Friday, 14 June 2013

Happy Times

Good morning all you lovely crafters and a big hello to my new followers, you are soooo welcome.
 
Still loving the sunshine, when I don't have to work of course, though we did have a wee shower last night, see what today brings.
 
Whilst chatting to a couple of my customers yesterday we ended up in absolute fits of laughter recalling things that had happened when we were younger.
 One thing I remembered was when my mum decided to cut my sisters hair. She got a bowl out of the kitchen, it was white with two blue stripes around it, everyone seemed to have one, do you remember them?  She put it on her head and started to cut around the back, OK...... so far....... then she began cutting the sides, only the bowl must have moved cos one side was longer than the other, so the bowl went back on and she cut some off the longer side, mmmmm, the back looked a bit wonky, back the bowl went, snip snip, OMG, no hair later, it was sort of finished. I wanted to laugh my head off but daren't cos I was getting ready to run..... I sure as heck didn't want to be next!!!!!
Now I wouldn't have gone to school but off she went and the funniest thing was when she brought a friend home at tea time to ask mum if she'd cut her hair the same......hilarious.... don't know if she'd bribed her or what... but she must have been off her rocker.....
I wonder what happened to the bowl?
Happy days.

Well it's time for a new challenge over at Totally Papercrafts and it's the turn of our lovely Lisa to host and her chosen theme is

Feeling Blue

So anything blue hunnies We have two fab sponsors for this week, so double the chance of winning. Check out the fab DT cards if you need some inspiration.






 
Recipe
 
Pink ribbon Tilda, though mine is Blue, coloured with distress inks, added a little glamour dust.
Card shape - go kreate frilly 3.
Papers - First Edition, J'adore
Magnolia - heart leaf
Whimsy corner die and tag, sentiment by Art Impressions
Flowers -WOC and others
Lace and pearls from stash, pearl heart from My Crafty Heart.
 
Challenges
 
inky chicks -love
tildas town - use your stash
magnolia-licious - lace
lovely hanglar or sweet magnolia - lace and pearls
midweek magnolias - fave colours
 
 
Have a super day whatever you're doing.
Hugs Sue x.
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Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Sun and Tilda's.... ahh heaven.

Hello all you lovely crafters and a special hi to my new followers, so pleased you joined me.
 Hope you're all enjoying this wonderful sunshine (it's sure long overdue)
 
Could have done with carrying my crafty things into the garden to work, but the only trouble with that is, by the time I'd carried out the items I wanted to work with and set up the table, the sun would have been long gone, so I decided to open all the windows instead.
 Wonderful.... till next doors dog came out and barked and barked and barked, nay yapped........arghhhhhh  are they deaf!!!  Not once did I hear them try to quieten it down. Brings new meaning to  'barking mad' eh!! Must find out my earplugs. I have two dogs myself and they are sooo laid back.
 
Anyhow I did manage some crafting. I've used a couple of the things my daughter and I made with  the air dry clay, fab stuff. You gotta get some and of course the frantage, amazing stuff too.
 
A lovely little parcel arrived for me yesterday too with my new Tilda's, oooooh,  can't wait for a play!!!
 
 



 
 
Recipe
 
Card shape Go Kreate - frilly frames 5
Papers - LOTV promises
Spellbinders - fleur de lis rectangles
Tilda with little pocket, coloured with distress inks, sprinkled with frantage.
Magnolia - heart die and swirl
Martha Stewart - air dry clay frame and corner
Butterflies - memory box Isabell and Pippi, MS, Punch.
Flowers - WOC and others
Lace pearls and ribbon from stash
Feathers from Kanban
Off to check you all out now, need to do some catching up.
Hugs Sue X.

 
 
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Friday, 31 May 2013

Oh yes, the sun is shining!!!

Good morning all you lovely crafters, hope you are all well.
 
The sun is shining brightly and the sky is blue, wonder how long it will last for today. Yesterday was miserable, grey, cold and wet. I can't understand this weather, my boots don't know if they're coming or going!!
 
I've seen that quite a few of you have started jetting off to warmer climates for your much awaited hols and I'm sooo jealous. As things are at the mo with appointments etc we can't really book anything, so come on summer, hurry up and arrive and I won't feel as bad.!!
 
