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I'm a little behind in my card making due to my shoulder Surgery but I'm forcing myself to get caught up. Here is a card I made for my Grandson who just turned 16. I guess now he's more interested in driving then his skateboard!!! Kids grow up too fast!!!I used the CTMH Later Sk8r Workshop on the Go for the card. The Happy Birthday is also CTMH and called Joyful Birthday.

... oh ho ho, I do love a nice play on words you know... it appeals to my inner literature demon... The "wrap" I am waffling on about is the Gallerie Wrap canvas kit that I have been playing with for this months Snazzy DT. Here's a taster pic of the piece I made... and HERE is the link to the Snazzy blog so you can see the piece in full. Whilst there, you will also love to see all the gorgeous creations that my talented teamies have been making this month too... seriously, Gillian had her swoonworthy canvas as a "blogworthy" mention from the one and only Duke of Distress, Tim... among Lesley's creations is a beautiful textured piece with a classy colour scheme, one of Nicky's creations made a total breathtaking WOW with colour (not to mention my fave 490 stamps) and Astrid made some seriously tactile mixed media lushness... so, a word of warning... you may needs a cuppa and a packet of HobNobs with you when you visit :O)In other news... Grim's toe is beginning to get back to normal, at one point last week it resembled a mouldy olive (I am sure he will lurve me for reporting that!) and he is back to work today (booohooo, it has been soooo nice having him to myself) But! I am awarding myself "a day off" today. Apart from the usual pushing of the hoover about and catching up on the ironing, I know plenty of you will be saying "poor Hels... having ironing to do..." when in actual fact.... I love ironing! I know, I am weird, I do love to have a big pile of crumpled clothes and spend a while pressing them and then they are all neat and smooth again... only to be creased and crumpled when they are rammed into my over-stuffed wardrobe that is full of... erm, ahem, ahhhh.... stash. It is getting bad you know, I now have about 10" of hanging space (for short things, the boxes at the bottom of wardrobe are now piling up) and I really need to sort it out... I shall do that... erm... another day though! I am planning to have a day or two this week doing arty stuff in preparation for my next batch of classes so I needs a day off to get the old Mojo revved up and raring to go. He has currentlly beggared off on his holidays so I am hoping to tempt him back to do some new stuff.... Anyways, I digress... going off at a tangent as usual. What I was saying is today is a day off from worky stuff and you never know, after the ironing and the stuffing of clothes into the store cupboard that masquerades as a wardrobe, I may just sneak into the Room of Stash and do some inking, take old Mojo by surprise! Right, I shall away... as ever, thanks for looking! Have a goodly day! TTFNHels x

Here is my creation for the Color Dare #43! Fun primary colors of Outdoor Denim, Cranberry and Honey make for a bright and cheery look!The shapes were cut with our Cricut Artiste cartridge which gives some nice detail to the overall look. The little flower is mounted on a Pin Clip tied with some Outdoor Denim Chevron Ribbon and accented with a blue sparkle. Since the Bee layer has 3D Foam underneath I just stuck the pin into the foam! Look closely and you can see a bit of glare on the wings. That's because I used Liquid Glass on the wings! A bit of sanding on the background and distressing the edges of the layers all add up to give lots of visual detail to the overall design!All products are Close To My Heart:Perfect Fit-Frames 2Pun FunCardstock, Inks & Markers: Outdoor Denim, Honey, CranberryCricut ArtisteOutdoor Denim Chevron RibbonTrinkets Wooden ShapesPin ClipsSparkles: Red and Blue3D Foam TapeLiquid GlassSanding KitEdge DistresserSpongeThanks for stopping by!Happy Stamping!Michelle

My husband is a teacher and came home this week with a bunch of requests for teachers who are retiring. I always ask about their hobbies and he said his coworker Sharon is really looking forward to traveling. Well thanks to SVG Cuts I had the perfect project to make for her!This little suitcase is from the latest SVG Cuts Kit ~ Summer Holiday SVG Kit.It was really easy to put together and makes a perfect little gift holder. I used the Congrats from Five Minute Cards SVG Kit. I added some stitching and attached the luggage tag with Trendy Twine.I also make some quick Thank You Cards for the Scout leaders. This time of the year I make alot of Thank you cards and this one is so easy and fun. It is from SVG Cuts ~ Five Minute Cards SVG Kit. I am loving the Authentique Papers - it is from the Carefree Line. I accented with some Trendy Twine and used by Epiphany Craft tool.Thanks for stopping by and have a great week.

