Surfer Dude ......and Popcorn the Bear!

Happy Friday everyone!!

And is it ever a happy one .........my oldest son is celebrating his 11th birthday today, my craft room is back in order and fully functional once more, AND my laptop decided it hadn't died and booted up this afternoon as if nothing had ever been wrong with it!!!! I am still keeping a watchful eye on it though as I suspect there is a loose connection somewhere inside on the motherboard, but for now, I'm a happy bunny! ;)

So, to celebrate I thought I would show you 2 cards today instead of 1, hee hee!! For those of you who have missed my postings I hope having a double feature will make you happy :)

I will be making this a quick post as we have a fun evening planned with Josh, but he is currently immersed in building his new lego! The surfer dude card is his birthday card - he is a complete fish and just adores the water, so I thought Surfer Ian is just perfect for him! And needless to say he LOVED it! I was really happy with the way it turned out. Even happier when my neighbour commented that the twine and beads look just like a surfer necklace - yay - that was my intention and she 'got' it!! Don't you love that when someone 'gets' your creative thinking!

My second card is Popcorn the Bear which I received from Nikki's online store, Bunny-Zoe crafts. I love him and thoroughly enjoyed colouring him with my copics. The design and layout is very simple as I made it as a get well card for my father who is currently in hospital recovering from back surgery. I used a brand new tool on this card - can you guess what it is? Yep, it's my SU! horizontal slot punch for threading my ribbon - love it!

Well, that's it for now! I hope you're having a fabulous Friday and start to the weekend too! Thanks for stopping by and I'm glad to be blogging again - I've missed you all as much as my craft room!

I'm back up and running again!

Hi there!

Just wanted to let you all know that my craft room is back in order and I've started creating again - yay!! My DH is setting me up a desktop computer sometime later today so hopefully by tomorrow I will posting up some cards again! It's my son's birthday today - 11 - wow, where did those years go! I'm just stealing a few minutes here to post this update but we have stuff planned for the rest of his birthday. I probably won't get a chance to blog hop now until tomorrow .....

Still drying out ....

Thanks so much for all your lovely comments and well wishes with regard to my current water dilema!! My craft room is drying is out pretty well although the wetness went much further than originally perceived. So I've had to move out furniture and pull much more carpet back to let it dry off. I've emptied the dehumidifier bucket 4 times now - that's a lot of water!! Thankfully though no product or stash has been affected by this - phew!!! I've been busy stamping up some images and colouring them upstairs, but I'm itching to get back in and create! And to top this all off, my laptop died on me this morning .....aarrgghhhh!! I went to turn it on and nothing, it flat out refuses to boot up :( And of course hubby is out of town and won't be back until the end of the week. So I'm on his office desktop (at least I can get on that!!) and hopefully he'll be able to work his magic when he comes back!

I'm still feeling dizzy with this vertigo - I was hoping it would have started to clear up by now! Ah well, the medication has to start taking effect soon, don't ya think! OK, enough of my ramblings! Hopefully this evening I can get surfing some of your blogs and catch up on some commenting.

Take care!

A disaster in my craft room!

Hi there!

Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to post anything for the next couple of days due to a mini disaster in my craft room! We had incredibly torrential rain here on Friday evening, so much so that it slightly flooded my craft room in the basement. It's not a complete disaster but I've had to move all my stuff to pull the carpet and underlay up. It's a relatively small area of wetness but I have the dehumidifer going in the hopes that it will dry everything up. Fingers crossed this will be enough to fix the problem otherwise we will be looking at having to replace the carpet (which is barely a year old as it is!!).

I'm feeling unwell too with a bout of vertigo so I shall definitely be laying low for the next couple of days! Hopefully I'll be able to blog hop and leave comments tomorrow when I'm feeling up to it! Until then ....

New Monthly Challenge Blog - Check it Out!!

Good morning everyone!

Just wanted to share the news of a fabulous new monthly challenge blog, Bizzy Bec Creatalicious Challenges. Check out the fabulous new challenge blog here and head on over for the opportunity to win some gorgeous celebration candy!!

They are also looking for 2 more DT members so pop on over there and check out the fabulous sketch they have for you to do!

I hope to be back later - I'm heading down to my craft room to ink up and craft!!

Friday Sketchers with a fabulous Hanglar image!

Hello my crafting friends!

