31/05/2013

Tailor Tilda

Good afternoon Crafters :o)
As you can see by my sidebar I made top 3 at It's A Magnolia Challenge last week and was asked if I would like to make a GDT card for the mid-way current challenge which is Anything Goes
So I made this one for them, Tailor Tilda.





Sorry about all the photos, I was quite pleased I managed to get so many sewing details on it.
All the papers are Pion
The Ribbon Girl goodies include;
Scissors & Singer sewing machine charms
peachy colours cosmos daisies
peach sweet blossom
peach cherry blossom
peach buttons
peach carnations
peach Anchor thread
white tulle
peach seam binding. 
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Challenges
Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia ~ Shabby or Vintage
By The Cute &And Girly ~ Flowers
Challenges 4 Everybody ~ Anything goes

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Why not pop over and enter your Magnolia cards into this nice easy challenge 
at It's a Magnolia Challenge.

See you later
hugs

29/05/2013

Sweet Little Kitchen Tilda

Hello again Crafting friends,
 how are you this morning?
Here as promised is the lovely Tilda back again, 
 I'm not going to say it, you know how much I like this one lol. 
I decided to make an easel card for a change, it's been a while since I made one.

I've used
Kitchen Tilda with wooden spoon and Tilda's shelf with cross stitch. 
both painted with distress reinkers.
Pion papers
sweet little apples from Live & Love crafts
Gorgeous gingham ribbon, natural hemp twine and cute little charm from The Ribbon Girl, the charm (on the tag) is called Daisy May and she's holding a box of apples, so cute! and there's four different ones to choose from.
Roses are WOC and pearls are Kort & Godt
and of course I always like to add a little wooden rolling pin with this Tilda
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CHALLENGES
TOTALLY TILDA CHALLENGE ~ MORE THAN ONE FOLD (1st Jun)
YOU, ME AND MAGNOLIA ~ ANYTHING GOES ( ?)
IT'S A MAGNOLIA CHALLENGE ~ EVERYTHING IS (5th Jun)
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Well it's a dull and dismal day today so I'm spending the day crafting and blog hopping
Have a great day, see you later
Crafty hugs

28/05/2013

Friends are the flowers in life's garden

Here comes the rain again, oh well it was nice while it lasted... :o(

Good morning Crafters, how are you today?
I was sprucing up my blog a bit last night, what do you think? 
 I always think blue is easy on the eyes. 
I thought I'd share another Vintage Style card with you, I must say I'm quite enjoying making these type of cards, although I have made a Tilda one and she's coming up later.
These are the lovely Vintage Garden papers by Pion 
the pretty lace is called Teresa :o) from The Ribbon Girl
the corner embellishment, shabby chic angel and treasure chest charm are from Live & Love crafts 
all roses & buds are WOC
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Well I have to pop out today to get the food shopping but once I'm back I intend to catch up with some blog hopping, I've missed seeing your work
See you later
hugs

27/05/2013

Vintage Roses

Hello, 
How's your Bank Holiday going? it's been surprisingly lovely here today, we were told to expect rain but it's been lovely blue skies and sunshine :o)
that's two days of using the new patio furniture, I'm feeling rather spoilt
Ooh it does make you feel good when the sun warms your bones lol
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Here's a Vintage style card I made on Saturday
I used the beautiful new 40mm Dusky pink floral flat lace, 32mm Deep Rose Pink Pure Silk Ribbon,  30mm two toned rose leaves and Heart Diamante Embellishment all from The Ribbon Girl 
Papers are Pion Vintage Garden
Kort & Godt Red Tulle Roses
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Thanks for stopping by
Take care and enjoy the rest of your day. 
 xx

