Monday 27 April 2009

Cards and Etsy

These last few weeks I have been sorting out all my crafting stash (I had soooo much more than I thought) and making loads of cards. I have really enjoyed it but now I need to decide what to do with all the cards. I could open an eBay shop, or I could use the Etsy shop I set up earlier in the year, or I could set up a website just for selling the cards. I can't decide, each option has things going for it and things against and it is driving me nuts, and all the while the cards just keep coming. A lot of people use eBay but do people really go there if they want to buy a handmade card? Etsy definitely does get people looking for handmade items but most people I know have never heard of it. A purpose built website would be fun to set up but would need alot of marketing etc.


Decisions, decisions, decisions.
Any and all advice gladly received.


Anyway, here are just a few of the dozens of cards. I am still working my way through photographing each one individually.


Wednesday 22 April 2009

I'm forever Blowing Bubbles

Hey, can you believe it, we have actually had some quite warm weather these past few days. We had to take advantage of the sun cos it may not last long, so out came the bubble machine and the bubble mixture that smells of bubblegum and many a happy hour (well closer to 20 mins really) was spent blowing bubbles.

Well at least it kept me amused anyway.




I've entered this layout in the April Recipe Challenge over at Weeds & Wildflowers. You had to use:

  • 3 papers (1 white & 2 colored)
  • 2 photos 1 frame
  • 2 ribbons/string
  • 1 wordart or title (can be with use of an alpha)
  • some greenery like leaves
  • 1 date

What do you think? Did I get the recipe right? Leave a comment.

Wednesday 15 April 2009

Scraplift Layout

I did my first ever scraplift challenge this week. It was over at the Weeds & Wildflowers blog . It was alot of fun and I am really happy with the page I did. It is a great reminder of our breakfast with the characters from Winnie the Pooh in Florida in December and it has inspired me to do more pages using these colours and style for all my Character Breakfast pics.

What do you think? Leave a comment and let me know.


Monday 13 April 2009

Project 365

These are my first weekly layouts for Project 365. It's a great way to document your life to look back on in years to come. I love looking through the gallery at Weeds & Wildflowers and seeing how different everyone's style is, it's great for inspiration.






Tuesday 7 April 2009

Weeds & Wildflowers guest CT challenge

The fabulous Weeds & Wildflowers have a guest CT challenge on this week and this is the LO I have submitted. The challenge was to scrap LIFE and whatever that means to you. I have only been digiscrapping since October 2008 so I don't expect to win up against so many experienced scrappers but I had loads of fun putting this LO together so it was worth it.

Friday 3 April 2009

Friends in Hats

This is my first LO using the fantastic Life 365 kits from Weeds & Wildflowers Design. It was taken during a day at Busch Gardens when we were in Florida over Christmas. I'm not sure why we were all trying on hats but I'm sure it seemed like a good idea at the time. I love the Weeds & Wildflowers style, it is so colourful and fun. I plan on taking part in Project 365 which means I need to take a photo a day and make up weekly and monthly layouts. At the end of the year I will have a great record to look back on and I will get the LOs bound into a book.

Wednesday 1 April 2009

Look what I made

Well here it is my exploding box. The theme of my box is HATS because when I was looking at photos to use I was flicking through the photos we took in Busch Gardens in December and noticed there were alot of piccies of us all wearing different funny hats - I'm sure it seemed like a good idea at the time.




These boxes would make really unique birthday cards that you could theme with the interests and hobbies of the birthday boy/girl. They would also be great for Mother's Day and Father's Day.

Credits: Paper - Peace, Love, Happiness from Kathy Ladle at The Latest Scoop, Too
Alpha - Spotty from Cecile Scrap Design
Template - jayediddesigns


I'm off to make another one now, all about my Diva Dog.