Lavender & Lace

Hi everyone, happy Friday to you!
Is everyone off for the Bank Holiday weekend?

Here I am with the last of my Lavender Lister samples made from the papercrafting kit.

I love using all the little extra bits off of a sheet to make cards.

For this one used the little butons popped up on foam pads.

The sentiment is from one of the sheets too.

I also used one of the patterned paperw with some ric rac binding, a little lace,

and a few little sticky back gems from my stash!

I absolutely love the colours on this one. 

The image would be great for so many different occassions too. 

I added a little die-cut sentiment, the buttons are rescued from a cardigan 

& the lace is from my stash!

Thanks again for stopping by!

I Love Lavender

Hi Guys,

I'm back again with some samples that I made for the 

Lavender Lister Collection  by Splash Crafts

Did you see them on the Create & Craft TV shows.

There really is something for all the girls in your life, whatever 

their age or whatever their interests.

There's something for all crafters too!

A papercrafting kit, dies, papers & stamps

everything you could want whatever level of crafter you are.

This little fairy was cut from the papercrafting kit

with the matching die. The frame was a die from the kit too!

I love the colours & the imges are so cute!

Thanks for popping by!

I'll be back soon with a few more samples to show you! 

Hugs

Dawn xx

Good Luck

Hi All,

It's been a while but I'm back with a couple of samples I made for 

Splash Crafts who've just introduced a cute 

Care Bears Range which is amazing!

Here I've made a little easel card & used the dies to cut out the images.

The images & papers are  really versatile & great to work with.

Available in a format to suit everyone, there are stamps, dies, embosing folders,

a papercrafting kit & it also comes on a USB so you can 

print & craft until your heart's content.

For this little cutie, I simply used the paper & a sentiment

with some ribbon, lace & a couple of pretty little crochet flowers

Thanks for popping in!

I hope you like my little samples!

I'll be back with more soon!

Happy Birthday Joyce

Good morning peeps!

It's been a while I know! I'm Not getting much time in my craft room 

over the summer months but I did manage to make this little card

for Joyce, my dear Mother In Law's 80th Birthday today.

The base card is 8"x 8".

The papers are from the My Minds Eye, Best of Paisley pad.

The gorgeous image is So Chic For HOLLY, by Rick St Dennis

She's perfect for my MIL as she also  has two poodles!

The image was coloured with a mix of Promarkers & Flexmarkers.

I made the sentiment button in my graphics programme.

I've included it in Png. form below. 

If you'd like it, just click on the pic & save to you computer.

All I ask is please don't share, send your friends over to collect it if they'd like it.

The lace & vintage style seam binding are from my stash.

I used spellbinders circle dies to cut out the image& entiment, then 

distress inked whilst still in the die.

 The fish tail was cut using a square punch.

The inside was decorated too.

Thanks for popping in today, I do appreciate your visit!

I'd like to enter this card in a few challenges:

The Corrosive Challenges - Nature - Animals 

The Ribbon Girls -  "Anything Goes as long as it has an image" 

  A Gem of a Challenge - Animals 

Animal Friends Challenge - Punches and/or Dies

 Crafty Ribbons - Pink & Girly 

 Creative Knockouts - Birthday Wishes 

 Hannah & Friends Animals 

80 Years Young!

Good morning all! Hope you are all well!

( I must apologise for not being up to date on my blog commments.

I've not been feeling so great this past week but I am trying to catch up, 

so please just bear with me!)

The card I have to share with you was made for my lovely  Dad

who celebrated his 80th birthday yesterday!

Happy Birthday again Dad!

I know he likes these colours & he likes Marilyn Munro

The card base is 8"x8" I do enjoy working with this size of card!

The papers are from my minds eye.

The fantastic image is from Marilyn from Ike's Art. I've used her several times now!

I coloured her lightly with flexmarkers the cut out with a Spellbinders circle die!

I used the layout from Paper Play Sketches & would like to enter their challenge!

Isn't it fantastic!

I changed it to a square & instead of adding further embellishments,

I used Tea Dye distress ink with a film strip die & some sequin waste

as stencils. I used a bit of Kraft CS for matting & layering!
The fish tails were created using a square punch.

The sentiment button was done in my graphics programme.

If anyone would like it, please just ask!

The ribbon & lace are from my stash! I do love adding a bit of lace to cards

for men, as long as it's not too flowery or sparkly!

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by!

