Sheeesh!

I promise I am still here and still alive just not making many cards at the moment!!

I pinky swear that I will post some cards soon!!! ;-)

A badge?!?

I meant to say something earlier but somehow clean forgot!! Clare left me a badge on her blog today! Look......!

I am quite sure I don't deserve this as I haven't made many cards lately! But hey....I like getting bloggy awards from bloggy friends! Thank you so much Clare!

Now, apparently what you are supposed to do with this one is pass it on to seven other bloggers that you like, so I am going to go blog-hunting.

And I want to pass this on to my precious followers (all four of them!! ;-))

Crafting and Living in Japan

All Things Pink and Fluffy

The Lilac Diary

Oceans of Imagination

And a few others...

Kath's Blog

My Stamping Addiction

Blog that Spike Built

Bitty Dot Challenge

Capture the Moment is hosting a rather large Papertrey giveaway at the moment. In fact they are having a festival of celebrations at the moment with several giveaways over the last few days (and the coming few days!!)

I have not had much luck with the Papertrey giveaways at the moment, but that is probably because the powers that be KNOW that I am not actually making many cards at the moment!!

So...when I found the latest sketch challenge on Capture the Moment - (it's cool - you have to download a connect the dots thing in order to work out what the sketch is!!) - I decided that it was way past time to make a few cards!!

Those were the three cards that I threw together and I think that the only one I am not so keen on is the middle one as it needs more.....something. Anyhoo - if you'd like to put yourself in the running for what looks like the biggest stash of ribbon you'll ever see just go and visit Capture the Moment!

Blog Hop!

Hey - the Funky Fairies are having a blog hop for 24 hours where you can download some pretty papers and things!! Don't miss it, it ends at 9am tomorrow morning and if you are stuck at home with a snow day, then you should have time to do this!

Fortunately I am on a week's leave from work anyway - it is snowing here, but not enough to have a snow day!

Anyway...go and visit Hannah's Crafty Blog to get started on the Funky Fairy Love Train!!

a crafty meme!

This I found on Beans on Toast, and thought that it was good fun!! I had to promise to repost the original post so here it is....

A PRESENT FOR YOU!

The first five people to comment on this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

* I make no guarantees that you will like what I make.

* What I create will be just for you.* It’ll be done this year. (Homemade stuff can take a little while.)

* You have no clue what it’s going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry. I may draw or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that’s for sure!

* I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.The catch? The catch is that you must repost (i.e. copy the above stuff so that you then offer to make five people stuff!)

Eeeep!

I am so sorry I haven't posted lately - been too busy doing the following.....

.....reading all those fab blogs on One World One Heart - lots of amazing art stuff and other stuff to win - you still have until the 11th February to enter most of them (some go on to the 12th)

.....playing chess with my youngest brother - played four times...lost four times!! Arggghh!

.....watching Scrubs right from the start. Had never seen it before, but youngest brother has introduced me to it - so so so funny.

Will make some cards soon I promise!! Particularly as I am off work this week coming - yaaay!

One World One Heart

Have you heard of One World One Heart? It's a rather large giveaway carnival that is going on and I am taking part through my other blog, so do pop over to see my personal blog to see what I am giving away and then head over to One World One Heart and visit all the other amazing bloggers!!

The event goes on until the 12th February so you have plenty of time to see what is going on out there in the blogiverse!

Cuttlebug Challenge 14

This week's challenge from the Cuttlebug blog is all about using your favourite folder. I don't have all that many folders at the moment, in fact, I have three. The birthday one, the swirls one, and the snow village scene. Yep, that's it!

In any case the challenge was very timely because it's my Dad's 60th birthday next weekend and so this week my favourite folder is the birthday one! ha ha!! I am sure that we all have favourites that change on a weekly basis depending on what's going on. (And don't worry - he is the LAST person in the entire universe to look at this blog!! He may look at my personal one but only if Mum points out something to him!!)

The blues work well here for a masculine card I think and it's a simple card that, even if I say so myself, looks good! (I am definitely embellished challenged as I prefer the simpler cards, so I might try the 2RedBannanas challenge next - a creative ribbon challenge)

P.S. Is it just me but does everyone else want to to type Cuttleblog instead of Cuttlebug blog?!

Pair of cards

Do you remember my earlier post about sending a thousand Valentine's cards to a children's hospital in America? (or rather, to Pat of The Rubber Maid)

Anyway, I have made four each of the following two cards and will be going to the post office this morning to send them on their way!

Eight cards wont make a big dent in number of cards needed, but I am beginning to run out of time as she needs them before the 7th February and I know that post takes some time to travel across the pond!

I had fun colouring in the cupcakes, but I really do need a wider variety of pens (the other cards had more colours) and I need to get myself some copics!! But I have already blown the budget for a while because I bought myself some Nestabilities the other day!!

Flourishes Home Challenge

Well, wouldn't you know it? Inspiration and blog post are like London buses...you get nothing for ages and then two come along at once!

Flourishes has a celebrating home challenge that asks fellow card makers to find inspiration within the home, and there are certainly some lovely cards that are inspired by many items around the home (I love the coffee jar card!!)

I was just thinking on the possibilities of this challenge and looking around my home and not coming up with much when I struck gold!! (or should that be silver?)

I suddenly remembered that my brother (yes that one occupying my spare bedroom, see my other blog!) brought me an absolutely gorgeous purple and silver scarf back from India and I knew what I could do.

The close ups aren't brilliant and as it's nearly my bedtime I don't want to take the photos again, so here is the best of the lot!

I should take more inspiration from what I see around me instead of sitting at my craft desk wondering what on earth I should make!!