Mojo Monday - 247

Hi,

I love this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch #247.  I am on the Christmas cards... think I have four now!  I was so inspired by this sketch and had to wait as I needed to make flowers first ... I was pleased to find a hidden stash of Christmas paper and a bag of ribbon that seemed to be all Christmas colours, so I am still using older stash.  The flowers are made with some mulberry paper I have had forever, I found a whole pack of it, all smallish sheets in lots of different Christmas colours and patterns.

Last week I had a migraine so did not get any crafting done at all.  It was actually the worst one I have had in a long time and I was craving the dark and quiet for four days which is very difficult with two children.  I am feeling almost recovered now, just abit fuzzy sometimes.  My OH is useless... I know I always say this but it is true.  You can hear him willing me to get back to normal when he says 'don't you feel any better at all yet?' ...  He doesn't cope with the kids well (causes more arguements somehow) and doesn't know where the kitchen is... just the take out menu's.  My mum is wonderful though and at the weekend totally spoilt me by taking the whole of our usual saturday runaround with activities and shopping over, and nothing was missed or forgotten. 

Now I am trying to decide what to get my son for his birthday.  His list is as longer than his arm with quite a few expensive things on it...  wouldn't it be easier if we just give them everything?!! 

Hope you are well and didn't get too wet in all the horrendous rain.
Take care
Hugs
Kim
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CPS Card Sketch 270

Hi,

Well, it had to start somewhere... the Christmas card crafting and here it is.  I must admit I've spend ages sorting it out, I must have just threw it in the box when I finished with it last. 

My inspiration came from a lovely sketch over at CPS - Card Sketch 270. 

I think I may have an excuse to buy some more Christmas papers... don't seem to have many... will sift through my other papers just to check first.   I do apologise about the unclear photography... not sure what happened there.

Hope you are also having this lovely sunshine...
Take care
Hugs
Kim
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Checking in - with a card!

Hi,

I hope the weather is better where you are today... it's so damp and miserable here, it's like November!!!   I feel like I should be starting to get sorted for Christmas, not thinking about holidays!

On a brighter note, my card is quite cheery...  I am still using scraps and stash I have had forever... I so want to buy some new stash but still can't justify it (I wonder how long this is going to last!)  I find myself browsing craft shops online alot at the mo...

We had a lovely Jubilee weekend.  My daughter's Confirmation was lovely, I was very proud of her and she looked so grown up.  I have discovered that our local church is a very nice community, no wonder she has enjoyed the social aspect of going to confirmation classes, etc... and they are taking them all bowling in a couple of weeks time too.  Even the headteacher of my daughters school turned up for the service and she gave them all a card and gift from the school.  The only thing that did disappoint was that Daddy didn't come... I know she was disappointed even though she said she didn't want him to come... he just isn't in to the church thing, just like he doesn't do the school thing either.  He can be so selfish sometimes!  But we won't go into that!

Anyway, I am off to start dinner...
Take care
Hugs
Kim
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Let's Capture These Sketches - card sketch 22

Hi,

Well.... checking in a bit quicker...  I was inspired as I was browsing and came across Let's Capture These Sketches - card sketch 22.  What a fun sketch this is... and I had a few sheets in an old K&Co paper pad that was begging to play with me. 

Bit disappointed with the photo... I feel I need a new camera, I have had mine forever, but there are so many to choose from I seem to spend alot of time reading reviews and getting more confused by the minute. 

Anyway, hope you are having a lovely weekend... My daughter is being Confirmed tomorrow, so I need to finish decorating her cake. 

Hugs

Kim

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Mojo Monday - Sketch 243

Hi,

I seem to be spending far too much time browsing on the net and not enough crafting... I really did mean to make more cards this afternoon, but time just runs away with me when I'm on this lovely laptop!

Anyway, I did manage to put it down long enough to make this one... my take on Mojo Monday's sketch 243... what a lovely sketch it is too. 

Again I am playing with things that are in my 'need to use up' box...
I need to make some 'Thank you' cards for teachers but seem to have lost my Thank You stamp.  My daughter is leaving Primary school in July and seems to want to send cards to every teacher in the school... so glad I asked her about this early!!!!!
Thank you for stopping by.
Hugs
Kim
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Mojo Monday - 242

Hi,
Isn't all this sunshine wonderful?  I love that I am always up earlier, feeling more positive and creative when the sun is shining!  I really hope it is sunny and warm where you are today.

The decorating is driving me mad... I am having some time off from it.  OH has gone fishing so I am playing with paper and card!  I have found alot of different crafting things that I didn't realise that I had and have been trying to sort it so that I can make some cards with it. 

This is my take on Mojo Monday's challenge sketch 242.  The papers and image are from some things my mum gave to me when she bought one of those goody bags from Hobbycraft... so cute!  Nice fun sketch...

I also found some small packets of things from a kit I bought from a shopping channel many moons ago, and thought I'd make some more simpler cards for those times when I never seem to have an appropriate card...  I have gaps in my card box... I tend to mostly make just birthday cards, so I am making it my mission to make some 'other' occasion cards.

We have some exam takers in our family that are working very hard at the moment that I am going to send these to when they are finished taking them... I know they have been working very hard on their revision and I think a Congratulations for actually surviving GCSE's is definately warrented!

And a couple of simple birthday cards are always useful... am off to make some more!

Many thanks for popping by.

Take care.

Hugs

Kim

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Hi,

Just a quickie... this is a card I made as a 'Thank you' card... Using up some things I found as I have been sorting through stash. 

I am having a weekend of NO PAINTING!!!!  I am so fed up of all the disruption, I decided I need a weekend with no decorating, no work, just peace and quiet!!!!!!  So I have been playing... or trying to inbetween all the interuptions.  I came to take photo's and of course, my camera battery was dead!!!

Thank you for popping by, and hopefully tomorrow I'll get more uploaded tomorrow!
Hugs
Kim
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