Special delivery

Hello lovely people,

It's my favourite time of the week....the weekend!

I'm about to settle down with a nice glass of red wine and watch a film but first I wanted to share a baby boy card I made for the LOTV Design Collective.

How cute is this little guy?!

I've been at the Christmas papers again for this one but it just shows how versatile they are!
The pretty soft blues are perfect to welcome a new baby.

Card recipe;

Image: Just arrived - LOTV

DP: Winter wishes - LOTV

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: For you circular sentiments - LOTV

Dies: Old Swedish lace - Magnolia Doohickey

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Jumper: B91/93/97
Box: E40/41/42/43
Ground: W00/0/1/2/3/4

It looks like the weather is not going to be up to much tomorrow so that's a day of guilt-free crafting for me - yay!
I will also be thinking of my Dad as he takes part in the London Marathon - very exciting :-)

I hope you are having a lovely weekend whatever you have planned :-)

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

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Papertake Weekly (cute as a button)

Just chillin'

Hello lovely people,

Well, it's been a weekend of 2 halves!
Yesterday was a day out in the Caterham 7, driving across Wales with lots of other Caterhams for fish and chips in Aberdyfi and driving back again!
It was sunny but quite breezy so we had to wrap up warm but it was a great day out :-)
I'll pop some pics at the end if you're interested.

So, today has been a chilling and crafting day...and a computer game playing and football watching day in the case of Dr. Hubby!

It's not often I venture into the realms of male cards but sometimes it has to be done and LOTV do have some fab images to work with...and fab papers too!

I had the urge to leave lots of white space around this image and keep to a few simple layers of DP; well, there's only so much you can add to a male design anyway!

I had pretty much finished the card when I realised I hadn't put the age on it and now I can't imagine that the card would look finished without that little fishtail banner - it fills that corner of the card so perfectly!

Card recipe;

Image: Lazy afternoon - LOTV

DP: Country gent - LOTV

Twine: The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV and Family sentiment tags - LOTV

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E51/53/55
Hat / trousers / shoes: E55/57/59
Jumper / shoes: W2/R27/46/89
Shirt / socks: W00/0/2
Newspaper: W00/0/2/4/6
Tree: E41/42/43/55/57
Leaves / grass: YG93/95/97

OK, I said I would show some pics, so here's a LOT of Caterhams all assembled at the start point; there's more than you can see in this photo too!
Our car is out of shot but that's me in the black jacket standing next to the chap with the red hat on :-)

Here's the only point where we got lost on the route...along with about a dozen other cars...we were all milling around trying to work out where we had gone wrong!

And here's our final destination; the fish and chips were yummy!

If anyone is really interested here's a video clip of us driving across the Brecons - shame you can't really hear the cars, just the wind noise!

I hope you have all had lovely weekends whatever you have been up to :-)

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

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Fab 'n' Funky (masculine)
2.  ABC Challenge (H is for Happy Birthday)

Can you see the sparkle?!

Hello lovely people,

All the lovely sunshine we have had in my little corner of the UK has really been lifting my spirits so I hope you have all seen some of it too.
I have almost finished tidying the garden, my tomato and chilli seeds are sprouting up, and the garlic is just peeping through; such exciting times :-)

In my crafting world though it's time for a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme this time is...

MAKE IT SPARKLE

We are delighted to have The Ribbon Girl sponsoring us again for this challenge with a £10 voucher :-)

As soon as you say 'sparkle' to me I think of fairies so that's what I've done!

If you're searching for the sparkle, I added Stickles to all those little spots on my DP - that took a while!  But it does look pretty, even if the camera was not good at picking it up!

There's also sparkle for the fairy dust and along the edge of the wing.

I guess the star charm counts as sparkly too and I've used one of my favourite tricks of tying twine around a satin ribbon.

I finished this quite simply with a few flowers - I didn't want to overshadow the sweet fairy image.

Card recipe;

Image: Tilly - Saturated Canary (rubber stamp)

DP: Special delivery (girl) - Pebbles (available from Hey Little Magpie)
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Ribbon: from stash

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: Clear mini stamp set - Kaisercraft
Stickles - stardust

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E50/53/55
Eyes: B02/00
Pink bits: R81/83/85
Tights / legwarmers: C00/T0/T1 & R85/89 for spots
Bag / wings: B0000/000/00/02
Ground: T0/1/2/3

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies.

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

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Deep Ocean (things with wings)
2.  As You Like It (alcohol markers or Distress Inks - it has to be Copics for me as I don't have anything else and I have spent a lot of time practising with them so not sure I want to switch to anything else!)

3.  The Pink Elephant (photo inspiration - I have used pink and flowers)

Tea and bunting

Hello lovely people,

It's time for a new challenge at Top Tip Tuesday and our theme this time is...

3 OF SOMETHING

We are sponsored by Stamp and Create with a $20 voucher prize :-)

You know those cards that just come together so easily?
This wasn't one of those!

