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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Card Recipe

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

Unlit

Lit

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

 

Meowy Christmas

Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and have had a great weekend. My post this evening is to showcase the December 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

Bear Hat 

Christmas Ballerinas

Meowy Christmas 

Sledging Pup

 

For my Design team card i used the adorable Meowy Christmas 

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Card Recipe

7x7 blank card
Stamp is All Dressed Up Stamps Meowy Christmas painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils
Papers are Do crafts Little Robin paper pad
Wooden Holly an d Button are from the same range
Frosted Berries from eBay
Gingham ribbon my box
Square stitched die and  star die

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

Enjoy the lead up to Christmas  everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

To have and to hold

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers today is the launch of our 100th 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 December Design Team project  I used a lovely stamp called To Have and to HoldThere 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

8x8 Blank Card

Stamp is To Have and to hold from All Dressed up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Antique Lace Cream card is from Lime Tree Crafts

Love heart die war fro eBay

With Love sentiment die is Spellbinder

Heart die is Joy craft 

Embossing folder is Creative expressions Lattice hearts

Pearl string the Hobby House

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts not sue=re if they still sell these 

Pearl Hearts Jelly Bean Crafts

I think the pearl leaves are The Ribbon Girl not certain

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

Pearls in her Hair and Rudolph

Good morning everyone today sees the launch of our new monthly Anything Goes Challenge over at Crafting By Designs . It is also a very sad post as this is not only our last post of 2019 but our last challenge post for sometime .The Admin and  Design Team are taking a long break and  may come back at sometime in the future Its very sad as this was my first Design Team and  I have loved all the five and a half years I have been on the team such a fantastic friendly and  supportive team

We have four great sponsors this month

A Day for Daisies  

Prize - $8 Gift Certificate to shop

We R 3 

Prize - $15 Gift Certificate to shop

Di's Digis 

Oddball ARt  

Prize - $10 gift certificate to shop 

For my Design Team cards I used images from Oddball Art Rudolph and A Day for Daisies Pearls in her Hair

Card Recipe

Stamp is A Day for Daisies Pearls in my hair painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Spot papers are a 12x12 scrapbook sheet I bought in Michael's in Florida no make on it

Burgundy card is from Ross Papercrafts

Dies are Spellbinder Opulent Ovals 

Flower die was an eBay find

Birdcage die is Joycraft

Ribbon is Martha Stewart 

Pearl String is The Hobby House

Charm is from my stash

Pearl flowers are Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Facebook shop

Sentiment tags are Lili of the Valley

Viva pearl pen

Card Recipe

Shaped card is made with a Go Create die Frilly 10

Papers are from a Lili of the Valley Pad no longer available

Stamp is Rudolph from Oddball Art painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

I cut the trees from the toppers that come in the paper pad

The sentiment is a Lili of the Valley Stamp and  I heat embossed it with silver embossing powder

Silver bells and twine to finish

Well I hope you can enter our last challenge our challenges have always been so popular with lots of crafters. I will certainly miss making my Design Team cards .

Enjoy th week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

Christmas Bauble and a freebie at Kit and Clowder

Good evening everyone hope everyone is enjoying a nice weekend. My post today is to tell you about the free All Dressed Up Stamp called Christmas Bauble you can get free this weekend 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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Card Recipe

7x7 blank Card

white card

Stamp is Christmas Bauble painted with Cop[c Pens

Embosses Snowflake card is from Jelly Bean Crafts

Frame die is from eBay

Bauble does are Joycraft

Lace ribbon is from Hobbycraft

Sentiment is Lili of the Valley heat embossed with silver embossing powder

Lots of i on this card

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

Christmas Skater

Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and have had a great weekend. My post this evening is to showcase the November 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

Autumn Owl

Christmas Bunting

 Christmas Skater

 Woof Christmas

For my Design team card i used the adorable Christmas Skater

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is All Dressed Up Stamps Christmas Skater painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Silver Mirra Card 

Papers are Maja Design Winter Days Blizzard from Crafts U Love

Oval scalloped Edge die

Ice skate die is Joycraft

Poinsettia die is Spellbinder

Holy die Joycraft

Frosted Berries from eBay

Toboggan is MDF painted with Snow White Acrylic paint 

Sentiment is Lili of the Valley heat embossed with silver embossing powder

Tiny pearls my box.

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