Hello little butterfly in lovely lilacs

Good morning dear crafters,
I hope you are all well, I've had such a busy week I can't believe it's Friday already, I've only made one card this week :o(
...and here it is, hello little butterfly Tilda in lovely lilacs.

I had to step back and take another picture so you can see the over hanging bits :o)

2 tags, above wrapped so lovely heart tag and Bloomy tag below

These gorgeous papers are Pion of course, I've used this digi image as my background and I can't remember where I bought it (any ideas?) I used the Magnolia wrapped so lovely heart die and stamped the pretty flowers on and coloured them to match the card. All the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, painted with distress crackle paint, ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl, 2papers doilies and gem stones are from my stash. Magnolia Doohickeys leaf die & side tag, lace and heart charm. 

CHALLENGES;

1) TOMIC ~ Anything goes (Happy 1st Anniversary)

2) Midweek Magnolias wk 14 ~ Anything Goes

3) Magnolia Down Under ~ seeing double used 2 doilies, 2 tags, 2 images 

(one stamped and one digi)

4) Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge ~ Anything goes

Don't forget today at 1pm UK time (a little earlier than normal this week) it's time for another Tilda's Town Challenge, hope you will join us. 
Righty oh! Time for a cuppa and a nosey round your blogs,
take care & have a lovely day
hugs 

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop

Good Morning,

It's time for another challenge at

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop

and todays challenge is Lots of Layers

I just love this Tilda with summer flower, she's so pretty and

she's crying out for colour and glitter...lots of glitter!

Challenges;

Wild Orchid challenge ~ Bingo ~ Blue, flowers & glitter

Sweet Stampin' Challenge ~ Favourite stamp

Simon Says Challenge ~ Anything Goes

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My shopping list

Magnolia papers

square paper doily

Magnolia Tilda with Summer flower

Magnolia lovely fence die

Marianne creatables heart die

(both the above dies were used to cut cardboard and painted with crackle paint)

Roses & cherry blossom from Wild Orchid Crafts

Beautiful 25mm Organza ribbon, rose pink dew drops and pretty diamante pins, all from The pretty Little Ribbon Shop

I hope you will join us in this challenge, it was great seeing all your beautiful projects & cards for the last challenge. 

Have a lovely day and take care

hugs

Bring back the sunshine!

Hello Crafters and happy Sunday to you, I don't have a card to show today but I just wanted to share this with you, hopefully it will make you smile.

BBQ RULES We are about to enter the BBQ season. Therefore it is important to
refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking activity. When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:

... (1) The woman buys the food.
(2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables
and makes dessert.
(3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill - beer in hand.
(4) The woman remains outside the compulsory three metre exclusion zone where the
exuberance of testosterone and other manly bonding activities can take place without the interference of the woman.

Here comes the important part:
(5) THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.
(6) The woman goes inside to organise the plates and cutlery.
(7) The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is looking great. He thanks her and asks if she will bring another beer while he flips the meat.

Important again:
(8) THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN.
(9) The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauce and brings them to the table.
(10) After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes.
And most important of all:
(11) Everyone PRAISES the MAN and THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts.
(12) The man asks the woman how she enjoyed her 'night off', and, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there's just no pleasing some women. 

It made me giggle.
love.

Lady Liberty Tilda

Good morning dear Crafters,
 I am feeling on top of the world today 
oh boy did I wake up to some lovely news,
I am one of the winners on the Pion blog this morning, yippee!!!
I have won a set of the next (not yet released) Pion Papers woohoo!
I think you know how much I love them already lol, so I'm chuffed to bits that I have won some, still dancing in my chair here :o)
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Ok...(calm down Teresa ) ...deep beath :o)
I am blogging a card today using my new Tilda stamp Liberty Tilda
I absolutely love this stamp but I was a little worried about colouring her as I've not seen her anywhere yet, so I'm hoping I've done a good enough job of it. 

I've used Pion papers :o) of course,  distressed with Tim Holtz vintage photo

Tim Holtz card stock

Magnolia Liberty Tilda, doily lace & wrapped lovely heart dies

lace is Websters pages

aqua ribbon from Hobby Lobby

aqua mixed roses from Michaels

pins from The Ribbon Girl

brads from WOC

corner dies are Whimsy

stickles star dust.

CHALLENGES;

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge ~ Anything Goes

The Cutie Pie challenge ~  Die cuts & punches

Whimsy Stamps Challenge ~Bingo ~ ribbon, pins & lace

Simon Says Stamp Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Just Magnolia ~ Anything goes with a doily (used Magnolia doily lace)

Right I'm off to get a coffee and explore your blogs :o)

before I go don't forget that the 3rd Tilda's Town Challenge starts this afternon at 3pm (UK time) 

Have a wonderful day,

love & hugs

Christmas card

Hello all, hope you've all had a good day.
I've just popped on to add another card, this time for a few Christmas challenges, 
This is Tilda with a large gift from the 2009 Jolly Snowy collection. 

