Best Dress ~ Thank you card

Hello my dear blogging friends, 

I am here to blog another LOTV card 
This time it's a Thank you card

and it's called ~ Best Dress

with Pion papers,

and from The Ribbon Girl

Pink Satin Ribbon

Pink Cherry Blossom

Sugar & Spice Pearls

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Challenges 

The Cutie Pie Challenge ~ Thank you cards

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Thanks again for stopping by, must get some washing done today :(

hope you have a good day

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Lilli of the Valley ~ Festive Post

Good morning, I'm back again with yet another Lili of the Valley

I just love these new stamps

this one's called Festive Post

aren't they cute!

Hubby has a day off today so we are off out shopping, 

then going to see my Mum & Dad, so I'll do the deets to this one later.

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Challenges 

The Hobby House Challenge ~ Christmas

Deep Ocean Challenge ~ Christmas in July

Simon Says ~ Anything Goes

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Have a great day

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Magic Card ~ Saucer of Milk

(below) The inside

Good morning, 

It's a better day today, the sun is up and shining, yeah!

We had so much rain yesterday I spent the afternoon in the craft room :)

I made a couple of cards one being this one

A Saucer of Milk by Lili of the Valley

I love this cutie.

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Papers are Maja Design 

The gorgeous 'Angelica' Lace, Pearl Trim and Hemp Twine are from The Ribbon Girl

Pretty roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I've used Magnolia Swedish Lace die down the sides and Spellbinders tags die.

The Sentiment is an older LOTV one

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Challenges 

Crafty Catz Challenge ~ Pastel Colours

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge ~ More than one fold

Stampin' for the weekend ~ Shape it up

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...and that's it!

Have a wonderful day and take care

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Holy Light ~ LOTV

Good morning Crafters

I just wanted to pop by to wish you all a good day and say thank you so much for your lovely comments on my cards, I am trying to catch up with commenting, if I haven't been to your blog yet then pop a kettle on because I'm on my way :)

My card today is LOTV Holy Light, I loved this sweet stamp as soon as I saw it, I only bought two of the new stamps but need to go back for more they are just so cute!

Challenges

 Lili's Little Fairies Challenge ~ Here come the Girls 

Sparkles Christmas Challenges ~ Charmed I'm sure 

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Well have a great day

See you very soon

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Lovely hAnglar Or Sweet Magnolia ~ Buttons & Bows

Good Afternoon, 

Sunday again my favourite day :)

and more so now that I get to share another Magnolia card with the

Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia team

The challenge today is Buttons & Bows

I've painted up this cute new Unsunny Sky Tilda

and used Pion papers

pretty roses

Magnolia Bloomy Tag, Doily and Lovely Fence dies & Sentiment
Spellbinder Ribbon Banner, Ovals & Scalloped Ovals dies
Go Kreate XXL dies for card blank
The Umbrella charm, Natural Button Twine, Yellow Seam Binding, Yellow Polka Dot Button and the yellow Pearls are from The Ribbon Girl, (actually the 3 Pearls were ivory but I colored them with my copic pen to match my card)

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Please pop by at LAOSM and see what the other girls have created for your inspiration, they are very talented and we hope you'll come and join in our challenge too. 
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...And that's it!
Have yourselves a lovely Sunday and I'll see you again soon
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Ribbon Girl ~ Card Challenge ~ Birthday

Hello and Happy Sunday to you :o)

It's a new card challenge at The Ribbon Girl today

and we are making Birthday Cards, I loved making this one because I just love this beautiful Emily lace with these gorgeous romantic Maja Papers

From The Ribbon Girl I used ~ Resin Cameo Flatback, 50mm 'Emily' Embroidered Tulle Lace, Ivory String Pearls, Pearl & Crystal Branch, Ivory Satin Ribbon, Ivory & Pink Roses

This is another opening Criss Cross card made with the gorgeous Maja Design papers from the Sofiero Collection

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There's loads of gorgeous inspiration waiting for you over at The Ribbon Girl blog

 and if you haven't paid a visit to Mary & Andrea's Ribbon Girl shop yet I highly recommend you do, they have the most beautiful lace, flowers, charms, ribbons and so much more...

...it's an Aladdins cave of gorgeousness :o)

Well that's it from me except to say, thank you for stopping by 

and have a wonderful Sunday (see you later)

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Add a Technique ~ Tilda's Town

Good afternoon,

 I'm back with my Tilda's Town DT card 

This weeks challenge is to Add a Technique

I've gone for my favourite embossing with Frantage, love the stuff!