26/05/2013

Jam Tilda ~ Addicted To Stamps Challenge

Good afternoon,
Oh my goodness I can't believe this has happened to me, I just came in from a lovely day out in the sun, I thought I'd check my blog to see my scheduled posts have worked alright, seeing The Ribbon Girl post below I assumed they had, but beneath that one was supposed to be this one...oh crumbs, I'll be sacked lol, I thought I'd better re-write quickly and get it posted.
 Anyway this is Jam Tilda for Addicted to Stamps and today's Challenge is Bingo...
...here is the bingo board
...and below is my card
Jam Tilda
and I've used the middle line Sentiment, flowers & Lace

Well I'm not going to beat myself up too much I've had the most gorgeous day and it's rare I go out of the craft room so it's been wonderful, hope you've had a great day too, I've actually got a bit of a tan, how about that, I'm usually persil white :o)

Have a great evening and a lovely day tomorrow, hope those clouds stay away.
Hugs to all
 

The Ribbon Girl ~ Magnolia Only Challenge

Good morning, 
It's time for...
...another Magnolia Only Challenge at The Ribbon Girl today
This months challenge is 'Add Sparkle'

Using; 50mm 'Emily' Embroidered tulle lace, Bias Binding Purple Floral with white lace edge, Cosmos Daisies pale lilac and purple, Lilac Tulle, 8mm Pearl Brad, (Pastels collection) 
Liking Lilac Self Adhesive Pearls, Clock charm.
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You will see lots of gorgeous inspirational cards and projects on The Ribbon Girl blog 
hope you can join us in our new challenge. 
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Challenges
You, Me and Magnolia ~ Anything goes
It's a Magnolia Challenge ~ Everything Is
Stamp and Create with Magnolia ~ Spring & Shaped card (6th Jun)
Live & Love Crafts ~ 50 Shades of Lilac (1st Jun)
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Thanks again for stopping by
I hope you have a great Sunday and Bank Holiday.
Crafty hugs

25/05/2013

Blue/green Criss Cross

Good morning Crafters
The sun has got his hat on hip, hip, hip hooray! 
Looks beautiful out there today :o)

I just wanted to quickly blog this one I made a couple of days ago, another vintage style Criss Cross card, hope you like it.

The gorgeous lace and blue pure silk ribbon are from the Ribbon Girl
 and papers are Pion Vintage Garden
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off to grab some sunshine, then craft :o)
Have a Super day and a Brilliant Bank Holiday weekend
Crafty hugs

24/05/2013

Christmas at Tilda's Town

Good afternoon Crafters 
It's time for another Tilda's Town Challenge
and today the theme is Christmas
So here is my little Christmas creation :o)
I've used Tilda with Reindeer stamp, painted with distress reinkers ~
Pion papers ~ Magnolia Spruce, so wrapped starlight and poinsettia dies ~ Emily lace, Blue Rolled rose, pearl brad, blue pearls, heart & wings charm, button twine and diamante swirl embellishment all from The Ribbon Girl ~ and lots of yummy Frantage. 
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CHALLENGES

WINTER WONDERLAND ~ ALL TIED UP ( Charm tied up) (30th May)
JINGLE BELLS ~ USE RIBBON (5th Jun)
CRIMBO CRACKERS ~ CUTE (5th Jun)
SPARKLES CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE ~ FAVOURITE FESTIVE COLOURS (29th May)
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and that's it for now...
I hope you will come and join us in our Christmas challenge at Tilda's Town
Brrr! it's certainly cold enough here to put you in the mood for Christmas lol, think it's time for my hot chocolate to warm me up...Merry Christmas :o)
hope you've got warmer weather where you are. 
Crafty hugs

22/05/2013

Midweek Magnolias ~ Colour Palette

Good morning,
It's a new challenge at Midweek Magnolias today and we have a great colour palette to work with, take a look at these great colours 
and here's my card

 

