Everybody Art - wedding

Hello everyone :o)

Over at Everybody Art this week, our challenge is 'wedding'.... I don't actually need any wedding cards at the moment, so I've made a general one that I can personalise later if needed.

Items Used

Stamp - Congratulations set (retired) - LOTV

Stamped in Stampin' Up ink in Baked Brown Sugar

Papers - LOTV (retired)

Creative Dies Plus Stitched & Pierced Nesting Squares - Craft Stash

Congratulations stamp - DigiStamp Boutique (now closed)

Memory Box Precious Hearts die (cut up)

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Cute Card Thursday - celebrate

Crafty Catz - anything goes + optional spring

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with dies

Sorry things are a bit quiet on my blog at the moment, it's such a busy time with Dex's SATs and Y6 events, plus Morgan's GCSE preparation and Y11 meetings, plus basketball games/ training, plus Morgan's college events (he's been accepted on a sporting excellence course, specialising in basketball... he's hoping to add a psychology A level to that too if he gets the grades he needs).  So, yeah... it's busy!!  I'm also doing a course myself, that I've wanted to do for ages, so things are likely to stay fairly quiet on my blog for a while.

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely evening :o)

Everybody Art GDT - anything goes

Hello :o)

I should have posted this yesterday, but I forgot!  So here's my Guest DT card for Everybody Art, where our challenge is 'anything goes'.

This one's a wedding card I needed for an order... the 'congratulations' stamp is an old one from LOTV (now unavailable), the flower and leafy dies are Memory Box, papers are old digi ones from Pink Petticoat and I found the silver ribbon and pearl in my stash.

Bit of a flying visit today, as I'm in the middle of decorating Morgan's new bedroom (which was the old craft room... you wouldn't believe the amount of junk I've cleared out of there!).  Thanks for popping in :o)

Piggy Wedding - DigiStamp Boutique DT

Hello :o)

Anyone familiar with my blog might know that I make a piggy birthday card each year, for my mum to give to her friend (who loves pigs... it's not some sort of insult lol).  That friend married her partner at the weekend, and of course my mum wanted a piggy themed card... now, funnily enough, it's not easy to find pig themed wedding images!  I mean really, what bride wouldn't want pigs on her wedding card?

So... I found two sweet pigs in the Lil Piggy Valentine set from DigiStamp Boutique, and merged them to create one image... t'was the best I could do!  The piggies are coloured with copics, with Nuvo clear sparkle pen on the hearts and flower.  The papers are old ones from LOTV (now retired), heart banner is a La-La Land die, shaped frame die is from a Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities set, flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, a very old leaf punch, plus ribbon and gems from my stash.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Animal Friends - new beginning

Crafty Catz - anything goes + optional sparkle

MAWTT - flowers

Also, in case you haven't already spotted it, there is now a Clear Stamp Boutique in the DigiStamp Boutique store!  Perfect for all those who prefer a real stamp... there's a lovely little selection on there already, and more will be launched soon.  I have some in my inky little mitts, so I shall be playing with those very soon!

It was Dex's 10th birthday yesterday, but all our plans went out the window because my mum was taken to hospital with a suspected heart attack.  She'd had what she thought was a cold for a couple of days, went to her friend's wedding and started to feel more poorly, but still just thought it was a bug.  On Sunday she started vomiting, but still thought it was a bug... when she had some chest pains and pins & needles in her arms and legs her husband insisted on an ambulance.  Still, nobody really thought it was a heart attack, but they've been treating it as one while they did all the necessary tests... anyway, she had an angiogram today and it turns out it was a heart attack!  She's had a stent put in, and we're off to see her this evening.

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely evening xx

Wedding card - The Inspirers DT

Hello everyone :o)

Now I know we're not supposed to moan about hot weather in the UK.... so, you know, I'm just having a good whinge about it in my head!  Give me spring all year round, that would suit me just fine.  Loving having the kids off school though... the squabbling hasn't reached 'driving me mad' volume yet, although I'm sure they'll get there eventually.

Anyway... here's a DT card for The Inspirers for Crafter's Companion.

I've used lots of spray and sparkle on this one (you probably can't see most of it in the photo) as according to my mum, who ordered the card, wedding cards must have glitter.  Never really thought about glitter and weddings, although sparkle is obviously the law when it comes to fairies or Christmas!

Items Used

Downton Abbey Classical Edge die

Sara Signature Together Forever Forever in my Heart die

Sara Signature Together Forever Celebrate die (cut 3 times & layered)

Sara Signature Together Forever Special Day stamps

Sara Signature English Country Garden Lazy Daisy die (swirl)

Sara Signature English Country Garden Floral Duo die

Sara Signature English Country Garden 6x6 paper pad

Centura Pearl Snow White Gold A3 printable card

Matt black cardstock

Spray & Sparkle Iridescent Glitter Varnish

Gem from my stash

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely evening :o)

A wedding card and a new die...

