Well your not moving without me, so there!

Hi Ladies, Im sorry Ive not been around lately but as you will probably already know Ive been suffering with an awful heat rash, its been a real pain, but now the weather is a bit cooler they are begining to gradually calm down and dissappear.Anyway my hubby received some darling photos of his eldest granddaughter Danu this morning that I thought youd love to see.

The family are waiting to hear of their moving date and mum and dad have started packing all the bits and pieces, but I guess one little girl was either going to help or maybe make sure she didnt get left behind as she also got in the box with all her soft toys. You will notice in her left hand in the top photo she is holding her cosy, that bear has been a real problem as it goes everywhere with her and when she lost if a month ago it caused no end of problems for mum, as she just wouldnt settle down when put to bed, luckily granddad came to the rescue and Danu now has two of them, one in reserve, but to try and get the little monkey to release it for washing, well its impossible.

Anyway I do so hope you like the photos and enjoy them, Im hoping to post a couple of cards over the next few days, but I must warn you that we are of to Scotland on Tuesday for 10 days as weve got a few lovely people to visit and also to take my father-in-laws ashes back to his homeland to scatter, so its not only going to be busy time its going to be quite stressful for hubby, its his final goodbye and its nearly two years since he died, Ive got to say that his dad was the most beautiful man I knew. I will be scheduling a couple of cards one for Cards for Men on the 21st, and another of my friends Create and Craft program for next Thursday 17th. Well thats all for now, take care.

A Get Well Card for Mary

Well ladies I have made a card today as I really need to get myself into action, as we are of to Scotland in a weeks time and I will be visiting some of my lovely blogging friends while Im there, and this card is for a dear friend who has just had a foot operation and felt this lovely image from Whiff of Joy was exactly what I needed to create this get well card.

I stamped the image onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens, then used the mega Oval Nestabilitie Die to cut her out, Ive also used the mega Scalloped edge for the mount, Ive also done the same with the sentiment which is another of WOJs stamps but before sticking them together Ive used a mauve inkpad around the edges to take the stark whiteness of them.

The base card is a 7"x 7" white card cut from a piece of A3 card, I use the pieces Ive cut off for allsorts of things. The card sketch is one of Bev's and the first layer is a piece of the same mauve card that I used for the mounts and three of the papers from the new set from Donna of Bearly Mine Designs the first one is a pretty all over rose design, and the second layer is a multi striped one with shades of pink, blue and mauve, on this Ive used a lace border punch from Martha Stewart. On top of this Ive used a beautiful pink plaid design before putting a rafia ribbon across the centre with a mauve ribbon stuck on top, they were then attached to the back of the first mount.

I then stuck my mounted image on top towards the right, and my sentiment was stuck at the top on the left. I then created a flower spray from some roses and cherry blossom and other bits and pieces this was then stuck at the bottom around the mounted image. The last thing I did is stick some mauve gems at the top and bottom of my card.

An Award from the lovely Lorraine

Good Morning Ladies, you might be wondering why I havent been posting any cards for the last few days, but I have huge heat bumps over my hands and fingers and they are causing me no end of grief, they are in my knuckles and on my elbows so its not much fun crafting at the moment.

Anyway today I received this lovely award from my very special friend Lorraine of http://coldwaters2.blogspot.com/ and it comes with some conditions and they are :-

1. Thank and link the person who gave you the award

2. Display the award on your blog

3. Tell 6 lies and one truth about yourself or vice versa

4. Nominate 7 others and leave a message letting them know.

And because of No.3 I have to give you some very obvious lies about myself so here goes:-

1. Im young and sprightly

2. Very Beautiful

3. Im very Rich

4. Im married to George Clooney

5. Live in a Mansion

6. Have a Gardener

Now my 1 truth :-

1. None of the above are true, just wish they were, it would make life a lot easier Maybe!

Now for the lovely 7 people that Im expected to pick for this award, which isnt going to be particulary easy, but here goes:-

 Rach of http://www.papercraftsbyrach.com/

Mandy of http://asprinklingofglitter.blogspot.com/

Amy of http://amyscraft.blogspot.com/

Christine of http://dolcreations.blogspot.com/

Josephine of http://josephinesrainbow.blogspot.com/

Claire of http://hopejacare.blogspot.com/

Debbie of http://passionforcrafts.blogspot.com/

Well girls hope you enjoy receiving this award as much as I did.

