These boots were made for walking

Morning all - how's it going? I am at home ALL day today (bliss), cwtched up in my crafty corner getting inky and picking dimensional foam pad covers from my person LOL! Today's card is to go with the candle I stamped from Wednesday's post for my mother-in-law on Mother's day. It's hard to see, but I used crystal effects on the wellie boot.

On Monday the design team (that's including me!) will reveal all of their amazing work over at the in love with stamping forum. The samples are awe inspiring, we have some top UK bloggers showcasing their work too - hope you can join in the fun and challenges with us.

Have a great weekend and see you on Monday xx

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Ink: Real red, cameo coral, old olive, creamy caramel and whisper white craft.
Card stock: Kraft, old olive, whisper white and real red.
Other: PTI-Daily design and sentiment stamps, polka dot basics II background stamps. East of India ribbon and apron lace punch.

Eternal flame

Morning all, this little number is part of some mother''s day's projects I have been working on. It was also something very similar to what I demoed at my recent Stampin' Up! workshop and gave as a thank you to the hostess. It is a stamped candle and you can find a tutorial for this technique here, which is not as scary as you think, just be sure to only heat the image very quickly.

Just a quickie today (ooh matron!) but as per usual I am trying to do a million things at once and also working on my design team work which will be revealed next Monday 1st March (which is also St David's day) over at in love with stamping.

Have a great day & see you soon xx

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Bella's bloom.

Ink: Real red and old olive.

Card stock: Very vanilla.

Misc: Old olive striped grosgrain ribbon,linen thread and large cello bag.

Other: Tissue and parchment paper, pillar candle from Wilko, PTI daily designs and sentiments.

Tools used: 1 3/4" circle punch, 1/16" hand punch and heat gun.

Oh we're going to Ibiza

Well it wasn't Ibiza I was singing it was "oh we're going to Ikea" but you get the gist. So it was meatballs and stylish storage all round yesterday and of course the obligatory 45p hot dog as reward to yourself at the end of the trip hee hee!

These cards are from the Stampin' Up! workshop I did last Friday. Simple yet stylish I think and so did the lovely ladies. I also braved a new technique of stamping on a candle (I will take some pics of this ) too, which I have have to say I loved.

Have a great Monday & seeyasoon as my beautiful Niece would say xx

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Bella's border, whimsical words (sale.a.bration) and love you much.

Ink: Ruby red, chocolate chip marker and perfect plum.

Card stock: Elegant eggplant, pale plum, whisper white, chocolate chip, ruby red and very vanilla.

Misc: Elegant eggplant 1/4" and chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon, filigree brads.

Tools used: Eyelet border punch, scallop circle punch, mat pack and piercing tool and stampin around wheel guide.

Like a circle in a spiral

Morning and happy Friday to one and all :D These are the last of my cards for the design team over at the great in love with stamping forum. The first was a colour challenge and the second was another project using five ribbons. The latter one I really pondered over as it is a bit busy for my style but I do lurve the glitter heart and curly coated wire :D



Off on my second Stampin' Up! workshop today with some of the same great ladies from before but at a different venue. My lips are sealed about what we will be crafting but I am bringing out the big guns today and using my heat gun - oooooh hee hee!

Have a great weekend and see you on Monday xx

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Ink: Brocade blue, old olive, black stazon, versamark, close to cocoa and creamy caramel.
Card stock: Old olive, brocade blue, very vanilla, kraft and chocolate chip.
Paper: Old olive and rose red designer series paper.
Misc: Sticky cut hearts and rose glitter, chocolate chip 1/4" grosgrain ribbon.
Other: PTI polka dot basics II, autumn abundance, everyday button bits, vintage cream and avocado twill and leaf button. Rub on sentiment from basic grey.
Tools used: 1 3/4" circle punch, apron lace punch and sewing machine.

Love is in the air

Well what else could it be, especially from me :D From blog titles to card sentiments, I think if I could have a Stampin' Up! wish or a hand in the design of a new set I would love to have some famous song titles in a sentiment set ( I could think of a million brill ones - no surprise there;)

Anyway daydream over, my projects for today are for the sketch challenge over at in love with stamping. These are my design team entries, I wanted to make them completely different from one another. The top on is using the sunny day scrappin kit from Stampin' Up! and below is a note book using the gorgeous nouveau chic designer series paper.

Also I would like to give a big shout out and hoorah to the lovely Hayley & Ali who have very kindly sent me a blog award - thank you so much me dears :D

Have a great day & see you soon.

