welcome to the world little one....

our third grandaughter Grace Ava arrived at 6.27pm yesterday, weighing in at 6lbs. Another blessing for her proud grandparents, parents and big sister. Her Hebrew name is Leah Dorit and she has been named in memory of my mother.

here she is with her proud big sister.

A Collection not to be missed

Whiff of Joy stamps will be launching the pre-order for their new range of summer stamps from April 13th until May 4th. The stamps will be despatched on May 18th. Having recently bought a lot of W O J stamps I can only emphasise to you the quality and the beauty of these stamps, they are too good to miss.

The full price of the kit will be 63Euros but on pre-order you will only pay 28 Euros plus postage. For your money you will get 6 main character, 5 accessory and 4 sentiment stamps - 15 all new stamps in total. Don't miss this opportunity.

http://www.whiffofjoy.com/

A box or two, or three

I needed to make some boxes for a challenge swap so I made a co-ordinating pair to start with.

and then I went on to make this little cutie.

Cards for Daddy

It's my younger son's birthday soon so a made a couple of cards today so I could give him one from his little girl, Emmie Louise, this is the one I decided upon and I used a beautiful stamp from Whiff of Joy. This is the inside with a verse I wrote for Emmie, it will probably make him blub.
This is the back up card, that I just turned into an ordinary birthday card and again features a Whiff of Joy stamp.

and of course the inside of this one.

Meg - the cutest kittie on the block

I have bought lots of stamps this week (naughty naughty) and this little darling featuring Meg the cat is the first of 5 I bought from Pink Gem Designs. Again ribbons from Crafty Ribbons and my water colour crayons from SU for colouring, some odds and ends of paper from my stash box and a fish bone charm to complete. The flowers and mats were cut using my Cuttlebug and I even went on to dress up the inside.

A Cheeky Chappie

Another new stamp from Whiff of Joy, doesn't he look different when coloured in using different tones. Ribbons as always are from Crafty Ribbons, the papers are from Papermania and I used my gorgeous water colour crayons from Stamping Up.

Snail Mail

I just fell in love with this little stamp when I first saw her. She's from Whiff of Joy and is so cute. I mounted her onto a plain white card using turquoise, emerald and yellow card stock to matt and layer and a beautiful toning ribbon from Crafty Ribbons down the side almost complete the card. I cute the words out using my Cuttlebug and added a metal embellishment to the side. Tiny bronze crystals were used over the letters i.