My new Grand Calibur

Hi everybody.  Well it's a cool and  overcast day here but at least it is dry.  As you know my Grand Calibur died on me (at 18 months old) but I decided that it was not really worth my while paying to have it shipped somewhere to have it fixed so I bought a new one on the Spellbinders blockbuster that was on Create and Craft recently and when I told my son that I had bought it he said he would go half on it for me for Mother's Day.  So maybe Students aren't so bad after all!!  Anyway I ordered it on a Saturday and it was delivered on Tuesday morning - very quick for once.  Needless to say I had to play around with it and  so I made these cards.

                                       

                                  

                                 

                                 

Thank you for taking the time to look in.

                                     

                                  

A man's card.

Good afternoon everybody from a bitterly cold N. Ireland.  It has been trying to snow here all day but thank goodness it melts as it falls.  My card today is the dreaded  man's card.  I know I am going to need quite a few men's cards in the coming months (both commissions and family) so I made a start today.  I was going to say that I was undecided about this card but if I do that then my friend Jacqui  at Jacqui's little piece of England  - http://jacquibourne7.blogspot.co.uk/  will phone me and  give me a "telling off". LOL   Anyway thank you for taking a look.

                                             

                                         

Keeping busy

Good afternoon everybody.  Over the past number of days I have had the decorators in so I confined myself to the craft room.  Unfortunately just after I started my cards my Grand Calibur decided to die on me.  I knew that it was on its last days as there were "things" rattling about inside and the handle had become very loose, but all of a sudden it just stopped working.  Thankfully I still had my Cuttlebug to fall back on for smaller dies.  Anyway these are the fruits of my labour.

                             

                               

                                 
                                        Thank you for taking a look.

                                         

For my sister

Good afternoon everybody.  It is a beautiful afternoon here.  Thank goodness we did not get any of the snow - it was wet and windy but that was all.  My card today is one for my sister whose birthday will be on Sunday.

 
Thank you for taking a look   and I hope you are having a lovely Valentine's Day.

                                                                                           

Lena's tribute

Good morning everybody.  I will be posting a card later but first of all I wanted to ask you to take a look at my friend's blog.  Her name is Lena and her blog address is  http://lenasworksofheart.blogspot.co.uk     Lena lives in the wonderful city of Mumbai  (Bombay)  - a city I dearly love - and her blog is a marvellous mix of her talent,  photographs of her city and recipes.  Today Lena has posted a tribute to her late Mother whose birthday would have been today and I think it is a beautiful post.  I think a lot of us (especially those of us who have lost our mothers)  will see  much of our own mothers in this loving tribute.  As you can see I have been very moved by Lena's post and I just wish I had thought of doing the same.  Please do take a few minutes to take a look.

                                               

Vellum

Good  afternoon everybody.  It is such a windy day here and now it is trying to rain.  This card today was one I made for a friend whose birthday is today - so I hope when she opens it that she is pleased with it.  As always I have used centura pearl for the card and also cut a frame in centura pearl .  Behind the frame I have placed a piece of vellum topped it with a little marianne die cut and another of my rolled roses.  I finished the card off with Noor corner dies.

                                   
Thank you for taking the time to drop in.

                                               

More roses.

Good afternoon everybody from a very  dreary N. Ireland.  It is not a nice day at all.  I'm afraid it's more roses today again.  I am getting so much fun from making these that I'm sorry to say they will probably keep popping up. The card I have to show you is one using the Tied Together embossing folder a Cheery Lynn Doily die and a few embellishments .  Thank you for taking a look.