Christmas in July

Morning Peeps,

Hope you all had a fab weekend.  I had to go shopping to Tesco on a Saturday afternoon, all I can say is never again!  I hate shopping at the best of times. Yesterday me and OH went out on our bikes, a gentle 6 mile ride..... NOT.  Hubby's idea of short cuts again, up steep hills, sharp left and up a vertical rock hard mud  hill, so much so I nearly fell off me bike, well actually nearly a couple of times.  We were going up a one way street so had to go on the path and got stuck behind two people so I came to an abrupt stop and as I can't quite touch the ground with my feet I nearly fell into the road, lol.  Anyways, 355 calories burnt off so it had its plus points.

Anyways, are you guys having problems with Blogger, I can't leave comments, sometimes my page is all over the place.  I usually swtich browser but it seems to be a problem on both that I use. Grrrrrr.

Today's card is for the Simply Sassy Inspiration Blog and I have used All Wrapped Up available HERE.

 

Ingredients:-

Image by Sugar Nellie "All Wrapped Up" available from Funky Kits HERE 

Medium - Copics 

Snowflakes and corners are lasercut chipboard pieces available from Make It Crafty and Quixotic Paperie

Martha Stewart Branch Punch

Puff Paint heated to create snow

Magnolia Doohickey Die

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

Allsorts - Free & Easy

Catch the bug - Anything Goes 

Ellephantastic - Celebrations 

Our Creative Corner - 4th of July or christmas in july 

The Artistic Stamper - Hot colours 

Bling it on - Anything Goes 

Card & Scrap - Punches/Dies (Christmas Tree is made using Branch punch) 

Cupcake craftroom - Polka dots (Top and bow) 

The Stampsmith - Christmas 

Winter Wonderland - Pick 3: patterned paper, 1 charm, ribbon, snowflakes, buttons, gemstones, brads. 

For Fun - Christmas 

Just Because

Hiya Peeps,

A quick post from me.  My mojo has been missing and I'm struggling and with around 14 cards to get done in July it's really not the right time to go walkabouts, grrrrrrrrrr.

I have today got for you one of the new Hannah Lynn Stamps called Sweet Selina available HERE at Crafts and Me.  Wow, isn't she gorgeous, but then again aren't all Hannah Lynn Stamps just beautiful?

 

Now it's that time of the year where the Rubbah DT are making cards for the forthcoming show so limited embellishments are called for....... well you know I struggle with that so this is kinda minimal for me, but Teresa knows that I try, lol. 

 

Here's a close up of this beauty.

Ingredients:-

Image "Sweet Selina" from Crafts and Me HERE 

Papers from Websters

Magnolia Doohickey Swirl

Martha Stewart Butterfly punch

Sentiment is Whimsey Stamps

Quickutz Corner Die

lace, pearls, Doily from stash

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

Shellys Images - Recycle (corrugated cardboard/doily)

Divas by design - diecuts

Flutterby Wednesday - Open

Crazy Challenge - Beautiful women

Critter - (2 different colours of card, 1 prima or paper flower, 1 image, 1 sentiment)

Make It Monday with Kraft - Something old (quickutz die) something new (image)

That's it from me. Have a good weekend.

Sassy Gift Tin

Hiya Peeps,

My Mojo is missing lately so I thought I'd show you something really simple.  We had a tin of travel sweets in our office and when the last one was taken it was time for me to confiscate the tin.  Everyone in my department knows there's a use for boxes, tins, bags etc, lol.

All I've done is covered it with paper.  I did think about painting the tin first but thought it may be difficult to fit the lid on afterwards, plus I liked the metal showing.  So here is my simple gift tin using "Christmas Kisses" available from Funky Kits.

Oh and by the way, I have received the next release, wow weeeeeee, that's all I'm saying.......

 

Ingredients:-

Image by Simply Sassy Sugar Nellie "Christmas Kisses" available from Funky Kits

Papers "Father Christmas" by Pink Paislee

Medium - Copics

Poinsetta - Making Memories

Marianne Design Flourishes

Roses from stash

I have entered my tin into the following challenges:-

Challenge up your life - Circles 

CES - Anything but square 

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - Anything Goes 

Just some lines - Spots and Dots 

Crafty Anns - Christmas in June 

Dutch Dare - Clean and simple

Moving along with the times - Clean and simple

Creative Craft World - christmas in June 

Ladybug - Use red somewhere on your project 

Have a good week.

Butterfly Tilda

Hiya Peeps,

I know two posts in one day, but I wouldn't want you to miss out on all the fun and all the prizes so please scroll down for my first post. With my mojo missing lately I finally decided to visit my craftroom and I have just finished Butterfly Tilda.  Oh I love my maggies, lol.

 

Ingredients:-

Buttefly Tilda by Magnolia

Sentiment by Lili of the Valley

Gorgeous papers by Pion

Stitched using my sewing machine

Corner flourishes and butterfly tail lasercut chipboad pieces from Make It Crafty HERE & Quixotic Paperie HERE

Pearls and Acrylic Paint from Stash

Martha Stewart Frond Punch

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

TOMC - Summer

Just Magnolia - Butterflies

Simon Says Stamp - Fabulous Sketch

Magnolialicious - Pink 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend. 

 

Make It Crafty Special Celebrations!

 Morning Peeps,

We have something special going on for you today.   Make it Crafty is turning ONE!! 

Woohooo – The celebrations have begun at Make it Crafty!!!

We are excited today to be sharing this celebration with Quixotic Paperie, who were the very first company to take on the Make it Crafty line of stamps, laser cut embellishments and now the Make it Colour blending card.

Quixotic Paperie are celebrating too! It has been their two year anniversary celebrations for the month of June!

