A New Adventure

Good afternoon everyone hope that  you are all well today I'm sharing a card I have made recently for my cousin and  his wife who moved to a new home last Friday
I've used a Lili of the Valley stamp I have had for ages called  A New Adventure I think its still available as a digi

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Card Recipe

7x7 blank card

Blue card is Tim Holtz

Spot card is The Hobby House

Kraft Card is Crafters Companion

Stamp is LOTV A New Adventure painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Square Stitched dies

Wonky Stitched squares are Creative Dies

The fence die I think is Tonic I bought it in a destash sale

Sentiment is from a LOTV stamp set Spring Sentiments

I made the house from square stitched dies

Card Candi is Craftwork Cards

Twine Brenda's lace and ribbon specials now closed

Really enjoyed making this especially the little house sentiment Stay safe everyone,  keep crafting and  sharing Sending love and  hugs Carole x

Dinosaur by Miles

Good afternoon thought I’d share this picture that.Miles my 4 year old grandson has coloured using one of the freebie stamps from All Dressed up Stamps over on Kit and Clowder I think he has made a good effort .

This is  entered into The Cutie Pie challenge blog for under 16 's 

Hope everyone is well Stay safe Love and  hugs Carole x

Rainbow Girl

Good afternoon everyone I hope that you are all well Today I'm sharing an All Dressed up Stamps Design Team card using one of two freebie stamps we are giving away over at Kit and Clowder I hope you can take a look as these designs are suitable for kids as well as adults might be something to keep the kids amused for a little while.
This is my Design Team card using Rainbow Girl

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is Rainbow Girl from All Dressed up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Navy card is from Michaels in Florida 

Spot card is The Hobby House

Square and Circle Stitched dies

Cloud dies are Memory Box 

Sky edge is Poppy Stamps

Sun die is from eBay

Sentiment stamp is Lili of the Valley no longer available

Twine is Brenda's lace and  ribbon specials sadly closed

Smile button my box might have come from Whitby Crafts

Some Wink of Stella on her wings and  the red hearts 

This is a copy of the other free stamp over at Kit and  Clowder Hope you can pop over and get these two great freebies

Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone as best you can.Stay safe sending love Carole x

Jo's Daffodils

Good afternoon everyone today I'm sharing an Easter card I made recently using a Sheepski Design stamp called Jo's Daffodils it was a very generous freebie on Kit an d Clowder a few weeks ago.

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Green card stock from Michael's in Florida

Papers are Hunkeydory Primrose Lane paper pad

Stamp is Jo's Daffodils from Sheepski Designs painted with Derwent Inktense pencils

Frilly die is from eBay I think its a Tattered Lace design

Square stitched dies

Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts

Leaf die is Marianne flower and  leaf

Twine is Brenda's lace and  ribbon specials now closed

Happy Easter sentiment is Lili of the Valley The small daffodil stamp came free in a magazine

Card Candi Craftwork cards

Well I hope you are all keeping well and staying home if possible. My husband cannot leave the house at all for 12 weeks as he is one of the 1.5 million cases at severe risk. He is good just needs to take extra care. I'm only going out for essentials now . This isn't what I expected to be doing this week as we should have been going to our apartment in Florida on Sunday for five weeks will certainly miss that sunshine and  my craft shopping. However we need to be safe and there is always next year  

Stay safe my friends sending love and hugs Carole x

Spring has Sprung

Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and have had a great weekend. My post this evening is to showcase the February new release stamps from All Dressed Up Stamps.. As always they are all fabulous design.  I'm always amazed how Wendy can always keep coming up with more and more fabulous designs.each month. So here they are and they are now available in the Etsy Store here

Two little fairy mice

Spring has Sprung

Love you Mum

Koala Hugs 

This is my Design Team card using Spring has Sprung

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Stamp is All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are from A Hunkeydory Primrose Lane pad

Square stitched dies

Frame and tag dies are from eBay

Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts Hobbycraft and  The Ribbon Girl Sprigs I was given

Twine and Small navy flower cabochons are from Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials 

Sentiment stamps are Lili of The Valley

Tiny butterfly stamp to make the background is from a magazine freebie

Well I hope you can take a look at these new stamps they are just great. 

I hope everyone is keeping well and  managing to get essentials especially if you are self isolating.Stay safe in these worrying times and Keep Crafting

 Sending Love and  hugs to you all Carole x

My Easter Bunny

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers today is the launch of our  Monthly Challenge  over at All Dressed Up Stamps . Our theme as always is Anything Goes as long as you use an  Dressed Up Stamp in your design. If you have just discovered these stamps and don't have any there are some fab Freebies HERE to get you started.

