Fairies

Good morning to all my lovely friends and followers. I hope that you are all well and enjoying a great week. Its the 26th November and this time next month Christmas will all be over bar the leftovers . Its going to be here before we know it . I always plan to have everything done but never do always loads of  last minute stuff. I tell myself its part of the fun not sure about that though .

 

Today sees the launch of a new challenge at Crafting by Designs and  our theme this week is Fairies. Our sponsor this week is  Delicious Doodles with a great prize of 4 Digi stamps.

Delicious Doodles   

Prize - 4 digis

 

 

 

For my card I chose the stamp Ivy Fairy its a bit of a different fairy as she only has ivy for clothes. I did think of giving her a little woolly vest but thought it may upset the designer!! So here she is

 

 

 

 

Card Recipe

Shaped card from Craftwork  Cards

Papers LOTV Baskets and  Bunnies

Image Ivy Fairy Delicious Doodles painted with Promarkers and Copic pens sprinkled with shabby blue Frantage

Spellbinders Labels Three

Marianne die ivy , birdhouse and bird.

Lace from my stash

Sentiment Tags LOTV

Flowers Wild Orchid Crafts

Crochet flower ( I think docrafts ages ago).

Ivy leaves from Dainty Crafts Washington

 

 

Well now you've seen her she is different but I did enjoy the colouring the wings and hair are fabulous. I hope you can dig out your fairy stamps and pop over and enter this challenge.

 

Enjoy the rest of the week I hope you find the time to enjoy something nice and relaxing could that be crafting hmm !!





On your Retirement

Good evening to all my friends and  followers after a busy week I've finally made sometime to put a post on my blog. We had a good week in the Peak District although the weather wasn't good we did a lot of nice shopping at Chatsworth Christmas Markets and a lot of relaxing but not so much walking as it was very wet in the middle of the week. I'm now back to normality and  I 've been Christmas shopping today I was surprised how busy the shops were but I got some things but will need another one or two trips to finish all the present buying.
Now onto my card its a Retirement card commission I did for a friend just before my holiday she asked for flowers so I used the very pretty LOTV Lilacs stamp. I did make a matching box but silly me forgot to photograph it!!

 

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Tim Holtz card and  paper distress tool

Pion Paper Studio of Memories Photo Frame and Anemone from Live and Love Crafts

LOTV stamp Lilacs painted with Derwent Inktense pencils

Spellbinder Floral Oval die

Lace from my stash

Lace butterfly by Martha Stewart from Michaels Florida USA

Flowers WOC and my stash

Sentiments LOTV For You Retirement sentiment and Sentiment tags

Sewing Machine and white topstitch thread

Glamour Dust on the Lilac flowers

Metal corner Dawn to Dusk Crafts originally white but tinted with a Copic pen to match

 

 

I thought I'd finish my post with a lovely photo I took of Lathkill Dale it was one of the dryer days and I took it just before the sunset. It is a really beautiful dale.

 

I hope that you all have a great weekend what ever you all have planned. I hope to do some more shopping tomorrow I'm determined not to be last minute shopping this year as we are going to the Wedding on the 22nd December that I have been making the stationery for so that will take out a couple of days leading up to Christmas Eve. Thank you all for the great comments on my recent posts they are all so lovely hugs 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.



Rosie Posey for Rosie's 30th Birthday

Good morning to all my fellow crafters, bloggers and friends. My card today is on I have made for Rosie she is the Bride to be who I have been making the Wedding Stationery for . It was her 30th Birthday this week and this is the card I made to send to her. I bought this Rosie Posey stamp when LOTV first put the retiring stamps up for sale it was a stamp I always liked but for some reason never bought so I thought straight away of Rosie's 30th when I saw it was being retired. Anyway enough of this rambling on, this is the card.

 

 

 

 

 

Card Recipe

6x6 card cut with Tim Holtz Bracket die

Papers are LOTV Timeless Victorian

Image LOTV stamp Rosie Posey painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils and  sprinkled with shabby blue Frantage

Marianne die Flower ,Leaf and Circle.

