Hello Autumn

Hasn't the weather changed this week; I didn’t realise how nice and warm it has been until I went to work without a coat and was cold, so its off with the lightweight summer jackets and on with the winter coats and scarf brrr…although I do like the autumn, I love the amazing colours that nature brings us as the trees and plants get ready for the winter ahead. My daughter is safely back in Canterbury for Uni and settling in to her new accommodation for her final year. She is working during ‘freshers fortnight’ as a volunteer and doing her training this week with the others, it sounds like a lots of fun as well as some hard work, I’m sure it will be a great experience for her and she will look back on with some fun memories, I hope she enjoys it. I will keep track on her Facebook

I’ve did slighter better on the card making front this week. I have completed my first Saturated Canary card using Fancy, I love her hair, and I think she is very beautiful. I downloaded the freebies when they where available some time ago and have had several attempts at colouring them so far but not liked the results, I didn’t do them justice, Krista is a very talented artist indeed and her blog is great… I look forward to each post to see what amazing artwork she has created, her sense of humour and caring nature makes her blog a pleasure to read. I think her work is absolutely stunning, this is the first time that I have actually liked my colouring enough to make a card, the hair needs more work and my shading needs a lot more practice but overall I like it. Again I’ve went for my favourite colour … blue and this time I've teamed it with yellow and a touch of gold, I think it will make a great birthday card, I’m not sure who for yet maybe one of my nieces which is coming up soon. Its off to my sister in laws 50^th party this weekend so not at home again, looking forward to a ‘weekend off’ although it will be nice catching up with everyone as we don’t meet often living so far away from each other.

a special birthday wish

I used the following materials:

·                     White scalloped card

·                     Yellow and cream card stock for layering

·                     Blue patterned paper -Papermania A4 capsule collection -Aqua

·                     Yellow patterned paper -vintage florals  (magazine freebie)

·                     Saturated Canary- Fancy - using Promarkers and  hair- Pearls and Stickles

·                     Yellow and gold Punched Flowers -with pearls and  card stock as above and 

       gold wrapping paper!

From Stash-

·                     Tiny Yellow mulberry flowers

·                     Sentiment  – coloured promarkers

·                     Gold pin 

·                     Yellow satin ribbon and bow

·                     Various pearls

·                     Punched butterfly coloured with promarker and decorated with Stickles

·                     Die cut flourish coloured with promarker to co-ordinate with card 

I would like to take part in the following challenges this week 

Saturated Canary Challenge #26 -B is for favourite colour -blue, bows and butterflies

Digi Doodle Shop-Final Challenge-Anything Goes

Paper Pretties PWC223 Punches

The Paper Shelter- Challenge#81- Punch It

Love to Create-challenge #32- Shows Us Your Ribbonl

Ruby’s Rainbow challenge#37-bingo-Pearls Flowers Ribbon

Make it Monday #106- Always Anything Goes

Paper Pretties Challenge-PPMC56 -Create a Birthday Card

Challenges 4 Everybody- Challenge#2-Anything Goes

The Squirrel and the Fox –Challenge #26-Anything Goes

Flutterby Wednesday - Challenge #205-Butterfly and your favourite colour- Blue

Goodbye summer

It’s been a busy couple of weeks and I haven’t had the time to write a post so this is a little longer than my usual. 

Last weekend we were at the Paralympics…What an amazing experience. Until this year I hadn't taken much notice of the Olympics let alone the Paralympics and when we got some tickets to attend I was looking forward to seeing the Olympic site and hadn't thought much about the events themselves having not previously watched them or being a sporty type…it was awesome.The participants are definitely inspiring and the determination and spirit shown by the athletes was outstanding; they obviously put so much commitment and time into there training and chosen sport and the sheer determination and courage to compete to the finish line was phenomenal. We saw several track and field events and some medal ceremonies including a few British which was a real bonus...The whole atmosphere during events and the cheers of the crowd was at times overwhelming and quite emotional. I can only imagine how proud the athletes their family, friends and coaches must have felt. I'm so fortunate that I had the opportunity to attend and look forward now to future games with a new found respect and admiration for the contestants. It was one of my best days out ever, and the wonderful memories will last forever. 

As for card making there hasn't been much of that as it’s also been a very busy week at work with several late finishes again. Hopefully In the next few months the staffing will improve, I will get my evenings back and the husband will stop having takeaways and ready meals for tea most nights!. 

I started several cards last night and spent some time making cards with my daughter, its nice to do something together which we both enjoy; although she has a very modern clean style compared to my the ‘more the merrier’. The summer has went so quickly and she is off back to university today it only feels like she just got here and its been almost 3 months !!! ...it has been a very quick summer; I will miss having her around, not long to Christmas though and she will be back again, its her final year so who knows what next year will bring or where she will be. 

I finished this pretty card using a Sarah Kay Stamp 'Picnics of Daisies'; I went for mainly pastel blues with some pink. As usual I used my Promarkers and quite like the colouring especially her little face and rosy cheeks. I used mainly leftover papers as my stash is growing each time I make a card…I don’t seem to throw much away! and I use a lot of blues (it’s my favourite colour).The papers used where all freebies, the white with blue polka dot paper was a free download from scrapbookscrapbook.com. Part of a hearts and dots set which has a great range of colours that I've used often.

I used the following materials:

·                     White scalloped card

·                     Blue and  pink card stock for layering

·                     White blue polka dot paper-(also for inside insert)Scrapbookscrapbook.com

·                     Blue polka dot and gingham papers -Cool Britannia Collection (freebie)

·                     Pink floral paper -Pink Petticoat-Wild Blossoms collection (freebie )

·                     Sarah Kay- Picnics and Daisies stamp -coloured with Promarkers

·                     Punched Flowers layered on outside and decorated with pearls (flat inside)    

          using same card stock and papers as above

·                     Pale Pink grossgrain ribbon for bow

·                     Sentiment tag  – Papermania- attached using small flower brad

·                     Die cut scalloped square – for card insert

I would like to take part in the following challenges this week 

Allsorts Challenge- Week171- Layers

Just Add Ink-JAI#134- polka dots

Digi Doodle Shop Challenge- Challenge#124- Handmade Flowers

Crafts and Me Challenges – Challenge 100- Add a Flower

My Mums Craft Shop-challenge#73- Anything Goes

Sassy Cheryl’s Challenege#131 -Got the Blues

Make It Monday – Challenge#106– Anything Goes