Merry Christmas...am I a tad late :o)

Can somebody stop me, I am still enjoying making Christmas cards!

It's hard to kick the habbit of making Christmas cards when you've enjoyed making them for the past  (lost count) how many months.

This is the 'Something for you' Tilda I think she's so cute, I know I say that about a lot of Tildas. Someone asked me recently if I have all the Tildas lol

no I don't...I'm a big fan of Tilda but they really do have to appeal to me to buy them, I can't just buy  stamps just to say 'I have them' I have to like them and I love the cutie ones like this one. 

 the inside...

I'm entering this card into the following challenge;

Craftyhazelnut Christmas challenge 57 ~ Square cards

Special thank you

for all your lovely comments.

I hear you asking about the white winter branches

they are part of a plastic glittered foliage piece I bought in Hobby Lobby, I just cut it into smaller pieces for cards, I would imagine you can get them from HobbyCraft or maybe a garden centre in with the plastic flowers section. 

Thanks for looking today

see you all later over at your blogs

Luv & Hugs

Valentine Card

Hello again, 

I'm back with my second card of the day, this time it's this pretty Tilda with scented rose

I've used Magnolia papers & Tilda with scented rose, square paper doilies, beautiful heart ribbon from  my dear friend (thank you),  Wild Orchid Craft roses, gorgeous spellbinders hearts die from my dear Daughter in the States (thank you sweetheart), the tiny hearts came from within the big heart die Magnolia Tag, heart swirl & love keys die, spellbinders foliage die.

CHALLENGES~

Simply Magnolia ~ Hearts & love

Magnolia Licious Challenge ~ Picture inspiration

Crafters Companion ~ Love is in the air

Allsorts  Challenge ~ One or more hearts

Paper sundaes ~ Valentine

Creatalicious challenge ~ Love

Simon Says Challenge ~ Anything goes

Thank you so much for looking,

 luv & hugs 

Tilda with wrapped heart

Good morning all and a happy Sunday to you, 

I'm hoping to upload a few cards today so I'll start with this one for The Stamp Basket

For this card I've used

 Tilda with wrapped heart from The Sweet Crazy Love collection (I think she's my favourite)

Magnolia Doily flowers 

Sweet Crazy Love papers called Eau de cologne

Very pretty off white Ivory lace

Vintage style ribbon in walnut colour 14mm (love this one)

ZVA Creative basic lines pink pearls

Craftwork cards

All the above are available at The Stamp Basket

Coming very soon to The Stamp Basket ~

  Wild Rose Studio Love & Wedding collection

(you can pre-order stamps & paper packs)

New Arrivals now in stock

Memory Box Dies  Love & kindness collection 

Spellbinders dies

and

All not forgetting all the gorgeous Magnolia dies, papers & stamps

That's it from me for now, see you a little later

enjoy your Sunday, luv & hugs

Distressed Tilda

Hiya all,

As I look at all the beautiful cards where people have used distress inks for painting I keep thinking I would love to have a go at that, so I set myself a New Year Resolution to have a go,
well the other afternoon I did and although I wasn't too displeased with the results, she's not perfect by any means, so I asked the opinions of my friends on Docrafts and they said I should put her on a card, so here goes...don't laugh :o)

I did enjoy painting so I shall have another go and hopefully get better. 

Challenges;

The Ribbon Reel Challenge Blog ~ New year resolution (Distress painting) ribbon & button

Moving along with the times ~ Blooming Marvelous

CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS ~ Anything Goes

My Mums Craft Shop Challenge ~ Flowers

Simon Says Stamp Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Thanks for looking.

Luv & hugs 

 xxx

Tilda with daisy & my first Pion papers

Good evening all,

I think I'm in love...

with these beautiful Pion Papers, this one is called Lily of the Valley, ooh it's sooo pretty!

I sent for my first few Pion papers the other day and they arrived yesterday, trouble is it's so difficult actually cutting them, I really couldn't wait to make a card with them but on the other hand I really wanted to just stare & stroke them, they are gorgeous.

