Thank you teacher's

My son has had a really lovely teacher this past year who had helped him gain confidence and progress through year 5. She really understood him & knew how to bring out the best in him. I wanted to give her a personal gift to show my appreciation for all her hard work & dedication. Quite frankly I don't know how teacher's cope with up to 30 children in a class.....
2 are quite enough for me!
Any way here is what I made for her. I used a 5x7 photo frame to make a post it note holder. I didn't really have design in my head when I started just picked an image and went with the flow. Am rather pleased with the way it turned out.



Here is the card I made to go with the gift.


My daughter's teacher is leaving to have a baby so my daughter really wanted to give her a baby related card & gift, so here is the card I made which we put with a cute Baby's first teddy.


Hope they like their cards & gifts & have a happy, peaceful summer holiday....they deserve it!!

Birthdays galore!

Birthday's & more birthday's this week.....not a challenge card in sight! And I have enjoyed myself crafting.
This first one is for a dear crafting friend I met online, I hope she likes it.
The image is one of my new House Mouse ones........(I just can't get enough of these at the moment! ) called Throwing Daisy Petals.


The next one is for another lovely crafting buddy I met online......wonderful thing this computing lark. Back to my first love.....Penny Black stamps for this one. The big 40 today!

And last but not least for my daughter's friend another fab PB image.

Happy birthday girlies!

House Mouse meets Papertake challenges

This HM image fitted so well with my latest addiction.............Robin's nest dew drops, so just had to have a play. Started this card last night to enter the Papertake challenge using a fab sketch by Dawny P, I love the clean uncluttered look of this sketch.
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/

and when I peeked at this weeks House Mouse challenge it fits so well too, 2 challenges in 1!
http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/
My season is winter with snow on the ground and bright berries on the trees & bushes.


House Mouse stamp 'Christmas singing duo' watercoloured & chalked around the edges.
Card: Bazzil, Coredinations & gold mirror.
Gorgeous DP's by Wassail (need to get more!)
Dew drops from Flame & Pointsetta sets.
Ribbon from stash.

Right back to work.......have wallpaper to hang.

A stitch in time..........

Well I have got it together a bit better this week and actually completed a card for a challenge before the dead line....yay! :0) Had great fun playing with my sewing machine and some new goodies recently purchased. Robin's Nest Dew Drops..........Hmmm I feel a new addiction coming on. Just love these little things. I have used some from the Winter Retreat set....fab colours! Anyway, this card is inspired by the Cute Card Thursday challenge #67 ~ A Stitch in Time.

http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/

The image is a Sarah Kay one gifted to me by my lovely friend Pauline......Thanks hun xxx

This is how it turned out....