a new love!

One of our Play Date Cafe entries this week, by Arielle at the Snappy Stamper, used an image from A Day for Daisies which I just fell in love with as it reminded me of my Sophie when she was a bridesmaid.  Not having heard of this company before I headed over there, and oh my goodness, the artwork is just STuNNiNG!  I had to stop looking so I didn't spend too much!

I spent a very happy time yesterday using watercolour paints to colour a couple of images.  This one was intended for Mona's new colour challenge which called for the use of red, green and tan.  Unfortunately I didn't get it made into a card in time.  Reading Sue's blog today though I saw a sketch that I thought would work really well for my little lady bug...

It's from Card Patterns.  I've had a great time this evening piecing together bits n pieces left over from other work whilst watching Spooks!

I have an autumn fairy I coloured for Hels' Sunday Stamper which I'm hoping to get made into a card tomorrow so you'll be seeing my cute side for a while me thinks!!

Happy Birthday Julie!

It's a VeRY special birthday for my wonderful friend Julie Ranae today, so a few of us from the Play Date Cafe have secretly been spreading the word in blogland!

Happy Birthday Julie!

Julie and I met via blogland, and I still remember the 40th birthday card I sent her full of stars!  Julie LoVeS her papers, so I used some Graphic 45 to make her card.  It combines her love of papers, and my love of Steampunk :)

There are lots of birthday wishes out there for Julie, and on one or two blogs there's a chance to win a prize so please visit and admire Julie's cards and birthday wishes from

Suzanne Czosek

Andrea Ewen

Stephanie KraftSavannah O'Gwynn

Mona Pendleton
Ruby 2 Shoes
Lisa Somerville

and it would be FaBuLouS if you headed over to Julie's blog to wish her a very HaPPY BiRTHDaY!  But don't let on I told you ;)

sharing a cup of tea in the play date cafe :) [pdcc #24]

This week we have a celebrity guest and sponsor at the play date cafe - Kristen Powers!  If you've read my earlier posts you already know I'm a fan of Kristen's work, so it was a real treat to work with an image she designed especially for the play date cafe this week.  Mona chose some beautiful colours - plum, lavender and cream - which worked beautifully with the teacup design.

So out came the sewing machine again and I spent an enjoyable evening listening to Dr Who on the tv (it was the third time of 'watching' so I knew what was happening!) and sewing this piece together.

[sorry, not the best photo, I think my camera is dying]

The quote came via a google search and is by Sir Arthur Pinero; it just made me smile and think 'how true' as there's something very comforting about a cup of tea, and it's often shared with friends, and with friends there is always hope, even in the darkest of times!

Have fun with these colours, and don't forget to visit the other designers to see their creations.  Lisa Somerville is our featured designer this week so head over to the cafe to read how she started stamping :)