This is Tilda watering and the lovely sentiment 'You're enchanting' was given to me in a set from the lovely Ann-Marie  I can't stop thanking her for this set I love them and use them all the time.
I painted Tilda with distress reinkers and used frantage blue around her and on that lovely heart banner.
The flowers are WOC 
The strawberry charm, wooden heart button & both red & blue gingham ribbons are from The Ribbon Girl
Pearls are from my friend Bonnie and I coloured them to match the colours in the palette.
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There is more inspiration from the wonderful team at Midweek Magnolias so please pop by and take a look, we can't wait to see your beautiful cards for this challenge. 
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Have a great day
Crafty Hugs

21/05/2013

Poppy Tilda ~ With all my love

Good morning Crafters,
back to the ol' grey skies here again today :o(
hope it's better where you are. 
I've made this card for a few challenges at least Tilda's enjoying some sunshine :o)

I've used the new Vintage Garden papers by Pion and all these gorgeous goodies from The Ribbon Girl...
20mm 'Angelica' Ivory tulle lace,
 38mm Pinky Peach Taffeta ribbon,
 Cheesecloth, 
Beaded pink berries,
 Cosmos daisies, medium pink & pale pink,
 Fairy door charm 
 Gardenia small pink 
small pink blossom, 
Starburst Stamen white 
stickles
 and sugar & spice pearls. 

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Challenges
Lovely Hanglar & Sweet Magnolia ~ Picture Inspiration 
Time for a Magnolia Challenge ~ Bingo, Ribbon & Lace, Pink & Flowers (30th May)
Bunny Zoes Monthly Challenge ~ Case a DT card (I chose Tracy Payne) using metal door, pink, butterfly and frantage. (9th Jun)
Magnolia-licious Challenge ~ Ways to weather it , Hot & Sunny 
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I suppose I should finish off the ironing today, I made a good start on it Sunday evening but it will soon mount up again...I'd rather be crafting :o(
Have a great day what ever you're doing
Crafty hugs

19/05/2013

A saucer of milk in yellow

Hello again, 
hope you are enjoying your Sunday, it's a beautiful day here today, after such a miserable week of rain we have glorious sunshine, it's hot already too,
love this weather :o)
I made this card yesterday, with this lovely LOTV stamp
A Saucer of milk

I've used Maja papers from the Spring Vintage collection
Tim Holtz Butterfly die
Spellbinders floral oval die
Martha Stewart leaf punch
and from The Ribbon Girl
 25mm Gold/yellow No 37 Berisford Satin ribbon, 20mm 'Angelica' Ivory tulle lace, 8mm Pearl brad Ivory Silk and 6mm Ivory flat backs Pearls.

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Challenges
The ABC Challenge ~ Not just one (3 or more embellies) (29th May)
Papertake Weekly ~ The sound of music ~ Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens 
Forever Friends ~ Anything goes (30th May)
Simon Says Stamp ~ Flower Power 
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge ~ Favourite Embellishment Lace (22nd May)
Penny Black & More ~ Sew Special (28th May)

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and that's it from me!
I shall be back later to catch up with some blog hopping
Have a lovely Sunday whatever you are doing
Crafty hugs

Here come the boys ~ Must have buttons

Good morning Crafters
I can't believe it's Sunday again, that week went quick.
It's time for another challenge at Here come the boys and this time it's
Must have Buttons
I've used one of those lovely topper images from the LOTV art pads, I love them for making boys cards, they make life so much easier, these lovely garage papers are from Raspberry road and I've attached my buttons with twine on top of a piece of hessian.
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Don't forget to pop back to Here come the boys to see if you are our last challenge winner, your cards were brilliant, can't wait to see what your buttons cards.
Take care and have a lovely relaxing Snday.
hugs

18/05/2013

Vintage blue

Good morning dear Crafters, 
I'm back again with another Vintage style card using these beautiful Vintage Garden papers by Pion,  I'm starting to forget what Tilda looks like 
I really must make a Magnolia card today :o)
I'm really quite pleased with how pretty this one turned out. 



