Cals Creations

Our forum has moved

2010-10-31T21:31:00.002Z

This is just to let you know that the forum that I have been a member of for more years than I care to remember has now moved, we (me and Bri) are now hosting it on our website, and I've had lots of fun setting up the design of the forum along with Lynn, the founder of the former site, We are now enjoying all the lovely comments that are being made about the site, and of course enjoying the company of all the lovely ladies over there, the link is over on the right hand side, (crafters reunited), please feel free to come on over and say hi, we would love to meet you in our new home!!

I've updated!!

2010-10-23T14:11:00.003+01:00

Hi again, As you can see I've been playing with my blog, Im sorry I havent been posting but as always I have been a busy bee, we are in the middle of setting up a new site for a craft forum that I am admin on, The link to the one I'm talking about is in my list of "my favourite sites" ( "fab friendly forum") but I will give further details when the new one is up and running in the near future

In the meantime I would like to show you some Christmas cards I have made

The bauble one is made from an idea I saw on Wendy's site, thankyou wendy for your inspiration

The Christmas window is made from a decoupage sheet from La Pashe

All of these medallion ones were made with a set of peel offs that I bought when I first started crafting many moons ago, I dont usually like working with peeloffs but I think you will agree these have come out ok

More cards

2010-05-16T14:58:00.002+01:00

Here are some cards a group of us made whilst at a cardmakers meet we have over at a friends house that I met on a cardmaking forum, they are a great bunch of ladies

Please scroll down the page to see my challenge cards

This card was made using a brayer, we had great fun making the reflection

Hope you've enjoyed looking

I love a challenge!!

2010-05-16T14:30:00.002+01:00

Here is a card for yet another challenge, one day I may get the time to post more than just my challenge cards lol....I have a promarker holder that me and Bri have made to show you with step by step instructions so watch this space!!

Right back to the challenges

This card covers
A wonderful sketch by Lily of the Valley
Fab n Funky's metal mania as the flowers are metal
Sweet treats by Charismacardz cards
Saturday Challenge, which is also metal

Upclose and Personal

The cherry and the chocolate chips have got 'glossy accent's' on to make them 3d

Cute n cuddly

2010-05-16T14:07:00.001+01:00

I bet you thought I had forgot about this Shell, but how can I forget one of my bessie mate's 1st challenge!!

I know puddy cats aren't everyones cup of tea lol ......but I couldnt resist this very cuddly ball of fluff as he looks just like my daughter's cat, he helps me cover two challenges, cute and cuddly from Crazy Challenge oh and while you are there take a look at their fabby crotchet flowers that they are giving away!!

The other challenge is the great sketch I followed so I could put 'puddy' on the card over on MAWTT

Hope you've enjoyed looking

Challenge cards

2010-05-08T14:25:00.000+01:00

Hi all....I havent had a great deal of time this week but have managed to squeeze some time out for a few challenge cards...here they are

The first one is for Sentimental Sundays challenge which is "for that someone specail", and as my family are very special to me this is what I came up with

Upclose & Personal

The bear was coloured with my promarkers of course lol, the ribbon was threaded through the card then pulled together to make the bow

This card was made for a few challenges and I hope it ticks all the boxes lol....the challenges are "Crazy challenge" their great theme is "Bling".....it also covers "I love promarkers" challenge which is "Wings"
I also added some "fancy edges" for the Fab n funky challenge ....last but not least is the brillliant sketch I followed over on moving along with the times

Thankyou for taking the time to look at my cards, it is really appreciated, dont forget to leave me a comment to tell me what you do (or dont) like

2010-05-06T16:23:00.002+01:00

Hello blog friends...I havent been doing much crafting this week as I have been busy with other things, I have been spring cleaning my craft room, but now its all tidy I dont want to mess it up by making cards in there lol.... also over the bank holiday weekend we were working in the garden as we are building a raised bed at the rear of the garden to grow vegetables and salad stuff in, cant wait till its finished and we can get onto the growing stage!!

So as I havent done any cards for challenges yet (notice I said YET) lol .....I thought I would put some cards that I had to hold back as they are for my FIL and I didnt want to spoil the suprise for him, see if you can guess how old he is

I did two cards for him as I wanted to do a "special" one and I did put a jokey verse in this one, its a verse that Brian came up with and it goes like this....

