HANGLAR & STANGLAR

Good Evening all, 

I can't believe this 3 cards in a row and not a Tilda in sight :o)

I was hunting through my stamps the other day and found this one so I thought I'd paint her and this is how she turned out, I love these papers they are Maja papers from Live & Love crafts, I think they are so pretty.

Challenges 

Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia #55 ~ Girls only

Dream Valley Challenge #44 ~  Glitter & Bling 

The Crafty Pad #194 ~ Christmas is coming

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #144 ~ Animals (cat)

ABC Christmas Challenge ~ U for ~ up to you

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Shopping list

Maja papers & charm from Live & love crafts

Hanglar stamp

Magnolia cat & poinsettia  dies

Cheery Lynn holly die

WOC roses

Satin ribbon from the Ribbon Girl

LOTV grunge sentiment ~ Noel

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And that's it for this evening, I'm off to do some commenting while I wait for my youngest to come in from work, he doesn't finish till 9.30 then he has an hour journey home, so I know I won't sleep till he's home. 

Take care everyone, hugs 

 xxx

Kort & Godt wonderful candy

Oh my look at this wonderful candy!!!
A gorgeous mix of wonderful Kort & Godt goodies all up for grabs on this wonderful new blog

Pop over to the Kort & Godt galleri for your chance to win. 

Hugs 

Addicted To Stamps Challenge ~ Things with wings

Hello again, 

Today also sees the start of a new challenge over at Addicted to Stamps

The challenge this week is Things with Wings, 

so I thought I'd give Tilda a rest and picked out my favourite Whiff of Joy stamp Helping Angel

(this one always reminds me of my dear daughter when she was little, always wanting to be helpful, bless her) 

 

Shopping list

Pion papers

lace from Walmart

Taffeta ribbon from The Ribbon Girl

pearls are Kort & Godt

Dies used are Magnolia and Whimsy

heart charm from Ewe 2 can craft

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Your cards for the Animal friends challenge were brilliant we had fun looking through them all and we can't wait to see what you make for the Things with wings challenge.

Please pop over and join us if you can at Addicted to Stamps

See you again very soon. 

Hugs

Here come the boys ~ Die-cuts & Punches

Good morning and happy Sunday to you best day of the week! 

especially as the clocks went back  last night so an extra hour in bed yeah!

Today over at Here come the Boys we have a super challenge for you

Die-cuts & punches

I've painted up this adorable Sugar Nellie stamp...No.1 Fan

I've used Pion papers, 

3 brads, 

motorbike charm

 and a tag from my stash.

Die-cuts used Whimsy banner pennant, 

and this great fence (I received in one of my parcels from  diestodiefor) 

Martha Stewart corner punch.

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Thanks for joining in the Edwin only challenge your cards were wonderful and

I hope you can join us in this new dies & Punches challenge at Here come the Boys

Thanks for looking and see you again shortly.

Hugs

 xxx

Tilda's Town Merry Christmas Challenge

Good afternoon dear crafting friends, hope this post finds you well. 

Today is a new challenge over at Tilda's Town and we are making Merry Christmas cards (yeah my favourite) 

This is Tilda with big bouquet isn't she lovely, I've coloured her with distress reinkers and I've used Pion papers, 

Dies used ~ Magnolia street lamp & mistletoe, 

Cheery Lynn holly die

Quickutz corner die 

pearls for the berries and mistletoe berries

wooden snowflake covered in stickles

Christmas bells from WOC

shabby ribbon from Live & love crafts

sentiment is LOTV one

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Don't forget to pop over to Tilda's Town for full information about the challenge, you'll see some fab DT inspiration and also check to see if you are our winner or in the top 5 from last week. 

Thank you for all your lovely comments this week, I do intend to catch up myself tonight.

Have a superb weekend and see you again Sunday. 

