Mice are nice...

My lovely Allsorts teamie Tracy Mouse blogged a card with this image and when I saw it I had to go and buy the image. He was only £3.50 and I spotted another couple of cuties so had to bag those too ;-) I usually pick one colour for my embellies but here I chose 2 to tie in with the brolly and handle colours.

Supplies:
Image - Mouse & Brolly coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers
Paper - MME, can't remember what pad sorry x
Lace - from a lovely friend
Ribbon, umbrella charm, buttons & pearls - stash
Other - CC Designs umbrella die, Spellbinders circle & scallop circle dies, brown chalk inkpad

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes With Pearls

I ♥ Promarkers - Use Die Cuts

The Squirrel and the Fox - Something Spooled (twine. ribbon & lace)

Birthday Cuteness

Back to work for me today :-( Have had such a great week off, just didn't want it to end. Boys are back to school today too.

This card is VERY pink using another gorgeous vintage image from Nicecrane, such a quick make;-)

Supplies:
Image - from the Sweet Birthday Cards set from Nicecrane Designs
Paper - can't remember, sorry
Flowers - The Ribbon Girl & stash
Seam binding - Crafty Ribbons
Pearls & button - stash
Other - kraft card, brown inkpad

Ladies Day

Good morning. We've got a busy day ahead. Jack has a tennis lesson this morning, Thomas is going to a party a bit later and then the four of us are off to watch England U20's play against Ireland this evening. I love watching a good game of rugby :-) Only today and tomorrow then I'm back at work. Have thoroughly enjoyed my week off. I really think I could be a lady of leisure full time... ;-)

It's time for a lovely new challenge at Allsorts and our theme is 'Ladies Day' chosen by the lovely Brenda. Our wonderful sponsors are FlonzCraft and Crimson Cloud. So 2 chances to win :-)

      

Onto my DT card, I have used an elegant image by our sponsor FlonzCraft called Drinking Tea. This was an easy card to make as no colouring was required (as you know I am liking easy makes more and more these days!). I really like this silhouette image and I love going out for tea (mainly for the cakes!). I have gone for delicate colours and touches of kraft...

 

Supplies:

Image - Drinking Tea by FlonzCraft

Paper, flower & sentiment - Tea Dance by Craftwork Cards

Teapot charm - The Hobby House

Seam binding - Crafty Ribbons

Resin flower, doily & button - stash

Other - Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish die, Spellbinders circle & scallop circle dies, 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 Sentiments - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Girly Girl

Oldie But A Goodie - Buttons (my button is old!)
Cute Card Thursday - Buttons & Bows
Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes

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

Vintage Charm...

I am still very much liking not being at work this week and being home with my boys :-) They are off to play basketball this afternoon so I have 3 hours all to myself. Oh, what to do...

We had a fab time at the Tower of London. My youngest loved the Crown Jewels and son number 1 loved the armour. Here's a little pic of the two of them having a break with hot chocolate and popcorn whilst sitting on a cannon ;-)

I made this card several weeks ago and didn't get round to blogging it. I love the old-fashioned look of it...

Supplies:
Image - from the Vintage Birthday Greetings Cards set from Nicecrane Designs
Papers - Mint Julep by Basic Grey
Flowers - The Ribbon Girl and stash
Buttons, pearls & lace - stash
Other - kraft card, brown inkpad

Love To Craft

Hello everyone, I am off work this week (yippee!) and we're on our way to London today to visit the Tower of London. Ever since reading Gangsta Granny my youngest has wanted to go and see the Crown Jewels. I also think he thinks we may bump into the Queen ;-) He was poorly last week but is aok now, just a bit of a lingering cough left.

I found a new digi stamp company recently, well not new but new to me, All Dressed Up. I had to buy this girly, oh to have long lean legs like her, lol...

Supplies:
Image - Love To Craft coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers
Paper - Amelia by Craftwork Cards
Doily - Docrafts
Flowers & ribbon - The Ribbon Girl
Buttons - stash
Other - Spellbinders Floral Oval die, Spellbinders oval die, brown chalk inkpad, kraft cardstock

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Crafty Calendar - Love Is All Around

Totally Papercrafts - Love

Feeling Crafty - Dies and/or Punches

Natalie & Amy - Love Is All Around (heart paper & on image)

ABC Challenges - F is for Flowers

That's it from me for today, hope to be able to catch up with blogs while I'm off this week x

Use brads...

