Never thought I would enjoy making

I never thought I would enjoy using scrapbook sketches either for my card making, or indeed for making Scrapbook pages. Since joining Colorful Creations I have been so busy, and I am enjoying it too.

Pick of the Day

Recently I have been adapting the sketches used by the Scrap booking site,Colorful Creations, to use as designs for my card making. Wow the folks there are wonderful, and this week I was awarded Pick of the Day for the design of this layout. I hasten to add, that as cute as this little doggie might be, he does not belong to me. The picture was downloaded from the Internet. The word stamp was from, I Brake for Stamps, and all the lovely ribbons are by my favourite ribbon supplier Really Reasonable Ribbons

Thinking of you

It is well over two months now since I lost my dear Dad, and of course he is still never far from my thoughts. It should have been easier to accept his death when it happened, as he had reached the great age of 92. Still that was not the case, but I am trying to keep busy and things are getting easier. Today I was able to think about him with more pleasant thoughts than before.

Published again

Another  complimentary magazine arrived in my mail today. I was surprised to find this old card that I had designed over twelve months ago in the Showcase gallery of Scrap and Stamp Arts, July 2012 edition. Not that I am complaining and I am sure that Sparklensprinkle

the Florida based stamp company that produce this fun cartoon stamp as part of a very reasonably priced Travel set don't mind either!

Valuable Friends

So often there is a need to send valued friends a card. I love using vintage photographs and these were a few I found in my stash recently. The verse I used was an old one from Posh Impressions and the flowery swirl and flower were from  a Stampin Up set gifted to me by one of those dear friends. At least by meeting some challenges ,I am not only managing to keep myself busy, but also to keep my blog fairly well up todate.

This is what I have been working on this weekend. I had a lovely surprise visit from my nephew and his partner and it certainly brightened my day. We got around to talking about past holidays and this inspired me when creating today's design. My husband and I discovered Italy a few years ago and the art work I saw there took your breath away. 

Combined inspiration

I am still managing to maintain my creativity, well at least whilst my husband is on night shift LOL Again I have borrowed a sketch from Colourful Creations and used one of the masculine themes I often use for designing my own birthday cards.Any sort of wild animal fills the criteria that I use with these particular words, but on this occasion I used zebras! Whilst not usually being one to match up various patterned papers one of the guys from Australia uses them with real enthusiasm and to great effect. Mine are not as colourful as his, but at least I tried.