Birthday Card for my Dad - Gardening Theme!

Today is my dad's birthday so I made him a special card, special as in it took me ages to make!!  I decided to do a side stepper card as these are my favs at the moment.  He doesn't do bears, cute things, fishing etc but his one hobby and interest is gardening and he has an allotment so every year I have to try to think of a good gardening themed card!!!  It's much easier now that I make cards as I think I exhausted every design for sale in card shops!

Anyway - I made this using a template from a magazine for the shed, boot, pots and spade which I coloured with Promarkers and glossed with Anita's 3D gloss.  I used my Cuttlebug for the 'Dad' lettering and the leaves which are in this case supposed to be weeds!!  I also have a pack of lovely Martha Stewart glitter pens that I bought in the US and I used the green one on the 'weeds' and on the loopy punch out which was done with my new MS punch!  THe 'Happy Birthday' is also a MS punch which was again glittered using the MS green glitter pen.  The paper is one that was free online but I have no idea from where I got it!

Here's the card - hope you like it!

I'd like to enter it into the following challenges

Cards for Men - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes

The Stampman - Cards for Men

Paper Sundaes - For a Boy or Man

Incy Wincy - Anything Goes

New Sock Monkey

Here's the newest Sock Monkey - made from baby pink socks.

Both this monkey and the cerise pink monkey are available in my Facebook Shop priced at £8.00 each plus £2.00 postage.  Completely hand stitched and stuffed with soft wadding that conforms to British Standard Regulation No 5665.

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More Christmas Cards

Been making some more Christmas cards, these ones are in more traditional colours as my mum was moaning about the colour of the last ones I made LOL!

I used some nice gold cards I got last year in W H Smith and then made the reindeers and stickled them up.  The snowflakes were cut on my Bug and I used some lovely glitter card that I bought at the weekend.  I made a mat using Nesties Label no 1 and I embossed the small squares with a snowflake folder.

Here is the result

My Blog has Attitude!!!!

LOL - the lovely Gemma has nominated me for the Digi's with Attitude!  'I got the Attitude! Blog Award'.

What this means is not only did I get a $5.00 Gift Certificate for Digi's With Attitude! Store but now I can brag that "My Blog's got the `Tude!"


All I have to do is tell you 3 things that make me different from everyone else and nominate 5 blogs. What gives me the `Tude?

1. Most years, I spend several months away from home.
2. I have a tattoo of a Bumble Bee on my thigh.
3. I've spent many Winters living in India.

The 5 Blogs I nominate are:


Julie (Elysia2003)
Justine (Agatha Misty)
Kelly (KMS)
Tina (artydoll)
Uma (soma)

Please display this badge proudly and link it to the Digi's With Attitude! Challenge Blog. To qualify for the $5.00 Digi's With Attitude! Store Gift Certificate please read the guidelines HERE

A new Sock Monkey!

I've been busy making more bag charms, Christmas cards and sock monkeys!  I've yet to finish the Christmas cards but have finished the sock monkey and have started on another one now!

Here is the one that I've just finished

Personalised Bag Charm

I have been making alot of bag charms recently and was asked to make one with someone's name on it.  I'd bought some letter beads in the US so thought it was a good opportunity to use them.

I really liked the finished bag charm and hope to be able to make some more of these!!