Easter Bunny

 Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers today is the launch of our March 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 March Design Team project  I used a lovely Stamp called Easter bunny   Its just such an adorable Easter stamp

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card cut with a go Create Frilly 10 die

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

Papers are Pion Scent of Lavender

Lavender car is also Pion from Craftezee closing down sale

Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts and The Ribbon Girl 

Go Kreate Frilly die 10

Spellbinder Labels Eighteen die

Happy Easter Stamp is Lili of the Valley

Milled Lavender Distress ink

Small bow and lavender silk flowers are from a very old packet from Docrafts 

Well I hope you can take a look at this new Blog challenge 

 Keep crafting. Love and Hugs 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.

Close Up

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

Christmas Snowman and Stars and Back

Good morning everyone today sees the launch of our new monthly Anything Goes Challenge over at Crafting By Designs .
We have three great sponsors this month

QKR Stampede 
   

Prize - 3 digi i

All Dressed Up Stamps 

Prize - 2 digi images

Twinkle Lane Designs 

Prize - 2 single digi images

mages

For my Design Team cards I used images from Twinkle Lane Designs Christmas Snowman  and  All Dressed up Stamps Stars and Back

Christmas Snowman

Close Up

Card  Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Red Card my Box Papers are from Hobby Lobby in Florida

Stamp is Christmas Snowman from  Twinkle Lane Designs painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Stitched Square and Circle dies
Star die is Joy craft
Mistletoe die is Frantic Stamper
Holly Leaves are Wild Orchid Crafts
Frosted Berries eBay
Christmas Sentiment tags are Lili of the Valley stamps
 Small red gems my Box
Wooden Reindeer The Works

Stars and Back

Close Up

Door Hanger Recipe

Card Door Hanger from The Paper Mill Washington
Papers are red Docrafts and  blue Maja Design
Stamp is All Dressed Up Stamps Stars and  Back painted with Derwent Inktemse Pencils
Stitched Star die
Stitched rectangles are  MFT
Wooden :love sentiment from eBay

Well I hope you can enter our challenge this month Have a great week Love and  hugs Carole x

 

Wish Upon a Star

Good morning and a very Happy New Year 2019 to all my lovely friends and  followers its the first Wednesday of 2019 so the launch of our first 2019 challenge over at Crafting by Designs Our theme for this week is .Anything Goes

We have a new sponsor for our challenge this week.

Hetty Clare  

Prize - 2 digi images

For my Design Team card I used a stamp called Wish Upon a Star

Close up

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is Wish Upon a Star from Hettie Clare painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Paper is from a pad I got as a Christmas gift from a friend its Natures Blue from Craft Sensations by Grafix its a lovely pad.

Pink card is Tim Holtz

Circle and  Scalloped circle dies are Spellbinder

Star and  Cloud dies are all Memory box

Lace and  blue crisp ribbon are from my box

Pink Pearl string from Ross Paper craft show

Pink Rose is from Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiment is from a Lili of the Valley sentiment stamp set not sure if it is still available.

Clear Wink of Stella 

Well I hope that everyone has had a great Christmas and New Year and are ready to start your 2019 crafting. Hope you can enter the challenge we love everything that is entered. Enjoy your week . I'm taking Christmas decorations down today I love putting them up but  hate taking them down and  packing away.  Love Carole x

Get Ready for Christmas

Good morning everyone today sees the start of a new challenge at Crafting by Designs this is another one of our Get Ready for Christmas challenges we've been having one every month since September and they are proving really popular .
Our sponsor this week is

  Rick St. Dennis    

The Prize - 2 digi stamps

 

Its a great prize and his stamps are very popular so I hope you can check out the web page. For my design I have chosen Holly Berry she's quite saucy with her basque and fishnet stockings so I need to think of some man who will appreciate this !!

 

 

 

Card Recipe

7x7 blank card

Image Rick St Dennis Holly Berry painted with Promarkers and Copic pens

Red Glitter card from a Craft shop in Litchfield a couple of years ago

Spellbinder Floral oval die

Shabby white frantage

Berries and holly leaves from Wild Orchid Crafts and my stash.

