Love to Shop

Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and have had a great week. My post this evening is to showcase the August re release stamps from All Dressed Up Stamps.. These are images that have been re added to the ETSY shop and have not been available for a while.They are all fabulous some of you may have them already but if you haven't these are all worth having  So here they are and they are all  now available in the Etsy Store here

Flowers for You

Full of Grace 

Love to Shop

Party frock

For my Design Team card I used the fabulous Love to Shop and made a Dutch Doobadoo Present Card with it

The Card

The Inside

Close up 

Card Recipe

Stamp is Love to Shop from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Card is made from a Dutch Doobadoo Present set Stencil

Papers are two sheets from a Flowers Blooming 12 x 12 paper pad from The Works. Great quality and double sided 

Spellbinder Fleur de Lis die

Square stitched die

Joycraft Banner die

Joycraft Vintage Flourishes die

Pearl string Ross Papercraft show

Rose flowers The Ribbon Girl

Small flowers Dainty Crafts Washington

Happy Birthday die is from The Works

Inside image printed and painted then fussy cut

Well I hope you can find the time to enter this weeks challenge I know a lot of you enjoy making girly cards and these stamps are just perfect.

Enjoy the rest of the week Love and  hugs Carole x

Love My Teddy

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers Today is the launch of a new Monthly Challenge over at All Dressed Up Stamps . Our theme as always is Anything Goes as long as you use an All 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 August  Design Team project  I used a lovely stamp called Love My Teddy   There are also more fabulous creations from the rest of the Design Team to inspire you all over on the Challenge Blog.

Close Up

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Papers are from a pad I was given so not certain of the make as the front cover was missing

Stamp is Love My Teddy from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Frame die is from eBay

Sentiment Stamp is from Lili of the Valley Fairy Wishes Sentiment Set no longer available

The number two I cut from a template I got from Pinterest 

Alphabet letters are Marianne dies I bought from Crafteeze

Small pre made organza bow my box

Pink pearl 

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

Enjoy the rest of the week Love and  hugs Carole x

Snowman Wonderland Topper

Good morning everyone its Wednesday and the launch of our month long Anything Goes Challenge over at Crafting by Designs . This is our last challenge before our Design Team Summer break we are not back now till the !st September,

We have two great sponsors this time

Di's Digis 

Prize - $6.00 voucher to store

We R 3 

Prize - $15 gift certificate to store

For my Design Team card I used a Snowman topper from We R 3 which I have used before but I liked it so much I decided to give it another outing. I don't use toppers very much but I do like this one a lot.

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Topper is Snowman Wonderland from We R 3

Papers are from two old Lili of the Valley Frosty Christmas pads no longer available

Kraft card is Crafter's Companion

Circle dies are Spellbinder

Border die is Joycraft  

Blue bakers twine

Snowman charm is from my box 

Wooden Christmas sentiment is from Ross Papercraft 

Clear Wink of Stella on the snowman and  background

Well lots of time to enter our challenge this time so hope you can join us over the summer break See you all in September with our next challenge// Love and  hugs Carole x

Christening Day

Good morning everyone hope everyone is well. Yesterday we went to a lovely christening for one of my friends Great Grandson Henry Arlo we had a great afternoon after a beautiful christening ceremony.
My friend asked me a while ago to make a special christening card for her so as the day is over now I'm sharing it with you
I used what I consider to be the best stamp ever for a christening card by Lili of the Valley so here it is

The Card

The Box

Close Up

Card and  Box Recipe

8x8 Card

8x8 box from Mad Hatter Crafts at Ross papercraft

Stamp is Baby Christening from Lili of the Valley painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils this stamp is still available but only as a digi

Lattice heart embossing folder is by Creative expressions 

Pearl card is from Lime tree crafts blue card is from Michael's in Florida

Heart dies eBay 

Heart Spray Flourishes are Creative Expressions

Heart Banner die is Penny black

With love die is spellbinder

Flowers are Dawn to Dusk crafts and  Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearl string Ross paper craft show

Christening postmark stamp s from Lili of the valley not sure if its in digi 

Other personal sentiments made on the computer 

Finally finishing with a photo of the Baby Henry Arlo and  his Great Grandmother yesterday what a sweetie and  such a good boy during the christening ceremony/

 