70 yrs have passed you by
Think back on the good times you’ve had
But when you look in the morning mirror
Doesn’t it make you mad
To see those lines across your brow
All deep and crisp and jagged
Happy 70th birthday old man
My god you’re looking haggered ! ! !

So now you know why I needed a sentimental one as well lol
Here is the other card

Its a "framin" card from La Pashe and as he loves to potter in the potting shed it was ideal for him

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look

Another Challenge

2010-05-02T20:38:00.006+01:00

Wow this is a record for me updating my blog!!...lol

I am loving these challenges, I am beginning to wonder why I haven't tried them before now, this next one is for "I love promarkers", another attempt of me following a sketch....I have had these stamps for ages and never got round to using them, I bought them because they appealed to my sense of humour!!....thats another reason for me loving the challenges, they get me to use things I forgot I have!!

Upclose & Personal

I have added some "A B C's" with brads for my embellishments, have coloured the babies in with my trusted promarkers...not sure if my colouring in is improving but I am trying lol

Here I have added some fibres from my stash and punched the corners of the card to thread the fibres through

Hope you have enjoyed looking at these little treasures and that they have made you smile as much as they did me when I first set eyes on them.

Lots of 1st's

2010-04-30T16:54:00.005+01:00

Im here again happily doing a few challenges....I am planning to enter a few with one card, never done this before and have never followed a sketch before either because I normally just make my cards for family and friends so I know what they like and make a card to suit

So there are a lot of firsts for me!!
This card is made for the "moving along with the times" challenge, following their sketch, which as I already said is a 1st for me.......Im also entering it into "crazy challenge", my mate Shell has just been asked to join their DT so well done Shell, the challenge over there is buttons, brads and eyelets

My card also qualifies for their first challenge over on "senti mental sundays" as it incorporates the flowers and of course a sentiment and we can share our firsts lol....I have entered it into the girly with flowers challenge card on "charisma cardz" blog

I think thats enough for one card ....now to show the card .....I didnt realise when making it that I would be able to enter it in so many challenges!!

Upclose and personal

I have coloured him in using my promarkers and added glossy accents to acentuate the tulips I also used an embossing punch for the corners

I would like to publicly thank Shell for all her hard work helping me.... I wouldn't have been able to do the challenges without her helping me by showing me the way ...You are a saint hun, thanks x

Back again !!

2010-04-29T19:22:00.026+01:00

Bet ya thought I had gone awol lol.....not gonna apologise this time cos I done it too many times lol

I gotta find out if I can remember how to do this.
I have loadsa cards to show you....am wanting to join in on some challenges cos my mate Shell has inspired me (her blog is on the right if you want to take a look).....but Im not sure how to go about doing it all so I will have to have a looksie if any of these cards fit the criteria (and if I can do it)

I got the inspiration for this first card when I visited my local craft shop (to buy more promarkers lol).....yes Im addicted to them too lol but thats another story I saw a card similar to this and wanted to try and do one, it has acetate wrapped around the front of the card (if that makes sense)....here's the piccy so you can see for yourselves

And now for the upclose and personal bit.....

Here you can see where the acetate arches over the front of the card....it adds a new dimension to the card

As well as me coming out of retirement I also woke "robbie" up (my robo) and cut this lovely template that I got from one of the very talented ladies on UK Scrappers site

Up close and personal.....

I punched out a lovely little butterfly to add a little something "extra" to it

This next one is for our Brother in law for his birthday (hope they dont peek lol).....he is starting a college course on ........guess !!!.......

Bee Keeping!!!....did you guess right?? lol....I have finally entered this card in a challenge over on Lili of the valley ....... not sure if I did it right but hey ho....if not I will try, try and again lol

Upclose and personal

I know he looks like hes got a wet nose but I can assure you he hasnt got a cold!!.....I have added glossy accents to the bee and the centre of the flower to add dimension to the card

I have also done some faux stitching and added card candy thats been decorated to match the card

This next one is for my cousin's 25th Anniversary....but that doesnt take a genius to work out lol.....I have also entered it into the great challenge over at "fab and funky" as their challenge is NO designer papers, now I first thought NO WAY could I do a card without using papers to "fancy" it up, but I think I've managed it lol....... the stamped image was from my mate, Shell....she stamped me this image as they are just so cute....I coloured them in using my promarkers

Upclose and personal......

