Winter Memories

Hello everyone!  And a warm welcome to my new followers.  Hope you are all keeping well.
It's a lovely bright, crisp and sunny day here in West Yorkshire...feels so good to see some sunshine once again!

Today I have a two cards I made to say thank you to some lovely friends.  They are both made with papers from Tilda 'Winter Memories' hence the title.....

I fussy cut and decoupaged my images, then added some dies and a little glamour dust.

Here is my second card...I love the little bird delivering my note of thanks...

Again I decoupaged the images and added a Spellbinders die...

I would like to enter both my cards into the following challenge...

Play Date Cafe - PDCC 169 Warm and Inviting

Thank you for stopping by

Enjoy a lovely weekend!

Sasha xx

Flourishes February Beautiful World Tour - It's A Sketch!

Good morning everyone and welcome to another Flourishes Beautiful World Tour.  This month our hostess is Iwona, and she has created a beautiful sketch for us.
So once again it's time to sit back, travel the world with us, and see what each DT member has created using their fabulous Flourishes stamps.
As always, to join in with the fun, you will need to leave a comment on each designers blog by 28th February to be in with the chance of winning.....A FREE FLOURISHES STAMP SET!!!
If you arrived here from Anne-Elise's blog then you're in the right place.  If not, then you need to hop back to the Flourishes blog, and start your tour from there.
Here is Iwona's sketch...

and here's my card...

I embossed the top third of my card, and then added my Cheery Lynn doily die.  I stamped the beautiful rose bouquet from Flourishes - 'Roses are Red' set of stamps onto a Spellbinders circle die, and coloured with Pro Markers. I then added my Venetian red seam binding bow.  My sentiment is from Flourishes - 'Sentimental Favourites' set of stamps.

I decided to make a matching tag.  The image is also from 'Roses are Red' set, and 'Smile' is from 'Taglines'.

All stamps are from Flourishes and my seam binding is from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.

Thank you for visiting me today.  Your next destination is Iwona, in beautiful Australia.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges...

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Challenge - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Cute & Girly Challenge - Roses Are Red

Pretty Little Ribbon Shop February Challenge - Anything Goes!

Good morning everyone...and a warm welcome to my new followers.

It's been a month since I last blogged, but as most of you will know there's been a good reason for that.  Unfortunately my craft room is no where near complete.  But I do have my computer and some essential crafting supplies set up in our dining room, for now.
Today brings another lovely challenge at the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop. Peet has challenged us all to a nice 'n easy 'Anything Goes'.  Here is what I created...

I used two sizes of ovals from 'Spellbinders Grand Ovals One' and I embossed the smallest of the two dies. I then stamped my 'Stampendous - Ruffled Corset' and coloured with PM's.  I cut it out and popped it up onto my oval.

I went around and in-between the two ovals with 'Pink Cut Out Hearts Ribbon'.  I then attached a fussy bow using 'Siam Pink Seam Binding', and added another little fussy bow using 'Candy Pink Bakers Twine'. Finally, I added some  'Heart and Diamante Pins'.  I coloured them to match using PM's.

Please stop by the blog and see the lovely creations by my team mates.  Then why not join in with us for the chance of winning something pretty.

All ribbons and embellishments used on my card are from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges...

Craft Your Passion - Pastels

Inspired by Stamping - Colour Challenge 44

Whimsy Stamps - Fancy Edges

Mygrafico - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by

Hugs, Sasha xx

Sorry For My Absence!

