Bloomin' Birthday

Hello lovely people,

I am sooooo happy that it's Friday and am looking forward to catching up with friends tonight and tomorrow and then a chilled out Sunday.

 I do love Springtime with all the pretty flowers and brighter days and I think this is reflected in my Dies to Die For DT card this week!

The stamp set I used has some lovely patterned welly boots but I chose the plain version for my card so that I could stamp them on the stripy DP...and ooooh, I would LOVE a pair of wellies like these!

The sentiment is also from the set and I've tucked it into a memo pin, then used flowers to cover the sharp end.

I've been mixing and matching MFT papers again, so the chevron and stripy boots are from the Sweet Celebration pad, the plaid is from (unsurpisingly!) the Plaid patterns merry & bright pad, and the green spotty is from the Lucky Prints pad.  Phew, that's a lot of pads...but isn't it fab how well they go together?

Oh, and the leaves are from a Lawn Fawn pad called Let's Polka in the meadow, and the flowers are scraps from my stash!

If I've tempted you with any of the lovely supplies I've used then you can go straight to the individual products via the thumbnails at the end of my post or just pop over to Dies to Die For and have a little browse around!

I wish you all a fabulous weekend whatever you are getting up to :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Lovely things I've used from Dies to Die For;

Bloomin' Boots stamps - Taylored Expressions	Bloomin' Boots dies - Taylored Expressions	Plaid patterns merry & bright - My Favorite Things	Lucky prints - My Favourite Things
Sweet celebrations by My Favourite Things	Let's polka in the meadow - My Favourite Things	Stitched circle scallop frames - My Favourite Things

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Other ingredients;
Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions - Camellia complete petals, Spring Foliage
memo pin, ivory button twine and pearls - from stash

A grumpling party

Hello lovely people,

One of my friends turned 40 a few days ago so we went to a gathering in the pub yesterday to celebrate (commiserate?!).
A lot of my friends are going to be turning 40 over the next 2-3 years...and yes, Dr. Hubby and I are included in that group too!

So, here's the card I made for my friend;

I really don't think he felt this way about it but these party grumpling stamps do make me giggle.   This is the first time I have used more than one of the characters together, using some masking to make a little scene.

I snuck in a bit of my fave corrugated card and of course, I had to put the age on there too!

I hope you all had a fab weekend whatever you were doing and that the week ahead is good to you :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Card recipe;

Image and sentiment: Party Grumplings by Taylored Expression - Dies to Die For

DP: Vintage Autumn basics - Maja Design

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl
Twine: Natural button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: Advent drawer deco die set - Tonic Studios

Copic colours;
Bear: E41/42/43/44 & E40/41/42 for tummy & E44/47 for nose
Rabbit: W2/3/4/5 & W0/1/2 for tummy
Cat: W5/6/7/9 & W0/1/2/3 for tummy
Ears / noses: R000/00/01
Blue bits: B91/93/95/97
Ground: W00/0/1/2/3

Feeling old?

Hello lovely people,

As I come to the end of another super weekend full of crafting and enjoying the company of lovely friends I thought there was just time to squeeze in a quick blog post.

I had so much fun with the double z-fold recently that I decided to make another one and also to revisit a favourite stamp set.

I added the die cut wording so that it lines up when the card is closed or viewed like this...

The inside is fairly plain but I love the bold colours and prints of the DP and I think the fold itself adds so much interest to this design.

I recently ordered the matching dies for these cute stamps, and they are such a pleasure to use instead of fussy cutting!

I hope you have all had as fab a weekend as I have :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Card recipe;

Image & sentiment: Party Grumplings - Taylored Expressions (and matching die set)

DP: Cottage Living by Jen Hadfield - Pebbles

Dies: Happy birthday banner - Taylored Expressions, Advent drawer deco set - Tonic studios (for the numbers)

Copic colours;
lost in the depths of my brain - oops!

Grumpling #2

Hello lovely people,

It seems my little party grumpling card (here) was a big hit, both with my blog followers, and Dr. Hubby.
So, here's another one!
These stamps lend themselves to CAS designs and this one was a great way to use up some scraps.

The sentiment is part of the stamp set and makes me giggle every time I read it!

Card recipe;

Image & sentiment: Party Grumplings - Taylored Expressions

DP: from stash

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Punch: Double Dot - Martha Stewart

Copic colours;
Ooops, forgot to write them down - sorry!
I think it was T-series for rabbit with B91/93/95 for cupcake case & candle

Today I am putting the finishing touches to my craft room redecoration with a couple of extra shelves and a curtain pole.  If we get a bit of sunshine (ha!) I'll take some photos :-)

I hope you are having a lovely weekend whatever you are doing.

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Woo freakin hoo!

Hello lovely people,

Big ooooops...I got so overwhelmed with Christmas and New Year that I completely forgot my DT post for our last challenge of 2015 at As You Like It!

So, I guess my New Year's resolution would have to be to get more organised!
Which actually leads me onto the other reason I have been a little busy over the last few days because I finally got started on my big craft room redecoration project.
There will be photos to come!

While I get on with organising all my crafty stash into my new storage units, here's our new challenge at As You Like It and we have made it super easy for you all because it's...

ANYTHING GOES!

Our sponsor this time is My Mum's Craft Shop

I have to admit that I often don't make a card for Dr. Hubby's birthday as he is really not fussed...which is why this card is perfect for him!

This little bear has a load of other equally grumpy friends in the set and I love them all so prepare to see more (a LOT more) of these chaps!

Card recipe;

Image and sentiment: Party Grumplings - Taylored Expressions

DP: Home for the Holidays - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Copic colours;
Bear body: E41/42/43/44 & E40/41/42 for tummy
Nose: E43/44/47
Hat: B91/95/97
Ground: W00/1/3

I hope you will pop over to As You Like It and check out the fabulously creative projects from the rest of the team :-)

So now we head off into 2016 and I hope it brings you all heaps of special moments and lots of fun.

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,