The prize for the winner is three digital stamps of their choice and we also pick a top three one of whom is asked to be a Guest Designer the following month.

For my February Design Team project  I used a lovely stamp called My Easter Bunny

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is My Easter Bunny from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Pink card is from Michaels in Florida

Kraft card is Crafters Companion

Paper is from a Hunkeydory Primrose Lane paper pad

Square stitched dies

Grass border die is Joycraft

Leaf die is a Marianne die Flower and  leaf

Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts

Happy Easter Sentiment is Lili of the Valley

Small Daffodil stamp came in a magazine freebie set some time ago

Twine is Brenda's Lace and  ribbon specials now closed

I hope you can find time to enter our challenge just remember to use an All Dressed Up Stamp if you do.

Have a great week stay safe and  I hope you all manged to get some toilet rolls !!!
 Love and  hugs Carole x

 There are also more fabulous creations from the rest of the Design Team to inspire you all over on the Challenge Blog.

Man Card

Good evening everyone tonight I.m sharing another card I made for the ladies at the Craft Group I go to to make a few weeks ago. Its a man card and I know these are not every ones favourite cards to make.but we all enjoyed making this card design.

Card Recipe

6x8 black deckle edge card from a pack I bought from Mad Hatter Crafts at Ross Papercraft show

The paper is a download I found on Pinterest 

Maroon card is Ross Papercraft

Black card is from my box

Stitched circle dies

Banner die is MFT 

Happy Birthday die is Press cut

Dark Grey satin ribbon from my box

Black paper twine is from Walmart in Florida

Card Candi is Craftwork Cards now closed

Ship stamp is from a Marianne Stamp Set I won years ago in a blog competition

Black archival ink 

Enjoy the rest of the week everyone Love and hugs Carole x

Christmas Bauble

Good morning everyone today I'm sharing a card I made a couple of weeks ago for the ladies at our craft group to make Its a Christmas Bauble Design made using mostly dies sorry bur the silver mirra card has not photographed  well .

Card Recipe

Circle shape card made from a 7x7 blank card using a Spellbinder Grand Dies

White card is Ross Papercraft

Silver Mirra Card is Jelly Bean Crafts

Poinsettia Die is Spellbinder

Holly Die is Creative Expressions

Happy Christmas Die came free in a magazine ages ago

Silver mesh ribbon is from Whitby Crafts

Frosted Berries eBay

Silver Twine Michael's in Florida

Well I hope everyone has a great weekend I'm finishing my post with a couple of photos of my trip this week with my Golden Girl friends to London to see the Tutankhamun Exhibition at the Saatchi gallery a fabulous exhibition and a great couple of days.

Love and  hugs Carole x

Prosecco Time

Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and have had a great weekend. My post this evening is to showcase the February new release stamps from All Dressed Up Stamps.. As always they are all fabulous design.  I'm always amazed how Wendy can always keep coming up with more and more fabulous designs.each month. So here they are and they are now available in the Etsy Store here

Cupids Heart

Love Potion

 Prosecco Time

Where with style 

This is my Design Team cvard using Prosecco Time

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Card Recipe

7x7 blank Card

 Papers are Maja Design Fika Lelas Cafe

Stamp is Prosseco Time from all Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktensr Pencils

Die is LDRS Gilded Oval from Dies to Die For

Lace and organza trim was from Wild Orchid Crafts some time go

Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts and  The Ribbon Girl 

Pearl Heart Brendas Lace and Ribbon Specials now closed

Resin Frame is from Jelly Bean Crafts at the NEC Birmingham

Sentiment stamp is Lili of the Valley

Some Wink of Stella on her dress

Well I hope you can take a look at these new stamps they are just great. Love and  hugs Carole x

My Valentine Forever7

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers today is the launch of our  Monthly Challenge  over at All Dressed Up Stamps . Our theme as always is Anything Goes as long as you use an  Dressed Up Stamp in your design. If you have just discovered these stamps and don't have any there are some fab Freebies HERE to get you started.

The prize for the winner is three digital stamps of their choice and we also pick a top three one of whom is asked to be a Guest Designer the following month.

For my February Design Team project  I used a lovely stamp called My Valentine Forever There are also more fabulous creations from the rest of the Design Team to inspire you all over on the Challenge Blog.

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Smooth White card Ross Paper craft show

Stamp is My Valentine forever painted with Derwent Inktenxe Pencils

Scalloped oval die to cut the aperture

Creative Expressions lattice heart A4 embossing folder

Flowers are Creative Expressions 

Lattice hearts are from a Joycraft Border die

Heart stamens I recently bought from Anne  Richardson De- stash site 

With love sentiment is Spellbinder 

Wooden hearts painted with grey Cracker Barrel Acrylic Paint from Walmart in Florida

Grey pearl hearts Jelly Bean Crafts

I hope you can find time to enter our challenge just remember to use an All Dressed Up Stamp if you do.