I had some time today so I got right onto the Friday Sketchers sketch today done by the wonderful Jacque! It's a really great layout and had lots of fun playing with it! I haven't distressed anything in a while so I thought this gorgeous Hanglar stamp (which I'm so thankful for getting my hands on!!) would work perfectly with a shabby chic look. What do you think? I coloured her with my copics using the new Hydrangea Blue and Blue Violet colours that I've just got. I love them. I used papers from my BG Wisteria pad and the base panel I sanded with my new Tim Holtz sanding block (love this!!). Some shabby stitching around the edges and distressed paper edges with my distressing tool give the card it's final look. Organza ribbon and a Prima hydrangea and rose, together with an eyelet (that covers the Cute Card Thursday challenge), and my card is done!!

I hope you like it! Thanks for visit today and taking the time to leave a much appreciated comment!

Hopefully see you back again tomorrow!

Thank you, thank you .....

Hello there!

Today I have this card using the Mojo Monday sketch this week. My gorgeous My Mind's Eye papers arrived in the mail this week from Nikki at Bunny-Zoe's crafts (thanks Nikki, I love them)!!! This Magnolia image was already coloured up and the colours matched a treat with these fabulous papers. My flower ensemble is using a range of flowers from my stash and the MS oak leaf punch. The sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly and the ribbon is from stash too. I used Old Paper distress ink which I sponged on the circle before gluing Tilda down.

It's a soggy wet day here in Ottawa - I've had a busy day though with friends by stopping for lunch as they were passing through town on their way back home from PEI. Hopefully I'll get a chance to play a little later. I got a gorgeous new christmas stamp from Sunshine Designs which I want to ink up. Also, Popcorn the Bear was in my parcel from Nikki ...... lots of new things to play with and I don't know where to begin, ha ha!!

Thanks for your visit today. I hope you're all enjoying a beautiful day and I hope to blog hop and catch up on some commenting!

Festive Anya - Simon Says Stamp Challenge card

Happy Wednesday!

Simon Says Stamp Challenge has this fabulous sketch this week so I couldn't resist joining in! It's the first time I've done one of their challenges and I hope it won't be the last. It's been a kind of hit and miss day with the weather and the boys have had play dates so I had a chance to nip into my craft room and play!

I coloured Miss Anya with my copics and kept to a teal colour theme. Not a normal colour I would choose for a christmas card but I have to say I really love the result. The papers are from a stack I bought last season in Wal-Mart and the panel behind Anya is cuttlebug embossed with the swiss dots. The sentiment is The Stamp Barn and the gorgeous ribbon is from my local craft store. I added some organza ribbon which doesn't strictly follow the sketch but I'm sure that's ok! I sewed around all the panels for added detail.

And there you have it, another christmas card added to my growing stash (I might actually not be overwhelmed come christmas time!!).

Thanks for visiting today and leaving your comments - I really do appreciate every single one of them!

Lovely Day .........in Sarah Kay's Garden!

Hi there!

I loved the sketch over on the Stamp with Fun challenge blog this week so I used this gorgeous Sarah Kay image which I coloured in during my vacation time! This is such a beautiful layout and I will definitely be using it again. I found some tulle in Michaels over the weekend which I just love. They only had ivory so I will try running some ink over it and play around with colours.

The image is coloured with copics and I've used the gorgeous BG Wisteria papers for the background. I sewed around the edges for added detail. Mini flowers from my stash and the MS punch, with some spacers, add the flower detailing. A small pearl in opposite corners finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek today! Your comments are always so much appreciated - I love to read every one of them!

I hope you are all enjoying a fabulous week.

Hugs,

Santa Claus is coming to town and a Beautiful Blogger Award!!

Hey there!

I got a chance to play around today and a lot of the new challenges this week are 'Christmas in July' - boy was that ever hard to get into after having just returned from a summer vacation!! However, I managed it and I used this fabulous Magnolia Santa image and sentiment which I received in a RAK from dear sweet Cheryl. I've used this weeks sketch from Friday Sketchers which is from the fabulous Jaqueline. I'm also entering this into the Magnolia Down Under Challenge which is 'Christmas in July' and also for the Winter Wonderland challenge blog which is 'Santa Claus is coming to town'. Woohoo - 3 challenges in 1 card!!

I've coloured in Santa with my copic markers and used Liquid Applique on his hat and glossy accents on his glasses. Here's a close up picture hopefully showing those details are little clearer.

Finishing details to the card are some Prima poinsettia flowers, MS branch punch, sewing, and some snowflake embellishments from my stash.

Thanks for taking the time to come by and leave a comment - it's always so much appreciated. My beautiful blogging friend, Linda, also passed on this fabulous blog award to me - thank you so much Linda, it is truly appreciated!

I hope you're all enjoying a wonderful Sunday!

Hugs,