TIME FOR TEA...or Coffee in the Arbour :)

The box below

Hello, what a glorious day, I just got back from Sainsburys doing the weekly shop and it really is a lot more enjoyable when the suns out.

I made this card & box a couple of days ago using those lovely new Maja Design papers called Coffee in the Arbour
All other goodies are from The Ribbon Girl

Hope you like it, off to grab some sun again :)

see you later. 

hugs

MOTHER'S DAY CARD

Hello and good morning, I just wanted to share with you the Mother's Day card I made for my lovely mum, I knew she loved these papers from my collection so I decided to make her card with them and she loved it.
  thanks for stopping by

Thanksgiving ~ Thankful for Tilda's Town

Good afternoon all,

Another week has gone by it'll soon be Christmas :o)

are you excited yet ...

Over at Tilda's Town today we are making Thank you / Thanksgiving cards

As this cute Tilda is bringing tea and cookies I thought she works perfect to say 
 Thanksgiving / Thank you card.

Shopping list

Tim Holtz backing card

Pion design papers

Joyful Tilda

Ribbon & lace from The Ribbon Girl

Roses are WOC 

pink, lilac & white pearls are Kort & Godt

Coffee pot charm from The Craft Barn

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Challenges

Simply Magnolia ~ Easel card 

The Dutch Magnolia Lovers ~ Card with a slot for tag

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I'm Thankful for Tilda's Town, it's been a great 6 months working alongside the fabulously talented ladies and I am truly thankful that Pam and Maria chose me, I can only hope I am lucky enough to be chosen for the next 6 months when the new DT are announced. 

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Thank you for joining in our last Challenge at Tilda's Town your cards were brilliant, I hope you will join us again this week. 

There is, as always a $15 prize for the winner to spend at Tilda's Town Store

thank you for stopping by and have a great weekend.

Hugs

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

Here come the boys ~ Recipe card

Hello again, 

As you know today is also the Here Come the Boys new #36 Challenge too,

 and this week we had fun with this new recipe;

3 papers, 2brads and 1 Image

Here's my card 

 

I've used this lovely Santa stamp for my image x1

gold brads x2

I've used Maja papers x3 

also this lovely red cameo & red ribbon

winter berries

and the Magnolia star tag & 24th December sentiment.

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I'd like to enter this card into THE CUTE AND GIRLY ~ CARD FOR A BOYS/MEN CHALLENGE

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Please come along and join us if you can at Here Come the Boys for our recipe challenge.

 We have a couple of new members joining us this week the lovely  Mojca and Alysha 

also a few lovely GDTs

Ginny, Kate & Mel.

See you again shortly for my 3rd and final card of the day

*hugs*

TILDA WITH WOODEN SPOON IN BLUE

Good morning Crafters :o)

Tuesday 4th September already, my little Grandsons start back to school today in America, they've got new bags, new lunch boxes and new Teachers, they are pretty excited so hope their day goes well for them.

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If you could just tilt your head slightly to the right then my card will look normal lol, I don't know what happened here, but my photography was on a right out. 

Anyway! This is my favourite little Tilda for the

What's Cooking challenge at Midweek Magnolias  

and The Magnolia Down Under Challenge  ~ Bingo ~ Bue/free/flowers

As you can see above I've included a little cross stitched tea towel and a rolling pin.

and the tag is removable

Shopping List

Tilda with wooden spoon

Maja papers (diestodiefor)

rolling pin (Michaels)

Roses (Wild Orchid Crafts)

Gingham ribbon and tiny blue flowers (Ribbon Girl)

So lovely heart tag and Vintage tag dies (Magnolia) 

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Today I am going to be stalking our postman as I'm waiting for new craft goodies to arrive so I shall not be moving far from the front door! (I hope he comes early)

Hope you all have a lovely day and I hope all the little ones starting new schools today have a fun enjoyable day too. 

See you later

*hugs*

Tilda with Lamb

Hello again :o)

 Yes it's also Addicted to stamps Challenge today too

and this weeks challenge is...Lots of Bling! 