Cards for Men - Challenge Twelve "Fathers Day"

Well here we are at challenge twelve and its amazing how fantastic and talented you ladies are who take part in them, and the last one although not so many of you entered the standard of work was brilliant.
I do so hope that you will take part in this fortnights challenge we are being sponsered by the lovely Janet Roberts of Pink Gem Designs:-

and Janet has kindly offered one of her fabulous stamps as a prize this gorgeous Dina image,

she is such a sweetheart and will be a great stamp to add to any collection. Janet has this to say about her company http://www.pinkgemdesigns.com/catalog/ :-

We design & stock a wide range of cute & whimsical clear polymer craft stamps and downloadable digi stamps and also stock other crafting essentials including acrylic blocks, inks, Promarker pens, nestabilities, stamping packs and embellishments.
All the stamps on our website are manufactured from original images drawn by Janet Roberts from Pink Gem DesignsOur stamps are manufactured by a specialist polymer company in the UK from high quality crystal clear polymer

And this is my card created for this challenge which is title "Fathers Day":-

Ive used this image of Jack from Pink Gem Designs playing football, and Ive stamped him onto white card and then coloured him with my promakers as they have a better red than copics. After cutting it out with my circle Nestabilite die, I used some red inkpad to distress the edges, then mounted it onto red card, the sentiment was created by myself on my computer and printed using the Go Beckham free font, then mounted in the same way as my image.
The card is a 7"x 7" white card with a first layer of red card, and Ive used three of Donna's new papers from Bearly Mine designs, the first one is a red spotted design and on top of this I have layered up two more of her papers a striped and a check paper in blue and various other colours in the strips. I then mounted my image in the centre and my sentiment at the bottom on the right. To finish of I have stuck some buttons at the top on the left around the image.
I sincerely hope that you will take part in this fortnights challenge and then go and visit the rest of my design team at Cards for Men and see what fantastic cards theyve created for this challenge.

One Card for Two Challenges - Just Magnolia and Stampin for the Weekend

Good Morning Ladies, hope you arnt suffering to much from the heat, Ive started getting heat bumps and they are extremely itchy and sore, just wish they would hurry up and dissappear as Im extremely uncomfortable and finding it difficult to walk as they are on the soles of my feet to.

Anyway todays card has been created for two Challenges Just Magnolia's "Frame it" and Stampin for the Weekends "Summer/Travel" and Im hoping that they both feel Ive covered both with this card. Ive used the Tilda image from last year shes carrying her surfboard, and then Ive masked her to put the fence behind her, after which Ive coloured her with my copic pens, then cut her out with my Oval Nestabilitie Die, and used the large Scalloped Oval die for the mount. To meet with the Just Magnolia's frame Ive stitched with my sewing machine some lace around the edge of the diecut, then mounted my image on top. The sentiment is another of the JM stamps then was mounted on another piece of blue card.

The base card is a 7"x 7" white card, with a first layer of blue card, and one of three papers from the "Away we go" set from Nitwit Downloads, the first one is a all over pattern of all sorts of things you need for holidays like cases, cars, signs, cameras etc, the second one is of a blue paper blue plaid on, with both this and the first mount Ive used my zigzag stitch on my sewing machine to stitch it around the edge. The last layer is a yellow paper with holiday sentiments on, with this Ive used my all around beach punch set from Martha Stewart.

After I layered up the mounts, Ive stuck my mounted image in the centre and my sentiment at the bottom on the right hands side, to finish of Ive created a flower spray from some roses, wild cherry blossoms and aster flowers from Wild Orchids they are due to move to new premises tomorrow so Ive been told, I want to wish them good luck there.