Morning everyone... or, you know, afternoon (or evening?) depending on when Blogger decides to let this appear lol.

For today's card I've used another of those sneaky new dies that keep finding their way into my home...

I couldn't resist this fab curved die (and a few others that were equally sneaky) from Crafter's Companion.  I'll probably replace the sentiment with a personalised one - it's a card my mum asked me for, but she didn't have the details (it's her hubby's relative getting married and she didn't want to get it wrong).  I thought I'd get it made while the idea was in my head though!

Items Used

Classical Edge die - Crafter's Companion

Heart dies - Lil' Inkers

Leaf-filled Flourish die (cut up) - MFT die-namics

Sentiment - Clearly Besotted

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely day :o)

Something New - Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Well helloooo!  Long time no post eh?

The extension was originally scheduled to be finished at the end of November... which was then revised to 'before Christmas', so I had planned a fresh start for this year, with cardmaking and blogging all hopefully getting back to normal.... BUT the extension is still not finished :o(  I'm trying not to be too grumpy about it, as it's going to be fab when it's done... but I really am ready to get everything back to normal NOW!!!  And I'm sick of making tea....

Anyway, so Abi kindly said I could return to Sweet Stampin', and I thought January would be perfect... it should have been lol!  Our challenge is Something New (stash or event)... a wedding is a new beginning, right?  There's a fab goody bag prize for one lucky winner. 

I've used a gorgeous Stamping Bella stamp, coloured with copics... I'm SO rusty with these now, and keep daydreaming about the desk I'm going to set up just for colouring in my lovely new room lol.  The papers are from LOTV, corner dies are Whimsy (I think) and I added some sparkly silver Doodlebug enamel dots.

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas, and Happy New Year too!  Fingers crossed I'll be around a bit more often very soon.

Thanks for popping in :o)

Craft Mojo DT card & my candy winner...

Happy Saturday :o)

I'm here with my DT card for Craft Mojo, using some of this month's gorgeous new MFT goodies...

I love the bride & groom dies, and I'm sure I'll get lots of use out of them.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Simon Says - anything goes
Art Impressions - use sequins (on the dress)
Hiding in My Craft Room - wedding

And now for the winner of my little stamp candy, and that is...

No.3 - Crafty Chris

Congrats Chris!  Please email me with your details, and I'll get your stamp posted.  If you weren't lucky this time, there'll be another one next week.

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely evening :o)

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Another wedding card

Hello everyone :o)

I have another wedding card today, made for an order recently, using that fab Stamping Bella stamp again...

Yes, one of the names is 'fruit'... it's a nickname apparently!

Items Used

Ivory linen card - Papermill Direct

Gold pearl card - Anna Marie Designs

Stamping Bella Brett & Brenda Get Married - Craft Mojo

Colouring - copics

Heart Parade die - Simon Says Stamp

(cut 3 times and layered)

Doodlebug Sequins - Craft Mojo

Glossy Accents (to secure sequins!) - Craft Mojo

Wink of Stella Brush Glitter Marker - Craft Mojo

Computer generated sentiment - pharmacy font

I'll be round for a little catch up with your blogs later... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

On Your Wedding Day

Happy Saturday :o)

Here's a wedding card I made for an order, using some gorgeous Lil' Inkers heart dies and a fab sentiment from Clearly Besotted... yes, I'm addicted to sentiment stamps, just can't resist them!

I'm also a little bit obsessed with using dies and then piecing everything back together again... so I apologise if I'm getting boring, but it makes me happy!

Items Used

Silver pearl card - Anna Marie Designs

White linen card - Papermill Direct

Lil' Inkers stitched heart dies - Simon Says Stamp

MFT Die-namics Blueprints 14 - Craft Mojo

Sentiment stamp - Love Blossoms - Clearly Besotted Stamps

Doodlebug Sequins - Craft Mojo

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Simon Says - die crazy

Addicted to CAS - off the edge

I'll be back later with my Craft Mojo DT card... hope you have a lovely day :o)

Brett & Brenda Get Married - Craft Mojo DT

Happy Saturday everyone :o)  I'm back with another scheduled post...

I've used an absolutely gorgeous Stamping Bella stamp for today's card.  I've just been waiting for an excuse to use this one, so when Morgan asked if I could make a card for his teacher, who got married during the Easter holidays, I was happy to oblige!

Aren't they just the most fabulous bride and groom you've ever seen?!

Hope you all have a lovely weekend :o)

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Wedding card - another easel!

Hello everyone :o)

I've been busy in the craft room today, but haven't taken photos of anything yet... so I thought I'd show you a wedding card I made for an order a while ago.  It's yet another easel card, although this one is ivory & gold - so at least it's not another white one... not quite anyway!

