Happy 21st Birthday Son ...

Today is my baby boys 21st Birthday and this is the card I have made for him.

Twenty one candles including 2 & 1 and a key too.

There is also a champagne charm along with some gems and buttons

and of course plenty of hand stitching too.

This card is half an A4 piece of black cardstock folded length ways.

The candles including flames were cut using my trusted Silhouette using

papers from a number of Nitwit Collections digi kits.

The sentiment is from the male collection I won many moons ago in blogland!

My Son has to work today so we are having a big family meal out tomorrow which happens to be my

Mother In Laws birthday too, so plenty of cake & champagne to celebrate.

Happy Birthday Christopher

Have a great weekend crafters, love x

Sending you Love ...

Yay, it is my challenge over at Passion for Promarkers

and I have chosen the 'Bingo Board' below

I have chosen ribbon, free and blooms but I have almost gone for a full house too!

I have used image, flowers, ribbon, charm, hessian, papers, buttons.

I have used glossy accents for this little cuties glasses.

The corners, matting and layering, speech bubble and the image itself

were all cut using the fabulous Silhouette Portrait.

Another feature I have mastered is cutting around a digi stamp!

Hand stitched once again, for a change.

This challenge is sponsored by 

who have 7 x digi stamps up for grabs.

Good luck everyone, I am looking forward to seeing all the amazing

entries and remember you MUST use a Letraset product to enter.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge -

Bearly Mine - Girly/Pink (I won Top 3)!

Take care, love x

Come Rain or Shine ...

Time for another challenge over on the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog

titled 'Come Rain or Shine' so in a nut shell we are looking for weather

related cards.  Here in the UK we love to moan about the weather, too cold, too wet and

occasionally too hot (not often).

I have used stamp, papers, film, postcard & button from my stash.

The sentiment & wave were cut using my Silhouette

I have used the colour picking tool on the Silhouette software to 

match the sun with the papers.

Have I mentioned I love this machine :) x

The shells are from the shores of Tunisa and if you look very carefully

even some Tunisian sand too.  It was really hot in Tunisa, so hot in fact

you couldn't stand on the beach without flip flops and even then

it was for a limited time before your feet would burn!

Great holiday, highly recommended though, the memories.

Along way away from the rain, rain and more rain here in the

South of England at the moment.

Why not come and play along with us for a chance to win a

£15 Joanna Sheen gift voucher for one lucky winner.

Maybe you could one of our daily talent features too!

Take care, love x

Are you a little bit crafty?

Well I am and I guess you are if you are a follower of my blog?
Why am I asking this question well
 'A Little Bit Crafty' 
is a new challenge blog which is launching on 1st April 2013

and I am a Design Team member, yey!

This challenge blog is the brain child of the lovely talented Paula

whom I co-host the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog with.
Thank you soooo much Paula for having me on the team x

It will be a monthly challenge complete with fabulous sponsors

and prizes up for grabs. 

All the design team have been chosen for 

their different styles so there will be plenty of inspiration to help

you along the way, soooo exciting.

So pop the blinkie on your blogs crafters and spread the word!

Take care, love x

Around the World ...

Time for a new challenge at Passion for Promarkers

and this one is titled 'Around the World' and has been chosen by design team

member Eileen.

I have been playing with my Silhouette once again for this one and purchased

the lanterns and 'Love' symbol for this one.  The lanterns were cut from Elegance.

The sentiment was cut out of really thick holographic gold cardstock which I have

had in my stash for many years and the Silhouette cut it perfectly.

cardstock and then coloured with Promarkers to get an exact colour match.

I have used Tilda, papers, flowers, ribbon, gems and of course

coloured with Pro/Flexmarkers and all hand stitched.

Up for grabs for this challenges lucky winner is this lovely set of stamps

called 'Going Places' which ties in perfectly for this challenge.

by Clearly Besotted Stamps

Why not come and play along with us and see if you are lucky?

Take care, love x

Hap-bee Birthday ...

This is my inspiration for the 'Passion for Promarkers' Challenge

starting today titled 'Circle Cards' and this is a first for me as I don't

generally do shaped cards but since the purchase of my beloved Silhouette Portrait

the world has become my oyster as they say.  The scalloped circle, stitched circle and the

two layers of honeycomb were all cut by this fabulous machine.

I have also used Tilda, ribbon, charm, flowers, berries, sentiment

and of course Promarkers and a glitter pen for Tilda's wings.

Why not come and play along with us for this challenge

you could win $10 worth of digi papers from the fabulous

That is all from me today, take care, have a good crafty day

love x

Cheers ...

Today is the start of a fresh new challenge over on the award winning 

Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog

and the title is 'Layer It Up'

so as the title suggests we want plenty of layers whether it is

decoupage or just loads of matting and layering, it is up to you.

I have used the gorgeous House Mouse Project Book Volume One

for this card and as I am only a drinker of tea or coffee this image

was just perfect for me.  I have decoupaged the main image

and there are three layers of card/papers on each page minimum.

I have also used my new super Silhouette Portrait to cut the teapot and the 

sentiment.  I just love this machine!  A couple of doilies, tea bag, ribbon & gems

and of course all hand stitched to finish.

Why not play along with us HERE  for the chance to win

the £ 15 Joanna Sheen gift voucher or you could be one of our daily talents too!

Bye for now, love x

Little Evie ...

Just thought I would show a new picture of our little Evie who is now 4 months old!

She is a tiny little one only weighing 2 kilos at present but she was from a big litter of 10!

Take care, love x

Give us a Cuddle ...

Today is the launch of the new challenge over at 

Passion for Promarkers

this time round the title is 'Give Us A Cuddle' simple!

I have had this stamp by Penny Black for sometime and it was great

to colour in again for this challenge.  I have an old fashioned wooden version of this stamp

but it is available as a cling stamp HERE

This is my first complete card using my new Silhouette machine, pretty simply just

cut the heart jigsaw in this case, stamp the image and colour with Promarkers

and then carefully peel of the mat and assemble onto the card.

I have learnt so much with this machine, plenty of cutting and playing,

very impressed indeed.  Overall verdict, I love it!

Anyways I have also used papers, sentiment, flowers, more flowers, daisy, brads, 

border, berries, crystal beads, jute and all hand stitched as always.

This turned out to be a large card 8x8 in fact because I needed to fit the 

ducks onto the heart and go from there.

This is a close up of the image and you might just work out

the glossy accents on the little duckies beaks?

The sentiment was easy 'You complete me' as this is something my Husband

has always said to me, awww bless.

I hope I have inspired you to come and play along with us, this week up for grabs

for one lucky winner is two gorgeous digi stamps from the lovely Krista

at the Saturated Canary, so what are you waiting for?

That is it for me today, I look forward to seeing all your creations

and don't forget you need to use a Letraset product and follow the 

theme to enter, good luck. x

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges -

Cutie Pie Challenge - Valentines (I won Top 3)!

Heck of a Challenge - Love is all around us ... (I won DT Fav)!

Stamptacular Sunday - From the Heart (I won Top 3)!

You make my Heart Flutter ...

Today I am Guest Designing for the lovely

Forever Friends & Co Challenge Blog

and the new challenge titlted

'Animals, Butterflies or Birds'

I have used this gorgeous stamp from

Indigo Blu and quite simply heat embossed in silver

onto some red cardstock, hand stitched, CG sentiment, ribbon

and heart & key charms.  The butterflies have been punched from a MS border punch.

Fabulous prizes up for grabs sponsored by

who has a a set of Watercolour Crayons and 4 x Stamps

up for grabs for one lucky winner!

Love x