30-Something

It's a bit of a running joke in my house that DH has to think really hard to remember how old he is (he's a bit of a ditz). As it's his birthday today, I made this card for him! LOL. For what it's worth, I happen to know that he's actually 34 (yep! I bagged me a toy boy!!)

You might be recognising those papers as Upsy Daisy ones - using a few scraps I had left from the 'pass the parcel' layout - colorbox fluid chalk ink in lime pastel goes really well with these papers & makes a change from Chestnut Roan (which I use a lot!!)

Gonna keep it short today - I have 'dyslexic keyboard syndrome' - which usually means I'm tired!! Should have a layout to share tomorrow

From One Chick To Another

and here's another li'l card I made at mums yesterday - this one's for Deanne's 'follow the leader' challenge at SOS. It's a scraplift of her layout but I thought it would make a great card. The card blank is one of a stack of deckle edge ones I have from making the order of service from Fish's naming ceremony (4 years ago!!!) - maybe I should revive the deckle edge trend?? More Upsy Daisy papers - did I mention how much I love them??? LOL.
Deffo gonna have to get them for the store - I couldn't find them in the UK at all! The stamp is by A Muse.
More birds coming I think - strange really, I like the look of birds but totally freak if one flies anywhere near me. My folks had an avery when I was in my teens (until just a year or so ago) & I thought they birds were the most annoying creatures ever! Fish would get in there with them tho' & squeal with delight at all these budgies flying around his head - I guess time will tell as to whether we have mentally scarred that child for life! Wonder if they took any photos??

Watch The Birdie!

As promised, here's a couple of pics from my recent obsession with Upsy Daisy Designs. Totally love this range - check out the names of the papers - so cool! LOL. Aaaaaanyway - I made the doodlebug house cuz I've been wanting to do one for such a long time! The papers were perfect for this kinda 'spring's-gotta-get-here-soon' theme. The chicks came from a pack of 12 different coloured ones that I picked up for Easter projects (& mislaid until a couple of weeks ago!)and I made the li'l nest from some raffia - note to self: Mod Podge is not great for sticking raffia! LOL. Inked it up a bit to create some depth too. I'm really pleased with how it all turned out - and yes, I did 'wallpaper' inside before assembling the house! There are more photos in my gallery including a couple of close ups here.

Next up is this cute li'l card I made today over at my mum's. A few of us are getting together on alternate mondays - they are doing some iris folding, teabag folding & decopage & I'm just pottering on a few bits. It's great to get some time out of the house where I'm not teaching!
I really struggled with this card & then I switched to square & it all fell into place. I used some scraps left over from the 'Tweet' projects along with some rub ons (also Upsy Daisy) for the sentiment. The 'TWEET' is actually cut from the barcode strip - I hate waste! LOL. I have plans for other bits of the strips too - the li'l birds are repeated there and the other paper names (harmony, serenity et al) are definitely useable. Check out my Pass The Parcel layout - the li'l cupcakes in the letter centres are handcut from the barcode strip too! (it's not too late to join in that challenge either!)
I have others to share but need to get better light - will take photos in the morning!

Pass The Parcel ... And Win A Prize!!

I was thrilled to be asked back to Sisterhood of Scrap this week to set a challenge for the week-long blog crop to celebrate their first anniversary. And today's the day!!
Even better, I'm applying for a DT place at Upsy Daisy Designs & these papers were just perfect for the layout I had in mind. I don't usually divulge the DT places I apply for (in case I don't get them!!) but I love these papers sooooo much that I really wanted to share - and you can expect to see a few more pieces cropping up in the next few days!

Anyway, with Fish's (DS4) birthday party still firmly in my mind, my challenge is based on the traditional party game Pass the Parcel. I know I loved this when I was a child (hey! I might even have an adult version for my 40th birthday bash in August!) and the li'l ones we had with us for Fish's birthday did too (we played twice with 2 ten-layer parcels each time! LOL) & cuz I love to see the li'l ones have fun we had a li'l surprise in every layer - oh! there were NO losers at this party!!

So the challenge is: Create a layout that has at least FIVE layers

You have a whole week to get it done (April 19th) & Don't forget to hook me up in the comments so I can come see. The sisters will be checking our blogs at the end of the week to draw their winners too.
Wanna know what the prize is? Check out the sister's blog for all the deets - and to see the rest of the challenge links - there's still time to enter all of them - the first one closes on Monday!!

Good luck - now go win prizes! LOL