Cat sitting on boxed present

Hello again,
another full day today. I went with Mum to a specialist appointment for her Diabetes and she is doing really well after having really high readings for ages. I get to hear the advice she is given and hopefully that will help me also if I ever have to go onto insulin. We then popped in to a place called "The Shoe Shed" to have a look for some shoes for the wedding but they were either too casual or had huge skinny heels on them. I can't wear anything high! Just need something with a small heel or wedge. I then dropped her home and came back here, had a bit of lunch and then my OH and I went out to the airport to pick up our son, this time he did actually arrive!!
He showed us some pics tonight on our tv and we also had a barbeque with a few of his friends and also another one of our sons and his fiancee. It was a lovely night until the mozzies decided to put in an appearance. One of the couples had a new bubs only 3 months old but really tiny little boy, he was only 2.3kg when he was born. I got to have a cuddle with him. A really sweet little baby.
I've washed most of the dishes and then sat down for a play with my cardstock and images.
Here is what I came up with:
Base is SU Basic Black cardstock. I punched a strip of pink with a SU punch. As I was following a sketch, Merry Monday Challenge #6. (I was too late to enter the challenge though). I added a panel going across the card and then the image was stamped onto white card, coloured with ink using a blender pen (I actually coloured this one a while ago and haven't had time to dig out the stamp to see who made it) I cut it out and then adhered it to a topper of black card on a white piece. The sentiments (inside and out) are from SU Petite Pairs and inked in Basic Black. I also added a few pink bling on the bottom (not in the sketch) and also a very small bling on the cat's collar.

I am entering this into the following:
Make It Monday #76
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes
Thanks so much for stopping in and also your comments are very much appreciated.
Take Care,
Sandy

Sorry just previewed the scans and they make the black card look really patchy - it doesn't look like that in real life!

front of card

inside of card

Adorable Mouse

Another weekend has flown by and it's another week closer to our son's wedding. They are getting more involved in all the nitty gritty of weddings and today my DIL was asking about what to do about having our hair done. The wedding is on a Sunday afternoon and not too many hairdressers open up, my son has a friend who may come and do it for us or if all us "girls" get together one of the salons might just open for say 4 adults and two children. No harm in asking!
I overslept this morning and had to do a mad dash to get to church on time. I am in the choir there and that means I need to be about 30 mins early to get robed and have a run through the song we are singing in the service.
We came home and I got ready to go with a friend to Shirley's house for cardmaking and found out through one of our son's that our youngest who we were supposed to be picking up from the airport is now not going to be home till tomorrow. I don't know what happened as he told us yesterday to pick him up today. I suppose we will find out tomorrow.
A few of the family dropped in today and our oldest son, wife and 2 of the grandchildren ended up staying for tea. Their oldest girl was over at someone's house to play and they were picking her up around 7 p.m. so we ordered pizza and they left straight from here.
Well I hope you have all had or are still having a lovely weekend wherever you are and that the weather is being kind to you. It was a beautiful day here.
Anyway here is the card I made.
I've used Black cardstock for the base and then a layer of bright pink. I cut a piece of white card and put through the Swiss Dots embossing folder in my cuttlebug. The digi image from When the Scrap Hits the Fan (a freebie) was printed onto white card and cut with a Nestie Die then coloured with Copics. I also used the Nestie to cut our a red piece to use as a matte. The sentiment is from SU set "Love & Care" inked in SU Real Red, cut out with an oval punch and then mounted onto a piece of red and cut out with a scalloped punch. I finished it off with a white ribbon with red hearts printed on it (from stash). I also did the inside very simply with a piece of white cardstock and used this heart stamp from SU "I(heart)Hearts" also inked in Real Red
I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
My Time To Craft - 'A is for Adorable'
Moving Along with the Times - Challenge 135 - Cute Critters
Allsorts Challenge - Week 141 - Free and Easy February
Well better get a move on and post this.
Thanks again for those comments and I've enjoyed reading each one,
Take Care,
Sandy

front of card

inside of card

Teenage girl with phone

Hello and I would like to welcome my 100th follower, Sandee. I checked my blog this morning and was delighted to see you Sandee, I even had a friend text me to say congratulations, LOL. Thanks Helen!!
I've just realised that those clothes and towels are still on the line, forgot to check them before I went out this afternoon. Hopefully it won't rain overnight! It is supposed to be summer here and we have had temps around 25C with overcast skies and rain.
I caught up again with my friends at craft this afternoon and actually finished the coathanger with the beaded drops and flower detail. It didn't look too bad after all the problems I had last Saturday getting it started, I've even taken a second hanger to have another go at it, LOL.
Hubby got picked up this afternoon by my daughter and her boyfriend and taken out for a while to the Glendi Festival, which is a Greek festival. I came home and took the opportunity to veg out in front of the tv and watch a movie, it finished late so we had a fairly late meal tonight.
Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.
Laurie has survived his Cambodian trip and is on his way home, he arrives about 1 p.m. tomorrow.
Here is my card that I would like to share tonight;

