22nd December 2014

My Sweet Lili,  A Sarah Kay Card.

Hello everyone, so lovely for you to stop by.  Like all mums we are always so very busy st this time of the year, so hopefully you have just about done all  your shopping and down to the last minute things that need to be done.

I must be a glutton for punishment, as hubby has decided to get a new computer, and change over the rooms so the bedroom that I work in for my crafting, is now being changed into a full crafting room  !!  We spent yesterday moving furniture from one room to another, so I have boxes of crafty stuff all over the place. At least I have the Christmas holidays to sort things out.  I found a few things that had gone missing, so that was a nice surprise.

Today the card I have for you to have a peek at  is from the lovely Sarah Kay collection, My Sweet Lili. I had seen quite a few cards with this pretty little girl, but was unable to track a stamp anywhere, until one day I saw one listed in the U.S.A, not too expensive either and postage was pretty good....so had to have it, and have not been disappointed as she is adorable and I know that I will get years of happy card making from using her.

I used my Copic Pens to colour her , put just a little pearl pink embossing powder around her.  The flowers are from the Doohickey Dies with a Tattered lace daisy on the largest flower and a little Doohickey die flower on the top, which I embossed with the pale pink embossing powder.

The butterflies were an experiment , As I die cut the butterfly, I overlaid fairly thick white  lace on top and die cut together, just to see if it would work ok  I think the result is very pretty and a little different.

Here' s  a closer look at one of the lace butterflies

I used the Doohickey doily flowers as a bit of a border, just part tucking them in and overlapping the edge of the card., finishing off with a smaller flower in the center.

Here s a side view of the card, so you can take a peek at the inside, which was done to complement the front with lots of room to write your message.

The card that I used was from the Tilda collection , the lace was from  my stash.

I hope that you like this card, thank you for stopping by. I hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas and look forward to seeing you all in the New year, so bye for now  xx

18th December 2014

A pretty cream and chocolate brown filigree card


Weather so dark and dingy here in the U.K. so don't feel up to going too far from home, so it gives me a chance to get some more crafting done  !!  Tea is all ready for just switching on, veg done and sitting in the saucepans waiting for some heat, so though that I would show you all my latest card.

Every now and then you feel as though you have created something that really appeals to you, it could be the style or the  colour, but you just know that  " I love this card  " !!    Feel like I want to send it to me ......


I used cream and silver grey card.  I embossed the cream card and then did two rows of the new die from Spellbinders Shapeabilities that I received only the other day.  It's called Mary Border Strip S4 -441.

I die cut the plain border underneath in the silver grey and overlaid the cream die cut on top

I added some very lovely chocolate brown satin ribbon across the middle of the card, and a matching bow.

The large flower is from my stash, and added to it are some tiny roses in a very almost non-pink,  mixed with slightly larger cream roses.

A touch of gypsophila among the die cut leaves  to add to the finishing touches  

Must not forget the hand embellished stick pin among the flowers, done in pinks , cream and brown to match the jewel that sits in the center of the satin bow.

I did exactly the same to the inside of the card with the Spellbinder die, and the satin ribbon, but layered in silver grey and cream  Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles to write your message.

Just getting used to uploading photographs  a little better. As we all know if you are not used to computer technology , and some one tells you to do this or that......Dhhh !  Sorry have not got a clue what they are talking about.....or is it just me  ?  Hope not ! 

Anyway managed to do it all by myself so feeling quite smug, one photograph disappeared into thin air, can't find it anywhere, but don't tell anyone  ! 

Until my next card,  thank you for taking a peek ,take care, see you soon xxx

15 th Decmber 2014 , A Pretty Wedding card

Hi everyone,

I thought that I would show you a pretty step card that I made recently  using one of the new LOTV stamps, which I purchased a few weeks ago and have been itching to use it.  I just love all of their stamps and would buy all of them if I could. As mentioned before, I live not too far away from their shop, as it's my birthday coming up in the New Year  it could be a great excuse to go there and get hubby to make a few birthday purchases   !!

I used a very pretty lattice bow die from the Sue Wilson Spellbinders range, and doubled it.

The pretty heart edges of the step card are Magnolia Doohickey, I think it's called Romantic lace, not too sure on that one as I have had it such a long time and the packaging has long gone.

Here's a peek at the sideways view of the step card, sorry about the lighting but these winter rainy days have been quite dark just of late.

Here' s a  closer if not a bit darker , of the pretty lattice bow.

