Just beecause...

The challenge at http://pinkleart.blogspot.com/ is to design a card with bees on it. I bought this teddy bear stampin up set of stamps from ebay (just love ebay) a couple of weeks ago and this challenge seemed an ideal time to use it. The bear is stamped and coloured using inktense colour pencils as is the honey pot which I decoupaged on to the scene. I used Sakura stardust pens to add an extra twinkle.

As I've added a touch of cream lace the card also fits the challenge at http://thankgoditsfriday.wordpress.com/ and there may be only one jewel but it is a very beautiful coloured one so the card also fits the challenge at http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/.

Yeah a triple whammy - I will catch up after my holiday.

Materials used:

• Pink base card
• Striped paper by Making Memories
• Stampin up Teddy stamp set
• Studio G sentiment stamp
• Cream broderie anglais lace
• pink jewel

Inside the card is stamped with a heart shape which has the sentiment 'I love you beary much'.

Autumnal Notelet...

I don't know about anyone else, but whenever I go on holiday I really miss my crafting but then when I get back I find it tricky to get back in the swing of things. Maybe it's because there are so many things I want to try out. I must admit there were quite alot of parcels from ebay waiting to be opened when I got home.

Anyway this autumnal card is for the challenge at http://artygirlzchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ and was made using the Joanna Sheen CD 'A Cardmaker's Year' which I bought when it was on special offer a couple of weeks back. A really great CD and I can't understand why I didn't buy it when it first came out - I should have done!

Materials used:

• brown base card
• gold paper
• vellum
• orange gem stones
• Joanna Sheen 'A cardmaker's year' CD for backing paper and image

I've been tagged...

I was tagged while away on holiday by a very talented blogger friend, Rica, at http://ricas-haven.blogspot.com/. Check her blog - she does the most amazing cards - has a natural instinct for colour mixing that never fails to astound me and on top of that her playlist as you read her blog has some of my favourite tracks of all time. Great when at home but not so good if you are trying to leave her a message in a very quiet internet cafe on a beach in Croatia, but that's another story.

On being tagged you have to follow these rules:

1. Write 7 strange characteristics about yourself. They interest us all!
2. Tag 6 other people at the end of your Post.
3. Visit everyone that you have tagged and a leave a comment on their blog to let them know that they have been tagged.

Well here goes on rule number one ...

1. I have more rubber stamps in my wardrobes than clothes. It's a standing joke at our house that if ever we needed to call the fire brigade they would need to take the same extra precautions as if they were attending a blaze at a tyre factory.
2. Reading Rica's tale of getting stuck when a ladder fell down reminded me that I too once got stuck in a similar way. I was working in a very old school at the time and was trying to put some things away in a very high cupboard. Hoping to get home before 6 pm I disregarded all safety rules, climbed on to a chair on a table and then on to a ledge to reach into the cupboard. Needless to say the chair fell and I couldn't get to the table safely. I was left stuck on the ledge until two other members of staff passed and eventually (it took time for them to stop laughing) rescued me.
3. I also got stuck in a lift in Monte Carlo many years ago. Had to be rescued by the fire brigade - hmmmmmmm - the lift was genuinely stuck - honest.
4. I'm presently having a gap year - you may be thinking that's not a strange thing to do - well it is at my age! Oh I'm not doing the hitch hiking bit or the cheap hostels - 4 star or higher and after last week no more coach tours either.
5. Rica said her daughter tells her to grow up - hmmm my two daughters have given up on that one. They know there is no hope!!
6. I have a natural aversion to following rules so I'm only writing six characteristics about myself.

Now I'm going to pass this to my friend Max at http://maxscraftcreations.blogspot.com/. Hmmm only one there's that rule breaking again!!