Today sees the start of a new challenge over at Totally Papercrafts and it's the turn of our lovely Cathy to host. Her chosen theme is everyone's fave
 
'Anything Goes'
 
We have two fab sponsor's, so come  on over and join us.
 
Just for a change I have another Tilda, hee hee.
 




 
 

Recipe
 

Card shape Go Kreate - frilly frames 5, cut from Kraft.
Papers - First Edition, Boho Chic.
Magnolia -  Tangle Tilda, coloured with distress inks, added some of the shabby aged ivory frantage around the edges and cut out using Spellbinders oval, matted onto Floral Oval.
Cottage Cutz - Love Tags
Magnolia - fence die
Marianne - Heart LR0159
Elizabeth dies - small dragonfly, I love this dragonfly.
Memory Box - Isabell and Pippi butterflies
Doily, cheesecloth, lace, ribbon, pearls from stash.
Wooden butterfly was covered with the frontage too.
Flowers -WOC and others.
Have a fab day whatever you're doing and I'll catch ya laters.
Hugs Sue X


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Sunday, 26 May 2013

I'm Back

Good morning all you lovely crafters. It's been a while since I've posted anything on my blog as those of you who visit me will have seen. I've had my daughter in hospital and life has been turned on it's head. I won't bore you but it's gonna be a while before things settle if they ever will and I've not felt like blogging much nor had the inclination to  craft. Still a huge thanks to those of you who have continued to visit.
 
I hope you all have a little sunshine wherever you are for the bank hols, it sure makes us feel better to see it and it's been hiding for quite some time now.
 
I've bought some of the new air dry clay and moulds too and my daughter and myself were up nearly all night playing with it, it's fabby stuff and I love the little embellishments you can make with it.
We made a bag full. So you will probs see some of them on new cards to come.
 
I do have a card that I made for a challenge but unfortunately didn't get the chance to post it so decided to slap it on anyway so to speak.
 
Yes, it's another Tilda. I lurrv these sweeties, and watch them come alive as you start to colour them in. I've just spotted the new Ribbon Girls challenge to add sparkle and seeing as though I've overdosed on the new frontage (amazing stuff) she sure does sparkle so she's heading over there.
 



 
Recipe
 
Go Kreate - frilly 4 for card shape.
Tilda with summer flower - coloured with distress inks and cut out with Spellbinders Floral Ovals, edged with Shabby Pink Frantage.
Papers - First Edition,  Rose Garden.
Magnolia doily and fence dies
Whimsy - Double Scallop Tag die
La La Lands - Heart banner
Flowers - WOC and others which I dusted with the frontage too.
Butterfly from a craft fair.
I am slowly getting round to visiting you all.
Enjoy a sunny Sunday.
Hugs Sue X

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Saturday, 4 May 2013

Don't Be Square.

Good morning all, hope you are all well and enjoying some sunshine.
Hubby managed to mow the lawns and tidy the gardens a little and it's looking so much better.
It was amazing how many birds landed just after looking for food.
We have a couple of Blackbirds nesting in the Clematis over the garage and they were diving at a Magpie that had landed and chased it away, before returning to the nest. They sure didn't like him.
 
We have to sort out the pond this weekend, the water is so murky we can't see the fish but boy have we got plenty of frog spawn!! Think we'll need more than one bucket to put it into when we start to clean out the water. They say frogs return to the ponds they were spawned in, if that's true we're gonna have a frogging epidemic!!! Good job I like them eh.
 
Well this card should have been posted yesterday for the new challenge over at Totally Papercrafts
but everything seems to have gone wrong this week and time has passed me by.
The cat and both dogs have been poorly, I've had hospital appointments with my Daughter, had to wear a blood pressure monitor (which I'm sure must have been near explosion mode) and Hubby's birthday, phew.
 
The theme for this week, chosen by our lovely Laine is
 
Don' t Be Square-Use A Shaped Card
 
We have two fabulous sponsors this week so two prizes up for grabs so what are you waiting for.
 



 

 

Recipe
 
Go Kreate-Frilly 3 for card base
Magnolia Tilda, coloured with distress markers and cut out using Spellbinders Labels 10
Papers-First Edition, Boho Chic and Spring Feast
Elizabeth Craft Dies-small dragonfly
Wooden butterfly
Lace, ribbon and Pearls from stash
WOC Flowers and others
LOTV-Tag sentiments
Have a super bank holiday weekend.
Catch ya all laters.
Hugs Sue X.