Hello dear blogging friends. Hope you are all keeping well.
Thank you! to those of you who have asked if I was okay. I'm fine, apart from feeling quite stressed.
I'm sorry for not being around for the past few weeks.  This is mainly due to my dear husband deciding to take on a refurbishing project all by himself.  Just over a week ago, I arrived home after a day out to find that he had boxed up everything in my craft room and moved it into the spare room.  Nothing labelled!!!  Just tons of boxes piled on top of one another!!!  He said he thought he was doing me a favour...LOL!!!  Also, my computer had been disconnected!!!
To be fair, he had been asking me to do this for weeks, but it just seemed too much to take on.  There are over twenty years of stash in those boxes.  I am no where near seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.  I've come across things I didn't even know I had!!  Our local home for adults with disabilities have said they would welcome anything, and I am now in the process of trying to sort things out for them.
Dear husband has re connected my computer and the modem for today, but I may not be able to get around to visit you as I still have so much to do, replying to emails and trying to help hubby.
At the end of all this up evil, I should have a nice new and tidy craft room.  Goodness knows how I managed before with all the cutter. When I see all these boxes I feel quite ashamed that I had become a hoarder.
Take care everyone.  I hope to be back in Blogland and visiting you all soon!! xxx

Pretty Little Ribbon Shop January Challenge - Flowers & Ribbons

Please scroll down for my Flourishes - January Beautiful World Tour Challenge card

Hello dear blogging friends. Hope you are all well.
It's the first Monday in January and time for another challenge at the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.  This month it  was my turn to host the challenge, and I have chosen flowers and ribbons as the theme.
For my first card I used Spellbinders - 'Fancy Lattice' die as my background. I then stamped and die cut several layers using Justrite stamps and the matching Spellbinder - Labels Twenty dies.

I embellished with White Carnations,  White Rosebuds, Pearls and 25mm Sheer Elegance Ribbon from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.

For my second card I used Mariposa backing paper and dies from Spellbinders - French Frills.

I embellished with rhinestones from my stash.  My flowers and seam binding are from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.

Do stop by the blog and see the beautiful creations from my team mates. It would be great if you could join in with us this month.  As always, you will be in with a chance of winning something pretty.

I would like to enter my cards into the following challenges...

4 Crafty Chicks - Ribbons and Bows

Crafty Bloggers Network - Flowers

Fashionable Stamping Challenge#38 - Surprise Us - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by

Sasha 

xx

Flourishes - January Beautiful World Tour - Create A Tag

Hello everyone and welcome to another Flourishes Beautiful World Tour.  This month our host is Meredith, and she has challenged the Beautiful World Team to create a tag.

Once again it's time to join in with us and travel the world and see how each DT member chose how to create their tag using Flourishes stamps.

As always, to join in with us, you will need to leave a comment on each designers blog by 31st January to be in with the chance of winning...A FREE FLOURISHES STAMP SET!!!

If you arrived here from Naomi's blog in beautiful B.C. Canada, then you are in the right place.  If not, then you need to hop back to the Flourishes blog and start your tour from there.

Here is my creation...

For my tag I cut several layers and a frame on my Silhouette Cameo.  I inked these with Victorian Velvet distress ink and layered them on top of one another.  I then stamped 'Sturt's Desert Rose' three times using Flourishes - 'Blooming Aussie Florals' set of stamps, and coloured with ProMarkers. I cut these out and layered them to create dimension.

On to the bottom of my tag, I cut, inked and layered, Spellbinders - 'Persian Accents'. I then added some rhinestone bling from my stash.  I added a seam binding bow and hanger. Finally, I stamped 'For You' using Flourishes - 'Tag Lines' set of stamps.

Thank you for visiting me today. Your next destination is, Kathy in Beautiful Australia.

I would like to enter my tag into the following challenges...

CR84FN69 - Color Challenge

Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Butterfly Magic

Happy New Year everyone!!  I hope you will all have a healthy and very happy 2013!

Thank you so much to those of you who left kind thoughts and words, they were very much appreciated.

Today I have a card made with the Spellbinders 'Butterfly Magic' die that was a Christmas present.  It's quite a large die and it does take a bit of fiddling about with, but it's worth it in the end as I think it makes such a lovely background.....

As you can see I used white on white throughout.  I added some glimmer dust to my butterfly, some tiny heart pearls for the body and some white satin ribbon, both from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.

I cut an extra butterfly to layer and give dimension, to which I added the glimmer dust.  My sentiment is from Flourishes - 'Inside & Out Just Because'  stamped onto a label from Spellbinders 'French Frills'

Sorry for the poor quality photo's, but it's been like night here for the past three days.  I think I may have to invest in a light box.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges...

