Feeling rested....& cold!

Good evening all. Thank you for the lovely comments you left during my little break, they really do mean a lot.

Jon and I had a fabulous holiday, I never get tired of going back to Skiathos. When you've been somewhere before, it's nice just to be able to relax in the sun with a good book(s) and not worry that you're missing out on things. The guys at the place that we stay are the best and they made our wedding anniversary evening so special. When you have people like that, why go anywhere else? The downside of being back is that I'm now cold!!! I miss my sunny, hot days. I was so cold yesterday that I even did that awful thing of putting the heating on!! Brrr.

Before I went away I was asked my a lovely lady that Jon knows if I could make her a wedding card. She has only seen one of my cards before and loved it, even though I said it was probably the worst I'd made in ages (so bad I didn't dare photograph it for here!). At the moment when I'm asked for special cards, I instinctively reach for my bookatrix board and this time was no exception. With all the beautiful flowers that you can get from Wild Orchid Crafts it makes it so easy to whip up such an elegant card. I tend to stick with the same trusted layout with the flowers but this time I added one of the larger roses in the centre (sorry, don't know the size). I did go for a different colour combo this time, decided that I needed to get away from lilac. The finished article is below.

Pam wasn't around to receive the card before I went away so I have only heard today from my FIL what she thought of it. She loved it! Apparently when Jon next sees her, she has a list of people who would like cards from me having seen it at the wedding! Also, the landlord of our local has also said that if I wanted to leave some cards (business I think) saying what I do, he would happily have them on this bar!! I'm stunned! I don't know what to think or say! I really didn't think people would be that interested in what is just a hobby.

Can I ask you guys one question? What would you charge for a card like this? I make a corresponding box which is decorated as per some of my other cards I have posted. With the exception of one, they've all been made for friends or family occasions from me. The one that I did charge for, I asked £4.50 but my friend paid me £7. My FIL thinks I should be charging at least £6 for them. I really do struggle when it comes to asking for money and never want to put anyone off but then I know that I shouldn't undercharge either. Any advice would be really helpful.

Wow, that's a long post! Thanks for stopping by and for the comments you leave, they mean so much. Please remember to pop back on Sunday when I will be back in the saddle for the Just Cute Bears challenge


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Wedding Bookatrix

Hello all! I don't know about you but I'm glad it's the weekend! Lets just hope this strong breeze dies down and we get some nice warm weather again.

I've been meaning to show you all this card for weeks. Two very good friends of mine got married last month and it was a chance for me to make another wedding bookatrix. I wanted to make this a little different from the last one I made so I embossed a bell in silver mirri card that is on the bookatrix board and used this as the base for my flowers. The sentiment has been printed onto vellum and finished off with some gorgeous corner peel-offs.

I also made a box to present the card in and I like to decorate them so that it makes it an extra special keepsake.

I'm sorry the photos aren't that great.

Please remember to pop back on Sunday to see my Just Cute Bears DT card!

Thank you for stopping by and for any comments you may leave, they are greatly appreciated.

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Golden Anniversary Bookatrix

As promised I'm back with one of the bookatrix that I was busy making last week!

This one is for my In-Laws who celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on Saturday 5 June. I wanted the colours to be golden and match so used white, ivory & peach roses from Wild Orchid Crafts. I used a heart shape from another of the Glitter Girls boards but am a little disappointed that I couldn't quite make the heart shape. I hope it looks okay to you guys.

I thought I'd also include a photo of the top of the box that I'd made and decorated. Who knew how handy all those old peel-offs would come in handy?!

What do you think, is it acceptable?!

Thank you for stopping by and for any comments you may leave, they are greatly appreciated.

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Congratulations Sarah & Simon

This is a scheduled post so I'm hoping Mr Blogger behaves himself!

Jon and I are currently in Taunton for our friend's wedding. When it came to making the card, I knew that I wanted to use my dust covered Bookatrix board. I think this was the main reason that I purchased a number of the gorgeous paper roses from Wild Orchid Crafts. I've used 4 different colour variations for the card.

If you click on the image, it should enlarge in another window. I've used mirri card and some pale purple and cream shimmer CS. The sentiment has been printed onto vellum.

This is probably one of the best Bookatrix's that I have created and I haven't done very many. I have two more to do for weddings on 5th June, 1 of which is an order.

I hope you are all having an enjoyable weekend and that the weather is being kind to you. Thank you for stopping by and for any comments you may leave, they are greatly appreciated. Please remember to pop back tomorrow for the latest Just Cute Bears challenge.

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Mother's Day Cards

Well, I'm not quite back in the land of the living but I have finished my Mother's Day cards for my mum and MIL.

I used my trusty bookatrix board for these. I made the bouquet's from small tea roses and baby's breath. This is the first time I have made bouquet's so I hope they're okay.




Sorry about the reflection on the first photo, I couldn't stop the flash reflecting off the pearlescent paper, but have no idea how I managed to avoid it in the second!

I keep think that there's something missing, maybe something down the middle ribbon. What do you think?

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

A BIG Happy Valentine's Day to everybody out there!! I hope you have had some lovely cards from the ones you love.

I've been wanting to show the card I made my husband for ages now, but didn't dare just incase he snuck a look at my blog! I made it using my bookatrix board and the hearts are from the celebration board.



I also made a box to present it in:



I chose the colours blue and white as they're of his favourite team, Chelsea.

He loved it!