More fairy doors

I know you may have seen some of these on my blog before but these were some of the latest ones I have made. They always come out differently as it depends what I find to embellish them with. The coral is a new colour and both these sold so more to be made. I found the wooden fairies on Ebay and used a Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen for the wings. The toadstools are also from Ebay and I used Copic sparkle pens on those. I bought the little signs at a show some time ago and wrote various things on them. The wooden wreaths are from Hobbycraft and flowers from Wild Orchid.

Crafting Live!

We have been away in Yorkshire since Monday, staying in a cottage just outside Skipton.  We had a lovely time, though neither of us like the heat so it was a bit too hot at times. Thankfully we were staying in a converted barn which was pretty cool. We love Yorkshire, fabulous scenery, love the hills, so unlike Norfolk. I will start catching up on some blog commenting as soon as I can.  Last night we were at a Premier Inn in Doncaster as today I am off to Crafting Live at Doncaster Racecourse. I haven;t been her for a couple of years so am really looking forward to it as it is a big show. The plan is for hubby to come in with me as I got 2 free tickets and we will have a coffee and I will quickly get some of the things on my need list like coloured card.  He is then planning to go to an aircraft museum nearby whilst I browse, chat and see what else I fancy buying.

Hello ladybird

I couldn't resist buying a few digis from Lee Holland's Etsy shop as he has a half price sale on until 15th. I bought a set of 3 hedgehog stamps and this is the first one I have used.  I have used Copics and chalk for the sky.  The papers are Bo Bunny. I diecut the mushroom border from kraft card and coloured with Copics and a white gel pen.  The dies are MFT stitched domes, CC designs mushroom border and Memory Box aboscello tree.  The sentiment is LOTV.

Challenges

Stamping Sensations In my garden 

Dies R Us anything goes (Memory Box die)

Bunny stocking

Sharing another of the samples I made for the LOTV launch shows on Hochanda. The image has been coloured with Copics and fussy cut. The papers are Bo Bunny Altitude. Dies used are Go Kreate frilly squares 10 and MFT pierced banners.  The sentiment is one of the new swirly ones. The flowers are from Wild Orchid and I used a Woodware punch for the leaves.  The wooden heart was coloured with a Spectrum Noir moonstone sparkle pen.  I bought a few of these after reviews on FB that they are better than Wink of Stella pens and I am impressed with them as they are very sparkly.

Frozen!

Well one thing we haven't been lately is frozen. Some days have been lovely, others far too hot for me. I took these photos at Disney Springs in Orlando a couple of years ago and wanted to create a Frozen scrapbook page. We went to the sing a long show at Hollywood Studios which was great fun. The audience sang their hearts out to Let It Go, all except poor hubby who had a sore throat. 

I rarely buy scrapbook sets but I loved this one from My Paper Studios which I bought in America. The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons, everything else is from the kit, apart from the journalling.

I would like to enter this into the O is for On challenge at ABC Christmas. They are on the ice and Olaf is on top of lots of Olafs.

Hippo Birthday

I love both rubber and digi stamps. One of the big advantages of digis is being able to resize them which I have done here. These are two of the new DSB stamps designed for LOTV and they will be available from LOTV from tomorrow.  As soon as I saw them I knew they would go perfectly together so I reduced them, merged them and added the sentiment which comes with them.

They have been coloured with Copics. I used a MFT stencil and chalk for the sky. The papers are MFT tiny check brights. I used a MFT wonky stitched rectangle, Joy banner and Die-Versions celebrate banner dies.

I would like to enter this into the anything goes challenge at Dies R Us (Die-versions die).

Little Mermaid brings exciting news

I have a new digi to share with you today from Digistamp Boutique. She is one of three new mermaids designed for tomorrow's launch of DSB at Lili of the Valley. I was delighted when I saw that LOTV were taking on DSB. Sally-Ann who owns DSB wants to concentrate on designing and leave the business side to others and the images fit very well with LOTV. I coloured her with Copics and used a Wink of Stella clear brush pen on her tail to add some sparkle. Now here I had a lucky accident as a large blob of sparkle landed on the tail so I quickly swished it over and got a better sparkle than I expected.  The sentiment is part of the set.  I wanted to keep it simple so coloured the bubbles with a Spectrum Noir moonstone sparkle pen and added some sparkly enamel dots I bought in The Works just the other day, a lucky find.  The backing paper is First Edition Beyond The Shore.