I've used just a few Ribbon Girl goodies on this one
Angelica lace,
pale blue silk ribbon
pearl brad
and liking blue pearls.
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Oh Wow! 
Have you seen this...* The Ribbon Girl one day giveaway *
you must leave a comment and put the piccy on your blog with a link back to the Ribbon Girl blog ends 10pm tonight
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Challenges
Fussy & Fancy Challenge ~ Pearls and lace (30th May)
Crafty Catz ~ 3 of something, 2 of Anything and 1 of what ever you want 
(3 layers of paper, 2 pearls (on butterfly) and 1 image) (23rd May)

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Well hubby has returned to work today so nurse Teresa must have done a good job looking after him lol, he's no trouble bless him. 
Have a superb weekend, see you tomorrow.
hugs

16/05/2013

Another Criss Cross with Pion

Good afternoon all, 
Yes I'm back with another Criss Cross card, this time made with the Phlox papers in the Pion Vintage Garden collection, complete with a little postcard with sentiment, bookmark and seed packet.
 


From The Ribbon Girl I've used;
 'Teresa' lace :o)
key charm
pearl brad
little blossom flowers
Cosmos daisies
Chrysanthemum
sugar & spice pearls
and the little pin holding the calendar.
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CHALLENGES
Crafty Catz ~ Anything goes *top 3*
Simon Says Stamp ~ Flower Power 

Thanks for your kind wishes about my hubby on my last post, it turns out he has a bad bump on his head which we have to keep an eye on him, he's suffering whiplash and has a bruised spine, my poor man, so I'm taking good care of him. 
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Hope you are all well.
hugs 

13/05/2013

Vintage Garden Collection papers

Good morning Crafters, 
I simply adore these gorgeous new papers from Pion
these are called Peony from the Vintage Garden collection
I love the little seed packets, book markers and tags you can make with them.
below is the card when open

I've also used these fantastic goodies from The Ribbon Girl which I think makes it extra pretty
 20mm Angelica Ivory tulle lace, 5mm flat Ivory bead string, 38mm fluted edge sheer organza ribbon, watering can charm, Ivory rolled rose & Natural twine. 
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Totally Gorjuss ~ Bingo, Lace, ribbon flowers
Sentimental Sundays ~ For a special woman
The Shabby Tea room ~ Photo inspiration
Songbird Challenge ~ Bloom & Grow (24th May)
Cupcake Craft Challenge  lots of layers *Top 5*
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I have my poorly hubby home today, he had a nasty fall on Saturday as he was leaving work
so it's a trip to the doctors this morning to be checked over, he's suffering all kinds of aches, my poor man.
Have a great week and thanks for stopping by
hugs

12/05/2013

Another Wonderful Ribbon Girl Giveaway...

Look at these gorgeous new goodies from The Ribbon Girl
Twine and flowers
All you have to do to be in with a chance to win these is to leave a comment on The Ribbon Girl blog and add this picture to your sidebar with a link back to the Ribbon Girl, the lucky winner will be called next Saturday 18th May
Good luck
hugs

Addicted to Stamps ~ Grey, Cream and Rose


Good morning and a happy Sunday to you
Challenge time again at Addicted to Stamps
and we are using 
Grey, Cream & Rose pink
I've been watching tutorials again as you can see lol, this one's called a tag in a box, here is the tutorial ... http://stampartic.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/tag-in-box-card-tutorial.html
the little tag slots into the side wallet and the wallet folds back into the main card/box
This is the second one of these I've made, I gave my Mum & Dad one for their Anniversary at the beginning of May and they loved it. so I thought I'd make another :o)
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I've used Maja papers, 
fluted edge sheer organza ribbon, Ivory string pearls, beautiful lace and sweet little blossom flowers (All from The Ribbon Girl)
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Happy Mothers Day to all of you celebrating Mothers Day today


Thanks for stopping by, I hope you can join us in our new challenge at Addicted to Stamps.
See you later
hugs