Flutter By Wednesday - Add a Fairy or Butterfly

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes 

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - New Something

Totally Gorjuss - New

Thank You for stopping by

Sasha xx

Flowers for a Friend

Hello everyone! And a warm welcome to my new followers.
Just a reminder that there is a sale on at the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop  with lots of lovely bargains.
Hope you all had a great Christmas!! Ours wasn't a happy one, I was ill and we had some very bad news about a very tragic event that I cannot discuss right now.  It effected my will to create, hence my lack of posting...but life must go on, and so yesterday, I managed to muster up some mojo and I created a bright and cheerful card and a small gift box for a friends birthday...

I used Spellbinders Grand Decorative Ovals for my card. I layered and embossed with Spellbinders M-Bossabilities 'Venetian' folder.  I then added the very pretty 'Apothecary' label from Stampin Up, which I coloured with PM's.  My pretty flowers and ribbon are from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.  They were white and I coloured them with PM's to match my card.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support and lovely comments throughout this year, and to wish you all...

A Very Healthy and Happy New Year!!

Thank you for stopping by

Love, Sasha xx

Bauble and Bling!

Hello everyone, and a warm welcome to my latest followers.  Hope you are all doing well in the run up to Christmas.
I'm really busy with one thing and another. Quite a few commissions to complete within the next couple of weeks...Yikes!! I'm in a bit of a panic mode right now, as I still haven't been given full details/instructions for some of the cards.  People seem to be under the impression that I am both psychic and that it only takes minutes to make their card.....I wish!
Today I have a card that I completed a couple of weeks back, but hadn't got around to sharing.  It has quite a lot of triple embossing and bling! Sorry for the poor photo quality, but the sun is very low in the sky and I just couldn't get a decent shot, the embossing and bling look lovely, but in my photo's they look quite dull...

The bauble stamp and sentiment are both from JustRite 'Merry and Bright' set of stamps. I stamped and embossed the bauble and sentiment in gold, and then coloured with Sakura glimmer pens. I cut some Spellbinders dies from the 'Ironworks' set and triple embossed them in gold.  I then used them to decorate my bauble and I also made a border.  I added some bling to everything!  The ribbon for my bow, and my flower are from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges...
ABC Challenges - Holiday Cards with Bling!
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown #126 - White Christmas

Thanks for stopping by

Sasha xx

Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - December Challenge - It's Christmas!

Please scroll down for my December Flourishes Beautiful World Tour Challenge card.

Good morning everyone. Wow! December already...Yikes!!
This month at the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop our challenge is to make a card or project with the theme of Christmas.
So, without further a do - Here are my two cards...

For my first card I embossed the background with Spellbinders 'Garden Lattice' M-Bossabilities. I then added one of the Spellbinder 'Holly Motif'  dies to which I added some glamour dust.

I then added two glittered Magnolia Snowflake dies, and another snowflake cut on my Cameo.  To this I added a metal snowflake and pearl from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop. I printed a digi sentiment from Pink Petticoat onto a Spellbinders 'Fancy Framed Tag' and added some pearls. Finally, I added my bow made from 15mm Silver Lame ribbon from The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.

For my second card I completely embossed the base and then added the Cheery Lynn French Pastry doily.  My sentiment was computer generated onto one of the Spellbinder 'Splendid Circle' dies.

I added some Magnolia Mistletoe die cuts, which I inked, then added some pearls. Finally, I added my ribbon bow made from 15mm Hunter's Green Gingham ribbon.

Why not join in with us this month for the chance to win something pretty. Also, do pop over to the blog and take a look at the fabulous creations by my team mates.

I would like to enter my second card into the following challenges...

Papercraft Star Challenge #122 - Holiday Greenery 

Cheery Lynn Callenge #57 - Happy Holidays

Thank you for stopping by

Sasha xx

Flourishes - December Beautiful World Tour - Add Some Shine!

