Friendship Easel Card & Box in Cool Blue

Hello and Good Evening
Well Downton Abbey has just finished and I'm still wide awake so I thought I may as well upload another :)
This is an Easel card I made using some older Pion papers 

Below is a close up of the lovely birdhouse, chipboard vines and Roses

and the little bird nest & eggs

The box

Thank you for your kind comments on my Ribbon Girl card today
I very much appreciate them.
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The Ribbon Girl Magnolia Only Challenge ~ Sparkle

Good morning,

I hope you are enjoying your weekend

It's time for another Magnolia Only Challenge at 

The Ribbon Girl

 today and the theme is SPARKLE

From The Ribbon Girl I used ~

25mm Honey Gold Satin Ribbon, Gutterman Top Stitch Thread, Liberty Bells, Gold Metallic Twine, Daisy-May Skating Bronze Charm, Stickles Stardust, 4mm Ivory Pearl String and Winter Frosted Cones.

My Sparkle comes in the form of Stickles, frantage, gold bells and metallic twine :)
Why not pop on over to The Ribbon Girl blog and take in all the sparkly inspiration from the DT :)
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Have fun making those Sparkling Magnolia cards and don't forget there's fabulous prizes to be won.
 Have an enjoyable Sunday
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Crafty Selling Page

Good afternoon all,
I just thought you may like to know I have added a few things to my crafty selling page here 
they are also for sale on facebook but it's a first come first served basis.
Please contact me for postage outside the UK
Thanks for looking xxxx

You mean the World to me :)

Good morning dear Crafters

This is another Criss Cross Card and of course you know me I can't stop there, there has to be a bookmark, tag & box too, because once I start crafting there's no stopping me :)

I actually made 3 cards Saturday, this was the first...

below ~ the card & box

The tag & bookmark

From The Ribbon Girl I used

25mm Dusky Rose Satin Ribbon, 32mm 'Clementine' Ivory Embroidered Tulle Lace, Cheescloth, Prima Treasures Large Birdhouse, Resin Dove, Rose Bud Semi Open Lilac, Lilac 10mm Open Rose, Beaded Berries Ivory and Gutterman Top Stitch Thread. 
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Before I go have you visited The Ribbon Girl Facebook page today? there's a fantastic giveaway, you could win the beautiful prize below, look here for more details The Ribbon Girl on Facebook

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That's it from me for today, take good care of yourselves and see you again soon. 
Hugs 

Gold Embossed Christmas Card

Good morning all,

I hope you are well

 I have been waiting to show you this one, I made this card last Saturday but haven't had time to blog it, I used lots of lovely Ribbon Girl goodies on it ( a full list can be found below)

below ~ The card & Box

and the sentiment tag

Close up of the box

As you can see I did lots of gold embossing on it and I used the new Maja Design papers.

These are the beautiful Ribbon Girl items used ~

25mm Honey Gold Satin Ribbon, 32mm 'Clementine' Ivory Embroidered Tulle Lace, Gold Metallic Twine, Rusty Jingle Bells, Mixed Dahlia Barley Sugar, Stickles Stardust, Gutterman Top Stitch Thread and Liberty Bells.

Thank you for stopping by have a great day xxx

Add Lace is the new Lovely Lili Challenge at The Ribbon Girl

Good morning dear crafting friends, 

It's Sunday again, (crumbs that week flew by quickly)

It's another Lovely Lili challenge over at The Ribbon Girl and the theme is Add Lace 

Her is my card using Lili of the Valley snowmen called

Cold Hands ~ Warm Heart

And these are the beautiful Ribbon Girl goodies I used ~ 

15mm 'Butterfly' Ivory Fine Cluny Lace, Gutterman Topstitch Thread, Silver Metallic Twine, Silver Jingle Bells, 10 & 20mm Blue Open Roses, 38mm Pale Blue Silky Crush Ribbon, 22mm Diamante Snowflake, White Cotton Paper Flowers and Stardust Stickles.

Below the matching box

There you go, I hope you like it as much as I enjoyed making it :) 

Pop over to The Ribbon Girl blog for more DT inspiration. 

Have fun making your Lili of the Valley cards and don't forget the Lace :)

Take care & have an enjoyable Sunday

Hugs

Anniversary Card for the Anything Goes Chalenge at CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS

Good Morning,

This is my second GDT card for 

CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS

The challenge today is Anything Goes with the option to use one of their fab sketches

I made this Anniversary Card & Box

Pop over to CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS and check out the wonderful DT inspiration.

Thank you for stopping by, have a lovely day

Hugs

The Ribbon Girl Card Challenge ~ Glitz & Dazzle

Good morning Crafters and a happy Sunday to you :)
It's the first Sunday of the month which means it's another Card Challenge over at
The Ribbon Girl and today it's a GLITZ & DAZZLE Challenge
I love this challenge, it gives me a chance to make something a little different with my Ribbon Girl goodies.

Please excuse the loads of pictures but I enjoyed making this and wanted to show you everything!

I added some string pearls to one of the cute little bottles, looks like Christmas decorations :)

Below is a close up of the beautiful Diamante Snowflake Hatpin, aren't they beautiful

and of course the sweet Angel below sleeping among the roses

and finally the box, with a little frame I made myself using Martha Stewart clay & mould

all in all I'm quite chuffed with that one :)

Below is a full list of Ribbon Girl goodies I used ~

32mm 'Clementine' Ivory Embroidered Tulle Lace,  50mm 'Ophalia' Ivory Embroidered Tulle Lace, Lace Frame Ivory Guipure Lace, Diamante Snowflake Stick Pin, Stardust Stickles, Gutterman Top Stitch Thread, Small White Lily Flowers, Cream 10mm & 20mm Open Roses, Tiny Ivory/Cream Rosebuds,  Beaded Berries Ivory/Cream and Prima Resin Angel
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We can't wait to see what you make so have fun using Glitz & Dazzle on your cards.
Enjoy your Sunday, hope it's a relaxing one for you, I'm off to see my Grandsons play football :)
Hugs

If nothing ever changed there'd be no butterflies

Just a quickie card & post as I'm in a rush again today, life's so busy now my family are back and I'm absolutely loving every minute of it. 

I made this one using Pion 'For Mother' papers,

 The Lace butterflies, Satin ribbon and pearls were from The Ribbon Girl. 

thank you so much for looking

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A Vintage Christmas Card for the Creative Inspirations Challenge

Good morning Crafters, 

I am so pleased to be Guest Designer on

 CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS

blog today, their first challenge of the month is to use lace

here's my card

I used the pretty lace from The Ribbon Girl

called 'Gertrude' along with the Chrysanthemums, blue roses, blue twine, berries and silver jingle bells.

Why not hop on over to CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS and check out the gorgeous DT work for inspiration, choose your lovely lace and join in this nice easy challenge. 

Have a super day

hugs