I added a rolled rose and popped a bead in the center, a few more flowers and some white die cut leaves
                                                                     

I hope that you like this pretty car, thank you so much for taking a peek, take care and enjoy  the day keep warm and dry  !!  bye for now.                                                                      

12th December 2014

A  filigree card with a decorated stick pin.

Hi everyone,

It's countdown to Christmas  !!  All the children in our family are getting very excited , letters have gone off to Santa, including  mine !!   There are lots and lots of things on my list, nothing too expensive , lots of little crafting bits and bobs.  Perhaps in the New Year a new computer would be quite handy so that I would be able to have use of the correct soft wear as my computer is getting quite old.  Hubby says. there's nothing wrong, it works  !  So......if wording not aligned up quite right, oh how I have tried !!  it's the soft wear which I am going to blame.

Anyway, here is a photo of one of my latest cards, just loving the filigree dies from Spellbinders, Sue Wilson range.  Really easy to do, cream card stock, layering the dies with one layer a different colour and you are ready to go with your pretties !!

I used grey satin ribbon with a diamonte in the middle, rolled roses that I added a touch of peach colour  and die cut embossed rose leaves.  There is a touch of dried ivory gypsophilia among the roses and a hand decorated stick pin.

I really enjoyed making this card, so here is a peep at the inside of the card using the same die from Spellbinders 

I added a little silver crown to the card that I made from air dried clay, glittered it with silver and a few jewels

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Thank you so much for stopping by, have a lovely weekend, bye for now.

LOTV Card

Teddy at the window box

Hello everyone. Today I am showing you a LOTV card that I did a couple of week s ago.  I had been trying to get hold of this particular stamp for some time, I was even unable to get it from the LOTV shop in Farsley, near Leeds, so was thrilled to bits that I managed to purchase it on an on-line shopping channel.

Although I have quite a lot of distress inks and see such a lot of work using them, I have never really tried them. I am so used to using Copic pens, so I thought I would try using them for a change.

                                            This is the result, so was quite pleased.

I found some pretty pale turquoise spotty card stock in my stash and mixed it with some light grey. The pretty border at the top is quite new one from Marianne Anja dies, I just added a few extra flowers to make it stand out a little more.

The bow is a Doohickey die, Bridal Bow and my very favourite doily flower die, again Doohickey die. 

I decided to put  a little pink embossing powder on the flowers and popped a tiny pink rose in the middle.

I did the inside of the card to complement the front, and put the Anja die along the bottom with an edging of pretty pink lace, and again added a few more flowers.  I was quite pleased with the finished look.

I hope that you like my card, thank you so much for taking a peek , have a lovely day.

A Magnolia Tilda Step Card.

Hello again, welcome to my blog.  Today I am  showing you a pretty step card that I made a few weeks ago.  The step card pack was bought from my local craft shop, who does some really lovely pre-made card packs should you want to try something a little different.  The shop is called Which Craft, in Doncaster.

Paula, the owner has just very recently been showing her wares on that well known craft site on T.V. She is a very talented lady. She actually was one of the team that was asked and worked on decorating Princess Diana's wedding cake, but she never mentions it,  so I have done it for her !

So here is my Magnolia step card....

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I  used Copic pens to colour  Tilda, cut her out and mounted her onto some pretty floral cardstock.

The flowers were hand made, this time I used white coffee filter papers that I dyed with a little pale pink distress ink.  I added a sparkly center to both the flowers.

I used quite a few Magnolia Doohickey doily die cut flowers on this card, and had them peeking out behind Tilda to act as a border. And of course a pretty pink rose in each center.

I think the effect looks quite nice and a a little different.

I hope you like my Magnolia step card, thank you so much for stopping by.Have a lovely crafting day !

10th November 2014

Shabby Chic Rose Stick Pins

Hi Everyone, and welcome.
                                           
                                                             This is my latest addiction  !!

                             

    Instead of putting pretty beads or crystal  I wondered if there was a way that I could put some pretty  flowers on the top of the pin.  It was a little bit fiddly , but once I had got the wire of the flower down the pin and secure with glue,  I could then add all the other pretties.

Not too bad for a first attempt ! All the beads I have had in my stash for a number of years and I quite enjoyed sorting them all out. I bought two inexpensive dividing plastic containers.

I wonder if this will lead me onto jewelry  making...... !

Bye for now, enjoy your day . 