I'd like to enter my card in a few other challenges

DRS Designs - Include The Word "Day"
Seize The Birthday 2W Birthday + Optional Topping: Anything Goes

Through the Purple Haze - Add A Number Oops no more than 10 challenges
Crafting By Designs - Let's Hear It For The Boys and Men
Inky Impressions - All About The Boys
Sisterhood of Crafters - Birthdays
The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes/ Use Ribbon
Crafty Sentiment Designs - Birthday
Always Playing with Paper - W, E3 - Masculine Card (Cut off circle shape of engine)
Cards in Envy - Birthday Cards
The Ribbon Girls -  Anything Goes as long as you include an image

Tic Tac Toe

Good morning all!

Hope you had a good weekend! it's Monday again which can only mean one thing.......

It's time for the new challenge at Eureka Stamps, where this weeks theme is

#181 Tic Tac Toe

I love this kind of challenge! Here's my card!

I made a Wedding Congratulations card using 

Digi 55601 Wedding Bells & Digi 5507 Congratulations

Here's the grid

I used the Top Line -Die Cut Rhinestones Ribbon &

The Diagonal - Die Cut, Embossing, Flowers 

Hope you like my card & I hope you can play in the challenge!

I'd like to enter this card in the challenges below:

Addicted to Stamps - Die Cuts 

The Corrosive Challenges - LOVE LOVE LOVE 

The Ribbon Girls – Use Any Image

Imagine That! Creative Playground  - Show us your heart 

Little Claire's - Love and Marriage

Pattie's Creations -  February - Love Is In The Air

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Celebrate with ribbon or trim

Simply Create Too - Use Pink or Red only

Through the Purple Haze -Share Some Love

Breakfast At Tiffany's

Good morning all!

I have another card to share today!

As you can see, it's another of the samples I made for the launch 

of the new La Pashe CD Rom........

The Wrinklies At The Movies 

This one is an easel card. 

I used black card stock for the base & plain red paper to matt & layer.

The border was punched with an EK Success punch.

The design paper is from the CD

I used the sentiment as the stop for the easel section.

Added some ribbon & lace from my stash & a few die cut words.

You can just about see the little pocket/napkin with tiny cutlery charms.

I just couldn't resist, I've had these in my stash forever!

Hope you like it, thanks for stopping by!

I'd like to enter this card in a few challenges:

Clear It Out - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Allsorts - Lots of layers (3rd Entry)

Chocolate Coffee & Cards - Fancy & Feminine

My Fair Lady

Good morning all!

It's a beautiful start to Sunday here, the sun is shining & it looks 

like it's going to stay that way!

Here's todays little card!

It's another sneek peak at the samples I made using the

Wrinklies At The Movies CD rom

.My card is 8"x8"

I added a matt of plain black paper under the design  paper.

I then added some lace, black satin ribbon & sheer white ribbon.

I die cut a scalloped circle from plain black paper using a spellbinders die 

then topped that with a little doily. 

The decoupaged image was matted on to the black paper too!

I placed the image at a jaunty angle & added the sentiment above, using varying

depths of foam pads. The final additions were a feather, a triple bow & a little

black heart embellishment. The ribbon, feather & heart were all from

 Lelli-Bot Crafts

Will be releasing the new CD Rom as a One Day Wonder on 

 Create & Craft TV 

Freeview 36, Sky 674, Virgin 748 & Free Sat 813

on Monday 7th September at 4pm & 7pm.

I've just heard there's a show on Tuesday too!

You can just about see the dimension in the side view of my card!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you've enjoyed your visit!

I'd like to enter my little card in a few challenges:

Allsorts - Lot's Of Layers

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Fancy & Feminine

ABC Challenge - Q is For Queen Of Hearts

Crafting With An Attitude - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Creations - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper - Anything Goes With Patterened Paper

The Sisters Of Craft - Anything Goes

CAS Happy Anniversary

Good Morning all!

Todays card is an Anniversary card which I made for my  niece & her husband, 

who celebrate their Wedding Anniversary today!

Happy Anniversary Sarah & Bill, have a great day!
I seem to be making a lot of Anniversary cards at the minute!

The sentiment was printed directly on to the card.

The Font I've used is Serengetti ITC

I added a strip of lace & a strip of ribbon, topped with

a button, threaded with some button twine which was tied in a bow!

Thanks for stopping by today, I do hope you like my little CAS card!

I'd like to join in with the following challenges:
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Your Favourite Occasion
Card Mania - Anniversary
Crafting From The Heart -Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Card & Scrap - Anything Goes/Love
Card Mania - Anniversary

It's Friday!

