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

 



Rock Around The Clock

Hi everyone today sees the launch of the new weekly challenge over at Crafting by Designs the theme this week is Rock Around The Clock and we are very lucky to have two sponsors

Dr. Digi 

Prize: winner choice of 2 digis

and

QKR Stampede  

Prize: 5 digis

 

 

My choice for my Design Team card was an image from Dr.Digi called Metal Mick this is a real fun image and I enjoyed making the card but as I'm sure you'll all agree not quite my normal style. However it's always good to do different so hope you enjoy him and it makes you start signing Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and The Comets certainly takes me back a few era's to my youth club days.

 

 



 

Card Recipe

7x7 card

Card Tim Holtz

Paper a 12x12 scrapbook sheet by Echo Park Paper Its a Boy's Life

Spotted paper is the reverse side

Image Dr Digi Metal Mick edges heat embossed with silver embossing powder and  coloured with Promarkers and Copic pens

Twine for my stash might be Docrafts

Guitar Charm Whitby Crafts

Sentiment cut from the paper

Die cut stars and metal stars from my stash

Die cut letters around the edge

 

 

I hope you have a great week and that you can pop over and join in the challenge get out those bobby socks and get rocking Hugs Carole x

 

 





Happy Anniversary

Good morning to all my fellow crafters and  a special welcome to my new followers Sally, Vicki and  Lucy on Google  + I do appreciate you taking the time to follow my blog and  I hope you continue to enjoy my posts.
Today is our Son and  Daughter in Laws second Wedding Anniversary those two year have just flown by just seems like last week when I was making all the beautiful stationery for the wedding . So today I'm posting the Wedding Anniversary Card and Box I have sent to them. The second anniversary is cotton so have added lots of cotton lace to the card .

 

 

 

 

The Box

 

Card Recipe

 

A5 Cream Deckled edge card from Hobby Craft

Papers some cream pearlescent flower card I've had for ages

Selection of lace from Boyes,  Dainty Crafts Washington and my stash.

Pearl string in white and  cream from Hobby Craft

Cheesecloth from Wild Orchid Crafts

White Ribbon from Live and Love Crafts

Flowers Wild Orchid Craft and my stash

Spellbinder Opulent Ovals die

Sentiment made on my computer

Love charm from Dawn to Dusk Crafts

Magnolia Do Hickey tag

Sewing Machine and  Topstitch thread

Box from Stella Crafts

 

This is the first time I've used these bead flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts but they are very pretty.

 

We are seeing Martin and Fiona at the weekend they are coming to stay so we are all going out to dinner to celebrate their Anniversary on Saturday

 

I'm a bit behind with my comments as I've been away all weekend to Poole visiting some friends they live in a lovely part of England and very very close to Sandbanks Oh for that lottery win !! For those I follow on Docrafts as well please be patient I'm still getting my head around the new Blog setup.

 

Thank you all for your lovely comments recently they are all treasured.

 

I hope you all have a great week but what happened to the sunshine I hope it comes back soon.

I'm entering this into Divas by Design Challenge Charming

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polka Dots

Good morning to all my lovely followers and friends today sees the launch at Crafting by Designs of the new weekly challenge today the theme is Polka Dots and our sponsor is

Lacy Sunshine 

 

and this weeks prize is a winners choice of 3 Digi stamps.

 

 

For my Design Team card I decided on Emily's Monarch Butterfly. I coloured her in monarch butterfly colours not a colour I normally use but quite liked it when I'd finished it.

 

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamp Emily's Monarch Butterfly from Lazy Sunshine Stamps painted with Promarker and Copic pens

6x6 blank card

Black mirra card Orange papers from my stash I think one was originally a computer download

Spellbinder floral oval

LOTV sentiment Everyday Grungy Messages

ribbon around the image and the orange spot I won in a candy prize ages ago from Jacque's Sweet Stuff  Sunday

Leaves Marianne die

butterfly Martha Stewart Punch

Flowers Wild Orchid Craft

Pearl String from my stash

Viva pearl pen on the background of the stamp

 

 

I did a Dior bow on the card for a change I've been making loads of these as they are on the design for the Wedding stationery I'm making.

 

Hope you find time to go over to the challenge and enter one of your fab creations. Hope you all have a great week. hugs Carole x

 

I'm entering this into Crafty Sentiments Designs Anything Goes  and Papertake Weekly Challenge Spots and Dots

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



Craftwork Cards Christmas

Hi everyone hope you are enjoying a great weekend. I want to welcome my latest follower on Google + Vicki thanks for joining my blog you are most welcome I hope you continue to visit and enjoy my posts.
My card today is a simple Christmas one. I was given a Craftwork Cards Christmas kit a few weeks ago and have made this Christmas card Its a simple design for me but I think it looks quite stylish the papers are a pretty design and  match so well. I folded one of the large flower die cuts inwards to create this rosette flower. Still a lot of things left in the kit so may make a few more cards with it.

