A Lovely Surprise

Have just had a lovely surprise from a blogging UKS friend Chris who has passed on this award to me. Believe me this is a huge compliment coming from this lady as she is very talented. Check out her blog you wont be disappointed.

The rules of the award.

1. Only 5 people allowed.

2. 4 have to be dedicated followers of your blog

3. one has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world.

4. you must link back to whoever gave you the award, it is a way of saying thank you to those who take time out for wonderful comments to boost your day.

I am going to pass this award to:-

Chloe

Nadia

Edna

Anna

Elliemook

Christmas Lamp Tilda

Went up in the loft last night to craft and my eldest daughter Chloe came too. We had a couple of hours crafting together which we haven't done for a while because she usually has lots of homework from school to do. Now it's coming to the end of school year it's eased off a bit for her and she has some more free time to craft.
I made a Christmas card with a Tilda stamp I hadn't used yet. She is stamped in Versafine Smokey Grey and water coloured. The green check backing paper is from a Little Sizzles pad and the circle is cut from a Christmas DCWV pad with a spellbinder die. The sentiment is a PSX stamp which I love. Added glitter and embellishments from my stash.
Chloe made a card for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge -her first ever challenge. She has put it on her blog -Please take a look and leave her an encouraging comment.TIA

Wedding Acceptance

Just a quick post today to put on this Wedding Acceptance card I made for a Doo my Husband and I have been invited to. I used the swirly birdy Cuttlebug embossing folder for the main feature on the card, stamped and heat embossed the "Acceptance" sentiment down the side and added some pretty ribbon to finish.

Sizzix Dinosaur

Just not getting as much card making done as I would like at the moment with one thing and another so my postings are a bit slow. Anyway managed to get a card done that my youngest needs for the weekend.
I used the Sizzix die to cut a dinosaur out of velvet paper and gave him a makeover with a googly eye, spots and a spiny back. I made a collage background for him to live in with the Sizzix tree die, torn paper mountains and punched leaves,dragonflies and ferns. Rubbed chalk pads in the sky for a cloud effect. I printed the sentiment in "word" and punched out with a circle punch. Added a stitched effect with a brown permanent pen.
The theme of the little boys party is Superheros and Princess's but I don't have any of those!
I think most little boys like dinosaurs! Fingers crossed.

Another Christmas Card

Haven't made a Christmas card towards my Christmas Box for a few weeks so the other night I picked one out I haven't used for a while. It's a Stampendous stamp and I think he is a lovely cheerful chappy. I like the stamp not just because of the image but also because it has the sentiment on it too.

I stamped him in Versafine smokey grey and then water coloured him. The backing papers are from a K and Co mat stack. I added ribbon and embellishments from my stash and applied plenty of glitter ( it is for Christmas!) The camera hasn't picked it up very well but I have stamped snowflakes on the card front in pale blue chalk inks.

I've also made some quick cards for a Charity sale that was happening at my daughters play group in aid of a Children's Cancer Charity. Here are a couple.(below)

Tilda "without" Balloon

I hadn't been able to get in my craft space last week as I'd been busy doing other things like organising my eldest daughter to go on a school trip to Germany - so nothing new to post. But managed to get up there on Sunday and get a card making fix. Phew.

I wanted to do a "Thankyou" card for the leaders at my youngest daughters playgroup as she is leaving in July to go to School in September. I can't take credit for the blackboard idea as I've seen it done on many websites and thought it was cute.

I stamped Tilda with Balloon using versafine smokey grey, but missing out the balloon part and watercoloured her. Cut two squares one black one brown to make chalk board and mounted onto the K and Co backing paper on the front of the card. Wrote on the black card with a white sharpie to look like chalk. Added flowers, rik rak, brads and buttons to finish - oh and of course a bit of glitter to Tilda and a cocktail stick to point.

No Patterned Paper Card

Made this card for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge Blog.The Challenge was to make a card with either no backing paper, no bought patterned backing paper or make your own backing paper, I went for the first one obviously. The fairy teddy is a Penny Black stamp I've had for years now but she is so cute she still gets to see daylight a few times a year. I stamped her in versafine smokey grey and then watercoloured her, cut her out, layered her onto the card over another stamped image to get her halo in and added the essential glitter. Stamped sentiment in smokey grey and brushed over with watercolour paint and glittered too. Added ribbon and bling hearts.

