Midweek Magnolias ~ Wish you were here ~ Seaside theme

Good morning,

I'm back to let you know about this weeks super challenge over at Midweek Magnolias

Wish You Were Here ~ Seaside Theme

This is my card with Edwin in Miami

Edwin in Miami, painted in distress reinkers

 Maja papers

lots of lovely frantage

gorgeous lace, ribbon, cheescloth, pearl brad & pearls from The Ribbon Girl

seashells and postmark stamp.

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Please pop by Midweek Magnolias and see for yourself all the gorgeous cards made for your inspiration and hopefully join in our challenge, you could win a fabulous prize from Magnolia Sweden.

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Have a fantastic day

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Ribbon Girl Magnolia Only Challenge ~ Use 2 Backing Papers

Good morning, me again :o)

This time with my card for the Ribbon Girl

Today's Magnolia Only Challenge is to use two backing papers, so I used two Maja Design papers.

From The Ribbon Girl ~ 25mm Grape Satin Berisford Ribbon, 20mm 'Angelica' Ivory Tulle Lace, Sugar & Spice flat backed self adhesive Pearls, Vintage Pink Roses, Aster Rose Pink, Baby Pink Cherry Blossom, Pink Hemp Twine, Stickles Stardust and Key Charm.

I loved making this card and I adore this sweet, Summer Wedding Tilda

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I need to keep this short because as you know from my last post I intend to have another lovely day with my gorgeous Grandsons today

So cheerio for now, enjoy the weather 

don't forget to check out the gorgeous creations at The Ribbon Girl

and have a superb Sunday, see you all again soon,

big hugs

Here come the boys ~ Use a Digi Stamp

Hello and a very good morning to you :o)

I am absolutely walking on cloud nine here today, I've had a wonderful couple of days so far with my Grandsons, they went to see their other Grandparents last night but they are coming back later today and we are taking them out, they are great kids, so well behaved and full of cuddles, they are adorable!

Right where was I? ...Oh yes, blogging :o)

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Today is Use A Digi Challenge at Here Come the Boys

 So I chose this ol' favourite Bambino by Sugar Nellie

The girls have made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration, so please pop by to Here Come the Boys and don't forget to check out our winner & top 5.

Have fun making those cards.

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 See you all again shortly

 Hugs 

Gorgeous Lace ~ Addicted To Stamps Challenge

Good morning 

It's Sunday and time for another challenge at Addicted to Stamps

and this week we are using 'Gorgeous Lace'

I've chosen this lovely stamp from LOTV called

 It's my party

This one always makes me smile, even the sweetest of children have moments like this.

For this one I've used Maja design papers

Lili of the valley, It's my party stamp, painted with distress reinkers.

Lilac satin ribbon, wooden heart button, lovely 'Andrea' Lace, Ivory rolled rose, Liking lilac pearl and lilac hemp twine, all from The Ribbon Girl

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At Addicted to Stamps

the girls have made some fantastic cards for your inspiration so please pop over and take a look.
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I'm walking on air here, just so excited knowing my family will be arriving here in a few days Yippee!
Have a Super Sunday!
Hugs

Tilda's Town ~ Special Occasions Challenge

Good afternoon, 
Time for another Challenge over at Tilda's Town and our challenge this week is Celebrations
I chose to make a Wedding card 
This is sweet Tilda binding flowers
and gorgeous new Magnolia papers

I've painted Tilda with distress reinkers and added Frantage,

The beautiful fluted ribbon, gorgeous 'Angelica' lace, sweet blossom flowers, floral heart charm, pearl spray and chrysanthemums are from The Ribbon Girl.

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Challenges
Magnolia Down Under ~ Anything Goes
Simply Magnolia ~ Garden Delights


We hope you will come along and join in the fun at

Tilda's Town 
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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...And that's it from me except to wish you a wonderful weekend
Happy Crafting!
hugs

Midweek Magnolias Challenge ~ BBQ/Summer Theme

Good morning my dear Crafters,

 I hope you are well :o)

It's time for another MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS challenge 

and this week it's BBQ/SUMMER theme.

 I chose blue & yellow, representing the blue sky & hot yellow sun

 (and fingers crossed we get plenty of it)

I also used Tilda with longstocking, I think she looks summery too.

The gorgeous blue satin ribbon and pin holding the sentiment are from The Ribbon Girl.

Lace from my dear friend Sue (Thanks Sue)

Cherry blossom & rose are WOC

and those lovely apples and cocktail glass charm are from Live & Love Crafts.

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I hope you can join us in this challenge, we would love to see your Summer or BBQ cards.

You're cards last week were all stunning!