I have a day alone today as hubby is out on powerboat rescue all day. Lots of crafting to get done today and a few odd jobs no doubt.  Poldark tonight, hope it isn't as sad as last week's episode.

Barclay with star

Another simple Christmas card from me today. This one is for our challenge at A Gem of a Challenge where I have the pleasure of hosting and I have chosen the theme of teddy bears.  I decided to use the precoloured Barclay with Star and teamed him with some gorgeous paper which needed very little embellishing. It is Kaisercraft silver bells and I hope you can see how shiny the snowflakes are. I added fun flock to his hat and layered some MFT snowflakes cut from silver glitter card. The sentiment comes from the paper pack.

Christmas love

If you watched the second LOTV Hochanda show you will have seen this card on there. I really love the simplicity of this design. Coloured with Copics with a little gold pen on the reindeer's outfit.  I simply diecut one of the new swirly sentiments and added some hearts from Hobbycraft.

Challenges

ABC Christmas O is for On 

Simon Says red and white 

The Paper Shelter celebrate! 

As you like it favourite celebration (no prizes for knowing mine is Christmas. I love making all cards but Christmas cards are definitely my favourite to make and I make them all year round.)

Welcome to my new followers. Thank you so much for following me. I hope you will come back often and leave me some comments. I always appreciate knowing people have visited.

Chores and gardening this morning then off to the coast for a walk, meal and a 60's concert.

In the garden

I haven't had much time for crafting recently with so many craft fairs and samples to make for the LOTV launch. So I made a quick card which looks like it took much longer than it actually did. Now you are probably thinking I stamped all the different elements on this card but in fact it is a beautiful new digi from Digistamp Boutique. All I did was add the sentiment in the top corner. The set includes the sentiments and images in different colours.  I used a black card blank and simply added some Joy diecut foliage and a Memory Box diecut dragonfly to which I added some sparkle with a clear Wink of Stella pen.

I would like to enter the in my garden challenge at Stamping Sensations and anything goes using a die company we stock at Dies R Us (Memory Box)

Beetlejuice

Last Thursday when I had my usual crafternoon and evening as hubby was out volunteering on rescue at the powerboat club I decided to create a couple of scrapbook layouts. I started the year well but haven't made any for ages. I have almost finished my large theme park scrapbook so I am planning to concentrate on getting that one finished.

This was taken at Universal Studios, Orlando outside the Beetlejuice show. He was posing for photos with some of his dancers and Graham decided to have his photo taken with them. I found the backing paper in my stash. The title letters are American Thickers. I wanted to keep the layout simple so added some chevron washi tape and some stickers from my scrapbook stash. The diamonds were made with a Tim Holtz die and I was going to throw away the waste ones when I thought they looked good around the picture.

Off to meet my Mum for lunch in the city today and Graham has an osteopath appointment. He doesn't have any particular pain at the moment thank goodness, this is for a three month check sonce he went for a back problem.

Present for the robin

Yes, another sample I made for the LOTV TV launch yesterday.  I have scheduled this post si I don't know if any of my cards were shown, I hope so. As well as the gorgeous new images they are also relaunching a few of the older images and this lovely young lady is one of them. I coloured her with Copics and paper pieced her outfit adding some shading with Copics. 

I also used fun flock on her dress and hat. The papers are Bo Bunny. I used a Doohickey fence and Marianne birds dies and some new Impression Obsession birdhouse dies I bought in The Craft Barn sale.  I have various birdhouses but always wanted this set which also has another different shaped die and 50% off was too good an offer to miss.  I distressed the edges ad added some silver acrylic paint to the snow and fence. The sentiment is another of the new ones which were part of the launch.  I will be entering this into the anything goes challenge at Simon Says.

Time to get some chores done this morning and out for coffee with friends this afternoon.

Launch Day

It's launch day for the new LOTV Christmas stamps in both rubber and digi. They will be on Hochanda at 11am and 3pm. They have the exclusive to them for two weeks and then they will be available to buy from LOTV. The rubber stamps may not last too long though.

