A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge

Just a quick post today to show you my card for the Spoonful of Sugar Challenge.

Here it is

The papers are from Craftwork Cards and so is the sentiment. The stamp of course is Henry from Whiff of Joy.
Have to dash of to a funeral
luv
eileen
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Davids Birthday

Good morning everyone.

I just thought I would let you have a look at the things I made for my husband's birthday.

The first is the card - but I am only showing you the front of it, the photo and the verse are a bit personal. The papers I used were by Basic Grey

I also made a little wallet with a photo in and a gift card. I made one like this ages ago but don't know where I got the tutorial from. I rather liked it.

The other thing that I made, with matching papers to the card, was a little box with Thorntons Choccies in. The boxes are from Craftwork Cards and you just decorate them yourself. I don't know if they still stock them because I have had mine at least a year.

This is the outside - the "Just for You" stamp is from Julie who is a demonstrator for Stampin Up.

and this is the inside

Hope you like my little cards and gifts and thank you for looking.

Luv

eileen

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Sugar Bowl Challenge

I wish I could be much more organised like everyone else seems to be and get my entries done well in advance. The trouble is I have so many other things that I want to do as well.

Once again I am just entering this challenge at the last minute, so I will make it brief.

Here is my card for the Sugar Bowl Challenge - I have not entered this one before.

I know it is very much like my last one but the sketch is different.

Hope you like it. Sorry the photo is not so good but couldn't get the lighting right. I am hopeless!!

Back soon

luv

eileen

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Buy one get one free

Well that isn't strictly true but once again I have done one card which ties in with two challenges. The first challenge is the Creative Card Crew and for that you had to use Pink, Black and White, and the second was a sketch for Sketch and Stash.
I have used a fairly new Magnolia stamp - I have only used it once before.


The sentiment is computer generated.

I am feeling quite pleased with myself today because I have made some tomato soup from what I had left of my home grown tomatoes - and I have to say that it actually tastes really nice. Quite suprising!!!
thank you for looking and for all the lovely comments that have been left - they are very much appreciated.
luv
eileen
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Whiff of Joy Challenge

I don't know why I always seem to be last minute at everything lately.
I only just dashed out today to buy my Grandaughter's birthday present for tomorrow.
I will be off to Retford to see Florence and on Thursday I will show you the card that I have made for her.

Meanwhile here is my card for the Whiff of Joy Challenge - only just in time.
I have used one of the new stamps from the Fall Collection and coloured it with my Copics.
The paper and the sentiment are from Craftwork Cards.

thank you for looking and I really do appreciate any comments you might like to leave me.
thank you
eileen
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Yesterday I went to a workshop at Craftwork Cards run by the very talented Kirsty Wiseman

Below is one of the cards that we made. We also made a little gift bag, a three fold picture wallet and another card as well as the one below.

I just love the new silver and black papers from Craftwork Cards - they also do the same range in pink and brown.

When I got home I made the card below - and I was very surprised at just how quickly this one came together.

I haven't put a sentiment on it yet because I thought I might give it to my husband for Valentine's Day.

I was very pleased with it so I hope that you like it.

Thanks for looking.

luv

eileen

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I am just about in time with the next to Challenge cards.

The first one is for Mojo Monday 69 Challenge

Below is the sketch

and here is my card

The other one is the Papertake Challenge and here is Dawny's sketch

and this is my card

Will have to dash now and see to the tea. This week I went to M & S and did the Dine in for £10 thingy and I got a full chicken, some diced potatoes, a lovely apple pie and a bottle of wine all for £10 - I saved £7 something so I was pretty pleased with myself - gives me more money to spend on crafting!!

Luv

Eileen

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I would like to show you some cards that I have made this year for family and friends - I have made over 100 cards and I am going to donate 20p a card to Ovarian Cancer seeing as how that is what I had. We seem to hear an awful lot about breast cancer and a lot of people support it (and quite rightly so) but we don't seem to hear anything much about Ovarian Cancer.

The first card is using one of my favourite Whipper Snapper stamps. The dark coloured card is Stampin Up Elegant Eggplant and the sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.



