The finished card!

I am a bit of a recycling fiend. So..............the buttons were rescued from shirts my husband decided had seen better days and were heading to the big green wheelie bin. The fibres or wool type trim is a piece that came free with a magazine I bought on hols in Canada.............sorry!

The design of each is up to you.

I used the peel offs I already owned. They are something I was keen on when I started crafting but to be honest I think you can overdose on them and now I tend to not to use them although as you can see they do have their uses. ;Op

Hey, well today I am posting a previously made card. I was clearing up months of mess in my craft room and came across this card that I made for my daughter last Christmas. She is every inch the drama Queen and we had been in London to see a show for a little treat and I tried to make her an equally dramatic card for the festive season. I used a sheet of A3 BLACK CARD and I brought out every black silver and grey peel off I owned. I had a template of a theatre mask I had bought and I had sheets of flocked paper and self adhesive velvet papers so I set to work.

my kids mean everything to me

My kids are my world and I always need them around me or at least a picture of them with me wherever I go. The photo of C my big girl is the night she was off on her hols to Sharm El Sheikh in July and it makes me so proud to see how she turned out and so sad when your 'baby girl' calls you shortie.
My boys were in the garden when I snapped this. Adam got an inflatable jousting set for his birthday and at first I wasnt sure what he would make of it until of course he realised it was a big red 'neigh neigh'. He watched as it was blown up and then we slipped it over his head with the shoulder straps and off he went. JJ got the blue one on and the two of them ran around the garden for hours and I mean hours shouting neigh neigh and giddy up, what a fabulous toy!
I could not believe how much fun they were having with this single toy, it was a joy to behold. Definately a kodak moment or SIX!

some days my art goes a bit daft!

there are days when my art work is confined to the paper in my sketch pad, then there are days when i get carried away with paper and card and origami galore, hats, bags, dinosaurs, butterflies and more. There there was one day when my daughter said mum I really like tattie bear, do you think you could draw that for me. Tattie bear is 'me to you ' bear and is a lovable fluffie hen toed bear who any girl would love.
So off I went to my craft room and found my paints, yep I was gonna try and replicate tattie bear......................ON HER BEDROOM WALL.........................I had never done a mural before but today is the day I thought.

You can see the results here.
I drew then I painted then I painted some more, then she came home from school and caught me with dust sheets everywhere and her bedroom was was a mass of colour.

She was delighted!
Thank heavens.