Im entering this card into the following challenges :-

http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/

http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com/

One Card for Two Challenges - Mo's and Cute Card Thursday Challenge

Good Morning Ladies what a wonderful day yesterday was, it really turned out beautiful and hot lets hope today is the same. Anyway todays card has been created for Mo's "Merged Images" and Cute Card Thursday's "Three colours Blue, Black and Orange" and I must apologise for using this image with these colours Im not sure it really works but I hope it doesnt look to bad.

Ive used Mos two little lasses "Sophie" thats the little girl holding her doll, and "Sleepy Sage" shes the one with the teddybear, arnt they gorgeous, and I like the similarity in the hairstyle and felt they would look extremely good together. I used my graphics program to merge them together I wont go into the details but its possible with some instructions by the side of  you, luckily one of the DT team (of Mos) has made a good tutorial on doing it. Anyway I printed the image out onto card and coloured it with my copic pens I then used my Nestabilitie Die Label 10 to cut it out, then after I drew around the edge onto blue card to create a mount for it. The sentiment was created on my computer and mounted again on some blue card.

The base card is a 7"x 7" with a base card of blue, and the papers are from different design sets of Nitwit Downloads, a pretty blue leaf sprig for the first layer, and the second is a black paper with white sprigs on which Ive used one of Martha Stewart border punches along the edge, on top of this Ive stuck another piece of orange card and a spotted orange paper on top. A piece of black paper was then made into a ribbon strip with a piece of orange ribbon wound around to the back of the first layer.

Ive then positioned my mounted image towards the top and my sentiment strip at the bottom on the right. To finish of Ive created a flower from some left over paper and threaded a pearl brad with a silver spacer through the centre and hung a teddy bear charm from the brad. This was then mounted on a layer of punched out fern leaves, and the last thing I did was to pop a couple of orange gems at the bottom and top corners.

I am entering this card into the following challenges :-

http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/ 

http://www.cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/

A Card for the Whiff of Joy Challenge - Donalda's Sketch

Good Morning Ladies, the sun is out and not a cloud in the sky what do you reakon? is it going to be a lovely day, lets keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best. Ive created this card for the Whitt of Joy Challenge Donalda's Sketch I just hope she feels Ive done it justice, and Ive used these two images from the Aladin set of stamps as you can see Ive stamped Willow then masked her before stamping Aladin behind her after which Ive coloured her with my copic pens and cut her out in a square and distressed the edges with a catseye inkpad. The sentiment is another of the same set of stamps, Ive also distressed the edges and mounted both the image and this onto two piece of different coloured mauve and lilac card.

The base card is a 7"x 7" white card with three of Donna's new fabulous new papers from Bearly Mine Designs they really are gorgeous, the base layer is a very pretty rose and lily design, and for the two diagonal strips Ive used two more patterns one plaid and the other a vintage paper from the same set. Ive layered both of these pieces onto lilac card and then positioned my mounted image in the centre with the sentiment at the bottom right hand side.

To finish of Ive created a small flower corner with a prima rose and two cherry blossoms and four tiny little flowers as well, I did try to curl the wires but I see they done look as nice as other people have managed to do so Im not sure I will be attempting to do that again. Ive also popped three pearls at the top on the right.

Im entering this card into the following challenges :-

http://wojmondaychallenge.blogspot.com/

A Card for the Lili of the Valley Challenge - Sketch by Bev

Good Morning Ladies, todays card has been created for the Lili of the Valley Challenge, a sketch by Bev, and I have used this lovely little image of a young girl carrying a bouquet of flowers, and I have actually made a anniversary card with it and as I have a couple still to make for friends I thought that this was just the image to use.

Ive stamped her out onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens, but because the image was to big to cut with the oval die, Ive cut around the flowers before slipping the die behind the flowers to cut them out. I then cut a scalloped oval mount for the image to be mounted on. The sentiment is one from my stash, but Ive actually distressed around both the image and sentiment with a catseye inkpad before mounting them up ready for the card.

The base card is a 7"x 7" white card with a first layer of pink card and two of the papers Ive used are from the Rose Garden Papermania pad, a lovely pink rose and paisley design and a green misty diamond design, and across the join I have wrapped some lace and attached it to the back, then stuck my mounted image in the centre and my sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side, as Bevs sketch denotes.