Sometimes a stamp can be so pretty you don't need backing paper to be fighting with the image.

Golden Wedding Anniversary Card

Have been a little busy with other things for the last few days so not much crafting or blogging done. Did manage to grab some time on Friday night to make a Golden Wedding Anniversary card for my Mother and Father In Laws Anniversary. Had to stick to a simple design as I didn't have much time to make it. Embossed the swirls and sentiment in gold and layered sentiment onto gold card. Added Prima flowers with a little bit of peachy chalk on the petals. The 50 was cut with Ellison thin cuts and layered on to punched cream and gold card. Then added some ribbon across the card and some bling to the centre of the flowers.

Swirly Birdy Card

Have had my swirly birdy Cuttlebug embossing folder for a while now and never used it so decided to make a little bird themed card. I stamped the stylised bird stamp from Hero Arts in Versafine Vintage Sepia onto a punched blue card circle and then added a touch of colour with pearly paints and pens. I then layered up on to a scalloped circle cut from brown sparkly card which came from a DCWV card pad. The blue backing card is also DCWV. Added ribbon and greeting.

Have just heard that a fellow uk scrapper Chris99 is starting a Blog -Sketching Stamper and I can't wait to see what she puts on. She is a very talented lady and I'm sure her blog will be fabulous. Her blog is Here
if you fancy taking a look and bookmarking it for future viewing.

Long Time No Scrapbook

Haven't done a scrapbook page for aaaaaages and seen as I've got quite a few cards in hand at the moment I decided to dust off my current album and add a page.

The Pink 12 x 12 card is Doodlebug. I layered the photos onto black card and added the swirls which are a free download from Funky Fairy Inspirations

The title rub-ons were also Doodlebug and I added flowers and gems to finish.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

Here's my entry to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge. You were asked to make something with the first Penny Black stamp you ever bought. Well I searched in my stamp drawers and came out with this one. I'm not totally sure it was my first but I had written 1996 on the side of it in pen so it must be one of my first purchased. It's such a nice stamp to make tags for presents with. I used my snowflake cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss the card front and added ribbon and trim. The snowflake is a punch out.

Pale Blue Tilda

Added another card to my Christmas box. Stamped Christmas Tilda in Versafine Smokey Grey, watercoloured her and then cut her out and layered her onto backing paper and card. The blue backing paper is Penny Black but not sure whereabouts the spotty one came from. The little wavy sentiment banner is from CardArt. Added punched snowflakes, little white snowballs and a touch of glitter for that Christmas feel.

Cute Birthday Cats

Made a card for Cute Card Thursday blog challenge last night. Have gone Penny Black crazy at the moment!!! You had to use 3 different types of embellishments. I watercoloured the stamped image as usual. The backing paper was from a k and Co mat pad. I have used ribbon, a brad and flowers as my 3 different embellishments. Oh and there is a bit of bling on there too I hope thats not overkill!!

Purple Birthday

Here's the card I made for my daughters 15th Birthday. The backing papers were free downloads from Funky Fairy Inspirations and they are beautiful. The silhouette stamp was an e-bay purchase earlier this year - don't remember the make. I stamped in black pigment ink and embossed with clear powder. Cut black card for trim. Added flower, ribbon and bling here and there.
Have just had this Challenge blog bought to my attention for anyone who loves ther Penny Blacks. Its Penny Blacks Saturday Challenge. Will be good to see lots of lovely Penny Black creations.

Girl or a Boy?

Gosh it's been warm hasn't it. Had to have the fan on in the loft to cool me down but even then it was a bit too hot up there last night.
Have made a couple of baby cards for my neighbour, don't know what she's having yet so made one of each in anticipation as she's due any day now.
The word stamps are Stampendous which I stamped with chalk pads but they looked a bit plain so I then glittered over the top. The safety pin is a sizzix sizzlit die which I then put a bit of ribbon around. Saw that idea somewhere else but can't remember where or when. Punched 2 ovals and layered up with sticky pads. Cut a bit of trim out of matching card with my fiskars rotary cutter. Added the little buttons from stash.

Struggle with Tilda

Really struggled on Saturday night with the layout of this card - it just wouldn't come together. I drove myself mad, so left it on my workspace and went back to it this morning and it just flew together. Happy with the outcome now.

