Calligraphy

The challenge at Penny's Paper-Crafty challenge this week is anything  goes. I normally keep my calligraphy projects well hidden away from the public eye, but as I've been absent for a while I have decided to show you one of my projects before it goes back in it's hidy hole.

Time for a nap

Finally I'm back in blogger land. I have been  rather poorly  with my Fibro and been in a lot of pain and unable to sit for more than a few minutes at a time, which makes crafting hard. Also our pc died and we had to get another, it was 6 years old so I suppose it didn't do bad. Now I have to try to figure out all the settings I had before and get used to newer versions of the software packages I use

This is the first chance I've had had to ink up this little fella which I brought when I went to the craft show at Bluewater a few weeks ago with a friend which was a nice suprise as I didn't think I would be going.

This card is for  the following challenge

Allsorts Challenge 143 - It's your choice

Flowers times three

Well the weather forcasters got it right for once and it snowed on Saturday night. On Sunday morning we woke up to a lovely white garden. So time to batten down the hatches and stay in the warm and do some crafting. I hope the photo is ok as I am still trying to get used to the Windows software on my laptop as my pc is broken and still in the repair shop waiting either repair or the death sentance.
The background was made using a mixture of  Tim Holtz distress inks. Flower stamp is from Paper Artsy. Sentiment is from Imagine That. I used Lavender Lace liquid pearls for decoration.
This card is for the following challenges

DYSU challenge 57 - Anything Goes
Sew Many Challenges - Challenge 80- Birthday
Allsorts - Free and Easy
Sundays With Crissy - Birthdays

Hello Kitty

Last card for this week no more crafting for me for today as my raging headache has turned into a migraine which is making me feel really sick at the moment.
This card if for the following challenges

Cute Card Thursday -  challenge 201 Your a gem I have two gems on the wheels.
Crazy 4 Challenges - a child's birthday card

Fore you

Hope you are all having a good week. The weather has turned very cold here in Essex but it didn't stop me from having a lovely afternoon with friends today.
This a very quick post as I have a raging headache the result of a funny turn today where the room started spinning and I nearly passed out,so I am off to bed for an early night. I just  wanted to sneek in this card to finish the week off.
This is for the following challenge:

Cards for Men - Boys Toys

Fairy Dust

My friend recently lent me her Clarity Stamp Videos, which reminded me I hadn't done any brayering for simply ages. So inspired by the videos I decided to make this card using one of my new crafty bargains. The fairy stamp is from Personal Impressions- Spell Casting and which I found brand new in a charity shop for 50p, that's what I call a bargain. I also brought a few other stamps as well so watch this space.
This card is for the following challenges.
It's not a great day for photographing as it's raining so the stickles I used for fairy dust are not showing up too well.

Crafty Purple Frog - Anything goes
Lollipop Crafts - Challenge 64 Wing It
Craft Ann's Challenge Blog - Challenge 57 What's New Pussycat

I saw three ships

Just time to get in a quick card before I settle down for the evening with a glass of wine to watch Wild at Heart.Very simple but effective card using stamps from my favourite craft shop Imagine That.
This card is for this weeks challenges at
Cards & Things which is the sketch.
Craft Sentiments - Anything Goes
Truly Madly Crafty Challenges - Anything goes
Scrappers Delights Paper Craft - Anything Goes.