Papertake 31

My Aunt was so impressed with her Christmas card that she has asked me to make her 6 Birthday cards, shes going to pay me for them too! Thats a little bit more to add to the holiday fund.

I used the sketch from this weeks Papertake challenge for one of the cards

I got to use up lots of bits and pieces from stash to make this card which is good. I think the pattern was from a magazine Ive had it so long I cant remember which one. Its not the best picture though so I do apologise for that

Thank you card

This is one of the thank you cards I made for Christmas, and its my personal favourite. It was going to be for Mojo Monday too, but I forgot to add the embellishment! OOoooops! But its still going to be entered in this weeks Creative Inspiration challenge.
I used one of my new stamps that I got at a Christmas Market along with lots of paper from my stash that I seem to have collected with out realising! I also got to use up some of the silver letters I used for my Christmas Cards. You cant see the writing in this picture but it does say THANK YOUBut you can see it in this close up of the lovely stamp. Thanks for visiting I hope you like my card, Im looking forward to many more challenges for 2010.

Santa's little helper.

Yes thats me, I just love making my Christmas presents, here a few select pieces.

A chocolate selection for my sweet toothed Grandad. If eating Chocolate everyday gets you to 93 and still in pretty good shape then it cant be too bad.It doesnt really look like much but my Brother reads A LOT. He has 4 books on the go at the moment and it has his name on the back. Although being the dumb-ass that he his at time he didnt get that I had made it for him! USELESS BOY!Earrings for the best friend and pendant for the Sister in law. I made them in my silver jewellery class last term.Beaded earrings for the Mother, she doesnt like silver as she is "an Autumn" Im doing an advanced (well continuation, but advanced sounds better) beading class in Feburary so hopefully I will come out of that being able to do some really fancy stuff, that ofcourse I will share with you.

I hope everybody has a had a wonderful Christmas whatever you have been doing. I will probably be busy with the family and best friend for a while but Im already looking forward to blogging again in the new year. Im seeking inspiration for new projects the Christmas cards kept me very busy.

Special Delivery

I handed out my Christmas cards at work, and they LOOOOOVED them, the boss lady said she very much apprieciated the effort. (thats a compliment)

Papertake

A quick Birthday card made to order (for my Mummy) and to enter this weeks fab Papertake challenge. Not only was it a change from making a Christmas card, but I got to use many pieces from my stash, infact it was all made from my papaer, card and letter stash.
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you like it.

Card Patterns

This is the first time I have joined a Card Patterns challenge, and once again I have left it untill the last minute, but at least Im not late!!!

Papers: Basic Grey:- Eskimo Kisses, evergreen. Pattern, Euphoria

Card: From my stash.

As for the lovely embellishment Im afraid I was so excited to use them I tore open the packaging and chucked it away with out even looking at the label!

But they are so pretty. I hope you like it, thanks for looking.

Mojo Monday

Ive had this card for Mojo Monday almost finished since Tuesday, I needed to wait for my trip to Hobbycraft to buy the tape to finish it off. It was such a FAB sketch I couldnt wait to get started on it.

This is the first card I did and my entry for the challenge.

Card and Ribbon: from Stash, sorry cant remember who made it.

Font: French Script. I think it fits perfectly

Paper: October Afternoon. Ive had this paper for so long now Im so glad Ive finally used it.

This card for my boss, I think she will be suitably impressed. I went to extra effort to make sure I got everything straight and spelt correctly. She is the kind of person that would say "I can see its handmade, youve spelt Christmas wrong"

I loved working with this sketch so much that I have made quite a few more cards based on the initial design, with a few slight tweeks.

Im taking a break from Christmas cards tomorrow I need to do a good luck and birthday card before I finish my Christmas cards. Perhaps I will use the next Mojo Monday Challenge.