Flower organza ribbon Boyes Stores

Heart Lace Dainty Crafts Washington

Sentiment tags LOTV

Flowers Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearl string my stash

Resin frame and number 30 cut from a Pion cut out sheet both from Live and  Love Crafts

Pearls from my Candy win from Mags

Paper edger Tim holtz

 

I decorated the inside of the card to match and added the same die cut to print the verse on.

 

I hope you have all had a wonderful week . I'll be in the Peak District when this is posted so I hope that we have a great week as well. Look forward to seeing all your lovely posts when I get home . Hugs Carole x



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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Craftwork Cards Christmas Cards

Good morning to all my fellow crafty bloggers and  friends. I hope you are all well and enjoyed your week. Today I'm posting two Christmas cards yes you read right Two !!. When I went to the GNPE I shared one of these Craftwork Cards pads with my craft friend Carol. I've made three cards so far using it and  have enjoyed making them so quick and also perfect for posting

 

 

 

Card Recipe

7x7 blank cards

Craftwork cards Christmas Candi pad Winter Botanicals

The bow is from the bow pad given to me by my Crafty friend Carol

Candi is from GNPE and my stash

Christmas ribbon from my stash

Sentiment stamp LOTV Christmas Wishes

Pearls from the Range and Green gems Michaels Florida

Kraft card Crafters Companion

 

I coloured the inside of the bow with a green promarker pen as I didn't like looking down on the white reverse. These are so different for me but I did enjoy them especially as I made two in a morning.  I'll be posting some more as there's a few more designs so watch this Blog. I'm going away tomorrow to the Peak District for a week relaxing and walking depending on the weather it might be more relaxing !! I have some posts scheduled though for while I'm away . I'll have to catch up with all your lovely Blogs when I get home as the cottage we go to does not have wifi. I'm seeing my Son and Daughter in Law they are coming for the weekend so looking forward to seeing them.  I'll be handing over the new roman blind. its all finished and looks very smart.

Thank you for the lovely comments you have left recently I really appreciate the time you take to look at my Blog. Enjoy the weekend Hugs Carole x

 

 

 



Merry Kissmas Penguins

Good morning everyone I hope you are all having a great week and that you are all well. My post today is a card I've made for the launch of the November Challenge Anything goes over at Crafting by Designs. We have three sponsors this week each giving great prizes

 

Sassy Studio Designs

Prize - 4 digi images

Inky Impressions

Prize - $10 credit to store

 

 Ike's Art  

Prize - $20 credit to store

 

For my Design team project I decided on an image from Inky Impression called Merry Kissmas Penguins. Its a really cute image and great fun to colour. I used Derwent Inktense pencils this is the first time I've used them with a digi stamp but it worked just fine.

 

 

Card Recipe

6x6 blank card Craftwork cards.

Inky Impressions Kissmas Penguins digi stamp painted with Derwent Inktense pencils sprinkled with Shabby blue Frantage.

Spellbinder die labels 18

Memory box Frostyville border

Memory box die Snowflake corner

Papers LOTV Snow Princess

Blue card Tim Holtz

Fancy ribbon trim from Boyes stores

Purple organza ribbon from my stash

Blue wooden snowflakes Whitby Crafts

Snowflake charm Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiment LOTV Christmas Wishes

Tim Holtz paper distress tool

 

 

Enjoy the rest of the week and I  hope you find time to enter this challenge . Thank you to those of you who commented on Sunday evening I was having Blogger problems and for some reason this was published when I asked it to update and save as draft. I removed it as the challenge isn't until Wednesday 5th so sorry but the comments you all made are brilliant. I'm classing it as a Sneak Peak to the chosen few!!. Hugs Carole x

 

I'm entering this into Bunny Zoe's Challenge Animals, Papertake Weekly Challenge Anything Goes with glitz and sparkle , Graphit Markers Challenge Water/Ice or Blue/Purple and The Ribbon girls Challenge Christmas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Special Birthday

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers. A special welcome to my new follower on Google + Vinita. Thank you for following my Blog I hope you continue to enjoy my posts. My card today is one I made way back in August for a commission. I made it in a bit of a rush just before my holiday and forgot to photo it. When I met up with the friend I'd made it for I mentioned I'd not photographed it she agreed to take a photo for me she's done a brilliant job. The card is a design I have made before and was asked for specifically but this time I used patterned papers for a different look.

