Merry Christmas

I would just like to take this opportunity

to wish all my followers and fellow crafter's

out there in blogging land a

MERRY CHRISTMAS

&

HAPPY NEW YEAR

thanks for the time you all go to to

come and visit my blog and leave amazing

comments...will be back

in the new year with more cards

and maybe some scrapbook pages.....



Magnolia Christmas

This card is also for a family member....Hope they like it..

love the colours of the paper very christmasis...

this magnolia is from last year just love her...

the fireplace is also from last year...to make the stockings

sparkle they have had glossy accents applied and then

sprinkled with diamond dust this gives it a lovely texture

and sparkle.....

the posietta is from orchid crafts(they have amazing flowers and trims

go and take a look) this was pulled apart to create 2 lots of petals

and leaves..they had glossy accents applied and where sprinkled

with diamond dust to give a frosted feel...the petals where then

put back together with a brad..the pin and other flowers

where also from orchid crafts...

to finish off I added a charm to the ribbon...thanks for looking

and feel free to leave a comment...

Christmas

Hi everyone have been very busy crafting

and trying to get ready for Christmas....still

got some shopping to do ....anyway onto the post...

you will have already seen this on a prior posting

I turned it into a card instead of a topper...think

it turned out OK...it's destine for a family member...

because of the height with the flowers have

had to make a box for it to go into...I decorated the box

with a punched out edge using a Martha

Steward punch.....this was the aged to tie everything

together...hope you like it...thanks for looking and feel

free to add a comment....

Still here

Hi everyone out there in the big world .....sorry for not posting in a

while....my intention when I started this blog was to post

every other day that never happens LOL!!!...anyway just a quick not

to my loyal followers I've not fallen off the ends of the earth....

I've been busy making orders for people but just not

had time to upload them to my blog....orders come in thick and fast

what with Christmas not far away.....anyway that's no excuse for not

posting....anyway will post some items I've been making later today...

anyway off now to do some jobs then crafting this afternoon

thanks for stopping by and happy crafting.....

Ebay

Hi everyone made some card toppers

for ebay and I'm quite pleased with

myself as one sold!!!!might only be one but

I think it's great that other people like

my work and are prepared to pay at little something

for them....anyway thanks for dropping by and

please leave a comment....

"Joy"

Another magnolia topper...love making these at the

moment...

isn't she adorable wrapped up in her winter scarf...

the background paper is amazing it's very touchy

feely...loads of snowflakes and swirls don't know

who it's by as had it for ages.......

the trees are a magnolia stamp so  is the bench

which she sits on...they where coloured in with promarkers

and copics....then carefully cut out and attached

with silicon glue....I then added some fluffy stuff to

look like snow....

the snowflakes in the corner are buttons that I cut the back

of and stuck one on top of the other to make it dimensional...

the roses are from orchid crafts and I've

add some stickles to make them sparkle...

the sentiment was printed on my computer...I

then edged it with some Tim Holt's walnut stain...

thanks for looking and feel free to leave

a comment....

Magnolia Christmas

I have been busy making card toppers

to sell on ebay...

isn't she just adorable...she is from last years

Christmas collection...absolutely love her

the background she stands on is a spellbinders

die called deckled edge...this was then stamped with

silent night which is from magnolia..the edges where then

aged with tim holts  walnut stain

the edge strip is from martha stewert...this was also aged

with tim holts walnut stain

I've have coloured her in with a mixture of copics

and promarkers...love how they work together

so well....

the lace is from my stash and was also given the aged apperance with

tim holts walnut stain...the title of the card was printed out

and cut and aged with tim holts walnut stain...

thanks for looking and feel free to

leave a comment....

More tags

These where made the same way

as the post below using a die through

my sizzix express...

the paper on the tag is amazing

so oldy worldy...love paper like this...

the edges where aged with tim holts walnut stain

to give that old weathered look...

the fastenings I added are from my stash and are

held in place with a pearl...on the back is stamped with to

and from...thanls for looking and feel free to

leave a comment...