Hello everyone! We have another fabulous Beautiful World Tour for you this month.  Our hostess is Naomi, and she has challenge the Beautiful World Team to...Shine!!
It's time to travel the world and see how each designer chose how to add some shine to their Flourishes stamped creations.
As always, you will need to leave a comment on each designers blog by 31st December to be in with a chance of winning a FREE FLOURISHES STAMP SET!!!
If you arrived here from Kathy's blog in Australia then you're at the right destination.
Here is my creation...

I decided to make a festive wall hanger, which could also be used as a large gift tag.

First, I cut two ovals with one of the Spellbinders 'Grand Decorative Ovals'. Onto one of the ovals I stamped 'Happy Holidays' from the 'Naturally Merry' stamp set.  I then stamped three poinsettias from the beautiful 'Poinsettia and Pine' set. I coloured my poinsettias and foliage with ProMarkers, then cut them out and layered them on top of one another. To add some 'shine', I covered my berries, holly leaves and poinsettia stamen with glossy accents.  I then added three red glass dewdrops to the bottom of my design.

To complete, I added some glitter to my poinsettia leaves and snow accents to my pine branches.

I then glued both ovals together and inserted my ribbon and bow hanger between them. Finally, I tied two silver bells to my bow.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope you enjoyed your Beautiful World Tour.

I would like to enter my hanger into the following challenges...

Papercraft Star Challenge #122 - Holiday Greenery

Make My Monday - Favourite Flower

Sasha xx

Floral Birthday

Good afternoon everyone! I hope you are all safe and well.  My heart goes out to anyone who may be suffering this terrible weather, and flooding.  I can't begin to imagine what it must be like to have your precious home flooded and the trauma that goes with it.
I would like to say hello and welcome to my new followers.
Today I have a card for a friend who will be celebrating her birthday.  I wanted to embellish it with some of the beautiful flowers from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop...

I embossed my base card then dusted with Peach Glimmer Chalk. I then added two layers of paper from the Prima 'Rondelle' paper stack. I cut two flourishes from Spellbinders 'Venetian Motifs' then added my flowers, seam binding bow, pearl pins and pearls, all from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.  Sentiment is by Anna Griffin.

The daisies and rosebuds were white, but I dusted over them with peach glimmer chalk to add colour.  I finally added some foliage, punched from white card and coloured with PM's.

I am entering my card into the following challenges...

Allsorts Challenge - Bring on the Bling

The Play Date Cafe #158 - Colour Inspiration

Crazy 4 Challenges - Put A Bow On It!

Thank you for stopping by

Sasha xx

Floral Card and Gift Box

Hi everyone...hope you're all enjoying a lovely weekend.
I was thrilled that my previous card here won top addict last week at Addicted to Stamps and More.
Today I have a card and gift box for my dear friend who I have known since we were babes.

For my base I used papers from 'Flowergarden' by Tilda. I love Tilda papers!

My frame was made by layering Spellbinders Marvelous Squares. My stamped sentiment is by Anna Griffin.

I then added my flower spray, which was made with some beautiful flowers from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.  Sarah now stocks a lovely selection of pretty flowers. I also added some die cut foliage, coloured with PM's and a bow using bakers twine.

I cut my little gift box on the Cameo, then added some dies from the same set as my card, and another little flower spray.

Flowers and bakers twine are available from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop

I would like to enter into the following challenges...

Ooh La La Creations - Someone Special

Allsorts Challenge - It's a Gift

Thank you for stopping by

Have a lovely weekend!

Sasha xx

Thank You Note

Hello everyone!  Hope you are all enjoying a lovely weekend.  We have some lovely sunshine here today.

Today I have a card for a few challenges...

I have used two Cheery Lynn Dies for my card, the beautiful lacy 'Nautical Wheeler Doily' and the 'Stacker Flower' die for my rose leaves, to which I added a hand crafted glittered rolled rose.

My sentiment stamp is by Anna Griffin.  I've added a double ribbon bow, pins and pearls, which are all available from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.

I would also like to enter my card into the following challenges...