This is Tilda binding flowers in all her pretty Summer colours :)

Again, I've used the new Sofiero papers by Maja Design

Fluted edge ribbon, pearl lace trim, ribbon twine, pink stamens and butterfly charm from The Ribbon Girl

lovely mixture of roses from Wild Orchid Crafts

Spellbinders floral ovals die

Magnolia Wrapped so lovely heart tag, Tilda envelope edge dies 

 and Go Kreate dies for the card blank

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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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Thanks for stopping by again, I'm so pleased you liked my tutorial earlier

Have a great weekend

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A Creative Romance Challenge ~ Beach Babes

Good morning Crafters, 

Well yesterdays rainy start turned out to be a gorgeous day, it was beautiful and so hot, 

loved it!

And talking of hot sunny weather :o)

Our Challenge at A Creative Romance is Beach Babes today

I've painted this cute Bathing Tilda and used the gorgeous Sofiero papers again by maja Design.

From The Ribbon Girl I've used 25mm Berisford Satin Pink Ribbon, 

42mm Pink Embroidered Tulle lace

Pink Felt heart (Using Marianne Creatables heart die)

Pale Pink & Ivory Open Roses

Beaded Ivory Gypsophalia

Clear Crystal Heart

Button Twine

Daisy-May with flowers Charm.

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And as promised I have a quickie tutorial for you on how I made this Criss Cross card.

here http://craftingalldayscards.blogspot.co.uk/p/tutorials.html 

or just click on my tutorials page above :)

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Hope you will join us in our Beach Babes Challenge at A Creative Romance

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Hope you have a wonderful day, I shall be back this afternoon with another DT card

see you then, hugs 

Vintage Christmas

Good morning

Looks like another rainy day here today but I'm only crafting today :o)

Yesterday I got my mountain of ironing done (yawn, boring) at least it's out of the way now.

Today I wanted to share a Christmas card with you, I hope you're not getting bored of seeing Criss Cross cards, I just love making them.

For this one I used the beautiful Pion Design Christmas papers

and these pretty items from The Ribbon Girl

25mm Grape Satin Berisford Ribbon

Beaded Ivory Gypsophalia

Blackcurrant Sorbet, Ivory and Dusky Pink open roses

Daisy-May Skating charm.

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Quite a few people have asked how I make Criss Cross cards so tomorrow I am hoping to show you a quickie tutorial.

Thank you for stopping by, 

I hope you have a great day whatever you are doing

Hugs

Midweek Magnolias ~ Fancy Folds

Good morning dear Crafters & Bloggers

I hope today finds you fit and well.

I'm back with another DT card, this time it's Midweek Magnolias and we have a Fancy Folds Challenge today, I've gone for my old favourite the Criss Cross Card

This is Tilda Bathing, painted with distress inks, on the little tag, along with a postcard, bookmark and the opening criss cross card itself.

I've used the gorgeous Maja Design papers for this one,

with the beautiful Navy Satin Ribbon, Angelica lace, Ships Wheel Charm (painted white) Chrysanthemum and white lillies all from from The Ribbon Girl 

 a selection of Wild Orchid Roses

Seashells from Michaels

Frantage & Bark heart from Live & Love Crafts

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Your cards for our Buttons & Bows challenge were beautiful, such a pleasure to see, hope you will join us in this Fancy Folds Challenge. 

if you are stuck for ideas take a look at the gorgeous cards the rest of the DT have made here

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Challenges

Simply Magnolia ~ Anything Goes

 MAGNOLIA LICIOUS CHALLENGE ~ Anything Goes

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Thank you for stopping by

hugs to all

Tilda in Bikini

Good evening Crafters,

 I just made this card this afternoon and thought it's been a while since I joined in some challenges, so here goes lol

This is Tilda in Bikini

With Maja papers from the new Sofiero collection

I've used Frantage, lace, ribbon and Hortensias from Live & love crafts

and

Pearls, String pearls, Cherry Blossom and Birdcage charm from The Ribbon Girl 

La La Land  Bunting Die 

Magnolia Tag Die 

Martha Stewart leaf punch

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Challenges

Bunny Zoe's Crafts July Challenge ~ Pink & White 

Penny Black & More Challenge  ~ Dies & Punches

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon :)

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Magnolia Only Challenge at The Ribbon Girl ~ Add Lace

Good morning ...again :o)

It's time for another Magnolia Only Challenge at

The Ribbon Girl

 and this months challenge is...

