HERE COME THE BOYS ~ BABY BOY CARDS

Good morning and happy Sunday to you :)

Today is Here come the Boys Challenge again and didn't that last fortnight go quick, my goodness soon be Christmas!

This week we have the lovely theme of Baby Boy cards

all together aaahhhhh :)

I made this one using Maja papers, 

lovely lace, Pearls, String Pearls and Roses from The Ribbon Girl

I've used Frantage on the heart banner, the lovely bottle charm and resin frame were from Live & Love Crafts.

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(I apologise for the short post, if you haven't  already seen on facebook, I've got a poorly eye and having to use antibiotics ointment four times a day so my vision is a little blurry, I was worried I wouldn't be able to craft but I've been die-cutting leaves and other useful die-cuts today, well I can't stay out of the craft room can I lol.)

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I hope you can come along and join us at Here come the Boys for this lovely new challenge, your cards for the Blue Christmas challenge were brilliant. 

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Have a fantastic Sunday

hugs

The Ultimate in beautiful bling from The Ribbon Girl

Good Afternoon all,

Today I want to show you the Ultimate in Bling

This Stunning Brooch is one of a collection from The Ribbon Girl

Isn't it a beauty and there's more, take a look at these beauties below

  

All available from The Ribbon Girl

Empress' Vintage Style Brooch, 60mm Lilac Scrunched /Pleated Taffeta Ribbon, Lilac Hemp Twine, Liking Lilac Self Adhesive Flatback Pearls.

Go on treat yourself :) 

Have a great weekend and I'll be back here tomorrow

Love & hugs 

RED CHRISTMAS CRISS CROSS WITH TAGS

Good morning dear Crafters

I hope you are well and have had a great weekend.

I just thought I would share another Criss Cross card with you, this one is made using the new Pion Papers called Wintertime in Swedish Lapland

The pretty 'Angelica' lace, 

Red Satin Ribbon, 

Roses, 

Carnation 

and Daisy-May Skating charm

 are all from The Ribbon Girl

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If I don't get on here much this week it's because hubby is home from work on a weeks holiday and I obviously want to spend as much time as possible with him.

Take care and I hope you have a great week

Hugs

 

DT Tilda's Town ~ Use A Background Stamp

Good afternoon, 
Time for another challenge over at Tilda's Town today where our new challenge is
 Use A Background Stamp
As you can see I've masked Jam Tilda sitting on the Chocolate Tins and used the Chocolate stamp in the corner and on the tag. 
Painted with distress inks.

I've used the beautiful Sofiero papers by Maja Design.

This gorgeous 40mm 'Gertrude' Embroidered Net Lace over the top of 25mm Grape Satin Berisford Ribbon, 2 Pearl Brads, all Roses, Chrysanthemums, White Starburst Stamen, Pink Hemp Twine and Sugar & Spice Pearls all from The Ribbon Girl

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I hope you will come along and join us at Tilda's Town  for our background stamp challenge.

and as always there's a chance to win a $10 certificate to spend at
Tilda's Town Online Store  (with free shipping worldwide)

Here's a little about the store...

Tilda's Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. We carry over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. We offer FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of our famous coupon codes. Visit us at Tilda's Town and live the magic. 

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Yesterday we had no internet for the whole day,  it was really strange :(

I actually had to use that machine that picks up bits of the carpets lol,  I did my whole house and caught up with the washing, thank goodness the internet is back on today and fingers crossed it stays on.  :)

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Well I hope you have a great weekend, doing lots of crafting

Hugs

DT CARD FOR MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS

Good morning dear Crafters

I hope you are well today.

This is my card for the Midweek Magnolias Challenge today 

 our new challenge is 

Autumn Colours

I loved making this one I haven't used this So Spooky Tilda for ages and she is lovely to colour, I coloured her with distress reinkers, used green frantage around her and used clusters of greens, oranges & beige roses

also do you like my little broom? I saw those whilst shopping and thought they will come in handy one day on a card, well they've been sat in my 'odd embellishments' box long enough :)
the gorgeous lace was part of a gift from Sandy at Live & Love Crafts for my being GDT this month (Thank you Sandy) 
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Well I hope the weather is going to cheer up, it's a bit of a dull start here today, I can barely see the keyboard. 
Have a lovely day
hugs

NICECRANE VINTAGE IMAGE CARD & A GIVEAWAY...

Good morning

I just wanted to post this second card using one of those Nicecrane Vintage Children images

I do love these they are so beautiful.

On this one I've used 'Emily' Lace, Lilac Taffeta Ribbon, Pearl Trim, Ivory Resin Dove, Liking Lilac Pearls, Key & Lock Charms all from The Ribbon Girl

Mixture of flowers & Roses from Wild Orchid Crafts

Whimsy sentiment.

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And now for a wonderful giveaway, look what the The Ribbon Girl are giving away to one lucky follower

To be in with a chance of winning these gorgeous goodies just leave a comment on The Ribbon Girl Blog and mention this giveaway on your blog with a link back to The Ribbon Girl Online Store, one lucky winner will be chosen on Saturday 15th September.

Good luck!

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Have a wonderful week and see you again soon :)

Hugs 

Here Come The Boys ~ #60 Blue Christmas in September

Good morning dear Crafters

Yes, as the title says it's time for another challenge at Here come the Boys

and this fortnight's challenge theme is Blue Christmas in September.

This is one of my favourite LOTV stamps from last year, 

Delivering Presents by Lili of the Valley

and the grunge sentiment is an LOTV one too. 

I've used more of my Pion papers, these are from the new Winter time in Swedish Lapland collection.

The image is painted in distress reinkers, I've used the postal stamp and frantage around the image and frantage on the papers

Gingham ribbon, pale blue roses and lily from The Ribbon Girl & other Roses are Wild Orchid Crafts.

