Blue and Yellow Flowers

This is a stepper card I have just made for a commission its for a 60th birthday. My friend who has asked for it asked for flowers. This is a LOTV stamp and I decided rather than use Promarkers and Copic pens as usual but to colour it with distress ink markers. I really enjoyed colouring the flowers and I think the design is suited to  water colours . The colour scheme works well and I always think these stepper cards look so special .

As its for a special birthday I have boxed the card and this is the decorated box

 

 





 

Card Recipe

Stepper card blank Craftwork cards

Stamps LOTV (see link in sidebar)

Painted with Tim Holtz distress markers

I used Langton Smooth Watercolour card.

Summer Border die Memory box

Floral Oval Die spellbinders

Lace and ribbon my local craft store Boyes

Pearl string Hobbycraft

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts (see link in sidebar)
and from my stash
Butterflies Martha Stewart punch
Card Tin Holtz core donation

Viva pearl pen cream 

 

 



I have been up early today as I needed to  take my car for service so thought I'd do  this post while  I have a coffee. I hope you are all enjoying your week I'm busy for the rest of the week doing Local Authority appeals so not much time for my blog or crafting. Never mind always next week.



 



 

A Lovely gift and Beautiful Card

Hi everyone just had to put this card on my blog. I also blog on a site called Docrafts and I commented on some fabulous vintage cards from a lovely lady called Jennie .I asked about the vintage images and she has very kindly sent me a CD of the images she uses. The CD arrived in one of her glorious cards and I just wanted to share it with you all as its so  pretty.

I'm really looking forward to playing with the images to produce some of these stunning vintage cards.
 Some good news today as well our best friend Ed has been very poorly over the last few weeks and got his op today and he is back from theatre. Hope this is the start of some great treatment for him. I think the world of both Ed and my best friend Val. The prayers have worked.
Enjoy your week

 

 

White Stitched Card

This is an idea I had to do the stitching in white on this pretty stitching design. I've done lots of these stitched cards but never one in white. The design is Fuchsia Flowers and the design for the rest of the card was inspired by the all white card I made recently for my daughter in law  Fiona which was my first all white card and as she loved it I thought I would do another all white card. The sentiment was heat embossed with white embossing powder.

 

 

I haven't decorated the centre yet as I've not decided who to send it to yet.

 

 



Card Recipe

Blank 6x6 scalloped square card Craftwork cards

Embossing folder free in magazine

Stitched pattern from my Craft Group ages ago

Spellbinders floral die

Butterfly die free in magazine

Floral swirls Marianne die

Sentiment LOTV

White embossing powder from my stash

Thread Anchor white Marlitt available at Hobby Craft but think I got mine from Wye Needlecraft in Bakewell

 

Hope you enjoy looking at the stitched card and all enjoy a great weekend. I've got nothing planned at the moment but do need to do the dreaded grocery shop at some point. I also plan to do some crafting just finishing off a couple of commissioned cards for friends.

 

 

 



Rolled Flower Tutorial

Just a quick post to let you all know I now have this tutorial posted to My Tutorial page. Hope some of you enjoy having a go at making some.

Enjoy the rest  of your evening

 

Acetate Card

Hi everyone apologies for not posting a little earlier but have had a busy few days and am now into a  few days work for the local authority doing appeals so although its voluntary work I still have lots of preparation. I'm doing about seven days over the next three weeks. I do enjoy them though as it  keeps the brain active !!. I still hope to fit in some crafting as well .

This card is one I have been asked to do as a sample for the ladies and gentleman at my craft group to make on the 27th June. My remit was acetate with peel offs so hope they like the design and enjoy making it

 

 

 

 

Card Recipe

 

Blank card from Craftwork cards 6x6

Papers Laura Ashley

Sentiment Kanban

Peel offs Anita's and from Craft shop at Whitby.

Acetate and ribbon from stash

 

I have finished the photos for my tutorial and hope to post this on Wednesday. Enjoy the rest of your week and hope you all find the time to do lots of craft and I hope my blog gives you some inspirations.