 

Card Recipe

6x6 Kraft card

Red dot embossed card

Everything else was in the kit except the Candi but all the products are Craftwork Cards except the red card

 

 

I think thats my shortest ever Card Recipe. I have been working on other cards some for my DT and  some I cannot publish yet so will be back later in the week with one for my DT.

 

The rain has just started so I'm going to craft this afternoon. Its a real change from yesterday it was a lovely day and we went to Northallerton Market and had tea in Bettys lovely. Have a great week and I hope the weather improves for everyone take care if you get the tropical storm .

 

 

 

 

Time Flies

Good morning to all my fantastic friends and  followers. Firstly a special welcome to my new follower Julia I hope that you enjoy following my blog.
 My card today is one I've made for a friend who is 70 shortly. I've used one of the LOTV stamps I bought from the last fairy release but had not got round to inking up. I loved this release and this stamp Time Flies was one of my favourites. I have another first today as well I bought a set of Inktense pencils a couple of weeks ago and  have now coloured two images this is the first to get posted. I have to admit I made a real mess of the skin on my first attempt and that is now well and  truly in the bin!!. They take a bit of getting used to but I have to say I love the finished result. I want to thank Becky her tutorials on skin and hair have been so helpful. I do love making this style of card with lots of embellishments.

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Papers Timeless Victorian LOTV

Stamp Time Flies LOTV painted with Inktense pencils onto Derwent watercolour card

White Frantage

Glamour Dust

White card Tim Holtz

Sentiment LOTV Everyday grungy messages

Butterflies cut from a Pion cut out sheet from Live and  Love Crafts and  painted with gesso and  sprinkled with glamour dust

Mesh ribbon is from my stash left over from my son's wedding invitations.

Pearl band from Whitby Crafts

Pearl string stash.

Flowers WOC , Local craft store Boyes and  the ribbon flower was from Hobby Lobby in Florida. I've painted the flowers mostly with gesso and added glamour dust the ribbon flower was originally a dark purple

The time flies and 70 today sentiments I made on the computer.

Stitching around the edges and on the sentiments done on my sewing machine with white topstitch thread

Rhinestone sparklers on the flowers The Hobby House

Spellbinder floral ovals

 

 

 

Gosh I have used a lot of embellishments taken me ages to list everything. I hope you enjoy looking at this as much as I enjoyed making it.

 

Have a great week the sun is back today so lets hope it stays the rest of the month.

 

Thank you to everyone who left comments I say it every time but you are all just so kind and  lovely.

 

To end I want to tell you that I won two Papernest Dolls stamps in a candy draw over at Crafteezee blog. Thanks so much Tracy for the chance to win if you've never seen her cards pop over they are fabulous

 

I'm going to enter this card in Live and love Crafts Challenge Stitching, Whimsy Stamps challenge Summertime  Crafty Sentiments Designs Anything goes and Bunny Zoes Challenge Bingo Flowers, Pearls, Lace, Sentiment, die cuts,stitching

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Jesse Moon Bugaboo Stamps

Good morning to all my friends and followers I hope you are all enjoying a great week . A special welcome today to my new follower Lucy. Thank you for following my blog Lucy you are so welcome and I hope you enjoy my posts.

Today sees the launch at Crafting by Designs of the new monthly challenge Anything Goes. We have three sponsors

Bugaboo Stamps 

 

Sassy Studio Designs 

Prize - winners choice of 2 digis

 

Ike's Art

Prize: $20 credit to store

 

I chose an image from Bugaboo Stamps called Jesse Moon for my Design Team project. Its  really cute so I hope you like it.

 

 

 

Card Recipe

6x6 Kraft card

Bugaboo stamps Jesse Moon painted with Promarkers and Copic pens

Papers LOTV Bonnets and Bowties solids and Birds Cards Yellow Gingham

Kraft card is Crafters Companion

Spellbinder circle and  scalloped circle dies

Memory box Precious stars

Clouds made from a template inked and edged with glamour dust

Wood star buttons Whitby Craft shop

Blue and yellow twine and blue hessian ribbon from my stash

Sentiments LOTV sentiment tags

I also used a cloud template to paint the background

 

I hope you find time to join in the challenge as there are some great prizes this month. I've just got back this week to the wedding stationery I'm making so have started the Order of Service about a 100 to make so that will keep me busy for a few days !!