This little cutie is one of a few new angel images. I went for a distressed look, creating an aperture with a MFT die. She has been coloured with Copics with sparkle on her wings of course. The paper is a new one from Hobbycraft. I added some cheesecloth and lace from Crafty Ribbons.  I punched the stars from Core-dinations and sanded them back.  The sentiments I have been using are all new as well as part of the launch.

I shall miss the shows as I am selling at the hospital shop today but I have the recorder set so I can watch when I get home.

I would like to enter the anything goes challenge at Simon Says.

3rd sneak peek

Are you enjoying the samples the LOTV DT are showing you on their blogs and Facebook? I made a gift bag using this cute teddy bear image.

I coloured the stamp with Copics. The paper is a LOTV digi one, lace from stash, ribbon from Crafty Ribbons. The holly die is a memory Box one which I cut in two.  I am entering the anything goes challenge at Simon Says.

I have my recorder set for the two shows on Hochanda tomorrow at 11am and 3pm as I am out all day selling at the hospital shop which I shall be setting up this morning. Time for a rest from craft fairs for a while then.

Another sneak peek

Yes, another of the cute new stamps launching on Hochanda on 2 July (see yesterday's post).  I coloured the image with Copics and diecut it using a MFT wonky stitched rectangle die.  The sentiment is from one of the two new sets and I used a blue sparkle pen on it. The backing paper is from a new Hobbycraft pack. I found some pretty striped glitter card in my stash and used various dies to cut some trees. The snowflakes were cut using a Tonic punch and white glitter card.  I added some snow using a Viva pearl pen.  

I am at a craft fair all day today, hope it isn't too hot.  It is a venue I haven't done for several years so hope it will be worthwhile. When I get home I shall be linking to the anything goes challenge at Simon Says.

Exciting new launch

If you are a Lili of the Valley fan you will no doubt be aware that they have their first Christmas release of the year on Hochanda on Monday 2 July. I will be out all day so have set my recorder for the two shows. There are so many gorgeous cute images and I feel so lucky to be on the design team and given the chance to play with them and make samples for the shows.

This is my favourite of the new images as I do love penguins and these two are just so adorable, all wrapped up, just like me in the Winter. I coloured them with Copics. The sentiment is part of a new set too and I added some colour with a Copic sparkle pen. I made a frame using a Go Kreate frilly squares die set and red spotted card. The backing paper is a LOTV digi one.  I added some fun flock and glitter.

Now the really exciting news is that the launch will be available as digis and also rubber stamps, which I know will please a lot of people.  I do hope you manage to catch the shows, Look out for lots more samples over the next few days. If you love cute you will love these new stamps.

I would like to enter anything goes at Simon Says and going digital at The Paper Shelter.

Fore!

We had a good day at the craft fair yesterday. I hope to get a few more cards made before the next one on Saturday. This is the last of the Birthday cards I had to send this month.  Time to make July's, only two towards the end of the month so plenty of time yet.  I bought this Penny Black stamp a while ago and have been saving it to use for a guy who loves golf. Coloured with Copics and teamed with MME Lime Twist papers. I used Lawn Fawn stitched circle and rolling hills dies. The large sentiment is from Stamposaurus and I just added some baker's twine.

Embossing

When I saw the challenge at As you like it was your favourite type of embossing I thought how much I love heat embossing and don't do enough of it.I love the way the magic happens when you heat the embossing powder and it melts and looks so pretty.

I got a new set of oriental Card-io stamps and the branch was just right for what I wanted. I made a similar card last year with pink and blue snowflakes but for this one I used gold embossing powder. It looks so shiny and gold but that doesn't come across in the photo. The deer s from the Card-io deer deer set. I used chunky white enamel embossing powder which has to be heated carefully from underneath otherwise it flies everywhere,  i used a MFT stencil for the hilly shape and a blue ink pad. The Martha Stewart crystal glitter has never been used before and I really like it. I wanted to add some colour so layered it onto red card and used the large Memory Box sentiment die, another die which I really like but which I don't use that much as it is so big.

Early start for the hospital craft fair today so will link up later.

Sweet Treats

Well this is a rare occurrence, I am posting this live. Normally I schedule my posts in advance but I have been so busy with other things, sewing, LOTV samples for Hochanda shows next Monday and magazine work that I haven't had time to make anything else to share on here. 