Good morning everybody, it Friday at last! Yay!

It's almost the weekend but there's another reason to get excited!

This card was made using one of the many gorgeous design sheets on the new

 CD Rom from La Pashe.  The Gift Of Christmas.

Which will be launched on Create & Craft TV today!!

are on Create & Craft TV today!

Freeview 36, Sky 674, Virgin 748 & Free Sat 813
at 10.00am 

I made an 8"x8" card. The design paper is from the CD as is the greeting.

I used some broad lace from my stash & a gorgeous piece of tartan ribbon

that I got from a friends crafty clearout! Isn't it amazing!

I added some glitter to the image but I don't think it's showingvery well in the photos.

The holly leaves & sequin berries are from my stash!

Don't forget to tune in to the show if you can! 

I reckon this one will fly of the shelf way before the end of the show!

I'd like to enter this card in a couple of challenges:

As You Like it Challenge - Fur Or Feathers (I love robins on Chrstmas cards)

Moving Along With The Times - Snow In Summertime

Holly Jolly Christmas - Feathered Friends

Christmas Is Coming!

Good morning all!

I hope you are well!

Here's the little card I have to share with you today!

It's actually 7"x7" to be exact, so not so little really!

I was lucky enough to be asked to make some samples using the new 

 CD Rom from La Pashe.  The Gift Of Christmas.

Which will be launched on Create & Craft TV this Friday!

are on Create & Craft TV this Friday!

Freeview 36, Sky 674, Virgin 748 & Free Sat 813
at 10.00am 

The decoupage is simple to cut out & the papers are included on the CD

as is the sentiment. I added two types of ribbon, some lace, skittles & a 

touch of liquid chalk ink around the edges, here & there.

I hope you like it & I hope you can tune in to see Bailey on Friday!

I'd like to enter my card in a few little challeges:

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Christmas

Noor! Designs UK - Christmas

Petal Lu - Anything Goes

The Glory Of Christmas Challenge- Use Ribbon Or Washi Tape

The Ribbon Girls - Just Add Ribbon

Chalk n Stock - Anything Goes With Chalk

Crafting For All Seasons - Christmas In July (3rd Entry)

Happy Father's Day

Happy Monday everyone! 

Did you have a good weekend?

I certainly hope you did!

It's time for the new challenge  over at

Eureka Stamps where the theme this week is

#145 "Father's Day"

Here's my DT inspiration card

The card base is A5 Linen Embossed card stock.

The papers are from "My Minds Eye"

I used the Digi Stamp #8109 Happy Father's Day 

printed straight on to some Kraft CS.Then matted & layered.

 I added little eyelets to the top corners & threaded

with ribbon, which was recycled from some clothing.

I added some lace, ribbon & skeleton leaves and mounted the

sentiment panel on some foam tape. 

The little wooden heart & flowers are from my stash.

I can't wait to see what you create for this challenge!

This card was made with the following challenges in mind:

2 Cute Ink - Father's Day

Dream Valley Challenges - Father's Day

Get Creative Challenges - Father's Day

Make It Monday With Kraft Outlet - Masculine

Come & Get It - Father's Day

Dragonfly Dreams - Special Occasions

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes With Men

Crazy 4 Challenges - Masculine

Little Claire's - Father's Day

Creative Corner - Just For Boys

Black & White

Good Morning all! 

How has your weekend been so far? Good I hope!?

I'm here today with my inspiration card for this month's challenge 

over at The Crafting Cafe where the theme is

Black & White

The Sponsor for this month is

Inky Impressions

Who kindly supplied images for the DT to work with.

I actually chose to work with my own image Caroling LiLi

 & Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas sentiment

 from the company, which I coloured using a mix of grey promarkers.

I've used a 6x6 linen embossed cardstock base.

I used plain black paper to mat & layer 

My Design Papers are from the Black & Silver Christmas Craft Paper Pad

by Southfield Stationer 

To embellish, I added some white lace from my stash, some stickles & a sheer ribbon bow.

The image panel is mounted on some foam tape.

That's about it really! I hope you like my little card & I can't wait to see what you create 

for the Black & White Challenge

I'd like to put this little card forward for the following challenges:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Black White +1 other colour (grey)
Challenge Up Your Life - Monochrome
Crafts 4 Eternity - Black & White
Frosted Designs - Felt, Fabric, Burlap, Lace
That's Crafty Challenge - All That Glitters
The Stamping Boutique - 1 image 2 papers 3 embellishments
Addicted To Stamps - Holiday
I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes