Happy Valentine's Weekend...

Check this out - it's the card for my youngest grandson who I love so much!  Created using an old set of Crafter's Companion stamps and coloured using Promarkers.
I've highlighted the 'check this out' because our latest challenge at My Time to Craft is to use checks - could be gingham - could be tartan - so many possibilities.  Hope you will have time to both check out the fab creations by my team mates and to join in too.
Other challenges...

• Crafty Card Makers - Love love love
• Cute Card Thursday - Sweet Valentine

Have a fabulous weekend.

Annie xxx

and all because of a forgotten heart!!

Well what a challenge I have had with this week's dictionary letter for the Craft Barn Challenge?  As some will have seen in my post yesterday I completely forgot that there was an extra to the challenge and we had to add a heart to the chosen letter F.
Now most people would have simply added hearts like bubble leading up from the fish's mouth - in fact lots of friends suggested that in the comments, but oh dear no I didn't think of it - no I had to go down the more complicated route of adding a fisherman who loved his fishing hobby !!
So many things went wrong along the way - too much of a sad and boring a tale to tell involving having to remove pages from the dictionary and other disasters, but in the end I ended up using a page from the front of the dictionary with the Italian word for fish and fisherman on it and then die cut the appropriate part in a heart shape to go alongside the stamped and coloured fisherman.
At one side we have the English words 'fish and fisherman' highlighted and at the other the Italian words 'un pesce et un pescatore ' in the heart.  
I got there in the end even if it was a very round about route!!  Next time I'm going to think my idea through more before putting stamp to paper.
Thank you to all my lovely friends who have been so kind about yesterday's efforts.  I didn't read your tips till after I had stamped the fisherman!
Have a great evening.
Annie xxx

F - Fish - Un Pesce....

Onto the third letter in the Craft Barn dictionary challenge and the letter this time is F.  I chose to use the word fish in my Italian/English dictionary.

Fish - un pesce and a fisherman is un pescatore.

What a way to learn a language?  Brilliant fun though and so far I know una bimba, un quarto and now un pesce and un pescatore.  I wonder what the next letter will be!

Have a fun week and pop over to the Craft Barn to join in the fun if you have time.

Annie xxx

PS - have just found out that I should have included a heart on this page - eeeeeeeeeeeeek - I will be back with an amended version.

For the super hero in my life...

My grandson like most little ones loves all the super heros and when I saw that Mary Ellen Smith at Free Dearie Dolls Digi's had drawn, coloured and allowed her followers to use this fantastic little fellow I couldn't wait to make a card.
I created the whole thing apart from the base black card in Craft Artist and simply printed it all out on photo paper.  Simples!
Thank you Mary - my grandson will love this so much.

Challenges...

• Aud Sentiments - use a love sentiment
• Crafty Card Makers - love , love, love
• Just us Girls - word is Valentine
• Polkadoodles - love and romance
• Simon Says Stamp - have a heart
• Digi Choosday - have a heart

Have a great week everyone.  Hugs for those who need them.

Annie xxx