I found out four days ago that we are moving house in three weeks time! Plus on top of that the whole house needs re-decorating and carpeting before we move in. Therefore I have been flat out trying to organise things and today I'm concentrating on Christmas! I need to get all my Christmas cards done in the next few days and get presents wrapped then packed for moving. I made these cards a few days ago:

For this card I used the Eskimo and wording stamps from Elzybells. I coloured the Eskimo image with Lyra Polycolour Pencils. The papers are from a Papermania 8x8" paper pack from last year and the snowflakes were punched with a Martha Stewart punch.



For this card, I used a Whiff Of Joy stamp of Henry Mouse, coloured with Copics. The wording stamp is Magnolia. The papers are from Daisy & Dandelion.

This stamp is from Elzybells and is so sweet! I coloured her with Copics ans used a blue chalk pencil around her to add a bit of sky. I added some Snowflakes punched from Glitter Card using a Martha Stewart Punch and then for speed, used a die-cut greeting from a Daisy & Dandelion paper pack.

November ATC's

The Theme for Novembers ATC swap on Addicted to ATC's is "Spooky". I did mine in good time this month while I could still be in the mood for Halloween before tackling my Christmas cards!

I used the Elzybells clear halloween stamp set for the vampire, bats and sentiment. The spiders web was a Magnolia stamp which I then added stickles glitter glue to. The image was coloured in with Lyra Polycolour pencils and I used chalk around it to darken the background.

October ATC's

These are the ATC's I made for the Addicted to ATC's October Swap. The theme was "Harvest" so I went for an image from The Greetings Farm which I thought could be used as a basket of harvested vegetables.

The background paper was from a 6x6" pack of MME Bloom & Grow. The wheat was from a Jolee's By You pack and the stamp was The Greetings Farm. I used a paper punch for the leaves and drew the pumpkins on card before cutting them out.

Two Awards!

I feel so bad, three weeks ago, the lovely Jane left me an award on her blog and I kept forgetting to put it on my blog, sorry Jane. I was so pleased too as it's my first. So long overdue, here it is:

I now have to write 5 things about myself and then pass it on to 5 more people so that we are spreading the smiles.

1 - I am a chocoholic (anything Cadburys is great and Hotel Chocolat "Salted Caramel Puddles" are heavenly)

2 - I am getting a BigShot Express for Christmas!!

3 - I have been a surrogate mum by carrying my friends babies

4 - I *love* the band Keane and have met two of the members of the band!

5 - My two children are home educated at the moment

Phew! That was hard! Now, I have been lucky enough to get two awards, so I will put the 'Famous Five' after the next award so you can pick which award you would like...

I received this award from Paul last week and have been a bit slow to update my blog. Thank you for the award Paul, it is very kind of you seeing as you must visit lots of blogs! The award comes with a few with rules, which are: Pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know you left this award, and then answer a list of questions in ONE word. 1. Where is your cell phone? Handbag 2. Your hair? Brown 3. Your mother? Babysitting (not for me) 4. Your father? Busy 5. Your favorite food? Chocolate 6. Your dream last night? Ants! 7. Your favorite drink? Diet Coke 8. Your dream/goal? Happiness 9. What room are you in? Lounge 10. Your hobby? Craft 11. Your fear? (large) Spiders 12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Healthy 13. Where were you last night? Home 14. Something that you aren't? Selfish 15. Muffins? Yum! 16. Wish list item? Ferrari (for my son!) 17. Where did you grow up? Ipswich 18. Last thing you did? Ate dinner 19. What are you wearing? Jeans 20. Your TV? Corrie 21. Your Pets? Cute 22. Friends? Few 23. Your life? Stressful 24. Your mood? Tired 25. Missing Someone? Keane! 26. Vehicle? Mazda 27. Something you're not wearing? Slippers 28. Your favorite store? The Glitter Pot 29. Your favorite colour? Purple 30. When was the last time you laughed? Yesterday 31. Last time you cried? Unsure 32. Your best friend? Husband 33. One place that I go to over and over? Sainsburys! 34. Facebook? No 35. Favorite place to eat? Home Now for the hard bit! I have to pass this on to five people. Well, I should go with my favourite blogs; Jane, Paul, Dawny P, Marcea, and Bev. It's funny as I get email updates of blog posts from Dawny P, Marcea and Bev so I haven't actually been on their blogs for a while, so this is a good excuse for me to post a comment to tell them how good they are!

Boys Birthday Card..

I was forced into cardmaking a few days ago (thank goodness!) to make a card for my nephews 7th birthday. He likes football so I used an Elzybells Stamp as I don't have many boy-ish stamps!

This stamp is very handy as it's good for young or old. I also used the football stamp as an embellishment as I didn't think I'd be able to get away with ribbon, gems or pearls! I used a 6x6" card and the paper was Karen Foster Designs called "Soccer Ball Collage". I used an EK Success punch to break up the background and a Personal Impressions clear stamp for the sentiment.

A bit of a late post...

I'm sorry I am being a bit of a bad blogger, I've been pretty exhausted so haven't had much time for crafting or blogging. This card I made a few weeks ago but had forgotten to put it on my blog!

The stamp is from Magnolia and is called "Tilda with Lilacs" and was coloured it in with Lyra pencils. The backing paper was from Pink Petticoat called washed damask. The punch used at the side is from Martha Stewart and called Doily Lace. I then used some small Pearls bought from Quixotic Paperie on the main image and in the centre of the punched flowers. The sentiment is a Craftwork Cards "Oh My Words" Birthday Circle.