 
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Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Fashion

Second post of the day, whoop!
 
Just want to say a big hello to my new followers, so glad you joined me.
 
I was asked by the lovely Lisa a few weeks ago if I would like to GD for May for
 
 
Their theme for this month is Fashion.
 
Now I've been having a mahoosive clearout and I knew I had some Kanban fashion stamps that had never been inked, but did I keep them or did I give them away, that was the question?
Well after much hunting, I found them Yeah!!
In the giveaway bag, so you see they have been reprieved and are now back in the cupboard.
I tried to go with a vintage look.
 
Pop over and see the DT creations, they are fabulous.
 



 
Recipe
 
Kanban - Cavendish Ladies, At The Races, coloured with distress inks
Kanban papers - Deck the Halls
Cheery Lynn - Victorian Flourish
Magnolia - sprawling ferns,
Doily, Lace and ribbon from stash
Flowers - WOC
Viva décor for pearl necklace and middle of flower.
Catch ya laters.
Hugs Sue X

 
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Button it!

Good morning all you lovely crafters, the sun is shining here, for how long one never knows but it sure looks good!
 
Today sees the start of a new challenge over at Christmas Cards All Year Round.
 
The theme for this month is Gingerbread men or women.
 
I sure scratched my head on this one cos I didn't think I had anything that fit the bill, but in one of my not used so much cupboards out popped this little fellow.
 
We are also required to include Ribbon and at least 3 Buttons.
 
Anyone spot the deliberate mistake......Hee Hee.
Got me 3 buttons out to use, finished and photographed the card, loaded up and  'What'  forgot to stick the 3rd one on, should have been on top of the ribbon lol...... so let's just pretend eh!!!
Only got a couple of pics will upload inside later. Not happy with this one at all, just don't like it.
 

 
 
Recipe
 
Kraft card for card base.
Stamp - Creative Expressions, Christmas designer Set 2, coloured with distress inks and promarkers, added viva décor as icing to gingerbread man
LOTV, gingerbread stamp and sentiment stamps
Memory Box -  Frostyville border
Marianne snowflakes - LR0185 ,LR0124, CR1227, CR1225
Whimsy - tab die
Dee's Distinctively - holly leaves, wreath builder
Ribbon and poinsettias - stash
Have a super crafty day.
Hugs Sue X
 

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Monday, 29 April 2013

Bye Bye

Hi to all you crafting lovlies, hope you are all well and have had a super weekend.
 
It was my eldest Daughter's birthday last week, 22, OMG where has the time gone!
We decided to go to the Pizza Hut for a birthday tea cos they have started to make a gluten free version so my other girl could enjoy a pizza too. Yummy!!
We took along a Fabulous Huge chocolate  'Cupcake' and the lovely girl that served us came over and we all sang Happy Birthday to her. Boy was she embarassed.
 
Well the card I'm posting today is for the new challenge over at Songbird and will be my last for the team as I'm stepping down. I've had a super time and thank Laura for taking me on board when she started the challenge, Hugs to Laura X X
 
 Sooo here we go...... the theme for the next two weeks is
 
Truly Scrumptious
 
 and our fab sponsor is
 
Cuddly Buddly
 
So we want to see food and drink somewhere on your awesome creations.
 



 
 
Recipe
 
Go Kreate - frilly 4 for card shape
LOTV - Cake glorious cake
Papers - LOTV, Bear Necessities and Brenda Pinnock
Tim Holtz - butterflight
Tonic - butterfly punch
Martha Stewart  - butterfly punch
Magnolia - Heart tag
Flowers -WOC and others
Ribbon Girl - Rose ribbon
Pearls - stash
Glittered with glamour dust.
Catch ya all laters.
Hugs Sue X
 
 
 

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Friday, 19 April 2013

'Windy City'

Good morning all hope you are all well.
Well the weather is still the topic of conversation here. We had really high winds Wednesday and Thursday. We woke up yesterday morning to see that the door to our Summer House had been completely blown off!! My poor hubby had to retrieve it and check out the damage. Everything in there was wet through with the driving rain. He spent last night after work trying to fix it back on.
Been raining ever since but at least the wind has died down.
When are we going to see some good weather?
 