Sentiments LOTV Christmas Wishes

Sequined gold ribbon Whitby Crafts

Gold star string from my stash

Merry Christmas ribbon Boyes Stores.

Paper LOTV Classic Christmas

I hope you enjoy this card she's such fun. If you are still making Christmas cards you might find something suitable and pop over to enter this weeks challenge.



Give Thanks

Good morning everyone and a special welcome to all my lovely friends and  followers. My post today is to launch a new challenge along at Crafting by Designs and our challenge theme this week is Give Thanks. I know they celebrate this time of year a lot more in the USA but we have to admit it is a glorious time when we see all of the wonderful Autumn colours and they have been especially lovely this year in England after our good warm summer.
We have two sponsors this week for our challenge

Sami Stamps  

Prize - $12 credit to store

 

and

 

Diane's Daydream Designs

 

Prize - $15 credit to store

 

I decided on an image from Sami Stamps and its called Acorn in my hand .

 

 

 

The inside of the card

 

 

Card Recipe

6x6 Cream scalloped card Craftwork cards

Papers LOTV Enchantment

Stamp Acorn in my hand Sami Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Marianne die flower leaf and circle

Hessian ribbon Hobby Lobby Florida

Flowers Wild Orchid Crafts

Purple organza ribbon my stash

Wood bobbin Michaels Florida

Sentiments computer generated

Kraft card Crafters Companion

Metal leaf Dawn to Dusk Crafts Ross Papercraft Show

Acorn from the top of a Christmas Cracker last year

 

I hope you enjoy this challenge and  its a bit different and nice to use the Autumn colours for a change. I was lucky as I won these gorgeous Autumn papers in a LOTV Candy Draw earlier this year. I hope you can find the time to pop over and take a look.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

New Baby Girl

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers and a special welcome this sunny morning to my latest follower Karrie welcome to my Blog I hope that you enjoy my posts and  continue to visit my Blog.
My card today is a New Baby Girl card I made for my friend Margaret she had a new Grandchild while I was away on holiday. Her name is Fearne. The stamp I've used is LOTV Cosy Pram I bought this ages ago when it was released and have never had the opportunity to use it so I knew straight away what baby stamp I was going to make the card with. I've also another first on the card while I was in Florida I bought this Tim Holtz bracket die something I've been after for ages so its had its first outing on this card. The Tim Holtz dies are so much cheaper than in England especially if you have a 40% off coupon !!



 

 

Card Recipe

6x6 blank card Craftwork Cards

Edge cut with Tim Holtz Bracket die

Stamp LOTV Cosy Pram painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers Pion Studio of Memories Rose and Ocean Roses PD1904 from Live and  Love Crafts

Die Marianne Circle, leaf , and flower

Sentiments LOTV for you circular sentiments and sentiment tags.

Lace and ribbon from my stash.

Pearl trim from a haberdashery shop in Durham market ages ago.

Wood teddy button from Whitby Crafts

Flowers Wild orchid Craft and Boyes Stores

Letters from a Pion cut out sheet Live and Love Crafts

Card edges inked with Tattered Rose Distress Ink

 

 



I decorated the inside of the card with the same papers and  put the verse onto a  die cut to match the outside. I don't often do this as I usually add an insert of either linen or hammered paper but I did like the results of this technique.

 

Well got nothing planned especially for the weekend but I do have some jobs in the house and garden to keep me busy. My son also sent me a parcel yesterday it contained the Roman Blind I made  a few years ago for their kitchen and They had already sent some new fabric. So can I just run them a new one up !! I'll need to put a couple of days aside and get my big sewing machine out. The one I use for my cards is a very small one I bought cheaply at John Lewis and it sits under the desk but I'll need my trusted Bernina machine for this project.

