Wedding Card

 Good afternoon everyone today I;m sharing a Wedding Commission card I made recently It was quite a challenge a same sex marriage Things to be included they loved their fawn cat ,mad on gardening and one was very flamboyant oh and  had to include grey.

This is what I came up with 

Close Up

The Box

Card and Box Recipe

8x8 Blank Card

Stamp [s Purrfect together from All Dressed Up Stamps paintrd with  Copic pens

Heart embossed card is from Jelly Bean Crafts

Grey card my box

Square stitched dies

Heart Stitched dies

heart flourishes are Creative Expressions

Flowers are a mix of Wild Orchid Crafts Dainty Crafts and Ross Papercraft show

Grey heart are from the hearty flourish

Silver trim I bought in Birmingham indoor market last year when I went to the NEC craft show

8 x 8 Box is from Mad Hatter crafts

Love sentiment is Spellbinder

I hope you all have a great weekend and  I'm hoping things improve here its rained all day today 

Love and  hugs Carole x

The First Dance

Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and have had a good week My post this evening is to showcase the May 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

And Relax

 Hop scotch 

The First Dance  

Time to Read 

 

For my Design Team project I used The First Dance

Close Up

 Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is The First Dance from All Dressed up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Maja Design Coffee in the Arbour from Dies to Die for

Dies are wonky stitched rectangle from Creative Dies

Sue Wilson Nasturtium flower die

Stitched heart die

Hearts are cut from a Joycraft edge die

Organza flower is from Wild Orchid Crafts 

Lace is from Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon special shop now closed

Pearls my box 

The small rose stamp around the image is from a All Dressed Up stamp set Looking Gorgeous

Sentiment stamp is Lili of the Valley

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

I hope everyone is keeping well ..Stay safe in these strange  times and Keep Crafting

 Sending Love and  hugs to you all Carole x

 

Wedding Balloon

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

Happy Easter

Little Butterfly Girl

Pretty Lashes

  
Wedding Balloon

For my Design Team card I used the fabulous Wedding Balloon

Close up

Card Recipe

Heart shape card made from a Dutch Doobadoo stencil

Stamp is wedding Balloon from All Dressed up stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Paper is Maja Design Summer Basics

Hearts are cut from part of a Heart corner die I have 

Grey pearls string I bought from Hobby lobby in Florida

Flowers are from The Ribbon Girl, Ross Papercraft and Wild Orchid Crafts

Hickory Smoke Distress Ink on the edges

Some Wink of Stella accents on the Bride, Words ,Ribbons and  Banners  

Wooden Love sentiment from eBay painted with Dolphin Grey Apple Barrel Acrylic paint from Walmart in Florida

Grey Pearl Hearts Jelly Bean crafts

I hope you can take a look at these new stamps they are all so lovely . I hope that you have all had a great Eater Weekend enjoying the fabulous weather .  Love and  hugs Carole x

To Have And To Hold

Good morning to all my friends and  followers its that Wednesday again it certainly comes around quickly these days so the launch of our new weekly challenge over at Crafting by Designs.
As its Valentines Day tomorrow our them just had to be Love .

We have a perfect sponsor for this theme as they have some perfect stamps for all romantic occasions .

All Dressed Up Stamps 

Prize - choice of 2 digi images from shop

For my Love theme Design team card i used the lovely stamp To Have and To Hold

Close up

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

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

Lattice and Heart Embossing folder

Antique Lace Pearl card is from Lime Tree Crafts

Pink vellum was from Michael's in Florida

Flower die and  heart corner dies are both from ebay.

Wooden Love sentiment painted with Apple Barrel Dolphin Grey Acrylic Paint from Walmart in Florida

Pearl string The Hobby House

Sentiment is from A Lili of the Valley stamp set I don't think its still available

Grey pearl hearts are from Jelly Bean Crafts

Some Wink of Stella on her dress and  flowers 

Well I hope you find time to enter our challenge I've seen a number of Valentines cards around .Love and  hugs Carole x

Important Note Please Read

Before I go just wanted to let you know that for a number of years I have had my blog linked to Google +. Google+ is closing at the beginning of April but they have started to remove things recently in preparation. Some may have noticed that I have lost all the Google +related things on my blog including all my Google+ followers. If you only followed me on Google +and still want to continue to follow my blog and craft work then you need to follow me on Blogger. I'm not sure if I will have other things removed as the months go by, but I will keep you informed. If you do happen to see my Google +account you can no longer follow me or make comments. Thanks to everyone who followed me on Google + Hugs Carole x

Wedding Day Two

Good morning everyone I hope you are all looking forward to a lovely weekend I posted the first of these Wedding Cards a few days ago.So today I'm sharing the card I made for the Brides Grandmother.