I had a totally different bit of DP for the backing but after I coloured the teapot it just didn't look right, but then happily I came across exactly the right piece of gingham instead!

Then I had this idea for some bunting...nice idea but it took a while to get it how I wanted of course!

None of my stamp sentiments seemed to look right so I generated one on the computer :-)

It still looked a little plain so I popped on a few flowers...and there's my 3 of something!

After all that I absolutely love the finished result but then it is pink and green which is one of my fave colour combos :-)

And I *really* love bunting!

Card recipe;

Image: Time for tea (everyday in Moonbeam meadow) - Crafter's Companion

DP: Garden party - Pebbles (available from Hey Little Magpie)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: Go Kreate large frilly dies #10
Sentiment: created in Word, font  = The Only Exception

Copic colours;
Teapot: G0000/000/00/BG34
Tag / box: E40/41/42/43
Mouse: E40/41/42 & R00/01/R11
Stick / box corners: E44/47
Bunting / flowers: R81/83/56

Grass: G40/43/YG63

I hope you will pop over to Top Tip Tuesday and check out the fabulously creative projects from the rest of the team and there are some great tips for you too :-)

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

Challenges I am entering;
1.  A Gem of a Challenge (Spring is in the air)

A love story

Hello lovely people,

Well this is exciting...I have my first card to share as part of the LOTV Design Collective and it's a little romantic number...

I had an urge to do some monochrome colouring with this fab image and I'm really happy with how it turned out.  Ok, not properly monochrome since I couldn't resist a little splash of red to match the papers!

I made a little tag to tuck in behind the image :-)

Now you see those yummy papers?  They are actually a Christmas collection!
I thought they were fab for a bold romantic look though and I just avoided the ones with snowflakes on!

Card recipe;

Image: Love balloon - LOTV

DP: A gift for you - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment and stamped love heart on tag: Love sentiments - LOTV

Dies: old swedish lace - Magnolia Doohickey

Copic colours;
Balloon / flowers / bow: R27/46/39/59

Everything else: all the W series, mostly using 3 colour combos with alternate numbers e.g. 3/5/7

We have friends coming round any moment now and we're going to have a chat about me making their wedding invitations, trying out the banana choc chip oat muffins I made this morning and going for a curry this evening :-)

I hope you have a delightful weekend whatever you are up to!

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

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Noor Design (anything goes)
2.  Papertake Weekly (anything goes)
3.  Inky Chicks (stitching)

Glamorous Tilda

Hello lovely people,

I hope you all had a lovely Easter break!

I was so thrilled to have some sunshine and that meant I could get in the garden so those fence panels are in and the garden is looking a whole lot tidier now :-)

I did have a bit less crafting time as a result but still got a few DT cards done as well as this card that I made for a few challenges...

I wanted this Tilda for ages but she always seemed to be out of stock so I was delighted to finally get hold of her a month or so ago...and it still took me until now to ink her up!

She got a pretty paper-pieced dress and I added a little Copic shading for depth.

You can see I couldn't resist using my Go Kreate dies again ;-)
I'm not getting bored of these any time soon so hope you aren't either!

Card recipe;

Image: Tilda in evening dress - Magnolia Rubberstamps

DP: Vintage Spring basics - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Seam binding: The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV

Dies: Large frilly frames #10 - Go Kreate, Heart swirl - Magnolia Doohickey

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E51/53/55/44
Dress shading: RV91/93
Feather in hair: RV91/93/95
Drink: YR30/31
Glass: B0000/000

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

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Sweet Magnolia - use a sentiment
2.  Totally Tilda - spring flowers
3.  The Ribbon Girl - pastel colours
4.  Sweet Stampin' - paper piecing
5.  A Gem of a Challenge - shaped cards
6.  Fab 'n' Funky - Bingo (Kraft / shaped card / stitches)

Celebrate

Hello lovely people,

Today is my last day of work before the lovely long Easter weekend and I can't wait!
Dr. Hubby and I have a list of jobs to do around the house and garden, not least replacing the 3 very wind-damaged fence panels at the bottom of the garden, but with 4 days off I'm sure there will be plenty of time for crafting as well :-)

Since it's Thursday that means it's time for a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme this time is...

CELEBRATE

We are really lucky to have a sponsor again for this challenge and it's The Hobby House with a £10 voucher for one lucky person

A wedding is certainly cause for celebration and I have gone for cute and CAS on this one!

I got a few Crafter's Companion images a few weeks back and thought this one was especially great as it would fit lots of romantic occasions...and it's super cute!

Card recipe;

Image: Hugs and Kisses (Everyday in Moonbeam meadow) - Crafter's Companion

DP: ??

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Dies: circle stax - Die-namics

Sentiment: generated on computer (font = Jenna Sue)

Copic colours;
Mice: E30/31/33 & R00/11
Mushroom: W00/1/3 & W5 on stem
Flowers / waistcoat: RV32/R83
Leaves: YG61/63
Grass: YG61/6367

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the fabulous creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies.

I wish you all a wonderful Easter break whatever you are getting up to :-)

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