Have a great day.

Hugs

Been a Bad Blogger...

Hiya Crafters,

Just popped by to apologise for being a bad blogger lately, I've not had much time for commenting as we have our lovely Daughter coming over from America in less than two weeks with her hubby & our two Grandsons so I've been excitedly getting the house ready and planning everything else. I'm so excited as we haven't seen them for nearly two years so I know it'll be a tearful reunion.

I've also been trying to make all my DT cards ready to schedule as I know once they are here I won't have time for the computer at all, I want to take my Grandsons out, we have a lot of catching up to do :o)

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I've popped a card on here too just a quickie I made a while back, hope you like it. 

I will get around to visiting your blogs as soon as I get a bit of time to myself.

Take good care of yourselves

Hugs

 xxx

Lets go dotty ~ at ~ Here Come The Boys

Good morning World and HaPpY FaThErS DaY to all the Dads out there :o)

...and what a beautiful day it is too, the sun is shining and it's a gorgeous blue sky.

It's time for another challenge at Here Come the Boys today, I'm so pleased I'm on this Design Team or I would never get round to making my boys/mens cards.

This week we are going Dotty, as you can see I used these Maja Design papers and luckily for me there's a lovely fine dotty one. 

The buttons are a Memory Box die and I've used raffia sewn through them.

The lovely LOTV image is another from the LOTV Artist pad. 

Magnolia Starbright die tag with 'Happy Birthday' sentiment and the lovely boys cap charm & natural hemp twine are from The Ribbon Girl.  

So scoot on over to Here Come the Boys and take a good look at the DTs wonderful cards for your inspiration.

Don't forget to check to see if you are last weeks winner or in the Top 5

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Have a fabulous Sunday and don't forget to spoil your Dad today :o)

Hugs

A Saucer of Milk...I forgot to blog

Good morning dear crafters,

I hope you are well.

I've done it again, forgot to blog a card I made a while ago,  this little sweetie is

 'Saucer of Milk' and the Magical Days sentiment both by LOTV,

 I've used;

Pion papers

from The Ribbon Girl I used Pink satin ribbon, pin string pearls, cosmos daisies, rolled rose, sugar & spice pearls and pink berries.

Carnations and metal corner from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Pink Frantage

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Thank you for stopping by and thanks to all my new followers for following me :o)

Have a great weekend

Hugs

Criss Cross card and some exciting news...

Good morning Crafters :o)

Hope you are well.

I've just popped on to tell you my exciting news and to share a quick card too.

This is a criss cross card I made quite a while back (you can see the snow in the background lol) using these pretty Maja design papers called Flowers on the table, from the Shall we have coffee collection, I bought from Live & Love Crafts.

I've used 25mm 'Hermoine' lace, 

 25mm Heliotrope Satin Ribbon, Liking lilac pearls and lilac cosmos daisy 

from The Ribbon Girl

Now my exciting news :o)

Yesterday I won the Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge and the lovely Sara asked me if I would like to join the DT

How exciting another Magnolia one, how could I possibly refuse, so I am now apart of the team yay!

 And another shiny badge to my collection :o)

Thanks very much for asking me Sara

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Thanks also to all of you lovely bloggers out there for taking the time to leave such lovely comments on my cards, I do appreciate them and try my best to recipocate.

Have a wonderful week

hugs

Addicted to Stamps ~ Pennant and a Ribbon Girl Giveaway.

Hello, good morning and welcome to my little blog :o)

Today's challenge at Addicted to Stamps is Pennant / Bunting 

I've used this pretty bunting die from La-la land, cut out in felt

and this is the fourth of my new Tilda's this is Tilda with spitz pocket.

I've used Pion papers from the Vintage garden collection

Tim Holtz on the edge die to cut my green card

Marianne design heart die 

Roses are Wild Orchid Crafts

Green Frantage

from The Ribbon Girl I've used gorgeous green taffeta ribbon

large Diamante heart

green & white felt

twine

Green pearls.

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My team mates have made some super cards/buntings for your inspiration, take a little look here .

I hope you will join us in this fun new challenge.

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Last but not least I'd like to tell you about this fantastic giveaway at The Ribbon Girl today

The June wedding giveaway

All you have to do is leave a comment on The Ribbon Girl blog and mention it on your own blog, good luck the winner will be chosen on Saturday 15th June.

