Circle The Tilda

So the weekend begins. Ahh lovely weekend. Tilda is here to celebrate the weekend with a Simon Says Paper piecing challenge. I've made a circle card for one main reason, I had run out of this lovely dark brown cardstock and the only piece I had left was this tiny bit! Bless! So with a little frugal jiggery pockery I managed to make it run to a couple of matts.

But why didn't I use another colour? Well I had already pieced the Tilda in these yummy Basic Grey papers before I realised I had no cardstock to match - D'oh!


Materials:
Stamp - Magnolia
Ink - VersaFine Onyx black
Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor
Papers - Basic Grey
Usual suspects - scissors, Double-sided tape; silicone glue
Other - Button; fluffy ribbon; Vellum; Nestibilities; Cuttlebug

Plain And Simple

- Just like me :)

Today I have a My Cute Stamps card for you and this little notelet uses the lovely doodle flowers from the Little Forest Friends stamp set. Holly has released some new lovely stamp sets in her shop just expanding my wish list!
And you will never guess what? I've just heard that my card for Katharina's Blog Hop Guest DT call has been picked - Wahoo, Wahoo, Wahoo. Thank you Katharina. You can check out the other lucky girls here and the Whiff of Joy Blog Hop for their new stamp release will be on the 25th July. I will float down from the ceiling soon :)

Materials:
Stamp - My Cute Stamps
Ink - VersaFine Onyx black
Colouring - Koh-I-Noor pencils and sansodor
Usual Suspects - paper trimmer; silicone glue; double sided tape; Scissors
Other - Kraft card; Dotted bazzill;

Birds Of A Feather

The Shimmerz Paints and Impression Obsession is still going on and here is another make from the swap, hope you like it :) I saw this stamp a couple of months ago and fell in love and was so lucky to be sent it in the IO/Shimmerz Swap.

What is it about birdcages that is so appealing? It is not like I want to keep a bird in a cage or anything. One of my local charity shops has a lovely ornate vintage-style birdcage that if it wasn't for the fact that we have absolutely no room at all and that my OH would think I had finally lost it (LOL), I would have bought it immediately!



Materials:
Stamp - Impression Obsession
Ink - VersaFine Onyx
Colouring - Shimmerz Paints Sunflower; Fire engine red; Shimmerz Blingz Spiced Cider
Papers - MME Bloom and Grow
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Double-sided tape
Other - Sewing Machine; Button; thread

Catch A Swiss Pixie

And all the day you will have good luck :)

Good Morning All, today I have a Pixie for you and this is the Lovely Gretel, what a cutey. She is matched with the My Mind's Eye Bloom and Grow papers and the stamp and papers may have fallen into my basket at Quixotic Paperie -Tee Hee!

I thought that I would enter this into the Copic Creations Challenge this week which is all about Brunette hair colouring. But I do have a confession to make, I'm still building my Copic pens collection so I use both Copics and Promarkers to colour - please don't shoot me for my sin. LOL!

I've also coloured the wings with some yummy Shimmerz paints Angel Wings, Sunflower and Fire Engine Red. Quixotic Paperie is going to be supplying Shimmerz soon, how exciting is that? Oh and don't forget that the Impression Obsession and Shimmerz Swap is still running.



Materials:
Stamp - CC Designs Gretel; Woodware Sentiment
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - Copic; Promarkers; Shimmerz paints
Papers - MME Bloom and Grow
Usual Suspects - Paper Trimmer; Double-sided tape; Silicone glue
Other - White gel pen

Shimmerz and Impression Obsession

As promised here is one of my makes for the Shimmerz and Impression Obsession product swap where the DTs get to play with each company's products. I was very, very lucky indeed to get hold of some absolutely gorgeous Impression Obsession stamps (thank you guys), two of which I have used in today's card and the other I will be showing you later in the week.

Details: I just felt that this wonderful vintage dress stamp Feminine Form matched beautifully with a vintage feel card. I've coloured the stamp with distress inks and Shimmerz Paints Aqua Marine and Angel Wings, the background under the doily is the fabulous Porcelain Crackle stamped onto patterned paper that had been sprayed with Shimmerz Spritz Baby's Breath. Both the doily and the patterned paper yo-yos where also sprayed with Shimmerz Spritz Baby's Breath. I finished the card with some paper distressing, partial sewing, buttons and a bead charm recycled from a broken necklace.




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Thanks for looking and if you have some time do not forget to check out the Shimmerz blog and the Impression Obsession for more wonderful makes.

Materials:
Stamps - Impression Obsession Feminine form and Porcelain Crackle
Ink - VersaFine Sepia
Colouring - Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Inks; Shimmerz Paints
Papers - K&Co Ancestry
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Silicone glue; Double-sided tape
Other - Buttons; Bead Charms; Sewing machine; thread; Doily; paper distressers

Shimmerz Bee Fancy Dress Party

Good Morning all, start to a new week and I have some exciting Shimmerz news for you today.