 

The matching box

 

Card Recipe

8x8 blank card Craftwork cards

Papers LOTV Shabby Shack

Happy Birthday die cut and rose corner die cuts from ebay

Pearl flower string Whitby Crafts

Flowers Heartfelt Creations Delicate Asters

Butterflies Martha Stewart punch

Box Stella Crafts

Sewing machine and white topstitch thread

 

I hope the person it is for liked it my friend certainly does.. Well November already I cannot believe its 3 month since I made this card the time is passing so fast. Today I finished the roman blind for my Son and  Daughter in law just need to put the rods in and slot in the cord then fix it to the rail and hey presto finished in a flash. !!! We are seeing them next weekend so it has to be done for then.

I've got my two cousins for lunch tomorrow so really looking forward to that as one of my cousins now lives in Inverness near his son. My other cousins wife is bringing the outfit to show me she has bought for her sons wedding in December its the wedding I have done the stationery for so really looking forward to seeing it. I am sure it will be gorgeous. 

Well I cannot finish my post without telling you about Friday. As it was a nice day we decided to go to Whitby for fish and chips at the Magpie and of course a visit to the craft shop. When we got there we found out it was Goth Weekend. We looked very boring in our normal clothes but we had great fun seeing all the amazing outfits.

Well that's it for now hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend . Thank you for the lovely comments on my Halloween card they were so special as it isn't the sort of thing I normally go for. Hugs Carole x



 

 

 

Halloween

Good morning to all my friends and  followers. Todays post is a Halloween card I've made for Crafting by Designs Halloween challenge. The challenge runs for one week and our sponsors are.

 

Alicia Bel

 

The prize this week is three digital stamps of the winners choice.

 

The image I've chosen for my card is Lily Monster. This is the first time I have fussy cut an image but I quite liked using  this technique.

 

 

 

Card Recipe

6x6 Blank Card

Image Lily Monster Alicia Bel painted with Promarker and Copic pens then fussy cut. The image was stamped onto Desert Storm Neenah card from Crafters Companion.

Background paper from Joann stores Florida

Spiders web ribbon from GNPE

Sentiments from Michaels craft store Florida

Orange card and gems from my stash

 

I'm not a big fan of Halloween but I quite enjoyed making this card. I also hope some of you may find the time to enter one of your Halloween cards into the challenge.

  

I hope you are all having a great week and doing some interesting things. Thank you for the lovely comments on the wedding card you are all so kind. Hugs Carole x

 

I'm entering this into Crafty Sentiments Designs Trick or Treat and The Shabby Tea Room Spooky Wishes

 

 



 

 



 

 

 

 





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

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Get Ready for Christmas

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers and  a special welcome today to my two new followers Sally and Edna. I am so pleased you have joined my blog and I hope you can visit often to enjoy my posts.

Today sees the launch at Crafting by Designs of a new weekly challenge Get Ready for Christmas we have a great sponsor Just Some Lines and a fab prize of three Digital Stamps.

Just Some Lines

 

 

Prize Three Digital stamps of the winners choice.

 

For my Design Team card I decided on Seeing Santa its a cute image and I hope you like my card

 



 

Card Recipe

6x6 Blank card Craftwork cards

Red card my stash

Papers LOTV Twas the Night

Image Just Some Lines Seeing Santa painted with Copic and  Promarker pens

Spellbinder square die to cut the frame

Sentiments LOTV Christmas wishes and Christmas Grungy Messages heat embossed with red embossing powder

Red lace from a quilt show I went to at the NEC Birmingham last year its French lace Oh la la !!

Red Pom Pom trim Boyes Stores

Twine Docrafts

Charm Wild Orchid Crafts ages ago.

Wooden star buttons Whitby Crafts.

 

I hope you are all enjoying a great week and the weather is not too awful for those in the UK. I hope you find time to look at the challenge and  our sponsors web pages you might even feel like entering one of the stunning Christmas cards you are all making. As well as the prize we also pick Saturday Spotlight winners and  invite our Guest Designers from those lucky enough to be selected.