Tags

Hi everyone in blogging land I've been

really busy making tags for christmas to sell....

they have been going like hot cakes....

the base of the tag was cut with my sizzix

express....the bulb is cut from a sizzix die...

the top of the light bulb was cut out on silver card...

the ribbon is from my stash...

thanks for looking and feel free to leave a comment...

Hello everyone!!!!

hi everyone out in the world of blogging what with looking

after the house.....work.....kids......and hubby no time

to blog will add somethings later on in the week...

anyway on one of the sites I visit called

All the things I love bev is giving away

some amazing candy...awesome bev....go and take a look

she makes some amazing creations...anyway thanks

for dropping by.....

Thankyou

I was asked if I could make some thankyou cards

for a friend to give out after her daughter's

birthday party....these are what I came up with....

she wanted something to tie in with a princess theme party....

the crowns where cut using my cricut and the cart happily

ever after...it was cut at 2"...I then added a pearl

stick on and some 3d paint which I sprinkled with

glamour dust...the cards where 3" square...the background paper

I bought from hobbycraft and is by teresa collins...the ribbon

is from my stash....thanks for looking and feel free to

leave a comment....

Tags...

I made these tags to sell....the basic shape is a sizzix die

and was cut out using my sizzix express...this is a marvelous piece of kit

especially for me having slight dexterity probs...

press a button and way you go lol...

anyway I used a brown slightly mottled card stock

as I was going for the vintage look....as this worked better with the stamp I think...

sorry but cant tell you who the stamp is by as it fell off the wooden block

and this got thrown away...I stamped the image in black stazon...the edged

where sponged with time holts walnut stain...and stickles  where applied over

the image...the ribbon is sheer and was purchased from

hobby craft for 99p what a bargain...hope you like the tags

and feel free to leave a comment....thanks

hi

just a quick post to say hi to all my

followers out there in blogging land....sorry for

not posting for a while....have not felt too well but

on the mend now...have been making lots of projects...

will post them later....I see I have acquired another

folllower so exciting...that takes my total upto 11 WOW!!!...

may not sound a lot to some people but means

the world to me...to think people accually stop by and

take the time to look at my blog...thankyou to all

my followers...see you soon...

More atc's

Another post with atc....getting quite into these now....

will have to buy some blanks as I've been cutting

them myself and it's quite difficult to get them all the same

corosponding size....

the stamp set is a small that is made especially for making

atc's.....it was stamped onto the card with memento ink.....I then

sponged on various shades of tim holts distressing ink...tumbled glass...

scattered straw....peeled paint.....dusty concord...the pearl is from

my stash....thanks for looking and feel free to leave a comment.....

ATC

This is my fist time making atc's....told

my friend I would never make them because

they are too fiddly....they are brilliant to make...

can try out different techniques

the stamp set I used is from woodware...

the background was stamped

with the stamp set ...the stamp set was cut out and coloured

in with copics....and background was sponged with

tim holts distressing ink straw.....

this atc was made the same way as the one above....

thanks for looking and feel free to leave a comment...

April Roses Blogaversary

Over on april roses blog it's her anniversary

she is giving away a whole load of blog candy....

go and take a look it's amazing...some lovely magnolia and flowers from

orchid craft....become a follower and enter this amazing giveaway....

thanks for the chance to win.....

Note cards

I've been making different things

to sell along side my cards...thought I' d have a go

at making some notelet cards to sell....

the image is from just rite stampers it

fits into the nesties....it's coloured in with

copics and then I added glossy accents to

the top of the flowers to make them shine....they where then

placed on to a scalloped nesties...the paper is from dcwv and is called

nana's kitchen....the paper is glossy and glittered...the cards

are 3" square....

these cards where made along the same as the

ones before.....the image is a magnolia.....just love the frog...

he is coloured in with copics....the crown is coloured in with a

metalic gold pen by promarkers.....the background paper

is from my stash....these also are 3" square...

thanks for looking and feel free to leave a comment....