The second one is another Whipper Snapper Stamp which I really like


and this is the inside of it - using Pink Petticoat paper.



The third one is using one of my favourite Stampin Up stamps which I have used for both Christmas Cards and Birthday Cards.





Thank you for looking
luv
eileen
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Yet another crazy week.

First and foremost I must say "Congratulations" to my niece, Lynda, and her husband John on the birth of their new baby son - a brother for the totally gorgeous Ethan. Congratulations to my sister, Kath, and her husband Chris on becoming grandparents again. Looks like Kath just will not have time for crafting now she has got two grandsons.

On Monday Chris had to go to the hospital to see a consultant and he has to have an operation for a trapped nerve.

Tuesday my Mother in Law had to go to the hospital.

Wednesday I went for my check up and was pleased that everything is OK apart from having a painful hip, which the consultant said could be arthritis.

The consultant said that when you have had chemo it can age your body by as much as 10 years - don't know whether that is right or not.

Thursday Lynda went to the hospital and it was the funeral of my husband's sister in law (his brother's wife)

Today I had to drop my husband at the hospital for the camera "up and down" (everything is alright.) Then I had to dash to the dentist. My sister rang me to say that my niece had started in labour. I came home and had a much needed coffee and my husband's sister rang to tell me she has a benign tumour!! Then my sister rang to say Lynda had had a little boy and then I had to pick my husband up. By the time I got home I was exhausted.

Today the decision has been made to fold the rugby team that we run (at least I won't have to embroider the t.shirts) due to lack of players. I don't know what has happened to all the young lads they don't seem very interested in playing rugby - I think they must be out shopping with their girlfriends. I am very disappointed about this really but I suppose these things happen. The players, including my husband, that are interested in still playing and trying to stay together as a team have decided to move on to Brighouse and join their club.

I am now frantically trying to get all my Christmas Cards made and sent out.

Below is one that I made using another Whipper Snapper Stamp

and I love the one below. I used 2 Magnolia stamps and I am very pleased with the outcome.

The backing paper is from Pink Petticoat, the ribbon and dark coloured card is from Stampin Up and the sentiment from Craftwork Cards.

I think I need to go and have a lie down now!!

thank you for looking (if anyone has!)

luv

eileen

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Hello everyone!

I had a lovely day out yesterday doing a bit of Christmas shopping with my daughter Claire and grandaughter Florence. I don't get to see much of Florence with her living in Retford and she always used to cry when she saw me. Yesterday she was absolutely brilliant - she was very well behaved and gave me lots of kisses especially when it was time for her to go in her car seat. She is a right cheeky little monkey!! We were there from about 10.30am till about 4.00pm and when I left Claire at her car my legs hurt so much I could hardly walk back to my car. Anyway I made it and got stuck in a bit of traffic coming home but it wasn't too bad really.

Below is this week's Papertake Challenge sketch

and here is my card

hope you like it

luv

eileen

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Hi everyone, what a week this has been!!

On Monday my sister was taken to the A & E with a suspected heart attack but luckily it wasn't, and she came back home in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
On Tuesday we visited my mother in law who is hospital but is due to come home tomorrow.
Today my husband rang to say that his brother's wife had died - she was 61. Although she had suffered with asthma and bronchitis for a lot of years, she had been fine in the morning and was having a conversation with her husband and not long after that she could not breathe and died within 10 minutes of being admitted to hospital. I still can't believe it.
Let's hope there is nothing else bad to come.

Back to cards and below is the Mojo Monday sketch No. 61 which is quite a nice one I think.


I did two cards. The first one just using a snowman stamp that I had and Pink Petticoats paper. The darker card is Stampin Up Elegant Eggplant and so is the ribbon.



The second one is more or less the same except that I put the ribbon in a different place and forgot to put the 3 brads on the top of the picture. I was inspired by Dawny P. to use my Sugar Nellies snowman stamp and used my new Pro Markers to colour it. The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.

