I have had my first go at the Arty Girlz challenge this week, really helped me as I have a collegues 60th birthday next week and sat scratching my head. The theme was black and white and here's my effort. You should be used to my "talent" for scanning by now!

I must be on a roll, have completed another challenge http://funkyfairychallenge.blogspot.com/ . Was looking at the design teams work and realised I had a set of stamps which were still in the packet waiting to be cut and mounted, one of many I am ashamed to say. Here is what I came up with, I used DCWV paper from Once Upon a Time and stamps from Tanda.

I also did another one but need to go back to the drawing board, usual story, thought it needed something else, I know, I thought, I'll edge it in gold Krylon. OOOOps, managed to smudge it, curl up the velum and bent the corner of the card. Have put it to one side and will dismantle it later.

It's lovely having a couple of days off work, and feel really pleased with myself as I have had a go at the Papertake challenge for last week http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/. The theme was making waves, think I just about made the "Waves" with my scalloped mat.

Well good evening, have finally managed a couple of hours crafting this week, surrounded myself with stash and didn't have a clue what I was going to do. Thanks to Hels http://pinkleart.blogspot.com/ for setting the Sunday Stampers challenge and an idea I pinched from this months Craft Stamper, which I bought this lunchtime. I set to work and made two tags from mountboard, inked with Distress inks and stamps I dug out with a travel theme, some grungeboard hinges a brad which I coloured with a gold Krylon pen. This is how it turned out. Rubbish scanning again, but you get the gist.

Have been neglecting my blog, but this is only because I have been trying to catch up with all my birthdays, March is a bad month of family birthdays and celebrations. We have also decided to put our house on the market, so have been cleaning instead of crafting and have had Estate Agents poking around.

I am happy to say I have spent the afternoon doing two cards, one requested by my friend for a friend of hers first wedding anniversary, I have used Cuddly Buddly decoupage, which took me ages and have to be in a patient mood to do it. Sorry about the pic but the decoupage is six layers and the scanner has not picked out the background very well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

The second, is my first Sugar Nellie, although I have had the stamps for a while, sound familar?

I have also used K&Co Hopscotch papers and DCWV cardstock and ribbon.

Hope you like them and lots of thanks for looking.

I was asked by a work collegue to make her a card for twins, which are to be born on the 20th March, she does make cards herself so am very flattered that she asked me and hope it's ok.

Love the baby feet and used my Cuttlebug to cut mount board for the circles, the paper is from a Crafter's Companion CD.

This card was an experiment, I wanted some self adhesive acetate to use with gilding flakes, Jennie from the Artistic Stamper kindly sent me a sample of some she had and this is the result. Sorry about the mucky marks still haven't cleaned the glass, too busy crafting!