Have a Fabulous day xxx

Hi everyone & a very happy Thursday to you all.

I`ve been really busy making samples for an up-coming show

& busy organising a party we`re having at ours Saturday night

for my super duper Dads 70th birthday.....I`m so excited, & we have lots planned

My daughter asked me to make a card for her friend, so another chance to get out

my Fabulous Dresses CDRom - which i love

I printed out a topper & a quick ready made card, which i cut up

& used for backing paper & the sentiment

I cut Izzy with my XCut Alphabet dies

Paper flowers & Ribbon added xxxxx

Surprise Gift

Hi everyone, not showing anything of mine today, but had to blog this amazing gift that was sent to me from my lovely friend Lindsay (from LEJ Designs) Is`nt it so amazing & how lucky am i to have such a lovely sweet friend

She also sent me a beautiful card, but i forgot to photograph it, 

in all the excitement over my frame lol

Thank you Lindsay 

xxxxxxxxx

Engagements

Hi everyone, can you believe Christmas is creeping up so quickly, just over 4 weeks left, & i can`t wait, i get so excited for Christmas, such a magical time, but will be tinged with a little sadness, as our son Jordan will be in Mexico :( his 1st Christmas away from home......................Going to miss him so much, he is having the best time & is happy & healthy so i could`nt be happier for him. Really must get some more Christmas cards done.................Always leave it so late !!!

Well after all that  ....................   No Christmas card today lol

i have a couple of Engagement cards to show you

I`ve used the new die`sire Nouveau stamping frame for the topper 

& Kanban Bella Italiano paper pad

cheery Lyn leaf border die

Sentiment made on computer

This is an old kit by Kanban/Dawn Bibby Woodland friends

Sentiment & names done on the computer

Spellbinders flourish 

Thr rustle of the wind

Hi everyone hope your all having a nice weekend, 

i`ve been busy with samples & having lots of fun with some new products.

I had a play with this beautiful Faeries stamp (i think lots of peoples favourite)

I`ve coloured her with Spectrum Noir & the papers are LOTV

I`d like to enter this into the following challenges

http://happycamperscc.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/happy-campers-challenge-no24-glitter-it.html

http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/challenge-87-anything-goes.html

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.ca/2013/11/make-it-pretty.html

A pinky Christmas

Happy Friday everyone, another week nearly over, & another weekend to enjoy :)

Been playing with the Winter Faeries CD-Rom

& here`s another girlie Christmas order

The darker pink paper is from the free Paper pad from the Create & Craft stall at the nec

The lighter paper is LOTV

Die`sire Ivy Die (my favourite Xmas die)

Sentiment made on the computer & cut with Spellies

Pink & girlie

Hi lovely crafty friends, 

i actually forgot i bought these large Xcut alphabet dies at the nec

so thought i`d give them a try out

The card is an A4 folded in half

 Everything on the cards

are from Birmingham

Papers, topper, flowers,

gems & ribbon

The embossing under D is from Embossalicious

grande dots

Sentiment done on computer & cut with Die`sire scalloped tags

Xmas with Thomas

Hi everyone hope this post finds you all happy & well :)

I have a little boys Christmas card to show you today

A little boy who`s mad about Thomas lol 

Not sure where i got the papers from, had them in my stash a couple of years now

Sentiment made on computer 

& spellies Togs die used

Christmas Faerie

Happy Monday lovely crafty friends 

Been making Christmas cards

& needed to do some pretty girlie cards

so got out my Winter Faeries CD-Rom

I love the images on this cd

I used Spellbinders Grand ovals 

& Die`sire Snowflakes

I created the sentiment on the computer

Doc McStuffing

Happy Saturday everyone, or could be another day (depending when you`ve stopped by) lol 

Whatever the day hope it a good one for you.

I`ve been to Centre Parcs today with my family, 

& what a fab day we had, now relaxing & catching up on blogs  

Had a busy week with lots of card orders, so have plenty to show you this week

This is a couple of cards requested theme `Doc McStuffing  lol

apparently a childrens programme, & the little girl `Darcey loves it

The paper is from a LOTV pad

& sentiment made on computer

My fave card shape (French Oval)

The papers are from a free paper pad that 

Create & Craft were giving away at the nec

I cut the sentiment using Spellies stately circles

Exciting news

Hi everyone, i have some really exciting news to share with you all, 

I`ve been asked to join the Die`sire DT, 

i feel extremely lucky to be working with amazing products as well as amazing people

& can`t wait to get started making samples

I did some work for Die`sire at the last launch of Embossalicious folders

so though i`d show you some cards i have not blogged

Thought they would be great to show with my news :) :) :)  