Thank you for looking.

luv

eileen

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Here is the sketch for this week's Papertake challenge

and here is my card - I love the Magnolia Christmas Stamps.

thank you

eileen

Today's cards are not actually my own design.

The two below are similar to a card that I saw in gold and red at Craftwork Cards last Christmas. I made one like it last year for my mother in law and then couldn't decide whether I liked it or not so I didn't make any more. When I went up to her house she had it hung up with all the other cards and as I looked at it I thought it was actually about the best card that she had, so I decided that this year I would make some more.


I have made them in the Aqua Prima Flowers and the Lilac ones. I really like them but it is surprising just how much time they take to do.



The card below is another one that I saw at Craftwork cards this year - I don't know if it was designed by Julie Hickey or one of the design team at Craftwork Cards.


It is funny but they are both easy cards to do but seem to take ages to make
thank you for looking
eileen
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Ooh I am being very busy blogging today but I am really tired and have a headache.

I actually suffered with migraine after falling down a flight of steps in 1995 till I had my hysterectomy in 2007 - I had them every two weeks and they lasted for 2 - 3 days.

Anyway, below is a sketch from magnolia meet stampavie and below that is my card. It is the first time I have taken part in this challenge

I hope you like it, thank you for looking

luv

eileen

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It is 8 years today since my daughter, Claire, and her husband, Steve, got married in Las Vegas.

We had a fantastic time there, it was such an amazing place. As you can see Elvis attended the wedding and sang a couple of songs. Below is a photo of Elvis, Claire, Steve & the best man, Sid.

Claire & Steve

Below is the card that I have made them for their anniversary - hope they have a lovely day.

hope you like it.

eileen

Hello again. Below is the Mojo Monday Sketch No 57

and this is my attempt at it.
I don't know why but neither of my sketches this week seem to be very good - perhaps I haven't had enough time to spend doing them.

Thank you to everyone who has left comments for me.

luv

eileen

Here is This week's Papertake Challenge




and here is the card I have made. The only thing is I missed off the two embellishments at either side. I forgot about them until I had put the card together and didn't want to add them afterwards.




I asked my husband if he liked it because I wasn't too sure about it, and he said it was good but not the sort that he would buy. What do you think?
I would appreciate your comments if only to let me know that someone is actually looking at my blog!
luv
eileen
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Well it is over a week since I last posted on my blog - I have been so busy.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday my son Paul came up from Newark and my son Richard was off work for a few days. Saturday was rugby and on Tuesday my daughter and grandaughter came from Retford.

My grandaughter, Florence, has started nursery 3 days a week (whilst Claire has gone back to work) and she has really changed. She used to cry everytime she saw me but on Tuesday she wanted me to pick her up and wanted to sit on my knee, she was lovely.

Wednesday we went to Newark because my husband was doing a job at Paul's house.

In between all this I have been embroidering some of the rugby shirts and I have also embroidered t.shirts and sweatshirts with my husbands logo on. That is why I have not had time for making cards.

Today I have actually found time to make a card for my son and daughter's mother in law, Cathy, - my son and daughter are married to brother and sister therefore both have the same mother in law.

It is 4 years since her husband died so I made a card for her.

Here is another similar one that I made a few months ago and really liked it.

Thank you for looking

eileen

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On Tuesday it will be my step-daughter's birthday (Katie) and below is the card I made for her.

I used a stamp by My Favourite Things which I got from Sir Stampalot - they have such a good choice of stamps. The paper is from Making Memories and the round sentiments is from Craftwork Cards.

I also made a little gift wallet to put some money in, I am sorry the photos are not very good. The wallet is kept closed by putting a belly band round it and attaching the photo to the belly band.

The stamp is from Penny Black and the card from Stampin Up

I have seen a couple of tutorials for this type of card but when I wanted to make it I couldn't remember where I had seen them.

This one is from Dawns Stamping Thoughts. She does some really brilliant things.

Papertake Challenge from 4th August

Here is the sketch from Papertake Challenge dated the 4th August

and here is my card

I used Making Memories paper from the Kids Collection - Emma,

and the Happy Birthday circle is from Craftwork Cards