A Star Is born

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers This evening is the launch of a new 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 April Design Team card I used a lovely stamp called A Star Is Born There are also more fabulous creations from the rest of the Design Team to inspire you all over on the challenge blog

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Card Recipe

7x7 Card 

Stamp is A Star Is Born from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Maja Design from The Vintage Baby Pad

Cream card 

Stitched circle die

Pearl string is The Hobby House

Flowers are made using a  Chloe stamp then heat embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Lapis Pink Embossing Powder

Star circle die was from eBay

Small stars are from a MFT Di'namics die

Pearls and pearl stars are from my stash

The small frame I bought in Michael's in Florida last year

The sentiment is from the Maja Design Pad

Well I hope you all have had a great weekend and can find time to enter our April Challenge. I'll been in Manchester today fitting the last of the blinds at my Son and  Daughter in Laws house and also some time with Miles . Looks like we are going to finally get some nice weather this week so enjoy it while it lasts. Love and  hugs Carole x

I'm entering this into The Ribbon Girl April Challenge Anything Goes and  The Ribbon Girl Facebook Challenge Anything Goes with a touch of Pink

Flower Power

Good Morning everyone and  welcome to our new challenge over at In The Pink this month our theme is Flower Power .

We have a great sponsor this time

Prize two digi stamps

For my Design team card I used a Lili of the Valley rubber stamp called Sweet Pea that I bought a while ago and have just got round to using.

The Inside

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Card Recipe

Fanciful shaped card from Craftwork Cards

Papers are Lemoncraft Just Love Me from Noor Designs

Stamp is Sweet Pea from Lili of the Valley painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Die is Spellbinder Floral Oval

Flower stamp is Chloe stamps stamped and heat embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Aurora Lapis pink embossing powder

Lace is from Whitby Crafts

Pearl string from Ross Paper craft show

Pearl heart my stash 

Pearls are from Jelly Bean Crafts

Sentiment is Lili of the Valley from the Everything's Better stamp set

Some Ground Expreso distress ink on the edges 

Corner rounder on the sentiment

Well we would love to see your Flower Power makes in our challenge we hope you can join us. Love and  hugs Carole x

65th and 70th Birthday Commissions

Good morning everyone I hope you are all OK and looking forward to a great weekend. Today I'm sharing a couple of special commission cards I was asked to make for a friend they are for a 65th and  a 70th birthday and she asked for pastel shades. They are similar to these type of cards I've made for her before but that was what she wanted, hope you enjoy them .

70th Card

The Box

65th Card

The Box

Card Recipes

70th Card

8x8 Blank Card

Embossing folder came with my ebosser

Lavender Card 

Leaf die is Marianne

Sentiment die is Spellbinder Moroccan Accents

Joy Craft die on the box

Lace is from Ross Papercraft and lavender ribbon my stash

Pearls are The Hobby House

Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts and white and lavender vellum flowers are made with a Chloe stamp and lavender embossing powder.

Small sentiment is Lili of the Valley Postmark  no longer available

Melissa Francis  Resin Frame from Live and  Love Crafts now closed

Box is from Stella Crafts

 65th Card

8x8 Blank Card

Papers are Lili of the Valley Timeless Victorian

Embossing folder is Creative Expressions heart lattice

Lace and  rose pearls are from Brenda's Ribbon and  Lace Specials Facebook shop

Border die is Joycrafts

Pearl String and other pearls The Hobby House

Spellbinder Opulent oval dies

Sentiment is Lili of The Valley

Leaf die is Joycrafts

Ribbon was from Hobby Craft

Small picture frame was from Michael's in Florida and originally metal but I painted it with Snow White acrylic paint to match

Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts and the vellum flowers are made by stamping two different Chloe stamps and  heat embossing them with clear embossing powder.

