More Gorgeous Paper!

Hi everyone!  Here is another little card using the Crafty Secrets CD.  This paper design is soooo pretty that I just couldn't bring myself to cover it up with anything.  I purchased my CD from Crafty Secrets in America, and the very same day it arrived, Joanna Sheen had it in stock for £12.99, (FREE P&P), along with lots more goodies from Crafty Secrets.

Sorry for the poor picture quality, but it's been very dull here today.

Thank You for stopping by! xx

WOW! - My Card Made ShowCase at LIM!!

I'm so pleased that my card made it to ShowCase at Less Is More!  I'm honoured, as there were so many beautiful creations entered for the Ribbon/Buttons week.  This was my entry...

Thank You for stopping by today xx

Shabby Roses

Hi everyone!  Today I was really excited when the postman  delivered my Crafty Secrets - Creating with Vintage Patterns CD.  If you love shabby or vintage papers, then you will want this CD!  The paper designs are stunningly gorgeous!  And there are some lovely projects included, too.  I will be using papers from the CD on my next few cards.
My card today was created with a backing paper from the CD.  I had already cut some roses and leaves on the Silhouette, and thought they would look nice against this pattern.
The roses were cut from Black Magic card stock and distressed.  I made two with the pink inside, and one with the black inside.  The leaves were also cut from Black Magic, from the green/black option. Pink organza ribbon is from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.

I'm entering this card into the August 'Stampalot Challenge', which this month is...whatever you fancy.

Thanks for stopping by - Enjoy a Great Day!

Feeling Fruity!

Hi everyone!  Hope you're enjoying this lovely warm weather.  Although it's been very overcast and humid here all day...phew!!

Week 26 challenge over at Less Is More is 'Fruit'.  Well, this was a bit of a challenge for me, as I'm not very good at colouring.  I decided to have a go at strawberries, as I have some growing in our garden.  I picked a couple and studied them, then got to work with the Pro Markers, and this is the best I could do.

I've had the 'In Stitches' embossing folder for a while and haven't used it before, but I thought it made a good backdrop for the strawb's.  The stamps and ribbon are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by! xx

Another Little Fun Flower

Hi everyone! Here is another little fun flower and some tiny buds.  Follow how I made my previous flower, but this time don't pull your gathers as tight.  Also, when using organza ribbon you will need to burn the ends, or they will fray.  I use one of those barbeque lighters and carefully touch the flame against the ribbon edge.  The tiny buds are made exactly the same as rolled paper roses, but with ric-rac. The 25mm organza and pearl button are from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop
This is my second entry into this weeks challenge at Less Is More

Thanks for stopping by xx

Less Is More Challenge - Ribbons

Hi everyone!  Today my card is for this weeks challenge over at Less Is More where the challenge is to use either buttons, or ribbons.  This wasn't a hard desicion for me, as I love to work with ribbons.
To make my bow and flowers, I used white ruffle edge ribbon from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop

To make the flowers you will need approximately 15cm (6inches) of ruffle edged ribbon, fold the ribbon in half width ways, so that both ruffle edges are brought together.  Do running stitches along the full length of the folded edge, then pull to gather and secure with a few back stitches.  Now join to form the flower and attach to your card. The flourish is from Cheery Lynn Designs - Tropical Flourish, and the sentiment was computer generated.

Two Little Boxes

Hi everyone! When is summer going to arrive!?

Here are two little boxes I made recently. The first one was cut on my Silhouette. I made a ruffled flower for the top then added some silk edged ribbon and a sentiment strip with a couple of cream pearls.

This second box was made using a digital freebie download.  I used the pattern on the box as a base to decorate, added one of my crocheted flowers with a button and twine in the centre.  Then used green ric-rac for the stem and rolled some little buds.

Thank you for stopping by xx

Pretty Little Ribbon Shop & Blog Giveaway!

Hi everyone,  I'm delighted to have been invited by Sarah to join the design team for the  Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.
If you pop over to The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop Blog, there's a fabulous 'Giveaway'.