It's time for a new challenge at Allsorts and our theme is 'Use Brads' chosen by the lovely Helene. Our wonderful sponsors are Digi Darla Designs and Craft Fairy. So 2 chances to win :-)

     

Onto my DT card, I have used a summery image from our sponsor Digi Darla Designs called Picking Grace. Now brads are not something I usually use on my cards but I quite like the addition of these gemstone ones on this card, a bit different to adding pearls which is what I would usually do.

 

Supplies:

Image - Picking Grace from Digi Darla Designs

Paper - RSVP by Basic Grey

Buttons, ribbon, brads - stash

Other - Spellbinders Floral Oval die, Spellbinders oval die, ZIG Wink Of Stella glitter pen, 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:
Brown Sugar - Use A Die Cut or Punch
Simon Says Stamp - Get Krafty
Charisma Cardz - Inspired by a Movie (Field of Dreams)

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

Birthday Wishes for Super Dad!

It's my other-half's birthday today. It's been a normal working day for both of us but we are going to have a special family tea followed by a rather fab cake (courtesy of Waitrose).

This is the card I made for Rich for the boys to give him. He is a bit of a superhero nut - Superman, Spiderman, Batman, Captain America...so many I can't keep up!

 This pic shows the tag that's hiding behind the image, it comes with the image...

Supplies:
Image & sentiment on tag - Super Dad Alf from Digistamp Boutique coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers
Papers - pressie from a lovely friend x
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Ribbon - from a lovely friend x
Buttons - stash
Other - Spellbinders Perfectly Pierced Classic Hourglass die (the tag), Spellbinders circle dies, brown chalk inkpad, kraft card

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Digistamp Boutique - February challenge

 Cards Und More -Men Only Cards

The Crafty Bloggers Network - All About Boys

Crafty Cardmakers & More - This Is A Man's World

Only one more day at work for me then it's a week off, I can't wait :-)

Use a Colour/Colours beginning with B...

It's time for a sparkly new challenge at Allsorts and our theme is 'Use a Colour/s Beginning with the letter B' chosen by the lovely Jo. Our wonderful sponsors are A Passion For Stamps and PPR Papercrafts. So 2 chances to win :-)

       

Onto my DT make, I chose blue and brown as my 'B colours' and decided to make a card and matching corner bookmark. I've been meaning to make one of these bookmarks for ages. I used the tutorial here. My image is from our sponsor A Passion for Stamps and is called Butterfly On Flower and is a bargain at £1.20 :-)

 

 

Supplies:

Image - Butterfly on Flower from A Passion For Stamps coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Papers - Sweet Shoppe by Lily Bee Design

Picot ribbon - Crafty Ribbons

Buttons & resin flower - stash

Other - Memory Box Precious Daisy die, Spellbinders Floral Oval die, Spellbinders oval & scallop oval dies, Bazzill kraft cardstock, 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:

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Divas By Design - Die Cuts

Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

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

Quick Birthday Greetings...

Morning all, here's a super quick make using a cute image from Nicecrane. Think this is perfect for a spring brithday with the yellow shades...

Supplies:
Image - from the Sweet Birthday Cards set by Nicecrane Designs
Papers - Mint Julep by Basic Grey (I just adore this pad)
Lace, buttons & pearls - stash
Other - brown chalk inkpad, kraft cardstock

Hope you have a great day x

Love Is In The Air

It's time for a sparkly new challenge at Allsorts and our theme is 'Love Is In The Air' chosen by the lovely Tracy. Our wonderful sponsors are Digistamp Boutique and Nicecrane Designs. So 2 chances to win :-)

      

      

Onto my DT card, I have used a super cute bear image from Digistamp Boutique. He comes in a set with two other images and sentiments. As soon as I saw him I knew I wanted to use him for my OH's Valentines card. Hope he likes it x

 A picture of the card with the tag that's hidden behind the image...

Supplies:

Image & sentiment - from the Cute Ted Valentine set coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Papers - can't remember but it's very cute ;-)

Red ribbon - The Ribbon Girl

Buttons - stash

Other - Spellbinders Perfectly Pierced Classic Hourglass die (the tag), Spellbinders rectangle die, Quickutz star die, Bazzill kraft cardstock, 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:
I ♥ Promarkers - Love Is In The Air
Passion for Promarkers - Anything Goes
CRAFT - Love/Valentines
 Cute Card Thursday - Something New (image & sentiment, tag die)
Aud Sentiments - Sharing The Love
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

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