 I also want to say Good Luck to my very dear friends Val and Ed. Ed is having some more tests tomorrow and I want them to know I'm thinking about them and hope all goes well

 

 

Beads and Feathers

This is a beaded and stitched card I made at my craft group last week very Art Deco colours not intentional but pink was the option for the bugle beads so just decided the black was a good contrast. I have put the card together around these colours and found the feathers in my stash and went from there. Different from the normal colours and style I make but hope you like it . Let me know what you think.

 

Card Recipe

Stitched pattern and bugle beads from my class.

Black petite beads Mill Hill Wye Needle craft Bakewell

Spellbinder die Decorative labels 8 and labels 8

Black lace Boyes a local craft shop

Pink cotton lace haberdashery stall Bakewell Market

Feathers from my stash

Thread Anchor Marlitt black

Cameo embellishment from Hobby Craft sale

Sentiment LOTV heat embossed in pink embossing powder

Gems Kanban from my stash

Black mirra card Samuel Taylor Harrogate show

Pink paper from my stash.

 

 

I'm still busy with my tutorial but hope to have it ready by next week have a busy few days ahead  so not much time to craft.

Hope you all have a great week the weather is still Ok not quite as nice as last week but still great for getting out and about. Going to put the last of  my plants in  the garden today now its just watering, watering, watering every day. I should add done by my lovely husband what a star.

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

"Beach Huts" Martin's 35th Birthday Card

It was my son Martin's birthday on Thursday he was 35 I don't know where the years have gone only seems like yesterday that he was born. The day he was born was an equally hot day. My husband got a dress for me to wear and when I got to  hospital realised it wasn't ironed not my style at all but I did have my lipstick on. !!

I really love this Michael Powell stamp of the Beach Huts it always reminds me of those lovely seaside visits when you were a child and sitting eating chips out of a paper bag. I cut out some of the beach  huts to decorate the insert

 

Card Recipe

Blank Kraft card Craftwork Cards

Stamp Michael Powell From Do crafts

Clouds Paper free from Birds Cards

Card Tim Holtz core-donations

Twine do crafts

Banner handmade

Pegs and sentiment from stash

Lighthouse and Anchor charms from craft shop in Whitby

Cream Mesh banding from Northallerton Craft shop Paper Lane and coloured with Red Pro marker

 

I hope the weather stays nice for a few more days it makes life so much happier when the sun shines.

 

I also want to say hello to our best friend Ed he is a bit poorly at the moment but we hope he gets sorted very soon as we think the world of him.



 

 

 



Thinking of you Fiona

This is a card I made for my daughter in law Fiona for Sunday which was a very special day for her and her family. I sent it early as they are in the Lake District this week what a fab week to choose the weather is amazing.

 

 

 

 

 

This is the first time I have made an all white card the response I have had from Fiona is beautiful elegant and the best card I have ever sent her. So I hope you all agree. I do love the verse and hope you are able to read it if so you are welcome to copy it.

 

Card Recipe

Blank Scalloped Card Craftwork Cards

Spellbinders Square Fleur de Lys die

Embossing folder free in magazine

Leaves and flowers Marianne die

Background Swiss dots Cuttlebug embossing folder

Gates Memory box die

Butterfly Martha Stewart punch embossed with Swiss dots folder

As time goes by Stamp Chatsworth collection Do crafts

Small pearl flowers Dainty Crafts Washington Tyne and Wear

Hand done pearls Viva Pearl pen white Dainty Crafts

 

I hope you like this card its very different from my normal cards but I felt it fit the occasion.

Michael and I have just had a lovely day with my cousins wife Evelyn she is recuperating from a knee replacement and she is amazing doing so well.

 

Enjoy your evening and this glorious weather it is just right for me I love sun and warm actually wearing my Florida clothes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





A Beautiful Stitched Design

Good morning everyone hope you are enjoying a great weekend. Today I am showing you a card I started at my craft group a couple of week ago. It was led by my friend Carol and is a design she brought for us to use. Its a stunning design of flowers leaves and with  a lovely Thinking of  You sentiment.