1 card 2 challenges

over on the corrosive challenge blog this week

they are asking for a faux technique...I have chosen

faux stitching....also on the scrappy frogs

challenge this week they are asking you to incorporate

faux stitching.....

this is the card I came up with for the 2 challenges...

the faux stitching is produced using the mat pack from

stampin up.....the papers are also

from stampin up(sorry don't know what they are called)...

the card is bazzill.....

the owl stamp is a new design from woodware....love

owls at the moment....it's stamped onto a nesties...

label 4...and the image is coloured in with a mixture

of promarkers and copics.....have always used promarkers in the past...

because thought copics too expensive to buy...but not much

different in price about 20p...the advantage of copics is that

they have a finner nip against promarkers...I then placed

the nestie back over the image and sponged on brushed

corduroy using a sponge...love the affect is makes...I made the card into an easel..

they sentiment was stamped onto a fancy tag by nesties...

thanks for looking ....feel free to leave a comment...

Blog Candy!!!

Over on a new found site called wishcraft lisa

is offering some blog candy...of course it's a

mystery....to been in with a chance to win you

have to sign upto her blog....and also post her

blog candy on your own site....lisa would also like

people to still follow her blog after the draw....go and

take a look...bye xx

New blogs

I'm always surfing the net on the lookout

for new craft blogs to visit have found 2 new

ones  one is called wishcraft...it's amazing she

is truly inspirational go and take a look..

she is also giving away some blog candy as it's her

first aniversary well done....the other blog

is allabout making christmas cards...the cards

I love to make but always make them at the

last minute LOL!!!..it's called die cut

dreams christmas..go over and take a look...

really gets you in the christmas spirit...

thanks for reading....bye xx

SORRY!!!

sorry for not posting for a few days internet

broke!!!help!!!....anyway back up

and running now....will post over the

weekend....making cards to take to a carboot

on sunday.....thanks for stopping by....

Clean and Simple

Over on Clearly Simple blog

this week their challenge is to

follow a sketch.....hope I've followed

it ok....

just love sketches this always gets

my mojo working lol!!!anyway

onto the card

I love the clean lines on these cards so simple

to make but I think less is definitely the way

to go....love the colours aswell think

they go really good together....

the base card is from bazzil...the white top piece of card

was run thought my sizzix express in a cuttle bug

folder....the butterfly's where punched from bazzil

card with a Martha Steward punch....the

bottom of the card is also punched out

with a Martha Steward punch....thanks for looking

and feel free to leave

a comment...

Boy bear

this design is also from little claire's...getting quite

a few now bought this the same time as

the girl bear....

I started with a square card and placed a piece of

bazzil card over the top...I then cut out the front of

the card using my nesties...the image was stamped onto

white card using memento ink....and was coloured in with

my trusty promarkers...the image

was cut out using the same nestie as

I used on the front of the card...

the flowers are stuck on with silicon and

are from a company called orchard crafts...

thanks for looking a feel free to leave

a comment

Teddy bear

I bought this stamp when I went to

the summer crafting show at doncaster

race course...this is the first time I've stamped

her up....It's from a company called little

claire they have some amazing stamps...

checked them out....

I started off with a square card and folded half of the

front back onto it's self.....proberly has a technical

name for it lol!!!....the card front is covered with

some bazzil and a bow tied around...the paper on

the back of the card is from my stash...

the image was stamped with memento and

coloured in with my promarkers....the image was cut with

my nesties and placed onto a scalloped circle...and

I pop dotted the image off the front of the card...

thanks for looking a nd feel free to leave

a comment....

Funky

today enjoyed a whole day of crafting....

got quite a few cards made for my stash....

this is a new stamp I bought yesturday

at my local craft shop.....it's a new line they are stocking...

the stamp was inked up with memento ink

and the background is a mixture of shabby shutter's

and peeled paint from tim holts...they where applied

with cut and dry foam...the image was then mounted

onto black card....

the title was printed out and randomly cut

and stuck onto the design paper....the paper is from my

stash....quite funky I think lol!!!!...

here she is again stamped with memento and

I used the same effect as before but using

tumbled glass and faded jeans....

the paper is from my stash a christmas

one I think....the edges where punched

with a martha stewert punch....thanks

for looking a feel free to leave

a comment....