Two posts in one day! Only because I forgot to blog this card yesterday as I was caught up in finishing off two special order cards for tomorrow evening and I knew I'd be out of the house and fit for not much by the time I got back tonight. Which is true! I'm shattered and aching but it didn't rain and Samuel came first in the Cadet Honda karting class and he broke the 50 second lap barrier too!Anyway, here is the card. Blue cardstock from my stash along with the ribbon, button and vellum. The vellum has been run through my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder and layered on top is a cute mini square from Lili of the Valley which is pre-coloured.The charm I found at the bottom of a tin (had random things in it but nothing to eat!) and the sentiment is one of the new Jellypark baby sentiments. Button from my stash too. And because it is a baby card, lashings of stickles and liquid pearl dots!I'd like to enter the following challenges:I Heart Sketches: Sketch followedGreat Impressions: CelebrationsPan Pastels Challenge: New BeginningsStamping Sensations: Embossing and TextureAllsorts: True Blue Sparkles Forum Monthly Challenge: MonochromaticImage: Lili of the Valley pre-coloured squareCardstock: Papermill Shop onlineVellum: My stashEmbossing: Cuttlebug Swiss DotsSentiment: Jellypark, coloured with PromarkersEverything else: My stash

I am feeling rather pleased with myself with this card! I've magically managed to use up some really strange offcuts - strange in the sense that they were odd shapes to use! I've used offcuts from a Christmas card I made some months ago with the Santa Baby Wordbook and Paper pack downloads from Funky Hand.I've used the strip offcuts from the wordbook as the main background and then the spotty ones are the papers. The grass was cut with a Marianne Creatables die - it is supposed to be icicles but I use it for grass all the time!The image is from From The Heart stamps - its part of the monthly progressive challenge - and I've coloured it with Promarkers plus watercolour pencils for the background.I found the flowers and brad in my stash (they were lying on the table!) and I handwrote the sentiment.It's been an exciting day today - needless to say I've been out of the house for 12 hours karting and yes, another trophy was won by Samuel!I'd like to enter the following challenges:Cards In Envy: Sketch followedI Heart Sketches: Monthly challengeDream Valley Challenges: Animals Robyns Fetish: 4 Legged FriendsImage: From The Heart Stamps, coloured with PromarkersPapers: Santa Baby downloads from Funky HandDies: Marianne CreatablesSentiment: Handwritten Everything else: My Stash

Hi Everyone! Just wanted to post these Zoo Cupcake toppers I made last year for a baby shower.I couldn't post them before because they were in the Cricut Magazine Birthday Edition 2012 I used Cricut cartridges Create a Critter, Life's a Party, Lite Bloom, Lite Sugar and Spice.also used Peachy Keen Face Stamps and Trendy Twine ~ ? For full instructions check out the magazine for step by step instructions

So happy to have last week's photos done for my Project Life album... now it is onto my real project life - planting, cleaning, driving...For this week I actually used my Acorn Avenue collection by Crate Paper. Although it is a fall themed pack, I thought it worked well for the photos this week. I also used some Technique Tuesday Stamps, SRM Stickers, Silhouette cuts and some wood veener by Freckled Fawn and Studio Calico.

Have you picked up the latest issue of Country Living? In this June issue, I have a fun, outdoor lounger to share. The fabric used, Sunbrella Steeplechase Malibu, was really nice to work with, and you gotta love woven stripes for the sake of cutting and sewing precision. It is a bit pricy, but for outdoor use, this type of fabric is essential. Follow the directions on page 57 to make these loungers for indoor use as well with any other fabric- perfect for TV watching or reading. The inserts are standard bed pillows, around $4 each at your local Target. The pillows easily insert and remove from the back to allow for washing of the cover. My favorite feature in the June 2013 issue of Country Living is my friend, and former CL Editor’s beautiful Kentucky wedding. Jourdan Crouch Fairchild took the handmade wedding to a spectacular new level. You can find images and projects from Jourdan and Andrew’s wedding at CountryLiving.com. A favor request… Do you remember these fun little lifesaver napkin rings? This is a craft I shared in the Country Living July/August 2011 issue. I would sincerely appreciate your time in re-Pinning this project over on Country Living’s Pinterest Board for favorite craft demo requests at the Country Living Fair in New York. Thank you!!

Here we go with the first of Ellen's amazing clusters from the Rose Garden collection. Download here. Love this!