, but not felt very creative.
I think anxiety has kicked in now. I need to channel it in some better way I think.
Anyway news is news and the operation will go ahead, no matter how much I worry.
Hopefully I will have some more pics on tomorrow of my cards and tags that I am going to make tomorrow evening after my little man has gone to bed!!!
Till then
Bye x x x x

My First SU Carding Class

Well I have attended my first Stampin Up carding class/workshop today at my good friend Maria's and it has really sparked my creativity (even though we had to battle through half a foot of snow to get there).

I loved every minute of it, and was so excited. We made three little projects, a box (that I absolutely adore), a card, and a tag, all matching using the Live your Dream set and the gorgeous SU cardstock and patterned paper.

Here's the picture.

I am aware that these pictures aren't the best, and certainly do not show the quality of these projects but unfortunately these are the best I can get at the moment.

Anyway, It has certainly sparked my creativity, and what with the Valentines day looming (and me begrudging paying a fortune for things that are for sale a for a fraction of the price the rest of the year) I figured I would have a go at making a couple of these boxes myself.

These are my creations - I hasten to add these are not SU card and paper (nor the rub on used for My Heart Belongs to You) as I currently don't have any, however the stamp sets and the ink are!

I am extremely glad I went today as it has fed the creativity fire fuel and I am certainly going to do more before I go in hospital. Now found out I am due to go in on the 3rd of March - only 28 days away. Need to get going!!! Looking forward to my next class with Maria on the 20th though - can't wait.

Till next time x x x x x x

Happy 2009

Well, I apologize for not being online for the past couple of months - I have had a pretty bad time of it. I got took into hospital in November 2008 as I lost some sensations in my groin area. To cut a long story short I am having have another operation in the next 5 weeks to repair my discs again (well to actually see if they can find out what is going on hehe). I did have an operation 4 years ago to remove the bulging bit of my disc, but it would appear that it hasn't really worked. So i am currently off work, spending as much time as I can with my son and my husband.
I am however going to a carding class tomorrow at my good friend MAria's . I am SOOOOOOO excited as she is so very talented and the stampin up products are fantastic.
I will definately put my creations on here tomorrow. I realyl can't wait - anyway going to go and feed the cat, the fish, the rabbit and then me and phil hehe.
Till Tomorrow x x x x

Snow.............................................

Well, we have woken up to a white world this morning, and little old Bacup was even on the news - it is quite deep the snow and although it is raining it is not shifting the snow. The views are beautiful and, as I have a bad back at the moment, it is a good excuse not to have to go anywhere.........after all I don't want to fall do I. Anyway I have been trying to do little bits whilst my son is awake (I do most when he is in bed as his little hands do tend to wander all over my creative crafts, and I get NOTHING done, I can't wait until he's older and able to do his own). I have folded my origami christmas trees for the front of my cards, and I have found a very very simple folding christmas tree idea that is soooooooooo easy, and soooooooooooo effective here . I have used a magazine that I got in the free ASDA magazine, saves throwing it away and there is nothing like recycling. This is my "half" xmas tree before I have sprayed it.

I am very impressed about how easy it was.

All I need to do now is the other half and spray them both with gold paint, and attach a gold star!!!

So Simple.

I also made a birthday card for our friend Gordon. It was his birthday late end of November and he loves Mini's, hence the mini decoupage

I quite liked this and it just seemed to fall together. I used trimcrafts masculine papers and my old faithful computer with glossy paper for the mini decoupage.

Well I am now going to go and try to finish my christams tree and prep my cards to complete later (I will do them once little man has gone to bed and upload pics then). The hail and the rain is coming now and i want a hot chocolate and to curl up in front of the fire for a bit.

18th Birthday

Well I know i haven't blogged for quite some time but with one thing and another i have been really busy - I have also had to spend the last 5 days in hospital with another pro-lapsed disc (these things are sent to try us). However before I went in I completed two bookatrix cards for my husbands cousin and his girlfriends 18th birthday party (the inconsiderate couple have got together knowing that they were born in the same hospital only 12 hours apart - lol)




Well here goes! I had never even heard of these until I was browsing the blogs - and I come across some cards that had been made using this technique. I was very impressed, and my friend Maria, who has every item ever needed for every eventuality, has magically got one of the bookatrix boards, and with a quick lesson of I went.




Hereare my attempts:

This is Zoes female 18th Birthday card

This is Andy's Male 18th Birthday card

I was quite impressed with the outcome, considering htey were my first attempts.
I have also, well yesterday, completed a male birthday card for my friend, which I will post later on, as I have not yet given it to him.
Thanks

On A Roll

Well I have certainly been a little bit more motivated these last few days than I have for weeks.

I have been "on a roll" last night and tonight making more than 6 cards (beleive me this is lot for me at the moment).

My first one was a three fold christmas card one inspired by a demonstration at my local craft store, The Range.

This one is a decoupage kit that my fantastic friend Maria trreated me too, and I am loving it. Unsure as what to do to make it a little different but I had a go!!










I also did the dove in the decoupage too. i love this card.












Trying to also do more than christmas cards I have doen a dream big card for my friends mum's birthday. Trying to be inspirational.












And last but not least I have done a totally out of character masculine christmas card. I was extremely impressed with the outcome of this and am defiantely going to use more "way Out" patterns from now on.









Well today has been a long one, and I'm off to make another couple of cards and then Bed for the well deserved (and well earned) sleep needed before my brain overloads with all the ideas that seem to be popping out of it at the moment.
bye xx
Vikki

Halloween

Well I began this blog in good faith, and have, in all honesty, not had time to post on it. I am, however going to make a bit more of an effort.

A lot has been happening lately, our chickens, who were ill are now better and back to laying 9 eggs a day.........................thank goodness, or phil was going to cull them :-( and the veg are coming on leaps and bounds in my NEW greenhouse (it's a hand me down but it is very very useful). My pear tree is unfortunately being attacked by the wind and is not fairing too well, but with a bit of luck it will get through it.

I am madly trying to organize my Halloween Party and this is the thing that seems t be taking up most of my time. I am going to post pics on here, as and when I dod things, firstly are my invites. I have had the idea from tara's blog for my invites - I absolutley love this idea, so that is my first venture. I have teabagged some plain paper tongiht and creased it, to age/distress it and it is currently drying on the radiator. I am going to rip it into sections and put it on the card to look like mummy bandages, similar to the one on Tara's blog. I have loads and loads of ideas, helped along by my good friend Maria at Goldcatsstampingheaven and I will post them on one by one as I do them.........got to go and get rest now

bye for now

vikki