Enjoy the rest of the week everyone just hope the sun decides to shine again so dull here today Love and  hugs Carole x

Peace on Earth Angel

Good morning to all my lovely friends and followers its that Wednesday so the launch of a new weekly challenge over at Crafting by Designs our theme for this weeks challenge is Get Ready for Christmas .This is our penultimate challenge before our Design Team Summer break

Our sponsor this week is

Color of Love 

Prize - 3 digi images

For my Design Team project I used a lovely image called Peace on Earth Angel

Close up 

Card Recipe

Stamp s Peace on Earth Angel from Color Of Love painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are from a pad called Frozen I bought from Poundland

Dies are Go Kreate Square Frame Frilly 10

Star with Swirls die is Joycraft 

Sentiment stamps are Lili of the Valley Christmas tags still available as digis

Pine Needles Distressed Oxide ink

Pink pearl star my box

Glamour dust glitter on the Angel 

Well I hope that you can enter our challenge this time the Get ready for Christmas is always popular with our followers I hope you can join us .

Enjoy the rest of the week Love and  hugs Carole x

Fruitti Tutti

Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and have had a great weekend. My post this evening is to showcase the July new release stamps from All Dressed Up Stamps.. As always they are all fabulous designs.  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

Fruitti Tutti

Hanging Basket 

Little Gardener

Pretty Braids

For my Design Team card I used the fabulous Fruitti Tutti

Close up

Card Recipe

7x7 blank card

Stamp is Fruitti Tutti from All Dressed Up Stamps painted wit Derwent Inktense Pencils

Card is Cream Antique Lace pearlescent card from Limetree Crafts

Stitched square dies

Banner die is Joycraft 

Frilly edge die is from eBay 

I cut the sun die with double sided sticky paper on one side of the card then added the glitter

The Flamingo stickers were a recent purchase from Michael's in Florida on my recent holiday

Sparkle gem is from The Hobby House

Sentiment is from a Tim Holtz Small Talk Sticker Pad Snarky from Hobby Lobby Florida

Well I hope you can take a look at these new stamps they are just great I had a lot of fun making this  card 

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

Little Butterfly Girl

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers Today is the launch of a new Monthly Challenge over at All Dressed Up Stamps . Our theme as always is Anything Goes as long as you use an All 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 June Design Team project  I used a lovely stamp called  Little Butterfly Girl There are also more fabulous creations from the rest of the Design Team to inspire you all over on the Challenge Blog.

Close Up

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Stamp is Little Butterfly Girl from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Green Lili of the Valley from the Timeless Victorian Pad no longer available.

Rose patterned paper is Lemoncraft House of Roses from Crafteeze

Chipboard frame is from Live and  Love crafts now closed

Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts

Butterflies are cut from a Maja Design sheet

Happy Birthday sentiment is Presscut

Some Wink of Stella on the butterflies

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

Before I go I just want to let you all know the reason I've not been around for a number of weeks. I've been away for five weeks in Florida at our apartment We had a good time and  had the family with us for part of the time and Miles celebrated his fourth birthday while we were there and  has since had another party with his friends .so I'm finishing with a few photos of our holiday

Chef Mickeys Breakfast at the Contemporary Resort Disney World

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Miles 4th Birthday 

Our Favourite night out Drinks and  Dinner at Winter Park

Shopping at Michael's

I'm going home Grandma on a big plane
 

Well I hope I haven't bored you with these photos but thought you would like to see why I have not been around .Have a great week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

Teepee Girl

Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and have had a great week. My post this evening is to showcase the June new release stamps from All Dressed Up Stamps.. As always they are all fabulous designs.  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

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Teepee Girl

Pool Ready

 Key to the Door

 Billy Goat

For my Design Team card I used the fabulous Teepee Girl

The Front

The Two Sides are Identical

Close up

Card Recipe

Teepee shaped card is from Mad Hatter crafts at Ross Papercraft Show

Papers are from my box  I was given them so not sure of the make

Stamp is All Dressed Up Stamps Teepee girl painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Joycraft banner die

Dome shape cross stitch edge die is from eBay

Letters are from a Tim Holtz Label Letters pad I bought in Hobby Lobby in Florida

Wooden coloured hearts are from my box I think they came from Whitby Crafts ages ago.

Well I hope you can take a look at these new stamps they are just great I had a lot of fun making this Teepee card 

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