I'm so bad!!!!!

I made a New Years Resolution, to try and kep up to date on this blog, but that really hasnt happened. I have some Christmas Cards to post, but I need to load them on to the computer and photobucket first. I will hopefully do this, this week. Keep posted.

Blog Candy Alert

The lovely Dawny P at pink piggy has some gorg blog candy up for grabs. Head on over and enter yourself to be in with a chance to win. I love dawns fresh style of cards, I only wish that I could achieve the same results, but mine always seem to have so much clutter on them.

I hoping to get some of my halloween cards posted in the next couple of days before I go away. I am going on a cruise, and cant wait for a relaxing time, and almost forget about Christmas. Can you believe the shops in Newcastle have Christmas decoations up already. ARGHHHHHH

Super Gorjuss Halloween

This is a break from my Christmas cards - Halloween is fast approaching and I will be away on holiday, so I have to get a move on and out before I go.

This card actually happened by accident. I bought some new 300gsm card to print on - Printed some pp pattern on it. I then went to fold the card an couldn't find my bone folder and so used my finger (big mistake or maybe not) the ink smudge across the top. I then had a brainwave for a halloween card, so I smudge all the other edges. I also used one of my gorjuss images that I have'nt ink up yet.

My spider was a button that I put on then end and the two holes inspired me and decided it would be a brill creeping crawley. I am really please with how it came out.

Hope you like.

Elzybells notecard

A little note card, that I did for my partners mum, she likes to craft like me, but she loves to do more scrapbooks. I love these elzybells images, and I keep meaning to more with them, but I am working my way through a mountain of Christmas cards at the moment. Just a quick post today, but hopefully will get more of my Christmas cards on here as time goes on.

These are some thank you cards that I did for a friends wedding. They went over to Rhodes to get married, and had loads friends and family over there, but they also recieved loads of well wishes from people who could not attend. There are two versions of the cards, one for people who attending the ceremony as a momento of the day. The other is for people who could not attend but sent them their love. Hope you like. The photos dont really do them justice I dont think.

Sorry!!!!!!

I have been really bad lately and I have not done any postings or cards to show. But I have a new computer now, and hopefully will be able to get more on top of things now!!! will post the wedding cards tomorrow, and some great photo's I took when we were at Cragside, in Northumberland the other week.

tc clairlou

Elzybells Challenge

I decided to enter my first challenge. I always look at these challenges, and think I would love to take part, but then something comes up and I never find the time. This challenge was great as I already knew what I wanted to do, and had the materials to do it. It is not very complicated or original, but I wanted a sketchbook so I could scribble all my ideas down when they (more often than not) pop into my head, and then forget them.

I found this book at paperchase, I love all of their stuff, and I bought one as a Journal when I was up in Scotland, which surprisingly I have kept up to date with. I then seen these blank version, and I knew it would be perfect for what I wanted, and I love the fabric on the front. I had loads of ideas in my mind of how I wanted to decorate this, and then the Elzybells release day came, and I had birthday money, and I thought they would be perfect.

I wanted to keep it simple, as the new inks would have a dramatic enough effect on the material, and speak for themselves.