I have been busy making pages for a 'fat book' swap on kayscorner (http://www.kayscorner.co.uk/) I have to make 27 similar pages and surprisingly after 18 I'm still enjoying myself. Here are a selection - I will upload a better photo when I can. They have a blank area at the left so that they can be bound using O rings. The stamped image is TinkerBella from http://www.stampingbella.com/ The background is scrapbook paper from Blonde Moments (http://www.blondemoments.com/) which has been overstamped with a butterfly. The images are coloured with copics and gell pens. I can't wait to see the finished book.

These are the pages I made for Liz's round robin. I cut up the house from the card below and added the houses as a fence. The house is acetate with perfect pearls on the back. The dolls reminded me of the paper chain dolls I used to make when I was small.

Here are the finished pages for my book. I adapted the layout below to make a flower sign in page. I'm quiet pleased with the pages, but wish I'd overstamped the back ground. The front is UTEE and the wedding photo is one of my relatives.

My pc has been a nightmare the last few weeks - had to reinstall just about everything! You would not beleive how much I missed it...

I've joined a paperartsy swap (http://www.paperartsy.co.uk/) where I have to use a set pack of stamps to make four 5 1/2" square pages. The pages have to be fairly flat so that other people can work on the back of the pages. Cath and Lynne were having a good laugh at the difficult challenge and also helping me with some ideas. This is the first mock up I've made. I like the flower idea but think it needs some darker colours for contrast. The squiggly ink stamp sets are lovely, but this is not one I would have chosen, so it's a real think outside the box experience.
Please share any ideas you have for using this set. I like a challenge and this is certainly challenging.

After a bowl of the most amazing fat and crispy chips I enjoyed Lynne's workshop where I enjoyed making a cute 3D card.

I really enjoyed the workshops (www.katyscorner.co.uk) and a quick mooch round Cath's shop where I bought some fab distress inks. Was lovely to see so many friends as I haven't found any workshops in sunny Wolverhampton - well it was sunny today!

On Saturday I went to Cath and Lynne's workshop. In the morning I had a lovely time playing with some of the new squiggly ink paperartsy stamps and acetate. The first card has perfect pearls under the acetate.

Sorry Alison I forgot to be noisy!

I have been busy making cards some quick and easy cards using my cuttlebug embossing folders. These Bella stamps (http://www.stampingbella.com/) are lovely and perfect for quick and easy cards. Trouble is I just want them all!

I've been making a few ATCs for a black and white swap. The original theme was 'humour' but sadly lots of people don't seem to have funny stamps! Here I've combined the two themes. It has a white border but my scanner cut it off. Stamps from StampinUp.

Happy New Year

Well it's 10:48pm and 2007 is nearly over. I have to say it's been a fab, if demanding, year on lots of levels.

Today has been spent working on a huge Christmas jigsaw, watching tv and making a few cards. I have always loved Angi-b stamps and decided to indulge with some advance Christmas money. Really sad to see they are no longer producing stamps, but they still have some lovely ones available at http://www.angi-b-co.com/ . The stamps I have are quite small so I have used a layout I found on http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ The actual card has a white border, but my scanner cuts it off!

Here's to 2008!

After all the wonderful excesses of Christmas I thought it would be nice to make some spring cards. Here are two made with my new stampendous ‘flower fluffles’ stamp - unfortunately the glittered vellum doesn't show very well. My cat Heidi loves to sleep in a terracotta flower tub by our front door, so I just had to have this stamp. I will upload a photo of Heidi when I can find my phone to pc lead.

I have been trying to get my head around a Christmas card for a RR. In the end I made two cards and this is the one I didn't send. The other is quiet different so I'm not giving away too many clues here. This card uses my favorite PaperArtsy Christmas background (www.paperarsty.co.uk)

As a starter I have been playing around with a basic card layout.