I Stamped Tilda with Smokey Grey Versafine, watercoloured the image and cut her out. Layered circles cut from K and co pad on to card after adding swirls to them with pink chalk pad. Stamped Tilda again across circle and card. Put ribbon across card for her to sit on. Layered her and her balloon on with sticky pads. Punched one scalloped circle and a plain circle for greeting.( it says Happy Birthday, can't quite see because of the light) Added flowers and brads and a little pink chalk around the edge of the card.

Cute Tag Card

Hello, I've been absent from here for a couple of nights as I've been working on my eldest Daughters Birthday card. I have finished it now but can't upload it yet as it's not her birthday until Wednesday and I don't want her to see.
Started making a little tag card last night for my Christmas box again and finished it this afternoon. I already had the stamped image coloured and ready to go. The tag is a Sizzix die cut just outside the fold to make a card. I Layered a piece of torn red card on top and a piece of DCWV backing paper behind the image. Of course the stamp is a Penny Black. Added the greeting, ribbon, glitter and buttons from stash.

http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/
Have entered my first ever challenge with this little card.

Dad Birthday Card

Made a Birthday card for FIL last night. June is a Male card month for me 2 Dads Birthdays and 2 Fathers Day cards. I just can't get the creative juices to flow when I'm doing cards for men. I much prefer to be doing cute or pretty.

The backing papers were free with a magazine (I think). Cut a strip of red card and cut out a sizzix belt buckle to pop on it. The letters were Ellison "Curlie Girlie" ( not very male). Punched two circles, one scollopped and layered on the "Happy Birthday" and then put some glitter on to finish.

I should just point out that this card has a Blue and Red colour scheme not pink and purple as it may look on the photo.

Old Penny Black Stamp

Felt a bit yukky all day yesterday - think I sat in the sun too long on Saturday! Still I couldn't resist the pull of the craft room. Added another one to my Christmas box by making this Penny Black "Musical Angel" card. I've had her for years and had been ignoring her in my stamp drawers. Forgotten how cute she is. Stamped in Smokey Grey Versafine, watercoloured her and added glitter. Cut her out and layered her onto some red card. The greeting is a stampendous one also stamped in Versafine Smokey Grey with a little glitter added. The backing paper along the left hand edge is from a DCWV Christmas Pad with ribbon and bling from stash. I WILL BE ORGANISED FOR CHRISTMAS! I WILL I WILL!!

Penny Black Teddy Cards

Snook off to my hidey hole again last night - getting away from that Britains Got Talent thingy. I used another of my new Penny Black stamps. It's such a cute image and would do for a boy or a girl card. Again stamped in vintage sepia versafine and watercoloured. Cut out Sizzix tag and layered bear and balloon on top. The backing papers are from a Little Sizzles "country" pad. Added ribbon, brads and words from stash.

Forest, Leaves and Fathers Day Card

I love this leafy track picture below, I could just climb into it and wander off for an hour or so!

Well despite the rain we decided to go for a walk in Delamere Forest on Wednesday afternoon. Macs and brollys were the order of the day although it was not cold at all, just wet.
Phoebe thoroughly enjoyed herself in the mud with her wellies on. I love going to the forest and always feel like I can really breathe there. It seemed like we virtually had it all to ourselves as people must have been put off by the weather. They don't know what they missed - peace, quiet and the pitter patter of the rain on the leaves.
So when I got into the loft later I knew I had to do a Fathers Day card sometime soon and decided to do a leaf theme and here it is. Not quite the lovely greens we'd seen earlier in the day though.

The leaf is one by All Night Media stamped in versafine vintage sepia and coloured with chalk pads. I cut the "Dad" out of Ellison Design Curlie Girlie sizzlits. Happy Fathers Day is a Inca stamp. Backing papers are from the Little Sizzles "Earth Tones" and "Classics" Pads. I stamped the main card with chalk ink pads using the leaf stamp.

Windy Day Tilda

Well hope everybody had a lovely long weekend despite the weather. Nothing on TV to interest me last night so off I went to my hidey hole. Couldn't think what to do at first then remembered I still had some Tilda stamps I haven't used. Yum! Decided to do Windy Day Tilda which was quite apt for the weather yesterday.
Stamped her in Versafine Vintage Sepia, cut her out and watercoloured her. Stamped her again onto K and co, Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl" mat pad and layered her on top. I've had the Stampendous word stamp for a long time and thought it went really well with Windy Day Tilda. The little corners and green flower were from a K and Co, Brenda Walton tin with loads of embellishments and sayings in. Added ribbon from stash which is actually hiding a little brown smudge underneath!!!!