The flowers were created with some of the left over papers all from the same Rose Garden set, these were punched out and moulded with a ball tool before before being layered up and some green stickles put in the centres, they were then stuck to the card on top of some punched out maidenhair fern leaves.

I have entered this card into the following challenges :-

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

One Card for Two Challenges - Crafters Companion and Sir Stampalots

Good Morning Ladies, well the sun is trying to escape the clouds but they look as though at the moment they are actually winning, I do so hope it starts to improve soon as it looks as though we are in for a bit of a rough summer again, boo hoo, as later in the Summer Holiday Ive got four of my grandchildren coming to stay in different weeks so it wont be very nice if the weather continues to be so horrible.

Anyway todays card  has been created for two Challenges Crafters Companions "Sketch" and Sir Stampalots  "Punch it out" and because CC expect you to use their images I found this delightful Flower Fairy Rose in my stash and decided to use her. Ive actually stamped her onto white card then using my Faber Castell pencils coloured it for a change, after which I cut her out with one of my label Nestabilitie dies, and created a mount for her out of some pink pearlescent card, but before sticking them together I have masked off her wings and use the glitter spray on them, then used a pink catseye inkpad around the edge to distress it. The sentiment is another of the stamps from the same set.

To create the card I have used a 7"x 7" white card with a first layer of pink card, and one of three papers from the CD of the same Rose Fairy, the first one has a sentiment all over it, the second a smaller print of the same rose figure, the third one is of roses and on this piece Ive used the heart punch from Martha Stewart and layered it onto of a darker piece of pink card. I then layered up the mounts in conjunction with the sketch, and the sentiment has been attached to some ribbon and stuck to the back of the first mount.

To finish of Ive created a small rose from two of my balloon punches, and if youd like to see how this is done you will see the petals being moulded on my video on my side bar, and Ive also done a tutorial which you find if you go back in my posts to last month. These were then stuck to the side of my image with some leaves also punched out with one of my punches, Ive just noticed than one of the leaves has moved from where I put it, there should be three at the bottom and didnt realise it had gone till after posting the photo.

Ive entered this card into the following Challenges:-

http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/

http://ccmonthlychallenge.blogspot.com/

A Card for the Just Magnolia Challenge - "Hot and Spicy"

Good Morning Girls, hope you are enjoying your bank holiday, at least yesterday was dry and sunny, and my hubby and I went out for a lovely walk around the rec and the adjoining fields, we even had a hanger on for one of the fields a big black standard Poodle, not sure who he belonged to, but he seemed to enjoy our company as much as we did, but he did dissappear as quickly as he had appeared so weve no idea who he belonged to.
Todays card is created for this weeks Just Magnolia Challenge "Hot and Spicy", Ive used this lovely image of Tilda eating a Ice Lolly, Ive stamped her onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens, after which I cut her out with my Oval Nestabilitie die, and used my catseye inkpad to distress the edges, Ive layered her up onto a piece of orange card, the sentiment is another of the Just Magnolia stamps and Ive done the same with this as I did the image.
The base card is a 7"x 7" white card with a first layer of yellow card, and one of three papers from the new Donna of Bearly Mine Designs they are a yellow spotted one, a very pretty yellow rose one and the striped one in the centre, these were layered up according to a sketch I found I think its probably Bevs one but carnt be completely sure at the moment without checking, I do apologise Bev.
Across the gap between the two bottom papers Ive stuck a line of flowers that I first put through my Xyron sticker maker, I then positioned my mounted image in the centre and my sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side. I created a corner spray out of my flowers that I have in my stash, there are roses, cherry blossoms, babys breathe and a couple of others, they were then stuck to the corner with some silicone glue.
Ive entered this card into the Just Magnolia Challenge:-
http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/

One Card for Two Challenges - Mo's and Cute Card Thursday Challenge

Todays card has been created for two challenges, Mo's "Celebrate Baby with extra Ribbon & Bows" and Cute Card Thursday's "No Designer Papers", Ive used this gorgeous image of baby "Fairy Anaya" I printed it onto a piece of white card and coloured her with copic pens then Ive used some glitter on the wings, after cutting it out Ive used one of my swirl stamps around the edge with a pink inkpad. I then mounted it onto a piece of pink card ready to put on my card.