Items Used

Ivory linen cardstock - Papermill Direct

Congratulations stamp - LOTV

'on your wedding' stamp - Woodware Mr & Mrs set

Gold detail embossing powder

Nestabilities Grand Labels 1 dies

Memory Box Cherry Blossom die

Memory Box Lavish Branch die - MCH

Pearl brad - The Hobby House

Pav's got the day off tomorrow, so we can do the last of our Christmas shopping and then go to Dex's nativity play in the afternoon... and then I'm going to a big toy shop with my mum in the evening.  I hate shopping (especially Christmas shopping), so apart from the play I'm not really looking forward to tomorrow!

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Grey & white wedding

Hello everyone :o)

Another simple one today, I must be going through a CAS phase...

There aren't that many of my cards that I really like, but this one makes me happy :o)

Items Used

Congratulations stamp - LOTV

On your wedding stamp - Woodware Mr & Mrs - Funky Kits

Memento ink in Grey Flannel

Memory Box Lavish Branch die - MCH

Memory Box Cherry Blossom die

Silver pearl from my stash

I've got the boys off school again tomorrow as the teachers are on strike, so no gym for me tomorrow... I've been this morning though and I'm really enjoying it.  I've even booked in for a spin class on Friday, never done spin before but always fancied having a go.  I can't remember whether I've mentioned the weight loss thing on here before... loathe to call it a 'diet', but we've been eating healthier (and less!) for the last few months and now doing more exercise.  So far I've lost 18lbs and I'm quite pleased with that.... probably could have lost more if I'd cut out the cake lol, but as long as it's coming off I don't really mind how long it takes.

Hopefully I'll be around for a bit of a commenting catch up tonight... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Sweet Stampin' - got the blues

Happy Saturday everyone :o)

I'm here with my DT card for Sweet Stampin', where our challenge for this week is 'got the blues'.  We're sponsored by Cuddly Buddly and our monthly sponsor is The Ribbon Girl.

Apologies for the awful photo - my camera's not keen on cards with lots of white... they go really dark and when I lighten them in Photoshop they lose some of the detail.

Items Used

White linen cardstock - Papermill Direct

Stamp - Something Old Something New - Inkylicious

Paper - First Edition Floral Pavilion (out of stock) - MCH

Spellbinders Floral Ovals dies - MCH

Impression Obsession Spiral Daisy die - MCH

Gem, ribbon & lace from my stash

Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Ice White - MCH

Off for a little blog catch up... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Seeing Double at Lili's Little Fairies

Hello everyone :o)

I'm here with my DT card for Lili's Little Fairies, where our challenge for this week is 'seeing double' - this could be 2 separate stamps or 2 characters on one stamp.

My card is quite similar to one I've made before using this stamp - a customer asked for a card like that one, but using different colours... apologies for the photos, I can't seem to take pics of large cards!

Items Used

8" square card blank - Craftwork Cards

Stamp - Wedding Couple - LOTV

Colouring - copics & prisma pencils

Papers - Always & Forever - Raspberry Rd

printed onto white linen cardstock from Papermill Direct

Flowers - x-cut punches

Memory Box Macarena Corner Die (cut up) - MCH

Memory Box Precious Hearts die - MCH

Computer generated sentiment using Chocolate Box font

Glamour Dust in Crystal

Pearls from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Stamp With Fun - romantic

The Corrosive Challenge - life's special occasions

Sparkles Challenges - hearts

Addicted to Stamps & More - anything goes

The Paper Shelter - make it bloom

Stamping Sensations - special occasions (not birthday)

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

LOTV wedding couple...

Hello everyone :o)  No moaning about my cold today lol, I'm feeling lots better.

Today's card is for another order - this time for a wedding card... would you believe I've had this stamp for at least 2yrs and this is the first time I've used the poor thing!

I find it a bit tricky making larger cards - this one's 8" square - and also struggle with wedding cards a bit usually, but I'm fairly happy with this one... not easy getting a decent photo of large cards though!

Items Used

Large 8" square card blank - Craftwork Cards

Stamp - Wedding Couple - LOTV

Colouring - promarkers, flexmarkers & copics

Papers - GCD Studios Ella Blue

DCWV metallic cardstock

Memory Box Macarena Corner die (cut up) - MCH

X cut flower punches

Viva Pearl Pen in Ice White - MCH

Glamour dust in Crystal

Sakura clear stardust pen

Pearls from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Allsorts - young at heart

Crafty Cardmakers - more than 1 punch/ die

Dream Valley - anything goes

Fussy & Fancy - pearls & flowers

I Love Promarkers - cute (2nd entry)

Divas By Design - let's get cute (2nd entry)

The Squirrel & The Fox - flowers, hats or horses

Off to whiz around and catch up with some commenting... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Red & white wedding

I have a simple wedding card to show you today - I made this one before our holiday and then didn't get chance to blog it...

