Anniversary Cards

Hi all i popped on today to show you 

a couple of anniversary cards i have made recently.

 This first one is for my Mum and Dad.

Mum loves Orchids and this digi stamp was perfect.

I've coloured it with Spectrum Noir pencils and blended with

Sansador and paper stumps.

the sentiment is from woodware and I've stamped it so it looks

all joined up.

I've also been having a play with the art of 

ZENTANGLE.

It's so so so addictive.

I made a little panel for the edge of the card.

I've also got another card to show soon were I've gone

zentangle mad.

 The second is for hubby.

this is also coloured with the Spectrum noir pencils.

and I've frantaged round the edge.

The papers are DCWV Nana's Nursery.

La La Land Bunting Die and hand wrote LOVE.

Lace from Dunelm Mill.

Thanks for stopping by, I'm off outside now, 

the sun is shining so i'm making the most

of it while its here.

XXXXX

Holidays are here

Hi all hope you are well,

Hooray! holidays are here the kiddies 

broke up from school on Friday for 6

weeks. It was more emotional

for Beth as she was leaving junior school for good.

She's really excited about going to 

big school she can't wait. I don't think 

that feeling will last that long once she gets there.

As you know i had decided to take a break 

from cardmaking for a little while, so

 what happens, i get a commission to do.

It's for the granddaughter of a lady 

i have made a few cards for, I think i made a birthday

card for her and she loved it so much she 

asked if i could make one for her 

teacher to say thank you.

Then Beth saw it and loved it, she asked if i could

make one the same for her teacher 

so i ended up making two.
Never mind.

Out shopping the other day in a lovely little shop

that sells material i came across this fab

remnant so i decided to use it to reline my

wool basket. It needed jazzing up as the 

lining was just a plain cream and boring.

It was the colours that instantly

drew me to it. I didn't have enough to go 

right to the bottom it's about an inch off,

 i have attached it to the liner that was there

already and when it's full of wool you 

would never know.

Talking of wool here's what I'm on with at

the moment.

It's the beginnings of a granny square

blanket. Looking through blogland 

as you do i came across a fabulous 

blog page called 

Little Cotton Rabbits

When i saw Julies blanket i 

fell in love with it, what fab colours.

So i had a good look through my stash

and found some similar colours, all i had

to do was visit my local wool shop and 

get some Grey for the main colour.

I settle on a slate grey from Debbie bliss.

Lastly as it was sunny this morning 

we decided to make the most of it and go

car booting. I didn't find many bargains today 

just this lovely lace doily.

I have been after one for my table so i can

put my flower jam jar on.
I think it makes the flowers look so nice.

My hydrangea bush in the garden is

straining under the weight of the 

flower heads especially with all the rain

so i have picked some.

I haven't bothered before but how

pretty are they in a jar and they last a while too.

I have added some sprigs of apple mint

 for greenery and smell.

Ooh I don't need to buy any flowers anymore, i think

garden flowers look so pretty and they are free.

Take care

I'm forever blowing bubbles!!!!

Hi all hope you are well,

Wow another week has gone already and

the school holidays will be on us soon.

Beth had a fab time in London

she didn't want to come home.

I think she was ready for a rest though 

they had 3 really long busy days seeing

everything they could.

It's time for another Papertake weekly

challenge and this week it's

Anything Goes

with the option of highlighting something

with Glitter or Glossy accents etc.

 

I have used this fab Teddy Bea image 

blowing bubbles. I used glossy accents on the 

bubbles and sprinkled a little glitter 

before they dried to highlight them.

The image is coloured with Polychromos pencils

blended with sansodor.

I cut the image out with a spellbinders die

and then inked the edges with Milled Lavender and

Dusty concord distress inks. I think i was a little 

heavy handed with the dusty concord it's a little dark,

I didn't want to start all over again so it had to do.

Papers are from Tulip paper pack.

Flowers Wild orchid crafts.

Ribbon from the Ribbon Girls.

I've nearly finished my first sock
 

It's not been to bad to do really

they look harder than what the are.

Cant wait to try it out though I'll only have one 

warm foot till i can make the other.

I've got orders already

Hubby wants a pair next. 

Look what's starting to flower.
 
I've picked my first Sweet Peas
out of the garden

They smell gorgeous can't wait for

more to start flowering so i can fill the house 

with it's fab scent.

 Thanks for dropping by today

take care 

Love U

Hi all hope all's well with you.

It's Papertake time again and this

week we have a colour theme.

Black, White and Red all over.

(with the exception of hair and skin).

This weeks sponsor is 

Whiff of Joy.

 

I have made another valentine card,

i give one to Beth every year so this is 

for her.

I have used this fabulous Teddy Bea image

i had actually printed it out a while ago with 

all the extra balloons to use this idea,

and have been waiting for the right time

to use it.

I have used promarkers to colour her in.

The sentiment is stamped with

 Tatty Teddy alphabet stamp set.

I have used a Marianne creatables die.

Ribbon and Gems from stash.

Please go and check out the wonderful 
work from my fellow Dt's and

i hope to see all your fabulous card over at

Papertake.

I am also going to enter my card into this times 

Teddy Bo and co challenge which is

Love is in the air.

Here is just a quick pic to show

how the daffs are doing.

As you can see they have

started to open, they are beautiful,

they make me smile every time i go into

the kitchen.

Lets hope they are the promise of

 warmer weather to come.

Thanks for stopping by today

Take care

Last Christmas card

Hi all well it's Papertake weekly

again and this time 

the challenge is 

Last Christmas card (of the year).

We are sponsored this week by the 

Fabulous Ribbon Girls

Andrea and Mary.

