23rd December, 2016 A Sarah Kay Card.

Good afternoon, I have a pretty Sarah Kay card to show you today that was coloured in with distress inks, not my favourite but hopefully getting better.

The seam binding ribbon I dyed myself to try to get as near as possible to the large flower, in colour. The large flower was my very first attempt at using Foamiran.  For those who have not used it, it is pretty much in vogue at the moment.  I watched numerous YouTube videos and they were very helpful. However, tricky stuff to use as well as quite expensive, so may I suggest to tread carefully when using it so as not to waste any.  The little roses were from my stash and the colours tied in well with the colours on the Sarah Kay stamped image.

A closer peep at my first Foamiran flower.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas xx

15th December, 2016 A Birthday card for my daughter.

Hello , today I have a pretty birthday card to show you that I have made for my daughters birthday. She is a proper girly girl so thought this LOTV stamp would be most appropriate. I used Copics to colour this time. I added lots of pretty things, very pink seam binding ribbon, lovely flowers and lace.

The cardstock that I used was a real find.  My local pound shop was stocking lots of lovely packs of craft paper, all really good quality, so guess who grabbed as much as I could !

  The lovely flower die is another new one ( !) oh dear cannot resist !  It is from Joy Craft and I love it.  I added  a few pink roses across the flowers with dried ivory gypsophila .  Love the butterfly. I added lots of glitter to it's wings and some glass glitter to add that extra sparkle.

  Hope you enjoy looking at my latest creation. As mentioned before I am not aligned to any craft company, these are all my own thoughts and love that go into each card. Take care, and thank you for taking a peep.  
                                                         

5th December, 2016. Almost White on White LOTV Card Topper.

Hello, we are well into December and hopefully organised for Christmas. I have done most of my shopping, wrapped and ready to go under the tree.  Just the food to order, as everyone all coming to me this year, so will have a lovely house full of family, especially the little ones.

Today I would like to show you a LOTV almost white on white Christmas card topper that I have done, using a LOTV purchased image.  These are so pretty, and if like me, I have far too may LOTV rubber stamps, many not used, so it helps to keep the cost down and I can indulge in more !

The background card stock was a lovely new addition to my dies, by Marianne, Anja Frames, love it. I added some snowflakes, a hand made white flower and a filigree bow.  Not a great deal needed for this one, but I find it very pretty, hope you do also.

A peep at the white flower, of course, some glitter added to the petals.

Thank you for stopping by, happy crafting, xx

27th November, 2016 Pretty Gift Tags.

Hello crafters, today I have some pretty gift tags to show you, so pretty for that special person and that special occasion.

I used a Marianne die for the tags, double layered them for strength so that the back was plain  white to write on.  I used Lemoncraft card stock for the front of the tag
           The edges of the tags were given just a very slight touch of pink.  I used three pale pink roses on each tag, pretty die cut leaves and some dried gypsophila  to give the tags at lovely Shabby Chic touch.

I put some white distressed seam binding ribbon on the tag.

Thank you for taking a look at my pretty tags, take care xx

20th November, 2016, Shabby Chic Butterlies

Hi, good afternoon,  today I would like to show you some butterflies that I have been making.  Everyone loves butterflies, and they always look so lovely on cards and handmade projects.  These ones I have gone a little bit over from what I normally make, but just love how they have turned out.

 I always have lots of lace and pretty material in my stash box, so whilst sorting through it all and folding it up neatly I came across some really pretty stuff that I had forgotten about.  So my mind went into overdrive and this is what I came up with,  so very pretty.  I used a Tim Holtz die and did lots of different layers of my organza materials  and lace.  added the pink rose and diamantes for the bodies.

                                                           
                                                                           A closer peep
                            Thank you for having a look at my crafty work, have a lovely afternoon xx

17th November, 2016 A Magnolia Tilda Easel Card.

Good evening fellow crafters, sorry for not posting a card for so long, but this time of year is so hectic for us busy mums.  Today I bought my last Christmas gift, so just wrapping to do, feel a little calmer now that part is done. 

Today I have a pretty Magnolia Tilda easel card to show you.  I have not done an easel card for such a long time, and enjoyed doing it.

The cardstock used was purchased from Lemoncraft, beautiful card and paper, almost never want to cut into it, but in the end it will stay in my stash forever, so......

The pretty flowers are a Magnolia Doohickey die, peonies, love this die and of course the pretty little bow is again a Doohickey die.

The honey comb die is from La La Land dies, brilliant as they cut like butter, love their stuff.

I added some scrunched seam binding ribbon in pink and pale blue.

Hope you like my card, thank you for taking a peep, take care xx

7th November, 2016. Turquoise and a Shabby Chic Card Topper.

Hi everyone, yesterday I received a new flower die in the post and have been itching to use it. It's a nasturtium flower die, there are three sizes, six dies.  So I die cut and layered them and got out my embossing powders which have taken a back seat and not been used for some time. Truly enjoyed using them. I embossed them in white and turquoise with a touch of gold and popped a pretty sparkly gem in the middle of each flower.

                     I kind of got carried away with the embossing and did the rose leaves as well.

 
                                                          A closer peep at the flowers

                   I used a stencil for the gold and turquoise pearl paint on the card, beautiful
                   paints called Starlights. there is a wonderful selection of colours, and you are
                    able to mix and blend.  So, thank you for taking a peep, take care  xx