rainy days & puddles

I haven't been around much for a couple of reasons this last week or so,
thank you for all my emails asking where I have been!
I have just had this yucky cold again and then my laptop went and died on me.
I am lucky enough to have another computer in the house
but TBH I do most of my surfing while I am watching TV
downstairs in the evenings, and it's been a bit cold up here!

I am also finding that I am quite tired in the evenings after work,
and my evening class and one late shift a week
is seriously getting in the way of my crafting mojo!! LOL

I have managed to get a few bits done.
Have finsihed two Dt cards for Sammi for Crafty Muse
which will be shown here tomorrow.

Have started my Crafty Pad one for Sunday.
And started sorting my stuff to go see Amanda for some crafting on Thursday!!! woooooooohooooooooo

Here is a card for a lassie who is feeling a wee bit down in the dumps just now....


i am also entering it for this challenge at
Colour Create #8 as this week it is navy, turquoise & lime!
The image is Maggie and the sentiment is Hobby Art.
I have used distressing inks to colour it and am happier with how it is coming along!

here are two wee sneaky peakies of my crafty muse cards for tomorrow.....


This one might be more of a huge peek than a sneaky one!!!



Card class tonight and I am off all this week so I have plans to do some serious crafting .....

Much love
teen xxx

sent with love

This is a wallet with some stamped images for a swap with a lovely friend.
I need to get them in the post to someone on Monday.

It is also the only thing I have finished today!


It dose however fill requirements for a few challenges....
hopefully 6 of them!!!!



One stop Craft Challenge
are looking for buttons & bows.
Secret Crafters Saturday Challenge
are looking for an animal element.
My Time to Craft
are looking for A little bit of sunshine.
it is a lovely sunny yellow with some summery orange.
A spoonful of sugar is looking for
Love is in the air,
well as you can see this wee mouse is playing
he loves me, he loves me not with his flower.
Am I pushing my luck with that one?
It is made using the fab sketch on
Sketch & Stash.
The new stash on my card is the swirl stamps, the leaf stamps,
the beautiful yellow ribbon I layered
over pearl card so it showed up more against the yellow card.
The two different yellow brads are also new.
And lastly.....ABC Challenge are looking for
Y is for Yesteryear.
they wanted you to look out one of the first stamps you ever bought.
This Hobby Arts stamps were among the first.

I must admit, until I started using stamps at Sally's card class class.
I didn't like stamping at all, I was so bad at it.
And now I have used this stamp, I remember who fiddly it is to colour!
Probably one of the reasons it dosen't come out much!


This is the layering on the back.
It's my handmade stamp
that my lovely talented friend Sammi made me!!!

sshhhhhhh!!!

well since Andrew was sleeping off a night shift that ment I needed to stay quiet.
So no hovering or house work for me this morning.

Sp decided to put good use to some stamped images I had laying around after the clear up.
This one is for a spoonful of sugar who are looking for blooming marvelous and also for Arty girlz Challenge who want you to use a quote in your card this week.

I found some beautiful quotes by Helen Keller but this one seemed to fit the card.

" the best most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched
~ the must be felt with the heart. "

It is using one of Sammi's Angelique who is a wee sweetie.

This one is for My Time to Craft Challenge and they wanted a card from it's raining, it's pouring.
I forgot how much I loved this wee hedgehog from Hobby Arts.
And I used the same image stamped on shrink plastic.

It also managed to use up some of the huge amount of lemon gingham ribbon that I seem to have accumulated.

I love the new Sugar Nellie Soft Centre stamps and scardy cat Braveheart is just perfect for this Birthday Card.
I used the sketch #25 from Sktech Saturday Challenge for the layout.




It is not exactly how the sketch is as I had to move the paw print ribbon over a wee bit so you could see the pattern so the cat dose not sit on it as the sketch asked for...but I think it looks ok.


Last picture is a wonderful surprise I recieved in the post today from the lovely Linda!

Thank you very much ! You are so sweet !!!

Am off to card class in a bit ! Have a lovely evening xxx