The card is 8"x 8" white card, with a first layer of pink card, I then created a paper from some pink paper and my swirl, flower, leaves, butterfly and bee stamps Ive used several colours from my catseye inkpads and randomly stamped all over the paper. This was then covered with a square of red pearlescent paper on which Ive used my flower all around punch set from Martha Stewart this was put in a diamond shape, after which Ive layered two pieces of ribbon across the centre and attached them to the back.

The mounted image was then stuck in the centre, and my sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side.

To finish of Ive used a net and button flower but before sticking it to my card, Ive cut a piece of red organza ribbon and run a row of stitches along one edge and drew it into a circle which was then stuck behind the net flower, this was then stuck to the card with some punched out maidenhair fern leaves. I also stuck two little white ribbon bows to the right hand side at the top.

Ive entered this card into two Challenges:-

http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/

http://www.cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/

 

Sample No 4 for Sarah - "Kingfisher" Card

This is the forth sample Ive created for Sarah from her new CD "Feathered Friends" and this one is of a beautiful image of a Kingfisher, Ive also used some of the small extra images to create a waterfall for the inside. The main card is a 8"x 8" design, and the outside mount is silver with one of two paper designs that Ive used is a gorgeous montage of wording and images. And onto this I have created a mount for the main image of again silver mirri card, and stuck these together with some foam tape, before sticking it to the card I have used a piece of velum and one of my corner and border arched punches sets from Martha Stewart and made a square mat then wrapped a piece of blue spotted ribbon around both before the mounting it on top of. The border at the bottom is to hold the sentiment and at the moment Ive discovered Ive forgotten to put one on it, will have to dig out my peeloffs again.

The inside is again another silver mirri card mount with the second paper, this has bubbles and fish in the background with a beautiful strip along the bottom of the kingfisher bird heads. I created the waterfall with five of the smaller images and stuck them to a rotating piece of card before fixing the bottom to the mount with blue brads, it was then stuck to the inside of the card to hide the backs of the brads. To operate if all you do is pull that extra piece of card at the bottom to cause the little images to flip up.

Sample No.3 for Sarah - an"Owl Tent Card"

Good Morning Girls, Im so glad that you are enjoying seeing these samples Ive created from Sarah Hallams new Cd "Feather Friends" the images on the cd are stunning and Im sure it will be a great success when Sarah previews it on Create and Craft on the 17th June at 9am, I want to wish her all the success in the world, its been a long time coming and she so deserves it. Ive been a great lover of her work for at least 5 years and this new way of presenting them on Create and Craft is the way she can allow everyone to enjoy her beautiful work.

Anyway this sample has been created from this beautiful Owl image, Sarah actually draws all these birds then buts them into her graphics program and colours them, and then creates all the extras from the same drawings, the backing papers, the tags, inserts, ribbons etc its a fantastic collection believe me, Ive only picked six of the images but there are a hell of  a lot more on there. Anyway Ive printed the image onto photo paper and cut it out with my Nestabilitie Oval die, and created a mount for it out of beige pearlescent card with a Scalloped die then mounted them together with some foam tape.

The actual tent card is a 7.50"x 7.50" size card and Ive used two of the backing papers for the inside and out, Ive mounted both of these on some more of the same beige card, and on the front Ive cut a oval aperture for the owl to be suspended from, around the edge to cover up any crooked edges Ive put some thin peeloffs.

To finish of Ive hung the owl from the middle of the aperture, and created two flowers from some of the left over paper and my Nellie Snellen flower punches, in the centre Ive also put some yellow stickles, then mounted them on some punched out fern leaves.

A second sample for Sarah - "The Chaffinch" Bookmark Card

Todays sample for Sarah has been created with the Chaffinch design set, and Ive printed the topper sheet out onto photo paper and used three of the pictures from it, the main topper for the inside and two smaller ones for the front.

