Oh! Mr Postman what did you do...?

Good morning, peeps and a happy Thursday morning to you!

What did the postman do? - you may well ask!  This was in December now so the steam has stopped coming out of my ears but this is the tale.  As you can imagine, I'm always working up to the last minute with my samples for the Stamping with Clarity Show on C & C TV.  I then dash to the Post Office and despatch them via their guaranteed next day delivery service so that Barbara gets them in time to take to Peterborough.  What happened?  I had a phone call from the lovely Grace at 2.00 p.m. to say that no cards had arrived!  To cut a long story short, the Post Office had no idea where they were, their records showed that I had posted the package and that was the end of their story.  You can imagine how I felt after all that work and also feeling like I'd let Barbara down!  Anyhoo, the cards finally did show up on the following Monday - after the show had aired...:-((  Well, if Barbara ever offers those kits again you may see these cards on the TV screen but I thought I would show them here anyway, whilst I'm currently hoping that the cards I posted yesterday are safely now at their destination!

I had been wanting to have a go at a recessed card for ages and this kit with the little boy fishing and the leaves was the perfect opportunity.  The colours have come out badly in the photograph (those are always taken in a rush, as well!).  IRL the background was lovely, warm shades of yellow, rust and red.  You can find this stamp here.

This is another one of those words with a large 'O'!  The animal remountable stamps are lovely!

 

One of those endlessly useful tree and flying bird kits has been used here to create a snowy scene for  a New Year card.

 

Isn't it amazing what you can do with a Clarity Corner Stamp - this one is the Snowdrop Corner.  I stamped it with Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler and cut out the blank areas of the design to show the Cherry Cobbler card underneath.  The frame is made with a Martha Stewart PATP punch.

 

The colours aren't all that good here again but I embossed the Large Snowdrops on white card with Moonglow EP and cut them out with a Spellbinders die.  I then mounted them on dark green card to emphasise the teardrop shaped cut-outs in the border.

Well, I think that's enough for one post and thank you if you've read this far.  I should be making my next post from Northumberland because we're up there for a holiday next week woohoo!!

Hugs