Happy Tuesday! Hope yours was better than mine! Spent most of it being overloaded in work and the rest of it trying to fill in an application form for my own job! Its so hard when you're used to just getting stuck into your work having to stop and think hmmm what do I actually do!!!! D-Day for my interview has been set for 15 April, so I'll give you a wee shout before then and you can all send me some positive vibes .... I'll need all the help I can get, its been over 20 years since I had to sit an interview!
I thought I'd have a bash at using up some much un-loved DP ... I bought a stash of this when I first started card making because it was
cheap but its lain in the back of my stash almost ever since! But at least I got to use my
High Hopes fisherman stamp which I love! Coloured with promarkers, pink stickles added to his hat, braces attachment and to the card candy; frosted lace stickles added to the blue card candy and the water; smooch illuminate on braces; clear gloss added to wee fish and the fishing rod (....its been a looooong day, I almost called it a fishing stick LOL!) Swirly brass doodahs from my stash.
Before I go, I haven't shared any photos with you for ages, so here's a wee cutie of Ruby in her bed with her teddy
George (anyone remember the kids programme
Rainbow?) ... wouldn't you know by that face that she'd much rather be sleeping on the living room sofa!!
Awww isn't this just the cutest little donkey! I make a few cards every month which are sold to raise funds for our local animal shelter and apparently they've had requests for some horsey cards (who knew they'd be so popular!!!) (Big shout out here for my SIL Andrea, who produces a huge amount of cards for the shelter every month and keeps our local vets supplied with a card stash!!) I don't really have many horsey images, so this little donkey is about as close as I'm gonna get!
I had another go at using my Whimsy ticket die on this second card, and also the Whimsy Wish List stamp. The rose ribbon is oldie stuff from my stash and my DP (Papermania) has been knocking round my box for a couple of years now! Coloured with mixture of copics and promarkers, and bling coloured to match.
Wow, can you believe its Saturday evening already! I've had a great couple of days off and got the paving in the back garden all power hosed and the garden fence painted. Looks like a good job, even if I do say so myself! Though I've a dent in my finger from holding the paintbrush for hours, a few little tiny splinters, split nails and rough skin to show for all my hard work too! And not much time or energy left for card making, except thiss wee quickie using a fun stamp from Elzybells (now closed). Its very CAS, though looks busier 'cause of my jazzy DP!
Yippee for St Patrick's Day! We get a free day off work, but I'll be spending it getting rid of green .... the green on my fence and paving that is! Its due to be a nice day, so the power washer is coming out! I treated myself to Friday off as well, so I've a lovely long weekend ahead.
Sorry I've been M.I.A. all week .... its been one of those weeks (again!) in work (finally got my interview date for mid-April, this old restructuring lark has gone on way too long now!) and then today we dismantled our garden fence, put up new crossbars, painted them, got the old wood round to the recycling yard, tidied the garden, and picked the splinters out of my hands.... So I'm pooped now and in need of a wee soak in the bath! Hopefully we'll have the energy to get the fence panels nailed on tomorrow and if its dry next weekend I'll get it painted ..... don't know why, but I LOVE painting fences! I reckon if all goes pear-shaped with my job in work I'll set myself up as a fence painter instead! 
Sketch from Stamp TV