I stamped and cut out the corner of the card and stamped wedding rings in silver on the insert....I saw this idea on the net whilst surfing with Shell the other day and thought it would work with this particular card

Thats it for now although I have got some more to add I will do it soon as I am definatley going to try and keep up now I have got my mojo back

Thanks for bearing with me and looking at my cards....please let me know which are your favourites

Been at it again

2009-08-28T23:06:00.001+01:00

Oh dear I think Ive got the bug now
I have been playing again, hope you like them

1st ever

2009-08-28T13:33:00.003+01:00

I was inspired with this one cos its being set by my mate's little girl, Katie and as its her 1st time in setting a challenge I thought it was the right time for me to do my first challenge card.

If you want to join in with this its here on Shells blog
http://shellshearer.blogspot.com

This is my card, The "Love" is in silver foil but it doessnt show up very well on here
hope I've done it right :)

Good luck Katie with your challenge, hope you get loads of entries!!

2009-08-27T08:37:00.003+01:00

Another one for you....Im really getting into this lol......Ive been busy these last few days as the kiddies have been over to stay at nannies house because its the last week of the holidays and Sam goes back to school next week, oh its gone too fast for me but he is so ready for it again as he has loads of energy, I dont know how the teachers will cope if all the kids have the same amount of energy to use up lol........We took them to a soft play area to let them run off steam, but I think it was me that ran it off lol

This layout is a photo of my Birthday this year, we had a lovely day at Markeaton park near Derby, where there is a paddling pool for the kids with various swings etc, we had a picnic under a tree (which is a good job cos it rained a little bit) then the sun came out and we went for a paddle, the kids loved it and so did me and Emma x

On the way home from Emma's I got stuck on the motorway for two hours and I was only going up two junctions!!

2009-08-24T11:04:00.005+01:00

Well I have to apologise once again for not posting much....no excuses this time..... just life!!

We did have our barbecue and it was a great evening....I have just started doing digital scrapbooking and am really enjoying it, I have downloaded loads of elements from various sites including scrapgirls and shabby princess (thankyou to all the ladies who supplied them) and I am really enjoying it....here are a few piccies of my first ones....hope you like them

2009-06-07T20:15:00.002+01:00

Here I am again....we (Bri & me) have been busy trying to landscape the garden and to give us a goal to aim at we (I should say me lol) decided that if it was complete by the time my birthday came around I would throw a barbecue/garden party....well its nearly finished and I am trying to organise the party...I have about 2o odd adults coming and approx 12 kiddies....soooo I am pretty busy with it all lol.....I dont do things by halves.....I have never had a bday party before so I gotta make this a guddun hee hee.....I still have my good days and my bad days in health but am trying to just get on with things otherwise I would be doing nothing lol.....I havent been in the craft room too often as I am shattered with all the other things going on so I havent got any cards to show you all yet.......speak again soon

2009-03-25T09:40:00.002Z

Well so much for my New Year's resolution eh?.......oh well I guess they are made to be broken lol

I am still in and out of hospital, in fact I only came out last Friday so I am recuperating again, I am getting sick of being sick lol.....This time my throat got inflamed and swollen and it started to close up on me so that was a bit scarey but hey ho we have to deal with things that life throws at us dont we....my problem is that I try to get back to normal (whatever normal is) too quickly so this time I'm making myself do things a bit slower so hopefully I can recuperate better....well thats the plan lol

Hope you all had a lovely Mother's day, I went to the cemetry to lay some flowers for my mum, some tulips because she always loved the beginning of spring when all the tulips and daffs came out.....I was shocked at how many cars there were driving up and down the cemetry grounds.....why cant ppl treat it as it should be "a resting place" instead of wacky races!!,.....I understand that ppl with disabilities need access but surely ppl that can walk should do so and park outside like we did, I had only just come out of hospital but I wouldn't dream of driving through