I've also used this cute Tilda with daisy again, love this stamp

lots of Wild Orchid Crafts roses & white lilies 

cream lace 

string pearls 

little gold bow charm

ribbon from Michaels

Magnolia envelope stamp

green pearl brad

Challenges

Truly scrumptious challenge ~ Something forgotten (envelope stamp)

Deep Ocean Challenge ~ Sparkle

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT ~ Bows

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards ~ Glitter

Thanks for looking, 

luv &hugs 

The stamp Basket DT card ~Tilda loves flowers

Hello and a very good morning to you, hope you are well.

Can I just say a massive thanks to all my lovely followers, I've just noticed I've hit 500!!!

Wow how can I thank you all? maybe I should get some candy together in the next week eh? 

Watch this space.

I made a card over the weekend using this beautiful Tilda loves flowers stamp, isn't she lovely,

She is just one of the Sweet Crazy Love collection available at The Stamp Basket.

For this one I've used 

Magnolia Sweet Crazy Love Tilda loves flowers

Magnolia Vintage turquoise papers

Vintage style ribbon Limoges 

ZVA creative basic line Pearls in soft blue

Craftwork card

All the above items are available at The Stamp Basket 

Challenges;

The Ribbon Girl Challenge ~ Pink & Blue

Let's Ink it up ~ Anything Goes

Hanna and Friends ~ Sketch

That's it from me for now, see you soon.

Have a great week!

Luv & hugs

Can I just say...

I know we all love to shop :o)
...so if you have been wanting the New Wild Rose Studio Love & Wedding range The Stamp Basket are offering 10% off the paper pad & stamps before 9am tomorrow morning!
You can order here  have fun shopping,
luv & hugs
 xx

Beautiful Pion paper candy

Hi everyone, 

Just thought I'd share with you this wonderful blog candy I've found and indeed the gorgeous blog too!

The ladies over at Pion designs are doing a wonderful candy, 

here is the link http://blog.piondesign.se/?p=7447  

By the way if anyone knows where the followers are on the Pion blog, please could you tell me, I want to become a follower but can't see them, am I looking in the wrong place?

See you soon, hugs

xxx

Addicted to Stamps DT card

...I told you I wouldn't be long :o)

This is my DT card for Addicted to Stamps as you can see this week we have the lovely theme of Summer in Winter

it's another Faye Whittaker stamp called Postcard

I love these All our yesterday stamps and I'm getting quite a collection of them now

they just take me back to my cross stitching days.

for this one I've used;

Prima papers called Printery

Faye Whittaker stamp called Postcard

beautiful stripe ribbon from The Ribbon Girl

clay art tile clock face

all roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts

The tiny postcard stamp and sentiment stamp on the base of the card are part of the Faye Whittaker stamp set

The two stamps (top left) were cut using the whimsy post stamp die

Challenges

Winter Wonderland ~ Easel card

Let's ink it up ~ Anything goes

Well, have fun making your Summer cards, it might just warm you up a bit thinking of the summer months ahead (hopefully) and can't wait to see your cards, don't forget the girls have made some fab summer cards for your inspiration over at Addicted to Stamps so well worth a look. 

See you again soon, take care and enjoy your Sunday

Luv & hugs

xxx

Here Come the Boys DT card Dinosaurs

It's Sunday!!!

Good morning, it's another Challenge at Here come the Boys today...

and we are making Dinosaur cards 

now stand well back from your computers this is going to be a bit scary......

are you ready GGGRRRRRRR!!!!!

...ok maybe not so scary and just a little bit cute ;o)

I made this card using;

 Nitwits papers

Tim Holtz cardstock

Digi Stamp Boutique dinosaur 

cheesecloth

black raffia

Spellbinders foliage die

The girls over at Here Come the Boys have made some brilliant cards for your inspiration and

don't forget to pop back to Here Come the boys and see if you are our last winner or in the top 3!

Can't wait to see your cards.

See you again shortly with another card. 

luv & hugs 

xxx

Tilda with Koala

Good morning, 

Hope you are all feeling fit & well.

Saturday again, I can't believe how quickly these weeks are going by.

