22nd November 2018 A Little Bit of Winter Wonderland.

Good morning from a cold U.K. And in the famous line from ' Game of Thrones'...Winter is Coming ! Time for me to do a few Winter...Christmas style cards and toppers.  Again I used an LOTV printed sheet for this one, bought a year ago and purchased as a down load so always in my files to print as and when needed.

I added lots and lots of white die cut Winter style foliage and layered pretty Poinsettia flowers for the finishing touch.

Love ' white on white ' , especially for Christmas work.

Hope you have a lovely day, hugs xx

15th November, Using LOTV Pre-Printed Images Card.

Hi, Today is a card that I have made using the purchased pre-printed LOTV sheets, these are the new ones featuring fairies.  Now I adore LOTV stamps and products and have that many it is embarrassing. I live not too far from their ' shop ' in Farsley, Leeds and would often go and purchase loads of stuff off them. They have closed their outlet shop to the public and gone more down the way of digi printing, colour or black & white , printer ink being especially difficult with Copics, so a no - no on that one for me as it would smudge whilst trying to colour the black & white. I must add that they do still sell stamps, not as many , quite limited, and more in the line of  ' x ' amount on a sheet, so good value. So, I purchased their new fairies coloured sheet and although the fairies are so pretty I did find that I needed to ooooph the colour up a bit by adding a touch of my Copics here and there. Each to their own on that one, but here is the finished card with the touch of oooomp on the fairy !

I added glitter to the wings, a bit more green to her dress, red on the toadstool and added grass rather than leave it with just a few pale flowers that were on the print.

The inside of the card was done to complement the front.

Thank you for stopping by, enjoy your day xxx

9th November, A Shabby Chic Romantic Card

Hi, good afternoon. Another busy few days. We have managed to sell our boat and have been emptying it of all our bits and bobs. We say goodbye to it tomorrow and I will be a touch sad as we have had such lovely times with it cruising the Inland Waterways. Everything has it's time and after 20 or more years it is time to move onto something new...what ?  not sure yet !

I made a really pretty card, I think it is !  using Foamiran to make the flowers, with lots of pretty die cut foliage.

I added my favourite ivory dried gypsophilia among the flowers.

A closer peep

I always like to decorate the inside of the card to compliment the front.

You can just see the pretty scalloped lace die cut inside.

Thank you for stopping by, have a lovely weekend, hugs xx

26th October, 2018. Some More of My Work

Hi, Good evening. A busy day as usual. Like most people, I have not a clue how I managed to fit everything in, there seems to be less hours in a day than there was before I retired. But one good thing, rainy morning, cold, all scurrying off to work and I am still in bed with a lovely cup of tea....doesn't get better than that !

Christmas not too far away and us crafters get going with our Winter work as soon as possible. the first project I would like to show you is a Whimsey stamp, I think she is called Silver Fairy, quite an old stamp, but never get tired of using her.

I coloured her by using Copics and of course evry fairy has to have glittery wings.

From one extreme to another, the next one fairly simple, but I do like the end result.

I used Heartfelt Creations 'Under the Sea ' sea-horse die, coloured it in turquoise and a touch of gold. |I threaded a few beads and sequins onto some grey satin ribbon to add a touch more interest.

Hope you like them, night night xx

15th October 2018. Pink Foamiran Flower Card

Hi, Home at last, all the washing done and ironed, so back to normal.  I have been doing a fair bit of crafting and would like to show you a card that I have done with a large single pink Foamiran flower.

Now I know I am not the best at making these and would love to be able to go to a tutorial on them, however, have not seen any in my area. Still, You Tube give great information, so will keep trying !

I used three separate colours of Foamiran, a deep pink for the centre, then paler pink for the larger petals.  The ribbon matched really well and was a small length found in my stash.

The pretty gem centre was from an inexpensive bracelet recently bought that I took to pieces.

Thank you for having a peep at my work, hope you are having a lovely day, hugs xxx

21st September 2018, A LOTV Card Topper

Hi, It seems like only yesterday that I returned from a short break and tonight I am off again to a more sunny climate. I will miss this terrible rain we have been having, although greatly needed, but it came down all in one go. hence terrible flooding in certain areas.

It is Christmas time for us crafters, always in front. I have done a Lili of the Valley Christmas topper using one of their pre - printed down loaded images. Always a good standby when in a hurry.

Loving the new lattice flower die, double layered and a touch of blue on the edges of the petals.

The pretty white layering is a Tattered Lace Pin Dot squares.

Thanks for stopping by...see you in a week or so...hugs xx

14th September 2018 Something a little easier.

Hi, Good morning, A quick post before I go away again for a few days break. I have done a card that is quite easy to do. As you are probably aware, because I don't work for any company, everything is from my own inspiration, I never promote products and keep things simple. This card has been done using Penny Black's , Frosty the Snowman, the stamp and die combo.

I stamped with black Memento ink and coloured Frosty with Copics.

Thanks for stopping by, always appreciated.