Time for Tea

Good morning everyone. Today I would like to share a card which I have made with some of my new goodies that I purchased from Ally Pally at the weekend.
I normally go for 8x8 size cards, but I thought I would make a small card today (14.5x14.5) using a topper from The Hobby House - Tea Time by Mo Manning:).  I really am going all out today as again I don't normally do toppers, but they are just perfect for those days when I just don't have time to colour my image....... I'm thinking they are going to be very useful. I am loving these images so I can definitely say that the stamps are going to be on my newest NEED list :).

• I have used purple shimmer card to make the card base
• Matt and layered the image with co-ordinating die cut shapes and frames (The Hobby House)and then onto co-ordinating card. Before putting together I have used shabby pink embossing enamel around the edges.
• The roses, pearls, and brads are from The Hobby House.
• Silk flower in the centre of the cluster is from Prima.
• Lace and ribbon is from my stash.
• The heart charm - Mei Flower
• I have then finished of the card using stickles.

Here are a few more pictures to show you the detail a little better -

 

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

Lexi's Creations - Lace and/or Ribbon

The Crafty bloggers network - Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts TLT challenge - A card for a child or teenager

 

 

 

 

 

Little bit of Gothic Glamour

HI, fellow bloggers. I hope you are all getting some gorgeous Monday sunshine :)
Today I would like to share an 8x8 Saturated Canary card with you she is called Honey.
I made this card for my sister..... who although girly has a little gothic glamour going on and she wears boots like these:) (although not pink like these ones).

 

 

 

Items I used:

• 8x8 black card blank
• purple shades of card
• Spellbinder dies used -
• Gold Elements one
• H/F/C - Delicate Asters
• Jewel flowers and flourishes
• Decorative Labels Eight
• A2 curved matting basics A
• Silk flowers - Prima
• crystals and crystal corners - Prima
• pearls and black flower pearls on thread - The Hobby House
• Tiny sequin flowers - Mei Flower
• Large diamond pendant - Live and Love Crafts
• Black, purple ribbon and black lace - my stash

You will notice that I have used some of my new goodies on this card:)

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

Saturated Canary - Anything goes

Deep Ocean Challenge -  Flowers and Fantasy (she does have Fantasy  purple eyes)

Crafts and Me Challenge - Lace and Pearls

 

 

 

 

 

 

At The Movies - Crafting When We Can DT challenge

Happy Sunday everyone:)
As I said yesterday, I am honoured to now be part of the Crafting When We can Challenge blog team.
The new challenge starts today and the theme is - At The Movies and is sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs.
I have used Katness the Sassy one on fire, I think she suits my movie, what do you think?
Can you guess the movie?

 

 

And the movie is........... Miss Congeniality!.  For those of you that haven't seen the movie, it is about an FBI agent who has to go undercover and take part in a Miss United States beauty pagent.

Here is the card in a little more detail -

 

 

 

 

 

 





Alexandra Palace - Brilliant time :)

Evening bloggers! Just a quick post today as just arrived home from Alexandra Palace Big Stamp And Scrapbooking Show:)
Wow! I have bought some amazing new products and met some wonderful people.
I went with 2 friends ....... Vicky and Linda who between us spent a small fortune, but absolutely well worth it. A big thank you to Vicky who drove us there x  So over the next few weeks I will be sharing some of my new techniques and lot's of alter art products that I purchased, I can't wait to start playing:)
Although I don't have a creation to share with you today I would like to share some good news......... I have made it onto my first Challenge Design Team over at Crafting When We Can and my debut is tomorrow so please hop over and join in the fun..... I look forward to seeing your beautiful designs :)
The pictures I have to show you arevof my craft desk....... which is now full of all my fabulous new products........ I don't think I went over the top, do you?  heehee:)

 

LIEBSTER AWARD

Hello again, as I said earlier I would be back later to post the names of my 5 Nominees for the
Liebster award.
To my amazement I recieved this award from Kim :) and I am greatly honoured to accept. So firstly thank you so much for this award Kim. You can find her blog here so please hop over and have a peek.
This award was designed to promote blogs which have less than 200 followers. Once the award is accepted, the idea is to pay it forward to five other blogs you enjoy, encouraging others to visit, leave comments, and hopefully follow.
To accept the award:
Thank the person who gave it to you and link back to their blog. Post the award on your blog. Give the award to five other bloggers who have less than 200 followers.
Write a comment on their blog letting them know they have been nominated.
Kim is also a semi finalist for the Heartfelt Creations DT call and I left her a message on her blog to wish her luck and became a follower as I love her design styles and also because on one of her posts she wrote how that one day she would love to have a career in crafting and would love to do magazine work....... well I just thought wow! we have the same dreams:) So thats's how we met in blog land x
So here is my THANK YOU from one blogger to another! (This is one of the reasons I am just loving this blogland.... there are so many wonderful, caring and talented crafters that I wouldn't have known even exsisted).

