Today, being school holidays, I ran a "special workshop" just for my three kids. Earlier in the week, when I was sorting out what to do I remembered that they had a birthday party on Sunday, so decided to have them make a card for that. So,

Elmo Punch ArtFor the ladybird, I started with the instuctions found at Chic' n Scratch, and went from there...

Elmo Punch ArtHere's the Elmo instructions as promised. Recently I had a stall at our local Primary School twilight gala, where you could make this bookmark or the ladybird one for $1. I chose these two because they don't require a large number of punches and they are easy for kids to assemble. The kids loved them (I sold 30 in two hours!) and I had a great time.

Well I got the Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set, and I really love it, especially with the watercolour pencils and glitter. Here are two cards that I created for my niece's birthdays at the end of September. The large paper clips with the Elmo and ladybird punch art perched on the top are bookmarks. Since I had made these bookmarks for their birthdays I decided to incorporate it into the cards - not as easy as I thought! However I did like the finished product and when you remove the bookmarks, the cards still look good.

We gave my brother-in-law a gift voucher for his birthday this month, in which the voucher was the shape and size of a credit card. A while ago I found these cards on Mary Fish's website, and decided to incorporate his gift into his birthday card...

I have been playing with the ribbon from the ribbon bundle promotion. I love the Certainly Celery and have used it quite a bit. I added it to the little thank you cards I gave to customers who placed orders this month:

I am doing a workshop next week with a friend and borrowed the Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set from her. This is one of the cards we are making at that workshop.

I found this card on Splitcoast Stampers that I really liked and decided have a go. It uses a stamp set I absolutely adore, Scribble This. I also used the new flower brads from the Spring Mini Catalogue and lovely designer paper in Pink Pirouette from Candy Lane.