A happy colour card!

NB: Please scroll down - 2 entries for the Crafty Cardmaker's Challenge (both tulips!)

Hi again

How was your weekend? We had a nice time, although the weather wasn't the best. It's pouring rain here today, and cold, brrr!  I've just heard that the North of England is due to get snow later this week. Oh no, not all that again!! It may not get down as far as us though, hopefully! I'm really SO over the snow now. I want the Spring and Summer to arrive, which is why I decided to make a happy card!

I wanted to make a spring card for the Crafty Cardmakers' Challenge #17 'Spring into Spring'.

This card was inspired by a design I saw in an old 'Cards' magazine, it's by Melanie Douthit, see below...  I fell in love with it when I saw it but for some reason I find pastels a bit of a challenge so went in my usual style for something a bit brighter.  Having based my card on her idea I popped over to her blog.  She makes some fab cards/LO's, you must go over and see! 

Now I'm not sure how it works when you enter challenges if you've been inspired by someone else, so I may even get kicked out.  Who'd have thought cardmaking could be such a risky business lol.  Let me know if there is some challenge etiquette that I'm not aware of, won't you!  I'm still quite a newbie really!

So,  just in case it is classed as cheating I thought I would make another spring card based on the one I did for PDCC the other week, and enter that one too.  I just need any excuse to use my loopy Martha Stewart punch, or do I?!  I'm trying to distract myself from eating chocolate, this girl is in need, and nothing stops the urge like creating. Chocolate makes such a mess of your cards!! ... not that I'd know that of course!

On the subject of creating and things that make you happy, don't forget to play along with the Play Date Cafe Challenge this week, there's still time!  There are some great entries, so put the kettle on, grab yourself a cuppa and get creating!

You never know, YOU could be one of

The Fab 4
The Cream in our Coffee
or
THE CUP of the WEEK

Have fun!

Happy Hump Day!

Hi there

Happy Hump Day! ...When I first started blogging I wondered what on earth this 'hump day' was all about so I googled it.  This is one definition that came up... 'The middle of a work week (Wednesday); used in the context of climbing a proverbial hill to get through a tough week'. I'd never heard of it, but it's funny how just by blogging a) you learn loads of new things, and b) you end up picking up some of the lingo of either the blogging world, or just other countries' phrases in general.  Blogging seems to have a whole new language of its own!

Today I'd like to share a card that I made for the Clean and Simple FTL challenge here, only to find that in my usual style it had no stamping on it at all, and the Get Sketchy #38 make a Spring themed card challenge, however if it wasn't for the challenges I wouldn't have been inspired to make this so all credit goes to them!  Well actually it does have the sentiment stamped, which is mostly what I do when entering stamping challenges, although I have got a bit better, don't you think?

This card was a lot of fun to make.  What do you think of my new flower die cutter.  Isn't it GORGEOUS?!  As soon as I saw it I knew I 'needed' it.  (Read the word 'need' in the same way as you know you 'need' new shoes or a new handbag!)

What I love about this card is that fun little spotty brad, and the bright colours.  How cute is that?!

This card came together quite quickly because the paper is double sided and so colourful.

I just wanted to say that if you have left me a comment and I haven't responded it's probably because it hasn't come through to my e-mail account.  I have been having a bit of a hit and miss service with my e-mail so am only noticing more recent comments on postings to which I have replied.  I always try to reply to each and every comment as soon as time permits.  I value the time taken by you to add your comments, and they mean an awful lot to me.  (You only have to ask Ian, I get really excited when someone leaves me a comment.  The poor man thinks I'm totally nuts!)

I will probably be a bit quiet over the next few days because Ian's parents are visiting, and much as I will be itching to create cards I don't know that it would be the most polite thing to do when we have family here!!   As soon as I can I will be back blogging/posting again.