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Monday 30 September 2013

Picnic birthday card

Hi everybody


I made this card a while back, only getting around to blogging now. 

Ingredients
Image - Penny Black
Papers - LOTV Candles and Cake Paper Pack
Sentiment - LOTV Simply Sophisticated
MB Puffy Clouds
Doohickeys Lovely Fence
Die-namics Tab
Coloured with Promarkers
Stickles, Glossy Accents

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
As You Like It Challenge - Favourite Sentiment and Why (LOTV Simply Sophisticated set, because they have one for every occasion and look great every time)

Thanks for looking :)
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Christmas card - at last

Hi everyone

I finally got round to making a Christmas card :P 
I got an order for 10, so I thought I'd better get myself into action, and this is the first one.

Ingredients 
Image - Bugaboo
Sentiment - from stash, not sure of brand
Lace, ribbon, pearl and trim - Ribbon Girl
Holly Die - from Tim Holtz Sizzix Lamp-post Die
Coloured with Promarkers
Glamour Dust, Glossy Accents, Stickles, Snowtex, Liquid Pearls
Embossilicious Holly embossing folder
Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges
Pile It On - Leaves (I have holly leaves on here)

Thanks for looking
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Monday 16 September 2013

Baby boy card

Evening all

I'm back with a boy baby card today, similar to yesterday's girl card :) It's always handy to have baby cards, everyone seems to be popping them out lately!

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment - LOTV All Our Dreams
Paper - LOTV Petal Fresh
LOTV Sentiment Tags
Embossilicious Lattice Embossing Folders
Twine and Pearl - Ribbon Girl
Pearl Trim - Live and Love Crafts
Button from stash
Coloured with Promarkers
Sitckles, Glossy Accents

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
Crafting When We Can - Seasons (I chose Spring Colours)
The Squirrel and the Fox - It's Raining Men (really tiny newborn men :P If baby cards don't count just delete me or whatever ^_^)

Thanks for looking, 
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Sunday 15 September 2013

Babies are all our dreams rolled into one

Evening all

Hope you're all well.

My sister's boyfriend's aunt that he's very close to just had a little baby girl, and he asked me ages ago if I'd make him a card to give her when the child was born, but they didn't know the gender so I waited til she'd popped before creating. So this is what I made. They haven't chosen a name for the little mite just yet so I haven't done anything inside the card yet so I can put all the necessary details in there :)

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment - LOTV All Our Dreams
Paper - LOTV Perfect Pair
Martha Stewart Leaf Punch
Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers
Embossilicious Petit Dots Embossing Folder
Pearl from Ribbon Girl
Coloured with Promarkers
Stickles Stardust and Glossy Accents

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
As You Like it Challenge - Favourite Flowers/Trees (Wild Orchid Craft roses, they make any card feminine and really special)
A Creative Romance - Dies/Punches (I used a MS leaf punch and the circle is a spellbinders circle die)

Thanks for looking - I'll be back tomorrow with a boy version of this :D
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Thursday 12 September 2013

Wedding card for a husband

Evening all

I was asked by a lady last month if I could make her a wedding card for her husband-to-be, so this is what I made :) 

Closeup of the image

The pics of the overall card didn't come out so well, but you get the idea!

Ingredients
Image - LOTV I Do
Sentiment - Computer generated
Papers - Papermania/Doodlebug
Lace and charm - Ribbon girl
Spellbinders hearts and scalloped hearts
Cuttlebug Divine Swirls Embossing Folder
Coloured with Promarkers
Ribbon from stash
Aged Black and Aged Scarlet Frantage
Stickles Stardust

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Thanks for looking :)
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Monday 9 September 2013

Horsey birthday

Evening everyone :)

My dear best friend Saoirse's birthday is on Wednesday, and her mother messaged me asking if I'd make a card for her to send to her for the big day. Saoirse's horse mad completely, so of course her card had to feature a horse and some ginger hair :) So this is what I came up with.

Ingredients
Papers - LOTV Candles and Cake
Fence - Magnolia Lovely Fence
Sentiments - LOTV Sentiment Tags
Bronze Flower - Tim Holtz Ideaology
Ribbon, Hessian and Lace - Ribbon Girl
Coloured with Promarkers
Glossy Accents, Stickles

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
Inky Chicks - Stitching (I used Saddlestitch Ribbon)

Thanks for looking :)
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Saturday 7 September 2013

Fairy Wishes

Evening all

The party was a success, Emily and all her little friends were so well-behaved, and Mommy and Daddy had a great spread of food for the kids and parents, was a lovely day and so well organised :)


Emily's parents asked if I could make a card to give Emily, so I made an 8x8 card :) They all loved it so yay :) 

La-La-Land Crafts Heart Banner Die
Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily Die
Papermania number sticker
JoyCrafts Alphabet Die
LOTV Greetings Postmarks
Shabby Bark Heart and Charm - Live and Love Crafts
Gingham Ribbon, Lace, Pearl Lace Trim, Pearl Trim, Pearl - Ribbon Girl
Coloured with Promarkers
Shabby Pink Frantage
Glossy Accents, Stickles, Glamour Dust

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Bingo (ribbon/lace, sparkle, charm)

Thanks for looking :)
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Butterfly Wishes

Good afternoon everyone!

