Bella's presents...

Good Morning all...

It's been another fast half term!

Finally got some serious Christmas Crafting under way. I have been dipping in and out with one card here and there but yesterday I got a grand total of 7 new cards done...That's brilliant for me!

I found some off cuts of lace and some ribbon and really wanted to use them up.

I have been using the new Christmas panels from Wild Rose Studio...

 

The paper is WRS as well so co-ordinates beautifully.

 I added heart and star brads...and red gingham ribbon which I love using and will be in most of my cards this year.

 Lots of glitter and this lovely sequin ribbon. 

I'm very lucky to have worked in a haberdashery shop and when I go in to visit, I always end up in the off cuts bin which is literally a huge metal dustbin...it's like Christmas!!

 

Some challenges...

 

ABC Christmas...V for Vibrant colours

My mums craft shop...Bright and Bold

Crafty Ribbons...Christmas

Southern Girls...Animal Crackers

Partytime Tuesdays...Anything Goes 

 

Hope you like my card and that your christmas crafting is coming along!

Leave me a comment and I will come and visit you!

 

TTFN

xxxx

Festive Sparkle and Shine...

Afternoon all...

Happy November to you!

This is the first day at home this week...half term usually means visiting relatives and taking the kids out and about...

We have done some lunches out, visited cousins and aunts and uncles, cinema, a birthday party and hairdressers.

So today is chill time and eating leftover halloween cakes and sweets...

I am still working my way through the Christmas range of panels from 

Wild Rose Studio.

Here is another Vintage Annabelle image...

 I used 3 different papers from the Annabelle Christmas paper pack and used red to layer them on.

 Red gingham ribbon tied and bowed along the bottom of the image.

Bright Red Felt flowers with lime button centres.

 Lots of glitter and Red gems were added to the trees...

Some challenges...

ABC Christmas...V for Vibrant

Crafty ribbons...Christmas

Willow sketchie...Festive Sparkle and Shine

Hope you are staying warm and dry wherever you are....

Thinking of all the New Yorkers at this time.

Thanks for visiting my little blog!

TTFN

xxxxxx

Baby Shower...

Happy Sunday!

Hope everyone is well.

 I have had some baby cards to do and was struggling with a Baby Shower card, so I decided to do my own little drawing and colour it in...

 

 Coloured with Promarkers and lots of glitter.

Just had to add some bunting and buttons...

I'm hoping to find time to do some more doodles and drawings that I can use on my cards and maybe draw something that could be turned in to a stamp...Will have to look into that.

Hope you like it!

I couldn't find any challenges that this would fit in with so if anyone sees any...

Please let me know.

 

Spent yesterday cardmaking so will be photographing and blogging them soon.

We're on half term now so will be out and about..

.maybe starting some Christmas shopping...Yikes!

 

TTFN

XXXXXX

 

 

 

Oriental Wild Rose Mia

Hello again...

Welcome back to my little blog!

So pleased it's the weekend. I am on a nice night out tonight...round a girlfriends with about 6 or 7 others for nice nosh and a few drinkies!

Then looking forward to a lie in tomorrow...

But first a little bit of craftiness and Wild Rose Studio Mia in Kimono...

 Coloured with Promarkers.

 I found these gorgeous little clay roses in my local button shop selling for 20p a bag and there are plenty for quite a few cards...

 I made a sort of frame so that they looked like climbing roses...

They are so beautiful and the colours match my WRS papers as well.

 

 A couple of challenges...

I love Promarkers...Anything Goes

Lets Create and Craft...Add Dimension

Have a lovely weekend and pop back soon...

xxxxxx

Button Pea pod...

Good Evening..

Just a quick post to show you a card I made yesterday for the

Willow Sketchie Challenge.

 

'Button It Up'

I love using buttons on cards and they are great with this pea pod design.

The babies head is a Sizzix Bitty body.
 

Hope you like it...

Thanks for dropping by...

Bye for now

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Bella the Elephant...

Good Afternoon.

Hope alls well with everyone this weekend.

I am taking it easy with some crafting and blogging after a busy work week where I have just finished a 3 day computer course that well and truly gave me brain ache....

I certainly couldn't sit and work in an office staring at a computer screen all day...Very different from my usual work in the classroom with the kids.

 

 I have only just managed to work out photoshop!

I had to brightened them up as the afternoon light was rubbish!

 (It's not your eyesight..This looks a bit out of focus..Sorry bout that!)

Bella the Elephant with some flowers...very cute image from Wild Rose Studio...

Coloured with Promarkers, I then used my scallop circle die and my big shot and layered her up onto Lilac and Purple card.