I used another Lili of the Valley Rubber Stamp called Mr and Mrs sadly its now only available as a Digital Stamp

Close up

The Box

Card and  Box recipe

8x8 Blank Card 

Papers are Mr and Mrs from Best Creation Inc.

Stamp is Lili of the Valley Mr and Mrs painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Dies are Joycraft Heart border die 

Heart die eBay

Flower die is Poppy Stamps

Resin shapes Jelly Bean Crafts painted with Grey acrylic paint

Other flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts

Pink lace is Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials Facebook shop

Pearl string The Hobby House

Sentiments made on the computer 

Box is from Mad Hatter Crafts

Pearl Hearts also Jelly Bean Crafts

Well I hope you like these cards I really enjoyed making them and I know they all had a fabulous Wedding Day. Enjoy the weekend love and hugs Carole x

Wedding Day

Good morning to all my lovely friends and followers I hope everything is well with you all. Today I'm sharing the first of two Wedding Card commissions I've made recently for a Wedding that took place on the 14th October The first I'm sharing is the card I made for the brides Dad and step Mum

I used a lovely Lili of the Valley digital stamp called Loved Up

Close up

The Box

Card and  Box Recipe

8x8 Blank Card

Creative Expressions Lattice hearts embossing folder

Heart embossing folder came free in a magazine ages ago

Digital Stamp is Lili of the Valley Loved up painted with Copic pens

Lace is Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials Facebook shop

Pearl String is the Hobby House

Organza flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts

Heart corner die and  heart die are both from eBay

Sentiment was made on the computer

Pearl hearts my stash

Box from Mad Hatter Crafts

With Love die is Spellbinders

Well I hope that you enjoy my card I loved this stamp it looked so much better after I painted it I'll certainly use it again. Sending Congratulations  to Beth and Scott hope you had a great Wedding Day.

I'll post hte second card I made for her Grandma shortly 

 Love and  hugs Carole x

Kitty Mannequin

Good morning everyone well I'm back from my holidays and  eventually getting everything sorted just finished the last of the ironing yesterday what a task. We had a great time in Sri Lanka it was a beautiful place and  the people are so lovely Our hotel was in a lovely location and  great food. Definitely could of stayed a while longer.as I love the hot.sunshine. We had a bit of a journey home fight delayed from Colombo so only had about an hour for our transfer in Dubai airport which involved a  bus ride and several security checks. I now know I can speed walk !! Got to the gate with 5 minutes to spare. downside when we got to Manchester one of our bags was still in Dubai it couldn't speed walk !! fortunately the bag that did arrive had most of the things we needed for the wedding we were travelling to the next day in Dorset. Our bag came on the next flight from Dubai and was delivered to our house the next day by Emirates..
The wedding was gorgeous I've never been to a marque wedding it was perfect as the sun shone most of the day. The setting was beautiful at the village church then on the Groom's parent's farm.

Well that's a quick catch up and  now onto my card. Today sees the launch of a new Anything Goes Challenge over at Crafting by Designs We have three sponsors this week giving some fab prizes

SheepSki Designs   

Prize - choice of 3 digi images  

Shadow Clocksey

Prize: choice of 3 digi images.

Star Stampz

 Prize - choice of 3 digi images

For my design team card I decided on a image from Sheepski Designs I've been wanting to use one of these images for a while if you've not seen them before they are fab. I used Kitty Mannequin for my card. Isn't she stylish.

Close up of the Stamp

Card Recipe

7x7 blank card

Stamp is Sheepski Designs Kitty Mannequin painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Timeless Victorian from Lili of the Valley sadly retired.

Die is Spellbinder Floral Oval

Lavender net overlay my stash

Organza Flower Lace is Wild Orchid Crafts as are most of the flowers.

Cabochon is from York Craft Show formerly GNPE

Resin frame is Prima from Live and  Love Crafts

Sentiment is from a Crafters Companion stamp set called Shoppe

Small shoe button is from my stash was gold but painted with Gesso

Pearl pins Dainty Crafts Washington

 I thought I'd share a couple of photos of the wedding one of the Bride and Groom and  one of me in my posh frock and  heels how did I ever wear them every day!!

Well If you have got to the end I hope you have a great week and  find time to join in the challenge this month. I'll share some holiday photos when I get sorted Love and  hugs Carole x

Good Evening and a Wedding Card for our Craft Group

Good evening to all my lovely blog friends and followers. A special welcome this evening to my new followers Kelly, Linda and Carole. I hope you enjoy my blog and  come and visit often. I'm so pleased you are all following my blog.
Before I tell you about my card a small apology I've not been around much this week as we got unexpected visitors on Tuesday and they were with us till Friday. So most of my craft plans went out of the window. I did get to the GNPE at Harrogate on Friday and got some nice goodies. Its definitely not the show it was its so much smaller and a lot of the regular sellers no longer go. If any of you were there on Friday sorry I missed you.
My card today is a sample card I've made for the people at our Craft Group to make on Thursday. It has to be a little simpler than I normally make as there are all abilities. We are using images from a LOTV Art Pad True love and the theme is Wedding/ Anniversary. I've chosen a Wedding image but the design will be suitable for all of the images the others decided on a couple of weeks ago .