The 8x8 box is from Stella Crafts

Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone. I have some crafting to do and I did some tidying in the garden yesterday so still have a couple of jobs left to do tomorrow.  Thank you all for all the lovely comments you have left recently I really appreciate each and every one Love and  hugs Carole x

In The Pink Special Occasion Diamond Wedding

Good morning everyone today is the launch of a new challenge over at In The Pink and our theme this fortnight is Special Occasion. BUT please you only have to remember to use More Pink than any other colour apart from neutrals like white and cream. So many people forget and  their cards cannot be considered

We have a great sponsor this time

Prize £10 voucher

Well for my Design team card I've made a Diamond Wedding card I needed to make one for a friend so thought there are fewer more Special Occasions then this.

Card Recipe

8x8 card from Craftwork Cards

Digi Papers are All Dressed up Stamps Wedding Papers they are only 90 pence and are lovely designs perfect for Wedding and Anniversary cards. 

Embossing folder and heart stamp came free in a magazine years ago and its one of the best freebies I've had I've used it so much.

I heat embossed the heart stamp with Cosmic Shimmer Aurora Lapis Pink embossing powder its very pretty as it changes from Pink to pale Silver in the light.

Lace is from Brenda's Lace and Ribbon Specials Facebook shop

Diamante trim I think was from Whitby Crafts a while ago

Flowers are made by stamping a Chloe stamp small flower onto pink dot vellum with Versamark ink then heat embossed with the Pink Aurora Lapis embossing powder then fussy cut

Memory Box Precious Heart Die on the sentiment heart

Leaf die is from the Magnolia DooHickey leaf and swirl set one of my favorite die sets and one I've never regretted buying

Stitched Heart die set is from eBay

Sparkle heart gem is from a set of Docrafts buttons but it has no button holes !!

Small sparkle gems my stash may be Kanban

I made the sentiment on the computer.

Well I really hope you can enter our challenge this time. For some reason our Cake challenge last fortnight didn't appeal to many crafters so I'm hoping that Special Occasion will be much better. It would be great to see you all joining in this time. I'll be back later with another post see you all then Love and  hugs Carole x

Top Knot

Good evening everyone I'm back today to launch out latest monthly challenge over at All Dressed Up Stamps Challenge Blog our theme as always is Anything Goes as long as you use an All Dressed Up Stamp in your design. If you have just dis covered these stamps and  don't have any there are some fab Freebies HERE to get you started.
The prize for the winner is three digital stamps of their choice and we also pick a top three one of whom is asked to be a Guest Designer the following month
For my Design Team card I used the lovely Top Knot stamp.

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Card Recipe

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

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

Papers are Lemoncraft Gossamer Blue from Noor Designs 

Joy craft butterfly heart die

Stitched circle dies

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

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

Love sentiment is from Whitby Crafts

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

Brown pearls I won in a candy draw

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

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

In The Pink Big Bouquet

Good morning everyone I'm back again today as its the launch of a new fortnightly challenge over at In The Pink the theme for this challenge is Embossing so lots of embossing options you can use but remember to use Pink more than any other colour on your design..

We have a great prize of £15 for the winner from our generous sponsor.

For my Design Team card I used a lovely stamp from Lili of The Valley called Big Bouquet and used an embossing folder and some heat embossing on my design.

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card 

Stamp is Lili of the Valley Big Bouquet painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Pink core'dinations cardstock  from Tim Holtz embossed in a Die'sire dots embossing folder

Kraft card is Crafter's Companion

Spellbinder square Fleur de Lis die.

Leaf die is Joycraft Vintage Flourishes 

Flowers are made with a Chloe Small Flower stamp stamped onto  pink spot vellum and  heat embossed with copper embossing powder on the pink it came out like rose gold however its not picked that up so well on the photos

Butterfly is Tim Holtz stamped and heat embossed as the flowers and then layered onto a Martha Stewart punched butterfly.

Sentiment is Lili of the Valley from the Everything's Better set

Pearls are from some I bought at GNPE Harrogate ages ago.

Well I hope you all enjoy the rest of the week and the Bank Holiday weekend I've just got plants for the garden so that;s one of the things planned for the weekend for me. 

Hope you all have time to enter this fortnights challenge that's a great prize .Love and  hugs Carole x