It's been a while since I used this stamp but I do love getting the oldies out to play now and again. 

I've used 3 Magnolia papers on this one and I've used the great sketch at  Christmas Challenges with Sketches, the holly and poinsettia were from Michaels, snowflake charm from The Ribbon Girl and this gorgeous green organza ribbon was sent to me from my sweet Daughter. 

Challenges;

Christmas Challenges with sketches ~ Sketch and bingo ~ charm, ribbon & flowers

Crimbo Crackers ~ Winter Berry colour combo

Christmas card challenge ~ Bling

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge ~ Foliage

That's it from me for now, I'll be back again tomorrow with another card using my latest new stamp, really love this one, see you tomorrow.

love & hugs 

Midweek Magnolias ~ take 2 :o)

Good morning dear bloggers, 

Today starts the second week for me as guest designer for Midweek Magnolias,

I loved last weeks challenge and it was fun blog hopping through some of the challengers blogs and leaving comments on the gorgeous creations.

This week it's all about BLING

and here's the card I made for the challenge

I'm not sure if you can see by the photos but there's a lot of gold stickles glitter on this one

I've used Pion papers ~ Courtly lace from Joanna Sheen ~ Ribbon from Michaels ~ Marianne Creatables hearts Dies ~ Martha Stewart butterfly punch ~ WOC roses & cherry blossom ~ Magnolia Tilda hugs Koala ~ Cheesecloth ~ distress crackle paint picket fence.

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I'd like to say a very big thank you to all at  Midweek Magnolias  for having me, I love your challenges and it's been a pleasure being a GDT. 

Lots of hugs

Sweetstampingpixies

Good morning

How are you today?

It's turned a bit cloudy here today and I hear we are in for a storm, :o(

Oh well the perfect day to craft I guess :o)

I have made this Criss Cross card using my new stamp (I think she's lovely)
I titled my post Sweetstampingpixies because it's a new challenge blog to me, so I'm entering this challenge for the first time.

Pion papers, WOC roses & cherry blossom, Kort & Godt pearls, Martha Stewart leaf punch

Magnolia wrapped lovely heart die, Ribbon Girl seam binding ribbon and lace

I've used the Magnolia hellebores die to cut cross stitch aida for behind my flowers

CHALLENGES 

Sweetstampingpixies ~ Favourite fairy/pixie

Bunny Zoe's Crafts ~ Anything Goes 

Magnolia-licious challenge ~ Photo inspiration

Simply Magnolia ~ Pearls & lace

Totally Gorjuss ~ Something new (new stamp)

Whimsy Stamps Challenge ~ Vintage/shabby chic

That's it from me, I'm going to get myself a cuppa then come and take a look at what you've all been upto, can't wait.

 Have a lovely day.

Love & hugs 

FASHIONISTA ~ June Challenge ~ Summer

Good Afternoon all, 

Just popped by quickly to let you know the new challenge as started at Fashionista

it's the Simply Summer cards we want to see with the option to use water

Here is Tilda singing in the rain lol

or Tilda in Summer rain as she's really known 

I'll be back later to add the deets to the card, in a bit of a rush I'm afraid.

Hope you can join us at Fashionista and don't forget to see if you are one of last weeks winners!

 Hugs 

 xxx

Addicted To Stamps ~ Bingo Challenge

...And finally (3rd post) 

It's time to play Bingo, I'm sure you'll love this type of bingo it includes making a card,  :o)

At Addicted to Stamps Challenge this fortnight 

we are playing bingo, here's my card 

from the bingo board below

I chose Rose/lilac, Sewing and Flowers

You can choose any 3 in a line (I'm sure you knew that already)

My shopping list

I used Pion papers 

Beautiful Faye Whittaker stamp ~ Lifebuoy

Roses, cherry blossom and lace butterfly from WOC

starfish charm and seam binding ribbon from The Ribbon Girl

Lace (below the ribbon) is from Joanna Sheen called courtly lace

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And that's it from me for today, I have to get my housework done so I can enjoy some time in the sun...or shall I do it the other way round lol

Thank you for all your lovely comments on these cards and my others it really does mean a lot to me.

Have a wonderful Sunday

Love & hugs

 xxx

Joanna Sheen DT Remember when Challenge

Hi,

I'm back again already, this time with a card for the Joanna Sheen Challenge which this fortnight is Remember When...