I guess you have noticed that I haven't put any cards on here lately, thats because I have only made what I needed to make i.e family bdays etc and havent thought to take photos of them before giving them out so I apologise for the lack of cards.......my get up and go seems to have got up and gone lol

Anyway I will say bye for now and hopefully I will be on top form soon

Luv to all x

2009-02-11T19:26:00.008Z

Hi all........Yes Im still around lol.....I have been up and down the hospital as I have a rare disease that I wont go into details with but its a debilitating illness and I dont always get the chance to come here much but I had to come and show you all my new haircut....Ive had it all cut off.......What do you think?

I am still doing my crafting and have started parchment craft so will post some pictures soon

2008-12-20T21:45:00.003Z

Well friends Im so sorry that I have neglected this blog but I have had such a lot going on in the last 6 months or so........I wont bore you with details but I haven't been well and things have got on top of me........hopefully now that they know whats wrong I can get into some sort of routine

Im hoping the New Year will bring new beginnings and that it will bring better health, wealth (lol) and happiness to us and to all of you next year

I promise I will try to update my blog more often.....Im gonna make it one of my New year's resolutions

Tues 24th June

2008-06-24T21:19:00.019+01:00

I think its about time I introduced the grandchildren to you

This is Emma,(my daughter) and Bethany

Well its Tuesday now and I have done my weekly visit to Nottingham to visit Emma and the grandchildren, we had a lovely day........ we stayed in their house all morning as Bethany was sleeping, she is teething and as she isnt like any other baby she is sleeping more since she started poor little mite also has a bit of a cold.......I spent the morning playing with and reading to Samuel, he is growing up so very fast, he is now going to the "big boys" toilet and its only taken two weeks ......he hasnt had any little "accidents" now for ages so we think we have cracked it

In the afternoon we took Bethany to be weighed and she is putting weight on really well which is a relief......those of you that know me will know how important it is for her to be doing so.

And this is our little man Samuel

Monday

2008-06-23T16:39:00.017+01:00

Well it's Monday and I have spent most the day clearing up the aftermath of the weekend......... No I am not posting any piccie of that lol...........We had my daughter, Emma and son in law, Nick, and my two grandchildren, Samuel (soon to be 3yrs old) and Bethany (8 months old) staying over for the weekend so they could go to the wedding.....we had a lovely time .......on Sunday me and Brian did a sunday lunch for us all and we all sat around the table just chatting and laughing together, the only thing that was missing was my son, Shaun, he was still down Bristol where he lives with his girlfriend, Jo. Shaun was working all day Saturday so he couldnt make the wedding

Samuel loves coming to my house as he loves going into my craft room, he did some paintings this weekend, I try to get him to do some different crafts each time he comes here, it is very rewarding when he makes a picture for me or one of his family.....as they were leaving to go home Samuel said to me "nannie I am going to get you a present", then he went over to my pebble pool and picked up a pebble and said "this is for you nannie"aawwww isnt he sweet !!

At the end of this post you will see that I have been playing and have managed to do myself a new signature, hope you like it

2008-06-22T23:37:00.022+01:00

These are the cards etc that I lovingly made for the happy couple

This is a money gift card

The Bookatrix card

This is a cake card made using my robo machine and with the help from the lovely ladies at ukscrappers

The Wedding

2008-06-22T21:35:00.007+01:00

Well.... all the hard work leading up to the wedding was well worth it....the weather was overcast but it stayed dry for us at the crucial times such as the photographs and going to and from the celebrations

I think you will all agree with me that Clare looked absolutley stunning on the day and they make a fantastic couple

The mini's are friends of Darren's and Clare's as they are in a mini club
this is the website mini site

This is me and clare

Wedding Invites

2008-06-22T20:27:00.003+01:00

I was asked to help make wedding invites for one of my favourite niece's and this is the result.....Me and Clare (my niece) made 150 evening ones and 50 daytime ones.....we had such a laugh doing these...... Clare made sure we had an endless supply of sweets and I supplied the wine

Its a wonder any of the images on the cards are straight !!

wicker benches