Basecard is SU Tangerine Tango and the DP is also from SU. I used a Nellie Snellen die to cut the blue piece and a white gel pen to make some faux stitching on it.The image is from Digi Darla, called Teresa and was printed onto white card and coloured with Copic Markers I cut it out by hand and mounted onto the diecut. I also printed it a second time and just cut out the girl to give it more depth. I used a punch to cut the circle of music/phone paper and a nestie die to cut another circle slightly bigger in the Tangerine Tango cardstock. I stamped the sentiment from Hampton Art with SU Pacific Point and then used a ticket punch. I added some lines and a few very lightly stamped postmarks using a stamp from a retired SU set called Rustic Rooster.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges;
Pixies Crafty Workshop - number 6 -snippets challenge - all the bits of card and DP were scraps from stash and the card was made from the left over half of a previously cut sheet of A4
Birthday Sundaes - Challenge #42 - Birthday Card w/sentiment
Thanks for stopping in today and I loved reading your comments too,
Take Care,
Sandy
front of card

inside of card

Flowers with Love

Hi everyone,
It's been an interesting day but a good one.
I washed this morning and hung it out on the line and then had to go to a lawyer's appointment to take Adrian and see about a personal injury claim for his accident. When we parked the car in town, it started to rain so didn't get a chance to take the clothes off and they have had to stay there as it has kept coming down most of the day and night.
A friend asked me to go to a concert in the park, a free one put on by our local council. She had seen them setting up and the weather seemed to clear a bit so we rugged up, took our folding chairs and LOL, there was not a soul there so we came back and picked up my OH and went to her place and had fish and chips for tea.
Anyway I came home and got stuck into making a card, here it is.
The basecard is called "Lipstick" from stash, the DP is from Graphics 45 - Domestic Goddess Collection, My Pretty Garden. The Nestie scalloped circle diecut is SU Pink Pirouette and the white is also a diecut. The sentiment is from SU set Well Scripted and inked in Pink Passion onto white card and mounted onto a "Garden Green" circle. The image from Penny Black set "Thinking of You" is inked in Basic Brown and coloured with Copic Markers. I added 3 black buttons as well to finish it off. I haven't as yet done the inside but will do so probably before I go to bed so I may add the pic later.
I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Perfect Sentiments Challenge 18 - Inspire with Love with a twist - a photo inspiration

I chose the colours pink, white and green from the picture and also the colours of the watermelon. The DP I have used reminded me of the skin of the watermelon and the black buttons the seeds.
Come and Get It Challenge - Love is in the Air
Better go and post this, so thanks for popping in today and see you soon
Take Care,
Sandy

Teddy Bea with Flowers

Welcome to my little piece of "blogdom" and I hope you find something here to interest you.
I would like to welcome recent followers, Marie-Louise, Jessica and Karen, thanks for joining and I hope you find time to pop in now and again.
Here is the card I would like to share with you today,
Basecard is SU Concord Crush and then I used a Nestie die to cut a layer of lilac card (from stash) and a smaller white piece which I printed this delightful image of Teddy Bea - she is coloured with Copic Markers. I added a sentiment from SU Petite Pairs and inked in Basic Brown. I used punches for the sentiment.
The inside of the card also has a nestie diecut in white and I stamped 2 rows of hearts and a sentiment from Kaszazz Stamps.
I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Sew Many Cards Challenge Blog - Challenge #80 - Birthday
Sundays with Crissy Challenge 26 - Happy Birthday
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes with optional add a heart or "love theme"
Paper Sundaes Challenge #106 - Clean and Simple

Thanks for stopping by,
Take Care,
Sandy

front of card

inside of card

Teddy Bear Love

Wow, it is so late I've missed posting on Wednesday's date, so I am going to fiddle with the post time so it shows for Wednesday.
I did finish my card in time to share but the area had a problem and we had no phone and that of course meant no internet. It's been out for about 4 hours at least.
So no chit chat just onto sharing my card,
Card base is blue card from stash, DP is from 2 different mini stack pads by Merci. The image is from Pink Gem Designs and coloured with Copic Markers, I used a cirlce nestie and also a scalloped circle nestie to cut the mattes for the image.
I've used a sketch for the layout and also decorated the inside with a piece of white card and then a layer of blue and a piece of one of the DP papers. The sentiment is from SU set Outlined Occassions and inked in Pacific Point. I used punches to stamp and mount the sentiment
I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Freshly Made Sketches #21

Ginger Loft Challenge 33 - Love is in the Air
I Brake For Challenges - Love
Make it Monday #75 - Anything Goes
Thanks for all the fab comments and for popping in today,
Take Care,
Sandy
front of card

inside of card

All You Need is Love

Welcome! I hope you have been having a great day and found some time to dabble in a bit of relaxing cardmaking!
I had class with Shirley today and made 3 lovely cards. I had my granddaughter with me too. She is always so good to take with me. We put up a little table for her and she had some soft toys and a colouring book and pencils, a little bag of snacks and a juice and she was happy to sit there while I made cards.
Lunch out with a couple of friends and then home to see her "Papa" who wasn't home - he had walked up to the local supermarket and when he got home he was very puffed. His first time out of the house since his accident and he really isn't up to it yet. He has to work out for himself how much he can do.
Choir practice tonight, I'm not keen on the music we are doing, Haydn pieces, too many flats!!
Anyway here is my card.
The basecard is SU Real Red and the DP is from Fiskars pack of papers by Heidi Grace Designs called Bouquet Trim. I punched some hearts out and used on both the inside and outside of the card. The image is a digi from Meljen's Designs and coloured with Copic Markers. The sentiment is from a Close to Ny Heart set called "Sentiments - My Acrylix" (an e-bay find) I used a Nestie die to cut out the image and then matted onto red card and trimmed around it.
I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
My Craft Spot #43 - Valentine's Day
Come and Get It Challenges - Love is in the Air
Cards for Men Challenge 3 - Seeing Red
Crafty Boots Challenges - Valentines
Cupcake Craft Challenges 178 - Pink and Red
Annabelle Stamp Blog Challenge - Say it with Hearts

I originally made this for the challenge over at Meljen's Design Challenge #95 - Loving You, and I've missed it! I should have written down the close off date. Will remember to do it next time, LOL>
Anyway, thanks for looking at my cards and listening to me waffle on,
Take Care,
Sandy
front of card

inside of card