Kitty Love

Helloooooo! Ok I know that Valentine's Day has passed already but I had the urge to add hearts to this card... I kinda went for it! The little kitty image is a new 'Pampered Pets' stamp by Docrafts, my hubby bought me a few of these recently (do you think he wants something... or maybe he just wants to keep me out of his way while he watches the footie?). All the hearts are cut by hand... I don't have a fancy heart punch. The background paper is a freebie from Funky Hand, where I'm entering their challenge Get Funky - Show Us Your Heart.

Right, better go and check if my homemade bread has risen... it'd better cos I'm counting on it for tea tonight!

Back with a few cards!

Hi everyone! I finally motivated myself into doing a few cards, and I actually enjoyed it! So maybe it's not quite time to give up just yet? Perish the thought! I'm gonna make this post short and sweet as I have an early start and late finish tomorrow (I hate early starts!!!).

The first card is for Friday Sketchers blog, this week's sketch was by Murmur of France, a nice sketch to work with...


The image is from the Penny Black 2009 collection, it's called "sun dried". Coloured with brush markers, papers are from my stash so sorry I don't have a clue who they're made by. The sentiment is embossed using the Cuttlebug "Friend" folder.

The second card is for the Stamp Something "Favourite Somethings" challenge, as my favourite bear as a little girl (other than Care Bears) was Paddington...


The image was from a free stamp on a craft mag last year (can't remember which one - sorry), coloured with w/c paints. Papers are from Basic Grey Cupcake collection, ribbon is from Hubbihobby and sentiment from Clare Curd's Signature Range. The little paws are stamped using a stamp from Tanda Stamps.

The third and final card is for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge, this week it's a 3,2,1 recipe...


Three brads, two ribbons, one flower. Brads, ribbon and papers are from Papermania, ribbon is from Dovecraft. Embossing done on Cuttlebug using "swirls" folder. The image (which I think is so cute) is called "Rainin' daisies" from Penny Black. Sentiment is again from Clare Curd's Range.

Well that's it for tonight as off to bed now to get a decent night's sleep! Nighty night!

Mojos gone walkabout!

Good morning! Monday again, doesn't time fly! I went back to work yesterday (yup - Sunday) after two weeks holiday and it was hard to motivate myself to say the least! And that's not the only place my motivation is lacking! I don't know what it is but recently my ability to make a card is rubbish! I can't find any inspiration, and it takes me an age to get the most basic of cards made! Nonetheless I've had a go at a couple of challenges, the first one was supposed to be for the Forever Friends challenge, although this has changed today so I'm too late!


The papers are Basic Grey Boxer, image is of course Forever Friends (stamp). The sentiment is a stamp from the new Clare Curd's Signature Range from Do Crafts. I've tried a bit of paper piercing/stitching (real stitching), about the only thing I liked doing on this card!

The second card was the one I had to do for the Paris Saint Germain supporter. NO INSPIRATION!!! I struggled to say the least, and no footie embellies didn't make things easier. I ended up replicating the strip on one of the players, that was about as adventurous as I got! I used a Sugar Nellie stamp, and did some masking, which is this week's challenge over at the Secret Crafter blog...


Does anyone else ever feel like this? I really hope I my mojo comes back soon, otherwise what'll I do with all my stash :(

Off to make a cuppa now to see if that'll help matters...