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Friday 20 June 2008

"Me"-time, hurray!

Finally got some time and drive to create and blog again, and it's nice! Made my friend a long-overdue birthday card inspired by the latest Papertake Weekly Challenge - "Feeling Hot Hot Hot" - and it also fits with Cute Card Thursday's challenge of making a birthday card.


The image is one of my new Little Claire stamps, coloured in with watercolour pencils, and the sentiment is Studio G. Paper comes from a Little Sizzles pad, ricrac is a Doodlebug Paperfrill, fabric flowers are from Michael's and the crochet flowers I made myself.

The next card is for today's DCM challenge "Just a quick one": make a card in 30 mins or less! Now that is a challenge for me! I am NOT very fast when it comes to making cards, and I swither and dither over everything. I don't know how people manage to make a card in 10 minutes and make it look great, too! Well I gave it a go, and I failed miserably :( I had everything put together in 25 mins, except for the sentiment - that took me another 10 mins to get just so... I shall enter the card anyway, as it's still an achievement for me, and if I hadn't had that deadline, I would probably still be pushing things around, cutting new bits etc. So thank you DCM! And thank you to Stamp Something, too, as it was their latest sketch that provided the basis for the card. Better make another one for them, though, one that actually includes stamping...


I made this for the Enterprise Group at nursery: a Christening card commissioned by one of the nursery nurses. I used cardstock and patterned paper from our Enterprise stash - I think the paper is actually out of a Poundland kit! I also used some of my own stuff, like the nestabilities, a bit of ribbon, QK duckie and my new and much longed for Swiss Dots embossing folder!

Right, on to the next projects: got two wedding cards to make, plus "Thank You" cards for the girls teachers. I'm still considering making gifts for them as well, but, as usual, I haven't left myself much time, so I'll probably be heading to the shops next week... Thanks for stopping by!

24 comments:

  1. Gorgeous cards, I love the cute hedgehog image and fab colours.
    Thanks for joining in the CCT challenge

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  2. I can understand the "where to put my sentiment" dilemma. Been there, moved that! You have made a great job of both cards though.

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  3. Wonderful cards! I love the image and the colours!

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  4. Oh they are really gorgeous.
    Lovely cards.

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  5. Both cards are gorgeous :o)

    Quick cards are just not easy are they? hehe

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  6. 30 minutes are past before you know it . lovely colours and the hedgehog is gorgeous

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  7. Both cards are gorgeous, love the hedgehog!

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  8. these are really wonderful cards!

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  9. Great card for the challenge - not surprised you didn't quite make it all that colouring which is fab

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  10. Lovely colours you've used, Anne, yes, sentiment placements do present problems sometimes!!!
    JudyNZ

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  11. They are both beautiful cards but I do like the orange one.....why do my cards never look that good when I use orange?

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  12. gorgeous cards Anne, love that little hedgehog! Are you set for the school holidays? we break up this week!

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  13. these cards are both beautiful :)

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  14. Two great cards but little duck is sooooo cute!

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  15. 2 fabulous cards Anne ,with super cute images ,Dawnxx

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  16. Ooh I love those colours, never been a fan of Orange but recently I just love it. My taste must be improving with age.

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  17. gorgeous cards love the colours you used!
    thanks so much for visting my blog!

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  18. I love your little hedgehog card...and those little flowers are gorgeous.

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  19. Love your new cards, glad you've had time to create. Your hedgie card is soo cute and definately 'hot hot hot'
    lv Gill x

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  20. They are both lovely! Thanks for joining us for the PTW challenge! x

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  21. Oh what a fabulous card - love it!

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  22. They are both gorgeous Anne!
    I especially love the zesty colours of the first one! and the cute stamp!
    Glad you got some time to create!
    Hugs!
    Nicola xx

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