These Joanna Sheen stamps are called Cameo JS347

I have to say although these stamps are very different to what I usually use they were very easy to work with, here is my card 

I used Maja papers and edged them with old paper Tim Holtz distress ink

machine stitched in black

Joanna Sheen Cameo Stamp set (including corner lace stamps)

black lace which I ruffled up by hand stitching it

Roses from WOC

Silver bow charm (ebay)

Ribbon ~ The Stamp Basket

Hope you like it,

 are you our last challenge winner? 

don't forget to pop back to Joanna Sheen blog to find out.

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Thanks for looking, see you again shortly

hugs 

Here come the boys

Good morning dear Crafters,

 It's Sunday and the last 2 weeks have passed by so quickly, that can only mean it's time to show DT Challenge Cards lol, starting off with Here Come The Boys, you may remember last fortnight we had a blog hop well the winner of my candy will be at the bottom of this post.

 Our theme this week is simply Anything Goes

 I've made this one, my first ever Teddy Bo so I hope I've done him justice :o)

These are Maja papers,

WOC metal filigree corners

Union Blue seam binding from The pretty Little Ribbon Shop 

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As I said today is the end of the blog hop so please remember to pop back to Here Come the Boys to see if you are a winner of the wonderful candy

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Now for the winner of my birthday candy

I visited Mr.Random.org and he gave me this :o)

(I can't get a picture of the random button thing, 

where is my Son when I need him...still sleeping tut tut!)

the number  is...7

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Congratulations Ginny! Please contact me so I can send you your prize.

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That's it from me for a few minutes anyway...

Hope you will join us in our Anything Goes challenge, a nice easy one for the next two weeks.

Have fun crafting!

hugs

 xxx

Oops! a daisy Tilda...

Good morning Crafters

yippee it's another sunny day in the Midlands, I am really lovin' this weather, hope you are enjoying it too.

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This is the card I have been working on Oops! a daisy Tilda, not used this one for ages.

I've used Magnolia strawberry papers,

square paper doily...

 I've made the curtain from red gingham ribbon

(from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop)

also the cupcake charm 

love these little rolling pins below

roses, carnations & cherry blossom from WOC

I've added a teaspoon brad onto my cross stitched T.Towel

and my little pocket with

tag, rose, muffin charm, & bow

Challenges;

TOMIC ~Fruity pocket

Just Magnolia ~ Gingham

Dies to Die for challenge ~ Dies (tag)

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Just wanted to remind you that the 2nd Tilda's Town challenge has started here

hope you'll come and join in the fun! 

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Thank you for stopping by my blog, I will see you over at your blog this evening.

 Enjoy the beautiful weather.

Hugs 

 xxx

It's Friday! It's 3 o'clock...time for Tilda's Town Challenge 2

Good Afternoon Crafters,

Well have we had a glorious week here in the UK or what, it's been beautiful weather, I love the sun & warmth, feels so good and it really motivates me to get on with stuff.

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Today is our second Challenge over at Tilda's Town and I have been so excited about this as it's Team B's turn (and I'm in there lol)

The theme this week is Water Fun 

Well looking at the stamp I chose you can see I was not expecting our heatwave :o)

This is Tilda in Spring rain

coloured in copics

Pion papers

blue seam binding ribbon

cherry blossom & pearl brad

pearls

umbrella charm

Magnolia doily lace & vintage tag dies

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Thanks for stopping by, don't forget to stop by the other DT girls they have made some stunning cards for your inspiration.

 We had a whopping 120 super entries last week for the first Tilda's Town challenge,  I hope you will join us again in our second challenge.

Don't forget there's a wonderful $15 prize to be won to spend in Tilda's town store

Take care & enjoy your day

hugs 

 xx

Midweek Magnolia GDT

Good morning Crafters,

it's a glorious sunny day today yippie!

I'm about to go out with hubby as it's is day off today and we plan to go shopping.

But first some exciting news I have been asked to be GDT at Midweek Magnolias for two whole weeks yeah!

 This week the challenge is Chic/Romantic (aahhh!) so I'm going all soppy here and I've used  this little beauty Tilda sitting from the wedding collection and yes another criss cross card, I'm totally addicted to making these I love them. 

I've used Pion papers (what a surprise lol)

Wild orchid crafts roses & buds

Magnolia Doo hickeys heart swirl & wrapped lovely heart dies

Magnolia Tilda sitting, sentiment & bench stamps

(coloured in copics)

Kort & Godt pearls

The Ribbon Girl yellow ribbon

below ~The inside

Thanks very much to Suzi for asking me,

 it's been a real pleasure making cards for you at Midweek Magnolias

That's it from me for today, 

I'm off to sample some of this sunshine :o)

Have a lovely day everyone.

love & hugs