This is a bookmark card, and as you can see Ive created two pockets on the inside for the two bookmarks that Ive also printed onto photo paper, and cut them out by hand and put them through my laminator. I used two backing paper designs for the inside, and have layered one of them onto gold mirri card, one for the centre and two smaller ones for the pockets. The main topper was then mounted onto gold card, and Ive created a square from some bronze pearlised paper and the bird all around Martha Stewart punch set and popped it underneath the mounted topper. The verse below it was printed onto second of the paper before being cut out and stuck down under the mount.

The outside of the card has two panels and one paper design, which I have used on both of them and on top of this these Ive put the two smaller toppers which I have mounted onto pieces of gold mirri board, in the two corners Ive used some gold corner peel offs, and the sentiment is another of the tags that Ive put a sentiment on in My Craft Studio, after which Ive put some peel off around the edge before mounting it onto a cold mirri card scalloped mount.

To finish of Ive punched some fern leaves out of some bronze pearlised paper and popped a Prima Poppy on top.

A Brand New CD from Peerless Designs - Feathered Friends

You might be wandering why I havent posted any cards for a couple of days, firstly its been because I have been painting our bedroom and in the hot weather it wasnt particularly the best time to do it but unfortunately once started I could hardly stop. And the other reason is that my dear friend Sarah Hallam of Peerless Designs has asked me to create some samples for her from her brilliant new CD "Feathered Friends" to show on its launch day 17th June at 9am on Create and Craft.

Sarah has created the most gorgeous images again for this CD all birds as the title says and has even done some no stamp required digi stamps which I believe can be used for backgrounds and then you can stick any image in front of it, they can be left black like the one above behind the bird or it can also be coloured by any medium you like once youve printed it out.

I have chosen this gorgeous Blue Tit for my first card, and all Sarahs design sets come with many backing papers, tags and ribbons, decoupage, inserts, sentiments, boxes, this one has a calendar, envelopes, frames, extra toppers etc and also help files, so you wont be left alone if you have any problems.

Ive taken the main topper into my My Craft Studio program and reduced its size and flipped it so that I could create the right size topper for this card. Im not quite sure what they call this particular card design but to me its a card within a card, the outside one is a 8"x 8"x 4" card and the smaller one is 5"x 5", Ive used two papers for the larger one and placed them on gold mirri card to mount them up, and the smaller card has also got two papers mounted in the same way, remembering to make sure that the card opens in the opposite way to the normal one, I also put an insert inside the smaller one with a verse printed on it to.

To finish of the front I have taken the ribbon into My Craft Studio again and printed a sentiment on it and stuck it to the front small panel at the bottom, not to easy to see in this photo, but it says "Thinking of You". Ive also used my swirls template to create a swirl on the front and some green pearls. The flowers were created from of the left over paper and my Nellie Snellen flower punches, also some maidenhair fern leaves were stuck to the card first before the flowers were placed on top. And the very last thing is the three pearls placed at the bottom on the right hand side.

I sincerely hope you also agree what a beautiful image this one is and I will be making another card to post tomorrow, but I will keep one back from the six samples Ive been asked to make, to show you just before her show is due to go air so I can remind you of the time its due on.

Cards for Men - Challenge Eleven - "Good Luck"

I cannot believe that the last Challenge bought over a 100 entrants and they were all fabulous, it was obviously a very popular theme, and I sincerely hope that this fortnights one is equally as exciting for you all. "Good Luck" is our theme this time, and we got a fabulous sponser in :-

and here is what is what Christy says about her company :- http://thestampingboutique.com/

Our company, "The Stamping Boutique" is dedicated to quality products and original artwork. Our designers are chosen for their character and personality,as well as, their beautiful designs. We work hard to give you our very best. Thank you so much for having us as your sponsor this week.

And she is offering 5 digi images as a prize, so Im sure there will be a great rush to take part in this challenge, and as there will be so many of you taking exams this year I thought Id used this fabulous image from Christy of a Graduate.

and I printed him onto white card and coloured him with my copic pens and then cut him out with one of my Nestabilitie dies, after which I drew around the edge of the die to create the mount for it out of dark blue card then cut it out by hand, before mounting the image onto it I ran some glue around the edge and dipped it into some fine glitter. The sentiment is a mixture of two stamps as I didnt have quite the combination I wanted and felt this was just right for this card.