 



 

 



 

 



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

 



Wedding Acceptance

Good morning to all my lovely friends and followers and  a big thank you for you kind comments on my 18th Birthday card. You are all aware I am making wedding stationery and  I received the invite I made for the Wedding on the 22nd December just before my holiday .It was weird receiving my own card.
Today I'm posting the acceptance card I've made to send to Rosie's Mum and Dad. To be honest I think this is the first time I've actually made a Wedding Acceptance card.

 

Its a long time since I've used a Tilda image but I thought this Wedding Tilda was just right.

 

Card Recipe

6x6 Blank white card Craftwork Cards

Image Wedding Tilda painted with Copic and  Promarker pens sprinkled with Shabby Pink Frantage from Live and  Love Crafts

Paper is Timeless Victorian from LOTV my favourite I bought another pad at the GNPE

Spellbinder Opulent oval die

Photo stamp LOTV Old Romance Background Bits

Silver sequin ribbon from Whitby Crafts

White rose ribbon from Boyes Stores

Butterflies from a Pion cut out sheet from Live and Love Crafts sprinkled with Shabby Pink Frantage and  edged with white gesso

Silver bead string from my stash

Sentiments computer generated

White card and paper distress tool Tim Holtz

 

 

Well I hope you are enjoying the week its been freezing here and I'm really feeling the cold after a month in Florida.

 

I enjoyed the GNPE on Saturday but a bit disappointed with the number of stalls a lot of my favourite stalls weren't there and LOTV only had a small stall compared to usual they normally had two . The new hall is much smaller so I think this restricts the numbers allowed . I got some of the things I wanted but the die I wanted I've had to order on line as One Upon a Stamp was not there his dies are such a good price. On a positive note I got to meet up with Sue one of my lovely followers it was so nice to see her and chat . I also spoke for a while with Ann from LOTV she's is lovely.

 

Well I'm off to hospital shortly to see the dietician to see how I'm doing with my GF diet then back to catching up on my crafting and the ironing.  Love the crafting hate ironing.!!

 

Have a great week Love and Hugs Carole

 

I'm entering this card in The Ribbon Girl Glitz and Bling http://ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/october-card-challenge.html Crafty Little Fairies Use one Design Paper

 http://craftylittlefairieschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/october-only-one-dp.html and Crafty Sentiments Designs anything Goes http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/anything-goes-good-morning-sweet.html

 

 

 

 



 



 

 



18th Birthday

Good morning to all my lovely followers and  friends. I'm back home from Florida and  feeling very relaxed we had a great month so laid back just love the life style and the heat. I'm now home and back to all the catching up. I'm sorry I didn't get any comments done but had to rely on wifi when I could get it so never had chance for any long spells sitting at my iPad. A special thank you to those of you who commented on all my scheduled posts they were lovely and so kind of you all. I must say I have missed my crafting not doing anything was hard but I bought some lovely craft goodies to compensate.
Now a bit about my post today. This is an 18th birthday card and box I made before my holidays for my friend Val to give to her grandson Kieran. The image is a McLaren sports car and the reason for this choice is he's just got an apprenticeship with them and  started this month what an opportunity for him he's a delightful young man.



 

 

 The Box

 

 

Card Recipe

8x8 blank card Craftwork cards

Image from the internet

Grey card and  black mirra card from my stash

Yellow card Tim Holtz

Die cut letters and  numbers

Spellbinder circles

Star shapes

Cogs from Michaels USA

                                                           Twine Live and  Love Crafts

Charm my stash

Box Stella Crafts

 

 

Its taken me a while to do this post Blogger was definitely having a Monday morning mood it was a pain trying to upload the photos .

 

I've not spoken to my friend yet since my hols so not heard if Kieran liked the card I hope he did.

 

If any of you are going to the GNPE at Harrogate tomorrow I'm going with some friends from Craft Group so if you see me please say hello.

 

I'm hoping to get round all of my followers blogs in the next few days to see what you have all been creating I know they will be wonderful and to say hello.

 

Enjoy your weekend whatever you have planned Love and Hugs Carole x