One Last card before the New Year

Hi everyone I am still here just!!! hope you all had a great Christmas,sadly ours was spoilt by illness which is still hanging about over two weeks after DH and I went down with this viral flu that is going about.
My oh my I don't want anything like this again for a long time can't remember when I felt soooo bad!!!
Anyway enough of the whinging onto the card, this is the first one for several weeks. I needed a card for our friends daughter's 35th birthday, they should have been coming to stay with us for New Year but I had to put them off I couldn't risk them coming to stay for a couple of nights and then being ill for the next 3 weeks as nice as it would have been to see them. "HAPPY NEW YEAR IAN AND PAT".
I have used the Magnolia V Stampavie sketch and I think I will make it just in time.
The little cup cakes are magnolia and the paper, card and flowers are all SU, sentiment crafwork cards.
Happy New Year to you you all and lets hope it will be healthier one!!! I am going to try and get round to all your blogs later and start leaving comment again.

Thanks for looking

Sue :o)

Just to let you know

Hi all
Just to let you know I am fine... thank you all so much for your kind concern and comments on the last post.
The problems are extended family ones but you know what it is like it impacts on our own lives.
Merry Christmas see you in the New Year.
Sue :o)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Hi All
Due to commitments and a few problems!!
I have decided to take a break from blogging until January.
I wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and I will see you all in the the New Year.
Love Sue :o)

Sketch Saturday and PIF

This is the card I have made for DH Birthday on Friday, the little dog looks like a short haired Honey. Just hope he likes it!!
Still taking terrible pictures not sure if I need a new camera or a proper light box!!! both probably

I have based this on the Sketch Saturday sketch but I have left one piece off as I didn't want to cover the top of the paper.



The lovely Linda from Lianna Designs kindly sent me this PIF candy a couple of weeks ago...sorry it has taken me so long to post this picture, the first 3 comments will get a little PIF from me.



I also received this lovely award from Natalie thank you so much and once again I am going to cheat and pass it on to all of you lovely girls who visit my little blog.

Thanks for looking

Sue :o)

Missing in action!!!

I decided this weekend I had to start the Christmas shopping!!! Most of which I have done online but I did venture out yesterday to the shops.
Hope to catch up with you all this week... I have been having a quick look just not leaving comments at the moment
Keep up the good work girls. Sue :o)

Spoonful of Sugar and award

There is a fabulous sketch this week by MichelleO on spoonful of sugar challenge blog and this is my take on it!
This is one of my precious H&S images and I have tried the distressed look again tonight I am getting to like this look.
The green is not quite so bright in real life but I think I might have to tone it down a bit.
I have used one of my special Angel charms again which I purchased from Marlene.

I have also received this lovely award from Beth ..thank you so much it is very much appreciated



This award states that:
1-This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY- nearness in space, time and relationship
2-These blogs are exceedingly charming
3-These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends
4-They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement
5-Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated
6-Please give more attention to these writers
7-Deliver this award to 8 bloggers who may then pass it on.

I would like to pass this on to everyone on my blog follower feed I love all your blogs.

Thanks for looking Sue :o)

High Hopes Bling!!!

There is a great sketch by the very talented Ila over on the HH challenge blog.
I didn't set out for this to be a bling card but this is how it has turned out.
I have been making an explosion box for my Niece's 18th Birthday which was covered in glitter and bling and I think it has carried on from there!!!

All card is from DCWV summer glitter stack....you can't see in the photo but is covered in glitter.
I have coloured the image with Versa Colour Inks and topped off with twinkling H2O's.
The little sentiment says "I Love You More Than Chocolate"!!!


thanks for Looking Sue :o)

Magnolia Vs Stampavie

I wanted this to be a nice simple card that would appeal to a 4 year old.
This is for little Ellie who has to have her tonsils out the day before her 4th birthday read about it here.
I have used the sketch over at Magnolia Vs Stampavie this is my first attempt at this challenge and the first outing for this Tilda even though I have had here over a month!!

Thanks for looking Sue :o)

Sketch Saturday and CCT

OK girls I am back in my comfort zone!!!
I have made this with the Sketch Saturday Sketch... I am just going to make it in time!!
And it also fits CCT to use snowflakes.
The image is one that Michelle sent me a while back and the papers are from papermania naughty or nice Christmas.

Thanks for looking Sue :o)

Very Distressing!

OK there are two reasons for showing you this card!
One it is the distressing I did at Sue's house last night...I am still trying to recover from the tearing and scrunching and inking up of perfectly good paper!!
The second is this is the first photo taken with my new "do it yourself light" box.

I am quite pleased with the results with the light box but not at all sure about the distressing card I think I am going to stick to cutting paper, using inks for stamping and definitely no scrunching!!

Thanks for looking Sue :o)

Award and Blog Candy

Hi still not able to show cards in the week because of the photo thing!! I am in the process of making myself a "do it yourself" light box!!
I am going with my friend Sian to see her friend Sue tomorrow night,Sue is an ace card maker and is going to give me a few tips on distressing...maybe I will have something to try in the light box tomorrow!!

Another rubbish week at work which has squashed my MOJO....oh to win the lottery!!

I was given this award by Natalie some time ago and then again yesterday by a new lady to my blog it is so nice when you have awards and comments from people you don't even know are following you. Thank you so much both of you it is much appreciated.
I have discovered another very talented lady's blog tonight (thanks Gina) Debbie has the most amazing blog candy please go and look at all her lovely work and of course the amazing candy.

Thanks for listening I feel better now!! Sue :o)

Two more challenge cards

This one is for CCT challenge of red and green,the papers are Dovecraft Contemporary Christmas,PB image and everything else from my stash.



The second one is another one made with the Papertake Weekly Dawny P sketch (I love this sketch).
This is for my Dad's birthday on Monday.
The stamp amd papers are both SU.




Thanks for looking Sue :o)

Spoonful of Sugar and Papertake weekly sketch

Oh my word this pollycraft image is just soo cute and so easy to colour, the lovely Diane sent me these images at the begining of this week and I just couldn't wait to colour them in.

The sketch on papertake weekly challenge blog really appealed to me and spoonful of sugar blog challenge is to make a card for a child, so here it is.

The gorgeous papers were sent to me by Kerry in a secret sister swap we did a little while back.

I am pleased with this card even though I say so myself!!

Thanks for looking

Sue :o)

I am here!!!

I do have things to show but my camera is rubbish at night shots (or maybe it's the operator!!).
It is dark when I leave in the morning and dark when I get home at night, roll on summer!!!
I will be back at the weekend with my cards.

Sue :o)

3 Simple cards almost the same!!

These 3 little simple cards are going across the water to the USA and I didn't want them to be to heavy hence the lack of embellishments... I have about 8 to send and it gets very expensive.

This cute little stamp is PB and the papers are Anita's classic Christmas black papers and I love them.

I want to add some of that white puffy stuff on the snow but I am not sure what it is called can anyone tell me?

Thanks for looking

Sue :o)