For my mum

Hi Bloggers, long time no blog!!

I have been AWOL for months, been really busy with work and life in generally, not had a lot of time for crafting of late and my Mojo has been non - existent.

Anyway, my sister has asked me to make her a card for her to give our mum for her birthday on Saturday (It's OK, she does not look at my blog), birds or butterflies was the theme so I could not resist using the Tim Holtz Birdcage die!! Gotta say, I am so pleased I got this die, it is so beautiful, I cut mine out of grungeboard and some really old DSP I bought when I first started crafting, not sure who the manufacturer is, it was a cheap deal if i remember rightly!! I overstamped the DSP on the Birdcage with Sanded background stamp by Stampin Up, love this stamp, such a must have!

The sentiment frame is also a Tim holtz die cut that comes with a tag, love it!! The mum sentiment is from a Waltzing mouse set, Roses in Bloom.

I am entering my card into the Cute Card Thursday challenge which this week is anything goes. I am hoping to start entering challenges again, I do miss it.

Anyway, I hope you like the card, thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Marmite card

Hope everyone is well, sorry about my lack of visiting bu I have been manic the past couple of weeks, we go on our holidays to Cornwall tomorrow so I have been catching up on time at work, washing, cleaning & doing DT cards in advance that are due whilst I am away.

I found time to pop to Stampeezee last night however & take part in a distressing class that they were running, (click on the Stampeezee link to see the display cards) they have a new artist teaching some of the classes & I just love her style, she is a big Tim Holtz fan so we set to work using some of his products & this is what I created

You will either love or hate this card hence the post title 'Marmite', personally I love it, I made a real mess.............we all did actually, my hands are still green this morning after scrubbing them!!!!! the class was really relaxed as there were no mistakes with this type of card making...............everything goes, I really loved the way each person in the class produced something totally different by using different colour Distress inks, cosmic shimmer mists & masks.

Please give your honest opinion about this card, I really like it but hubby was not impressed, he prefers the Magnolia style cards...LOL, I won't be offended I am just really interested. Anyway off to work now then packing for my hols tonight, yay.

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah