With Sympathy ...

Sadly we all need to make sympathy cards once in a while and on this occasion

I wanted one for my lovely MIL whose new Husband & soul mate was diagnosed just a few short

months ago with Cancer and sadly lost his battle just this weekend.

She adores my cards and really appreciates them, so although I need some of these

cards in my supplies I wanted a very special and unique one for her.

CAS is the order of the day with sympathy cards and this is so but I personally

created this lace die cut on my fabulous Silhouette Studio from scratch and I have to admit

I am really pleased with the result even thought it took many hours of work!

Thank you for visiting my blog today and may Steve bless him now rest in peace,

he will be missed very much but thought of every day x

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

A Time to Craft - Sympathy (I Won Top 3)!

Friend ...

Well time for a new challenge at Passion for Promarkers and it is

titled 'Easel Does It' and this one was my choice so I can't wait to see all your easels!

I have used Gorjuss, fence, papers, ribbon, corners, brad, butterflies, sentiment,

bow die & flowers, All hand stitched and of course coloured with a combination of 

Pro/Flexmarkers.

Come and play along for a chance to win a stamp set from

Take care, happy crafting, love x

Birthday Fishes ...

I hope you are enjoying a current challenge over at A Little Bit Crafty which is titled

'Die-ing for It' and this is my card for the midway reminder.

I have used Tilda, papers, dies, charm, special pin which came off of some new clothing
 which if you look carefully is round at the bottom and perfect for
hanging the daily catch!  Ribbon, flowers, dew drops, button, embossing

all finished off with some hand stitching.

There is still  time to come and play along with us and just a reminder of 

our generous sponsors -

Krista has 3 x digi's of the winners choice

$20 Voucher

£15 Voucher

Birthday Wishes ...

Isn't he the cutest, I am a sucker for a cute stamp and this one is no exception

along with a few others that fell into my basket, oops!

Today at Passion for Promarkers we want to see creations using the colours of your

national flag, so here for me is Red, White & Blue.

I have used papers, stamp, buttons, charm, twine & brad.

Completely hand stitched for a change and all the matting/layering

has been cut using my Silhouette including the clouds, tabs & plane.

Here is a little pic of the inside and yey another Male card off the list.

Why not come and play along with us.

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous

who have a surprise gift up for grabs for the lucky winner?

Take care, love x

Bubbles ...

Today I am the Guest Designer over at 'Penny Black & More' and the theme

this time round is 'Dies/Punches' love using them so no pressure at all.

Time to colour this little cutie which hadn't seen ink that I just NEEDED :) x

I have used papers, fence, bunting, ribbon, lace, berries, twine, button, flowers, Kraft, drops

and hand stitched as always.

I have also glittered the bubbles & then used Glossy Accents too!

Why not come and play along with us for a chance to win some prizes and you could

be their next Guest Designer just like me?

I would like to enter this into the following challenge -

Bearly Mine - Anything Goes (I Won Top 3)!

Happy ...

Today is the start of a new challenge over at 'A Little Bit Crafty'  and is titled

'Die-ing For It', so pretty easy don't you think.

Most of my 'die' cuts have been done on my gorgeous machine the Silhouette but

I have used a Magnolia die too, the fence!

I have used papers, corner, ribbon, flowers, charm, sentiment, adorable image kindly 

donated by the lovely Krista, twine, doily,

hand stitched (for a change)! and plenty of Frantage too.

Why not come and play along with us, this months sponsors are -

3 Digi Stamps

$20 Voucher

£15 Voucher

I would like to enter this into the following challenge -

Ladybug Crafts- Fav Embellishments (Flowers) (I Won Top 3)!

Thank you for visiting my blog today

Name that Tune ...

I will give you a clue, what is Tilda doing?

Give up? well it is 'Jump' by the Pointer Sisters.

Did you get it?

Today over at Passion for Promarkers the new challenge is titled

'Name that Tune' and as soon as I saw Tilda HERE I just had to use her.

I have used papers, ribbon, lace, flowers, 

berries, bells, charm, pearls, buckle, sentiment is CG, all matting, layering, shapes

including the cloud are cut on the Silhouette.

Hand stitched, image coloured in Promarkers and clouds created with TH ink.

Our sponsors for this challenge are 

who have 7 x digi stamps up for grabs for one lucky winner drawn at random

so why not come and play along with us?

Happy Fathers Day ...

Time for another challenge over on the 

Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog

and this will be my last both hosting and designing

as I have decided to step down and move on in blogland :(

Thank you so much Paula for choosing me from launch

and for letting me get more hands on and hosting too!

I have had a fabulous time with you all x

So here is my card for this challenge, I was sent the Hollypond Hill fishing stamp set

for this one.

I have used papers, ribbon, charms, button, brads & dew drops.

The matting & layering, cattails & clouds were all cut using my Silhouette.

The sentiment was also done on the Silhouette using a silver metallic pen.

Why not come and play along with us, as always there is a £ 15 Joanna Sheen voucher

up for grabs for one lucky winner, daily talent spots, weekly candy and a top 3

and guest designer too.

I will continue to host this challenge until the end of its run on the 29th June
including the daily talent spots and weekly candy.
I will still be designing for PFP & ALBC and I have a Guest spot coming up
in July for Penny Black & More!

I would like to enter this into the following challenge -
Polka Doodles - Male (I won First Prize)!

Wish ....

I loved making this pink 'Fairy Tale' card for the new challenge at

Passion for Promarkers

all the layers have been cut out on my Silhouette and then hand stitched.

There is a great feature on the die cutter to offset or invert the image which

I did for the round scallop matting and used it as a template to stitch.

I have also used the colour pick feature to match up the bunting and stars!

I have used papers, lace die, ribbon, charm, flowers, sparkles,corners, pearls, gems

and of course cute Tilda which I have decoupaged.

This challenge is sponsored by 

who have a £ 10 voucher up for grabs this week.

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

Bearly Mine - Anything Goes (I Won Top 3)!

Have a great Tuesday, love x

May All Your Wishes Come True ...

Today I wanted to share with you one of my new Tilda's, Indian Tilda in fact isn't she

just the cutest? I wanted some lovely rich colours for this one and got to colouring

her straight away.

I have used papers, postcard stamp & corner embellishment.  

The feathers, matting & layering, lace border,

oval and arrow were all produced on my lovely Silhouette.

Papers were printed onto Craftwork Cards pealised cardstock and Tilda

onto Elegance Satin which is great with alchol pens.

The sentiment was an old digi freebie and the buttons from my stash.

All completely hand stitched, coloured with Promarkers and finished off

with another one of my current fav products Frantage!

I seem to have so many cards to make right now that have deadlines

but I have more new Tilda's to play with :) x

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

Tilda Town - Celebration Birthdays (I Won Top 5)!

Thank you for visiting my blog today