Add Lace

From The Ribbon Girl I have used ~ 

25mm Pink Velvet Lace, Ivory Pleated Crushed Organza, Ivory Pearl String, Rose Petal Pink Seam Binding, Sugar & Spice Pink Self Adhesive Flat back Pearls, Pink Button Twine, Floral Heart Charm, Ivory Beaded Berries, Ivory Rolled Rose,  Pink Asters and a selection of WOC roses & buds.
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Magnolia Wedding Tilda
The papers are the new Maja design 
Rose leaves are Spellbinders foliage
Tim Holtz Distressed Doily Die
Magnolia Wrapped so lovely Heart Tag
Go Kreate die (for card shape)
Spellbinders Ribbon Banners die
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The Ribbons Girls have made some stunning creations for your inspiration so please pop by and take a look and I hope you can join in our challenge. 
Have a wonderful Sunday
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Here come the Boys ~ Sketch Challenge

Good morning

Here we are Sunday again :o)

I love Sundays because everyone's home

well they will be by lunchtime, our youngest is at work until lunch today.

It's just comforting having everyone home relaxing...I know I'm a soppy Mum

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Anyway...

Our dear Team Leader Wendy (Woo) at Here come the boys has come up with another fab sketch for us this week and here it is 

and here's my card

I hadn't used my Forever Friends stamps for a while and I do love them.

The papers are Maja design, I used my little x cut punch for the flowers and added Kort & Godt pearls, the leaf punch is Martha Stewart and those little buttons are from Dunelm Mill. 

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I hope you can come and join in our challenge at Here come the boys

I have another card coming up later so it's 

bye for now ;o)

 and see you again shortly. 

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MDUC ~ Favourite things

Good evening Crafters,

So sad this is my last card for Magnolia Down Under as GDT

I have enjoyed it, the girls are really lovely and very helpful.

This weeks Challenge is Favourite things...gosh where do I start lol

Obviously with my favourite Tilda stamp is Kitchen Tilda with wooden spoon

I also love using the little rolling pins, knives & forks brads and cross stitching

all the lovely goodies from The Ribbon Girl including, Blue Gingham Ribbon, Angelica lace,

gorgeous pearls, little Ivory Resin Dove, Pink Asters and Stamens

If you have time check out the brilliant inspirational work the DT at Magnolia Down Under have for you, it's stunning! 

Thanks again ladies for having me as GDT :o)

Hope you enjoy the rest of your evening and have a lovely day tomorrow.

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Criss Cross card in Lilac/pinks with sewing

Good afternoon all,

Just wanted to blog a card to let you know I'm still here lol, I am so busy making DT cards and doing house wifey stuff, I don't seem to have enough hours in the day for everything.

(I bet you're the same right?)

Anyway this is another criss cross card I made using some of the gorgeous Ribbon Girl goodies

These are Maja papers and Pion sewing cut-outs from the Alma's Sewing room papers

 beautiful items from The Ribbon Girl include 

Mauve Taffeta Ribbon, Pink buttons, Blackcurrant Sorbet Open Rose, Dusky Pink Rose, Floral Heart Charm, Ivory Lace and Pearl Trim

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Thank you for stopping by
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Midweek Magnolias Midway card

Good morning dear crafting friends

I hope you are well.

You may have noticed last week that my card was missing from Midweek Magnolias, due to me being busy with family.

Anyway I have made a Midway card, the challenge as you know is Buttons and Bows and you still have a week to enter (if you haven't already)

As always there's a magnificent prize from Magnolia Sweden up for grabs so well worth entering your card.

I made another criss cross card using Summer Wedding Tilda

I've used those new gorgeous papers by Maja

Satin ribbon, Angelica lace, pearl brads, cameo, chrysanthemum and little wooden heart button (painted white, beside the flowers) all these goodies are from The Ribbon Girl

For more inspiration you might want to take a look at the gorgeous cards made by my Midweek Magnolia friends, they are a talented bunch!

Thanks again for stopping by, enjoy your day.

hugs

Vintage blue...

Good morning Crafters, 

gosh these days are flying by aren't they?

Today I'd like to share this card with you made with gorgeous Pion and Maja papers,

The Pearl String, Chrysanthemums, Hip Rose buds and gorgeous lace are from The Ribbon Girl. 

The Pearl pin and Filigree Corner are from Live & Love Crafts

All other Roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

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I'd like to enter this card into the Wild Orchid Challenge ~ Blues and/or Purples

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After the housework this morning I have a day free to craft yeah! 

Lots to do :o) 

See you later

Thanks for stopping by

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