Meet Amelia

Morning Peeps,

Hope you've all had a good weekend.  I apologise for being a silent blogger this last week, but following the news of my Daughter's best friend committing suicide last Monday, crafting and blogging have been the last things on my mind and fortunately for me most of the cards I have ready had been prepared before this news arrived in, unusual for me I know.

Following my sort out I have finally got round to listing some exclusive dies onto Ebay and I will be adding stamps and bits and pieces through the week, so keep checking back.


My card today for the Simply Sassy DT Inspiration Blog is "Amelia".  I've gone for the distressed and clock/time theme.  I see her on her travels and enjoying the journey.

I'm not at all happy with the pictures I took, the sun was shining brightly, and I know I shouldn't complain about that.  I will probably retake when I get in tonight.

Ingredients:-

Amelia available from Funky Kits HERE

Map/postcard is by Tim Holtz

Lasercut Chipboard Embellishments from Make It Crafty HERE

Acrylic paint, Tape Measure Ribbon, 

Tim Holtz Stamps stamped using stazon onto accetate

Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Tim Holtz Cracklepaint

Whimsey Stamp Sentiment

I am entering my card into the following challenges:-

Card Cupids - More than 3 layers
Dream Valley - Stamp Something
One Stop Craft - Texture
Delicious Doodles - Texture
Paper Creations Ink - Ribbon/Lace


Don't forget to check my  Ebay out for some exclusvie dies that I had made.  Click on the link on the top left handside of my blog. 

Life's a Beach

Morning Peeps,

Today at Make It Colourful we are challenging you to "Cast a shadow".  Remember it's a colouring challenge and the feedback we receive from entrants is fabulous as everyone is learning new colouring skills and techniques, so hop on over and join us.

I am in love with this release of images as they are all fabulous, wouldn't you agree?  I have created the scene using Priate Ship, Hammock and Miss Charlotte.

I have also used those fabulous lasercut chipboard diecuts, and as you know I do love those also.  These are also available from Make It Crafty HERE.

Materials Used:-

Medium - Copics 

Pirate Ship, Hammock and Miss Charlotte all available from Make It Crafty HERE 

Lasercut Chipboard Diecuts HERE 

Pion Papers stitched with a sewing machine distressed with Gesso

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

Muslin cloth

Sentiment from Whiff of Joy

Star dust stickles 

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Aifactory - Distressing 

Meljens - Coastal Fun 

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything goes with your favourite whatever (mine is distressing and flowers and of course colouring)

Stamp Insanity - Anything Goes 

Copic Creations - Copic distressed vintage card 

Creatalicious - Flourishes 

Dessert island - choose 3 from a list (I used chipboard, glitter, 3 images) 

Creative Craft World - 3 or more flowers 

Truly Scrumptious - Summer Sparkle 

Partytime Tuesday - Anything Goes 

Boho Chic Handbag

Morning Peeps,

It's Monday again, and thankfully for us in the UK it's a bank holiday, yayyyyyyy.  It's my turn to design for the Simply Sassy Blog and I have used a tutorial I found on the Whiff of Joy site to create a handbag using my Go Kreate Dies, although I have used a different die to the one on the tutorial, the principal is the same.  I have used this classy little lady, Boho Chic available from Funky Kits.

I have coloured Boho Chic using copic markers.

I made the large flower using Tim Holtz die and Mulsin Cloth, inked with peeled paint and scrunched a bit.  Brad through the middle and Voila!

Ingredients:-

Image Boho Chic available from Funky Kits HERE

Sentiment is a Whimsey Tickert Stamp

Go Kreate Dies

Pion Papers

Peeled Paint Distress ink

Nesties for the handle

Muslin cloth, Brad, pearls, buton, twine from stash

Marianne Design Die for flourish

Martha Stewart Punch for the leaves

Small roses from wild orchid crafts

Sewing machine

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

Dream Valley - Stamp Something
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Little Claires - Shaped Cards
Sugar Creek - Shaped Cards
Totally Gorjuss - String/Twine
Pals paperarts - Brads
Crafting for all seasons - Anything Goes
House that stamps built - Stitching
Paper Pretties - Birthday
Truly Scruptious - Anything Goes 

Purple and Yellow at Make It Colourful

Morning Peeps,

The first day of a long weekend and gosh do I need it, I am whacked!

Today at Make It Colourful the challenge is to colour using purple and yellow. As you'll know from a previous post yellow and me just don't get on, but a challenge is a challenge and  I'm sure you'll all want to experiment too as we are being sponsored by Diane from Maganolialicious.  Here's what I created:-

The papers are Pion sent to me by the lovely Maria for my birthday this week, thank you hun, I told you they'd make it to a card quick, lol.

The conrer flourish and the butterfly are lasercut chipboard pieces available from Make It Crafty and are my ultimate favourite embellishment at the moment.

 

I have used Across the Bridge Digi Stamp from Make It Crafty and paired with Tilda with Flower Pot available from Magnolialicious.  I can right now that Diane only has the mini version available but I'm sure if you email her she will be more than willing to help. 