Enjoy the weekend Love and  hugs Carole x

Snowy Church

Good Morning everyone and I hope everyone is keeping warm and safe in the dreadful weather. Today I'm sharing a card I made on Thursday at the craft group I go to we used a lovely Lili of the Valley Christmas stamp Snowy Church

Card Recipe

6x6 Blank card

Stamp is Snowy Church from Lili of the Valley painted with Derwent Inktense pencils

Papers I think are from The Works

Die cut trees not sure of the make not my die

Merry Christmas sentiment from Hobby craft

Small die cut stars are cut from a Printable Heaven die 

Some white Wink of Stella on the snow

Enjoy the rest of the weekend its a perfect day to stay warm and craft !!  Love and  hugs Carole 

Cupid

Good evening everyone I hope everyone is enjoying the week.. My post today is to tell you about the free All Dressed Up Stamp called Cupid you can get free this week from Kit and  Clowder This is the link to the Facebook page Kit and Clowder

This is my Design Team card using this gorgeous stamp

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7x7 Blank card

Stamp is All Dressed up Stamps Cupid painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Dark Red Card is Ross Papercraft

Paper I think is from a very old Docrafts A4 pad

Heart stitched die

Square stitched dies 

Aged Mahogany distress ink on the edges of the heart

Floral heart and  flower dies are all Creative Expressions 

Small red roses Boyes Stores

Love sentiment is cut fro a Spellbinder with love sentiment die

Some clear wink of Stella on her wings

Well I hope you can visit Kit and Clowder and  get this fabulous freebie stamp . Love and  hugs Carole x

In The Shed

Good morning everyone I hope you are all well . Today I'm sharing a card I made recently for a firends husbands 70th birthday He is a huge fan of his garden so I thought this very old Lili of the Valley Stamp In The Shed was just perfect.

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card 

Stamp is Lili of the Valley In The Shed painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Lili of the Valley Country Gent Pad no longer available

Square stitched dies

Rectangle stitched dies

Fence die is Crafty Sentiments Designs

Seed Packet stamp is a very old Docrafts stamp

Kraft Card is Crafters Companion

Twine and wooden plant pot my box

Sentiment dies are Presscut and  numbers from a magazine free die

Card Candi Craftwork cards

Have a great weekend everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

Fairy Magic

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers today is the launch of our first  Monthly Challenge of 2020 over at All Dressed Up Stamps . Our theme as always is Anything Goes as long as you use an  Dressed Up Stamp in your design. If you have just discovered these stamps and don't have any there are some fab Freebies HERE to get you started.

The prize for the winner is three digital stamps of their choice and we also pick a top three one of whom is asked to be a Guest Designer the following month.

For my January Design Team project  I used a lovely stamp called  Fairy Wishes There are also more fabulous creations from the rest of the Design Team to inspire you all over on the Challenge Blog.

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card cut with a Go kreate Frilly 10 die

Stamp is Fairy Magic from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Make and Create Pad Romantic Escape that I bought from the Works great quality and  price

The dies are Go Kreate Square Frame Frilly 10 dies

Butterfly die is from eBay and cut from Blue vellum paper

Paper beaded flowers are from Michaels in Florida

Beaded Stamens are from The Ribbon Girl now closed

The sentiment is Whimsy stamps button sentiment heat embossed with copper embossing powder onto blue vellum then backed with card

Gold seed beads ans  a small amount of Glamour dust on her wings

I hope you can find time to enter our challenge just remember to use an All Dressed Up Stamp if you do.

Enjoy the  week Love and  hugs Carole x

 

MDF Reindeer Scene

Good afternoon to all my lovely friends and followers I hope you have all enjoyed a very Happy Christmas
Today I'm sharing a special crafty gift I made for my Grandson Miles using an MDF Reindeer set I bought earlier in the year from Buddly Crafts

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Reindeer Scene Recipe

MDF set is by Dutch Doobadoo from Buddly Crafts

Papers are Maja Design Joyous Winter Days

Santa Sleigh die is Joycraft

Flock fabric for the snow is from Ross Papercraft Show

Ribbon my box

Bells are from Live and  Love Crafts now closed

Lights are from eBay

Finally a photo of Miles at his Christingle Service at their local church on Christmas Eve

Have a very Happy New Year and the very Best of Wishes to you all for 2020