Hi all

Yesterday I went to a craft show in Sydney. I spent so much time and money and had a wonderful time. As soon as Daisy went to bed, I had a play with some of the beads I bought. I made a set using a fab metal flower, pearls and rubber tubing. I think I'll get a lot of use from these. I also bought some great fimo beads. I would love to be able to make some as nice. I mixed some of the beads with rose quartz as I liked the black and soft pink combination. For my last one, I used some pink agate and crystal to make a necklace. There will be more makes coming soon, I think. Just a little warning!

Just for men

Over at the allsorts challenge blog the theme is just for men, young or old. I have a lot of young boy family members so thought I could make a card for one of them. I used K and Co papers and a digi stamp from Charmed cards and crafts.

Wings

Over at polkadoodles this week they are asking for wings and rubber stamping. I decided to have a play with my glimmer mists to create a background. It took a while to make one I liked. I stamped a flower from SU with versamark ink and then sprayed glimmer mist over it. Then, I used a Kaisercraft dragonfly stamp on black and a fairy stamp onto the background. I coloured the dress in as I thought it needed more than just the outline.

Quilt inspiration

I subscribe to a magazine over here - Australian cardmaking, stamping and papercraft and couldn't wait to have a go at one of their projects. It was about making cards inspired by quilt patterns The two cards I've made use the pinwheel and tit for tat patterns and I think they work well. I've been scanning the internet for other patterns I can adapt, so watch out for more!

I've been making the most of having some crafting time today as Daisy is at kindy. I couldn't do any over the weekend because my husband had all four wisdom teeth out on Friday and wasn't feeling too good after. This meant I had Daisy on my own for both days and I took her out a lot because if she was in she would have wanted to play with her daddy. So, when I finally put her to bed, I was shattered and couldn't even face crafting.

Hoppy birthday

Over at polkadoodles, they're asking for a shaped card. I love experimenting with shapes, especially for children's cards. I have made a frog card and decoupaged it for a bit of depth. I added a balloon with the sentiment.

Mothers Day card

Over on the Allsorts Challenge blog, the theme is to make something for mothers day or for someone who is like a mother to you. I made this for my Mum and I'm quite glad it's been done in lots of time as it needs to be sent to England. I used a pink and green colour scheme and then inside I made some pop up flowers using the instructions here. I'm also entering this for a mothers day challenge on the Crafts Beautiful forum.

Bon voyage

Over on Allsorts Challenge blog this week, they're asking for a project including a tag, label or ticket. I thought of a luggage label, so used some compass printed paper and a map of Paris and distressed them. I also added a picture of the Eiffel tower and a digi stamp from Charmed cards and crafts. I used part of the French script stamp on a label and then attached it to a ribbon buckle.