Embossalicious 6x6 Birthday text used for 4 of the cards

Core`dinations, Die`sire Scalloped tags

Centura Pearl pastel

Embossalicious 8x8 clouds

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day xxx

{PIN}spirational Challenge time

Hi all you lovely crafty friends, at last i`ve got time to blog!!! its been 4 days lol & thats a long time for me, i`ve been so busy since getting back from a fabulous weekend in Birmingham. I met the most brilliant mad scatty people, who i`m so pleased to call my friends, i genuinely love them all......Kath, Lindsay, Lisa, Linda, Susan, Jane, Kat, Karen Thank you for a brilllliant weekend, can`t wait till we all meet up again xxxxxxxx 

I also want to give a big thank you to Linda Simpson, who gave me such a gorgeous gift, which is pride of place on my desk, a beautifully decorated letter rack which i absolutely adore...Thank you gorgeous lady was lovely seeing you again xxxxxx   

Now the blogging stuff hehe

Its {PIN}spirational Challenge time

& the inspirational pic is

Awwwww so cute

The fab sponsors this week are

~Creative Bug Digital Stamps~

&

~Bugaboo~ 

Both have the most amazing images

so why not try your luck

Papers are from LOTV

Dies used are 

Die`sire Ornamental oval frame

Scalloped ovals 

Lala land banner die 

Spectrum Noirs for colouring

I would like to enter this into the following challenges 

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/

http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Recipe box

Morning all, todays the day my mum & i & the lovely Lindsay are travelling to Birmingham for the Hobbycraft show, & meeting (some for the 1st time) crafty friends, & i`m so excited 

So this will probably be my last post till Sunday...

maybe even Monday depending how tired i am from the weekend lol

I made a box & matching card in the week, it was a customer order for her friend who loves backing cakes, & she wanted a box for her to keep her recipes in.

I used a kit that was a free gift on Create and Craft for members a while back

& is from Hunkydory

I have designed all the wording on my Cricut Gypsy

I made the sentiment on the computer

& cut with Spellbinders 

Sweet Treat Christmas Gift

Morning everyone, i`m getting really excited now as the weekend is nearly here & can`y wait till the N.E.C woohoo, have fun all that are going today.

I`ve been having a play with Crafters Companion Sweet Treats board, 

and made a little Christmas gift, 

i thought it would make  brilliant him & hers sweetie gift box

I`ve used Core`dinations 

Darice snowflake embossing folder

Die`sire Ivy

Die`sire scalloped labels

leaf border die

panelled all round

Such a wonderful sentiment

its from Sentimentals Christmas magic stamp set 

I just sat playing with my ultimate Pro

to create the holder

These are made with the smallest milk cartons on the sweet treat board

I would like to enter this in to the following challenges

http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/

http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Fab shoes

Morning everyone, i`m so happy, i got all my wedding invites done & card orders all up to date, well except Christmas ones lol so can now relax & look forward to the nec on Saturday, 

can`t wait to meet lots of by facebook crafty buddies :)) 

It was my eldest daughters 20th birthday on the 1st Nov & as she loves her fashion

i used the fabulous shoes CDRom, i adore the colours & patterns on this cd

I`ve used my favourite shape card, the French oval

& used a daisy punch to make the flowers

I made the sentiment on the computer & cut with Spellies Labels 29

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by xxx

I would like to enter this in to the following challenges
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/challenge-31.html
http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/cmc-33-anything-goes.html
http://www.twistedtuesdaychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/2tc62-free-for-all.html
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftyhandsdevon.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/our-very-first-challenge-anything-goes.html

Something for the men

Hi everyone hope you`ve all had a good Sunday & weekend, i`ve had a busy one making 130 wedding invitations, still have a final 50 inserts to do, but so pleased i got so much done.

Wanted to share some male cards i`ve made, i seem to get asked to do a lot of football cards, so made a nice change to do these.

The topper is from the Kanban `So Macho kit

the sentiment was made on the computer 

& cut with Spellies labels 29 

Did this on the computer, layered on to various papers from my stash

Made the sentiment & cut a label shape around it

Created the name on my Cricut Gypsy

Embossalicious grande dots used for the background

Sentiment made on the computer

Crafters Companion - November challenge

Morning all, are you ready for a new challenge?

The November challenge over at Crafters Companion 

is waiting for your creations

The theme is Christmas/Winter

This is my DT card this month

The image & co-ordinating papers are from Mulberry wood Christmas

You can find the CDRom HERE

I`ve used the following Die`sire Dies

Ivy

Holly 

die`s available HERE

Sunflower quilling die

Thanks for stopping by, look forward to seeing your creation xxx

I would like to enter this in to the following challenges
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/challenge-92-inspirational-christmas.html
http://thecraftingcafe.blogspot.co.uk/
http://creativefriday.blogspot.com.au/
http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.no/2013/10/challenge-113-seasons.html
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/challenge-139-anything-goes.html
http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/november-challenge.html
http://paulaholifieldcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/albc-sparkle-and-shine.html
http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/chnc-challenge-extra-for-november.html