A card for my niece's birthday

Doesn't time fly. It doesn't seem 5 minutes since Samantha was a little girl and she's now nearly 21. It's her 21st birthday on August 31st so a special card is called for. I love Tumble Ted so I got my Cricut machine out and cut out the leaves for the card. I love my Cricut Expression and used the Walk in my Garden cartridge for the leaves and Zooballo cartridge for the branches. It was a really fun card to make. I hope she likes it!!

Maisie and I had a lovely walk on Blyth beach today. The tide was right out and there were quite a few people in the sea. We're tough up North you know.

Hugs,

Lynda

Happy birthday Maisie

Where do the years go?

Today is Maisie's 3rd birthday. I can't believe she is 3 already. Maisie is Old English Sheepdog number 7 in the family, having owned OES's for nearly 38 years. What a softee she is and very much a "Daddy's girl" as you can see from the photo. Maisie likes nothing better than sitting on Colin's knee when he gets home from work.

Poor Colin he dare not sit down when he arrives home. He has to dash upstairs to change out of his suit before he can have a sit down.

We just love her to bits and hope that we can celebrate many more birthdays with her

Happy birthday Maisie xxxxx

I was given this stamp!!

Morning,

It's not a very nice day today here in Northumberland, overcast and fine rain. Where is the summer we were promised?

I thought you might like to see a card I made from a stamp I was given to demo with. It's the image of a man asleep on a couch with a couple of bottles on the floor with the text "Take it easy"!!!! I was not impressed and really had to put my creative brain into gear. This is what I came up with. I used an 8"x 8" card base and covered it with a backing paper and border from Are these for the guys CD ROM by Chris. I then made a text box by cropping an insert and added my own text.

Maisie and I are off to the beach now probably followed by a bag of chips.

Hugs,

Lynda

As promised.......

As promised here's the photo of Bev the Blade together wth her hero Nigel and the signed chest. Bev was like a big kid in a sweet shop on the day. It was lovely to see how much she enjoyed herself and I hope it's the start of many visits together to retail shows. Mind you I need to save up for the next one. I've just been given Tabby Kat Designs entire stamp range to play with so watch this space.

Maisie and I went to the beach this morning. It was cold, wet and windy. More like mid winter than summer. She's still damp now bless her.

Hugs,

Lynda

Hi Everyone,

Well what a day Bev the Blade and I had on Saturday. We went to the Summer Crafting show at Doncaster. It was Bev's first visit to a retail show and I have to say she was like a kid in a sweet shop. As we parked the car she saw people wheeling trollies and suitcases and when I told her that's what people brought to the show to put their goodies in she was gobsmacked. Once we got in the show she was speechless!! I had to hold her back and explain the rules of shopping at shows.

1. You walk round the outside stands
2 You walk down the aisles
3. You don't buy when you are first looking as you may find it cheaper on another stand
4. You have a cuppa
5. Then you spend, spend, spend

And boy did we spend. The highlight of Bev's day was meeting Steph and Nigel, especially Nigel. I can't believe I stood in the queue with Bev for over an hour to meet her hero. We made some lovely new friends as we waited. Then the moment came and it was worth the wait just to see Bev's face. What a brazen hussy she is. She got Nigel to sign her boob!!!!!! It made both their days I can tell you. Bev then proceeded to show everyone she met. It was a really lovely day and so good to catch up with friends such as Paul Church. Bev and I can't wait for next year!! I'll post a picture when Bev calms down and emails me her photos.

The card uses a tiny floral stamp I was given to demo with. I've used some of my Brenda Pinnick 12 x 12 papers and a lovely floral punch from Crafty Devils.

Have a good day.

Lynda XX

Apologies! I'm such a naughty girl for not keeping up with my blog. I don't know where the time goes. I've had a couple of trips to Peterborough for Create & Craft and had 2 lovely days demoing at Pondskipper Crafts. I got to play with my alcohol inks and distress ink pads. I'm hooked. You have to give them a go. Tomorrow Bev the Blade and I are off to the craft show at Doncaster. Bev is sooo excited 'cos she is going to meet Nigel from Create & Craft. He's excited about meeting her too as I always give her a mention for her beautiful card samples.

This card was my very first attempt at distress work. I've had some of the bits and pieces I used on it for ages. The text is a page I've torn from a book. Don't worry I had read it !

Off to walk Maisie. We're keeping clear of Blyth beach at the moment as it's covered in dead jelly fish. Horrible!! Mind you the other day when we were down there I sat on one of the outlet pipes for a rest and the sun was shining and the beach was twinkling as it reflected off the jellyfish. You would have thought it was covered in little diamonds if you had not known better.

Happy crafting

Hugs,

Lynda

Hi folks,

It's been a busy day today. I did some ironing. I know IRONING but it's piling up again and Colin needs shirts for work. It's Father's Day so I can't expect him to do it can I. I've just received my Seraphina Papercraft CD ROM Set and have to say it's a lovely set of designs. I had a play with it this afternoon and made this card. I've also got a Hougie Board as a present from my good friend Sharon Duncan (name dropping LOL) which is great for measuring different size cards. You may have to have one girls.

http://www.sharonduncan.co.uk/hougie-board---a-must-for-crafters-everywhere-9895-p.asp

hugs,

Lynda