Papertake Challenge

Here is my entry for Tuesday's Papertake Challenge.

I love this stamp but I am not sure whether it is particularly a Christmas one or not - it could be used for a Birthday card.



Sorry the picture is not so good but I have had to take it in the evening again.
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eileen
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Just Christmas & Birthday Challenge

Just a quick blog to show you the card I have made for the Just Christmas and Birthday

Challenge - don't know if I am that keen on it or not.

The papers are, once again, from My Mind's Eye and the stamp Sarah Kay.

I have had a lovely but tiring weekend and I am just going to have a snack tea before going to my Mother-in-laws.

Today I have been on a class at a local craft shop making a chipboard book using sprays. I thoroughly enjoyed it although it was very tiring.

bye for now.

luv

eileen

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Our Wedding Anniversary

Back again to show you another card.

It is our Wedding Anniversary today but I am not sure yet whether my husband has remembered or not!!

Here is the card that I have made for him.

I thought I would tie it in with a challenge so have used the sketch from Friday Sketchers

Challenge and the Challenge from the Creative Card Crew, which is a "Celebration"

The paper is some that I have had for ages and is from Art from the Heart - I can't remember the name of the range of paper.

The stamp of course is a Sarah Kay and the sentiment is computer generated and the hearts I made myself from the paper.

We will be having a very exciting night to celebrate - going to a rugby meeting!!!!

luv

eileen

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Friday Sketchers Challenge

I have been quite busy today but I did find time to finish yet another card that I had started and not finished
Here is my card for the Friday Sketchers Challenge

The stamp is (quite obviously) Sarah Kay, I have used Prima flowers and the paper is, I think, by Bo Bunny.
Tomorrow morning I will be going on my camera class again so I hope it is better than the last two weeks!!
bye for now.
luv
eileen
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Sketch Saturday Challenge

Feeling quite tired and ready for an early night now after going to Harrogate today.
The traffic was terrible through Leeds both on the way there and the way back.
I am just going to unpack my stash and see what I have bought at the Show. I don't know what anyone else who went thought but I have to say that I was slightly disappointed. I had really looked forward to going but found very little to spend my money on. There were a lot of stalls missing and the ones that had taken their place seemed to be "not my type of stall" - I will leave it at that.

Here is my card for the Sketch Saturday Challenge. The papers, I am sure you will know by now are from the My Mind's Eye range. I have actually used papers from the 6x6 pack but I do not think they are as good as the 12x12 ones.

I hope you don't think I am a bit of a moaner today.
thank you for looking
luv
eileen
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Great Northern Papercrafts Extravaganza

Good evening. Just a quick post tonight, first of all to ask how many of you are going to the Papercrafts Extravaganza at Harrogate this weekend?

I shall be going on Sunday with my sister Kath and I am really looking forward to it - I always do.

Secondly to show you (eventually) the card that I made for my Grand-daughter, Florence (Flo) for her birthday in August.

I used one of the Colour my World Templates - well more than one because I got the letters from different templates and just made them fit together.

This is the front but it looks like there is something missing from the centre of the big pink flower - a circlular Happy Birthday sentiment.

I used this stamp because we were once at my son's house and Florence found a little watering can and kept taking it to Paul for him to fill it up - the garden was drowned by the time she had finished.

I used this Magnolia stamp because Florence likes to go out on a bike - not hers, she sits behind her daddy.

And finally this stamp because they had just returned from their holiday in Turkey and Florence loved on the beach and in the sea.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by and look at my blog and to anyone who is going to Harrogate, have a great day out - I will!!

luv

eileen

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Friday Sketchers

Well this will be my last post now for over a week.

I want to show you the card I have made for my son and daughter in law's wedding anniversary and here it is.

I love this Sarah Kay stamp so I thought it would do fine for this card.
I have also used the Martha Stewart hearts border punch.
I can't remember where the paper is from or who it is by.

Thank you for looking - I am off to finish my packing now.
When I get back I will get round to looking at the blogs of all the people who have left comments for me - so please continue to leave them.
luv
eileen
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A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge

Hello again to anyone passing through, I hope you have had a good weekend.

I walked down to the rugby sevens on Saturday and was glad that I did because our team got through to the final, which was brilliant. Unfortunately we lost the final but at least we reached it, so that was really good.

I started this card last Wednesday but with not being so well I didn't finish it until about 10 minutes ago so I hope I am in time for the challenge. I haven't actually put as many embellishments on as it shows on the sketch but sometimes I think you can have too many.

Anyway here is my card below.

When I was at the craft class on Thursday, Maddy showed me how to colour an image like this, so thanks Maddy. This is not the one that she coloured ( I hasten to add!!)

Hope you like it and I hope to get back to making more cards this week - especially as it will be my son's birthday next Monday and my nephew's birthday on the Wednesday.

luv

eileen

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Friday Sketchers

What a hectic, but enjoyable weekend it has been.

First of all on Saturday I dashed up to watch my husband play rugby believing the kick off time to be 2.30pm as usual. Arrived bang on 2.30pm only to find that they had kicked off at 2pm but noboday had bothered to let me know. I had just got arrived and noticed David looking at his leg and then he came limping off. Someone had kicked him on the shin with their stud and blood was literally pumping out of his leg - his sock was just full of blood. That was it, the physio didn't want him to go back on. So that was a waste of time going up there. He didn't want to come home with me and he didn't want to go to the hospital so I came home once it had stopped bleeding.

My gorgeous grand-daughter arrived and was wanting me to go everywhere with her - which was fantastic because at one time she always used to cry at me. Here is a photo of us both although it is not a very good one.

The rest of the weekend was as I had said in my post on Saturday.

Today I have been for a nice long walk and then done a bit of gardening.

I have also made a card for the Friday Sketchers challenge and here it is.

You might have noticed that I really like this stamp and also the paper I have used which is from Stampin Up.

Friday Sketchers Challenge

Well I said I would be back with a card and here I am.

I was quite happy with it until I stuck the sentiments on the side and it didn't just sit right on the panel underneath it.
Anyway this is my attempt at the Friday Sketchers Challenge, so I hope you like it.

I have been feeling a bit under the weather these last few days - a bit of sinus/cold. Anyway I am sure a week in the sun will make me feel much better.
Thank you for looking
Eileen
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