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,.