Hugs 

Wk #34 Midweek Magnolias ~ 4 legged Friends

Good morning to you dear Crafters

I hope you are well today :o)

I'm back with another of the new Tilda's 

This is Tilda with little Rudolf

I hope you can come and join us at Midweek Magnolias today where we want to see

 Magnolia cards with an Animal, you can have Tilda or Edwin too.

For this card I've used

Pion Papers

Magnolia stamps Tilda, holly and sentiment

dies ~ Magnolia & Quickutz

shabby ribbon & pearls from Live & love crafts

Diamantee pearl from Craftyloops

Roses & corner filigree WOC

lots of silver stickles

candy cane charm

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Challenges;

The Crafty Pad ~ Use an Animal (Rudolf)

Totally Gorjuss Bling it on

Jingle Belles ~ Creature Feature (Rudolf)

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Thank you for stopping by and don't forget to check out the gorgeous cards my team mates have made for this great challenge over at Midweek Magnolias

Take care and have a great day

Hugs

Joyful Tilda

Hello Crafters, how are you?  it's been a while since I posted but here's Joyful little Tilda bringing you tea and cookies :o)

CHALLENGES

MDUC ~ Inspired by a song ~Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Judy Garland

Wild Orchid Challenge ~ Use Gold or silver (gold bells)

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Shopping list 

Pion Papers

Joyful Tilda

paper doilies

Roses & gold bells from Wild Orchid Crafts

dies used Magnolia, Go Kreate & Spellbinders

Ribbon Girl lace

MS snowflake punch

Kort & Godt pearls 

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Thanks to everyone for all your lovely comments, I enjoyed visiting your blogs. 

Hope you have an enjoyable rest of the week.

Hugs 

Jingle jangle Tilda in pink

Hello and good evening Crafters

I hope you are well. 

 I'm back to add this little Jingle Jangle Tilda to my blog, I love this Tilda she's another cutie! 

As you can see I've coloured Tilda in distress reinkers

and used the holly stamp around her,

The pretty tulle roses are by Kort & Godt

The gorgeous pink ribbon and white lace are from The Ribbon Girl.

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CHALLENGES

Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge ~ Anything goes

Cute card Thursday ~ Got Glitter 

ABC Christmas Challenge ~ U is for it's UP to you 

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I'm really loving making these Christmas cards at the moment,

well I enjoy making them all year :o) 

and that's it from me, I just want to wish you a very good weekend, 

take care & keep warm

Hugs

Ski Edwin with snowflakes

Good evening dear bloggers, I hope you are well.

I just thought I'd pop on here and upload my little Edwin, isn't he a cutie? 

I've used Kraft card as backing and Pion papers

Shabby ribbon from Live & Love crafts and so are my little stamps, I've used the lovely paper that the ribbons come wrapped in to make my stamps and stamp marked them :o)

Martha Stewart snowflake punch, WOC roses and large pearls,

lots of silver stickles 

grunge LOTV sentiment. 

Well this is just a short post as I'm in the middle of making a card, I didn't want you thinking I'd gotten lost lol...

Enjoy the rest of your evening,

hugs

 xx

She's sooo pretty! ...Joyful Tilda

...Good evening crafters, yes I know I said I would leave it as 3 for today but oh my I have just finished off this one and she is sooo pretty, I think she may be my new favourite :o)

Made with beautiful Pion papers (love them)

Rose trim and I've added the tiny pearls to it.

gorgeous lace from Live & Love crafts

Wooden star & star charm

beaded roses, pink poppies, chrysanthemums and winter berries

Melissa Frances pearls

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Challenge 

I'd like to enter this card into the;

 Lovely Hanglar & Sweet Magnolia Challenge ~ Ribbon/trims 

(rose trim & lace) 

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge  ~ Pink, pearls & lace

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I enjoyed making this one, I hope you like it too :o) 

 off to watch Downton Abbey

see you later

Huge hugs

Addicted to Stamps Challenge ~ Animal Friends

And finally! 