20th October 2014

A Magnolia Christmas card

Hi good morning to everyone, after all the rain for the last few days, it is so lovely to see the sun shining on a typical Autumn day.  This is my favourite season.  I love to see the changes of colour in the trees and there is something special about keeping snug and warm indoors when the nights are getting colder.

It must be getting colder as my tortoise has decided to hibernate for the Winter and found a place to go.So here is a Magnolia Tilda Christmas card that I have done in blues. pink and light brown.
           

I used a Spellbinders die for the large poinsettia which  I then added quite a lot of clear glass crystal to the petals and some tiny white beads in the centre.

The flag bunting die is from la La la land 

20th September, 2014 A Mo Manning Card from the Cute as a Bug Collection.

Good morning everyone, today I have a lovely Mo Manning card to show you from The Cute as a Bug Collection.  Don't you just love these beautiful little baby fairy's . When I received these stamps I was itching to use them, managed to get this one done and soooo enjoyed making this card,  so here it is......

I coloured her in with Copic pens and glittered her wings just a tad.  The card stock that I have used is from Bella Rose Design paper by  Tanya Whelan

Here's a close up of the flowers

I matched the inside of the card to compliment the front

Nothing too fancy, but just love this card stock.  I used a Spellbinders frame for the card, front and inside.

Thank you for taking a peek, it's so nice for you to stop by, enjoy the day...xxx

20th September, 2014 A Baby Girl Christening Card.

Hi everyone, the weekend is here again, how quickly the days go by. The days are getting shorter, the nights drawing in, but the weather is still warm. The countryside is especially beautiful at this time of the year with all the trees turning into their stunning Autumn colours.  My grand children are collecting all the fallen horse chestnuts ( conkers ) all shiny and a stunning shade of  brown, now there's some inspiration for a colour scheme !

Today I have a very pretty baby girl Christening card to show you that my friend asked me to do. I don't get asked to do this type of card very often, so have never bought a stamp. What I did have was a Lili of the Valley Art Pad collection, which has come in very useful.  So I added a little more pink here and there and put some Glossy Accent on the window.....done.....!

                                                  Here's a photo of the finished card

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I embellished it with a large pink flower, roses and of course pretty butterflies.

The card stock that I used was from Maja Designs.

This is a closer look at the flowers.

I did the inside of the card to compliment the front, with the baby's name, and date.

I hope that you like this card, thank you so much for stopping by  xxx

16th September 2014

A Pretty Lili of the Valley Card


Well at last the holiday mood in Doncaster is over. We have just had our very famous race week, The Saint Leger, which is the oldest classic race in the history of racing.  The whole town is buzzing with activity, including BIG hats, me being one of them.....love it.. !  A real excuse to get dressed up  !!

Next week we have the Roman's coming  !  The town having a long history of  Romans being part of Doncaster  , as in Caster meaning camp, and Don as in the River Don.  Anyway that should be great fun watching the Roman Legions marching through the town. So.....enough of the history of my lovely town.


                                                    Here is my card, a Lili of the Valley Card.

I really enjoyed making this card, as Lili of the Valley always have such beautiful stamps and I can't get enough of them. I search through my box, ahhh !  forgot about this one and away my inspiration starts!

I used a new pack of card stock called Bella Rose, which I am so in love with at the moment.

The butterfly border is Tim Holtz, which I have added a little white paste.

For once I did not  make my own flowers, these ones coming from my stash. I though it was about time that I started to use some of them up as they were mounting up. Like all crafters cannot resist buying !!

Here is s a closer look at the Tim Holtz border and the flowers

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I have decorated the inside of the card to match the front.

I hope you like my card, have a lovely day, Thank you so much for taking the time to have a peek at my creations  xxxx

12 th September 2014

An  All White  Card

Hello and good morning to everyone.  I have been so busy these last few weeks that I have not been able to post a card.  The grandchildren  have now gone back to school, so I have a little more time. I have also learnt that I am going to be a granny again, a new baby to come along in April ! How exciting !

Today I am posting an all white card. I always think that white is so elegant, and of course can be used for numerous occasions.

I embossed the background with two different folders and added  some silver Stickles around the edges.

The lovely heart die is from Cheery Lynn.

I made the flower from white organza ribbon, using instructions that I found by accident from The Ribbon Box whilst I was ordering some ribbons.

Here's  a photograph of the inside of the card, this time I reversed the embossed background to add a little interest.  the large heart is from the centre of the Cheery Lynn die

I hope you like this card, thank you for taking a look, hope you have a lovely day, bye for now  xx

29 th August  2014.

