Thoughtful...

Hello, hope you're all well, half way through the week already :-) It's my little brother's birthday today, well he's actually not that little as he towers over me, lol x

This was a super quick make using a beautiful vintage Nicecrane image and a few embellies...

Supplies:
Image - from the Victorian Young Ladies CS II set from Nicecrane Designs
Papers - Mint Julep by Basic Grey
Seam binding - Crafty Ribbons
Butterfly glass charm - from a gorgeous friend x
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Pearl flourish - The Ribbon Girl
Pearls - stash
Other - ZIG Wink Of Stella glitter pen, Bazzill kraft cardstock, brown chalk inkpad

Vintage

Blimey, it's been a tiring week, I'm so glad it's finally the weekend! It's time for a sparkly new challenge at Allsorts and our theme is 'Vintage' chosen by the lovely Tracy. Our wonderful sponsors are Digi Darla Designs & FlonzCraft. So 2 chances to win :-)

   

     

Onto my DT card, I have used a beautiful stamp from our sponsor FlonzCraft and lots of flowers, including on the paper ;-) This has to be one of my all time fave Basic Grey papers, it's almost too lovely to cut, lol x

Supplies:

Image - Kindergarten Children Swinging

Papers - Mint Julep by Basic Grey

Seam Binding - Crafty Ribbons

Flowers - The Ribbon Girl

Pearls - stash

Other - Spellbinders circle & scallop circle dies, Quickutz corner die, brown chalk inkpad

Please do come and join us over at Allsorts this week for our challenge x

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Fussy & Fancy - Vintage
In The Pink - Die Cuts & Punches
Crafting For All Seasons - For The Girls
Crafting By Designs - Get Your Girl On
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes

Hope you have a lovely weekend and I hope you can join in with our challenge:-)

Another ele card...

I love the cute eles in the Edwin and Hetty set at Digistamp Boutique so couldn't resist colouring another one. My grey shades are Spectrum Noir pens, the first set I've ever owned, I got a full set of warm greys for £3 in Hobbycraft several weeks ago so it would have been rude not to buy them to give them a try ;-)

Supplies:
Image - from the Edwin and Hetty set from Digistamp Boutique coloured with Spectrum Noirs & Promarkers
Papers - Ambrosia by Bazzill
Ribbon - Crafty Ribbons
Pearls & buttons - stash
Other - Spellbinders circle & scallop circle dies, brown chalk ink pad, kraft cardstock

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Digistamp Boutique - January Competition
Creative Moments - Anything Goes/ Buttons & Pearls
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Add a Bow and Use a Die
Spectrum Noir challenge - Animals

Anyone remember Holly Hobbie...?

Morning peeps, so, does anyone remember Holly Hobbie? I had a rag type doll and she was very special to me for a number of years :-) This was a quick to make card using a pre-coloured image...

Supplies:
Image - from the Vintage Cute Kids CS IV set from Nicecrane
Paper - Mint Julep by Basic Grey
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Ribbon, flowers, buttons & pearls - stash
Other - kraft cardstock, brown chalk inkpad

Hope you have a lovely day x

Buttons & Bows

My dentist appointment on Wednesday was actually ok, I opted for no anesthetic so I could get out quicker and be able to speak normally afterwards ;-) My dentist has told me I need a wisdom tooth removed so I have that 'pleasure' to look forward to later in the year - eeekkk!

Anyway enough of my dentist waffle, it's time for a sparkly new challenge at Allsorts and our theme is 'Buttons & Bows' chosen by yours truly. Our wonderful sponsors are Crimson Cloud & Cuddly Buddly. So 2 chances to win :-)

   

       

  

Onto my DT card, I've gone all girly and pink - a big showy bow and several buttons and a super-cute image. I love using buttons on cards and tend to use mis-matched ones like on this card...

Supplies:

Image - from the Edwin & Hetty set from Digistamp Boutique coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Paper - Ambrosia by Bazzill Basics

Sentiment - from the Garden Vignettes Ticket Sentiments set from Cuddly Buddly

Ribbons, buttons & pearls - stash

Other - Spellbinders circle & scallop circle dies, La La Land Hearts Banner die, brown chalk inkpad, kraft cardstock

Please do come and join us over at Allsorts this week for our challenge x

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Divas By Design - Use Ribbons

In The Pink - Anything Goes

MAWTT - Girly Cards

Aud Sentiments - Any Sentiment
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Hope you have a lovely weekend and I hope you can join in with our challenge:-)

Demon Dentist!