The base card is a 7"x 7" white card with a first layer of blue card and one of two fabulous papers from Donna's Bearly Mine Extreme designs Cd, this has swirls on in white and a base blue paper, on top of this I have layered up two pieces of two different blue strips that have been put through my cuttlebug with my star embossing folder. On top of this Ive layered another mount in a diamond shape and a second paper with stars on, and then positioned my mounted image on top of this and my sentiment at the bottom on the right.

Please pop across and visit my Design Team member entrys at http://cardsformen.blogspot.com/ as Im sure you will be amazed at their fabulous work.

One Card for Two Challenges - Just Magnolia and Stampin for the Weekend

Hi Ladies, hope you are enjoying yourselves with this fabulous weather, Im afraid I find it a bit to hot to sit out in so Ive been trying to catch up with some of my Challenges, and this one today is for the Just Magnolia's Janes Sketch, and Stampin for the Weekends "A card to make someone smile" I sincerely hope that this covers both of them.

Ive used this cute image of Tilda and coloured her this time with a combination of Copic and Promarkers then cut her out with my oval Nestabilitie Die, after which Ive used a pink catseye inkpad to distress the edges and a small peg stamp to stamp around the edges as well, Ive also done the same with the sentiment which is another of the Just Magnolia stamps. Both of these were then stuck onto mounts the image was mounted on a large Scalloped die cut and the sentiment just on a square of pink card.

The base card is a 7"x 7" white card with a first layer of pink card and one of three papers from the new Henbury Lane papers from Papermania, I think weve all fallen in love with these pretty papers and Im no exception. This first paper is a poppy one, and the second pink paper with a paler pink flower pattern on, and the third one is the pretty rose one. Ive also used two ribbons down the card and fixed them to the back of the first layer.

The mounted image was then stuck in a down position rather than across in the sketch and my sentiment was stuck at the bottom on the right hand side. To finish of Ive created a spray of flowers with this gorgeous poppy and then a few other flowers plus a couple of cheery blossoms to. The spray of pearls finished it of with a baby tears as well.

One Card for Two Challenges - Mo's and Cute Card Thursday Challenge

Good Morning Girls, well Ive eventually got around to createing a card, and this one is for two challenges, Mo's "Love" and Cute Card Thursday which entails a sketch by Caz, and I decided to use this image which  Ive created with two of Mo's gorgeous images, they are Sophie with her doll and Jill whos just about to have a tantrum with that look on her face, and you can guess what that might be about "maybe the doll". Anyway I used my graphics program to merge them together then printed it out, after which Ive coloured it with my copic pens.

The base card is a 7"x 7" white card with a first layer of blue card and one of the papers from the Henbury Lane by Papermania set, the other papers are from the new Wild Rose Floral Pack, and Ive used three papers for these, two green ones and the yellow one which has been created by using my heart all around punch set from Martha Stewart.

The card was finished of by layering up in the sketch formation and on top Ive mounted my image on some blue card and positioned it in the centre, the sentiment was created on my computer and mounted in the same way as the image.

To finish of Ive created six flowers from some of the left over paper and Ive used the Nellie Sneeden flower punches with sun centre, to finish them of Ive popped some stickles in the centres and mounted them on top of some fern leaves.

A visit to Prideaux Place - the home of Rosamunde Pilchers "Coming Home"

Good Morning Girls, I couldnt remember the name of the large house we visited while visiting Padstow on Wednesday, but after reading one of my comments I remembered the reason I needed to find out. Anyway the name of the house is Prideaux Place and it belongs to the Prideaux-Brune family, its been used for the filming of Rosamunde Pilchers "Coming Home" and Twelve Night, and in fact the floor in the great hall still bears the painting that they created for Twelve Night, as the owner of the house liked it so much it was left after the filming company had gone.

