Scrapology February Challenge Prize.

Jill of Cardinal Colours has again provided a fabulous prize for the  February challenge winner.
This month it is a Craftwork Cards Candi Storage box and six packs of Candi to go inside.
Candi are just like brads, but legless! and has just been re-branded from Card Candy.

The colours are:


Silver Shadow

Chocolate Limes

Chocolate Box



Black Jacks



Chocolate Drops



Honey Pot



and the storage box.



To be in with a chance to win this fabulous prize, pop over to the Scrapology February Challenge here.

Good Luck :)

A-Z photo challenge....C is for

Cats of course.....

With me it couldn't have been anything else.

This is George who is now 4 months old, don't you just love his hairy ears :)

And his little paws...

The cats whiskers!

And sultry Ariel who is (we think) around 18 months old.

Mummy's girl....

Together below... George suckles from Ariel while she grooms him.

Nothing to be had but comfort though.

February Crop

We had a quiet crop this month as several of the usual suspects were unable to make it.

First of all Lynn and I visited Jill in her new shop to catch up on all the latest goodies (and make a few purchases!)

I made a page for the Scrapology April Challenge which, of course, I can't share at present :)

Then Lynn and I played with my new Toy Story Cricut cartridge to make some characters - I can't believe just how many pieces there are and how hard to puzzle them together!
The card I made will follow shortly.

I also took some cards to put in the shop made with Craftwork Cards products, as sold by Jill, but forgot to take photos - so Thanks Jill for sending them on :)

These we made with the Yummy Scrummy Dark Chocolate and Mint pack, co-ordinating blooms and some Candi (re-branded Card Candy). Check out the papers here.

This one used the same papers plus some from Red Romance.

I added some retro blooms and butterflies plus Candi and glitter. 

For Valentines, I used Red Romance, scalloped circles and Basically Black papers.

The Hearts were cut with a Martha Stewart punch (smaller with a Woodware one) edged with platinum stickles which I also dotted around the scallop.

This one was an easel card and the hearts are supposed to hang down the front.

They are also cut from the Martha Stewart punch and threaded onto some black cord.

Papers are a mixture of Basically Black and Red Romance.

Check out the Craftwork cards selection of products at Jill's here.

New Me...........

I decided it was time for a change so visited my favourite (and only) hairdresser, Marcus, at Toni & Guy.

I had seen a photo online of a style I liked and this is his version.

Those who know me know that I really hate having my photo taken but I asked Robert to take one last night and was quite pleased with the result :)

It's quite a bit shorter than I am used to so will take a little time but I do love it - Thanks Marcus xx

Ducati Dilemma

An ex-colleage at work asked for a Harley Davidson card recently then changed the brief to a Ducati.

This is the card I made - admittedly the photo is not 100pc as I had to take it at night and the base card is white. However, upon recipt of the card I could tell she was not happy.

Then I received an e-mail saying "not up to the usual Linda standard" ???

Honest opinions would be greatly appreciated lol!

I printed the bike Photo four times and decoupaged it as below.

Desk Ted visits the Spa

For my birthday Denise bought us a spa day voucher.

We went to the Thistle Brands Hatch and took Ted along for the experience.

Here he is in the locker getting ready...

We spent time in the gym then had a swim, sauna and steam but obviously, for privacy reasons, I cannot share :)

Here he is in the playpen while we changed.

Having his fur dried.

We then went for our lovely 90 minutes of treatments......sigh!

This took place at the Thistle Hotel at Brands Hatch and afterwards we were treated to Chocolates and Champagne in the bar.

Ted liked the look of this bike so just had to climb aboard...

And rev it up!

Then relaxing in the gallery :)

Thanks Denise for a lovely day out!

xxx

P is for Punch your 'art out - Scrapology February Challenge

This months challenge was a scraplift from a Cardinal Colours Retreat 2010 class, created by Laura Buckingham. You can see her blog here.

I decided, as usual, to make mine a double (sound like an alchie - hic!)

A while back I was researching my family tree and made contact with a lady called Fran.

She turned out to be my cousin's wife's sister and sent me these photographs of their wedding.

Tony and Margaret got married in September 1970 which makes me 7 in these photos.

In case you can't guess, I am the middle sized bridesmaid.

The papers are from BG Sugar Rush collection - Runts, Nerds and Gumdrops (such lovely names?)

and some pink bazzill cardstock.

The technique was to cut random strips of the paper and punch or use decorative scissors to cut the edges.

Then layer them up so they allign to one side and trim off any excess.

I added some buttons and a couple of Die-cut shapes from the same range plus a little piece of ribbon.

The letters were from the original kit and are Thickers.

I edged both pages with a Sharpie (also from the original kit) and also ran it around the letters to highlight them.