To be in with a chance of winning these fabulous goodies, just display the giveaway on your blog, become a follower of the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop Blog and leave a comment to say, "hello".  The closing date is 2nd August and Sarah will announce the winner on 3rd August.

Thanks for stopping by today xx

A Little Note

Hi everyone.  Just a quick little card tonight.  I've had a few busy days.  Our sons girlfriend had her 21st birthday over the weekend, so lots of cards and gift boxes had to be made over the past week.  Which I throughly enjoyed!

My little creation tonight is a note card.  All papers and sentiment are digital.  I made the rolled rose with basil card stock, and layered a couple of ribbon bows.  Just a quickie, really.

Sorry about the poor picture quality.  I usually like to take my photo's during the day, in good light.  But unfortunately, it's been very dull here all day.  When is summer going to arrive!?

Thanks for stopping by xx

A Little Post Card - Thank You

I just love this Coredinations distress card by Tim Holtz, and today I also used one of his lovely 'Alterations - Texture Fades' embossing folders to create my card.  The coredinations colour I used is old paper, along with a strip of K&Company glittered card stock.  The postcards are digital, as is the sentiment.  My bow is seam binding and I added a vintage button.

Many thanks for stopping by today x

Wishing You Everything Wonderful!

Hi lovely bloggers! I haven't had chance to blog for a while. I've been really busy making cards and gifts. July is a very busy month for birthdays and anniversaries in our family.  Thanks for all your lovely comments while I've been away.  I have been visiting you all and admiring your wonderful creations.


Today, I actually managed to make a card, get the time to take a photo and upload it.

I embossed and distressed a piece of the Tim Holtz gorgeous Coredinations card stock in spun sugar. Then added some of my own crocheted flowers and a butterfly, ribboned lace, some flesh coloured seam binding and pink button twine.

The sentiment is by Jess at Playing with Paper...here.

Thank you for stopping by today x

Two Cards Today - One for Ribbon Reel Challenge #4 - Colour Challenge

Hi lovely bloggers!  I'm showing two cards today.  I've been working on these on and off over a week.
My first card is for a friend, and I'm entering this into the Ribbon Reel challenge. I don't know if it will be acceptable as it only uses two of the colours, but these are my friends favourites...pale blue and white, and I didn't want to add a third colour. The lace and pearls are from my stash, label is from Whimsy stamps and I crocheted the little flower.

The second one is stamped using the gorgeous 'Vintage Garden' set of stamps by Stempelglede, and coloured with pro markers and distress inks. The little flower is one that I crocheted, and the frame is from the spellbinders fleur de lis pendants set.

Thank you! for stopping by and have a great day! xx

                       

Cat for Grandma

Happy Monday lovely bloggers!

After seeing my previous anniversary card, I had a request to make one almost identical, but this time for a grandma, with a cat on the front.  It was a bit tricky getting the image to fit perfectly inside the frame, and I had to use the largest of the labels twenty nesties, and then cut a larger matt in gold mirri, freehand.

The card base is cream and 8" square, (205mm square).  The sentiment is computer generated and I used a Martha Stewart border punch. Flower was made from basil card stock and the ribbon was tripple tied and came from my stash.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day! xx

Baby Ballet Slippers, Butterfly & Gift Box

Hi everyone.  I spent most of yesterday and today crocheting this little set for sweet baby girl.  They both fit nicely into the gift box, which is a milk carton template.  The butterfly is going to be sewn onto a headband.  But I need to get another little rosebud to match the ones on the ballet slippers, as I could only find two :(

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely weekend

Birthday Wishes

I've been a bit busy lately, so not had much time to blog.  But today I managed to spend a few hours card making, and I then lost my Mojo.  Anyhow, I got out a few bits and pieces and came up with this.  Not for anyone imparticular, so it will go into charity box.

