I saw my neighbour Carol this afternoon and thought I'd make her a card for mothers day, I wouldnt have minded a mum like her, she's off her trolley too!! she commented on my purple pansies and said it was her favourite colour so NUFF SAID!!! I havent made anyfink for a while so this is a bit dodgy, I muffed up the inside but at least I've finally used ONE card from one of the 3 kits I've bought from C&C so only another 89 to go!! hope the poem I did isnt too 'anything' if you know what I mean!!

so, how do I put a link to someones blog on here?? here goes, I'll try just typing it in and hope for the best, crafterskitchen.blogspot.com , how do I know if its worked? oh well here goes!!!
well that didn't work so I did it properly instead!! I think thats right now!!

For goodness sake you lot stop pestering me for my latest design, I can't take all this pressure to keep coming up with fablus new creations day after day...... IF ONLY!! well there's no-one out there so I can be as daft as I like and talk absolute garbage! I know I made a card very similar to this last week, but I really, really like this burgundy card and decided to make Hayley a birthday card, its her hubbies birthday the day before hers so I've done them a joint card... TIGHT COW!!

Now please just be patient everybody, I'll have a gorgus new creation tomorrow.... cackle cackle!!!

Helloooooo, not that anyone's there... but I like to kid myself that there IS, so here's a little something I made for a lady at work who's lad passed his driving test this week, hope they like it, I'm not exactly awash with new idea's am I, same old same old.... oh well its a start I suppose!!

well, here's a little something I made just because I love the colour and sheen of this burgundy card, I didn't have a clear idea of what i was doing and so feel its a bit 'disjointed' for the want of a better word, then I remembered I needed to do a engagement card for a fella at work so utilised it for that purpose, as I say the card itselfs not up to much but the cardstock is fabulous!!!

well, here's a little something I did on my Cricut (Arnie) I was playing around this afternoon instead of doing some housework..... its nothing special but at least its got me thinking again!! forgot to leave somewhere for sentiment AS USUAL but its not going to anyone anyway so 'am I bovvered'?

don't know which picture I prefer so I'll change them around later! looking at this card now I can think of several things I SHOULD have done which would have made it much nicer! Hindesight, what a wonderful thing it is!!

Well I finally made something... I'm amazed too! I can't say its inspirational but at least I've finally made a card again! this is for freinds who are celebrating their 25th Anninversary and I thought I'd keep it all silver cos its a silver anniversary DERRRR!! I made this using my newly purchased dies, theyre ok but will take a bit of learning cos theyre not as easy as I thought they would be! anyway if you're having a shufty..... thanks for dropping by!!

OMG I can't believe I'm posting this, but what the hell, I've got broad shoulders and can take the flack.. I'm only posting this cos I wanted to show some of my first efforts (pre cricut) when I actually used wallpaper to make my cards with.... 'what a tight cow' I hear you cry! and of course you're absolutely right.. I AM!! isnt it pretty paper tho? just imagine if the recipient of the card had this on her living room walls! luckily it was for my SIL so I know she doesnt have it! have you spotted the dreaded peel offs! I don't care I LIKE EM!!

Hi,

well as you know I'm not one to brag but I've gained a NEW follower, so welcome Janie from El Paso, Texas and thank you for following my blog, I'd better get my finger out and produce something for my 3 followers to look at, I've toyed with the idea of dragging more of my older efforts out of the bowels of my computer (which I hasten to add is where they belong!!) whats your thoughts ladies?? failing that I'll try and make something worth looking at, but it may take time so carry on with your own stuff and get it on YOUR blogs so I can nip over and have a look at them and get some idea's for what to do with my squillions of pounds worth of stash!!! catch yer later gals xx

I liked the card I did for Lin so did another one for Lav (Lavinia) why she would shorten her name to Lav is beyond me, just glad her surname isn't Bogdanovich!! I had to do something quick so used the design again!! could be I'm just out of idea's!

Heres a pic of my new window, pity I forgot to open the curtains! Oops!! I'll take another one in daylight tomorrow!!

here's a couple of pics of the inside of Teresa's card, the flowers are are a spellbinders die and its the first time I've used them, I'm very pleased with them!!

this little number is for a freind of DD who has just moved into her first home, I wish the topper card showed up better, I got this card last year for something and liked it so much I took it apart and used it to make this one!! not sure if I like this card but at least the colours and bits are pretty!!