If youd like to visit this house I would click on this email address http://www.prideauxplace.co.uk/contact.html to find out more, though there isnt very much information on this site you might be able to track down more elsewhere. It is only open in the afternoons as the family are still living there (you might just meet them as you are going around with the tour guide). The house has only been open to the public for a short time and until  recently when then needed money to repair the library the grant was only given on a condition that they did so. Its well worth the visit and we had a lovely time walking around and through the beautiful rooms. I hope this helps Melodie as it seems shes a great fan of Rosamunde Pilcher, and if I remember rightly it was Joanna Lumley who was one of the actresses who took part in this TV Film.

Well Im back but not quite ready to Post a Card

Hi Girls, well I arrived back about 3.30pm this afternoon, and its been a long drive back from Looe in Cornwall but is so nice to be back in my own home. We had a really lovely time and met up with some very dear friends from Guernsey and of course did we stop chatting no, and of course our throats were sore by the end of the day but it was all worth it.

I decided to post this lovely photo that I took just after we arrived on Monday and though it rained yesterday the weather hasnt been to bad at all. I hope you like this gorgeous photo it shows the the river Looe which eventually joins the estuary and the harbour before going flowing out to the English Channel. I like it as it looks so peaceful at this point.

Weve visited Polperro and Padstow over the last couple of days and even went through my birthplace town Bodmin which was wonderful, not that its anything to brag about but its just nice to pop back there occassionally. The weather wasnt to bad and never mind it was really hot on the way home today so Im hoping our friends had a lovely day in Plymouth and Looe after we left.

Im hoping to get back to my crafting tomorrow and as soon as I do I will hopefully post a card very soon.

A card for the Just Magnolia Challenge - "For the Girls"

My card today has been created for this weeks Just Magnolia Challenge "For the Girls" and Ive used this new image of Tilda as a Ballerina then masked her to stamp the castle scene behind. I tried to colour the scene as a night scene and Im concerned that it might be a bit dark but hopefully it wont upset the balance to much. I coloured her with my copic pens, the cut her out with the large Blossom Nestabilitie die, cutting out the leg and sky first before slotting the die behind to allow me to cut them out. It was then mounted onto a dark pink mount cut with the same die. The sentiment was created on my computer and mounted with the same colour card.

The base card is a 7"x 7" white card and a first layer of pink card and one of three papers from the new Papermania Henbury Lane designs, a very pretty rose paper, the two mounts in the centre have been created by cutting the paper into 5" squares then using one of my MS all around punch sets, this one is a arched set, these were then layered up one on top of each other in a star shape, and a ribbon was then placed around the centre and attached to the back of the first layer.

The mounted image was then placed in the centre and my sentiment at the bottom on the right, Ive then created a flower with some of the left over papers and hung a charm from the pearl brad and spacer in the centre. I then stuck the flower on top of a arrangement of punched out leaves in the top left hand corner, and to finish of Ive popped some dark pink pearl gems in the other two corners.

I now want to let you know that Im going to be away for a few days so wont be visiting your blogs at least till Friday, and there wont be any more cards posted till at least then, so I hope you wont miss me to much. I also want to thank you all who have been so lovely this week with your comments in what is not the easiest time of the year for me, its helped tremedously and has allowed me to cope with it. Bless you all and Thank You for being such fabulous and sincere friends.

A Card for Two Challenges - Mo's and Cute Card Thursday

Todays card has been created for two Challenges, Mo's "Coming Up Flowers" and Cute Card Thursday's "Someone Special", and Ive used this cute image of Mo's called "Sundays Best" in her days of the week set. Ive printed her onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens, after which Ive used Rach's method of cutting around the bottom of my image then slipping it under the edge of my Blossoms Nestabilitie die. I then cut another one from yellow card and of mounted them of set, the orange mount is a circle on which I have stuck some glitter dust around the edge.

My base card is a 7"x 7" white card with a first layer of  yellow card and one of three papers from Donna's new Bearly Mine Design Sets, of Flowers, Spots and Gingham, this first paper is a pretty yellow rose paper which I thought went well with my flowers, and the second paper is a green spot and the third mount is a orange one, these were set at angles across the top and down the side. My mounted image was stuck towards the bottom on the right, and my mounted sentiment to the left.

The rose you may recognize from my tutorial last week, this was positioned on some punched out rose leaves at the top on the left and six smaller ones were then stuck in appropriate places just to finish it of.