I have had a great mail day today. I've had a bit of a backlog as Rob was away but today I finally got some mail!!

First up I received this beautiful card from Heather all the way from the US.
Isn't it gorgeous? Here is her blog , some fantastic cards there

http://www.hhugginsgirl.blogspot.com/




And here are the fantastic images that she sent me. There are soooo many that I couldn't fit them all in.
There are Hanna's, CC Designs and Rakle's. All gorgeous and all mine!! ;0)





My second lot of post was from Deb.
Some gorgeous Magnolia and Sugar Nellie images. And a beautiful ATC , isn't it fab? Thanks so much Deb. Check out Deb's blog too for some fabby creations
http://countrylovincardmaker.blogspot.com/




My third item in the post was my GoGo Greetings monthly kit and I must say it is the best one I have received so far. Yummy papers and embellies. No doubt I will be showing it off later in some of the cards I make. :0)

Unfortunately I can't play as DH just got home from being away and I can't ignore him can I???

Papertake Weekly Challenge

For this week's challenge on Papertake Weekly it was a sketch.

Here is the sketch from Katharina. She is one very talented lady and it's well worth having a look at her blog. She makes some incredible cards.

And here is my take on the sketch. I turned it round as my image was quite big. I coloured in the image with prismas and zest it and then lightly sponged around the edges with adirondak lettuce ink. All the papers and embellies are from a SU set called Home Again. I really love the colours in this set. I thought the sentiment "giggle" was quite apt for this card. The giggle comes from a stamp set from SU called Warm Words.

Stamps:- House Mouse, Stampin Up
Papers:- Stamping Up Simply Scrappin - Home Again

Cute Card Thursday

In case you didn't read my previous post there is a new challenge blog called Cute Card Thursday. A great way to show off all those cute stamps whether it be Magnolias, Hanglars, Sugar Nellies, Penny Blacks etc.
The first challenge is ...

"New Beginnings"


Here is my card, your first day at school. I used a Hanglar image that I was kindly sent and coloured it in with prismas and zest it. The satchel was covered in glossy accents to give it a shiny look. All the papers and the die cut flower are by Fancy Pants Design. The little diamond button is from Rayher. The sentiment is computer generated.

I hope you come along to the blog and join in. It's a great way to show off all those cute stamps that you have tucked away.

You can find Cute Card Thursday here.

Stamps:- Hanglar
Papers:- Fancy Pants Design
Die cut:- Fancy Pants Design
Button:- Rayher

Has Christmas come early???????

I was feeling a bit fed up today as I couldn't get any mail as DH is away , but then a knock on the door and there was my mail. Some kind soul had brought it round for me!! And boy was there lots!!! I have to thank these people.....

Nic for the Magnolia skull & crossbones, Annie for the other Magnolia images and gorgeous card. Thanks girls.

Sandy from US for these fantastic HM, Hopper and Stampendous images. And a fantastic surprise of these gorgeous ribbons. We swapped images as she really wanted some Sugar Nellies. Thanks Sandy and I'll be sending you images of the new ones. (see next pic).

I also received my new set of Lola stamps from the Sugar Nellie range from Funky Kits. I've been looking forward to getting these for ages.

And then these 3 Bellas from Kitty at First Class Crafts.

So I'm a happy girl but too tired to play tonight so I'll be "at it" tomorrow morning as soon as the kids are at school!!!

Hmm still waiting on 11 new Magnolias though!!!