FF Challenge 11 'Dare to be Square'

Here is my entry in the FF challenge for this week. I have made a springy card with a square top, I have used the turquoise block colour papers - just the darker shade though, a medallion from the funky garden collection which I reduced , then punched out the dots to form a lacy border, mounted this on a square piece of silver pearlised card, stamped a patchwork butterfly onto shrink plastic and coloured using watercolour pencils - my first attempt as well!, then mounted that onto the same silver pearlised card, used a 'square effect' peel-off border around the card to finish it off.

http://funkyfairyschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/funky-fairys-challenge-11-dare-to-be.html

ff Challenge 10 Green

I haven't entered for a few weeks here is my entry to the FF Green challenge
I have used the new GORJUSS GINGHAMS in 2 shades of lime green. I have used a notepad that can be replaced when used up from Wilkinsons and a pencil from Ikea
the front has a simple large flower and an embellishment for the centre, adorning it, along with the title and all is held together using elastic.

http://funkyfairyschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/funky-fairys-challenge-9-green.html

hope you like my entry

Cupcake Craft Challenge 29 - Inspiration

This is for Cupcake Craft the challenge was to use an image which had been entitled 'Inspiration', I hope I have met that challenge with this card. The stamped tag is the same used for FF Blue Challenge

Thread Exchange Birthdays

I have been busy today having made a 40th birthday card this morning which had to go in the post urgently, then I made a Fat Page for the FF Blue Challenge, then I have made another card for Cupcake Craft Challenge.
These cards are for my birthday thread exchange which I have been involved in for quite a few years.

I have used DCWV for backing cut a large label Nestabilitie, cut a tag, and stamped using miniature floral stamps in the style of Rubber Stamp Tapestry, applied co-ordinating ribbon from stash. I have used turquoise, pink and purple(it looks blue in the photo)

FF Challenge Blue

Here is my entry for the Blue challenge.
I have chosen to do a Fat Page. I am involved in a number of swaps and this is one of them I have to swap a Fat Page once a month.
I have used - free blue xmas background in turquoise, stamped an inspirational tag using Versa Colour Royal Blue, used stickles on the hydrangea and put navy ric-rac and fibres through the tag hole.
the stamp reads:

'Kind hearts are the garden
Kind thoughts are the root
Kindwords are the blossoms
Kind deeds are the fruit'

John Ruskin

What is a Fat Page?
A fat page starts as a 4"x4" square of card, you leave a 0.5" margin down one side for the recipient to put their own holes in, you then decorate in a similar way to an ATC, on the reverse you can decorate and give details about your Fat Page. I have made an album to contain my own Fat Pages and ones that I recieve.
This Fat Page will go into my album.

http://funkyfairyschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/funky-fairys-challenge-6-color-theme.html

My first Award

This is my very first award I am so proud, it was sent to me by Glenda who had it awarded to her from Nicola of Nicola's creations

My kids

here a s picture of my children, taken in Clacton last year. Glen is on the left, Lillian is in the middle, Adam is on the right

GOOD NEWS!!!!!

Yesterday I had to wait to open an email for my daughter regarding her senior school allocation. I waited until she came home from school, which was delayed due to me having car problems, and on opening the email she had been allocated her 1st choice of school which is The John Henry Newman School in Stevenage, this school is the Roman Catholic senior school for the area and is extremely over-subscribed, in some cases siblings have not been allocated places. I feel very privileged to have been granted a place at the school.
My sons are at a local single sex school as JHN was not the right school for them.