 I have used a fab

Teddy Bo image and coloured it with 

Promarkers.

The Papers are from Papermania's

Silent Night paper pack.

The Merry Christmas stamp is also from

Papermania.

Flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts.

Leaves are from a Martha Stewart punch.

Thanks for looking today

hope to see you over at Papertake 

take care

Papertake weekly Birthday blog hop

Hello and welcome hope you are well,

If you have arrived here from
Papertake weekly

then you are on the right path.

We have got some great things up for grabs

this week starting with me.

I have up for grabs two prizes.

The first is a fantastic 

Martha Stewart

Punch around the page set

Wow 

this has been donated by the fabulous

Sir stampalot

Isn't it fab.

The second prize was made by my

own fair hands

 

It's one of my crochet cupcake pincushion's

To be in with a chance of winning one of

these prizes make a card following this weeks

challenge then please leave a link to your card

not your blog in the linky thing below.

it would be nice if you could leave me a comment but

it's not necessary. 

Candy now closed

Here's my card for the challenge this week

which is an anything goes with the 

optional extra of using something

punched.

I have used one of the fab Teddy Bo 

images coloured with a mixture

of Polychromos pencils and promarkers.

The papers are from Doodlebug.

I have used a Go Kreate frilly #7  die.

The butterfly is from Sheena's paint fusion stamp set

and i have punched out a Martha Stewart

butterfly and stuck it to the top.

I have edged them both with 

gold twinkles embossing powder.
I also added Star dust and platinum stickles.

Right then the next blog on the 

list to visit is 

Jill

There are also lots more prizes to win
all you have to do is continue to hop.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Good luck and
happy hopping.

 

Candy Now Closed

Birthday Boy

Hi all hope you are all well,

We are all at sixes and sevens here

at the moment.

We are fitting new windows so everything

is a mess.

Fortunately my crafty corner is in the 

conservatory which is fine, so 

i can escape there for a bit.

It's Papertake weekly time again

and this week we have one of 

Dawny's fabulous sketches to follow

which is sponsored this week by 

Simon says stamp

So go and check it out 

It's my Nephews birthday coming up soon

so i decided to combine the two, 

i made him a card using the sketch.

 

I've used one of the fab images 

from Teddy Bo and co.

Isn't he Jolly.

I have coloured him in with promarkers.

I have noticed lately a lot of Kraft card

appearing on cards, and i have 

finally got some although it came

in the form of card blanks.  I bought

some in 6x6 so i could cut some of it up.

This time i have used it as a blank, doing that 

though meant i had to decorate the inside

which i never do, so this was new to me.

 

As you can see i kept it simple, i noticed 

on other blogs when they decorate the inside 

they put a faint image of the main image in the 

bottom corner, with this being digital

i just printed it off in draft and a bit smaller

which worked a treat.

The papers are from K&Co berry sweet set.

I tinted the green card i had with peeled paint

distress in as my card stock didn't pop out enough

against the papers.

I made the grass by using an icicle die from

Marianne Creatables that i just bought for my

Christmas cards, when i get round to making them.

I turned it upside down and used peeled paint 

distress ink to highlight

or is it lowlight as it's darker.lol.

The sentiment stamps are from LOTV.

I also used my Clarity Feather stamp to

go round the edges with peeled paint ink, to give

it a jungle feel.

Shusssh!

Just to let you know

Next week is very special for 

Papertake it's our Birthday 

4 years i believe so 

we are going to have a very special challenge,

and lots of chances to win some goodies.

So don't forget to look in and check it out.

Thanks for stopping by today

and hope to see you over at 

Papertake weekly.

Take care

Fairy tale Friday.

Hi all here is my card for

Teddy Bo's Fairy tale Friday

you should pop over and find out what antics 

the crew have been up to this week 

it's always a good laugh.

I have made a card using on of the new

Teddy Bea's i think she is due to 

be released on the 20th of this month.

I have used my copic markers

to colour her in for a change.

The papers are from Bearly Mine.

I have used a stamped sentiment from 

inkadinkado and stamped it onto a 

shape i cut with my slice machine.

Inked round the edge with Faded jeans distress ink

and added Star Dust glitter.

Thanks for looking and don't forget to check

out the Teddy Bo Challenge 

The theme this time is 

Say it with flowers.

Take care

Teddy Bo Tuesday

Good morning to you on this extremely wet and windy

day, it would be the day we have to get up early because 

the kiddies are back at school. Oh well

back to normality.

It's Teddy Bo Tuesday and today it is Team A's

turn to host the challenge, which is

Say it with flowers.

So why not pop over and have 

a go.

It's also image release day to at 

Teddy Bo and Co.

Go and check out the new look online store

it's fab.

Here are this weeks releases.

Aren't these great i really love the 

fairy doodler fairy she is gorgeous

and great to colour i had a play last night.

She will be making an appearance later in the week.

That's all for now but i will be back later with this weeks 

Papertake weekly challenge.

take care

 

Geisha Girl

Good morning all hope you are well,

thought i'd share with you this fabulous

image from Teddy Bo and Co although it's

not due out until the 13th September.

When i saw her i couldn't wait to colour her.

I'm going to enter her into this weeks
CES challenge.

They want you to use the colours

Pink/Aqua and brown.

I have used Polychromos pencils .

The papers are First Editions

Summer Breeze paper pad.

Flowers are from Wild orchid crafts.

Sentiment is from Cuddly Buddly.

Ribbon from stash.

Last weekend then the kiddies are back

i think Beth's ready for going back,

jack would stay on hols forever if he could.

Have a good weekend all

Take care