First of all this week Shimmerz and Impression Obsession are hosting product swaps so you will see lovely Impression Obsession images used with yummy Shimmerz on the DT blogs of both teams - well worth a look-see. I'm due to post my makes tomorrow and I have some beautiful images to show you :)

Second bit of Shimmerz News is that the wonderful Stacey, owner of Shimmerz Paints with her hubby David (there is such a cute piccy of them both here!), has a fab-ishous publication incentive running for anyone to join in! How cool is that? The details can be found on this post.

I have a Stampendous bee stamp for you today and before you ask - they are going to a fancy dress party LOL. What colour are your bees? Of course I've highlighted the bees with some Shimmerz.



Materials:
Stamps - Stampendous; Woodware sentiment
Inks - VersaFine onyx black
Colouring - Copics; Promarkers; Shimmerz paints Celery, Angels Wings; Sugar Plum
Papers - BasicGrey
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Silicone glue
Other - Fiskers border punch; Sewing machine; thread; corner rounder

A Quiet Sunday

Another Summer card for you today but one perhaps not quite as bright as this week's makes have been :)

Details: I've used the beautiful Shy Willow from Whiff of Joy, coloured with copics and promarkers, the flowery background paper is from DCWV and the circles were made with my copics and nesties. The ribbon was also coloured with copics. Little bit of distressing, little bit of piercing and the sentiment was made from Sizzx Alpha set Lindsey's Diary.



Hope you are all having relaxing Sundays.

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff of Joy
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - copics; promarkers;
Paper - DCWV
Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; Paper trimmer
Other - Cuttlebug; Nesties; Ribbons; Button; Sizzix Alpha set; Nail File

Need Some Cheering Up?

Well here is the quick card for you! I very BRIGHT card using the absolutely lovely Bloomin' kit from Designs by Krista.

I seem to have done lots of very bright cards recently, anyone would think it was Summer or something :)

Happy Independence Day to the USA.
Materials:
Papers - Designs by Krista
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Double-sided tape; scissors
Other - Black marker pen; Fiskers border punch

Strawberry Cherries

Can you believe that it is Friday already? It is a quite dreary Friday too the sun seems to have gone and it is very overcast here in London.

Hey Ho I'm keeping Summer going with this card for the Whiff of Joy Blog Hop Call. Katharina is launching some new stamps on the 25th July and she is looking for volunteers to take part in a blog hop - Wahoo what fun. You have til the 8th July to throw your name into the mix with this lovely and unusual sketch.

Details: I've used Willow with Strawberry Basket from the Summer 2009 kit, coloured with copics and promarkers and matched her up with HOTP papers. I've backed her with vellum and made a vellum lace border. The handmade embellishments are made from felt, jute ribbon from Quixotic Paperie and buttons. The card is finished with some hand-stitching :)



Hope you have a lovely day and that the sun is shining where you are (unless it is night of course!).

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff Of Joy; My Cute Stamps Sentiment
Ink - VersaFine Onyx
Papers - HOTP
Colouring - Letraset Promarkers; Copic Pens
Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; Paper trimmer. double-sided tape
Other - felt; embroidery thread; ribbon; buttons; Jute ribbon; Vellum; Fiskers lace emboss punch; Cuttlebug; Nesties

Have A Roar-ring Good Wednesday

A little lion greeting card for you today and this little guy is from the My Cute Stamps Circus Animals set. He is really cute, I do love this set with all of it's cute animals very fab.

Holly has some fab temporary tattoos to give away on here blog, very cute. She is announcing the winner tomorrow.,



Materials:
Stamp - My Cute Stamps
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - PrismaColor pencils; Koh-I-Noor pencils; Sansodor
Paper - Distressed Gingham (my design)
Usual suspects - Paper trimmer; Silicone glue; Double-sided tape; 3D-foam
Other - sparkle brads

Is This A Card I See Before Me?

It certainly is and about time too!

I got a gorgeous DT pack from Elaine over at Quixotic Paperie and in it was this sweet Whimsy Giraffe and scrummy DCWV Citrus papers. The jute is very versatile. I cut mine in half and threaded a piece of raffia through it. The flower is from the Petaloo Dahlia Retro Orange/Burgandy kit and I was blown away by the quality. I've not used these flowers before and they are beautiful, you get gems in the kit as well (think they might be falling into my basket from time to time!).



But these are not the only things in my DT pack - Elaine sent me an absolutely glorious card with so much detail, you can see it on her blog here. It has pride of place in my craft space (well will have when my craft space is finally sorted out!).

Right I have to get a wiggle on, I was meant to pop into town (Oxford street for my sins) two hours ago before the crowds really kicked in - Oops!

Materials:
Stamp - Whimsy Giraffe
Ink - Versafine Onyx black
Colouring - PrismaColor pencils; Koh-I-Noor pencils; Sansodor
Papers - DCWV Citrus Stack
Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; Double sided tape; Paper trimmer
Other - Petaloo Dahlia; Jute; Raffia

Wahoo! Cable Found

Okay so it was a bit touch and go but the camera cable has been found and it was of course in a safe place that I had totally forgotten about. Now I remember that as I put it away I said to myself 'I must remember where I've put this!' So that really worked. LOL!