 

I'm really enjoying this lovely weather it so nice to get up and see the sun shining every day just hope it lasts a while longer.

 

Enjoy the rest of the week whatever you have planned. Thank you for the lovely comments you left on my Happy Days card you are all so lovely and  kind Hugs Carole x

 

I'm entering this into Divas by Designs Challenge Anything Goes

 

 





 

 

 

 



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

 



Rick St Dennis Fantasie en Plume

Good morning to all my brilliant crafty friends and followers and a special welcome to my new follower Emma you are very welcome Emma and I hope you continue to visit my blog and enjoy my posts.
Today sees the launch at Crafting by Designs of the new weekly Challenge Hats. So if you've popped over from the challenge you are so welcome.

Our Sponsor this week is

RICK ST. DENNIS

https://www.etsy.com/shop/RickStdennis

 

The Prize for the winner is two Digi Stamps

 

The Hat stamp  I've chosen from Rick St Dennis is Fantasie En Plume. She's quite a scary lady but I loved colouring the image .

 

 

  

 

 

Card Recipe

7x7 blank card

Papers from my stash

Card Tim Holtz

Stamp Rick St Dennis Fantasie En Plume painted with promarkers and  copic pens

Sentiment LOTV Pretty Grunge Sentiments

Spellbinder Die Opulent Oval

Organza flower ribbon and feathers are from Boyes Stores

Pearl trim from my stash

Lace from a gift shop at Whitby

Hat pins and the gorgeous diamante embellishment are from the Ross Paper Craft Show.

Glamour Dust on image.

 

I hope you enjoy this post and  maybe pop over and  join in this weeks challenge the design team have made some fabulous cards.

 

Enjoy the rest of the week whatever you are planning and I hope this gorgeous weather we have been having continues for a while longer.

 

I'm entering this into Crafty Sentiments Designs Hand coloured image and The Ribbon Girl Aqua/Turquoise 

 

 

 

Anniversary Times to Treasure

Good morning to all my lovely friends and followers I hope you have had a great week and  enjoyed the glorious weather we are having in the UK. Firstly I want to welcome two new followers Tracy and Sarah Thank you both for joining my blog and  I hope you continue to visit my blog and enjoy my posts.

My card today is the Anniversary card I've given to my husband as its our Wedding Anniversary today 44 years like my husband says he's now had several life sentences!! My card features the LOTV stamp Times to Treasure its a one I've had for ages and used a lot as I do love the matching sentiment it says it all.

 

 

Card Recipe

8x8 cards craftwork cards

Stamp LOTV Times to Treasure and Old Romance painted with Copic and  Promarker pens

Papers LOTV  Baskets and  Bunnies

Spellbinder die circle and  scalloped circle

Magnolia swirl die

Fence die Crafty Sentiments Designs

Heart punch I've had ages  Dovecraft

Charm, twine and  button from my stash

White Frantage

White topstitch thread and sewing machine

Heart sentiment made on my computer



I'm going to the hairdresser later then out for dinner tonight to one of our favourite restaurants so should be a lovely day.
I also had some nice news yesterday I won one of the new paper pads from LOTV in the Candy Draw so really pleased about that as they look so lovely.
I hope you all enjoy the weekend I have my cousin and his wife coming tomorrow for the weekend so not much crafting but it will be great to see them both for a good catch up.
Thank you for making time to visit and  leave such encouraging comments Hugs  Carole x

I'm entering this into Lili of the Valley Take Two Challenge and Bunny Zoe's July Chllenge Bingo Stitching Die cuts and Charms

 

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.

 

 



 

Quilled Poinsettia Christmas Box

Good morning to all my wonderful followers and  friends and a special welcome this morning to my new follower Teresa thank you so much for becoming one of my followers I hope you enjoy my posts and  continue to visit my blog regularly.
My post today is a quilled box. I made the quilled Poinsettia shapes at the Thursday craft group I go to a few weeks ago and rather than them lying around on my desk I decided to use them and make a Christmas box. I do enjoy quilling but it is time taking but the results are always so pretty.

 

The top of the box

 

Side view

 

 

The inside of the box

 

 

Box Recipe

Small Kraft box form Boyes Stores painted with white gesso

Paper LOTV Classic Christmas pad

Edges distressed with a Tim Holtz distress tool

Quilling papers some from my stash and  others from the craft group
Quilling tool
Poinsettia design from Craft Group.

 

 I've just got back from a few days in Chester with my friends we had a great time and I'll will post a photo in my next post when I get all the photographs and can pick the nicest one.

