Missing in Action?

Hello there – remember me? Sorry I have been somewhat missing in action. I have been searching for my mojo – it seems to have gone walk about!

In less than 3 weeks two friends of mine will be married. I made their wedding invites as their wedding present and this week I have been making the menu covers and the orders of service. So I made these, and then quite a few more like them. What is the collective noun for butterflies?

I quite like the idea of a flutter of butterflies’ but Wikipedia offers some alternatives – a rabble, a swarm, a flight, a rainbow or a kaleidoscope. I think these would be a rabble since the pieces of paper were not that well behaved!

While I enjoyed making these I did not get a creative buzz from them, so I set myself a challenge. One Stamp, one basic layout, two 6x6 pieces of patterned paper that you don’t love yet and white cards bases to make four cards that are as different as possible.

Here is what I came up with.



Thanks for looking

What a Weekend

We have just had a three day weekend here in the UK and I have really appreciated the extra day. Unusually the weather had been glorious as well.

The weekend has been very busy - lots of time with friends and lots to do at home. I still managed to find some time to create so some things for you to look at. Some have gone to their intended recipients, some have not. I don’t think any of the other people I have been making for read this blog – least I hope not or the surprise will be ruined!

So first is a Bella … I adore this Basic Grey paper and this image.

Recently, inspired by Monica’s lovely creations I subscribed to the GoGoGreetings Kit. My first one arrived this week and the papers are lush. I do have to admit however that I struggled to know where to start with it. Inspiration struck however after a walk among the bluebells!

Once I got started I really enjoyed myself. Here are what I have come up with so far

Have a great week. Thank for stopping by

Lighthousegirl

And Now For Something Completely Different

I just love Monty Python … but I digress even by my standards!

Earlier this week I met the lovely Shelia from Cobalt Lilly – a new jewellery design company – look at the lovely ring she made me. I love it and as soon as her web site is up and running I will give you a link …

Anyway it inspired me to share with you some of my creations

The big one was made a while ago – I just loved this big bead when I saw it and somehow it just jumped into my shopping basket! The other two were made last night – while watching how not to work in the card business courtesy of the Apprentice. The Apprentice has to be one of my favourite programmes at the moment along with the follow up programme on BBC2 with Adrian Childs.

I am looking forward to the long weekend – fingers crossed for some great weather and for some good crafting time. I hope to catch up with lots of friends and I have quite a few cards to make for the next couple of weeks. I had better get busy!

Thanks for stopping by

Lighthousegirl

Party On

So when was the last time you went to a party in a block of retirement flats?

Well, that was our Saturday – family party for the MIL. Here is the card I made for her.

The chipboard numbers were covered with ultra thick embossing powder and topped with glitter dust. These were then mounted on papers from Basic Grey some of which had been through the Cuttlebug. Pink and white polka dot ribbon was tied round before the panel was mounted on a hand cut scalloped frame with small gems.

I also made a set of thank you cards, with matching envelopes all in a decorated box.

MIL had a wonderful time so mission accomplished

Now who would like some of that cake I promised you?

Thank you for stopping by

Lighthousegirl

Friends

How has your week been? Now one of the cards I made last Sunday has been given to its intended recipient I think it is OK to share it with you!

Its been a mixed week with work and while I was away there were some good things and some sad in the evenings. On Wednesday it was a beautiful evening in Birmingham and a friend and I went for a lovely walk around Earlswood lakes. I drive past these on the way from my digs to work but had not explored them before. I had not expected them to be this lovely. It was also good to catch up with my friend – I enjoy her company and always feel better for spending time with her.

Thursday evening on the other hand was kinda sad – a colleagues leaving do. I will be sad not to work with her any more but very excited for her too - she has got herself a great new job which is well deserved and I know she will do it really well. So here is the card I made for her. It’s a combination of some of my favourite products – Basic Grey Paper, A Bella and some embossing from my new Cuttlebug.




















Well I gotta dash – 75th Birthday party to organise – no not mine! I will bring you back some cake!

Thanks for stopping by and I will catch you later

Lighthousegirl

Home is where …

How would you finish this sentence?

At the moment I am living away from home during the week and the whole concept of home is once that I have been thinking about a lot recently. I have been following Shimelle’s class There’s No Place Like Home. There are loads of great projects in it and some wonderful prompts. While I am away I don’t have access to many craft supplies so I have made myself a notebook to work through the prompts in. I have decorated the pages with some little houses. Sometimes I find myself writing stories in response to the prompts, other times just planning projects I will do in the future.

One of the prompts asked us where we consider our home to be and with all the travel I am doing here is my rather flippant answer!

Apart from this its been a craft free week :-(

So now the chores are mostly done and I have caught up on my emails, I am just off to make some cards …

Thanks for stopping by

Lighthousegirl

Cake and Mojo

Well I offered you cakes so here is the first one!

Unusually I got to let my Mojo out to play on a Monday. However there was just time for a quick card before heading off to my home from home – just a relatively short trip this week but I will miss being home. I was inspired by the Mojo Monday sketch on Julee’s Poetic Artistry Blog. You can find some lovely cards on her Blog.

This card was made using an image from one of my favourite stamp collections – Stamping Bella. I am sure Bella bakes a great cake. The Image was stamped onto cream cardstock with purple Stazon ink. I then stamped it again onto a scrap of the pink cardstock and cut out the apron. The rest of the image was coloured with my Polychrome pencils from Faber Castell and then blended with Sandor. This image was mounted onto a lilac panel which I had run through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. This was then mounted onto cream before being added to the pink card with the two lilac panels behind. Three small holes were punched in the left hand side and lined with cream.

I hope you enjoy it.

Now who would like a slice of cake?

Welcome to My World

Hello and welcome to my shiny new virtual abode! I am excited about setting up my own space, my lighthouse, here in the magical kingdom of ‘Blog-land’.

I love making cards and other paper-craft projects and as I start this blog I look forward to sharing some creative adventures with you all. I hope to show you some of the things I make, share ways of doing things and discuss some of the wonderful things that I have seen here in cyberspace.

Coffee, tea and of course cupcakes are available to all so pull up a chair, help yourself and join me for a chat.

So being that this is my new cyber home I thought I would start by sharing a new home card I made recently for a swap that the lovely Passionflower organised on UKS. If you would like to know how it was made let me know!

Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to seeing you again soon

Lighthousegirl