Have a great Sunday

hugs

Tilda with corkscrews ~ Tilda's Town

Hello, 

yes I'm back again with a second post of the day, this time it's Tilda's Town challenge which coincidentally is also Anything goes :o)

For this one I've used Tilda with corkscrews

These are beautiful Pion papers, Magnolia Tag die, Tim Holtz butterfly die, Roses are Wild Orchid Crafts and from The Ribbon Girl ~ Pretty pink tulle, 42mm Pink tulle lace, sugar & spice flat back self adhesive pearls, pink dewdrops, Daisy May with flowers charm, Natural Hemp twine and Cosmos daisies. 

Come along and join in the fun at Tilda's Town and you could win one of our gorgeous badges or a great prize of $10 to spend at Tilda's Town online Store.

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Challenges

Stamp & Create with Magnolia ~ Summer Bright

Magnolia- Licious Challenge ~ All about Butterflies

Dutch Magnolia Lovers ~ Anything but square and use side

Big hugs

A Creative Romance Very First Challenge

Good morning world :o)
Yes!  Ooh how exciting it's here at last, our very first challenge at A Creative Romance
we have been looking forward to this
and we're starting off with a nice easy one...
...Anything goes

I used this sweet Tilda binding flowers from the new collection, along with this lovely Magnolia strawberry die and Maja design papers

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from The Ribbon Girl I've used

  Fluted edged sheer ribbon, Red satin Ribbon, Chantilly blooms Red/Burgundy flowers collection, Flat ivory bead string, white starburst stamen, and a Toadstool charm 

other dies used are Go Kreate for my card shape and Magnolia Vintage tag, doily die, doily flower and dragon flies.

We have some fabulous Guest designers, wonderful prizes from our sponsors and a beautiful badge to win, so start making those gorgeous cards and be sure to link up to our challenge at 

A Creative Romance

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See you over there,

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Tilda with cross necklace

Good morning Crafters

It's Wednesday and time for another Challenge at Midweek Magnolias
This week our challenge is Anything goes with Vintage/Frantage option

I've used another new Tilda, this is Tilda with cross necklace and I've used Frantage around my image and on the die-cuts
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I've used the new Magnolia papers
 from The Ribbon Girl I've used
 ~ 32mm 'Sophie' white fine cluny lace, Starburst stamen white, Beaded twirl white, Ivory rolled rose, White Chrysanthemum, Self adhesive flat back pearls the blues.
Roses are WOC
Whiff of Joy heart banner die
Magnolia tag & butterfly die.
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CHALLENGES
SIMPLY MAGNOLIA ~ Layers & Lace
MAGNOLIA DOWN UNDER ~ Bling it baby
THE HOBBY HOUSE ~ Anything goes
CRAFTY FRIENDS ~ Anything goes 
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There's loads of gorgeous inspiration waiting for you over at 
Midweek Magnolias
So please pop over and take a look
and hope you will join us in this great challenge. 
Have fun and good luck in the draw for a prize from Magnolia :o)
Hugs

Summer Wedding Tilda

Hello,

Just a quick post to show you one of the new stamps, I received four through the post yesterday (Good ol' Sirstampalot) and I was thrilled to bits I got painting straight away.

 This is Summer Wedding Tilda 

with new Magnolia papers

lace, crysanthemums, ribbon, starburst flower, floral charm and tulle from The Ribbon Girl.

I love this Frantage it looks good as wedding confetti, sand and snow, just love it!

Have a great Sunday

hugs

The Ribbon Girl ~ Add a die-cut Card Challenge

Hello again :o)

 It's time for another super challenge over at The Ribbon Girl today

and the theme for this months card challenge is 'Add a die-cut'

I chose Tilda catching stars for this one, painted with distress reinkers

From The Ribbon Girl I used ~ 

 38mm Vintage Ivory Fluted Edge Sheer Ribbon, 30mm 'Claire' Ivory Embroidered Tulle Lace, Ivory Pearl Brad, Ivory String Pearls, Kort & Godt Chrysanthemums, Kort & Godt Beaded Rose, Ivory Rolled Rose, Beaded Berries, Vintage Hemp Twine, Floral Heart Silver Colour, 5mm Flat Ivory Flower Shaped Bead String.

Have fun making your cards and if you are hungry for some inspiration take a look at the beautiful work the girls have made here

See you a little later (time for coffee)
Hugs

Here come the boys ~ Add ribbon

Good morning :o)

Can you believe we are into June already, the time is going by far too fast

and talking of time... it's time for another great challenge at Here Come The Boys!

This week we are using ribbons on our cards

I used this cute little topper from the LOTV artist pad, isn't he cute and I stamped the sentiment on the side. 

The papers are Maja design

The football boot charm & ribbons are from The Ribbon Girl. 

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Have fun making those Boys/Men cards with ribbon we can't wait to visit your blogs to see them. 

There's lots of inspiration waiting for you here

See you again shortly...

hugs