The Life of a Paper Penguin

Nothing fun to report-except I’ve had a new order for cuttlebug embossing dies arrive-all I have to do now is find where DH has packed the Big Shot and I’m ready to play. As you’ve probaby guessed by this, we are now not moving this friday ;-(

I’m really hoping it will be next friday

Sorry-Kathy you asked about the metal I used in the cards for the last post-I can’t find the packaging but it was thinnish metal sheets, i have a feeling I bought them from a local art shop years ago. I must get some more, they woked so well with the cuttlebug embossing dies. I must see if they work on funky foam too.

My littlest sister has asked me to make all her cards from now on-I feel really touched she trusts me enough just to give me a list and let me get on with it

She asked for quite a selection of different occasions this month-so I started with an acceptance for a naming ceremony

I do love those little teddies-I think they were from Lakeland. then it was on to a couple of blokes cards-so I managed to sneak in one for the Daring Cardmakers friday challenge.

The embossed Birthday on metal was done with the big cuttlebug embossing die-cut out and aged with Stazon. I found a couple of sheets of thin metal in the drawer so cutit all up and embossed it last night in the theory it might actually get used that way!

I’m off to make a couple more for her-I’ve just got some gorgeous Bazzill Bling-but its too nice to cut so no way is she having any of that-I *may* break into it for Nicky’s CJ at the weekend though

I also have to confess to some more shopping-I was stressed this afternon(problems with the house move) and Dollydimple talked me into it-so a few more cuttlebug embossing folders are winging there way to me

I got both challenges done this week- the Celestial one was such a simple card but I love the colour combination-decided to go with stars, its for an 11year old. I do alot of space design cards for younger boys already

the midweek challenge was Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.

The something old was the quickutz die, something new was the ribbon, something borrowed was the little flowers pinched from Mum, and something blue was the card. Its not your traditional wedding card-but she isn’t a pale pink and flowery type girl