A Little Bit Of Humphrey

Hi there

Only one week into retirement and I am exhausted, so I decided to check out the meaning of 'retirement' and this is what I found:

1.   The action or fact of leaving one's job and ceasing to work!

2.  The period of one's life after leaving one's job and ceasing to work!

I am obviously a novice at this retirement malarkey since I feel more tired this week than when I was working!!  Still, I am prepared to give it more time and to continue purely for research purposes, you understand,  as I am secretly enjoying myself!!

Today's card was made for a close friend and it was created using the following items:

8" x 8" scalloped card From Crafts UK

Papers printed from Humphrey's Corner CD from Crafter's Companion

Marianne Creatables Die 

Martha Stewart Border Punch 

Magnolia Flower Die from Dies to Die For

Kanban Crystal Gems

Small piece of Mirri Card from my stash

Humphrey's Corner Rubber Stamp from Crafter's Companion

Image was coloured using Copic Pens 

White Organza Ribbon from my stash

Flower Brad from my stash

I loved colouring this image as it was very easy to shade and anyway I just love Humphrey!!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

ABC DT - Anything goes

Craft Your Passion - Dies and Punches

Crafter's Companion - Four Legged Friends

Crafty Catz - Animals

Joanna Sheen - Someone Special

MMCS - Its a Celebration

Polycraft Monday - Cute Critters

Simon Says S and S - Anything Goes

Stamptacular Sunday - Freebie Week

Wag n Whiskers - Anything Goes

I hope you like it, see you soon.


Luv

Back Again

Hello everyone

I haven't been around much recently due to lots of other commitments such as retiring, and subsequently looking after my beautiful grandchildren.  I have also made a start on a scrapbook which I am making for a very special occasion but I can't say too much as it is to be a surprise, but once finished I will post a few of the pages.  It is certainly a labour of love as I have already completed twelve pages and I am not even half way through yet.  As you can imagine this has taken up a lot of my time but now that I have officially joined the ranks of the 'ladies that lunch' I will hopefully have a lot more time for crafting!!

The card above was made a little while ago but I have not been able to post it until now.  The following items were used in its construction:

8" x 8" card blank from Crafts UK

Papers from Pink Petticoat

Ribbon roses from Creative Expressions (purchased from Purple Butterfly Crafts)

Lili of the Valley Image

Magnolia Floral Die

Martha Stewart Border Punch

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts


I am entering this card in the Papertake Weekly April Showers (or Water Water Everywhere)

Challenge.

I hope you like the card and I will see you soon.

A little bit of Humphrey

Happy New Year to you all.  Christmas and New Year are all over for the time being but in no time at all we will be starting thinking about it all over again.  My resolution this year has been to make at least one Christmas card each week from now until December so that  I don't end up in such a mad flap at the end of the year!!  So far, I have made 6 cards and I do intend to try and continue as I have begun - watch this space!!!!  We all have good intentions don't we at the start of the year and I have said this very same thing at the beginning of other years but have never actually started so I am a little further forward this year - fingers crossed!  

Christmas in our family was very hectic as usual but then it is so much fun and I do love the Christmas season.  We took a trip to the Christmas Markets in Dortmund this year and it was amazing!!  We have never been before and it really has to be experienced to appreciate it fully.  Whilst I was glad of the unusually milder weather, we did miss not seeing any snow - but then I would only have complained about the cold and worried about slipping etc since I am such a wimp when it comes to snow and ice.  The atmosphere was wonderful and so was the Gluhwein!!!  We would definitely go again.  

The shopping in Dortmund is incredible and I have never seen so many pairs of boots of all types - every shoe shop, and there were loads, only seemed to stock boots with just a few pairs of shoes.    Obvious really they do usually have bad weather!  Naturally it was necessary (for research purposes) that I purchase a pair and they are the most comfortable I have ever had.  I suppose with so many types being available there is a lot of competition and standards need to be high.  Anyway, we were all 'shopped out'  by the time we got back and although the purpose of the trip was to buy Christmas presents for the family but we did not bring any back!!!  Unfortunately we will have to try again next year!!!

Like most people I did not have a lot of time over the Christmas period for crafting but have soon slipped back into it since returning to work.  The card shown above was based on a sketch challenge at http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/ and is my entry.  Once again I have used the lovely Humphrey stamped image from Crafters Companion which was coloured with Copics, the pink paper is from a Fizzy Moon paper pack and the rest are from my stash.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the die is a Spellbinders Nestability circle.


I am also entering this card in the Crafter's Companion Love is in the Air challenge.

Off now to make some more cards so see you soon.

Humphrey again

Hi everyone

This is a card I will be sending to a very good friend of mine who lives in Suffolk as her birthday is later this week.  I haven't seen her for quite a long time but as with all friends we don't see often we never forget them do we.

The image is Humphrey again as I love this little chap.  The papers are mostly from Pink Petticoat and the rest are from my stash.  The greeting is from Lili of the Valley and the leafy swirl is a Marianne Creatables die.  The border was made using a Spellbinders die. I would have said green was not one of my favourite colours but when I checked my wardrobe there is more in there than I thought, so it must be.

If you fancy a challenge there are lots of crafting goodies up for grabs at Purple Butterfly Crafts who are holding their very first blog challenge so check it out.

Bye for now.


Luv

Sof's card

Hi again

I made this card for a special friend on her 30th birthday.  I used an 8 x 8 scalloped card from Craft UK and the papers were all from Pink Petticoat.  The die is a Marianne Creatables (I think), the greeting is from Lili of the Valley and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I also used a Martha Stewart border punch.  The image was coloured using Copics and the ribbon was from my stash.  

I am entering this card in the Papertake Weekly Challenge Anything Goes.

See you soon

Luv

Tilda in the Pink

Hello again

Before making a long overdue start on my Christmas cards I decided to have a go at the CLP Sketch Challenge No.41 and using the sketch provided I put together this 6 x 6 card.  The base card is smaller than I have been using recently but I was fairly happy with the result.  I have used one of my favourite Magnolia Stamps for the main image and the papers are by Fizzy Moon.  The flower is a Magnolia die and the swirl is a Marianne Creatables die.  Sometimes it is nice to just make a card that is not for a particular person when you have had to make a lot of birthday cards for friends and family.  I have had several birthdays over the past two months and so my time has been taken up with making birthday cards with special people in mind.  I have to make another card this evening for a very special friend who will be 30 years of age on Tuesday.  So back to the grindstone!!!

See you soon.

   

A card for 105 years

Hello again

I was recently asked to make a card for a gentleman who would be 105 years of age at the beginning of November and after a great deal of thought and several prototypes this finally was the finished article!     I do not know the gentleman personally and I could not help but wonder what must it be like to have lived for so long,and have so many memories.  I hope he likes the card and that he has a lovely day.

Off now to make a few more cards.