Daring Cardmakers Challenge

Morning folks.....I've had a twiddling the old thumbs and slowly cracking up kind of a weekend but more of that in a mo.....I managed to get a card made for this month's birthstone challenge over at Daring Cardmakers...crikey it's been ages since I had time to play along and it's my favourite kind of card....lots of white space.....really quick and simple but great for the mass Christmas production line.

This month's birthstone is....

TURQUOISE

"If cold December gave you birth

The month of snow and ice and mirth

Place on your hand a turquoise blue

Success will bless whate'er you do."

Hero Arts....K5107 Screen Shadow
Sentiment...Hero Arts...CL462 Magic of Christmas
Distress Ink....Broken China
Snowflakes...Sizzix
Gems.....Hero Arts
Cord from Simply Create

and check out the cool prize from Flourish With A Bling

The cubbyhole has turned into a madhouse.....a bit of a saga so it may be a good idea to make yourselves a cuppa and find a comfy sofa before I pour my heart out to you all.....do you ever have the feeling that you are losing your marbles...that perhaps you are going a little bit doo lally or does this just happen to me.....is it my age or have I upset someone.   I received a last minute commission from Fiskars hours before I left for NYC deadline last Thursday....so as soon as I got back I set to work and to my surprise it all went swimmingly...I told you I work better when my back is up against the wall.....in the swish of a coo's tail the projects were completed....photographed...instructions written and duly e-mailed....isn't technology wonderful.   Now I have to send the originals off in the post...well that's easier said than done....one of the blighters has gone AWOL...nowhere to be found....disappeared off the face of the earth....it's an 8" x 8" scrapbook layout so it's not exactly a teeny tiny item....but I'm darned if I can find it despite doing that old trick of where did I last see it....if it wasn't for the photographic evidence I would wonder if it was all a figment of my imagination.

And just when you think it can't get any worse I have another last minute commission (what other kind are there) to do for the Fiskars 2011 Catalogue...deadline today...4 projects to make with a fabulous new piece of kit (and no I can't tell you what it is yet....it's top secret) they sent me a video link and I coudn't wait to get my hands on it and have a play....so I worked my socks off last week to clear my workdesk ready for the goodies arriving but the parcel couriered to arrive last Wednesday hasn't turned up yet probably due to the "bring the whole country to a standstill" weather we've been having and not even this old crafter who has been there...seen it...done it and got the T Shirt can conjure up 4 projects out of thin air with nothing to work with.
Well I could take myself off to bed....snuggle under the duvet and have a nervous breakdown but I've got a better idea....put the kettle on...look out a Michael Buble CD...let's face it folks life could be considerably worse if Wagner hadn't been voted off X Factor...so I'm off to have a little play until the missing goodies turn up....and the magic word is CHILL....

Catch up with you all tomorrow

Hugs Kath xxx

Edited to add: hi folks just noticed that the "W" in the word Wonder hasn't stamped fully....so a little crafty tip...take a black fine liner pen to fill in the outline.....all sorted and no-one will ever know