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.