A little photo diary of last week's DIY (apologies to all!). The bit that took the longest was shifting everything from room to room, I still haven't unpacked everything.

A happy David as we start - that didn't last :)




But look at these wonderful floors.




And the chaos that we shifted around? There is floor to ceiling bags behind the door!



Just be glad I did not show you a piccy of the moth infested carpet we ripped out - it makes me feel icky just thinking about it.

All worth it. Right better get on with some work :)

D'oh!

Ok so you know how when you are packing things up to move them around you always put those important things in a specific, easily locatable place?

Yeah right!

Well I still haven't found the cable for downloading piccies to the computer. I'm not panicking, I've not lost it, I just haven't located it yet :)

Back later with photos - I hope :)

Almost There...

We have almost finished, the floor is down and we are now in the process of sorting out where everything goes. I still haven't got my craft desk up and working again but we are getting there. Hurrah.

I would post some piccies of the new look but I have no idea where the cord to download from the camera to the computer is! Hey-ho it will turn up.

On some upsetting news it seems that someone is trying to pass-off Shimmerz paints as their own product, Stacey is completely understandable furious and is going to follow this up seeing as Shimmerz is protected by intellectual property rights. But it is just unbelievable what some people will do to to earn a fast buck.

Anyway I have a Shimmerz card to cheer us all up :)



Ask me if we will be DIY-ing again, Er- NO!

Materials:
Paints - Shimmerz Sunflower; Blingz Spiced Cider
Papers - K&Co
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; double-sided tape
Other - Seam ripper

DIY-ing

Hi there all, no card for you today but a couple of scraps of news.

First off Craft Critique is spotlighting Shimmerz and there are Shimmerz giveaways to go with it so hot-tail over there for a chance at some yummy sparkly :)

Second bit of news the lovely Elaine from Quixotic Cards has asked me to be on the DT for her new online shop Quixotic Paperie. How exciting is that? Wahoo! Carole from Stardust, Gems and Ribbon is also on the DT, go send them both some lurve :)



Sorry for the quick post but it is operation floor change day 4 and as you can imagine my head is as chaotic as the flat at the mo...LOL

All the Frills

Hey all, day three of operation floor change in our household and David and I are exhausted, but we have done the bedroom - Hurrah and are moving into the lounge. Isn't it frightening how much stuff (craft) you accumulate? LOL!

On to the card for today, I have a frilly My Cute Stamps card using the pressy stamp from the Birthday Numbers kit.

Have a lovely Monday.

Materials:
Stamps - My Cute Stamps
Ink - VersaFine onyx black; Versacolor red
Paper - Basic Grey
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; double sided tape
Other - Ribbon; fiskars border punch; Nesties; Cuttlebug; circle template

And It Is Father's Day In The UK

Happy Father's Day all. Hope that you have a lovely day.

I've had to pack all my crafting stuff away :( The success of changing the flooring in the bathroom has motivated us to get rid of the carpet in the rest of the flat. Now this will be a challenge as we do not have a lot of room to maneuver. We are moving furniture from one room to another (we only have two rooms anyway! Well four if you include the bathroom and kitchen.) so it will be a climbing frame in here whilst we get it all done.

Fun, Fun, Fun! I've scheduled some cards over the week and hopefully I'll get time to keep up with some blog hopping, well after I have snatched the computer away from my OH. Poor boy his holiday this year is a DIY special!


Materials:
Paper - Basic Grey
Usual Suspects - Double sided tape; Silicone glue; Paper trimmer
Other - String; Stapler; Fabric brad; String; Paper Crimpler; EK success border punch

Just A Quicky

Have you seen the candy over at Elaine's blog Quixotic Cards? She is giving away a £15 gift voucher for her shop Quixotic Paperie and she is so busy at the moment loading new yummys into her online store.

Laters :)

More Cake Anyone?

Mmm Cake... And this cake is from a new Cupcake kit over at Krista's shop Designs By Krista. Guess what? This kit is on sale with 25% off making it $2.25 (about £1.40) Wahoo! I love the papers in this kit and of course the yummy cupcake makes a fab embellishment.


Materials:
Papers - Designs By Krista Cupcake Kit
Usual Suspects - Double Sided tape
Other - Fiskars border punch; Embroidery thread

Sugar Nellie Duda Daze Blog Hop

I am so lucky to be part of the Sugar Nellie's new Duda Daze stamps release blog hop. Karen asked for some volunteers for the new range designed by Diane Duda and I was awfully lucky to put my hand up in time. My new stamp arrived a while ago and I've had to sit on my hands until now before I could show it to you all!

If you have come to my blog from Ali's blog then you are doing well, if not you need to start at the Sugar Nellie's blog.

Here is my effort with these fab new stamps:



So your next blog to hop to is April's All Eyes Are On Me Now

Happy Hopping

Materials:
Stamp - Sugar Nellie
Ink - Versafine Onyx black
Colouring - PrismaColor pencils; Koh-i-noor pencils; Derwent pencils; Sansodor
Papers - Basic Grey
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Doublesided tape