 

I have mounted the card to match the lovely muted colours of lavender and willow green. I've sanded the edges to give a shabby chic effect. To finish I've added a flourish and some pearls to make a frame.

 

Card Recipe

Blank card 8"x6" from Hobby craft

Card Tim Holtz core dinations card from Strikes Garden Centre Craft Shop

Flourish Marianne Die

Pattern  Craft Group

Threads Anchor Marlitt Wye Needlecraft Bakewell also sold at Hobby Craft

Pearls hand done with Viva Pearl Pen in White  Dainty Crafts Washington

 

I really enjoy stitching these designs the flowers were a bit of a challenge to start with but I eventually got it. right .I want to say thank you to Carol for bringing such a lovely design to class.

She is brilliant at these stitched patterns.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend and keep crafting.

 

 

 

 

Japan Birthday Card

This is the Birthday card I have made for my best friend Val it was her birthday on Wednesday and I choose the design as she has just enjoyed an amazing holiday to Japan with lots of happy memories and I hoped that this card will remind her of  them .



The image is from Lili of The Valley and she is delightful I really enjoyed painting her and finding all the oriental embellishments. My attempt at a fan from a doily worked out well. I've decorated the inside by cutting around the image and attaching some of the butterflies to match the front

Card Recipe

Blank card Craftwork Cards

Stamp Geisha girl Lili of the Valley(See sidebar for link)

Painted with Pro markers, Flex markers and Copic pens

Spellbinder dies circle and scalloped circle

Fan doily from Wild Orchid Craft(See sidebar for link)

Butterflies Martha Stewart punch

Sentiment stamp from my stash

Flowers cherry blossom coloured to  match from Wild Orchid Craft other flower Hobby Craft

Seam binding Wild Orchid Craft,  Lace from my stash

Metal embellishment Michaels USA

Pearls hand done with a Viva pearl pen

 

Hope you enjoy looking at this card I know my friend was delighted to  receive it. Hope you all enjoy a nice weekend weather looks good.

 

I have just added another page to my blog Tutorials and I'm hoping very soon to  put on  a tutorial on how to make rolled flowers from a circle.

 I also want to wish a friend I made in Florida Cindy a very speedy recovery and hope she is able to  craft again soon.

 



 

 

A Birthday Card for Fiona

 Yesterday was my lovely Daughter -in Law Fiona's birthday. This is the card I sent to her. I have spoken to her and she loved the card. The image is the first Lili of the Valley stamp I ever bought she is called "Pom Pom". I have stamped and coloured her many times but she is still my favourite girlie stamp. The card is pink and very girlie perfect for Fiona.







 

 

I also gave Fiona a Yankie Candle holder that I brought from America that you could personalize with a photo as part of her present. This is the photo of her and Martin my son that I put in the holder. It was taken by the wedding photographer before their wedding last August. They look fabulous and so happy.

 

 

 

 

Card Recipe

 Blank stepper card Craftwork cards

Stamp Lili of the Valley Pom Pom

Coloured with Pro markers Flex markers and Copic pens

Lace from my local craft store Boyes

Pearl trim Hobby Craft

Summer border Memory box die

Spellbinders floral oval die

Large pink flower Prima from Hobby Lobby USA

Other flowers Wild Orchid craft and my stash.

Card Tim Holtz and Bazzil

Pearls done by hand with Viva Pearl pen white

 

 

 I hope that everyone has had a good weekend the weather was so sunny it makes a world of difference. Hope you all have a great week and thank you for looking at my blog.

 

I hope that you have all noticed my new header and title. This is thanks to my friend John from my craft group who kindly resized it for me and put the title into the pink box. Looks very professional now better than my amateur attempt. Thank you John.

 

 

Love and Happy Crafting Carole

 

 

 

 

 



South Shields in Black and White for Mark's 40th

I made this card a while ago but have not been able to publish till after Mark's birthday. South Shields is his home town although he now lives in the south and works in a very challenging job with the military in Afghanistan. I made this card for his Mum my best friend to give him on his 40th. I got the idea from the main image of The Groyne and worked around that. It is very different from my other cards but I really enjoyed the research to get the right pictures that went well together. I was particularly pleased with the image of the Bamburgh  pub his local in his youth.