Soooo proud

a couple of weeks ago my younger daughter

went to a sword dancing compertion her

first one....her team won....sooo proud

of her.....

her she is showing off her rosette and the cup....she gets

to keep it for a week then hand it onto

the next member in the team...

well done katy!!!!

Sister

I made this card for my other daughter

to give to here sister on

her birthday......the paper's are from

the wild rose studio and are

called polka dots....

the image is from a set by kanban called

wooly bears....it has lots of accessories

including a heart....tops....and bows..

it's great for paper piercing.....the bear was coloured in

with tim holts distressing inks...

the flowers are from orchid crafts and the pins are from

a set by making memories there bridal range....

anyway thanks for looking and feel

free to leave a comment..

will post some more cards either today or

tomorrow have now finished work for

the summer so will have more

time to make cards....

Happy 16th

Today my daughter is 16......where did all the years go....anyway onto the

card I made her....I am entering it into 4 challenges this week...made an easel

card just love these....

I followed the sketch on Mojo Monday for the design of the card...

hope I've followed it ok...sometimes go a

bit off track lol!!!....

anyway the paper's are from the wild rose studio...

I bought them when I went to the summer

crafting show last week at doncaster race

course.....

the image is of course a magnolia.....can't get

enough of these lol!!!...she is colored in using tim

holts distressing ink...in faded jeans and

tumbled glass....

the flowers are from a company called orchid crafts..

they sell some amazing flowers.....will

have to buy some more....they where stuck on with

silicon glue...

I have entered this card into 4 challenges

scrappy frogs challenge: girly girl

the corrosive challenge: pink and blue

caadvaks: birthday card

Mojo Monday: sketch

thanks for looking and feel free to

leave me a comment...

Hi

Just a quick note....sorry for not posting for a while....had no time

to craft....another day to go and finished for

the summer hols...HORRAY!!!!

last week went to the summer craft fayre at doncaster

race course it was great (hope they do another one)

bought loads of goodys not had time

to play with them loads of lilli of the valley

stamps they are amazing....will

post on friday....have a good day

Party Invitations

Hi everyone in blogging land sorry for not posting

in a while....what with work....kids and house work

had no time to make any card.....anyway onto the

post.....I was asked to make some party invitations

for a childrens party....

the brief my friend gave me was to use blue and red....and

to have some ballons on them....had to make them generic

because they where for a childrens party  for twins a girl

and a boy...this is the design I came up with...

the scallop was cut using my nesties....the oblog was also

using my nesties

the ballons where made on my cricut... and

the party invitation was printed on my

computer and cut out...red ribbon was tied around

the invitation...and on the back

of the invitation  i added the time and

the place off the party...

I had to make 40 in total....this is a picture of all of

them together...this is the first time I've mass produced...

quite pleased with myself...my friend thought they were amazing...

thanks for looking and feel free to leave

a comment....

Hello

Hi everyone just a quick check -in not had much time to

make some cards this week....this weekend has been

very busy...my youngest daughter has been sword dancing

at a local festival...saturday and sunday...

so proud of her....this is the first time she has danced with

the troupe in public...very nervous but did fantastic

how they manage to move with the swords and not give each other a hair

cut I don't know LOL....

anyway thanks for looking..and feel free to leave a comment...

have a good weekend...

Happy Birthday

Over at Tickled Pink blog their challenge this week is to use the sketch

and to make a matching bookmark

you also have to use any stamps that

they sell well surprise they sell magnolia....

I'm into making larger cards at the moment...this is

a piece of card folded in half....can never

remember the sizes lol.....

the image was coloured in with my trusty

promarker's and was cut out with nesties...

the paper from the background is from my stash...

the ribbon is from hobbycraft...they sell loads

of ribbon on reels and it starts at 99p a bargin..

the punched edge at the bottom is a martha

stewert punch...

the punched heart is also a martha stewert and

to give some dimention on the middle

panel I used some foam dots to pop

her off...

the bookmark was made in the same style...here they are together..

think I'll send them together as part of the card...

love the idea...

thanks for looking and feel free

to leave a comment...