Sweet magnolia!

Good morning everyone!....we have a beautiful sunny morning and  its the 1st of June! gosh we are already half way into 2011! ... i have been enjoying weekends away at the east coast in our little caravan and we also recently went to Torquay in Paignton an absolutely beautiful place! ...when the recent sweet rainbow collection was released at the end of May, i just had to use this fabulous Tilda scarecrow stamp first!... it took me back to the gorgeous country fields down there in Devon where we saw some fab scarecrows in the farmers fields, i do have a weak spot for scarecrows :-) ....i have made some other super cards for family and friends birthdays through June and i will post them during the month ....enjoy your day today whatever you are up too.....back soon Bloggers !...X

Just for You ...Tatty

same shape as previous card!, two different images ....Luv em both ....:-) ...back soon bloggers....X

....teddy or mices ?

I couldn't choose between the two....lol!

Keeping it simple!

.... Well i said i would be back and post a card sample and i have been.....I wanted to make my friend a card following her recent bereavement, i didn't want to make a usual sympathy card (didnt feel right) i wanted to make it personal and fitting!... my first posting today  is an A5 card,  here i have used Stamping up's "French Filigree" from the shelli signature range stamped onto white linen card,   Martha Border trim punch with added pearl gems...and the sentiment  is from Barbara Gray's Clarity "words and versus collection" layered onto nellie Snellen's eastern rectangle die set, not forgetting of course to add a subtle hint of Glitz..... well  hope you all like this card.... popping along to my friends with it this afternoon :-).... As for tatty verses Lilli of the valley ? ill be  back soon Bloggers.... :-)....X

ooooh sorry folks !...

Hi everyone ...sorry for the lack of cards on my Blog this month oooops!....cant believe its the 9th May tomorrow ...so I'm making a conscious effort to make a card before i head off to the south coast on Friday ! .... i have that many  new goodies (spoilt myself) i don't know what to do first,  so which of my new stamps will win the blog spot lol...lili or tatty Bear ! and also i may  use background stamps from Linda .... bring on Monday morning!!!....back soon bloggers....X

End of the month project.....Molly Bloom A4 stepper

Hi everyone..... well i have just got back today from a long break at the east coast...spent the first week on my own and took my pro markers and stamps with me but guess what......i have lost my craft Mo Jo :-(...if anyone finds it please return it before i take up reading for good!!! its the eve of the Big Wedding and i'm looking forward to seeing "the dress" and then I'll crack open the wine !....thought i would share with you as promised the Molly Bloom project i had worked on before i went away....i converted this stepper shaped card from a magazine  into an A4 all by myself! ....but that's when i lost my Mo Jo and its nowhere to be found!!! ...hope you all like this card....enjoy this bank holiday weekend whatever your all up too and hopefully ill be back soon bloggers .....X 

Front of card

side view

back of card

close up of topper

Hi everyone.....well i hope you are enjoying this Fabulous weather!.... too nice to even craft.... i'm preparing for a long Easter break at the east coast, lots of packing to do! .....I had a card to make for one of my friends Birthday whilst i'm away, so using my favourite cd "Tatty Button" i have used Tatty's cat image using the composer and also created the backing papers....i have used my favourite wooden heart buttons.... i have also been practising using the easy sew stitch tool but had all on remembering how to do the blanket stitch lol,  i need more practice using it... this is a 6 inch square easel card ....my friend Lis is a huge cat fan so i think she will like this...back soon bloggers ...well probably in May! ....im hoping to share with you a Molly Blooms a4 card then .....X 

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April's Magnolia card....

Hi everyone.... oooh quite a while since i posted a card so thought i would share this Tilda card i have done this evening, i have used some free papers from Simply cards and paper craft magazine, the colours green and peach was inspired from a blog candy challenge, i must admit i struggled to find peachy tones in the hundreds of paper collections i have so i was thankful for the free gift in the mag....it worked i think....the camera image is a lovely stamp and works very well if you are a magnolia collector,  Edwin also looks fab when used in this image,  i have used  momento dye ink for the stamped images, coloured with pro markers, satin ribbon threaded through the  border trims, flowers handmade...glitz and glitter and pearls ..... hope you like it....back soon bloggers ....X

Molly Blooms ...for a friend!

I made this card in the hope it would cheer a friend up today!!! ..... isn't she sweet!!

Meet Tatty Button! ....well the CD for now !

First of all happy Mothers Day to all you Mums out there and have a Fabulous day!!!!

....secondly i wanted to tell you that the caravan season started on Friday! it took most of  the day to pack the car with everything ( the weekend to remember we forgot most things) and off we travelled down to the east coast for the annual spring clean of the van.... a lung clearing breath of sea side air at the beach ! and a lovely hello to all on our site to update each other as to what we have been up too all winter ( least we forget the weather in December though eh!) ...

...... finally i christened my newest stamp collection Tatty Button this week and she is super !!! ( so that is  3 collections now i have started for 2011 and the last this year ;-))  i have done so much with her already and look forward to showing you on here soon ....for now i thought id share with you a card i have printed off from the CD if you are a  CD fan this is fantastic BUT if you are a stamper like me its a must have, i haven't worked with a cd quite like it before....I LOVE it!!.... here is a quick card i put together from the cd when my hubby sprung on me at the last minute that he wanted a card making for his Best Girly friend ( but doesn't like girly colours) ... you can create your own image on the CD , change the colour, resize, design matching backing papers and envelope too!.....the card was a die cut 5 x 7 that was a mothers day gift from my daughter that i have formed an easel card with ....hope you like it ....back soon Bloggers ......X

End of month project card ....Molly bloom Shares a picnic with Tilda!