The image and papers match and I even found a flower and glittery brad in my stash that worked quite well...I used a punch for the leaves.

I love ribbon and am lucky enough to live in a village where we have a ribbon wholesaler who attends school fairs and sells them a £1 a roll...(and one of my best friends owns a haberdashers, which also helps)

Some challenges...

Paperplay Challenges...Simply cute

Papertake Weekly...All Creatures Great and Small

Simon Says...Die Cuts/Punches

Creative Inspirations...Anything Goes

So I have left my next card on the table with some glue drying and some gorgeous cute clay roses...

Please come back to visit soon....

xxxx

House Mouse for Joanna Sheen Blog Hop...

Hello blog hoppers!

Welcome to my crafty corner of the web...

I am very happy to be joining in with the showcase cards as part of 

Joanna Sheens Autumn Blog Hop 

I was asked if I would make a card using the adorable House Mouse Juggling leaves stamp and this beautiful free download

Autumn paper kit called Falling for fall.

from Summertime designs.

So many beautiful papers to choose from....I wanted to use them all!

House Mouse is coloured in with Promarkers, all available from the Joanna Sheen on-line shop...

I loved the FALL words and just had to use them being juggled with the leaves...

I used scalloped scissors around the edges of the image before layering up.

I added some punched out leaves around the edges...

  

and this cute wooden button and twine just underneath the image.

As with a blog hop..start at the beginning on Joanna's challenge blog and follow the instructions.

They are offering super prizes...

 

Thank you so much for coming to view my card and my blog...and Good Luck to all those who are doing the hop! 

If you are new here, please become a follower and leave me a comment and I will do the same for you!

TTFN....xxxxx

Cupcake Craft...Think Pink

Hello all

 

Hope your week has started well. I have been attending a computer course for school so my brain is a bit fried this evening.

I have been playing with my pictures in Gimp and having lots of help from some on-line crafty mates/Wild Rose Studio DT pals...Thank you guys so much!

 

Cupcake Craft have a 'Think Pink' Challenge this week so this card for my besties birthday is just perfect!

 

Circle Die cuts, stickers from USA, Gems, papermania bubbles!

 

 

A Fab party went along with this card!

 

Thanks for stopping by...Please leave me a comment if you can..

I really enjoy reading them!

TTFN

XXXXXX

A Vintage Christmas card....

Hello...

 

I'm back with my first christmas card of 2012...

I used Wild Rose Studio Annabelle collection, which has a lovely vintage nostalgic feel with the stamps and the paper packs.

 

 The Image is from a pack of panels, which feature 4 different designs of Annabelle preparing for Christmas.

I used a mini holly punch with tiny red jewels in the top corners.

I bought these flowers from Wilkinsons...A very cheap stem which I pulled apart...just adore them on Christmas cards with buttons and twine...

I added this beautiful red, green and gold check ribbon to match Annabelles scarf and pocket patch..

This card fits in with the 'Vintage' theme over on the Crafty Ribbons challenge

So one down and a hundred to go?

Thanks for visiting.

Please come back soon for more WRS Christmas!

TTFN

xxxxxxxxxxx

Princess Tilda...Awww

Good Evening folks.

I did some crafting today, with a specific little birthday girl in mind, my cousins daughter
 and I know how much she loves dressing up as a princess and making fairy castles.

I had these magnolia stamps in my stash and knew they would be perfect...

Coloured with Promarkers....
Lots of pastel/ice cream colours.
Strawberry pink, ivory vanilla, apricot and chocolate.

Cut out and layered so Tilda is sitting on her horse.

Touches of glitter here and there....

Mini daisies with gem centres.

I kept it without too much dimension as I'm posting it and as much as I love adding ribbons to all my cards they just don't go through the letter box and really push the postage up....


Some challenges....
Papertake weekly....Things that make you go Awww
Tuesday Throwdown...Gems
Southern Girls...Bling Bling
Polka doodle...Ice cream colours

Hope you like....Please leave me a comment as I love reading them!!!

X Factor,  Downton Abbey and Strike Back tonight!!!!

Be back soon
xxxx

One Stop with no flowers....

Good Afternoon all...

Well I have been back to work for a week now and it's like we were never away.

New staff and children to get to know and a new job role with some training courses coming up over the next few months.

 Away from work I have a few cardmaking projects finished and ready to post up.

Olympics and Para-Olympics were fab...Open top bus parade yesterday was a brilliant ending to a great British Summer...

 These die cuts are from kanban...

I love all the Red, white and blue and union jack crafting that has been going on!

This card fits in with the One Stop Craft Challenge of No Floral Embellishments!

Short and sweet from me today....

See you back here soon

xxxxxx