Yes anything that glitters we want to see it!

Here's my card

  

As you may have noticed by my last few shaped cards my dear, sweet, lovely hubby bought me a Grand Caliber (love him) and I love it, just need a few different shaped dies now but they will come in time :o)

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Shopping list 

Tilda with lamb

Maja papers

Magnolia lamp post, vintage mistletoe, bloomy tag and so lovely tag dies

cheescloth

Magnolia Christmas sentiment (behind Tilda)

and a see dees sentiment on the tag

Sizzix tag die on the (left hand side)

pearls are Kort & Godt

WOC roses

Mittens charm from The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop

2 flower brads

 and lots of stickles

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CHALLENGES

SIMON SAYS STAMP ~ ANYTHING GOES

And that's it! 

Over to you, we can't wait to see your 'lots of bling' cards/projects so please come and join us if you can at Addicted to Stamps

*Hugs*

 xxx

A Special message card

Afternoon peeps, I thought I'd upload this card while I'm waiting on a call to fetch my Mum from the hospital, thank you for being there for me,  the card says it all. 

See you later. 

*Hugs*

xxx

Tilda with wooden spoon

Good morning dear crafters, 

I'd like to start by saying a massive thank you to everyone who commented on my 3 cards yesterday, we had a day out so I only got to see them last night, I will be popping by your blogs today.

This is my all time favourite Tilda as you know, she was the first one I bought and even though there has been so many gorgeously cute Tildas since she remains my favourite. 

I've used the Maja papers, square paper doily, lace from Sunrise crafts and roses from WOC

Tilda was painted with distress reinkers

The Magnolia Tilda's lace tag is removable, with You mean the world to me sentiment and these gorgeous Sugar & Flour charms

 Challenges;

Whimsy Stamps Challenge ~ Lots of layers

MAGNOLIA-LICIOUS Challenge ~ Inspiration picture

Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge ~ Favourite image

Thanks again for your lovely, encouraging comments, see you later at your blog.

Have a lovely week!

*hugs*

Tilda with Summer flower

Good morning crafters, 

Just a quickie post, I'm afraid I need to catch up with all my washing and ironing today (Yes the boring stuff but needs must) This is a criss cross card I made over the weekend for the Challenge over at Simply Magnolia

I've used Maja papers, Magnolia so lovely heart tag, Tilda with Summer flower painted with distress inks, gorgeous lace from my Daughter again, taffeta ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, WOC roses and Kort & Godt pearls.

As you know this challenge was right up my street, I love making criss cross cards :o)

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

love & hugs 

Here come the Boys DT card

Good morning and Happy Sunday to you

I have three cards to upload today

so here goes...

1st up we have Here come the Boys new challenge which is 

 Metal or Embossing

 I chose these gorgeous Tim Holtz metal corners

and this super cute Sugar Nellie digi stamp Nathan

with Maja papers

brown velvet ribbon

WISH sentiment is from Crafts4You

little post ark stamp is a Whimsy one.

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We had a great time last week looking at all your fabulous different card folds, don't forget to pop back to Here come the Boys to see if you are our last weeks winner or in the Top 3.

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Hope you have a lovely relaxing Sunday

see you later

hugs 

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

Magnolia Pirates...look no flowers

Good evening dear crafters,

How are you?  I'm a bit fed up with our weather, one minute I'm toasty warm and happy, the next I'm freezing and needing the heating on again :o(

Please let us have a nice summer, I wouldn't moan through Winter I promise if we could just be guaranteed a lovely hot Summer :o)

Okey dokey on to my card...

 I've been getting messy this afternoon making this one

Lots of stickles glitter around the card and glimmer mist on the swirls & leaves

The papers are Maja Christmas papers but I've used the opposite side (no snowflakes lol)

The gorgeous ribbon is Union blue seam binding from The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop it's perfect for these nautical cards

Pearls are Kort & Godt

2 charms

Magnolia Jolly Roger Tilda with flag and Pirate Edwin

Magnolia leaf & swirl.