A Pink Shabby chic Card.

Hello everyone, thank you for stopping by to have a peek at my Shabby Chic card.  I made this card a couple of weeks ago , but with it being the school holidays I have had no time to keep up with things.

                  Who said that when you retire that you have less time  ?  Well it is so true.!

                                                             So here is my card.....

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I used Maja Design papers for the background with a little glittered embossing paste, white lace from my stash  and a  perfume bottle printed post card .

The flowers were all hand made with some white paste added to them to help create the Shabby Chic look.

Here is a picture of the flowers.

                             I decorated the inside of the card to match, but put the lace across.

The white embossed paste in the corner has been glittered , but the photo dose not show it up.  Must ask my grand daughter for some photograph tips, as she is studying this subject at school.

Hope that you have enjoyed looking at this card as much as I enjoyed making it.  Thank you for stopping by and taking a peek.  Have a lovely weekend,.

18th August, 2014

Lots of pretty pearls,

Good morning to all the lovely people that are up bright and early this morning.  One of my daughters is away for a few days so I have been entrusted with looking after her two pretty Cavalier doggies, who are up early  !!  hence me also !  So I thought that I would take this opportunity of  showing you this pretty Shabby Chic Card that I have made, which if you are interested is for sale on ebay.

I enjoy making my own flowers, so this card is no exception as all the flowers have been made by myself.

I would like to show you a closer look at the flowers which have dried white gypsophilia among them

I added some white seam binding ribbon and champagne coloured embroidered lace.

The pretty frame was made using Martha Stewart air drying clay with a little gold enamel pen touching the edges here and there.

I put some  Glossy Accent glue inside then the white pearl beads and a little crystal glass glitter, which is really sparkly which unfortunately the photo dose not  capture.

The die cut butterfly is from Joy Craft from a set of three, which is just the right size to sit on the edge of the pearly  frame.

I hope you like my Shabby Chic card, thank you so much for popping by and taking a peek, hope you all have a lovely day.

14th August, 2014

Pretty roses, shabby chic style card.

Hi !  and good morning to  everyone.    At last the sun is shining here in South Yorkshire, no more torrential downpours we hope.   I have just returned form a  boating holiday on the Calder & Hebble  canal system in West Yorkshire.  I have developed muscles that I  was not aware that I had.  The locks are the old traditional style, oh boy are they hard to work with a windlass. Some have to be used with a  large wooden stick called a hand spike !  not for the faint-hearted  !!  Although it would help if they were  greased up a bit more .


So for my card today, I have posted  a pretty ' shabby chic ' style . I really enjoy making flowers, so all the roses on this card have been hand made and coloured by Moi !   The leaves have been die cut, squashed and creased after I have embossed with a dark green and gold embossing powder and edged with a gold leaf  pen

I used Anna Griffin paper for the background and vintage seam binding ribbon in a lovely rusty colour that was wet and scrunched up for the ' shabby chic ' look.  Dried cream gypsophila was added among roses 

I decorated the inside of the card to match, but swapped around the Anna Griffin paper, top to bottom and again used a little of the rusty coloured ribbon..

I hope that you like my card, thank you so much for taking a look and hope that you have a lovely day.

A Lilli of the Valley Wedding card

31st  July, 2014  A Lili of the Valley Wedding Card..

Good morning fellow crafters  !  Are you all up bright and early like myself.  I find that I am not sleeping as well as normal due to the heat  so am taking advantage getting up earlier than normal, getting a few jobs done around the house and showing you this pretty wedding card.

The stamp that I have used is from  Lili of the Valley that I have coloured with Copic pens, my favourite form of colouring.  I have used a Spellbinders, Lovely View die and  Tim Holtz  Film Strip. 

The flowers are all hand made using white coffee filter paper and white water colour paper.  For a softer look to the flowers, I added some white dried gypsophilia.

The pink butterflies have lots of clear crystal glitter on the tips of their wings .

I hope that you like this card ....thank you so much for visiting my blog, have a lovely day 

28th July, 2014

My lovely grand daughter's  birthday card.

Today it is one of my beautiful grand daughter's birthday, she is  two years old, and a real little poppet !
We had a lovely party for her yesterday, all her friends came around, the sun was shining, what a really special day.

She has reached the age where she knows what a birthday party is, and sooo enjoyed blowing out her two candles whilst everyone sang  , " Happy Birthday to You "

So here is the card that I made especially for her.  I used a Mo Manning Digital stamp, called Little Eden.