As March draws to a close (where does the time go) i wanted to share with you my Spring stamp collection Tilda card.... i have introduced Molly Bloom object stamps to show you how versatile the molly stamps can be if like me you are also a magnolia fan ......i think they work well together don't they? .... here i have water coloured the molly bloom with distress inks and used pro markers on Tilda, well it wouldn't be complete without mixing my mediums as well as the stamped images would they :-)....so with this month's project card complete and out of the way i'm starting next months project card.... ok a little hint ! im going to be playing with Molly bloom 2011 collection .... be back soon bloggers .....X

...then it was Sunday!

On Sunday we all went off to the nec Hobby Craft event!.... crafter's  heaven and many bargains to be had, of course i had a little shopping list and was only a few items i didn't tick off ....bit boring showing my bags of goodies so ill just tell you what new collections i have started... Tatty Button ( oooh she is fab!) and Molly Blooms ( so versatile) ..... i will be posting some sample cards i have made shortly and there will be more card postings through out April ..... ps...Just want to say  a Big Thank you to my daughter Lauren for my early Mother's day gifts ....X

A busy weekend....!

Hi everyone.....  well what a busy but fabulous weekend I have had.....A crafter's delight!.... it began on Saturday morning by attending a make and take event hosted by my friend Linda the intention was to chatter about anything and everything, drink lots of tea and coffee, munch on biscuits and make cards!.... well that's exactly what we did, the time went so fast and we had such a giggle with fabulous people, then at some point we dived into the stamping up goodie box ....ooooh such joy! below is a little taster of what i made, a special thank you goes to "Annie" for showing us all how the chalks blend so well into each other ;-)  to Linda for her hard work and for hoovering up the night before ;-) and to Linda's Mum for boiling the kettle constantly through the day!....here's to the next 

 hip hip!......X..... 

....... at last my final mother's day card done!

.....have done this one in red, green, and tangerine so far.... Busy me!

With Mother's day around the corner I thought I would post this card ....food for thought?

...so go on folks!.... take yourself off to a car boot!

....here it is finished, my little project ....take yourself off to a car boot, pick yourself up a wicker trug basket cheap, bury oneself in the stash box and  get out your acrylic paints, a3 card, scoring tool, double sided tape, ruler, bits of ribbon, bows gems and gliz and create a storage box.... here i now have to hand, sitting on my little crafting desk all my pro markers to hand.... in a rush to go off to a craft class, grab the handle and sick  it in the car ! ....now who would have thought it! lol .....

.....be back soon Bloggers .....X

and here we have?...erm not sure yet!

Hi everyone .... I have been on fantabulous day out with my hubby to Boston today, we had so much fun! ....the reason for blogging tonight ?...well I couldn't wait to share with you my latest project! ...nope I haven't made it myself, and I also didn't get it to store the beautiful orchid in (my fave flower) which i bought at a garden centre today, I have bought it too......... nope I cant say he he....I will post a picture and explain later in the week...see if you can guess he he he

Anything Marie can do ....you card makers can do too!!!!!

......and finally tonight we have a picture of  my Friend Marie, as long as i have known her she doesn't buy stamps! " i cant stamp" is her mantra lol.... well here we see Marie stamping not only everyone's stamped background image at a recent craft group class, she also stamped everyone's image too! ...well it had to be done didn't it, out came my camera!! ...wait till teacher see's this! ....lol ......be back Blogging soon Bloggers! .....X

Hubby's Birthday cards with a hint of Shamrock .....

....It was my Hubby's Birthday on St Patrick's Day and here is the cards i did for him...the first is a double easel card using a stamp from the forever friends collection,  i made this at my friends workshop (well i couldn't make it at home he would have seen it lol) and the other card is also forever friends from the cd collection .... and to finish both cards there is a punched shamrock ( wonder if St patrick would have liked these :-) lol..... X

 

ooops is it really Friday again......

Hi Everyone, well its not intentional to stay in on a Friday night and blog but  really don't know where the time has gone this week and I have been on holiday from work too! ..... On a crafting note I have started another collection , Crafter's Companion S.W.A.L.K, I couldn't resist purchasing 4 of these stamps  from my friend ( who just happens to own a craft shop lol) but they are lovely stamps, I have made quite a few cards using various colour ways but I seem to have only used one stamp so far! I have decided to share with you the first card I made with them and I hope you like it, I think they are irresistible and was even quite impressed that a friend of mine bought the stamps too and she doesn't do cute (you know who you are lol)  I will post more later , just a taster for now lol........X

A Friday night hello to Molly Bloom's

Evening everyone !

it’s Friday night and spent earlier this evening creating a stretch card, couldn’t resist introducing Molly Bloom to my collection and just to “say hello” I have used the free gifts that was in a magazine I bought a couple of months ago ( simply cards and paper crafts) .... There will be more cards to follow later in the month as I have my eye on one or two in the new collection! .....and one never knows what mother’s day may bring lol!


I saw this design of stretch card earlier in the week and I have had a go myself from memory and I don’t think it looks too bad ...see what you think?

I have to sign off and put all my crafty things away now (sighs) and have some hubby cuddle time.....Be back blogging soon bloggers....X