The image and sentiment are from Pink Petticoat, and I added a little bit of colour with a red promarker and some shimmer to the glasses using a Sakura clear stardust pen.  The red mat was cut with a nestie 'blossom' die, red textured card and white hammered card are from Papermill Direct and I embossed the piece behind the image using the 'swiss dots' folder.  Pearl buckle from Wild Orchid Crafts and ribbon from my stash.

I haven't done much today, just a bit of commenting and we've been to my mum's.  Holidays are supposed to leave you relaxed and refreshed aren't they?  I seem to be exhausted and can't stop yawning lol, hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things soon!  Hope you've all had a lovely weekend :o)

Less is More - gold

Yay, I found some time to make a card for Less is More this week... it helped that their 'gold' theme fit in with a wedding card I needed to make...

I've used the gorgeous new Stampin' Up wedding stamps from the summer mini catalogue - stamped the cake and sentiment with versamark and then embossed them with detail gold embossing powder.  I cut the cake out, inked it around the edges and added a punched butterfly.  One end of the sentiment panel is cut with (ancient and under-used) scalloped scissors.  Used an embossing folder on the background - think this one is divine swirls... not sure why it looks a different shade of cream because it's all made from the same rich cream linen from Papermill Direct.  Added a few pearls from my stash... and, done!

I'm also entering my card for the following challenges:

• Clean & Simple Stamping - sketch
• Creative Card Crew - swirls & pearls

We actually had a break from the rain today - it was sunny but still fairly fresh, not too hot... perfect for me!  It's supposed to be back to the heavy downpours again tomorrow though, but I'm hoping that's wrong as I'm meant to be meeting my friend in the park and we had to cancel last week due to the rain.  Fingers crossed! Hope you've all had a lovely day :o)

Clean & Simple wedding card

It's my turn to post on The Stamp Basket blog today, and I've used some of the lovely Prima 'Fairy Belle' products to make a CAS wedding card.

Items available from The Stamp Basket

Prima 'Fairy Belle' papers

Prima 'Fairy Belle' wooden button

Prima Essential Petals 'Belle' flower

The Hobby House 8mm pearl brad

A friend of a friend has asked if I could make her a wedding card, and as all I know is she'd like something 'not fussy', I said I'd make a little selection so she can choose one.  Everything on this card is from The Stamp Basket, except for the sentiment which is Pink Petticoat.

I followed the sketch at Clean & Simple Stamping so I'm linking my card up there.

Sorry for the rushed post, hubby says our food is ready!  Will be round to do a bit of commenting later, have a lovely evening :o)

Sunflower wedding...

2nd post for today...  My mum asked for a boxed wedding card, in these colours with sunflowers as the theme... oh dear, how I struggled!

I just couldn't seem to make the colours or sunflowers work for a wedding card, it all looks very odd to me!

The fab image is from Digistamp Boutique, available here, and I've coloured it with promarkers and flexmarkers, with lots of glamour dust for a sparkly veil and shoes.  The papers are Papermania, with cardstock from Papermill Direct.  The sunflowers were made with woodware daisy punches and plain circles, scalloped borders cut with my current favourite MFT die, heart pearls from my stash.

Apologies for being a bit absent from blogland this week.  I'm still not feeling too good, had some slightly worrying results back from my first blood tests and I've got to go back and have more blood taken at the end of next week... hopefully the next lot of tests will be ok, fingers crossed.

I followed the sketch at The Sweet Stop, so I'm entering my card there (if I'm not too late!).

I'm also entering my card for the following challenges:

• I Love Promarkers - anything goes
• Creative Card Crew - anything goes
• Charisma Cardz - anything goes

Passion For Promarkers - here comes the bride

Our challenge for this week at Passion For Promarkers is 'here comes the bride', and I must admit I was a little bit worried... I'm never very happy with my wedding cards.  I'm not sure what it is about them, but I seem to go a bit blank when I try and make one.  I think it's maybe because I have it in my head that they must be 'special' and that makes me nervous lol... there's no hope for me really is there?  We're sponsored by the lovely Sally-Ann at DigiStamp Boutique :o)

My image is from DigiStamp Boutique of course - this is the bride & groom from the Cute Wedding Collection.  Coloured with promarkers and koh-i-noor pencils, with lots of glamour dust on the bride's veil.  Papers are Paper Cellar, with core'dinations cardstock, sentiment is LOTV.  The flowers were punched with an x-cut punch, then snipped with scallop scissors and sprayed with iridescent spray & sparkle, added pearl centres.

For a change I actually quite like this now it's finished, although it took AGES for quite a simple card! A lot of my time was spent just staring at it though, trying to work out what else it 'needed'.

I've scheduled this post because I think I might be having a sneaky visit to a craft shop with a friend after I've dropped the boys at school/ nursery :o)  So I'll be back to link up to challenges later.