I wanted to play along with the sweet treats challenge at Allsorts and found this yummy Hobby House topper in my stash. It was already diecut but I wanted to soften the edges so used Tattered Rose DI on the edges. The papers are some old LOTV Dress Shoppe ones. I added a doily, enamel dots, lace from Crafty Ribbons and some bunting from my stash, some of which has cakes on it. I found the most appropriate sentiment amongst some sentiment stickers I have had for years,

I would also like to enter the anything goes challenge at The Ribbon Girl and bright and cheerful at Simon Says.

I shall be scheduling my post for tomorrow later today as I am out early tomorrow for the hospital craft fair. I have my first LOTV Christmas samples scheduled from Friday. You are going to love the new images and they will be in rubber as well as digi, which I know will please many of you.

It seems much fresher this morning, certainly last night was cooler, so hope it won't be as hot as yesterday. The poor garden desperately needs some rain. Watering every night is getting to be a bit of a bind and not as effective as a good rainfall.

Christmas bauble

Yes, more sewing today. Do you realise 6 months today will be Christmas Eve! Isn't that a shocking thought. Am I half way through my Christmas makes, of course not, but I am making good progress. I saw an idea on the Papercrafter page on Facebook for some felt baubles and thought I would adapt the idea, as I always do. I watched the you tube video and the demonstrator had cut a piece of felt in a zigzag to represent the trees but I didn't want to do this. I like to use dies wherever I can.

I used a circle die for the bauble, hill and tree dies, then did running stitch on the snow. I then sewed on some tiny buttons, added the ribbon and blanket stitched around the edge. I filled the bauble, but not as much as the animals I sew as I didn't want it too puffy.  I am rather pleased with the way it turned out and will be making some more of these along with all my other sewing projects.

I would like to enter this into the bright and cheerful challenge at Simon Says.

Sailor bear

Time for a new challenge at A Gem of a Challenge and our theme is red, white and blue. I used one of my fave bear images, Pirate Barclay. I used the precoloured digi and teamed him with some old Papermania Ahoy There papers. The banner die is Joy and the mini nautical dies are Impression Obsessions.

Challenges

Simon Says bright and cheerful 

Dies R Us Summertime fun

I am trying out a new venue this morning at a farmer's and craft market. The organiser is a fellow cardmaker and blogger and we went to have a look last month. I am just taking my gifts to sell as it wouldn't be fair to her to take my cards. Set up is from 8.30 and the market is from 9.30-12.30. It isn't far from us so will be back home early afternoon. I have signed up for 5 of these this year so will see how they go.

More sewing

Last weekend when we went to the rose festival there were some craft stalls and I always enjoy seeing what other crafters make.  There was a lady there who makes lots of machine sewn items and she had some glasses cases for sale.  I didn't like the material she had used, the machine stitching nor the slanted tops though they were perfectly made.  I thought I could make some prettier handsewn ones and here are the first three I made. I have a very boring grey felt one which came with my glasses and I do find it handy to slip in my handbag when I go to the hairdressers or on holiday. I have a lovely Gorjuss Girl hard case on my dressing table I use every day.

So I measured my felt one and cut some felt the same size. I then cut some pretty materials 1" bigger all round, turned in the edges and sewed them together. So they look pretty and have a practical felt lining to protect the glasses.  I have several more cut out and once I have a few more made one will be replacing my grey felt case.

Carol singers

Well my samples will be going off in the post tomorrow and I should be able to start sharing some of them with you soon. I can't wait as they really are so cute. As is my card today using an old Digistamp Boutique image, coloured with Copics. The papers are LOTV digi krafty Christmas. I used a Tonic snowflake punch and a Joy lamppost die. The sentiment is from my favourote LOTV grunge Christmas set. I added shading with DI vintage photo.

Challenges

ABC Christmas M is for mice 

I am off for a dentist check up this morning. I have had an occasional twinge in one of my back teeth so fingers crossed it is nothing and I don't need a filling.

Time for Tea

I am still on my mission to use up some of my supplies so I thought I would take a look through some diecuts and came across a part used pack of Pebbles diecuts which I got when I was on a DT. I love using teacups and teapots but unfortunately I don't like drinking tea, coffee for me please.

The papers are Bo Bunny double dot damask. I made a frame out of patterned card using two Go Kreate frilly square 9 dies. I really like the effect so no doubt you will see one of these again. The flowers are from Wild Orchid and I added some enamel dots. I had an email from Wild Orchid that their Summer sale is on so I will be checking my flower boxes and seeing what I need.