I've made this card for a few challenges, Tilda with Koala 

using the fab sketch from TOMIC

I've used Maja design papers, layered & stitched

pretty paper lace doily

cotton lace

cotton lace butterfly

Kort & Godt pearls

ribbon, metal filigree corner piece & pretty blooms all from Wild Orchid Crafts

Die cuts~ Magnolia heart swirl and Spellbinders circles & scalloped circles

Challenges;

The Official Magnolia Inspiration Challenge ~ Sketch & fabric 

Deep Ocean Challenge ~ Sparkle & glitter

Lothian Crafts online ~ Die cuts

That's it for me for the moment, hope you all have a safe & happy weekend

Luv & hugs 

 xxx

Stamp Basket News ~ message from Janet

Coming Soon - **New** Wild Rose Studio Range - 10% off pre-orders before 23rd January and Memory Box dies now in stock!

This is a quick post just to let you know that the new Memory Box dies have arrived and are now ready to ship!! Some more Memory Box dies will be added to the website shortly, including the Maderia Corner and Bistro label, so why not take a look!  

Also, I’ve just added the new Wild Rose Studio Love and Wedding range to the website this morning, with10% off both the stamps and paper pad, if you order here before 9-00a.m. on Monday 23^rd January 2012.This is a really gorgeous new range of stamps and vintage inspired papers with a love theme. Many of the stamps can be used not just for romantic occasions but also for sending love to friends too, so you’ll be able to use them over and over again! Some of the range has been produced by special request such as the Christening and classic Easter stamp, and also the Wedding Couple which is a non-cute, sophisticated style Wedding stamp. 

…And for those of you who were disappointed to miss out on the Wild Rose Studio Christmas Tree stamp that flew off our shelves prior to Christmas, we are now able to take special orders for this stamp  and offer you a special 10% off, if you place your order before 9-00a.m. on Monday 23^rd January


Pop over to the Stamp Basket for more info. xx

The Stamp Basket DT Card

Hello and good morning,

 this is Tilda with wrapped heart for The Stamp Basket

Items used from The Stamp Basket

Craftwork cards

Magnolia Tilda with wrapped heart

Magnolia cloudy hearts papers

Pretty pink pearls 

Organza sheer pink ribbon

Hope you like it,

  The Stamp Basket have lots of wonderful new goodies in stock so well worth a look!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

 Magnolia Licious Challenge ~  pink, white & red

Magnolia-Licious Highlites ~ Valentines card

Bit of a sad day today for me, yesterday afternoon our lovely cat Cleo passed away, she was 19yrs old and a beautiful cat, we really miss her. 

Have a wonderful weekend.

Luv & hugs

Wonderful Winter Tilda

Good Morning, 

Hope you are keeping warm because it's a cold one out there today.

I made this card yesterday for a few challenges

I just love the sketch by Corry

I've used the Wonderful Winter Tilda again with these gorgeous Magnolia papers, I added lots of winter frosted berries and poinsettia, little jingle bells and candy canes.

ice white lace & green gingham ribbon

Magnolia ticket sentiment

and 'Not long till Santa arrives' sentiment on the base.

The Sketchy Challenges ~ #14 Corry's Sketch

ABC Christmas challenge ~ Anything goes

Christmas crafting challenge ~ Easel cards

Keep warm & safe

Luv & hugs

In the pink!

Hi again, I'm back with another card for a few Magnolia challenges

(and you know I love them)

This little sweetie is Tilda with snow heart

coloured in copics

Tim Holtz papers, layered & sewn

Kort & Godt pearls

both glitter ribbon & ruffle edge ribbon bought in America

all gorgeous roses from Wild Orchid Crafts

Spellbinders foliage die & Ovals die

Magnolia Tag die

Martha Stewart punch snowflake

 Magnolia Mania ~ Snow

TOMIC ~ Pink with a bow

Just Magnolia ~ Great sketch

Stampalot Challenge ~ Monochromatic

Simon Says Stamp Challenge ~ spots

I've enjoyed looking round your blogs, you've done some amazing work!  it's been good to catch up, will visit more later today.

Luv & Hugs