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Good neighbours (sale.a.bration) and fresh cuts.
Ink: Not quite navy, tempting turquoise and basic grey.
Card stock: Pixie pink, whisper white, basic grey , very vanilla and sage shadow.
Paper: Sunny day scrappin kit and nouveau chic designer series paper.
Misc: Basic grey taffeta ribbon and heart embellishment from sunny day scrappin kit.
Other: Studio G alphabet set, PTI button and sewing machine.

Two hearts

Good morning star shine :D and I promise you I didn't make the card just because of the title, it is a happy coincidence hee hee! This is my entry for the valentine themed challenge over at Aimes & Kate's blog. The gingham looks black on the pic but it is a dark blue to match the hearts.

Anyway no luck in the old frock hunting trip the other day. Well it was going to be a tough ask, as I was looking for a reasonably priced outfit which makes a big old gal like myself look like I could fit into a size 10 - phah! I will endeavour to carry on though and thank you to all those ladies who offered to take me to hand and rekindle my love for non craft shopping, I may have to take you up on it :D

Have a great day & see you soon xx

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Ink: Whisper white craft and not quite navy.

Card stock: Kraft, whisper white and not quite navy.

Misc: Button and linen thread.

Other: PTI background basics: text style II and polka dot basics II. Sentiment and ribbon from stash.

Dedicated follower of fashion

Yoohoo Friday and a warm welcome to all my bloggy friends. Today's title is in honour of the fact that I HAVE to go clothes shopping today or tomorrow - bleh! As you may have gathered I hate clothes shopping, which my 15 year old self would probably have fallen down in sheer fright and disbelief of the fact that you can grow out of the love for it. Crafty stash shopping is a completely different story, obviously!. This is in aid of having to get a new suit for the upcoming royal (not) wedding of my cousin Paul at St Paul's Cathedral in a few weeks.

Any tips greatly received on avoiding the situation totally (believe me I have tried t'internet) and failing that recovery from the ordeal LOL!

Have a super weekend and see you on Monday xx

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Love you much and cheer & wishes.

Ink: Black stazon, creamy caramel and versamark.

Card stock: Whisper white, pretty in pink and kraft.

Misc: Satin ribbon, clear embossing powder, petals & paisleys paper (retired).

Tools used: 1" circle punch, scallop border punch, 1/16" circle punch and sewing machine.

Sweet surrender

Hiya all, hope this Wednesday finds you well :D A little clean and simple number for you today. I find these are best for the gents and I love the shape of this label stamp. I was a bit worried that this card was a bit bottom heavy (I know how that feels ha!) but, well I think I like it.

Anyhoo I would like to say a  big thank you to all my kind blogging friends who stopped by after THE rugby match with their condolences and 'kind regards'.  Yes thank you for kindly let me gloss over the result and not having to mention it on my blog LOL!

Have a great day & see you soon :D

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Vintage labels ( free sale.a.bration set).

Ink: Not quite navy, tempting turquoise, creamy caramel for sponging the edges and pumpkin pie.

Card stock: Whisper white and kraft.

Ribbon: Tempting turquoise narrow grosgrain.

Tools used: Spiral punch and corner rounder.

Achy Breaky Heart

Hee hee this title makes me laugh. I was thinking of a song title for today's post, something with hearts in it and this song popped into my head. It's funny to me because when my husband and I were courting this song was EVERYWHERE and I loved and hated it in a cheesy sort of way. When I think back now of 'our song' we have our official one 'I've been loving you' by Otis Redding and our unofficial one 'achy breaky heart' and whenever I hear it on the radio it always makes me smile.

Anyway back to the business of card making lol! and my card's colour combination was inspired by some heart embellishments I saw on the shelf at Smith's. I would never had put these colours together in a million years but I quite like it.

Hope you have a great week and see you soon xx

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Love you much and cheer & wishes.

Ink: Rose red and chocolate chip.

Card stock: Rose red, really rust, chocolate chip and going grey.

Ribbon: Chocolate chip narrow grosgrain.

Tools used: Heart to heart punch and eyelet border punch.

Club tropicana

Hee hee, all this card needs now is a little umbrella and we're good to go. I love the glitter on this it really makes it happy and zingy :D This is another challenge card for the design team over at in love with stamping, this time an inspiration piece full of tropical colours.

I suppose the title for today's post should have been 'sosban fach' or 'bread of heaven' in honour of the big rugby match tomorrow, C'MON YOU WALES !! no apologies I'm afraid to my best blogging buds who are nearly all English ;D

Have a great weekend and see you on Monday xx

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Sale.a.bration whimsical words.

Ink: Tempting turquoise.

Card stock: Summer sun (textured), going grey and tempting turquoise.

Misc: Sticky cuts (tree) and tempting turquoise glitter.

Other: Orange thread and PTI button.