I used Copic pens to do the colouring and added some shabby chic embossing around the coloured image.

The large roses I made my self using a Spellbinders Spiral Blossom die.

I added two Magnolia Doohickey ' So Wrapped Swirleys '  , one with a matching rose and the other one with ' two today '    The card stock that I used was pretty pink gingham check that was in my stash and LOTV paper from their Shabby Shack paper stack.

At the top of the card I used a Tim Holtz On the Edge Butterfly border,  wound it through my crinkling machine and added a little pink distress ink.  The other butterflies are from Joy Craft , die cut from Maja Design card and a pretty pink rose popped in the centre.

To complete the card, I die cut a Magnolia Doohickey Dream Tag , another rose and a pretty pink and white spotty tied ribbon.

I hope that you like this card, thank you so much for taking a peek, 

27th July 2014 A Brief Encounter.

Hello  again,  

This card was made for a very special lady that we met whilst away on our boat going through the South Yorkshire canal system.

We crafter always take away bits and bobs to do, so her husband spotted me doing some craft work and was interested to find out what I was doing.  When I told him that I made cards, and it was his wife's birthday coming up so he asked me to do her a secret birthday card.

They live on a beautiful wide beam barge and during the lovely months they travel the river and canal system around  England, then moor up for Winter  What an fantastic way to live, and what a lovely couple they were. So, without his wife's knowledge I had to have this secret meeting, to hand over this card.

She loves dogs and they had one quite similar to this grey one, and she also loves music, so I hope that I  was able to incorporate all that she enjoys.

Anyway,  the doggies were down loaded and printed off, then matted and layered.  I chose a pink card background which is from Maja Design and matched it all up with pretty pink flowers, all which were hand made.  Dried gypsophilia  was added to the flowers and die cut leaves.

Because of her love of music I die cut a music bar, which is a Memory Box die . The heart is a Spellbinders die, Heartfelt Creations. Lace and butterflies complete the look that I was after.

I hope that you like this card, and to the lady on the beautiful barge, if you see this posting, Happy Birthday, hope you had a wonderful day and trust that one day we will see you both again.

Thank you for looking, enjoy your day.

23rd July, 2014 A Shabby Chic Tag style card

Hi everyone,

Today has been another glorious day.  I took the grandchildren to the seaside, and was quite pleased that it was cooler and overcast  as it is so easy to get their young skin burnt with the sea air.

Today I am listing a Shabby Chic tag style card.  I always like to do different types of cards as I easily get bored . I sometimes only have to look at some pretty card stock in my stash and my imagination is fired up.

So....this was some Tim Holtz grey card that I found whilst doing a bit of a tidy up...mmmmm grey ? well pink is always good with grey.

I distressed the edges of the tag and then added a little white paste here and there.

The die that I used for the frame is from Joy Craft which has some pearly pink and white heavy embossing enamel on it to help give it a bit of dimension.

I have always enjoyed making my own flowers, these were made using a Magnolia  Doohickey peony  die . I die cut several layers of white coffee filter papers, wet them, and added some pink distress ink.

Whilst still wet,  I scrunched them up a little, joined several layers together with a brad, then dried with a heat gun.  You can see the layers start to separate and curl a little around the edges.

To finish the tag off  I scrunched up whilst damp some white seam binding ribbon, misted with a little pink dye, added some pretty white lace ribbon ( which is really meant for knitting with !  )  and tied it to the top of the tag.  I really enjoyed making this tag, and  hope that you like it too.

Thank you for taking a peek.

Monday 14th July 2014.  A LOTV  Card Topper


Hi to you all,

I have done a pretty LOTV card topper that has been sold, so thought that I must show it before it goes off with our Royal Mail. I have always adored the LOTV faries and this one being no exception.  I have had her for a number of years and like all treasured stamps, is used again and again.

The card that I used is Pion Design.  i am so lucky to live near a great craft shop that sells Pion and Maja craft papers.  I have coloured the fairy with Copics. She has a little pink glitter on her dress and wings.

The large flower is a Magnolia Doohickey doily die and I have used coffee filter papers again, dyed to the shade of pink that I wanted and a deeper pink rose in it's middle.  Some of the smaller flowers have been bought and some made from water colour paper..

The die that I used for the top of the card  is from Marianne dies, the paper was a little too delicate so I die cut it again on white card, glued it together to strengthen it.

I hope you like this card and once again, so many thanks for taking a peek