Thanks for stopping by xx

My Crochet Flowers

Hi lovely bloggers!  Here are some of the crochet flowers I made while on holiday.  Unfortunately, they are all either white, or gold sparkle.  Those were the two lots of crochet cotton I bought, as they were in large balls, and you can make lots and lots from one 100gm ball, (I made all of the white flowers from half a ball).  The adorable booties were not crocheted by me, I saw them in a shop and couldn't resist buying them. I'm in the process of trying to copy them, as I love to make booties for charity. The butterfly is made by folding a large flower in half.

                                      
 How adorable are these?

Thanks for stopping by, and have a Great Day!! x

I'm Back In Blog Land!!

Hi lovely bloggers, and many thanks for all your kind messages while I was away.

I've been so busy since we returned from Madeira. When we got home I had three requests for personalised cards needed within a few days.  They were all from really nice people, and I didn't have the heart to say no, so the washing etc has had to wait.  I will take some photo's of all my crochet makes, and some holiday memories and upload them later.

In the mean time...here is just one of the cards I had to make by today.  It was a bit of a rush, so I'm hoping it will be suitable for the recipient.

I used an 8" square (205mmx 205mm) cream card base. Some beautiful swarovski crystals, but they don't show up very well on the photo.  The sentiment was computer generated onto the largest Spellbinders labels twenty die. I made the flower and leaves from basil card stock.  The seam binding is peach, from the Ribbon Girl, and the border punch is Martha Stewart.

I'm now off to make a start on the other cards, but not before visiting a few of my favourite blogs to see what you've all been up to.

I've missed you all xxx

Back To My Crochet Flowers

Hi lovely bloggers.  I found a lovely lace shop and some fine crochet cottons.  Been crocheting some flowers, so will let you see them when I get back to the UK.  I´m in an internet cafe, and everything is in Portugese, so having a bit of a problem. The weather has been mixed here in Madeira, but very warm.  We have been watching the enormous cruise ships sail in and out.  I`m really missing my papercrafts and all the blogging, but enjoying the break.  Speak soon.  Miss you all  xx

Missing My Papercrafts

Hi lovely bloggers,  I'm away until the end of May, we're spending some time at our lovely retreat in Madeira.  I'm missing my papercrafting and don't get much chance to blog.  So I'll look forward to seeing all your lovely creations when we get back.  Take care everyone! xxx

Less Is More Challenge - Off Centre

I missed last weeks challenge, so thought I had better get moving with this entry for the Less Is More challenge - Off Centre.

As I've mentioned previously, I love my camelias...so I now have a cut file and then I can make lots and lots of them. I cut the petals in plain white, and then brushed the edges with pink ink.  The stamens are held in place with silicone glue, the layers of card were too thick to get them through.  Leaves are a Marianne die, again cut in white and then ink stained.  Square card was embossed and then inked with same colour as petals.

Thank you for stopping by xx

Seam Binding Flowers

While fiddling about with my seam binding, I came up with these little ruffle flowers.  You will need about 20cm, (8 inches), of seam binding for each flower.  Just do a running stitch down the long edge of the seam binding, gather up and stitch to make a circle, and that's all there is to it.  The leaves are from a Marianne die, and I stained them with glimmer mist.  Although the colour on the embossed card looks blue, it's actually green chalk. The little gems on the crochet edge die are swarovski crystals. Sentiment is a JustRite stamp. The seam binding is from The Ribbon Girl.

Thank you for stopping by and enjoy your Easter holiday xx

Easter Treats

Happy Easter!! to everyone! If you're in the UK, I hope you're enjoying this fabulous weather we're having.
I made a few of these little treat bags for the little ones of family, and friends.  I made boxes last year.  But you can fit more eggs into these cello bags, and I like the little bunny bag toppers for a change.  I coloured the bunnies and grass with Pro Markers.

Enjoy the rest of your Easter holiday, and thank you for stopping by xx

Sentiment Focus

I love sentiments on the fronts of cards.  So when I saw the Less Is More week 10 challenge, I just had to make a card.  However, I was too late to enter, I thought the challenge ended Saturday, but it was today - Never mind!  Just another thing to add to my Ooops! list this week. LOL!!

