Goodbye pre-school and Thank You!

Well my little boy has officially finished at his pre-school now. He doesn't start BIG school until 16th September! as he's only just turned 4 and they stagger them starting by age here. So I now have him and his 5 month old brother to amuse for the next 8 weeks! arrghh!! I wanted to make each of the ladies a little treat as a Thank You from Adam. I was very much inspired by some idea's found here on Mandy Gill's blog quite a while ago. I have made each lady a notepad and matching treat bag containing a few choccies. Each notepad is personalised with their name and was cut out using my Sizzix Naturally Serif alphabet.
The little ladybugs are simply made using a few circle punches and a decorative swirl punch for the antennae. The black spots are just holes punched in the red card and then stuck onto a black circle. Much easier than trying to stick spots on!. I've made a smaller version for the treat bags.The sentiment stamp was from a Hero Arts set.
I packaged them all up in white paper bags and made matching personalised gift tags too! I made Adam give them all out, not sure I'd have been able to hold it together! It was very emotional!

Happy 4th Birthday Adam!!!

Following on from my last post, it was my son's 4th Birthday on 3rd July, and we've just had his party this weekend. I decided after seeing the idea on the Disney website to have a go at making these Toy Story Alien cupcakes. They turned out really well. I made 30 in all. The icing was a bit fiddly but worth the effort. I was glad when they were all done!I also made my own Toy Story party maze games, by buying a pack of 8 from the local pound shop and replacing the picture inside with a Toy Story image! The Birthday Boy! We spent his Birthday Weekend in the Caravan at The Waddington Airshow! We had a fab weekend, especially watching the Vulcan and The Red Arrows!Still not much cardage to report on though sadly. I'm getting a bit more time now so am having the odd dabble here and there!

A Couple More....

The chicken pox have gone! My oldest is at pre-school for another hour and James is fast asleep in his car seat after his mean mummy took him for his immunisations this morning! So I thought I'd take the opportunity to show my only recent cards! Here is a quick Father's Day card I made using a simple layout. The papers were part of a Shabby Princess set. I have made the sentiment myself using Paint Shop Pro, inspired by the Stampin up Fathers day stamp.This Anniversary card is for a friend. I love making this style of card. Its so elegant and looks great in all colours!

More Cards! This is becoming a bit regular now :-)

It's my little boy Adam's 4th Birthday this Saturday!!! Where does the time go? We have decided to have Toy Story themed party this year and I've made him this Toy Story Card. I think this style of card is known as a stepper? The back section measures approx 7"x7". I've made the papers myself using paint shop pro and borrowed a few of the images from Google! The front and middle section I've tried to make look like the floor and the skirting boards. I hand cut the bunting which turned out to be a bit fiddly but was pleased when it was finally stuck down! I hope he likes it!
Another Stepper card, but this time for Daddy for Fathers' Day. Again I made the background paper in paint shop pro using a single banana image which I Googled. The little monkey's are stickers by Sandylion. I've had them in my drawer for approx 3 years! Thought it was about time the saw some daylight!And another Stepper! I'm liking these cards at the moment, had you noticed! This time for my friend to give to her little girl on her 2nd Birthday. She's a big Winnie The Pooh fan! The background paper is from a DCWV stack. I did the name by printing in reverse on the back of the patterned paper and then just cut it out and mounted it onto some more coordinating paper.I feel like I'm getting back into the swing of things now! James is settled into a routine now, and sleeps through the night! Adam is at pre-school most days and starts BIG school this september! So by then I'll probably have lots more cards to show!

Thanks for looking! I'm off to enjoy the sunshine for a few days in my caravan now!

Hello, I'm back with something new!

Hello Everybody! Well its been quite a while since my last post. James is nearly 4 months old now and growing well! He and his brother both have Chicken Pox so I'm in for a rocky few days. I'm making the most of Dad being at home today so thought I'd give you a little update. I've not been making cards except for the odd one or two I've needed for myself. I have however had a go at a few different types of craft. First of all this Nappy Cake. It was a joint venture between myself and a friend. I didn't imagine before we started that it would turn out to be quite this good! I'm so happy with it and I hope the lady who received it is as thrilled as we both were!It was my step-dad's 70th Birthday last week and as a surprise I decided that I'd have a go at making him a cake. He is a big fan of aircraft especially the Vulcan Bomber. I've not made any cakes before, other than fairy cakes and the odd chocolate banana loaf so this was quite ambitious for me! He was really happy with it, and I'm really glad I made the effort. It was a little rough round the edges, but at least you can tell what its supposed to be! lolI also made a matching card! The little Vulcan on the card is all hand crafted and each piece of camouflage was cut out individually! Again, he loved it so it was well worth the effort!
I need to get working on some Father's day cards this week, and also It's my sons 4th Birthday in 3 weeks so I need to get working on something special for him too!

Thanks for looking!

I'm still here and I've made a card!

Well I'm afraid I've not been up to much in the card making sense over the past four weeks! I've mainly been chaning nappies, feeding and taking my oldest to pre-school! I have however, got something to show you! I made a few of these little baby cards to send as Thank You notes to a couple of friends who were kind enough to buy a gift for baby James. The paper is from a DCWV stack which I thought was perfect. I've had it in my drawer for about 2 years and this is the first time I've used it. I've made a frame for the picture using my nestabilities and some Bazzill Cardstock. For something so quick and simple, its taken me 3 weeks to get round to making them! And another card! This was a joint venture with my friend, her Grandma is 100 today!!! A big Happy Birthday to you!!! We made this an A4 sized card and the main feature was to be the photograph of the lady herself and her two grandchildren. To make the frames I've used the scalloped Nestabilities and have embossed them with the swiss dots folder. I've added a strip of embossed card to the bottom of the card and a piece of lace which makes adds a touch elegance! I then used my x-cut flower punches and placed a small pearl in the centre of each flower. I really hope she likes it and that she has a fantastic celebration with her family!

I thought I'd share one of my recent pictures of my boys with you! This is my favourite of the two of them together! I'm not quite sure how we managed to get them both to sit so nicely for this photo, we just got lucky! I've got them in matching outfits too!

Thanks for stopping by, and Thank you for all the kind messages on the arrival of James! I hope to be back into the swing of things again soon and have some more cards to share.

Introducing....James Arthur Robson!!!

Just a quick post to confirm the safe arrival of my baby boy, James Arthur Robson. He was born on 22nd February and weighed in at 6lb 14oz. I was told by the midwife he'd be bigger than my last baby who was 8lb 2oz so when they told me he was only 6lb14oz I was really shocked. He is an exact copy of his big brother when he was born, only a little smaller. Its like having the same baby all over agian! The c-section wasn't quite as straight forward as I'd have liked, and my recovery has been a bit slow compared to last time, but I'm starting to feel human again, and ventured into the outside world today for the first time since coming home from hospital.
Our first picture together!A proud mummy with her two gorgeous boys.