Dedication Card

Just made this quick little card last night, as it's our Minister's Son's Dedication today. I downloaded the image on-line (sorry can't remember from where) and coloured it in with Promarkers. Papers used are from the Basic Grey Archaic range and were inked around the edges with Nick Bantock Van Dyke Brown ink. The title was done using Hero Art Tiny Dot alphabet stamps. The ribbon is from the Cosmo Cricket Honey Pie range.

First Communion Card

First Communion Card, originally uploaded by Bio-hazar.

First Holy Communion card for a friends son. Done using Basic Grey Archaic papers, Papermainia cross stamp and Nick Bantock Van Dyke Brown ink. With added Basic Grey ric rac. Based on CPS #70 sketch.

Made this earlier in the week, but didn't want to upload it till after I gave it to my friend's Son. Thank you to PinkFairy for a wonderful afternoon after the service today. Really enjoyed all the wonderful food and time together with friends in your garden.

New Position!

Today I was offered the position of Senior Sales at my workplace. I was happy to accept and will start the position on the 1st of May. However, I have already booked the 1st & 2nd off work to go to Colour Your World, and Monday is a Bank holiday. So I'll officially start on Tuesday. Thanks to everyone for their support over the last few weeks as I pondered the decision to apply for this job. I'm both excited and nervous as I venture forward.

This may however mean less time for crafting, but will endeavour to still do as much as possible and post on here when I can.

Yellow Bush of Happiness

Yellow Bush, originally uploaded by Bio-hazar.

I've had some very sad news today from back home in Canada. So I've been on the phone with several members of my family today. It's very hard to be so far away from them when I feel they need me the most. However it's nice to be able to stay in contact with them over the phone, with e-mail and even this blog! While I was talking with my Dad he asked me about his favourite bush outside our house. He really likes this yellow bush, as he can tell when he comes over which is our house but the bright yellow flowers in the front garden. So after talking with him I grabbed my camera and took a few photos of the bush for him. When he saw them on Flick it really made him cheer up, so I'm now calling the busy the "Yellow Bush of Happiness"! Now I am showing it all to you so you too can have a little bit of happiness today.

With all that is going on today I am reminded of a song we sing in church. Blessed Be Your Name by Matt Redman. It talks about Blessing God not just when we are in the good time and happy, but also when the darkness come and time of suffering. Blessed be your Glorious Name!

ISMAKI Challenge #16

LionHope ISMAKI 16, originally uploaded by Bio-hazar.

Sketch

I've been struggling to make a birthday card for a male friend, and this is finally what I've come up with. I decided to use the ISMAKI challenge sketch # 16. The optional challenge was to use 4 different matching patterned papers. So I used Basic Grey Sublime paper pack for this card and backed it onto a piece of Stampin' Up card stock. The corner was stamped with one of my favourite set of stamps at the moment, Basic Grey Two Scoops Swirlie stamps. I added a computer printed image coloured with watercolour pencils and a Crafty Individual stamp coloured with Ranger Distress Ink Mustard Seed and Dried Marigold. The card was finished with ribbon and buttons. I hope my friend will like it, to make up for it being very over due.

Now I've got to start thinking about another male birthday coming up soon. Why is it so hard to think of ideas for male cards?

CPS # 60

I enjoyed last weeks CPS # 60 challenge of making a Hybrid card, and I deiced that I would make another Hybrid for this weeks sketch as well. For the digital part of this card I used Shabby Princess new Promise collection, which is a free download. In Adobe Photoshop, I added SP Swirlie stamp to the Swirlie Girl paper and reduced the size to fit on an A6 card. Then I cropped and resized the Poppy paper to fit at the top of the card. I printed out the images on satin gloss paper and cut out the Swirlie created with the digital stamp. The hedgehog image is one of my new Penny Black stamps that I got at Ally Pally over the weekend. I coloured in the image using Twinkle H2Os and watercolour pencils. The card was then assembled using ribbon, paper flowers and a brad. The "Believe" was stamped using a Scrappy Cat Stamp Effects stamp. Thanks for looking!

Fajitas, Friends and Faith

Just came back from lunch at a friends house. We had a great lunch of chicken fajitas served with cheese, sour cream, guacamole, and salsa. Followed by lots of little cheese cakes, mini meringues and tiramisu. It was lovely to be there as it had been a long time since we had got together. There four wonderful kids are all growing up so fast. They were lovely to play with, although very exhausting! As soon as you lift one of them up to try to touch the ceiling, they all want a go. After a couple of round each, I just couldn't lift them anymore. While there we meet another friend of theirs who was picking Peter's brain about building web pages, web hosting and domains. As the friends is a Paster planting a new church in the area, we were often diverted in our conversation. All in all it was a great day for Fajitas, Friends and Faith.