This is a card I made for my friend Teresa's birthday in a couple of weeks, she'd better remember mine this year, OR ELSE!! I wouldnt mind but its only 3 days before mine so it shouldn't be that difficult TERESA!! I started designing something on DS but then changed my mind as I'm starting to use my nestabilities more now! so I've tried to go for the 'Oppulent' look as Teresa is a true spaniard and loves all that stuff!!

well, I'm just musing to myself now, yesterday was a horrible day....... not going into details but a lot of visitors ( ha ha, I'm flattering myself there!!) OK, the 2 or 3 visitors (who know me) to my blog will know the details!! I think I 'lost' a friend today, not through illness or anything terminal, through stupidity, mine or hers? who knows! I think I probably let her down in some ways, but I also feel very let down too, anyway I think that particular door has closed and I won't be opening any more doors in the near future!! I get myself into less trouble if I talk to myself!! haven't made anything for a while, don't think my mojo is back from Barbados yet so I'm chilling!!

I think this card may be my first or possibly second 3 in 1 book card, I have made several more and that might have to be my New Years Resolution..... TO NEVER MAKE ANOTHER ONE!! I did like them at first but have gone right off them now, having said that you can bling them up and put lots of slushy sentiments in the little cards so maybe NOT!!


I just found this one in the archives, I made this card for Bev, she is also a hairdresser and a friend of Hayley... (not Tracy!) so...... Bev's daughter Stacy was getting married and she wanted a card from her daughters twins to their mum and dad on their wedding day, make sense???


I know the spelling of babies is wrong but I did it that way cos babies can't spell can they!! she wanted a black and white theme and I used my very favourite black embossed card which I assumed I could replace only to find it was discontinued and unavailable ... wish I'd known that before I used it!! this was of course cut out on my cricut!!




Front cover

The twins obviousley, arent they gorgeous!!

I don't actually remember where this was, but I'm presuming it was an insert over the pics of babies!!!!

and this is the inside of course!!! Bev was really pleased with it, I made the TG (Ampersand) card for the same couple, just so you know what I'm talking about!!!!

Well, if you're here, Hello!! but you're probably not, so just to put you in the picture, the cards get SLIGHTLY better as you go deeper into the bowels of this bog, sorry blog! but I stress only SOME of them are SLIGHTLY better, there are a couple I'm fairly pleased with until I look on other peoples blogs and realise what a useless so and so I am!! but I enjoy buying stash, and stashing stash so I'm happy!! if you ARE here you're very welcome and I appreciate you visiting my blog!!

Okay, Okay... I know the cards are getting worse instead of better!! but I seem to have done everything arse about face, which is quite normal for me!! so I'm looking at the pics of cards from my yesteryear and am embarrassed to say these are some of the 'best' I use the term loosely!! so be patient with me, I did this on my cricut when I was deep in 'Invitation mode' and thought they looked quite good, sadly the victims I was making invites for DIDN'T agree!! so that was another 48 hours of my life wasted!! told you I was slow!


In my defense I 'designed' the paper for the card below on MyCraftStudio which I bought from C & C and a very clever piece of equipment it is to, however, it would have been cheaper to fly to Thailand..... make the paper there, fly home and make the card... A LOT CHEAPER!! I would imagine most of my 'creations' cost somewhere in the region of £85-150 that does include labour of course!! ANYWAY!! I like this artist somebody Van Klimt or Klop?? so I did this card for my daughter when she moved into her flat a couple of years ago, and her fav colours are turquoise and brown.... so voila!!

And now for the Peire resistance, oh, you know what I mean!! the ever famous TG (or Ampersand ) card, what I 'borrowed'... I did this for Tracy, No Hayley.... why do I ALWAYS call her Tracy???? that poor girl would probably like to strangulate me sometimes!! anyway.... for Hayley's (she's the lovely girl who does my roots for me!) friend who got married last year, she was very pleased with it and I thought it looked NEARLY as good as the original version!! for a quick squiff at the original go to Tracy's blog!! and I DO mean Tracy, not Hayley's blog!! confused? you will be!!

Apologies for these poor efforts, they are from way back when I first got my cricut and HAD to learn how to do an aperture card, being slightly crackers doesnt make it easy to learn new skills and this was no exception I assure you, but after a LOT of practicing I finally got it, and I must say I still like doing aperture cards, I think they personalise a card etc in a very special way!! you wont see another card like it in the £1 shop!!!!!





Right, I'm posting these very old cards cos I was very proud of them at the time.... it took me a seriously long time to get my head round doing the 4 aperture cards and I havent got a clue how I did it now.. so please don't anybody ask!!



I'm posting this 'Deco' style card cos I tried a bit of decoupage (not so as you'd notice tho!!) my daughters friends moved into a new flat and theyre very into red and black ( hmmmmm) and of course deco... I think they liked it, who knows!!!

Another 4 aperture card, for Angie who left to go to Northampton, and then got made redundant.. NICE!!