 

 

 

 

The banner depicts Coleman's Fish and Chip shop the best in Shields.

 

 

Card Recipe

Blank card Craftwork cards

Paper a gift from my friend Barbara

Photos from the internet

Black and Silver Mirra card Samuel Taylor Harrogate show

Metal sentiment from Michaels USA

Spellbinders scalloped rectangle and rectangles

Everything else from my stash

 

I hope you all have a good Bank holiday the weather here is sunny so that is good for the jobs I'm planning outside. Or maybe I'll just sit with a nice glass of wine!! Hope you enjoy looking at this different card.

 

Love and Happy Crafting Carole

 

 

 

 





Get Well Soon Evelyn

This is a card I made with a parchment image I did at my craft class. My  cousin's wife Evelyn has just had a knee replacement and I thought this card would be perfect for her. She had her op last Saturday and she is doing just brilliant and got home yesterday.

 

 

 

I love the colour scheme and the ribbon border. Parchment designs are so  time consuming to do but the finished images are always so  stunning. This one is done in  sliver which is a nice change from white and looks so different.

 

 

Card Recipe

Cream blank card Craftwork  cards

Papers free from a magazine.

Card Tim Holtz

Parchment paper The Art of Craft

Pearl trim Hobby Craft

Ribbon local craft store Boyes Stores

Ribbon border punch Fiskars

Martha Stewart punch doily edge

Paper flowers Magnolia do hickey die

Small flowers Wild Orchid Craft

Pearls viva Pearl Pen Cream

Vellum and sentiment from stash

 

Hope you are all having a good week I've been busy doing appeals at the beginning of the week so  spent today doing a bit of catch up at home. Hope you enjoy looking at this card and thank you for looking at my blog.

 

 

Love and Happy Crafting  Carole

 

 



 



 

A Green Green and Green Card

I was asked to  make this card by my friend Margaret for her sons girlfriend's 30th birthday . You have guessed her favourite colour is green!!. I just love this Lili of the Valley image Dandelion Clock its one of my all time favourites and I never tire of it. She always looks gorgeous.

 

 

This is the first time I have used a photo from my iPad I think it is better than my camera which is old, let me know what you think .I have decorated the inside for the first time and with this die it looks lovely. I'm pleased with the green as its not a colour I use a lot.

 

Card Recipe

Card blank Craft work cards

Paper from an old Papermania pack

Image stamped with LOTV Dandelion Clock

Coloured with Pro markers, Flex markers and skin Copic pens

Lace The Hobby House

Pearl trim Hobby Craft

Dies Spellbinders decorative labels eight, Memory box summer border

Metal leaves from Ross paper craft show

Flowers Wild Orchid Craft, Prima and resin roses from Michaels USA

Glamour Dust highlighting image

Sentiment Freebie from Netties Craft blog

Anything I've missed from my stash.

 



 

 I've been to  my great craft group today making a gift bag and teaching my friends how to make rolled flowers. Lovely people lovely morning.

 

I hope you enjoy this card and enjoy a lovely evening thank you for taking time to  look at my blog

 

Love and Happy Crafting Carole

 

 

 

 

 





Golden Wedding Card

This is the card I have made for my friend Margaret to give to her friends Helen and Jim on their Golden Wedding. It is a lovely stamp from LOTV the cream and gold is perfect. I hope they like it as much as I do.

Card Recipe

Cream blank card Craft Work Cards

Paper Papermania

Stamp Lily of the Valley

Flowers Wild Orchid Craft and my local craft shop Boyes Stores

Metal Hearts Hobby Craft

Lace Dainty Crafts Washington

Ribbon from Stash

Spellbinder die

Heart shape punch

Box Stella Crafts Chester-le Street



I hope you have all had a great weekend although the weather here is back to  normal cold and wet!!
Thank you for looking at my blog and hope you get inspiration from my posts.

 

Love and Happy Crafting Carole