Mum's the word...

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I've been really busy making Mother's Day cards this year as both daughters wanted one for their partner's Mums and of course I'm lucky enough to still have my mum around even if she is not quite with us.  Today I'm showing a large card created using my Silhouette - really been into using that lately.
I chose to use a file called butterfly lace square card from the Silhouette Store but I resized it to fit nicely on an 8 by 8 card and just used the lace part.  Very intricate but it did cut beautifully.

Materials used...

• Marianne dies for focal point
• small tag die
• silver peel off sentiments and organza ribbon
• blue pearl card and silver mirri
• cutting file from Silhouette Store

Challenges...

• Papertake Weekly - Mum's the word
• Crafty Card Makers - For a special lady

Ann xxx

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Top Tip Tuesday...

I really don't know whether anyone ever reads my Tuesday posts, but not to worry I'm exceptionally good at talking to myself and sometimes I even get replies!

Today I'm showing off a gorgeous little rotating storage container I picked up at the Charity Shop where I volunteer and my top tip today is check out Charity Shops they have such hidden gems in them.  

I've now filled each of the containers with jewels and stuff and it looks great on my desk or at least it does when not buried in a pile of  paper scraps and DST waste!

Have a great day whatever you are up to and I hope you find some bargains.

If any of my blogging friends are passing by I'd love to hear what bargains (and where so I might just be able to buy too) you have found lately.  Please let me know by leaving a comment.

Ann xxx

Scary birthday...

My Grandson is off to a party tomorrow and as he is mad on dinosaurs I made him a special card to take for his playmate, Oliver.  
I used a new CD full of dinosaur images bought from Krafty Hands - at only £4.99 it was quite a bargain. Not that many images on it but the ones on are really good and no nonsense about having over a thousand printables on when in reality there is one image that you can print out in 999 different colours.  That always makes me so cross!
You can't tell from the photo, but the T-Rex is actually decoupage and really stands out in real life.  I'd like to say that the name is on straight and it's the photo making it look skew whiff but I think my vari focals are being slightly detrimental to my card making.  I need new eyes!

Materials...

• Krafty Hands CD 
• Photo paper
• Kraft card scalloped card 
• green and Kraft card for matting and layering

Challenges...

• Seize the Birthday - birthday - masculine
• 4 Crafty Chicks - green
• DL ART - for a boy

Off to do some crafting .  Thanks for visiting and do leave a comment.  It's so good to hear from people and then use the link to visit your blogs too.  Have a great day.

Ann xxx