Cheery Lynn Design Challenge#53 - Give Thanks

Addicted to Stamps and More - Flowers

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Pearls and Flowers

Paper Pretties - Thank You Cards

Thanks for stopping by

Sasha x

White On Silver Christmas

Hi everyone!
Today I have another Christmas card to add to my collection.  My Christmas cards this year all seem to be white on white or white on silver..also quite a lot of poinsettias, LOL!
Here is my card...

I used silver card for my base then added a layer of white embossed card. and a die cut strip with silver pearls. I glittered my poinsettia layers with glamour dust and added some silver beads for the centre. My ribbon bow was made with 25mm sheer elegance ribbon from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges...

Addicted to Stamps and More - Flowers

Live & Love Crafts - Christmas 

Thank you for stopping by

Enjoy a great weekend

Sasha xx

Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - November Challenge & DT Call

Please scroll down for my Flourishes Beautiful World Tour Card.

There are details of the DT call at the bottom of this post.

Hello everyone! Thank you for your lovely messages, and for stopping by today.  I would also like to welcome my new followers.
It's the first Monday of the month and time for a brand new challenge at the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop. It's the turn of our lovely Liz to choose the theme for this month, and she has asked us to make something using die cuts/punches, ribbons and charms.
Here is my card.....

I layered three Spellbinders Exquisite circles onto my embossed base card. I then added my Spellbinders poinsettia, which I glittered and added red chalk ink to the edges.

I then added my bow using Red Mesh Ribbon - 5mm Red Pearls and 10mm Bell Charms, which are all available from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop. The 'Believe' stamp is by JustRite.

Do stop by the blog and take a look at the beautiful creations by my team mates. Then why not join in with us for the chance of winning something pretty.

DT Call

Sarah is looking for two new members to join her team.  If you feel that you would like to apply, here is what you need to do...

1. You will need to have an active blog.

2. Submit a card, or project in keeping with the challenge theme once a month.

3. Use the products supplied by the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop for each challenge.

4. Be able to commit to a six month period commencing January 2013.

If you would like to be considered, please could you contact Sarah - theprettylittleribbonshop@hotmail.co.uk

I would like to enter my card into the following challenge...

Live & Love Crafts - Christmas

Thank you for stopping by 

Love, Sasha xx

Flourishes - November Beautiful World Tour - The Beauty of Sparkle!!

Hello Beautiful World!!  We have a fabulous Beautiful World Tour for you this month that truly showcases some worldly Flourished glamour!!  Betty Wright challenged the Beautiful World Team to the Beautiful World of Sparkle!!  Sit back and enjoy each stop on your Beautiful World Tour to see how each designer chose to add sparkle to their Flourish stamped creations.

Don't forget, that you will need to leave a comment on each designers blog by 30th November, to be in with a chance of winning a FREE FLOURISHES STAMP SET!!
If you arrived here from the Flourishes blog in Florida, then you're at the right destination.
Here is my Sparkly card...

I used the dress form from the 'Feminine Charm' set of stamps.  I stamped directly on to my base card, and then stamped two more images so that I could add dimension. I used a glue pen and Glamour Dust on my bodice then added that to my base image.

I then cut out the flower embellishment, coloured with ProMarkers then added those to the bodice. My sentiment is also from the 'Feminine Charm' set of stamps.  I stamped that onto one of the labels from the 'Country Charm' set of stamps, which I cut down to fit my card.  

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog - Your next destination is Kathy in beautiful Australia.

I am entering my card into the following challenge...

The Pink Elephant Challenge - Use Your Favourite Colouring Medium 

Sorry I've Been MIA

Hello everyone! Hope you are all fit and well :)
I know, it's been quite some time since my last post.  Today is the first time I  have ventured into blogland since before our holiday, so I must apologise for not visiting you.
Unfortunately, I was ill before and during our holiday, and I'm still not feeling well.  I left with an abscess behind my upper bridge, the infection has now spread to my ear and throat, so I've been in quite a lot of pain, and not really felt like doing much.
I will try to get around to visiting you over this weekend. And I will be back on Monday with my DT posts.
Lots of love,
Sasha xx