Best of Friends

good morning, it looks like it is going to be a sunny one today. (fingers crossed)!

sun or no sun i will be having another lazy day today due to a slipped disc, all i will say about that is ...

...Ouch!

i did managed to make a card at 1am this morning when i couldnt sleep.

i've used one of Mo's images, its another cutie.

i used papermania recycled card blank, im loving these.

papers are from the dog stack.

doggy charm was from a £1 shop in tenby, its now called the £1.20 shop which made me laugh.

i've entered this card into the promarker challenge

and also stampingfortheweekend

i've never entered this one before so wish me luck!

hope you like my latest creation and please feel free to send me a messeage if you have any questions.

hugs suzanne x

Fun & Games

this little image brings back such fond memories of my childhood, there was nothing better than a rope swing over the river on a hot summers day!

papers are complete boy.

image is lili of the valley

the sentiment is also from lili of the valley.

twig was from my garden!

entered into the thursday challenge at lotv

for sale

set of die sizzix alphabet dies in mint condition.

used a couple of dies twice so still perfect.

i've looked on ebay and listed these here cheaper than any i could find.
£12 plus £2.50 postage. (uk only)
smoke free home

SOLD

cuttlebug With Love embossing folder.
this is a set of embossing strips.
£4.50 free postage
 (uk only)

tatted lace

hello, thank you for visiting my blog.

today i have made this box for my mum's birthday. im not sure what i will put inside it yet but i have plenty of time to think about that.

please have a close look at the gorgeous tatting. oh how i wish i could take the credit for it but sadly im not that talented.

im friend margaret is though and she made it for me.

check out her other beautiful crafts here

if you would like some of the gorgeous tatting be sure to visit her etsy shop, it can be found on her blog.

there are some really beautiful trimmings for cardmaking and all hand tatted.

the instruction for this style of box easle card can be found on whiff of joy site.

i changed the sizes to make the box an inch deep and 5x5 size card.

i think my mum will like it better when its full of her favotite chocolate!

thanks for stopping by and please pop over to margarets.

suzanne x

WOJ challenge

aww i love this new digi from whiff of joy!

my son was a huge MJ fan when he was little so i thought this would be perfect for his 28th birthday. my goodness, is he really 28? where did the time go?

he got married on the 11 june and made us the proudest parents ever!

i'll some wedding pictures later but you can view the preview video here

www.vimeo.com/25194547

anyway, back to my challenge card...

i used black card stock from stash and a sheet of music paper. labels one die to cut out the woj image. i added some stars using wobbly bits, i got a few spare wobbly bits but i wont go into that now LOL

charms were a gift from Papercraftpat over at DC, thank you pat you are a spacial friend x

i have to say that coz im waiting for a music sentiment to add to this card and pat has the perfect stamp so has kindly offered to send me a couple. lol

(you know i love you really pat)

i have entered this card into the challenge at woj

thanks for stopping by and please come back to see the wedding photos.

hugs suzanne x