Card Recipe

7x7 blank card

LOTV Art Pad True Love

Silver Shimmer card A Touch of Craft

Embossed card dot embossing folder

Spellbinder circle and  scalloped circle dies

Marianne heart die

Sentiments LOTV Simply Sophisticated

Ribbon, lace and  flowers from my stash

I spent most of yesterday afternoon cutting all the things and putting them all together into packets ready for Thursday thank goodness for my ebosser. I hope they all enjoy making my card design on Thursday.

Hopefully this week will be back to normal and I will manage some more posts. Thank you all for the gorgeous comments on my last post Time Flies so kind. Have a great week. hugs Carole x

Happy Christmas and a Winter Wedding

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers. I hope that you have all enjoyed a very Happy Christmas and Santa brought you some lovely surprises.
My post today is a bit photo heavy but I thought I would do a wedding theme so I'm showing you the Wedding Stationery I made for the wedding ,the Wedding Card I gave to the Bride and Groom and finally a photo of Rosie and Scott as they arrived at Durham Castle. Those of you who have been following my Blog all year will know I have been making this stationery for several months.

Wedding Invitation

Evening Invitation

Order of Service

Wedding Stationery Recipe

Hammered Cream Card Paper Craft Washington

 Bazzill dotted Swiss embossed cardstock Salt

 Berisfords ivory double sided satin ribbon Boyes Stores

Wording computer generated

Diamante Hearts ebay

 My Wedding Card for Rosie and Scott

 

 Wedding Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Papers Lili of the Valley Timeless Victorian

Stamp Lili of the Valley Bride and Groom painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils sprinkled with Shabby Pink frontage.

White flowered ribbon Whitby Crafts

Heart lace Dainty Crafts Washington

Rose white organza ribbon Boyes Stores

Pearl flowers Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearl String The Hobby House

With love for you stamp from my stash

Forever heart from a gift shop in Didsbury

Pink twine docrafts

Love Charm Dawn to Dusk Crafts Ross paper craft Show

Sewing Machine and white topstitch thread

Heart punch and computer generated sentiment

 

 

 

Rosie and Scott arriving at Durham Castle



We had a beautiful day on Monday at the wedding the weather was kind to them Rosie looked so beautiful, the service and venue just amazing. . Durham Castle was so romantic we were welcomed with mulled wine and canapes followed by a Wedding Breakfast in The Grand Hall it was superb with gorgeous food it looked so pretty in the candlelight. .
I was very proud in the church when I looked around to see everyone holding my Order of Service it made all those hours of making them so worthwhile.
I hope you have all enjoyed the Christmas holiday and are getting ready to enjoy the New Year celebrations. I  hope you enjoy my wedding post today even thought it is a bit long !! . Hugs Carole x

 

 

 



I'm entering my Wedding card into Crafty Sentiments Designs anything Goes



Wedding Day

Good evening to all my lovely friends and followers and a special welcome to my new follower Jacee thank you for following my blog I hope you enjoy my posts and  continue to visit my Blog.

My card today is a wedding card I have made recently for my friend Margaret's son who is getting married tomorrow. I decided to use the Wedding Tilda image again its the one I used on the wedding acceptance card I posted recently . I really liked the card and  its was also popular with my followers. So this is a similar style.

 

This is the matching box

 

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Image Wedding Tilda painted with Promarker and  Copic pens and sprinkled with shabby white Frantage.

Photo and  Music stamps LOTV Grunge Music and  Old Romance

Papers Timeless Victorian

Organza and net covering card and  box from Boyes stores

Wide white sparkle ribbon Whitby Crafts

Spellbinder Opulent oval die

Butterflies edged with Gesso and Letters both from a Pion cut out sheet from Live and Love Crafts

Flowers Wild Orchid Craft ,my stash and the lace stem is from Dainty Crafts Washington

Pearl hearts Dawn to Dusk Crafts

 Petite Frames Mellissa Frances Live and  Love Crafts

Box Stella Crafts

Box Sentiment made on my computer

 

I hope that you all have a great weekend what ever you have planned. We have friends arriving tomorrow for the weekend . The boys are going to the football match tomorrow afternoon and Jennifer and I are going for afternoon tea to Wynyard Hall so it should be a very nice weekend.

Thank you all for visiting my Blog and for all the lovely comments you have left recently. I do appreciate them all as I know some of you have been having some blogger problems this week . Hugs Carole x