CHALLENGES

1) MAGNOLIA DOWN UNDER CHALLENGE ~ LORI'S GREAT SKETCH

2) LET'S INK IT UP ~ BLING

3) DREAM VALLEY CHALLENGES ~ CASE A CARD (I've used the colours from Mags B's card)

Just a little reminder tomorrow at 3pm The all New Tilda's Town Challenge blog starts, if you're a Magnolia fan you're gonna love it! 

That's it from me, I'm off to spend some time surfing round your blogs to see what you've all been upto. 

Enjoy the rest of your evening

love & hugs 

Addicted to Stamps DT card

Hello again, I'm back with my second post of the day, 

Before I get started I'd just like to say thank you for all the encouraging comments you left on my

 New DT post on Friday, it really meant a lot to me, you crafters really are the best!

 also a very warm welcome to all the new followers too, thank you.

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Right onto my second card of the day...

Addicted to Stamps DT card

This fortnight we have a great challenge for you, it's Black, White and one other colour

I've used these gorgeous Maja Papers

a lovely sentiment stamp from a set I bought in America

Yellow ribbon from The Ribbon Girl

Yellow Brad, Roses, rosebuds & cherry blossom from Wild Orchid Crafts

That's it from me, except to say HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all you Mums, I know it's not Mother's Day in the UK but all Mums work hard and deserve a break so put your feet up today and enjoy your bloggin' :o)

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(Quickie story)

 My Son-in-law took my two little Grandsons out yesterday to buy my Daughter Mothers Day gifts for today and the youngest (who's just turned 6)

 said 'I know what I want to buy Mummy I heard it on the radio'

 my Daughter said to me 'Omg I just know I'm going to end up with a set of tyres' lol

(I hope not)

See you later, take care

love & hugs

Tilda with flowers

Hello my dear bloggin' friends,

Hope today finds you well.

I'm a right sleepy head today, my poor hubby keeps twitching in his sleep as well as snoring and it keeps me awake, I know he suffers bad with his arthritis in this damp weather but if I didn't love him so much I think I'd kick him out of bed :o)

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I've got a right old mixture of colours here lol but I hope it works ok.

 and the inside...

Shopping list;

Magnolia Tilda with flowers & heart swirl leaf 

pearls from Kort & Godt

Gorgeous Maja papers from Dies to die for

All flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

Ribbons from The Ribbon Girl

Lace is Websters Pages trim from Simon says stamp shop

Challenges;

Die-Ing For a challenge ~ Sketch (& Maja papers)

Magnolia-licious Highlites ~ Summer themed and twist of colours

MAGNOLIA-LICIOUS CHALLENGE ~ Photo inspiration

Thanks for stopping by

love & hugs 

Fashionista

Good afternoon and welcome to my little blog

This is my very first DT card for Fashionista!

This months Challenge is Wedding, Anniversary or Shower cards
 with an option to use Black, White and another colour.

I chose to make a Criss-Cross Anniversary card , in Black. White & Green

Fashionista is a New Challenge Blog and is on it's second challenge today

It's extremely popular already with 160 entries taking part in the first challenge alone. 

They have some fantastic sponsors and a wonderful DT which I am very proud to be a part of.

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My shopping list for this card;

Maja papers

Magnolia wedding couple Tilda & Edwin

gorgeous moss green taffeta ribbon from The Ribbon Girl

The pretty lace is Websters Pages designer trim from Simon says stamp 

Love charm from ebay

Gorgeous roses from Wild Orchid Crafts

and I've used the Martha Stewart leaf punch

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Challenges;

Magnolia Mania ~ Bingo Challenge (Tilda, Love & Edwin)

Totally Gorjuss ~ Congratulations

Stempeltraume ~ Flowers

Simon Says Stamp ~ Anything Goes

Hotshot Craft blog ~ Young Love

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Thanks again for stopping by and don't forget to check out all the wonderful creations my teamies have made over at Fashionista and who was last months winner!

Stay warm, dry & safe

Love & hugs