Hi, I am 49 years old, married and a housewife from Somerset. My hobbies are crafting, gardening, photography and narrowboating is our biggest passion. We share own a boat called Tranquility and we spend 4 or 5 weeks a year holidaying aboard. We love the canals of England - total peace and quiet.
I have a cat called Lucy - nice but dim - who I love dearly. Mad about cats....!!!!
I make and sell cards in my local area and now have a base of good repeat customers who regularly call on me for handmade cards.
I also fundraise for two charities Help For Heroes and Breast Cancer Research, holding craft fairs to sell my cards and raise money. I also fundraise once a year for the Cornwall Air Ambulance when I holiday in Cornwall.
Just recently I have started a craft club at my local garden centre - Monkton Elm - just outside Taunton - huge fun.
This show was on Create and Craft on the 8th March and I used a selection of NSR (no stamp required) sheets of images drawn by Nancy Watt and featured on her Deco and Fab Glam and Victorian My Craft Studio cds. I used Promarkers, Cosmic Shimmers and Perfect Pearls on the cards.
Iconic image of VW Campervan - a lovely Kanban stamp
coloured with bright Promarkers. I coloured the card candy and the mats with the same Orange Promarker to match.The Happy Birthday is a Martha Stewart punch.
Another Pick of the Day on Ideal World. I was asked a few weeks ago to submit a few designs for the booklet which is a new feature to go with the cd's. As with all things not all the cards are used but I think two of them are in the book and the 'Thanks' card has been shown on the show at launch last night.
Today is my mum-in-law's birthday and this is the card made for her special day. I used a gorgeous image of yellow Roses from the Joanna Sheen Thomas Kinkade cd and over the front I attached a pair of acetate doors covered with trellis cut with a Martha Stewart punch and embellished with butterflies.
Inside is a matching yellow rose insert taken from the cd.
A beautiful cd not just of fairies but stunning backgrounds suitable for autumn cards and resource material to take your crafting through the winter months.