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

Miles First Day at School

Good afternoon everyone thought I'd share the card I made for my Grandson Miles Alexander for his first day at big school he is just four/ I've also added a couple of photos of him in this new uniform on his way  to school.

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Stamp is LOTV Back to School Boy painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Card is Ross Papercraft and Tim Holtz

Chalk board paper is a download from Pinterest

Stitched square dies

Frame die is MFT  

Metal alphabet tiles are from Studio Cards years ago

Card Candi Craftwork cards 

Sentiment made on the computer 

Miles on his way to Big School Gatley Primary 

What happened to those four years. I hope you enjoy this post he is such a gorgeous boy and we love him so much. Love and  hugs Carole x

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Stitched Snowflake

Good morning to all my lovely friends and followers today I'm sharing something a bit different last week at Craft Group  we did these Stitched Snowflake cards. we have done stitched cards  before but not for a long time and  I really enjoyed doing it at class and also finishing it at home so relaxing. I made it into a card using the card design from Craft Group . Thank you Carol for the loan of the lovely snowflake embossing folder..

We were given two snowflake designs so I might have a go at the other one sometime .

Card Recipe

6x6 Blank Card 

Form -A-Lines Stitching cards Snowflake 2-Christmas 2 Pattern

DMC Bronze Metallic thread 

Cream card

Bronze Mirra card 

Stitched square dies

Merry Christmas die came free in this months Papercraft Essentials Magazine

Pearls my box.

Embossing Folder is Crafter's Companion Nordic Christmas Frosty Morning 

Sadly the metallic thread and  Mirra card have not shown that well in the photo its much more sparkly than the photo shows.

Well I hope you are all looking forward to the weekend I'm planning to do some more work on the last curtain at some point and some more Christmas shopping..

Finally I thought you would all like to see Miles in his Pumpkin Halloween outfit he's so cute especially that Hat !!. 

Love and  hugs Carole x

Mr Snowman

Good morning everyone its Wednesday again and its the start of a new Anything Goes challenge over at Crafting by Designs. This is always an incredible popular challenge.

Our lovely sponsors this month are.

Digistamp4joy  

Prize - $10 worth of digi images

Imagine That Digi Stamps 

Prize - $10 voucher to store

For my Design  Team card I used a lovely stamp called Mr Snowman from Digistamps4joy

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Card Recipe

7x7 blank card

Stamp is Digistamps4jou Mr Snowman painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Dovecraft Little Red Robin a 8x8 paper pad from Printable Heaven

Wonky stitched rectangle dies I bought in Florida last year

Holly leaf die is Joycraft

Tiny acorns I bought on Bay a couple of years ago

Red and  Gold Frosted berries are from eBay

Wooden Merry Christmas sentiment is from Hobby craft

Well I hope you can find time to enter our challenge this month Anything Goes is always so popular. .

I'll be catching up on comments this week as we were away at the weekend looking after Miles to let Fiona and Martin go to a wedding in Edinburgh. Hard work you forget how lively a three year old is but we both had a really lovely time with him .

Thought I'd share a couple of photos at the park on Sunday 

Have a great week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

    

Christmas Tag Wall Hanging

Good Morning everyone its Wednesday so the launch of our new weekly challenge over at  Crafting by Designs and  its our very popular Get ready for Christmas Challenge.
Our sponsor this week is

 Sparkle N Sprinkle  

Prize - $15 gift certificate

For my Design Team project I decided to use a lovely stamp set called Christmas Tags and made a Christmas Wall Hanging.

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Wall Hanging Recipe

Stamps are Christmas Tags from Sprinkle N  Sparkle and  painted with  Copic pens

Pale blue background card is Kanban Merry Mistletoe from Whitby Crafts

Silver Mirra card

Spellbinder circle and  scalloped circle dies

Snowflake die is Marianne

Silver Ribbon is Tim Holtz

Sparkle gems are from Jelly Bean Crafts

Grey Viva pearl pen on the small snowflakes

Well I hope you can enter our challenge this time as I know a lot of you have already started Christmas cards and  projects.

Finally I'm sharing a few photos of Miles it was his 3rd Birthday on Sunday he had a really lovely party...

Enjoy the rest of the week everyone especially the gorgeous weather Love and  hugs Carole x

Train Door Plate and Miles

Good morning everyone today I'm sharing a Train Door Plate I made recently for my Grandson Miles I gave it to him at the weekend as he loves his trains and he was delighted with this present .

Recipe

The wooden plaque and buttons kit I got from a company called Button-It they have a fabulous selection of wooden things
Painted with Pro marker and  Copic Pens
Twine is from my stash
Velcro on the back

Finally I'm finishing with a few photos of Miles in his playroom with his train set .He's growing so fast and will be 3 in June .