A design for life

Morning and welcome to Wednesday (oh blinkin eck I nearly forgot how to spell Wednesday!!) anyway my card for today is one of my design team cards for the in love with stamping site. This particular challenge is to use five bits of ribbons on a project, it can be five of the same or all different types, I would love it if you could join in the fun.

Have a great day and see you soon :D

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Card stock: Kraft.

Ink: Creamy caramel.

Paper: Rose red designer series paper.

Other: PTI buttons and twill, doodlebug rub-ons and sewing machine.

Orange crush

Good morning Monday and to you of course :D I bet you my card for today woke your eyes up hee hee! I know it did mine. It's my entry for the 'nature' theme challenge this week over on the lovely Kate and (infamous hee hee) Aimes' blog here.

Also today's the day of the big reveal of the design team's work over at (I heart) in love with stamping forum :D Please pop by because I guarantee some seriously good stuff. The team has come up with the most amazing projects.

Have a great and see you soon xx

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: A bit of birthday cheer.

Ink: Versamark, creamy caramel, chocolate chip and close to cocoa.

Card stock: Pumpkin pie, whisper white and going grey.
Misc: Clear embossing powder.

Other: Papertrey Ink; stamps: background basics text style II, everyday button bits and orange zest vintage button. Orange thread and wooden button from stash.

A good heart these days

Whooo thank crunchie it's Friday, as that is my day off from being secretary, mum and general slave to life LOL! Today (usually) is the day to for getting inky and having things get stuck to my person inadvertently ha! I am going to be super duper busy too as I have to photograph and submit six projects for the design team over at in love with stamping. They will be dramatically (well dramatic for me) revealed at noon on Monday the 1st of Feb.

Have a great weekend and please pop over and say hi on Monday for the design team reveal if you can :D xx

Supplies from Stampin Up!

Stamps: Whimsical words (free sale.a.bration set).

Ink: Black stazon and creamy caramel.

Card stock: Kraft and real red.

Paper: Merry moments designer series paper.

Misc: Twill tape.

Other: Sewing machine and apron lace punch.

Take my breath away

Well the title for today's post has come from non related craftiness (you gasp, there are other things other than crafting!) But as the guy from the fast show would say, this week I is mostly listening to the album lungs by Florence and the machine. Ooh there is definitely something special about it because I must have listened to it all the way through 10 times at least now. So exciting to find some new music in the masses of dross out there (I know I'm getting old LOL!).

Anyway a little more sew happy cards for you, as promised. These papers are called nouveau chic from Stampin; Up! and are so classy. Below is a close up of the beautiful filigree brads which I mounted on to a square clear button for a bit more interest - hope you like :D

Have a great day & see you soon xx

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Fresh cuts.
Ink: Basic grey and creamy caramel.
Card stock: Basic grey and very vanilla.
Paper: Nouveau chic designer series paper.
Misc: Filigree brad and square clear button.
Other: Sewing machine and die cut tag.

You're an embarassment

Morning and welcome to Monday's devotion to the dream experience lol! My card for today was inspired by a recent card I saw (please let me know if it was yours) which had a background stamped with a wood grain image. Mine is using the sanded background from Stampin' Up! stamped on blush card stock (hence the title) which gives a subtler look.

Hope you are well, have a great day & see you soon :D

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Sanded background and whimsical words (free sale.a.bration set).
Ink: Close to cocoa, pretty in pink, creamy caramel and chocolate chip.
Card stock: Blush and whisper white.
Ribbon: Chocolate chip grosgrain.
Other: Elephant stamp and polka dot basics II background from PTI.

Upside down

Hiya all, not much going on at the mo. Although I am going to sound really flash (phah! me) but I have been busy completing some projects for the design team over at the in love with stamping site. Such an exciting new part to my crafting life as I have never been on a design team before.

Anyhoo my card for today was one of the one's I demoed at my first Stampin' Up! workshop last week. This one is upside down (well the paper is) but thankfully this example was one of those' practice in front of the family being a demo' card and the one on the day was the right way round lol!

A little mention too the wonderfully talented and great all round gal - my super duper friend Aimes, who recently had her work spotlighted on a very prestigious blog. All you big craft fans out there know that when something like this happens it is a big deal - so way to go honey :D

Have a great weekend & see you on Monday.

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: A flower for all seasons and a bit of birthday cheer.

Ink: Black stazon, cameo coral, pumpkin pie and old olive for water colouring.

Paper: From the sunny day simply scrappin kit.

Card: Whisper white and certainly celery.

Ribbon: Pumpkin pie narrow grosgrain.

Tools used: 1 3/4" circle punch, spiral punch and aqua painter.

