3 in 1

Remember I said I was asked to make 6 birthday cards for my aunt, well I sent them off last week and 2 days later I had a check in the post along with a letter asking for 12 more by the end of March!!!!!! Im in demand!

To meet this request Ive been busy completing 3 challenges with 1 card. I took my inspiration from My Time to Craft for the theme of cats; Allsorts with the colour combination Pink and Brown, and Papertake for the sketch.

Im not too sure if I actually like this card much, my Mum thinks its great but she has to say that! Im going to work on it for a bit and hopefully post a version I am happier with later, this post will have a kind of before and after section. I do like the cat though :)

Part 2

This is the new and improved version. Ive stuk to just pink and brown added some boarders and dropped the you are. I think for this card simple is better. I finished it this afternoon when I got back from work.

O and I flipped the background, but that was from a happy accident (I got the measurements wrong!!) I still like the cat.

My first Polka Doodle and an Allsorts

I have been quite busy making lots of cards recently as I want to get a stall for a local craft event and so need to build up a quality supply. Anyway I have been completing all these challenges to make them and got so involved in the process that I have negelected to actually post them!!!!

But this time I think Ive got in just in time, with not 1 but 2 challenge entries. Its using the sketch from this weeks Allsorts Challenge

Just lovely this sketch.
But its also my very first entry for a Polka Doodles challenge.

Theme Song Titles.

My song All kinds of Roses by Yusef Islam

(I hope I spelt his name right)

1 more for the day, allsorts challenge

Ive just noticed that I need to post my entry for this weeks allsorts challenge tonight as there will be a new one tomorrow, so yeah you get 2 posts in 1 day, its almost like buses.

The challenge was Christmas Song / Carol

and here is mine Isnt he cute, its Frosty the Snowman.Papers form Basic Grey, Dovecraft and October Afternoon

letters from Making Memories

Hope you like it, thanks for looking.

Allsorts

This is my very first entry for a blogging competition, its for the weeks allsorts challenge. Its a birthday card for my brother (hes hitting the big 3.0! Haha). This was quite a challenge for me, not only did I have this fab sketch to follow

But somewhere in the design I had to include a torn edge!!!! I love clean straight lines and can often be heard saying "O no its gone all wonkey!" and getting myself in a tizz when Im creating. But actually I found it quite freeing and will definitly be including some torn edges in my future cards and collages.

Enough jacking heres the card.

I was kind of cheep making this one, Im blushing just typing it, but....

The white card and purple paper (around the photo and across the card) are from WH Smith, own range.

The Stripped paper is Lilac Boutique Stripe from Doodlebug Design,

The blue stripe across the page are from Kit 'N Kraft from the summer collection, The lettering (I think) is from Papermania - I dont have any more info as I have thrown away the packaging for it and had to look them up online.

The gems are definitley Papermania.

Finally the image in the centre is not available in any shop, its a photo of my beloved cat Alfie, which I took myself.

I hope he enjoys recieving it as much as I enjoyed making it. I look forward to completing my next blogger challenge, there are so many great ones to try.