Today sees the start of another challenge over at Totally Papercrafts.
The theme for this week as chosen by our lovely Lisa is
'Monochromatic'
 
Our fab sponsor is
 
Only got a couple of pics of mine will have to pop the others on later.
 
 
 
Recipe
 
I used the new Princess Pea Tilda, from the Once Upon A Time, collection. I just love her and sat her on her piano, coloured with distress markers.
Papers - Papermania, Lucy Cromwell
Go Kreate - frilly
Doily
Magnolia  - Romantic lace border
Memory Box - Precious  hearts and Catalina Wreath
Die-namics - musical notes
Marianne - hearts LR0159
Whimsy - ticket and circle Remnants dies and sentiments
Flowers - WOC
Lace, pearls and ribbon from stash.
Have a fab day whatever you're doing.
Hugs Sue X.
 
 

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Monday, 15 April 2013

In The Pink

Hi guys, well I'm definitely on a roll. Three posts in one day, it has to be a record. Scoll down for the other two.
Now I couldn't resist buying some of the new Tilda's when I saw them, I just love 'em so there will probably be quite a few more.
This one I had to send for as she is a special order, but just had to have her!!!
So I checked out some of the challenges to see what the theme was and combined a few.
This is what I came up with.
 



 
Recipe
 
Magnolia - Drip Drop Tilda masked, background stamp, root cellar door, coloured with distress inks.
Go Kreate - Frilly 10 for card shape
Papers - Forever Friends, New Arrival, machine stitched
Memory Box - Prim Poppy and Puffy Clouds
Magnolia - Swirl, Tea Label dies and Christmas Tags.
Cheesecloth
Sentiment - Whimsical Designs Vol 1
Flowers - WOC and others
Pearl and ribbon from stash.
 
Challenges
 
marvelous magnolias - pretty in pink
you me and magnolia -anything goes
totally tilda - bingo (dies and or punching, flowers, machine stitching)
midweek magnolias - april showers
magnolia down under - masking
glitter and sparkle - stitching
allsorts - letter of your name (swirl, stitching, shower, sentiment)
whimsy inspires - pretty in pink
ribbon caroused 80 - showers and flowers
crafty creations - no squares
bunny zoes crafts - fave colour combo
 
 
Well I thinks that's the last one for today so off to check out what you're all up to.
Laters.
Hugs Sue X
 


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Seeing Stars

Good morning, hope the sun is shining where you are.
 
Today sees the start of a new challenge over at Songbird  and the theme for the next two weeks is
'Stars'
a star or stars must feature somewhere on your card
 
Our fab sponsor is
 
 
 
who are offering 5 free digis  to the winner chosen at random
how fab is that.
 


 
Recipe
 
Meljen's Designs - Sleepy Moon Bear, coloured with copics and promarkers.
Card cut out using Spellbinders Grand Decorative Circles One
Papers - Forever Friends, New Arrival
Frame - Joy crafts 0147 and corner 0148
Die-namics Stacking Stars
Whimsy stamp die and sentiment
Magnolia - swirl and leaf dies, star tags
Marianne - Heart LR0159
WOC - flowers and others
Ribbon - stash
So pop over and get those starry creations entered.
Hugs Sue W.
 
 

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Raining Rubble!

Hi everyone, hope you are all well and have had a fab weekend.
 
Don't trust the weatherman. We were promised a heat wave of sorts, well an increase in temperature at least and what did we get, plenty of rain and very high winds.
When is 'Spring' coming or are we just jumping forward to Autumn!!
 
My next door neighbour lost some of her render at the back of the house so she's had a firm in to re-render. OMG .... I came home on Friday as they were taking the rest down and I nearly had a fit....
As it was being drilled off it was falling and bouncing off the roof of my Conservatory!!
They had put some padded sheeting up but it only covered a small area and the rest was uncovered and getting stoned. When I went round he was actually sat the Conservatory roof and couldn't understand why I was upset. What is wrong with people these days. My neighbour didn't even have the decency to come to me and apologise either and I'm sure she will have seen what was happening and heard me having words with the builders.
Whatever she needs to borrow next is definitely going to be unavailable!!
 