Get your motor running

Brrrm, brrrm - morning all. A little emergency(can't believe I forgot my friend's little boys) birthday card for your delectation today. I am a little behind on my cards at the mo, what with the new years lurgy and all. But I am quite pleased how this turned out and you may have noticed a little (meant to be squiffy - like a trail) sewing on the card :D YES Santa brought me a Janome mini sewing machine( yeeehaw). I have been hinting at one for ages but have only now had chance to play and I LOVE IT. Prepare to have lots more samples with wonky sewing on for the next couple of months hee hee!

Have a great day & see you tomorrow xx

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Garden whimsy.

Ink: Not quite navy, real red, pumpkin pie and old olive.

Card stock: Very vanilla and kraft.

Tools used: 1 3/8" and 1/2" circle punch and corner rounder.

Other supplies: Studio G and Do crafts alphabet and sentiment stamps and sewing machine.

Sewing the seeds of love

Morning all, hope you had a good weekend. Thank you to for all the good wishes I had for my first Stampin' Up! work shop on Friday which went really well. I surprised myself how relaxed I was once I got settled into my demos. A big hello to Kathy and friends and thank you for such wonderful hospitality.

I have had today's card in mind for a while now. On my road to recovery I was busy sketching ideas in a little note pad and I had the idea of making a card with a noughts and crosses grid pierced out and using hearts and buttons instead of the O's and X's - hope you like it :D

Have a great day and see you soon xx

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Sale.a.bration (free) whimsical words.

Ink: Rose red.

Card stock: Whisper white and rose red.

Paper: Polkadots & petals (retired).

Tools used: Mat pack, piercing tool and heart to heart punch.

Other: PTI buttons.

Im so excited and I just can't hide it

I'm about to lose control and I think I like it (she says in a slightly deranged and manic way hee hee!) and pray tell us why is this so? Well because Kathy and some lovely ladies have worryingly invited me (mad crafting lady) into their home today to do my very FIRST STAMPIN' UP! WORKSHOP!

Oh my goodness I am so excited and nervous all at the same time. I just know I am going to say everything is brilliant and talk too much, which I always do when I enthuse about my love for Stampin' Up! Anyhoo will fill you in with all the details next week :D I have planned some great things so please don't panic if you are reading this lol!

A little simple pimple card for you today for those pesky blokes in our lives and with the FREE sale.a.bration set, whimsical words there are lots of fab sentiments which I think work really well for masculine cards as you don't really need any other images on it.

Have a great day (wish me luck) and I will see you next week :D

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Free sale.a.bration whimsical words.
Ink: Not quite navy. Card stock: Very vanilla and not quite navy.
Paper: Haiku designer series paper(retired). Misc: Linen thread.
Other: Button from PTI.

Got to admit it's getting better

Morning all and can I say how touched I was with the warm welcome I had back to blogland - you are the best :D Today's little card is made with the scrummy FREE! stamp set called good neighbours from Stampin' Up!'s sale.a.bration. All you need to do is spend over £45 (oooh that's hard, not lol!) and you can choose any one of these sets for FREE. Give me a shout here if you fancy anything (sorry Stampin' Up! do not offer Johnny Depp or Brad Pitt as incentives hee hee).

Anyhoo feeling better all the time and will be back in a couple of days xx

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamp: Good neighbours.

Ink: Not quite navy, real red, pumpkin pie and old olive.

Card stock: Very vanilla and not quite navy.

Paper: Old olive designer series paper.

Misc: Metal clip (sigh - it's so lovely) and real red brads.

Other: PTI sentiment from everyday button bits.

Oh no not I, I will survive

Hellllloooooo my friends and may I be the last to wish you a happy new year! :D Great big hugs and kisses to all the lovely friends who have contacted me asking me how I am :D It really has been a rough couple of weeks but I won't bore you with all the germy details. Needless to say I was tough and after many trips to the GP, I am feeling much better and on the road to recovery.

Can you believe that I have not stamped a blinkin thing for nearly three weeks?! Although on my sick bed my husband couldn't believe his eyes when there I was, half asleep surrounded with pills and potions clutching a tissue in one hand a pad of designer paper in the other!! In my defence, I couldn't play with anything but I had to at least hold some stash in the hope of their healing properties hee hee!

I will be taking it easy over the next few weeks, but will post every couple of days or so until I am back on top form :D

Have a great day & I will see you soon xx

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Sale.a.bration (free) whimsical words.
Ink: Real red pad and marker.
Card stock: Real red, kraft and very vanilla.
Tools used: Heart to heart punch, mat pack and piercing tool.
Other: PTI buttons and studio G alphabet stamp.