Christmas Cards In May!!!

So sorry about this but I promised myself I am going to be ready for Christmas this year. I'm trying to do a few cards every month so I've got a good stock ready and wont have to buy any at all,unlike last year when I had to begrudgingly purchase some extra.
Making Christmas cards is probably my favourite thing to do. I can use sparkly card and lots of glitter.

This is a Penny Black stamp borrowed from my Mum ( Thanks Mum). I've watercoloured it and then layered on to mirror card. The backing paper is from DCWV 6 x 6 Christmas Pad. The little "Merry Christmas" was from 2 sheets I got from a stand at the NEC. Sorry don't know who or what make they are. You'll have to take my word for it as you can't see it in the photo but the snowflake has got lots of twinkly glitter on. I can't take credit for the pretty little bow as it is a recycled item from a gift.

Clean and Simple Card

Grabbed a little time this afternoon to disappear into the loft, put the radio on and "play". Decided to use my new Lavinia Stamps and do some cards with a clean and simple design similar to the ones that were displayed on the Lavinia stand at the Happy Stampers Fair a few weeks ago.

I used Versafine Smokey Grey Ink pad and then dabbed on some coloured chalk to the flower heads and stalks for just a hint of colour. Added some glitter around the flower head. Added tags and ribbon from stash. I love the textured card on the single flower card although you can't see it very well on the photo. I should have used it on both as it makes the card look a bit more special.

Had to put my little heater on up there today - can you believe it at nearly the end of May? The wind was howling around the roof and I could hear the rain falling on the roof outside.Bbrrr. Still if the weather had been nice I might have felt guilty for not been outside doing the garden and it soooo needs attention.

Last Nights Work

Made another Tilda card last night. Stamped Tilda in Versafine Grey and then watercoloured her. The backing paper is K and Co Hopscotch Girl pad, Word stamp is Hero Art stamped in versafine Sepia, the little corner stickers are K and Co Doll House Stickers to Go.

Hoping to do quite a bit of crafting in the evenings in the coming week as Drew is off work and so I can "disappear" into my loft while he's there with the children. he he!

Enchanted ATC and Round Chipboard Book

This is another ATC that I have previously made. I did the background with water based ink and a bit of water on a brush to move it around and blend on the surface of the card. I think there may have even been baby wipes involved if I remember correctly!!! The beautiful stamp is a Lavinia Stamp done in versafine and then outlined in black permanent pen. I used an orange gel pen to put a glow in the windows of the mushrooms. The "enchantment" title is a sticker ( wish I could say I'd written it myself) I stuck little sparkly stars on to finish.

Finished my first little round chipboard book last night, so made it into a slide show as there are lots of pics of it. I painted all the pages in acrylic paint first but then covered nearly all in backing paper anyway. Note to self - don't bother with paint next time! -.

Its theme is My Family. I must admit there's hardly any stamping in it just lots of stickers and embellishments from my stash. It was fun and easy to make.

I'm really enjoying doing my blog so far (maybe a little obsessed) and thanks again for all the encouraging and complimentary comments

Tilda With Heart

Made this tonight. I bought 5 Tildas a couple of weekends ago ( got carried away) at The Happy Stampers, Port Sunlight show and said I wasn't going to use them until I'd finished a little memory book I'm working on. Well it over got me! Quite happy with the outcome but wish I had used cream card instead.

Tilda is stamped in Grey Versafine.The backing papers are K and Co Hopscotch Girl, ribbon from stash. The phrase is Penny Black stamped in Sepia versafine.

Mothers Day Card

Made this card for my Mum. I'd had the stamped image in a drawer for a couple of years and not done anything with it. I'd stamped it one night when we'd had a stamping"get together" (that's Chloe my Daughter, Mum, My Godmother Gill and Me) Colouring it and making a card with it made me rediscover my Penny Black thang ( obsession) and I've recently added a "few more" to my Collection. The lettering was Doodlebug rub-ons and very easy to use compared to others I've tried. Backing Paper was k & Co