Yippee It's Friday! And This Month's Banner Winner!

I must admit my old brain cells thought, for a brief moment this morning that it was Monday, which of course made me late for work, but after that, I'm sooo happy that it isn't! It's the weekend!! I think sometimes that it creeps up so quickly, one day I'm really going to miss it! (whoosh, there it goes, gone!)

Lovely party yesterday at Mum and Dad's, thank you to everyone who wished them well, unfortunately my camera's memory card come up with file error, or words to that affect, (effect?) and I lost all the pictures I'd taken on it, including pictures for Ebay, picture's of John's very blotchy leg, taken when he had blood poisoning (don't ask!) and the pictures of the anniversary card I made for Mum and Dad, as well as loads of pictures of friends and family all posing and doing silly things, so I can't put them on here. (funny? I'm sure I heard a sigh of relief then!)
I did get some pictures as the camera can take a few without it's memory. (it's better equipped than me!) And of course there was a writeup in the local rag about what they'd been up to over the last 60 odd years. Well, not everything!
Roz, (lady from the paper) must have dug deep into the newspapers archives, as she put in far more than I told her!!
The picture of the card I made was snapped at Mum's, so not too bright and it's the only one I took. (I usually take loads.) I knew just what I was going to do for the card but somehow had run out of everything I needed, so settled for a Forever Friends decoupage. I'll swap the picture for a better one later, if I can 'borrow' the card back!
Emma made her grandparents a card too and a few other family members also had a go at making hand made cards. It's catching!!
The cake was made by my mum's friend, Doris. Mum used to do cakes and sugar craft, but Doris kept it up and now makes all sorts of cakes to order. Bett, one of mum's friends bought her dog Jess along to the party, and she made herself at home on the garden bench! Unfortunately that's all the pictures I've got (Thank goodness! I mean...oh shame) except for one of Tom and Emma... some people just don't like their photo's taken!! (nice teeth Emma!)
This Months, I mean last Month's Banner Winner, for having my Digi Store linked on their side bar, was very close this time, winning out right by miles was The Card Making and PaperCraft Forum! (I have a link there!) But I can't count them! Close runner-up was a newbie follower (shhh!, not telling!!) but winner this time is Sue from Scoopys Stuff. Which is nice because Sue was actually runner-up last time! Sue, you've won a digi from the store or I'll draw something for you! Shell wanted a doodle of her dog, Charlie and Jackie wanted a Hedgehog on a swing! and Sue wants...a budgie!! I'll get right on that Sue!!
New Followers! Hi and a big ((wave ))to JackId68, out the back and in the dark with no picture and no link, thank you for following! Oh, wait a mintue!! (bing) Crafts-on-the Net, Jacki!?! Who's a New Blogger...here we are Cards by Jacki. some really good ones, so go over and have a look! **Update, Jacki now has a picture!! (yay!!!) and is no longer out the back and in the dark! Hi to Teresa Birchall and Cardarian, both with no link, but I know where to find Cardarian's Happy Place, who's a WOYWW fan. You'll find fabulous cards and other makes over there. Also without a link is Cindy Adkins...rings a bell (ding!) Oh yes fabulous blog with loads of yummy altered stuff and sooo much inspiration you'll be there ages!! Love the collage birdhouse! Go look see ! (where Lyn???) oh, Cindy Adkins Whimsical Musings, of course!! That's it from me. Thank you for stopping by!

An Inspirational Snowy Shaker

I really really love how this card has turned out! It's my daughter Maria's Christmas Card so it's winging it's way over to the States. Hope she likes it! The only thing is I wish is was BIGGER!!I've run out of cards, and I've only got small ones left, not the thing to do when Christmas is looming up at 90 miles an hour!
This card was made by cutting down a 12x12 pearl cream card, then covering the front with a layer of black card and then Pink Petticoat Christmas papers.I followed the sketch over on Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog and as soon as I saw it I thought, oh yes!! that would make a great shaker card. Never made a round one before. I drew around two different sized cups to get the circle, but apart from that I made the shaker in the same way as I usually do. (Scroll down to see 'How to make a Shaker Card'. Just in case you hadn't spotted it!) The circle might have looked better if I'd printed straight onto the card but I used a Crunchy Nut Cornflakes packet for the circle (Remove Crunchy Nuts first! Add milk and eat!...) and then covered that with the Pink Petticoat Christmas Papers, so by the time I'd finished wrapping the paper around it, and adding the acetate, it didn't look too good, so that's why I ended up covering the circle with the fern leaves. Hides a multitude of sins!
I'm also thinking I might put this card into the Simon Says Challenge too. Their challenge is, Let it Snow and I think the shaker 'snow' (beads and silver stars) is pretty good 'snow'! And also The Penny Black Saturday Challenge (just about in time!!) which is...Christmas for the girls...and it is a card for my daughter, and it's Penny Black too...so I think it fits!!It's also 'Christmas' over on the Pink Elephant Challenge, so I think this fits and it's also 'Christmas' on the Sophisticat Challenge too
And and and... Penny's Challenge Blog is doing 'Christmas Stars', for their next challenge. 'So, where's the star?' I can hear you say. Well, you'll have to look into the shaker, there's hundreds of them!! So! Back to the card!! The snowflakes inside were done with Woodware and Dovecraft punches and the words I just made up! The inside font is a freebie sometimes! But I'm having trouble finding it. The link to the freebie keeps disappearing, probably because on most sites it isn't a freebie! **Update**: Inside font is called Freehand591 or Freehand591BT you youcan download it for free HERE (everywhere will charge you!!)
As you can see there's a little pocket at the back of the card to add a few surprizes.
I took loads and loads of pictures of this card because I just couldn't get a good colour. The purple just didn't look purple! Then later, when I got home from work round about two-ish, and the sun had come out and the rain had stopped, I quickly nipped outside and took a few more! As you can see, the top picture and very bottom picture is sooo much better than any of the others taken around the house with different lights on! All I can say to that is, roll on Spring!!!!The font on the front of the card is a freebie. I'll pop back later with links for you to download it, meanwhile can you guess what famous frozen cartoonist it's been named after??!!Have to go now, I'll pop back later to finish off here, and maybe add another challenge or two as I'm in the middle of putting up some Christmas lights and I've left poor John 'hanging around' waiting for drawing pins...ummmm, well, I forgot!!!
Two Updates! The Freebie font on the front of the card is called...did you guess? Walt Disney Script. Google the name plus the word font or free font and you'll find loads of sites where you can download it! Back later with another Christmas Card! AND best of all!! This card won me a $25 to spend at Simon Says Stamp!! I love blogging!