Good morning, I am at work today as usual and then off to the dentist for a filling for a tooth that's broken :-( :-( :-( I am terrified of the dentist, ever since I had a horrific root canal when I was 22. Please send me some positive vibes x

This is another super quick card made with a Nicecrane pre-coloured image. I have had the purple ric-rac ribbon in my stash for years, so happy to finally use it ;-)

Supplies:
Image - from the Pre Coloured Tiny Tots ABC from Nicecrane
Paper - from a Back to Basics Dovecraft pad, can't remember the name, sorry
Ribbon, lace & pearls - stash
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Other - Spellbinders Floral Oval die, Spellbinders oval die, ZIG Wink Of Stella glitter pen, kraft cardstock, brown chalk inkpad

Ribbons, ribbons, ribbons...

It's time for a sparkly new challenge at Allsorts and our theme is 'Use Ribbons (no bows)' chosen by the lovely Wendy. Wendy would like to see you use ribbons in a different way, no bows allowed ;-). Our wonderful sponsors are Crafty Ribbons & Scrapper's Delight. So 2 chances to win :-)

   

   

Onto my DT make, I have made a bright sunny card using a fab Scrapper's Delight image called Flower Basket. I used a wide strip of ribbon across the card and 3 pieces of thinner ribbon stapled to an offcut of kraft card to make a tag for the sentiment. So I've used 3 different ribbon...

Supplies:

Image - Flower Basket coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Papers - from a lovely friend x

Ribbons & pearls - stash

Sentiment - a freebie from Whimsy Stamps with an order

Other - Cherry Lynn flourish die, brown chalk inkpad, kraft cardstock

Please do come and join us over at Allsorts this week for our challenge x

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Crafty Little Fairies - Kraft
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls - Anything Goes

Hope you have a lovely weekend and I hope you can join in with our challenge:-)

Back to the grind...

All good things come to an end I guess and that's what happened yesterday to my lovely time off work. Back to it now and the boys also went back to school yesterday. 6 weeks of school then the 3 of us have another week off :-)

I got to a real stumbling block with my crafting recently to the point of I thought of stopping it altogether :-( Over the holiday I've managed to get my mojo back a bit and done some online craft shopping ;-) I had a bit of a shop at Nicecrane for some lovely vintage pre-coloured images, this is one of them. I added some sparkle to the wings and wands with a fab ZIG Wink of Stella glitter pen, a pressie from a gorgeous friend x

Supplies:
Image - from the Pre Coloured Tiny Tots ABC from Nicecrane
Paper - Mint Julep by Basic Grey
Green heart - from a lovely friend x
Ribbon, pearls & buttons - stash
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Other - Spellbinders Floral Oval die, Spellbinders oval die, ZIG Wink Of Stella glitter pen, kraft cardstock, brown chalk inkpad

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Brown Sugar - Use Ribbon or Twine 
Totally Gorjuss - Ribbon
CRAFT - Anything Goes 
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

We are Free and Easy at Allsorts this week...

Good morning, happy new year! I've had a fabulous couple of weeks spending quality time with family and friends. It's back to work for me on Monday, roll on the February week off :-) It's my youngest's birthday on Tuesday, can't believe he will be 7! We are off to the Roald Dahl Children's Centre in Aylesbury later today for Thomas' birthday treat. He doesn't know where we're going yet, hope he likes the surprise ;-) He is having a party next Saturday at the local Si5 Spy Missions centre.

It's time for a sparkly new challenge at Allsorts and our theme is 'Free and Easy' chosen by the lovely Tracy. So a nice easy one to get you crafting, lol. Our wonderful sponsors are Nicecrane Designs and Digistamp Boutique. So 2 chances to win :-)

   

   

 

Onto my DT make, I have made a vintagey (is that a real word?) birthday card using a beautiful image from Nicecrane Designs. I have picked out the pale pink of the flowers in her hair and added lots of flowers and some pretty seam binding in a double bow. I think pre-coloured images may be the way forward for me craft-wise, think using them more will mean I can make more cards. I do love my pens but I am finding it difficult to find the time to colour :-(

 

Supplies:

Image - from the Sweet Birthdays set from Nicecrane Designs

Papers - Mint Julep by Basic Grey

Flowers - The Ribbon Girl & stash

Buttons, doily & pearls - stash

Seam Binding - Crafty Ribbons

Other - Spellbinders Floral Oval die, Spellbinders oval die, Quickutz corner die, brown chalk inkpad, kraft cardstock

Please do come and join us over at Allsorts this week for our challenge x

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - Something New (image)
Charisma Cardz - Birthdays
CRAFT - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Hope you have a lovely weekend and I hope you can join in with our challenge:-)