I have been a busy bee trying to get ahead of myself for Mother's Day! I need a few cards for personal use ( I always send my dad a mother's day card as he looked after me and my brother when my mum left ) and a few others but I also try to sell a few card here and there to fund my habit!!! I have made a few with the same sort of concept in mind, this helped me to get quite a few cranked out in one go! The cards are just a bit bigger than C6 and are both black bases. The one card has a silver mirror card layer with a bazzill card layer which is matt and gloss stripes! Onto the bazzill card I have stitched a lace border and I have stitched a ruffle ribbon border which I have fallen in love with thanks to a video over at my pink stamper!!! I have added a handmade fimo rose and some gems for a bit on bling! To fonish off the fron of the card I have used Don Juan amd cut the word MUM, I have given it a pink shadow and 2 black layers for lots of dimension then added 2 more gems for effect!

The second card has a piece of card from my minds eye stiched onto a piece of plain white card this has been attached to the black card base! I have used my new favourite stitching technique ruffle ribbon along with another lace border! I have finished this section of the card with some paper flowers and attached them with a brad from american crafts to a card flower that i have cut with the big shot!!! Again this card had the gems and the MUM layered wording. the inside of both cards consists of a pattern card with a white layer stitched onto it!

Although I have ended up with some similar cards ( only 2 pics here but I have more ) I am pretty pleased with them. i think that I might use this method more often as I find that I am quite unproductive at times!!! Too busy thinking about the next card before I finish what I am working on!!! Naughty stacey x x x

On the 17th of January me and my hubby Konrad had been together for 10 years ( married for 4 ) He is wonderful and gave me the most awesome surprise on our anniversary. . . I got home form work very very tired and hungry and he has food waitiong for me and just asked if i could get some drink ready, I went into the cupboard for some glasses and waiting there was a handmade card. Now my husband is not a crafter at all, he glazes over whenever I start talking to him about papers or embellishments and he has never so much as touched my cricut, so imagine my amazement when he produces this card. He has done a wonderful job and i think a future in cardmaking is not out of the question!!!! Now I must admit he used a skull that I have already made ( dunno where he found it though ) I just adore this card! he has used Don Juan for the numbers and Happy Haunting for the frame and font and the skull was made using Indie Art and some QVC stamps for the swirls. He even put glitter on the 10 for sparkle!!! He is such a sweet man and I love him more than anything ( even my cricut x x x )

I have been attempting to put together a few mothers day cards, as it is fast approaching, so here are som early attempts!