Card Making

I've had a terrible head cold for the last few days. It's slowly clearing, but I have been very bunged up and can't breathe properly. I spent the time making a load of cards, I have so many birthday's and thank-you cards to send in the next few weeks, I thought I needed to make a start. I do buy the card blanks mostly due o lack of time to make my own from card. I sometimes buy backing papers to make the cards more 'interesting' and about once a year I buy a new cardmaking magazine to spark a few more ideas and stop me getting stale. I also find a lot of the mag's give freebies which are quite useful and you can cut out pictures to use on cards. Apart from this I recycle old cards and any other bits of 'scrap' paper, fabric, ribon etc. So here they are:

These ones are (from left to right) a thank you card for my son's teacher, a birthday card for my friend, a thank you card for my child-minder and a birthday card for my brother - thats the 'boot' at the front.

and this one's for my daughter's friend, who is eleven (could you guess!!!)

and it's a shame this one has come out so dark because its for my pretty little neice who will soon be four.

It's not bad what you can achieve with a bit of card some glue and scraps and a spare evening!!

Feeling blue

Finally here is the picture of my lovely daughter wearing the blue top and culottes that I made for her. On this occasion she had been to the football presentation, she plays goal or defense in a local girls footie team. She was presented with the clubgirl of the year presentation and was thoroughly embarrassed about going on stage to collect it.

The next time she wears the outfit it will be to the school leavers prom. She's in year 6 and leaves her primary school in July. Personally I think the whole 'Prom' thing is a bit OTT for 11 year olds, especially the amount of money some people spend on the dresses and getting the girls hair 'done etc. Although I guess it's a good excuse for the girls to dress up (those that like to!). Anyway daughter will wear this outfit, it has navy velvet bolero to go over the top if it's a chilly evening and a hair band that matches. As daughter has scalp dermatitis which forms crusts that stick her hair together, she doesn't like going to the hair dresser so I usually do it. But my friends eldest daughter has trained as a hair dresser and used to cut my daughters hair. My friends daughter broke the zip of a rather expensive dress when she went out the other day, so I'm going to replace the zip in return for a free haircut for my daughter before the day of the prom. It seems a good deal to me.

Mum's skirt

Finally here's the skirt I made to cheer my mum up as she is so ill at the moment. It's in her favourite purpley colours and has an adjustable waist so it should fit her even though she's lost so much weight. The picture was taken rather hurredly before I had to pack it up to send to mum. She's phoned me up and says she loves it.

I'm planning to make a short sleeved top with the remaining flowery fabric.

Hello, I'm back

Sorry no photo's but I have been away from this for too long. I managed to get myself really stressed last week and give myself a migraine that I didn't really shake off until Tuesday. But I'm up and running again now and should have some lovely picture's of my blue dress and crochet cardi (now finished) and a fab skirt I made for my mum to cheer her up as she's still poorly. Also my daughter in her 'posh' top and culottes at the fotball presentation.