It's my niece's 5th birthday party today, so I'm taking in the calm before the storm, in a couple of hours, there's going to be 17 hyperactive, sugared-up 5-year-olds legging it around the vicinity, so I won't get any peace! 

I have such a vivid memory of my own 5th birthday - my eldest sister (the mother of this birthday girl actually!) telling me to get dressed for my 5th birthday party, as I was running around the house in my knickers and vest causing havoc haha. Funny the things you remember right? And just like my mother used to be up til all hours cooking and baking and icing and decorating the night before, both Mummy AND Daddy of the Birthday Girl were up til all hours last night, making sure everything will be *just right* for their little darling's do :)

Anyway, enough of that :) I made this card a while ago for a friend to give his god-daughter for her 18th birthday, I had ZERO mojo when I needed to make this, so it literally took 7 hours to make. LOL. But I'm pretty happy with how it turned out :) I wanted it to be less "cute" and more "grown up" but still girly, so I think that worked out OK :) As per usual for my cards these days, I went frantage mad :)

Ingredients 
Papers - Wild Rose Studio Annabelle's Meadow
Flowers and blue ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts
Pink pearl trim, White pearl trim, looped organza trim, charm, silver butterfly, brad - Ribbon Girl
Cheery Lynn French Pastry Die 
Memory Box Vivienne Butterfly Die
MS Butterfly Punch
JoyCrafts Alphabet Die (for the numbers)
Coloured with Promarkers
Shabby Pink Frantage
Blue Liquid Pearls
Glossy Accents
Stickles

A closeup of my flowers :)

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Bingo (Ribbon/Sparkle/Charms)
Live and Love Crafts Challenge - Photo Collage Inspiration (I chose the pretty pink and blue colours and flowers from the third one and the overall shabby chic look) 

Thanks for looking :)
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Wednesday 4 September 2013

LOTV Dad birthday

Evening everyone

Thanks to everyone for commenting on my last post with their advice, comments, etc :) I'm going to America on holidays just before Christmas, so I think I'm going to get some Copics there where I'll be able to find them slightly cheaper, and should also be able to get them for Christmas from my parents and boyfriend, so happy days :)

It was my dad's birthday last week, so I had to make cards for everyone to give him. I had no mojo so it was difficult to say the least lol, man-cards are hard! And I left it til the last minute, so the last two weren't even worth taking photos of, haha. 

Ingredients
Image - LOTV Dad's the word
Papers - LOTV Petal Fresh paper pack
LOTV Sentiment Tags
Embossilicious Lattice Embossing Folder
Twine and pearl from Ribbon Girl
Brad from stash
Coloured with Promarkers
Glossy Accents

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Thanks for looking :)
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Monday 2 September 2013

Tea time birthday card

Evening all

Firstly, a rant. I use Promarkers. Keeping in mind that I've only been colouring for about a year and a half, I'm feeling very grumpy tonight, as yet another of my markers has run out! I don't colour an insane amount, maximum of one image a day, and I really don't see that as enough colouring for, so far, 8 of my markers to have run out. I store them on their side, in a cool, dry room, caps on always, so I'm really peeved at the moment about this, especially because I have a lot of pink colouring to do in advance of my niece's 5th birthday, and now my main pink marker has just up and died. 

Considering just biting the bullet and buying a full set of Copics and having done with it. Replacing markers after less than a year in some cases feels too much like a con to me at the prices these markers are. 

And a question too: if I do switch over to Copics...Ciao or Sketch??? And why :)

Rant over. (Any comments, advice etc fully welcome!)

So onto my card! My elderly neighbour is my biggest supporter in the crafting department, she's constantly telling all the neighbours that my cards are amazing and that they should order some, so this is one that another neighbour asked for through her, so happy days :) She needed a nice birthday card for her sister in law, so this is what I made. 

Ingredients
Lili of the Valley "Coffee Break" rubber stamp
Lili of the Valley "Country Lady" paper pad
Computer generated sentiment
Ribbon, charm, button, pearls and twine from Ribbon Girl
Whimsy Corner Die
Aged Ivory Frantage
Glossy Accents, Stickles
Promarkers

Closeup of the cute little charm :)

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Bingo (Buttons/Sparkle/Pearls) or (Ribbon/Sparkle/Charm)
Passion for Promarkers Challenge - Recipe 3 papers, 1 image, 1 sentiment and 3 embellies: charm, button, pearls
Papertake Weekly - sketchie free for all (interpretation of Sketch No 51)
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Crafting Allstars (mine is this image: it's my all-time favourite image, and works for so many occasions. Also, it reminds me so much of my mum and aunt, even the facial expressions are like theirs! So I get a little smile on my face every time I see this image, and thus use it as much as possible :)

Thanks for looking :)
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