3rd and last post of the day...I promise lol

It's Addicted to Stamps new Challenge today too and over there we have a challenge theme of

'Animal Friends'

So basically we want to see any kind of animal on your card/project

here's what I came up with using one of my new (Birthday) stamps 

Tilda with little Rudolf 

I have to say I just love these new Christmas collection of Magnolia stamps, I was lucky to have 8 of them for my birthday so I'm going to be busy with these for a while :o) 

Shopping list for this one

Papers ~ Magnolia and Fabscraps

Dies ~ Go Kreate (card shape) Spellbinders Ovals, Magnolia heart tag, 

Cheery Lynn holly die & Memory Box frosty border die

Sentiment stamp is LOTV 

Crinkly burgundy ribbon is Bo Bunny

Burgundy rose trim from Live & Love Crafts

Roses & winter Carnations and Christmas bells from WOC

Pearls

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CHALLENGES
Christmas Stampin All Year Long ~ Anything goes
Deep Ocean Challenge ~ Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp ~ Anything goes
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That's it from me, I hope you like my cards today, thank you for your kind comments they are very much appreciated :o)

Don't forget to pop over to Addicted to Stamps  and see the wonderful cards the DT have made and please join in our challenge if you can.

Enjoy your Sunday and have fun crafting!

Hugs

Here Come The Boys ~ Edwin only

Hello again,

 Second post and here is little Edwin all tangled up in Christmas lights bless him, 

Todays challenge over at Here come the boys is all about Edwin only cards

So just your cute little Edwin's this week

I've used this lovely Country Christmas paper pad again, I can't believe how long this has lasted me and I've used loads of it, I'm sure it's growing more pages while it's in the drawer :o)

the little Christmas tree is a wooden embellishment from Hobbycraft, the bells are from WOC and the extra thick twine is from Live & Love Crafts

Jingle bells sentiment is an LOTV grunge one, with raffia,  pearls and stickles everywhere.

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We are very lucky this week to have a new lady joining our DT, 

 it's the lovely 

Ginny (AsIdoRodos) yeah!

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We had fun making these Edwin cards so pop on over to the Here come the boys challenge blog and you'll find plenty of inspiration from the lovely DT.

We can't wait to see your Edwin cards too. 

Hugs 

Joanna Sheen ~ Autumn Breeze Challenge

Good morning to you dear Crafters,

 busy day here again today, 3 DT posts to blog so I better get crackin' on

First up it's ...

A new Challenge starting over at Joanna Sheen today and we're making 

'Autumn Breeze' cards 

I received this beautiful stamp by GIORDANO called Bird & branch which I've painted in distress reinkers and I've added leafy ribbon and glitter leaves from Michaels

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We hope you will come and join us over at the Joanna Sheen blog, the DT have made some super cards again this week for your inspiration, also don't forget to see if you are the winner of last weeks £15 Joanna Sheen prize

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Thank you for stopping by and welcome to my new followers who have joined me 

I appreciate it thank you :o)

See you again shortly, 

hugs

Tilda with Cat / Tilda's town

Nooooo! Don't you just hate it when 'Scheduled Post' doesn't work! :o(

Here is my Tilda's Town card for this week (only one and a half hours late, sorry) 

This week we have a Christmas theme for you called

Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland...

I've used Pion papers

Tilda with cat (painted in distress reinkers)

2 pearl brads

Shabby Ribbon

snowball trim :o)

Tim Holtz distressed doily die

Martha Stewart snowflake punch

Magnolia tag die

Cheery Lynne Holly die

Roses & bells from WOC

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Challenges

Jingle Belles ~ Pink Christmas

Crimbo Crackers ~ Pink

Deep Ocean ~ Anything Goes 

Simon Says Stamp ~ Die cuts & Punches (used both)

Divas by Design ~ Anything goes

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That's all from me for the moment, see you all later.