 

I hope you all have a great weekend and enjoy some time to relax.  Hugs Carole x

 

 

I'm entering this card in The Ribbon Girl Lili challenge Add Lace http://ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/october-lovely-lili-challenge_12.html Live and  Love Crafts Think Pink http://liveandlovecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/think-pink-candy-2014.html Lili of the Vally Anything Goes http://ideastoinspire.blogspot.co.uk/p/challenge.html Diva by Design Texturehttp://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/Whimsey Stamps Challenge Anything Goes http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.co.uk/2014_10_01_archive.html

 

 



 

 

Have a Happy Retirement Phil

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers I hope you are enjoying the weekend its been quite sunny here but lots of rain overnight My post today is a male retirement card I made just before my holidays. Its for a great guy Phil an ex colleague of my husbands who retired at the end of September. They worked together as Forensic Trainers and I spent a great two week holiday with his lovely wife Lesley in Singapore when my husband and Phil were working out there. We all had such a great time. He also loves caravanning and has a static van in Northumberland. So I decided to find an image to reflect that. I found this on Pinterest not my usual style image but I thought it was just right for him.



 

Card Recipe

6x6 card Craftwork cards

Kraft card Crafters Companion

Papers LOTV Enchantment ( I won them in one of the daily candy draws )

Image from Pinterest painted with Promarker and Copic pens

Spellbinder scalloped circles and circle dies

LOTV sentiments, Sentiment Tags and For You Round sentiments

Hessian ribbon from Hobby Lobby Florida

Twine and clock charm from my stash

Newsprint Candi Craftwork cards

Metal corner Wild orchid Crafts

 

My husband was out for lunch with Phil and his New Tricks group (all retired colleagues) last week and I know Phil loved his caravan card !!.

 

Well today I'm again catching up on ironing my washer broke last week and sadly could not be repaired so I had to wait till Friday to get the new on fitted. So did lots of catch up washing yesterday that now needs ironing. This afternoon I'm going to start on my DT projects for November. I cannot believe November is so close, this year seems to have gone by much too quickly. How I ever found time to work full  time I will never know.

 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend I hope you are doing some nice things today. Love and  Hugs Carole x

 



Happy Birthday Barbara

Good morning to all my lovely friend and  followers . Today is my friend Barbara's birthday and this is the card I have made to give her. It was my first decent attempt with Inktense pencils. I used on of the latest fairy release stamps from LOTV Flower Dance.

Card Recipe

7x7 blank card

Papers LOTV Timeless Victorian

Stamp flower Dance LOTV painted with Inktense pencils and  sprinkled with Frantage

Sentiment stamps LOTV Pretty Grunge Good Times

Birdcage covered in Blue Frantage from Craftwork Cards

Flowers Wild Orchid Craft and my stash

White seam binding ribbon Live and Love Crafts

Ruffle ribbon Boyes stores

Birdcage charm The hobby house

Pearl Hearts Dawn to Dusk Crafts

Pearl string and  heart pin from my stash

Sewing Machine and  white topstitch thread

I hope you are all enjoying a great week doing some really nice things and  lots of crafting.

 Happy Birthday Barbara have a Great Birthday Hugs Carole x

 I'm entering this into the ribbon girl challenge pretty pastels and LOTV September Challenge pretty Papers.



Christmas Candle

Good morning to all my lovely crafty friends and followers I hope that you are having a great weekend especially as the weather seems to be improving again. I also want to welcome my latest follower Marianne thank you for following my blog and I hope you continue to enjoy visiting my blog.
My card today is a Christmas card I've made using LOTV Christmas Candle stamp it's one of the older LOTV images but one that I like very much.



Apologies for the photo my camera just didn't like this green at all as you can see I even put it against a white background to try and improve it as I normally use black.

Card Recipe

7x7 blank card

Kraft card Crafters Companion

Stamp Lili of the Valley Christmas Candle coloured with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers LOTV Woodland Wishes

Sentiment Stamps LOTV Christmas Grungy Messages stamped in Forest Green ink

Green Lace from my stash

Cream lace from a gift shop in Whitby

Flowers, berries and  leaves Wild Orchid Craft

Spellbinder Floral Oval

Wooden Star buttons Whitby Crafts

Charm I think Wild Orchid Crafts

Twine Docrafts

Pink shabby Frantage, Glamour dust and Twinklets.