I loved making this especially as it was for Miles and it was something very different. Enjoy your day I'll be back tomorrow with another post. Love and  hugs Carole x

White on White

Good morning to all my special friends and followers and  I hope everyone is keeping well there seems so many bugs about at present.
Its Thursday today and I go every Thursday morning to a craft group and we take turns to make a project for the others to make.  Its my turn today and  I've made a White on White birthday card. I got the idea to do a birthday card as they all liked the White on White Christmas card I made in December plus I do like doing White on White. I know a couple of people said on my last White on White post they never work for them. I think the secret is to use the same card for all the elements as there are so many shades of white in card and  paper.

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Smooth white card Ross Papercraft

Corner rounder

Spellbinder Floral Oval and Oval die to cut out the centre

Summer Border and Chloe stem dies are Memory box

 Flowers are an eBay find

Sentiment with butterfly came free in a magazine ages ago

Pearl String The Hobby House

Pearl roses Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials Face book shop 

Finally I thought I'd finish with a couple of photos of Miles as I've not shared any for a while. The first one was taken in our garden at Christmas building his snowman with lots of help from Daddy and Granddad not sure who enjoyed it the most !!

The second photo was taken last Saturday when he went to see the trains at Manchester Piccadilly Station and then went back home on a train he had such fun.

Hugs for my Snowman December 2017

My first visit to a BIG Train Station

Have a great week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x





Top Knot

Good evening everyone I'm back today to launch out latest monthly challenge over at All Dressed Up Stamps Challenge Blog our theme as always is Anything Goes as long as you use an All Dressed Up Stamp in your design. If you have just dis covered 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 Design Team card I used the lovely Top Knot stamp.

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Card Recipe

Shaped card is made with a Dutch Doobadoo Shape Art Stencil Square 2 from Noor Designs shop

Stamp is Top Knot from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Lemoncraft Gossamer Blue from Noor Designs 

Joy craft butterfly heart die

Stitched circle dies

Butterfly lace is from Brenda's Lace and Ribbon Facebook shop

Flowers are made with turquoise vellum paper and a Chloe stamp small floral embellishments then heat embossed with copper embossing powder

Love sentiment is from Whitby Crafts

The Penny Black Heart banner was a gift from a lovely crafty friend while I waited for my own die to arrive from the States

Brown pearls I won in a candy draw

Well I hope that you all have a great week and weekend and can find time to enter our challenge this month.

As I promised yesterday I'm ending with a couple of photos of my darling Grandson Miles at the seaside on Sunday I cannot believe he will be two in a couple of weeks . Love and  hugs Carole x

Summer 70th Birthday

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers I hope everyone is looking forward to a great weekend.This morning I'm sharing a commission card I made a few weeks ago for a 70th Birthday The lady loves turquoise so this is the main colour on my design. I used the lovely Summer stamp from Lili of the Valley as well.

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The Matching Box

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is Lili of the Valley Summer painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Lemoncraft Gossamer Blue 12x12 pad from Noor Designs

Stitched rectangle die is Lawn Fawn

Flower border die is Joycraft

Lace trim is from Whitby Crafts

The lace panel down the edge of the stamp is from Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon as is the lace butterflies and  box lace trim

Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and  Boyes Stores

Small flower pearls on the border and  flowers

Sentiments are Lili of the Valley sentiment tags

The small photo frame is from Michael's in Florida

70 today and  box sentiment made on the computer

Dots embossing folder 

Distress Ink on the edges Victorian Velvet

I'm finishing my post today with a photo I have just received from my Daughter in Law. Its a gorgeous family photo of them all especially Miles so I thought I'd share it with you all .

We are out to dinner tonight at one of our favorite restaurants Cafe Lilli so I need to dig out a posh frock and high heels !! We are going in a taxi so not a lot of walking involved I live in flat shoes these days and  cannot now believe I went to work every day in heel shoes . Enjoy the weekend everyone. Love and hugs Carole x

Cup Cakes and Bunting

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers. Today I'm sharing something a bit different and something I've never made before.
 When my Daughter -in Law was pregnant with Miles she attended an NCT class and made friends with a lovely group of ladies who were all expecting around the same time. The babies have all turned one just recently and  yesterday they held a joint birthday for all eight children in The Cafe in Didsbury Park .
I was asked if I could make some Cup Cake Toppers and  Bunting with pictures of the babies on. Something they had seen advertised. So a new craft talent has emerged I'm now officially a Bunting and  Cup Cake Topper maker !!! I thought you might enjoy seeing them even if its just to admire the lovely babies.

Cup Cake Topper Cake

The Bunting

I used scraps of paper and Tim Holtz card for the hats and the Pom Poms and  Ribbon are from Boyes Stores. Straws from Poundland.  I needed 8 got 250 in the pack !! The  pegs and heart trim are from my stash. I made the templates from white card. 

Finally a photo of the babies 

Well I hope you are having a good weekend and  like my new craft talent and this fun post love and  hugs Carole x