I have used  

Ingredients:-

Across the Bridge Digi Stamp available HERE

Tilda with Flower Pot available HERE

Lasercut Chipboard Flourish and Butter available HERE 

Papers are Pion

Cardstock is Bazill

Flowers from Wild Orchid Craft

Lace, Pearls, Perfect Pearls, Yellow and Lilac Acrylic Paint from Stash

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Paperplay - Blossoms and Blooms

Sassy Studio - Pearls, Lace and Elegance

ABC - V is for Violet

AnitaB Stampin - Pearls and Lace

Incy Wincy - Lavender and Lace
Magnolialicious - Photo Inspiratiion

Sneek Peek Fairy at Sunset at Crafts and Me

Morning Peeps,

Thank you for all your birthday wishes yesterday, I had a lovely day, with flowers, chocolates, perfume and pennies, lunch out with the boss and dinner with the family.  I had some lovely handmade cards, thank you to my crafting buddies, so all in all a lovely day.

Today's card is a sneek peak of soon to be released Fairy at Sunset by Jasmine Beckett-Griffiths at Crafts and Me and the challenge over at the Crafts and Me Challenge Blog is Gems and Pearls, which I'm sure you all have in your stash and we would love to see what you create.

My photography really doesn't show up just how beautifiul this fairy is, so your just going to have to take my word for it.  I have tried to keep it simple to show off the image, and you guys know C&S isn't my best work, but hopefuly the image will shine through for all its beauty.

Isn't she a beauty?

I wanted to show you the sparkle, it's not a brilliant picture but I think you can get the drift.

Ingredients:-

Image Fairy at Sunset soon to be available from Crafts and Me

Dienamics Faux Crotchet Die available HERE from Crafts and Me

Lasercut Chipboard Flourishes and minim butterfly availalble from Make It Crafty

Doily from Bizzy Becs

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

Kraft Cardstock 

Gems and Pearls from stash

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenge:-

Creative Craft World - 3 or more flowers
Divas by Design - For the girls
Flutterby Wednesday - Clean and Simple (and for me this card is)
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
A spoonful of sugar - Things with wings
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Pale pretty pastels
The kraft journal - (clean and simple and use kraft- my card is C&S for me)
ECP - Pastels
Little Claires - Sparkle
Worldplay - Wings
Tellen's Place - Anything Goes

Have a good day.

Diecuts and Lace and Bearly Mine

Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday Dear Me, Happy Birthday to me,

Lol, yes if you haven't guessed already today is my birthday and hopefully it will be a good one.  I've scheduled this post so I haven't opened those lovely handmade cards yet but when I do I'll be round to thank you personally.

Right, onto today's card which is my DT card for Bearly Mine using "Natalie" a fabulously gorgeous digi available from our sponsor today, and one of other Design Teams, Crafts and Me. 

I have used Bearly Mine's Vintage papers, one of my favourite papers, link below.

Isn't she gorgeous. Coloured with copics and I added pearls to her flowers and dropped pearl earrings.

I stampted the sentiment onto the Muslin cloth and really liked the results.

I have used the Magnolia Die for the flower leaves.

Ingredients:-

Vintage Papers by Bearly Mine Designs

Image "Natalie" by Crafts and Me

Each panel was stitched using my machine

Gesso, everywhere, lol

Flowers from wild orchid crafts

Stardust stickles and pearls from stash

Sentiment is from Lili of the Valley

Muslin cloth

So I'm sure you all have die cuts and lace in your stash, so hope to see you over at the Bearly Mine Challenge HERE.

AnitaBStampin - Lace and Pearls

Anything Goes - Bingo

Digital Tuesday - Add texture

My time to craft - Diecuts

Papertake weekly - Pastels

BunnyZoe - Lace

House of Gilli - Flowers

Kaboodle Doodle - Distress

Stamps n Fun = Creativity - Flower Power

Stampsrus - Use something digi (image and papers)

Emerald Fairies - Anything Goes

I did it Creations - Anything Goes

2 Sisters - Use a digi

ECP - Pastels

Fairy Knoll - Flowers

Charisma - Birthdays in pink

Little Claires - Sparkle

Craft us crazy - Something new (image) Favourtie Embellishment (Flowers)

Pixie Dust - Vintage

Creative Card Crew - Cute and Girly

Paper Pretties - Flowers

Southern Girls - Lace and Pearls

Lady Guinevere

Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone had a great weekend, can't say I did, but hopefully all will be resolved soon.

For today's post for the Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy DT Blog I am using Guinevere and I have, wait for it....... coloured her all using my prisma pencils.  I have gone for the distressed theme and used loads of white paint.  I'm going to let the pictures speak for themselves:-

Ingredients:-

Image is Guinevere available from Funky Kits HERE

Postcard stamp - unknown

Papers by Websters

Lasercut Chipboard Butterfly Flourish available from Make It Crafty HERE

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafats

Butterfly is Tim Holtz

Martha Stewart Frond Punch

Nesties Oval

Victorian Velvet Distress Ink

White Acrylic Paint

Pearls, Lace, cardboard and Muslin cloth from Stash

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

House of Gilli - Flowers
Kaboodle Doodle - Distress
Stamps n Fun = Creativity - Flower Power
Emerald Fairies - Anything Goes
I did it Creations - Anything Goes
Challenge up your life - Recycling
ECP - Pastels
Fairy Knoll - Flowers
Charisma - Birthdays in pink
Craft us crazy - Something new (image) Favourtie Embellishment (Flowers)
Pixie Dust - Vintage
Creative Card Crew - Cute and Girly
Paper Pretties - Flowers