I hope you are all enjoying the weekend the weather has been so good ,but today as I've been away I need to do some shopping boring. Then I hope to get some crafting done as I'm a bit behind and have some cards to finish and some design posts to complete.

Enjoy the weekend whatever you have planned and thank you for your fantastic comments on my Xbox card you are such kind and lovely people.

 

 

 



 

 





Xbox Junkie

Good morning to all my friends and  followers and a special welcome this morning to Irene my latest follower. Thank you so much for following my blog and  I hope you continue to visit and  enjoy my posts.
As I said earlier in the week I had been making some male birthday cards.This is more of  a card suitable for a teenager but there are some men also who love playing on the Xbox.The image is a topper from The Hobby House but it just was perfect for the person I want to send it to. Hope you enjoy it .



 

Card Recipe

6x6 blank kraft card Hobby Craft

Blue Card Tim Holtz

Papers LOTV Shabby Shack and  Bonnets and Bowties solids

Image hobby House Toppers Street Kids from Whitby Crafts

Sentiments LOTV Sentiment Tags

Xbox sentiment made on the computer

Hessian Ribbon from Hobby Lobby in Florida USA

Twine  from a gift shop in Whitby

Buttons from my stash

Spellbinder circle and  scalloped circle dies

 

 

For a male card I quite enjoyed making this one.

 

I had a great time at my friends caravan at South Shields on Wednesday/Thursday we walked all along the seafront and to the end of the pier had a nice lunch in a restaurant by the beach and Groyne then ended the day with a Minchella's ice cream tub topped with chocolate flake and  raspberry sauce. Just the best ice cream in the world. It tastes exactly the same as when I was a young child. The caravan is in a great location and  although the weather wasn't brilliant we did sit out on that lovely veranda with wine on Wednesday evening perfect.

 

Now for some exciting news Kevin one of my followers has had a candy draw running and  also achieved 1000 followers isn't that amazing.  I've won a prize so I'm a really lucky girl today

 thank you Kevin.

 

I've not got a lot planned for the weekend but am away next week for three days in Chester with my lovely girlfriends and we are meeting with another of our friends on Wednesday who now lives in the Wirral. So looking forward to that.

 

Enjoy the weekend whatever you have planned looking at the weather here right now I may just be doing some crafting.

Once again thank you all for all the lovely comments left on my Beach Huts post I was thrilled especially as it was a man card!!  Hugs Carole x

 



To The Beach

Good afternoon to all my fantastic friends and  followers. A special welcome today to my new follower Christine. Thank you for joining my blog and  I hope you enjoy returning to look at my posts.

I've given myself a short break from the Wedding Stationery and  have been catching up with my own cards. I've been making a few men cards for birthdays and  this is one of them. As its summer I decided to use one of my Michael Powell Beach Huts stamps they never fail me I always love the finished results. As I've used this stamp a couple of times before I've tried some different colours and  design. The papers I picked up at the GNPE on one of the pound stalls they are a Docrafts pad but they look great with this stamp see what you think.

 

 

Card Recipe

6x6 Kraft card Hobby Craft

Papers Docrafts Ahoy There! from GNPE

Stamp Michael Powell Shore Thing painted with Distress Inks

Banner die La La Land

Card Tim Holtz

Pegs, buttons and twine from my stash

Anchor charm Whitby Crafts

Ticket sentiment stamp Pink Gem Designs

 

 

I hope you enjoy this seaside card as men cards are not my favourites to make. Tomorrow I'm actually going to stay at the seaside at my friend's new caravan at South Shields for a couple of days . So it will be a great couple of girlie days with loads and loads of chat over some wine. I hope the weather is kind as she has just had this lovely veranda built perfect for sipping wine in the sunshine. This is the photo she has sent me so I recognise the caravan when I arrive.

 

 

 

 

It looks pretty swanky for a caravan doesn't it. Has all mod cons so not like the caravans I remember when I went as a child. More tales on my visit later in the week.

 

Well going now to put the clean sheets on the bed very boring and hopefully do some crafting later.

 

Enjoy the rest of the week and I'll be back later in the week with another man card I can almost hear the groans does anyone like doing them ??

 

 

Before I go just wanted to say a big thank you for all of you who always take time to comment on my posts you are so lovely and very kind. hugs Carole  x

 

I'm entering this in Live and love Crafts Challenge By the Sea The Shabby Tea Room Challenge Red ,White and Blue Bunny Zoe's June Challenge Layers Papertake Weekly Challenge Anything Goes and http://craftylittlefairieschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/