Back on track

I have had a wonderful day, getting lots of things scored off my list, and you know how happy that always makes me :) I completed one of the commissions I am working on for 100 Thank you cards, and delivered them to the lovely customer this evening. For these cards I used creative hammer wardrobe folding card for a company in England where I get all my card making goodies from, called craftcreations.

I also made some thank you cards of my own on Pablo's behalf! One for my Mum, she gave us a gift of money for Pablo's arrival which I have used to book a place for him on a puppy class, how cute! Another for our friends who have given us their little pup's crate, one for the breeder who we got him from, 2 for friends who gave him little toys and one for bo's Mum who wnet with bo to collect him.

This card I made for my Granny's birthday, she is where I think my creative genes come from. She is a wonderful painter, and taught art for years. For this one I made I made a paper flower and used letter transfers.

And this is a little wedding card for a friend, I used Photoshop and my tablet and pen and did a cake doodle. I really like it, it's plain simple yet fun! I have been working on some designs to use in this style for the shop, but just don't seem to have the time at the moment.

I really enjoy making cards using different styles and techniques depending on the occassion and its the same when I receive them too. Plus it has been great getting the creative juices going again and doing something other than cleaning up and washing :) I found this quote;

"Dreams are postcards from our subconscious, inner self to outer self, right brain trying to cross that moat to the left. Too often they come back unread: "return to sender, addressee unknown." That's a shame because it's a whole other world out there--or in here depending on your point of view. "
Dennis Koenig and Jordan Budde, Northern Exposure, Roots, 1991

I have a vivid memory of a project we did at primary school all about writing and recieving letters, and we al got a ;ittle fold out book with stories and ideas for interesting ways to 'make' a letter. I loved the little book and kept ift for about 10 years then it disappeared :(

What is it about card/ letters that makes you smile?

Diffrenet types of work

Hi all,
The reason for my disappearance has been lots more work and needing to make time for normal house stuff, and reading too. I have been spending my usual bloggin time engrosed in Astrology for Lovers, a fun book charting details about star signs and how they affect our relationships.

On the work front I have finished the 2 wedding card commissions and they are both now with the brides to be. This week I have been working on a set of medical product training sheets for my Mum. I finished them yesterday and they are now working their way down the country to one of her coleiges who needs them for Monday. I really enjoy doing different types of projects this one was more graphic design and illustration than I have done in a long time!

So today I am back home sitting at my desk and I'm going to have a play day! I'm not quite sure what I want to do but that doesn't really matter, just sitting her surrounded by my doodles, pens and glue with a bit of Adele, see vid above, playing in the background is enough to make me happy! Hope you all have a fab weekend :)