Christmas cards :-)))

This afternoon i made 6 quick cards! .... all the same design using me to you tatty teddy cd :-)  i have even managed to use the punch tool to create the inserts....quite happy with these quickie cards.... back soon bloggers X

What a fabulous wedding it was too !

A quick posting from me tonight as i am suffering, (not from a hangover i may add lol) yesterday we went to a family wedding, ooooh what a great day we all had too, below is 2 cards that i made for the occasion ....im off now to rest my aching muscles from non stop dancing :-))) ....back soon ....X

Gorjuss Girls....They Simply are :-)

A Christmas card using "Winter Friend" from the winter 2011 collection .....loved making this and i intend to remake this in others colours! ....back soon ...X

Docrafts Digital designer cards

Christmas at ours has got off to a start....well a crafting start anyway he he!  below is a card made from the tatty bear cd.....printed in Sepia and decoupaged, greeting also from the cd in sepia , .....and surprise! i have imported the Christmas paper into the graphics and changed this also into sepia! ....im impressed as i don't use cd's and is well out of my comfort zone ....watch this space for more .... back soon bloggers....X

A little love in the valley.....

Here i  have used  Lilli of the Valley stamps...well 3 of  my recent delivery he he.. ...the top and bottom card is a  14.4cm stepper card and the centre is an easel card 5x7 ....i have coloured with pro markers, glitzed and gemmed them up ...flowers (i cant remember sorry) but the brads on the centre card are from bloom and grow.. sentiments are from Pink gem and ( my favourite)  Woodware script ....i have used the doily lace border punch from Martha stewart .... all in all a happy crafty Sunday ! ...xxx

A first for me ...

My first commissioned card ....:-)

Baby Season...

An ordered baby boy card 8x8 from the forever friends cd....decoupaged bear and glazed bricks...quite sweet eh ...:-)

An ordered Baby Girl card 8x8 decoupaged  also from the forever friends cd

What no post's in July?

oooops...it has been brought to my attention i haven't posted this month .... sorry everyone but i have been so busy, but i must put it right!....before i went on Holiday my friend took a lot of my cards to sell for me, know one was more surprised than me as me when they all sold!!...not only did they sell i have been commissioned to make more ! ...seems i have been stashing them away in boxes when there is a market for them, so i have been very busy but loved every minute ...i will post one later and others as soon as i can so bye for now as i must get crafting! ...be back soon bloggers ....xx

Edwin finds a football!

..... :-) 

My life long friend reaches 50!

Happy 50th Birthday Carol....Much Love....xxx

Anyone for Tennis! ...

Good evening all....
Yesterday my Magnolia summer collection arrived and i was thrilled to bits with this collection, i got crafting straight away and couldn't resist using this Edwin Stamp given  we are well into this year's Wimbledon Tournament :-) ... it is an 8x8 card and i have used pink petticoat "Fluffy Cloud" papers, magnolia doohicky tag, tag and border dies, decorated with punched handmade flowers ....im signing off now to catch up with today's tennis highlights, with my fresh strawberry's freshly hand picked from my garden.....have a lovely evening whatever you are up to and I'll be back soon bloggers...X

.....more Tatty Teddy ;-)

A very good evening everyone.....well i'm  enjoying a busy week, especially on the crafting front ;-).... thought i would share these cards that we made on our ladies craft night, i held the class for a friend whilst she is enjoying Devon  ..... they are a Tatty Teddy collection  .... Angie certainly loved the cards .....thank you, i certainly had a fab evening.....back soon bloggers......X

it's man's world !...well i think we can can let them have next Sunday! ...;-)

Thought id share this ordered card with you all....i really enjoyed making this one i must say!...A5 card using a background stamp i bought from my friend linda .... so happy i bought this, it's so versatile! I'm sure she will approve :-) .... image is from the  John Byars Nostalgia collection   ...hope it gives a little inspiration if,  like me you get stuck for male themed cards!....back soon Bloggers ....X

Something different!!....not crafted... nurtured ...;-)

Evening everyone ...just a quick post tonight... I have made all my cards for June but I cant share them yet as I have to wait for their Birthday's to arrive or they will see them ...;-)...So instead   I  wanted to share with you some beautiful blue sapphire thistles that I have nurtured since they were a mare 2 inch cutting two years ago.... this is the first year that they have bloomed and I Love them ... I bought my friend two for a special occasion at the same time! ...so if they look anything like this he should be very happy  :-)...back soon Bloggers X

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