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Challenges

Sparkles Christmas Challenges ~ Non Traditional Colours

Totally Gorjuss ~ Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Blog ~ Winter Wonderland

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We are sponsored again this week by the wonderful 

Please go to the Here come the Boys blog for more information

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Sunday

hugs

Nicecrane Design Images

Good morning :)

Just a quick post to show you this card I made yesterday using the gorgeous image from Nicecrane Designs

Isn't she beautiful, she's part of a six images sheet called Children in Victorian age here

I also used Pion papers, lace & charm from Live & Love Crafts and Ribbon, String Pearls and Smaller Rose from The Ribbon Girl

Large Rose from Wild Orchid Crafts

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Have a super weekend

hugs

LOTV James ~ Christmas Tree ~ Joy Fold Card

Good morning all,

Well I guess the weather had to change sooner or later, today we have a gloomy day of rain, it's dark too, it's the first day in a long time I've had to put the light on to see what I'm doing :(

I suppose it's a perfect day for crafting though 

See, there's a bright side to everything:)

Onto today's card...

This is another new stamp James and his Christmas tree by Lili of the Valley

he's a delight to paint, I can see me using these James Bear stamps a lot this Christmas.

Made with Pion Papers

Roses, Buds, Gypsophalia, Rusty Bells & Green Taffeta Ribbon, all from The Ribbon Girl

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Challenges

1)  Crafty Little Fairies Challenge ~ Cute & Cuddly Critters

2) Christmas Card Challenge ~ Use something new ( James Bear stamp)

3) The ABC Challenge ~ U is for Unlimited (Anything goes)

4) The Cutie Pie Challenge ~ Cute Christmas in September 

...and that's it,  have a wonderful weekend, let's hope the weather picks up

Hugs 

A few Criss Cross Cards

Good morning Crafters, 

before I head off to make breakfast I thought I'd share a few of my Criss Cross Cards with you, using old & new Pion papers

I hope you like them, as I love making them. 

Have a wonderful day. 

hugs

THE NATIVITY by Lili of the Valley

Good morning Crafters

Hope you are well :)

I thought I would share my new Lili of the Valley card

The Nativity

I really love this cute stamp (in fact I love all of them)

I used Maja papers

from The Ribbon Girl I used 

Blue Satin Ribbon

Angelica Lace

Stickles

Pearl trim

WOC Blue & Ivory Roses

Flatback Pearls

& Pearl Brad

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After a day of batch cooking and cleaning the house yesterday I think I can craft a bit today as my reward :)

Thanks for stopping by

hugs

DT Card ~ Pretty in Pink at LHOSM

Good afternoon Crafters,
 Yes I'm back again, 3rd post of the day
This little Tilda is for our new challenge at Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia 
where our new challenge is Pretty in Pink
this must be everyone's favourite challenge
who doesn't like pink eh?

 Papers ~ Maja design

Dies & Sentiment ~ Magnolia 

Flowers & Ribbon ~ The Ribbon Girl

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That's my final card for the day, I hope you can join us in this Pretty in Pink Challenge

at LHOSM

Enjoy the rest of your day

Hugs

GDT ~ Live & Love Crafts

Hello again Crafters 

I'm so excited today as I have a new badge for my blog 

Yes, I am Guest Designer at Live & Love Crafts for September... yeah!!!

The lovely Sandy sent a great collage picture for inspiration

 here it is

and after a good long look at all the gorgeous bits & bobs I came up with this...

Luckily for me this is one of my favourite online shops and I have loads of Live & Love Crafts goodies to choose from,

 I used

Vanilla Cream Shabby Seam Binding 

Scalloped Rose Lace

Mauve Antique Belle Lace

Maya Road Vintage Linen Burlap Roses (love these)

20mm Apple

Sand Pearl String

Formal Frames resin embellishments

Jute fabric

White flower spray

Postcard Charm and Studio Guesso 

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The large brown flower, small roses & Lillies are from The Ribbon Girl

CHALLENGES

TOTALLY GORJUSS #199 ~ TEXTURE

DIVAS BY DESIGN ~ LOVELY LACE

COUNTRY VIEW CRAFTS ~ LAYERS

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I'd like to say a Special Thank You to Sandy for asking me to be GDT 

I'm thrilled to have been asked. 

That's it from me for the moment except to say have a great Sunday and see you later

Hugs

Ribbon Girl DT ~ September Card Challenge ~ Use Numbers

Good morning,

 it's here, September has arrived :) 

time for a Card Challenge over at The Ribbon Girl blog

and this challenge we are using numbers...

I chose the Magnolia sentiment 24th December

and this 'oh so cute' new Lili of the Valley stamp called The Angel Gabriel

I've used Pion papers, Magnolia Star tag & snowflake stamp

and all these wonderful Ribbon Girl goodies

 50mm Emily Embroidered Tulle Lace, 25mm Ecru Satin Berisford Ribbon, Ivory/Cream Beaded Berries, Beaded Ivory Gypsophalia, Mixed Dahlia Eastern Spice, Pearls Chocolate Brown Mix 5mm Self Adhesive, Chocolate Brown Button Twine, Rusty Jingly Bells and Stickles Stardust.

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We hope you will come and join us for another fab challenge at The Ribbon Girl

Have a great day

hugs 

Christmas Criss Cross with Santa

Good morning Crafters, 

it's Saturday and I have no DT cards to show so I thought I'd share a Christmas card I've made using these beautiful Pion papers 

I've used the little Daisy-May skating charm, Ivory Beaded Gypsophalia and stunning Emily lace & Ivory Satin ribbon from The Ribbon Girl

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It's not a bad day out there, the sun is shining and it feels nice & warm...perfect :)
Hope you have a great weekend
Hugs