To celebrate we thought, rather than a blog hop we would set a CHALLENGE using Make it Crafty products!!

To get inspired, hop on over to the Make it Colourful challenge blog where you will see the amazing creations our fabulous DT’s have created for this event! PLUS find out all the details on how you can play along! You have until 30th July to enter, so plenty of time to get more than one entry in, hehehe.

For my project and of course being the MIC Embellishment Queen I have created a project based on the  "No image and Lasercut Chipboard pieces only" category showing off all those gorgeous Lasercut Chipboard Embellishments that you all know I love and praise to the hilt. Warning, lots of photos to follow..........

All of my lasercut chipboard pieces have been painted using Making Memories Acrylic paint using different colours.

The papers are gorgeous Pion papers, my new favourite.  I did the fancy stitching using my sewing machine.

I have used the following lasercut chipboard embellishments:-

Butterfly leaves
Flower leaf swirls
Fancy Ribbon Sliders
Flower leaf Frames
Butterfly Swirls

OF COURSE THERE ARE PRIZES!!

There are FIVE challenge categories and there will be FIVE GRAND WINNERS!

PLUS, PLUS, PLUS

There will be random winners throughout the whole month. The numbers have been pre-selected and as soon as an entry is added that matches that number they WIN! Winners will be announced soon after entry on the sidebar of Make it Colourful.

PLUS there’s MORE!!

Quixotic Paperie have a little something for you too!! Make sure you pop on over to HERE to enter your name for a chance at MORE Make it Crafty Goodies!!

PLUS THERE’S MORE!!!

Zoe, the owner of Make it Crafty has a super duper HUGE Candy give away – choc-a-block FULL of Make it Crafty goodies!! AND I have heard a whisper that she is planning on having random giveaways on her blog throughout the month of July! All you need to do is leave her some love as she’ll randomly be choosing people who have commented on her posts throughout the last year!!

PLUS THERE’S EVEN MORE!!!

You’ll also receive a set of steak knives when you... hahaa ONLY Joking BUT... for THREE DAYS ONLY you’ll be able to get 40% off Make it Crafty Digi Stamps when you enter the coupon code: CELEBRATE (Ends 28th June).


So I do hope you will celebrate with us this month and get into the Make it Crafty spirit of FUN!!

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

Simply Create - Things with wings
Poodles Parlour - Come fly with me
Stampin for the weekend - Favourites Things (embellishments)
Crafty Purple Frog - Pearls and Swirls
Divas by design - Anything but a card
Ruby's Rainbow - Flowers
Stampavie & More - Butterflies
Deep Ocean challenge - Flowers
Everybody Art - Anything Goes
Michelle Perkett - Wings

Wedding Carriage

Morning Peeps,

How are we all. Today's card covers both my DT for Bearly Mine Designs with the theme of "Summer" and Crafts and Me with "Stitching".  This is a first for me and sadly also the last DT card for Bearly Mine as I have decided to step down.  Obviously though, I will be continuing to use the gorgeous papers so it won't be the last time you'll hear me singing their praises.

Right, onto my card. I have used the Whiff of Joy "Wedding Carriage" available from Crafts and Me HERE. The papers of course are Bearly Mine Designs available HERE.

I finally remembered I had flowersoft, lol, and put it to good use on the carriage. I also added some of my favourite embellishments of flowers and lasercut chipboard pieces painted with white acrylic paint available from Make It Crafty.

Ingredients:-

WOJ Wedding Carriage available from Crafts and Me HERE

Papers by Bearly Mine HERE

Lasercut Chipboard Embellishments from Make It Crafty and Quixoitc paperie 

Medium - copics 

Flowersoft

Sentiment by Lili of the Valley

Flowers from wild orchid crafts

Acrylic paint

Dienamics Butterfly die from Crafts and Me HERE

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Sitched using a sewing machine

Martha Stewart Frond Punch

Lace and Pearls from stash 

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

Card Cupids - Summer 

The Crafty Pad - New (New life together) 

 Creative Inspirations - Stitching

Sentimental Sundays - Summer

Sketchy Colours - Cream/Mint/Olive 

Totally Gorjuss - Pearls and Swirls 

 Fairy Fun - Wedding

Sew Many Cards - Punch It 

Simply Create - Wings 

Totally Papercrafts - Diecuts and Punches 

CRAFT - Stitching 

Digi Doodle - Stitching 

Rubber Cafe - Summer 

Bling it on - Embossing 

Alotarubber stamps - Summertime 

Retail Therapy

Morning Peeps,

Hope you all had a good weekend.  Mine seemed to consist of housework, shopping for a Prom suit for my son, lunch yesterday for Father's Day and an evening trying to list cards and crafting items for sale on Ebay, a tedious job but I have so many gathering dust it was a necessity.  Sooooo, no crafting! Yikes it's a crime I know.

I do have another Sassy card to show you and I know for many of you this was a favourite.  If you haven't already done the hop, you have until tonight so hop on over to the Simply Sassy blog, after you've viewed my card of course, lol.

I fancied trying my hand on the kraft with prisma pencils again, I really do like to flit in and out of different styles, and as Paula commented once, you never know what your going to get from me.  Lol, exactly!

Ingredients:-

Image "Retail Therapy" available from Funky Kits HERE

Papers by Websters (love these)

Lasercut Chipboard available from Make It Crafty and Quixotic Paperie here in the UK, yay

Martha Stewart Frond Punch

Sentiment from LOTV

Acrylic Paint and Lace from stash

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

Kreative Stamp Friends - Birthday
Hooked on Crafts - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Charisma - Pink/Green
Delightful Challenges - Anything Goes

Have a good week all and thanks for any comments you may leave, I really do appreciate it.