24th November 2015

A Baby Girl Card

Hello everyone on this very rainy dull November day !  Perfect for crafting though. I have sat in my front room, T.V.  on watching all the mid day television whilst doing a little colouring. I have so enjoyed it.  So here is my latest card, especially for a baby girl.  I started off with a full scalloped circle in pink, found the exact centre, scored and folded in half.  Added the front part, another round die cut out and used Pion design baby paper, which is so very pretty. ( They do one in blue also ). Added a white embossed doily and some oh so gorgeous white and silver mesh ribbon. with a pretty pink heart in the middle.

Across the fold line I put some pink edged die cut Doohickey peony flowers, a little pink butterfly another half of the die cut white doily other bits and bobs of pretties....done  ! 

2nd November, 2015

A Pretty Magnolia Card.

At last I have got around to doing a Magnolia Tilda card. It really does seems ages since I had a look at my stamps, must do some more as I so enjoyed making this card.  As usual I used my Copics for colouring Tilda.  I have tried pencils and distress inks but seem to get on better with alcohol pens.

The large flowers were both hand made, sprayed pink and scrunched up, dried and layered together. The little roses look very pretty, a good pink match.  I edged the frame around Tilda with a Joy Craft frame peeping out on just one side  The fence was a Magnolia Doohickey die, and the little butterflies were a Joanna Sheen die.  I popped a white pearl heart in the middle of the butterflies

 

This is a closer look at the flower and the Joy Craft frame.  The lattice hearts across the top are from Noor Design ( I think  !  )

 Hope you like my card, thank you for stopping by and taking a peep, always appreciated  xx

 

21st October 2015

A Lili of the Valley Wedding Card

Hello and Good Morning to all the lovely crafting community . I trust that you have all done your Christmas cards and all ready to go off to friends and family. No such luck in my household, just never seem to have the time, shame on me.....I always end up buying them.

So , having made numerous Christmas cards for others I feel it's time to do something different. I really enjoyed making this pretty Wedding Card using a loved Lili of the Valley stamp.

I coloured the happy couple with my favourite Copics. Used a Magnolia Doohickey doily flower with a very sparkly gem in the middle.  Always love these gems, would like to keep them forever, but every now and them decide to use one.

 

The bottom of the card has a stunning strip of die cut lace, a Joanna Sheen die. She does lots of different types, but this was my favourite. Just know that this die is going to get used a lot. 

 

Here's the stunning pretty sparkly gem, would make great ear rings !

 

I always like to show the inside of the card, as it's nice to see what your going to write your message on. So used the same card stock, from Lili of the Valley, very pretty pale blue. And on this photo you get a clearer picture of the lovely lace border.

13th October 2015.

A Lovely Weekend Away with Friends

I have just returned from a really restful weekend away with friends. I went to Robin Hoods Bay in North Yorkshire. Very quaint, pretty cottages nestling into the hill side and the cliffs with spectacular views of the sea. There was a pretty beach, but was too cold to do any paddling. So have returned fresh and full of imagination for my next projects.

This one was done using a craft c.d. which is not my normal style of crafting.  I down loaded the image, already coloured in but added some ' snow ' to the picture.  the picture is the work of the amazing Nikky Hall.

I added a wooden corner flourish, embossed with a touch of white, some gold scribble die cuts with a snowflake in their middles and a matching hand made turquoise glittery gem. Some Tattered Lace half doilies in matching cardstock and a row across the bottom of white gathered lace.

 

 Here's a closer peep at Nikki's lovely drawing, lovely isn't she ?

 

These are the Scribble die cuts in gold, very different , but not too sure if I will get a lot of use out of them......time will tell !!

 

5th October 2015

A White on White Wedding Card, with just a touch of pink !.

Well today is my 47th Wedding Anniversary, so this card is quite appropriate. Also one of my lovely daughters birthday.  I just love these die cut leaves, so very elegant.  I bought this die only a few weeks ago and have used it no end of times.

The flowers were made from white card that I sprayed with a touch of very pale pink, screwed them up and teased out whilst still damp.  Popped a white pearl bead in the middle, very pretty.  The leaves add the finishing touch.  The lace across the bottom was bought in Portugal some years ago, found in my stash as I was having a tidy up.  Amazing what you find that has been forgotten.

Here's a closer peep at the flower and the lovely die cut leaves, forgot to mention it is a Sue Wilson die.  The flower is a Spellbinder die, daisy type, very useful , as can be layered and layered to get the effect that you want.

24th September 2015

A Hannah Lynn Card

Hello and good morning. Today I am showing you a card that I made using a Hannah Lynn stamp. I have a number of these in my stash, but for some reason they get overlooked, and they are so pretty !
Who would just love pink hair ! Well this beautiful lady has now got it !  Pretty Cool !

Of course I coloured her using my favourite Copics, used a white gel pen to add the few white highlights in her hair.  The flower is hand made, a few daisy die cuts, sprayed and scrunched, left to dry and then layered.  I bought two new dies from La La land , Cherry Blossom and the half doily, so just had to use them. These dies cut like a dream , love using them.

 

Here's a closer peep at the flower with a sparkly gem in the middle.

 

 

 

A peep at the inside of the card.

 

 

17th September 2015

At Last I have done a pretty Magnolia Tilda Card  !!

I so enjoyed making this card, using lots of pretty pinks, oh so girly....!  I used the Magnolia Doohickey Peony dies for the flowers and popped a pretty white pearl heart in the middles. The gorgeous butterfly is from La La Land dies and the doily in the background, edged with a touch of pink is from Marianne dies, part of the Anja Series. Get's used quite a lot.

 

 

Here's a closer peep at the pretty peony flowers. I have added two rolled roses with a pearl bead in the middle.  The leaves are a new addition , a Sue Wilson die, I think it's called quilled leaves.

 

 

I always try to show a peep at the inside of the card, so here it is, using the lovely doily die to write your message on. 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by, have a wonderful day, xx