Somebody stop me ...

...After making the Homespun card the other day for Midweek Magnolias I had an idea for another one, so I got to work on it straight away...well here it is

Ooh I enjoyed making another one...

For this card I used the Magnolia Tilda with cherries, 

Magnolia bench 

and Magnolia cherry & gingham papers 

I cut the aida heart using the Marianne Creatables die and cross stitched a heart on it 

I gathered some white lace and added it to white ribbon & popped a button on top.

Watering can charm, ribbon & lace from The Ribbon Girl

Cherry blossom & filigree corner from Wild Orchids. 

CHALLENGES;

1) Midweek Magnolias ~ Homespun

2) Fashionista Challenge ~ Anything goes for girls

3) Just Magnolia ~ Anything Goes 

4) Deep Ocean ~ Masking

Thanks again for stopping by my blog, I really appreciate you taking the time.

love & hugs

Pretty Little Stamps

Good morning crafters

I'm trying something new today,

 I've never used one of these Pretty Little Stamps before and I have to say she is adorable

Her name is Lovable Avie

Isn't she cute

I've made this card using the fab sketch over at CLP

I've used Pion Papers

Parisian accent dies

lace & ribbon from The Ribbon Girl

WOC flowers & pearl brad

Kort & Godt pearls

Magnolia chandelier garland

Spellbinders ribbon banner die

Martha Stewart Photo corner punch & butterfly punch

Stickles.

CHALLENGES; 

1) CLP ~ Great sketch

2) Stamps for fun =Creativity ~ Bingo flowers, lace & sentiment

3) Penny Black & more ~ Oh so cute

4) Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes & Monotone theme

5) Truly Scrumptious ~ Lace

6) Party time Tuesdays ~ Flowers

7) Simon Says Stamp ~ Favourite Tool  (sewing machine)

8) Chocolate, Coffee & Cards ~ Pearls & Lace 

Enjoy your Good Friday

Thank you for stopping by 

love & Hugs 

 xxx

Baking Tilda ~ Homespun Style

Hi dear crafters, 

I've missed blogging the past few days, I thought my mojo had left me,

 then I spotted this weeks challenge over at Midweek Magnolias is Homespun Style and I thought

this one is right up my street, I love making these country looking cards, it means I can get the old sewing bits out lol

So here she is little Miss Baking Tilda

I used one of the little rolling pins 

I bought back from America, they were plain pine but I coloured it with E35 copic marker and coloured the handles blue B24 to make it match Tildas rolling pin

Gorgeous roses from Wild Orchid Craft

I did a bit of cross stitching to make this little Napkin

and added some cutlery brads

With pretty Pink Gingham ribbon from The Ribbon Girl

and 'You are Special to me' sentiment on the Magnolia Vintage tag

The papers are from the Jane Shasky CD (Joanna Sheen) theirs so many pretty florals on that CD it's perfect for these cards.

Here are the beautiful inspirational pictures from Midweek Magnolias this week

Are they gorgeous or what!

I really enjoyed making this card, so much so I have ideas in my head for the next Homespun style card :o)

Other Challenges;

1) Totally Gorjuss ~ Swirly Whirly

2) Cupcake Challenge ~ Sewing Box (Cross Stitching)

3)  Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes 

Thanks very much for looking, see you later over at your place :o)

Love & hugs

  xx

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop Blog

Ooh I'm so excited today, I have been waiting to tell you this...

I have been chosen to be Guest Design Team member for April for 

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop Blog

Sarah sent me a gorgeous little bag of goodies to use and this is what I made

The gorgeous pale pink silk wrinkle ribbon, the pretty 4.5in doilies and those sweet charms are all available from The Pretty Little Ribbon shop I used the heart charm (on the top tag) and the Princess crown (on the base tag)

Other items used

Pion papers

Tim Holtz cardstock

Thick cuts die for both tags

Martha Stewart photo punch corners

Kort & Godt pearls

lace on tags

Wild orchid roses

Stickles.

The Challenge theme for this month at The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop blog is 'To die for' 

so you just need to use those dies & punches.

 The DT have made some stunning creations for your inspiration so why not pop over and take a look I'm sure you will want to join in, 

there's a fabulous prize up for grabs too!

