Autumn Colours

I've been looking around at lots of really cool blogs and decided it's time I got back into the whole blogging thing and the best way for me to give that a go is to join in with some challenges so here goes. I used the 'Tomboy-Sonny' digistamp from Pollycraft and patterned papers from a freebie Betsy Tuma digi kit from Two Peas in a Bucket.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Belli Challenge : 1234 : 1 image, 2 stars, 3 patterned papers & 4 leaves. Closes Wed 9th Nov

Shelley's Images : Tic Tac Toe : Fall Colours, Free (patterned papers), Digi

Creative Craft : Fancy edges. Closes Tues 8th Nov

Fetch a sketch Challenge 10 : Closes Mon 14th Nov

Hannah's ATC party

We have a bit of a tradition in our house for doing 'different' birthday parties, something you wouldn't necessarily get from your local sports centre . We've done fairies, mermaids & teddy bear parties but my eldest daughter is growing up and decided this year she wanted an ATC party - great idea! Only problem is my wonderful creative daughter kept on having great ideas:  

I know, lets make the invitation an ATC! Yes, it could open out and have all the details in the middle!

Let's have different challenges in gold envelopes with different stash for each envelope 

and books to decorate and keep all our ATC's in!

Oh and by the way can I have an ATC birthday cake with edible glitter on it?!

Of course I could have said no at any point but I'm not sure that's in my vocabulary when it comes to my girls!! Anyway, it was great fun even if it was a lot of work!!

ATC's & a new blog

I've been making the ATC's for this months Ali's Swap - Spooked. I was looking around Ali's site and found Jo and her blog http://mycraftingcorner-jo.blogspot.com/. It's a great blog and she also craft's with her daughter which I think is cool! She also has some amazing blog candy!!

A cat, some pirates and something new!

Although I havem't posted anything for a while I've still been making cards, I also made a really lovely birthday book but forgot to photograph it!!

So here are just a few to show, the cat was from a template freebie card from a magazine and the pirates were for a boy having a pirate themed party. The 90th birthday card is for my dear neighbour who is 90 on Sunday, it's the first time I've tried parchment craft and the first easel card I've made, I'm rather pleased with it!

Meep Meep and a sketch

I created a sketch before putting this card together and am offering the sketch as a Tip for Top Tip Tuesday. I love the Meep Meep digistamp from Little Musings and her blog is great.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/2011/04/top-tip-31-easy-envelope-box-squares.html Top Tip #31 - Squares Challenge

http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-162-sketch.html Challenge 162 - Sketch

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-63-no-designer-papers.html Challenge #63 - No Designer Papers

http://digidoodleshopsbest.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-56-anything-goes.html Challenge 56 - Anything Goes

Tagxedo

I like to look at other people's blog's for ideas, inspiration and I guess just because I'm nosy but my very favourite blog is http://itsallfiddlefart.blogspot.com/. I get most of my best ideas from there and the thing I like most is the ideas are mostly simple as well as creative. Anyway while I was looking at that blog this morning I decided to look to see where Helen gets her inspiration from so I started to look at the blogs she follows. This lead me to http://creativeflourishes.blogspot.com/ which was full of exciting things but in particular www.tagxedo.com here you can create pictures out of words! The above dove is made from words from this blog - I just think that awesome! It would make a lovely card, I'll be experimenting and looking up poems I can use!

Bird-day card

I made this card for my neighbour, I made it to match with the tealights in the previous post and I'm pleased with most of it, the layout, the colours and the flowers but the colouring of the bird seemed to go very wrong. Still you can't win them all right!