I have a collection of sentiments on my computer, which I've saved over the years, so I used one of those.  It's a favourite, I love the words.  The bottom half of the card is embossed with the garden swirl embossing folder.

Thank You! for stopping by and enjoy your weekend xx

Easter Egg Bird House

After yesterday's disaster with my blog, I never got the chance to upload this little easter project.

I'm making a few of these for friends.  They're filled with little easter eggs.  I cut the bird house on my Silhouette.  It didn't have the decorative eaves around the roof, so I made some with a MS punch to make it look more pretty.  I made the tiny flowers from vellum, and the leaves with an L-Em punch.  The birds are from my stash.

Thank You! for stopping by! xx

Burning the Midnight Oil!!

It's almost 3.00 a.m. and I've just finished loading my new blog template, and changing all the text colours etc.  I've had a real problem.  By just downloading a blinkie, it wiped out my background and I couldn't get it back.  So I've had to do it all again.  I'm not too sure about this set I've used, so I might change it again when I feel up to it. I'm feeling quite weary right now.

Fabulous Friend

It's been one of those days today...you know? One of those when nothing goes right.  I also think that someone hacked into my blog, because my Mariposa background and blinkie have disappeared.  Then, I couldn't get a clear photo of my card, no matter what I did it just looked blurry.  So I'm hoping that tomorrow is a better day.

Just a quickie card for a friend...who I think IS fabulous!! The image is from Pink Petticoat.  I coloured her with Pro Markers, then glittered over her dress with Glamour Dust.  The flowers were coloured with Pro Markers and then sprayed with glimmer mist. Sentiment is computer generated.

Thank you for stopping by xx

Kindness Box

Hi lovely boggers!  I hope you have all enjoyed a lovely weekend.  It's been glorious here in the UK.

I've made this tubular box to put some goodies in as an Easter gift for someone who has been very kind to me.  I'm also entering it into the Shabby Tea Room 'Spring Colour Challenge'.

I just love the colours they are so delicate and I've really enjoyed making this.  The papers are from K&Co.  The label is from the JustRite 'Kindness' collection.  I cut the rose, leaf and butterfly on my Silhouette.  The rose petals were plain white paper, so before I assembled it I coloured the edges with Color Box rouge chalk, and leaf with petal green chalk.  I also added some stamen.  The butterfly was a print and cut download from Silhouette, but I added some more colours then gilded the edges.
Thanks for stopping by x

Just Because - Pentagon Treat Tube

I saw this demoed on SCS today and just had to make one.  My friend has just done me a big favour, so I bought her a little bottle of her favourite perfume.  It fits inside this box perfectly!  If you would like to make one, here is the link to the visual and video tutorial... 'Pentagon Treat Tube'
I almost forgot to say....For my tube/box, I used double sided heavy weight paper, (which is more like card stock), from the 'Tilda' 'Classic' paper stack. The stamp is HOTP which I stamped in red then coloured over with a red Sakura stardust pen to give a shimmery finish.

Thank you for stopping by x

JustRite Stamps - Kindness

Yay! Today I received my JustRite cling stamps... and I love 'em!  They stamp so nicely with having the cling backing. Much better than my older set which doesn't have the cling.  The base of my card is embossed using a 'Craft Concepts' embossing folder.  The birdie is the sizzix sizzlit 'swallow' die.  For the bird, I did the direct to paper technique with lemon and pink pigment ink and embossed with clear powder.  The stamp set is called 'Kindness'.

Such a dull and dreary day today, photo's not so good.

Thanks for stopping by x

Ribbon Girl Give Away

Here are all the goodies up for grabs over at the Ribbon Girl Blog.  Such gorgeous coloured Embellishments!  Plus!!..Molly Blooms Rubber Stamp 'Molly Painting'.