Challenges

Simon Says frame it 

Crafty Calendar 3 of something (3 diecuts) 

As you like it Favourite card shape (mine is definitely square for its symmetry and the fact it seems to work best for so many styles of card)

Watering the flowers

Another Birthday card for another friend, June has been a busy month for Birthdays and Anniversaries.  This is another of the three Penny Black stamps I just bought and this made me smile as it suits my friend perfectly. Whereas we like a cottage garden look with different heights and plants growing through each other my friend ends to plant small flowers with lots of earth showing, Also their hose doesn't reach their front garden so they have to relay watering cans round to the front garden.

So I coloured the image with Copics, the paper is First Edition Mulberry Kisses. The fence dies is one of my favourites from Doohickey. I used Memory Box cloud dies and stamped a Little Claire sentiment onto the largest one. The butterflies were made with Crafts Too dies.

A couple of people commented on my last PB post that they take the rubber stamp off the wood. I know it makes it easier to store but part of the charm for me is the wood with the pictures. It would be like storing other stamps without their packets which I couldn't do either.  

Challenges

Penny Black and more at Allsorts in the garden 

The Ribbon Girl anything goes option Summer 

Creative Inspirations here comes the Sun! 

The Paper Shelter ribbons, buttons or pearls

Dies R Us Summertime fun

Purple and Gorjuss

I made this card for a friend who shares my love of purple and Gorjuss Girls.  A least that makes it easy to choose what to use on her card. I  prefer the small stamps but don't find them that easy to colour though especially their hair.  Mind you the bigger stamps are even harder.

Medium - Copics

Papers - MFT hearts and stripes

Dies - MFT stitched scalloped border, Joy vintage leaf flourish, MFT wonky stitched oval

Sentiments - Digistamp Boutique Happy Birthday and friends found in stash

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Butterfly - Poundworld

Challenges

As you like it favourite card shape (mine has to be square as I find it the easiest to work with and to embellish. The symmetry appeals to me more than rectangular.) 

The Ribbon Girl anything goes

Christmas Kiss

This is the second of the quick Christmas cards I made whilst working on samples for TV. This one took a bit longer as the Marianne diecut poinsettias have to be cut and then put through again with the embossing mat.  The papers are First Edition Merry Little Christmas. The image is actually one of the old LOTV precoloured squares they used to sell. Some are still available in their Ebay shop. I used a stitched square die on it. The sentiment is LOTV and I used a Woodware holly punch.

Challenges

ABC Christmas L is for Love

Hubby is going out for a while to see a display at a boat museum and as I don't really want to go I will be taking the opportunity for some crafting. This evening we are out for a meal with friends and then going to a music show at the theatre.  I have the recorder set for Poldark and will have to catch up on it tomorrow night.

Do you wanna build a snowman?

I am very busy making Christmas samples for a TV launch early next month so haven't had a lot of time to make other cards. Whilst I was in Christmas mood I did make a couple of  quick cards, one for today and one for tomorrow.  This is a cute LOTV precoloured simply print which I teamed with an odd sheet of paper and a wooden sentiment which I coloured with a white Wink of Stella pen. I used a Memory Box snowflake die with aqua glitter card.  That's it, job done.

Challenges

ABC Christmas M is for mice 

Christmas with the Cuties festive furry friends

I hope the weather is going to be good today as we are going to a garden festival at a rose growers.  Enjoy your weekend whatever you have planned.

Step into Christmas

Oh dear now I have typed the blog post title I have that song running through my head.  I didn't get enough of these made last year so I was determined to start them earlier this time.  The cream is a Rustoleum chalk paint and the red I painted with a Zig Woodcraft marker. The snowmen, wreaths and trees are from Hobbycraft last year. I made arrangements at the top using wooden snowflakes, berries I found in my stash, from The Ribbon Girl I think, poinsettias and white flowers from Hobbycraft.

Remembrance

My wooden blocks sell very well both at fairs and in the shop I supply. I decided to make a couple of different ones using Inkylicious stamps on the cream painted surface.  We have a plaque in our conservatory with the sentiment on the right which I bought a few years ago after a special friend died.  The stamps on the left are all from the same set. I added a couple of wooden hearts to the block on the right.