 

 

I hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend. I'm going to the hairdressers later, then tomorrow its finishing packing as we are going to our Apartment in Florida on Monday for a month. I'm a bit better organised than usual so have got some posts scheduled for each of the weeks I'm away. I'm generally Ok for wifi so hope to keep up with all your gorgeous creations while I'm away. I'm looking forward to the sun and the relaxation and might even fit in a bit of Craft shopping can a duck swim !! I will be craft shopping.
 

 Thank you for the lovely comments you have all left recently so kind Hugs Carole x

I'm entering this into Lili of the Valley Monthly Challenge Christmas in August and A Creative Romance Challenge Use Kraft

 





90th Birthday Card

Good evening everyone today I'm posting a commission card I have just made for a 90th birthday. I decided on lovely lilac colour papers from the LOTV Timeless Victorian pad lots of dies and  pearls.

 

This is the matching box

 

Card Recipe

8x8 Blank card Craftwork Cards

Papers Timeless Victorian LOTV

Marianne Anja's Quadrate Set

Marianne Garden Branch

Flowers roses Wild Orchid Craft

Fabric Flowers and  Ribbon with pearls local craft store Boyes

Pearl embellishments Dawn to Dusk Crafts at Ross Paper Craft Show

 White Viva pearl pen

Sentiment computer generated

Box Stella Crafts

White card Tim Holtz distressed with Tim Holtz paper distress tool

 

Some of you will remember I went to a beautiful wedding in London in May well the groom's Mum has just sent me this lovely official photo of the groom and his brother who was the best man. Michael and I were just sat behind them in church and this is one of the moments when the Vicar made one of his funny remarks he was a great guy and made the ceremony very special and personal for them. Its a lovely photo of two great boys..

 



 

I hope you enjoyed the Bank holiday wasn't the weather awful. We had our Son and  Daughter in Law staying with us and had a lovely evening out on Saturday to celebrate their Second Wedding Anniversary. 

I hope you enjoy the rest of the week whatever you have planned.

Thank you for all the fabulous comments on my recent post you are all so very kind. Hugs Carole x

 

I'm entering this into Divas by Designs Pretty Pearls Challenge and The Shabby Tea Room Celebrate Challenge

 



Happy Days

Good morning to all my fantastic friends and followers I hope you are all well and  enjoying this glorious summer weather we are having in the UK. My post today is a card I made a couple of weeks ago at the craft group I go to. We close for the summer and as it was our last meeting we had a coffee morning with scones ,jam and cream and beautiful cakes. My craft buddy Carol even made me some gluten free chocolate macaroons delicious. As we had nothing crafty planned. I took this topper that I'd got free in a magazine and made this Happy Days card.

 

 



 

 

Its a very pretty topper with stunning flowers and  I loved the colours hope you do too.

 

 Card Recipe

6x6 Scalloped card Craftwork cards

Papers K&Co Hydrangea Stripe Pad I got in the Candy I won in Mags Birthday Candy draw

Lace from a gift shop in Whitby

Roses and cherry blossom Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearl String Hobby craft

Sentiment LOTV Pretty Grungy Good Times stamped in Forest Green ink onto the patterned paper

Flower topper free in Magazine

 

I hope you all have a great weekend I'm doing some shopping today but not much else planned its forecast to be a bit cooler tomorrow so might get on with some crafting my craft room has been way too hot during the day and what I've managed to do has been in the evening.

Thank you all once again for taking time to leave your lovely comments you are all wonderful and so kind. Hugs Carole xx

 



Use a Sentiment Challenge

Good morning to all my friends ,followers and fellow crafters. And a special welcome if you've arrived via Crafting by Designs Blog.
Today sees the launch of Crafting by Designs new weekly Challenge and the theme is Use a Sentiment. So I'm hoping you will all go over and take a look.Crafty Sentiment Designs Challenge Use a Sentiment I'm sure you all have some sentiments you could use so why not have a go.
The sponsor is Inky Impressions and the prize a $10 gift token

 

 

INKY IMPRESSIONS

http://inkyimpressionsrubberstamps.com/

 

For my post I've chosen one of their stamps Maddie Spreading the Love and used a sentiment from Pinterest which I think really compliments the stamp