NOW for  5 others that I would like to nominate with less than 200 followers:

First is Monica Lowrance. Monica is also a HFC design team finalist and was one of the first to congratulate me on getting through. We have emailed each other a few times too and I feel that even though we have never met that she is part of my growing number of crafting blog friends. Her designs are very unique and gorgeous and I love the way she tries lots of different mixed medias, and she is certainly an inspiration for me to try other techniques :)This is her blog http://happyscrappn2.blogspot.co.uk/

My next nominee is Marilyn (newfie crafter). Marilyn has left some lovely comments on my blog, which I really appreciate the fact that she has taken time to hop over and take a look :)
I love her designs and the fact that she uses some gorgeous dies and papers, they are so inspirational.
I do believe that she has recieved this award before however i'm sure that you can be awarded it more than once.... well anyway I think she truely deserves it:) This is her blog http://craftsbeyond.blogspot.co.uk/

My 3rd nominee is Carole. Carole as with Marilyn has left me some lovely comments and without crafting bloggers like her then us new bloggers wouldn't have the inspiration to keep posting.
Carole's designs are really beautiful so please hop over and take a look at her blog :) http://8thwonderart.blogspot.co.uk/

My 4th nominee goes to Oskana Clegg. Oskana is another well deserved finalist for the HFC design team call and again has left me a lovely, kind comment. I can only describe her designs as clean, fresh and elegant., they are just beautiful :).http://www.everydaycrafting.blogspot.co.uk/
I wish her and all the other HFC dt call semi finalists lots of luck x

My final nominee isYuri Kitamura from Japan, WHY? because I have absolutley fell in love with her creations:).  I came accross Yuri in blog land a few weeks ago on a challenge blog and then again on several others so I hopped on over to see her designs on her blog and WOW! what a very talented lady:) and to my amazement she has only been crafting since May 2012, my jaw was open for hours:)
Please visit her blog as i'm sure that you to will love her designs http://soffamagnolia.blogspot.co.uk/

Well thats my 5 Nominees all with very different creative talents, but all that I admire and find very inspirational :)
So congatulations to each and every one of you  please grab your badge at the top of this post and add it to your blogs and link me back here to show who was inspired by your work enough to award you the leibster this time.

Shabby Chic Scrapbook Frame

Good afternoon fellow bloggers. Believe it or not I have been trying to post this since 7am this morning however hubby had other plans....... fit all of our interior doors as he has a few days off work and who am I to argue as i've been waiting for over 6 months:).  Even though he has tried his best to keep most of the mess outside I seem to have spent most of the day with the hoover on!

So anyway....... the project that I have to share with you today is a scrapbook page frame.  I have had the frame for months now and last night finally had the inspiration to do something with it.

 

 

The gorgeous little boy in the photo is my grandson Mason........ who even at age the age of 2years and 3 months is a little poser :)
I painted the frame using some Docrafts pearl acrylic paint - Mother of Pearl as the base coat. I then stamped around the edges with a Justrite stamp - Classic edge with Stazon ink in teal. I have then used Tim Holtz crackle glaze paint in faded jeans. Finally when all was dry in went over the frame with distress ink - Milled Lavender to give the frame just a little hint of purple.

 

 

 

For the scrapbook page I have used paper from Maja Design.  I have adhered it to the back inside of the frame. I have used embossing enamel to add a little texture to the sides and right hand corner, and

created my page using lots of buttons and flowers. The bird and clock elements I have cut from the Pixie Glen papers.

I have also embossed some of the wooden embellishments.

Finally I have put the frame together without inserting the glass and decorated the ouside of the frame.

 

 

Items Used:

Papers:

Maja Design and Prima - Pixie Glen

Spellbinder dies: Opulent Ovals and H/C Timeless Amour

Justrite:  Classic Lace Edge border stamp

Prima: Flowers, crystals/gems, wood embellishments, Vintage trinkets and the sentiment

Doily and buttons are from my crafty stash

Inks: Stazon - teal, distress ink - Milled Lavender

Stickles - Diamond

Stampendous embossing enamel - Shabby white and frantage encrusted jewels

Docrafts: pearl acrylic paint

Tim Holtz: Crackle Glaze paint - Faded Jeans

 

I would like to enter this project into the following Challenges:

The Shabby Tea Room -  Challenge #161 photo inspiration

Flutterby Wednesday - Challenge #234 flowers



 

I will being posting again later as I have been awarded a Liebster award by the lovely Kim Robertson over at Inky Kim Craft. I am totally honoured that even though I haven't met this very talented lady she feels that I deserve it.  So I will be back later with details of this award and my 5 bloggers that I would like to nominate.

 

 

 

Vintage Birthday

Firstly I would like to apologise for not blogging over the last few days. It's been a very hectic week, I have been working on my Heartfelt Creations projects for submission (almost ready for posting) and spending time with the family. I have had lots of new goodies delivered this week too so looking forward to lots of crafting this coming week :)

I have a card to share with you today.
It is an 8x8 and I have used a few of my new goodies to create it :), although I found it very diffuclt to cut the papers up as they are just lush!

 

 

Papers used: (all available from Live and Love Crafts)

• Maja Design - Vintage Spring Basics
• Pion Design - Fairytale of Spring - Lily of the Valley
• The image is also Pion Designs - Grandma's Attic

Spellbinder dies used:

• Grand decorative labels one
• framed tags one
• A2 floral ribbon threader
• Jewel Flower Flourishes -a collection by Julianna Hudgens

•  flowers are mainly from The Hobby House, but not sure about the little cerise blossom
• pearls on a thread are - Live and Love Crafts
• Lace pearl and bling border is from Prima  - My Crafty Heart
• Green satin ribbon - Creative Expressions
• Cream Lace - Live and Love Crafts

I have crackle glazed the image using crackle accents by inkssentials

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

CLP Sketch Challenge - #57
Country View Challenge - Butterflies
Fussy and Fancy - Challenge 86/faux techniques (crackled glass on image? and faux stitches)