Well here's another Tilda just for a change. Now purple is a colour I don't seem to use much I don't know why, but a friend of mine gave me some purple feathers so I sort of built my card around it. Funny way of going about it I hear you say, yeah I had a chuckle myself too. I usually pick out the papers first. Love this new Tilda too she is such a cutie.
 



 
Recipe
 
Go Kreate - Frilly 4 card shape and Frilly 5
Magnolia - Tilda Longstockings coloured with distress markers, New York stamps.
Spellbinders - Floral  Ovals
Papers - LOTV Bonnets and Bowties and Promises
La La Land - Heart Banner
Whimsy - corner die
Magnolia - Christmas tags and LOTV sentiment
Flowers - WOC  and others
Pearls, lace, netting and feather from stash
Take care.
Hugs Sue X

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Thursday, 11 April 2013

Here we go again.

Hi everyone, hope you are all well. We have had a little sunshine, still quite cold and the snow hasn't disappeared altogether but it's going the right way and we have been promised some warmer weather by the weekend so have to wait and see.
 
A couple of weeks ago my eldest Daughter that works at the Hospital applied for another job, still within the Hospital, just in another department (Physio) as she was ready for a change. She didn't think she'd have a chance of it as there were so many applicants, but she was shortlisted for an interview and a couple of days later she received a phone call to say she had been successful and was offered the post. We were so pleased for her and it was sooo nice to have some good news. She starts at the end of April and the first thing she said was ' Yeah... no Christmas Day, no Boxing Day, no New Year's day......... Can't wait for Christmas!!!
 
Quite a few years ago we were broken into and our house was trashed and it was one of the worst feelings to come home to, as those of you that have experienced it will know. Well the person responsible is back in our area and today one of my clients told me her next door neighbour was broken into yesterday, too much of a coincidence and being as she only lives down the road from us it makes us feel very uneasy. I couldn't type what I'm thinking about him!!! Just hope he's caught very quickly and put away again. He needs his ruddy hands chopping off!!!
 
My card  is one I made a couple of months ago but didn't get round to posting but saw a challenge that said to use a background stamp so I thought it would be perfect. Again used one of my Tilda's that I've had a long time. See how good I'm being using my old stash..... ha ha.
 



 
Recipe
 
Magnolia Tilda, coloured with distress markers, stamped the bench and added the grasses, hanging leaves and the clouds.
Magnolia - fence, cloud and swirl dies and sentiment.
Go Kreate - frilly square 10
Papers -  First Edition I think but not sure which one.
Marianne - heart LR0159
Whimsy - corner die
Cheery Lynn - Exotic butterfly small and Martha Stewart butterfly punch
Pearls and charm - stash
Flowers - WOC and others.
Have a super day whatever you're doing.
Catch ya laters.
Hugs Sue X

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Sunday, 7 April 2013

Another one for the pot!!

Good morning all, hope the sun is shining where you are, it hasn't quite managed here yet but I'm hoping it will.
Yesterday was gorgeous, although cold, the sun shone all day, shame I was working!!
 
So the card I have today is for my Christmas Card Buddies.
 I actually had this ready to post last Sunday cos I got mixed up with my weeks, an age thing I believe, soo I'm quite chuffed to be on time with this one (big grin on my chops)  and it's the lovely Sylvie's choice of Silver and one other colour, soo after I'd scratched my head a few times I went in search of some Silver, cos I don't use it and didn't know if I had any, but hey ho in one of the drawers that doesn't get opened much there it was.
 In another drawer that doesn't get opened much I found the tree stamp and so my card was born.... so to speak.
 
Oooh I do love glitter on Christmas Cards!!!
 
 


 
 
 
Recipe
 
Cardstock and Silver had for a while from goodness knows where.
Tree stamp - Dimension Fourth, stamped in black and glittered with Jones Tones Holographic Silver,
inside stamped with grey and glittered.

LOTV - silver mesh and sentiment and tag.
Snowflake charm from stash, I know it's hard to see but it's on the front with the tag.
Marianne snowflake - CR1227
Diamantes - stash
 
Hope you all have a fab Sunday.
Hugs Sue X

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