 

 

 

 

 

Card Recipe

6x6 blank card Craftwork Cards

Maddie Spreading the Love digi stamp Inky Impressions painted with Copic and Promarker pens and sprinkled with pink frantage

Sending love your way sentiment from Pinterest  painted with Copic and Promarker pens

Papers LOTV Bonnets and  Bowties

Martha Stewart heart border punch

Cheese cloth, roses and small magnolia flower from Wild Orchid Crafts

Lace Dainty Crafts Washington

Organza flower ribbon and  flowers Boyes Stores

Handmade rolled flowers edged with white gesso

Heart stamp on paper border Do crafts (very old.)

Spellbinder floral oval die

Pearl string from Hobby Craft

Pearl heart Dawn to Dusk Crafts

White Viva pearl pen and  Glamour dust

 

 

Thank you for looking at my blog today and  hope you find time to go over and  look at this weeks Challenge and  good luck if you enter a project.

 

 



 

Aurora Wings Bluebell Sprite

Good morning to all my lovely friends and followers. I hope you are all having a good week .If you are visiting from Crafting By Designs you are very welcome to my blog. My card today is a design post for Crafting by Designs today sees the launch of the monthly Challenge Anything Goes. My card is made using a stamp from one of our sponsors Aurora Wings . Its the first time I've used their stamps but I was impressed by the fabulous images a fantastic selection .I really struggled to decide which one to use but finally settled for Bluebell Sprite .

 

 

Card Recipe

Blank card Craftwork Cards

Papers LOTV Bonnets and  Bows and Crafty Individuals Shades of Summer
Spellbinder die Labels 18 

Digi Stamp Bluebell Sprite Aurora Wings painted with Promarkers and Copic pens

Image sprinkled with Frantage vintage white from Live and  Love Crafts

Sentiments LOTV Everyday Grunge messages stamped with Memento Paris Dusk blue ink

Lace and pearl trim from Whitby Crafts

Flowers Wild Orchid Crafts and my stash

White rolled flowers made with quilling tool

Tim Holtz white card

Tim Holtz paper distress tool  

 

 

I hope the you get the opportunity to look at the Anything Goes Challenge  there are some great prizes and it runs for a month so lots of time to enter..

 

Enjoy the rest of your week and  hope you find the time to do some lovely crafting.

I'm entering this into Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Anything Goes, Papertake Weekly Challenge Anything Goes with a Summer theme and A Creative Romance Anything Goes

 

 

 



 

 



Birthday Card for Val

Good morning to all my lovely friends and great followers I hope you have all had a great week. Before I start my post I want to give a special welcome to my latest follower Annie thank you so much for joining my blog and  I hope you continue to enjoy my blog posts.
The card I'm posting today was one I made a little while ago its a 65th birthday card for my friend Val. She celebrated her birthday last Thursday. The card is a bit of a different colour scheme for me but I liked the finished result See what you think.

 

This is the matching box

 

 

 

Card Recipe

Blank 8x8 scalloped card from Craftwork Cards

Navy Card Tim Holtz

Die cut corners from ebay

Spellbinder Floral oval dies

Marianne die

Sentiment computer generated

Flowers WOC and  my stash.

The cream flat flowers are from The Hobby House at GNPE a while ago and the centres are coverd in pink seed beads

Viva pearl pen pink

Pink pearl string from my stash. I wish I could remember were I bought it as its very fine and I love it on cards.

White gesso on flowers

 

 

I cut the bottom floral oval die in half to extend it and make a bigger oval design a technique I saw on the Create and  Craft.

I spoke to my friend on her birthday an know she loved the card I was just relieved it arrived safely and not damaged.

 I hope you are all looking forward to the weekend. I've got some workmen here cleaning all our block paving so hope to do some shopping when they finish. I'm also doing appeals all next week so lots of reading still to do but I'm getting there.

Thank you all for the lovely comments you have left recently I really appreciate them especially on my first design post as its quite a big thing doing your first project. Enjoy whatever you have planned and I hope it involves some crafting If I get any time it will be wedding invites for me.