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

Sunday 13th July, 2014, A Pretty Magnolia Tilda Card.


Hi Everyone,

I  hope that you have all been enjoying this beautiful weather that we have been having  I know it must be extra warm during the nights, because my tortoise is up and waiting by the kitchen door for his breakfast.

He really enjoys his morning strawberries with a little sweetcorn added, a totally spoiled tortoise  !

Today i have a pretty Magnolia Tilda  card to show you.  This was the very first Tilda stamp that I bought, she has been used numerous times, so I consider it was a very good first buy.

I am very much into making my own flowers, so all the flowers on this card have been made by me . The large flower was made from white coffee filter papers, dyed to the colour that I wanted and a few pearl stamens in the middle.  The smaller flowers were from water colour paper, dyed and scrunched up whilst wet then dried with a heat gun.

                     I added some pretty white embroidered lace and frantaged around Tilda.
                                       The  flag banner is a die from La -La - Land.
                              And at the top of the card is a Magnolia Doohickey Envelope die.      

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

Friday 11th July, a visit to the LOTV shop near Leeds, and a LOTV card.

Hi everyone,

A couple of weeks or so ago I was in Leeds, so could not resist going to the LOTV shop in Farsley.  If you are in the area it is certainly worth going.  The shop is beautiful, loads of inspiration , well set out and nobody bothers you whilst you browse and gaze at the wonderful displays.

So I could not go there and not make a purchase, or two, or three, ah well the credit card came in handy.

We crafters are always well in front of the seasons, so here is a Christmas card, from a stamp that I bought.

The stamps from LOTV is called Snowman family, so cute.  I also bought some of their paper packs, one being Winter themed, which I have used on this card.   The snowman family have been coloured with Copics.   I used a Spellbinders Poinsettia die, distressed the edges with Walnut stain distress ink and added lots of glitter, Twinklets Diamond Dust, which is very similar to glass glitter, but very sparkly.

 The leaves are Magnolia Doohickey mistletoe, and the snowflake circle is from Joy Crafts.

I have added some snow to the trees, which is Winsor and Newton Galeria Modelling Paste.  I am really loving this product and find that it looks great on lots of different things. I have found the best way to apply it is with your fingers or for a more defined look, a cocktail stick.

                 Hope you like this card, I had fun doing it as it was something different.