Delight in Life

Hi to all of you who are stopping by to look at my cards - hope you find something to interest you, maybe something that you can take and make even better! I'm going out with Mum and a friend for Chinese Food tonight, so thought I would share this card I made this afternoon in case I don't do anything else tonight. The flower is made using Tim Holtz's Tattered flower die, it is quite a large flower so made it about 2 months ago and have been wondering what on earth I would do with it. LOL, finally decided to use it here as an embellishment to a maroon coloured topnote which has been embossed. The flower and matte and sentiment piece are all done on a cream cardstock and topnote and base card are maroon with the greeting stamped in choc chip SU ink - a brad in the flower and a trio of pearls finish it off nicely.
Hope you all have a nice evening,
Bye Sandy

Hello Baby

This card was supposed to be posted before midnight, but I couldn't find the paper I wanted to use on it so have had to compromise to get it done! It has not scanned well at all but I can't seem to fiddle the colours to show what it looks like. The image is coloured with a blue blanket on the baby and a pale pink dress on the mother. It is one of my better painted images so I was quite pleased with it but disappointed it does not show up in the scan.
I had a great day with friends at class this morning and made 3 more lovely cards with Shirley
Hope you all have had a good day too,
Bye, catch you later, thanks for popping in,
Sandy

Christmas Bear with Paper Embroidery

Well, I've had a fairly quiet day, my granddaughter was here today being babysat while her Mum was at work, my hubby and son pinched the car so they could use the trailer as mine is the only one with a towbar! So only went to the grocery shop for some rolls and cold meat for lunch and played around a little bit with my stamps between a bit of housework.
Here is the result, another card for the stash and another entry into Shirley's Christmas card Challenge
A non-traditional Christmas card using blue base card, brown matte with a green border punched piece and then my stitched topper with the holly stamped in the middle and this cute "Popcorn Bear" and the Christmas Greeting from SU Teeny Tiny Sentiments.
Thanks for popping by,
Sandy

Woman at Cafe

Hello, hope you've all had a good weekend, We have been to our son's house for a doggy party for their one year old "groodle" Lots of dogs and a great barbeque. One of my daughters made a cake out of dog food and treats which went down well with all the dogs. That makes 2 barbeques this weekend. The other was a 50th birthday that we didn't know about until we arrived, lots of motorbikes and cars - we had to park quite a distance and walk back, had sore feet at the end of the night because I wore new shoes that day!
So.. I finally got to do some crafting tonight and this is what I came up with.
Thanks for popping in to look,
Sandy

Out for a stroll

It's Saturday and just about ready to go to my friend's house for our Saturday craft get together. I'm taking my cards with me today, we usually bead, but lately have been doing our own thing, but it is really good to see each other and talk and eat!We have afternoon tea on the table whilst we are crafting LOL.
The card I made this morning is again using the same paper as my last card, this time I've used it as an accent by cutting it out as a circle and using this sweet Magnolia girl in a kimono and twirling her umbrella.It's mounted on an ivory cardstock (SU) and then onto a brown base card. I finished it off with a "Beautiful" stamp from SU "Eastern Influences" and using choc chip ink. I decided no bling this time either, just clean and simple.
Thanks for popping in, I hope you are enjoying your weekend!
Sandy

Little Oriental Girl

Here is the card I made late, late, late last night! I found this lovely oriental style scrapbook paper yesterday and decided it would look just right with the little oriental girl (another image that I stamped and coloured last year) I've embellished the card with the stamped fan and lots of amber coloured bling on some of the blossoms. The base card is SU Naturals Ivory, so have again backed it for scanning purposes only to emphasize the edges of the card.
I've been busy doing paper embroidery today, so should have a few cards to share later in the week - some will be Christmas to go towards the stash and also Shirley's Challenge
So here it is - hope it appeals to you, I do like oriental cards and have several stamps, but don't always think to use them,
Bye,
Sandy

Beary Merry Christmas

Hello everyone, well I missed posting by about 18 minutes or so for Thursday's date! I seem to be making my cards a bit too late sometimes to get them posted on the right day. Anyway, this is another card again for Shirley's Christmas Card Challenge. I've got another card 3/4 ready to scan, but might leave it till daylight to finish, so will post later today,
Thanks for popping by and have a good night (or day)
Thanks also to those who are leaving comments for me, much appreciated.
Sandy