Still here!

I haven't been posting much recently... very bad. I had a horrible "Delhi belly" bug a few weeks ago and it completely floored me. Since then, I've been rushing around like a mad woman and had further bouts of Delhi (charming) and I now have a stinking cold. I seem to be bug-laden! Never mind.

This is a quick and easy card I made for the 2 year old son of my husband's friends. The backing paper is by K & Co and the number 2 is a Quickutz Revolution die-cut.

Mini Book - Part 2!

A few more photos of the mini book....

Monday again!

Mini Book

This is a mini book which I've been working on for a while. I've almost completed it now; the only thing I still need to do is add some text to the numerous tags etc. It's a mini book containing some photos of my dad; I saw the Bo Bunny "He Is" kit for sale somewhere (online) and ordered it back in July, I think. The kit comes with a plain white chipboard book and some Bo Bunny papers and a couple of ribbons.

I didn't really follow the "templates" of proposed layouts included with the set, although the front cover is fairly similar. I did my own thing with the remainder and added additional ribbons, fibres, buttons and embellishments etc (and lots more tags for journal entries). The ink used throughout the book is Chestnut Roan chalk ink (around the edges of each page, around tags etc and down the internal and external spine). I used a variety of scroll-style rubber stamps and some Black Stazon ink in parts.

I'm really pleased with the way it looks!

Halloween

Halloween is by far my favourite "event" of the year, although it's something of a non-event in the UK. I love everything about it; I've even bought a pumpkin to carve and I hope to do it later today. It's the first time I've ever bought a pumpkin... when I was young, my dad used to carve a turnip for me instead! Pumpkins weren't terribly common.

I've made a few Halloween cards; this one is by far the most basic of the bunch. The focal image is an old Whipper Snapper stamp which I'm no longer terribly keen on. I like the chipboard button (Making Memories) and ribbon (KI Memories). The black paper is by 7 Gypsies. There's lots of black Stickles glitter glue on the card, although it doesn't show up very well in the photo.

Bergamo

Well, it was Bergamo which we disappeared to again for a week a couple of weeks ago. We visit the north of Italy a lot and we particularly love Bergamo. The restaurants are second to none and it feels like a second home because we know it so well. The colours and lighting are lovely at this time of year too, particularly in the old town (photo above). We had a great week and I managed to treat myself to a few more handbags (because I really need more handbags... nope!). We can't believe how quickly the week passed! It was surprisingly warm during the day too - around 26 degrees. It was particularly warm in the evenings and we ate outside for dinner in the evening on a couple of occasions, which was an unexpected surprise.

Above is a photo of one of the cards I made last week (which was inspired, as you can tell, by my trip to Bergamo and the colours of the buildings etc). The paper on the left hand side is by Basic Grey, the scroll stamp and the "grateful" stamps are by Stampin Up! and the stamp on the yellow-ish paper is by Hero Arts. The button is a Making Memories Halloween chipboard button.

The weather in Scotland was lovely today, but it's cold again already now the sun has gone. I do think this is the best weather of all, though - warm but crisp during the day and cold at night. Also, you just can't beat the colours....

Holiday

I was on holiday in Italy for a week a couple of weeks ago and I've had a rotten cold bug/virus off and on since I got back... hence the lack of posts. I'll need to get back on top of things.

It definitely feels like autumn/early winter here now - it's very cold in the mornings and evenings. Autumn is my favourite season, though - great colours (the berries in the photo are in my back garden; I took the photo last week) and lovely, crisp weather with sunshine some days.

Collage Thank You

One of a few cards I made last night. The ribbon is by May Arts and the rubber stamps are by Stampin' Up. The circle die cut was created using a Quickutz Revolution cookie cutter die.

Part of the background is embossed on newspaper using gold glitter thick embossing powder. I think I used a Stampington Christine Adolph stamp. The buttons are part of the French Twist range (which I think is by Fancy Pants or Autumn Leaves). The paper in the background is part of one of the current Basic Grey sets, although I have forgotten which one.

Love

This is a card I made for my husband, Ian, for our fifth wedding anniversary last week. I'm fairly pleased with it!

The heart and "Love" stamps are by Stampin' Up, the ribbon by Creative Impressions and the paper is Basic Grey "Blush". The red scroll die cut was created using a Quickutz Revolution die. There are blobs of Stickles Stardust glitter glue in each of the scallops (the white scalloped section which the heart is stamped on) and also around the "Love" word. I've used Chestnut Roan chalk ink around the edges of the card (which is a Hero Arts blank card).

We didn't do much on our actual wedding anniversary as I had to work until midnight (no shock there, then). We did, however, go for a nice Italian meal a few evenings later at a local Italian restaurant which we hadn't tried before - and it was excellent!