Don't forget to check out all the gorgeous DT creations over at Tilda's Town

Have a super weekend 

Hugs 

 xxx

Holly Basket

Good morning all, 

Just a quick posting from me as I shall be back later with another post for Tilda's Town.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~

I bought this stamp recently as I was inspired to use it by Jan when I saw it on her gorgeous card here, I just loved it.

The holly papers are by Magnolia

Gorgeous silky crush ribbon from The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop

snowflake charm from Ewe2cancraft

Stamp is called Holly Basket by Stampendous.

Corner punch is a Martha Stewart 

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I'd like to enter this card into the Sparkles Christmas Challenge ~ Traditional

Thanks for stopping by, I am slowly working my way round your blogs in between making my DT cards but I will get there :o)

Have a great Friday, see you later this afternoon.

Hugs

Midweek Magnolias ~ Masking Challenge

Good morning dear crafters,

How are you today?

Well I had a wonderful day yesterday, it was my Birthday and I had a really enjoyable day.

My parents came to see me in the morning and I spent the afternoon shopping with hubby.

It's amazing that as a crafter you don't mind hearing those words 

"We didn't know what to buy you for your Birthday so here is some money"

it's music to your ears

online craft shops here I come :o)

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Today starts another Challenge over at Midweek Magnolias

and the challenge this week is Masking

I used Tilda with big ribbon and this lovely Magnolia table

Shopping list

Pion papers

Ribbon & Lace from The Ribbon Girl

Kort & Godt pearls and Crysanthemums

WOC roses

Dies ~ Magnolia heart tag, small hellebores flower,, butterfly

Go Create die for card shape.

Magnolia stamps coloured with distress reinkers. 

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CHALLENGES

1) Bunny Zoe's Crafts ~ Pink, pearls & lace

2) The Shabby Tea Room Challenge ~ 'Beautiful Romance' using pink, green, white & lace

3) Wild Orchid Challenge ~ Anything goes 

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And that's it from me, be sure to pop over to Midweek Magnolias to see the gorgeous creations the wonderful DT  have made for your inspiration and pop back Friday to see if you are a winner! 

Have fun Masking those Magnolias :o)

Thank you for all your lovely comments on my Jingle Jangle Tilda card, I will be back later to visit your blogs but first I'm off to play with my new Birthday toys :o)

Lots of crafty Hugs 

 xxx

Jingle Jangle Tilda & Joanna Sheen Blog Candy Winner

Good Morning dear crafters, 
I hope today finds you fit and well :o)
Below is a card I've made using the gorgeous new Jingle Jangle Tilda
isn't she adorable, 

Below I've added jingle bells to the die cut keys.

I've used Pion papers 

Magnolia lace doily, love keys and mistletoe dies

Spellbinders ribbon banner die

lots of Kort & Godt pearls

Magnolia Jingle Jangle Tilda and Holly stamps

papers are edged with stickles.

Distress ink painted. 

white paper doily

Jingle bells charms.

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Challenges 

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #167 ~ Favourite colours, pale browns, blues & cream

Simply Magnolia Challenge ~ Doily & a charm 

Magnolia Stamp Lovers ~ Dies (used 4 dies)

Simon Says Stamp Challenge ~ Glimmer & Sparkle 

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Now the moment you've been waiting for

 I have a winner of the Joanna Sheen blog candy

First can I just say a massive thank you to you all for joining in the hop and thanks to the ones who lingered a little longer and left comments on my other cards and to those who became my new followers :o) 

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Right here we go...

 don't forget to check out all the DT blogs AND the main Joanna Sheen blog as there are 9 chances to win if you completed the hop

Anyway my blog candy goes to...

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No 26 and that is you Jenny L

 Please can you contact me with your address details within the next 7 days so I can pass your info on to Paula  (I have to pick another winner if the prize is not claimed.) 

My email addy is 

craftingallday1@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks again to everyone who took part. 

Have a lovely day, hugs 

 xxx