Challenges;

StampARTic Challenge ~ Birthday card for a girl, plus bingo ~ flowers, stamp & ribbon

2 Sisters Challenge ~ Birthday Fun

By The Cute And Girly Challenge ~ Once upon a time (Princess)

Magnolia Mania ~ Birthday card

Simon Says Stamp ~ Anything Goes
ABC Challenge ~ M is for Magical

Thanks for stopping by

love & hugs

Addicted To Stamps

...it's me again, 3rd and final post for today I promise

Hope you are not getting bored yet :o)

because now I have an Easter Card to show you

Yes over at Addicted to Stamps we are making Easter/Spring cards

This is Tilda with her bunny, I love using this stamp for Easter cards.

again I've used these gorgeous Pion papers

Tim Holtz cardstock

pretty lace

ribbon

WOC roses

button

and pearls

Magnolia sentiment  Happy Easter

Magnolia border die, old Swedish lace

CHALLENGES

Magnolia Down Under ~ Easter inspired

Craft Your Days Away ~ Easter

Sweet Stampin' ~ Easter

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge ~ Easter

4 Crafty Chicks ~ Easter

Totally Paper Crafts ~ Easter

That's it from me, except to say please pop over to Addicted to Stamps and join us in 

our Easter Challenge if you can.

 I will leave you alone to enjoy your Sunday :o)

Hope the sun is shining for you and you have a lovely day

Love & hugs

Joanna Sheen DT

Hi I'm back and this time it's with

The Joanna Sheen Challenge

This Challenge is all about the Men in our lives

It's a Mans world

Paula has been making a few changes to the challenge blog, we now have two challenges per a month

each lasting two weeks and the prize for each challenge is a £15 Voucher for Joanna Sheen online store

So please remember to call back to the blog after 2 weeks to see if you are the winner and join in the next challenge.

My contribution this week is a bag, made 

using the Old Toolbox JS334 Stamp from Joanna Sheen 

I do love the spirit level stamp with all it's curves I think it makes a good border

I've also used the Jane Shasky CD papers.

Hope you like it,

thanks for stopping by

see you again shortly...

hugs

Here Come The Boys

Good morning Crafters

The sun is shining brightly on this Sunday 1st of April

(no jokes it is) It's cold though

I just thought I'd get started on my posts for the day as I have at least 3 to get through...

...First up is Here Come The Boys

and our challenge this week is Anything but a Card

You know I always dread these as this is not my strong point as you will see below lol

I made this Easter bag for my youngest, except he's not that young and would go mad if I used Easter bunnies lol even though he says he's not too old for what's inside though lol

 So I've used this cute Sugar Nellie stamp and followed Cathy's fab sketch for the Sugar Nellie challenge including the spots/dots they asked for.

Don't forget to pop over to Here Come The Boys to check out all the fab crafty projects my teamies have made and see if you are one of last weeks winners!

See you again shortly

hugs

 xxx

Practicing Scheduling ;o)

Good evening all,
I'm just trying out the scheduling on this new blogger interface, if this works I'll be happy!
Hope you are all getting used to it, it's not so bad but I think I was just set in my ways happy with the old way.    Yay it worked!!! 
     Hugs
 xxx

A Christmas Card

Good morning dear crafters, 

I'm happy to be feeling more awake this morning I couldn't believe I nodded off so early last night, I was asleep by 10.20pm :o(

 I've been catching up with some of your blogs this morning and will do more later.

I've done the dreaded housework, had a lovely bath and I'm raring to go now

I just hope my mojo is sitting on my desk waiting for me ;o)

This is one of the cards I made yesterday

This is the super-cute Winter Tilda (I love colouring this one)

I've used Tim Holtz papers (Shabby Vintage) blue

Blue hydrangeas with German glass glitter

lovely foliage from Hobby Lobby

Magnolia Christmas text and Santa is coming to town sentiment

beautiful blue lace from The Ribbon Girl

Kort & Godt pearls.

Challenges

Midweek Magnolias ~ Great sketch

Craft Your Passion ~ Monochromatic

That's it from me for now, I'm off to do some crafting with intervals of coffee and blog hopping!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Love & hugs

 xxx

And another Challenge card

Oh dear 9.30pm and I'm yawning, not a good sign is it lol

This is Tilda with Hawiian flower

Tim Holtz Cardstock

Pion papers

Ribbon Girl ribbon & lace

Kort & Godt pearls

Wild Orchid roses

Spellbinders ribbon banner die and Martha Stewart butterfly border punch 

Cherish the moments sentiment is a Whimsy one. 

Just one challenge because I need to wake myself up lol

CLP sketch challenge ~ Another fantastic sketch

Thanks for all your lovely comments, I really do appreciate them all.

I'm hoping to do some blog hoppin' tomorrow so I can catch up with all you've been doing. 

Enjoy the rest of your evening.

Love & Hugs 

 xxx

In a rush...

Hello all,

 Just popped by quickly to post my card for the Ribbon Girl Aqua colour challenge 

I will be back a little later with the deets, I'm in the middle of cooking dinner and don't want to burn it :o)

See you shortly.

Hello again I'm back and with a full tummy :o)

Righty oh onto my card!

Can you believe it I found a feather (rolling my eyes here) the other day I searched high and low for a feather for the Tomic challenge and couldn't find one but today when I wasn't even looking...yes you guessed it!

Anyway...

I've used my gorgeous Pion papers again layered and sewn

cheesecloth from Amazon

2 brads from my stash

The white cherry blossom flowers are from WOC and I've used a copic marker to edge them with aqua and added stickles

the roses are from Michaels

the gorgeous ribbon is from Hobby Lobby

and I've used the Spellbinders Ribbon banner die

 Challenges;

The Ribbon Girl ~ Aqua & White

Paper Sundaes Challenge ~ Spring blossoms 

My Mums craft shop challenge ~ Stamp it

Simon Says Stamp Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Do You Stack Up ~ Sew it

Thanks for looking.

I have another card to upload shortly so cheerio for now.

Hugs

 xxx

Best Dress

Good afternoon or is it good evening already? this moving the clock forward does my head in I've been tired all week, especially this time in the afternoon or evening ggrr!

What do you think of the new back ground? I've jumped straight into Summer! 

hope it's not too bright for your mince pies (eyes)

Anyway ... I've been making this little card with this cute LOTV stamp Best Dress

I've used Tim Holtz Vintage Shabby papers

pom pom border from The Stamp Basket

ribbon 

roses & metal corner from WOC

Stickles

and button from stash.

CHALLENGES;

Lili's Little Fairies ~ Anything Goes

My Mums Craft Shop Challenge ~ Stamp It

Divas By Design Stamp Something

Simon Says Stamp Challenge Anything goes

Truly Madly Crafty ~ Colour Inspiration

Stampin' for the weekend ~ Anything goes

Oops! Started this at 6pm it's now 7pm, 

 lol I must concentrate on doing one thing rather than going off multi tasking! :o)

See you soon, take care.

Hugs

Easter Tilda

Good evening all,

I thought I'd try out this new blogger to see if I can still upload my cards :o)

guess I've got to get used to it, have you changed over yet?

This is Tilda with her bunny

These are Pion papers again, did you expect anything different :o)

Magnolia dream tag, doily and vintage tag dies

WOC roses and cherry blossom

 lace & ribbon

charm from ebay

Tilda with her bunny and shabby fence

Challenges;

1) TOMIC ~ Easter & photo inspiration

2) Simply Magnolia Challenge ~ Dies and/or punches & Ribbon

3) Dream Valley Challenges ~ Easter

4) It's a Magnolia Challenge ~ Easel card

5) Just Magnolia Challenge ~ More than one fold

6) Magnolia cards Challenge ~ Easter card

That's it for now, let's hope the weather is as glorious tomorrow as it was today

love & hugs 

Guest DT for Timbroscrapmania

Hello my dear crafty friends, 

I just popped by to tell you my exciting news, I was chosen as Guest Design Team member

for Timbroscrapmania and

their challenge this week is Buttons & Pearls, I made this card for them.

I will be back shortly to tell you all the details.....

...Hi, well one thing happens after another and I've only just got back, only a day late oops!

If you would like to know the deets on this one here goes...

These are beautiful Pion papers, (the reverse side)

Tilda with comfort blanket (or blue blanket as I've heard it called)

all gorgeous roses and carnations are WOC

Kort & Godt pearls

buttons from stash

Magnolia dream tag & heart

Martha Stewart photo corner punch.

I've just changed my blog over to the new interface and I'm worried I won't get used to it, I hope everyone else is coping with it.

 Well I'd like to say a massive thank you to Timbroscrapmania for asking me to be GDT, I really enjoyed it and thanks very much for the little pressie, it's fabulous! 

I hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather we are having.

Hugs 

Farewell Tilda

Good morning crafters
...No I'm not selling my stamp collection lol

This little one is called Farewell Tilda, I haven't inked this one up in ages.

Pion papers

Tim Holtz ticket & film ribbon

Gorgeous ribbon, small flowers & twine from The Ribbon Girl

Magnolia love keys

Whimsy stamp dies

Carnations & lilies from WOC

dew drops & string pearls from my stash

Stickles on keys & papers

Challenges;

MDUC ~ Bingo ~ Die cuts/punches, flowers & glitter/bling

Lothian Crafts online ~ 2 main colours ~ Beige & white

Cute Card Thursday ~ Anything goes

I hope you all have a good day, I'm off to the hospital today to get my hearing checked out :o(

I have a constant noise in my ear and I know it's a common problem but I just hate going to doctors, dentist & hospitals it upsets my stomach, am I silly or what?...

...I'm back home now, first thing I wanted was a cuppa lol, I'm fine now back in my happy place  ;o)

thanks for your lovely comments. xx

Take care all, see you later

love & hugs