TEENY, TINY TUESDAY

Hi Everyone

Happy Tuesday!!

I hope your week is going well .. .. mine is super busy .. .. if fact I don't think I have ever been busier! Good job I am full of energy and raring to go!!

So a scheduled post from me today with a teeny, tiny 3.5" make I had hidden up my sleeve ready for posting when I don't have time to make anything sparkly new .. ..

This used:

Image:  Penny Black "2754H" Xmas Kiss

Sentiment:  Papermania Urban Stamps "PMA 907180" Christmas in the Country -Tags

Backing Paper:  Papermania "A Silent Night" (not that you can see much of it LOL!!)

ProMarkers

Crystal Glamour Dust

My Trust Sewing Machine

Ribbon and Pearls from my crafty stash box

We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board for the tiny envelope - not sure where the paper for that came from .. .. it was lurking in the "use me up" drawer!!

and that is it!

I hope you all have a really good day.

Love

PENNY BLACK SATURDAY CHALLENGE

Hi Everyone

Happy Saturday!!

I hope your weekend is going well.  The weather here isn't quite as bad as we were expecting.

Quite a nice relaxed Saturday here in comparison to last Saturday when I was preparing for the wedding fayre.

I decided to nip over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge and take part in that this month as I haven't been able to for a while now :-(

I must admit I was expecting (and rather hoping) that the challenge would be Christmas related .. .. but no!  They would like "anything but a card". Eeekkk!!

But ever up for a challenge I decided to make Mr Heart a bookmark that clamps over the relevant page with the help of a couple of concealed magnets.

This used:

Image:  Penny Black "3773H" Love Graffiti, "3880K" Fantasy and two little butterflies from "30-013" Critter Party

Distress Ink:  Tumbled Glass

ProMarkers

Glossy Accents

Magnets

I have stashed it into his reading book of the moment .. .. I wonder how long it will be before he grabs it for a read and finds his little pressie?  Answers on a postcard LOL!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.  We are out for a meal with friends tonight .. .. thankfully the rain has stopped .. .. let's hope it stays that way!

Love

HAPPY THURSDAY

Hi Everyone

Happy Thursday .. .. yes, I think I am now on track with the week and the fact that today is actually Thursday .. ..  I am just not happy about it LOL!!  I could do with it being Tuesday!

My time is being spent at the moment in producing some future projects for the Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine .. .. and whilst I can't share those yet .. .. I can share some projects which I worked on for the current Christmas Issue of the magazine, which went on sale this week.

My first card comes from a commission called "Airbrush Effects".  I had great fun creating this set of cards and this one was my favourite

This next card comes from a stamping commission which used some of the lovely Lili of the Valley Digi Stamps.  This was my favourite from this set, though I find the images so cute I could have added the whole set:

So there we go.  Those are my offerings for today.

Back to work for me now whilst I still have some lovely daylight.   

Catch you soon.

Love

TEENY, TINY TUESDAY .. .. BUT IT'S WEDNESDAY!

Hi Everyone

I hope you are all doing well this week and steering clear of these nasty germs that seem to be flying around at the moment.

You know you are having a fast week though when you think it is Tuesday .. .. but really it is Wednesday!!

As Mr Heart left for work this morning I wished him a good Tuesday .. .. to which he replied "that might be difficult considering it is Wednesday"!!  What a shock that was! Of course I am blaming him.  He had a day's annual leave on Monday so we could sort some bank stuff out .. .. and that has thrown the whole week off kilter!

He did say that if it helped I could pretend it was Tuesday until lunchtime - but then come the afternoon it is definitely Wednesday! LOL!!

So here is my teeny tiny 3.5" card for this week (a little bit late) but funnily enough it does fit into my White Card Wednesday theme too because I used up a whole tiny square of white card from my offcut box!!  Woo hoo!!  

So here we go:

This used:

Images:  Card-io Collections Mini Tall Trees and Festive Scene

Sentiment:  Hobby Art "CS059D" Winter Wishes

Distress Inks:  Squeezed Lemonade. Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Tumbled Glass and Stormy Sky

Crystal Glamour Dust

We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

If I now make another few thousand of these cards I might see a tiny dent in the ever increasing stock of white offcuts!  At least the lid still goes on that box so that is a good thing!!  Unlike the box that holds the pale cream offucts!!  LOL!!

In fact lots of offcuts here .. .. including that very tiny length of yellow ribbon and the square of paper I used to make the envelope .. .. so I am taking it over to Pixie's Snippets Playground to show it off there!

Enjoy the rest of today.

Love

A SPARKLY NEW WEEK

Hi Everyone

Happy Monday!!

Another sparkly new week begins .. .. I wonder what this one will hold?  

Last week was certainly very eventful with so much achieved I can't actually believe it myself.

To think this time last week I didn't even own a single piece of wood of any description.. .. and yesterday I was able to display lots of lovely wooden creations thanks to the hard work of some wonderful local craftsmen I am fortunate to be able to work with.

Here is the centre piece I showed you developing last week .. .. .. I love it so much and so did lots of the lovely couples I met yesterday.

No heart on the centrepiece so don't spend too long looking .. .. but there are some in the picture if you feel the need to look for any. You never know with my blogging slackness of last week you might be getting withdrawal symptoms!!

Just the problem now of where I am going to store all the different wood creations I came up with. .. shame we don't have any spare rooms left!!  I have bagged them all already .. .. and it is now all over the house!!  What a lot Mr Heart has to put up with!!

So a major tidy up day today putting everything away and then back to the long crafty list of commissions, sample requests, wedding invitation prep work and orders that I need to complete over the next two weeks (oh and did I mentions Christmas!! Eeekk!! I could do with that being about 4 months away LOL!!).

I hope everyone had as good and enjoyable a weekend as I did.

Today I am buzzing!!!  Can you tell LOL!!

Oh no .. .. the radio has just mentioned snow for tomorrow!!  What is that all about!!

Love

LOTS OF IMAGINATION NEEDED

Hi Everyone

Happy Wednesday .. .. where is the week going?!?!?

So yesterday I showed you this picture

Today some of it has turned into this (what a difference a day makes)

and hopefully you have the same imagination as me and you can envisage this in the centre of a beautiful wedding table with the candles lit, the vase full of flowers (the router couldn't go down deep enough to get the glass level with the top of the wood .. .. but that will be sorted), a table name on the plaque standing at the front and some decorations amongst it all.

Just perfect for my rustic wedding couples!!

Still more making being done which I should receive tomorrow.

No cardmaking for sharing today though I'm afraid .. .. my little world is busy, busy, busy!

What a shame I need to eat and sleep .. .. .. and do very occasional housework!!  

I now want my own circular saw .. .. but Mummy says "no" as I will cut my fingers off and not be able to make cards anymore!!! What a cheerful soul she is LOL!!!

Catch you again soon.

Love

NOTHING TEENY, TINY ABOUT TODAY!

Hi Everyone!

Happy Tuesday!

No teeny, tiny card from me today .. .. instead I am going with a card I made last night .. .. but which I didn't post because I wasn't sure whether I liked it or not.

I got up this morning and surprise, surprise, I loved it and would happily sit and make another half dozen (if I had the time).

Of course I am blaming the horrible dark evenings that are now upon us :-(  The colours all looked so much nicer in the lovely light of a brand new day.

So here we go:

This used:

Image:  Lili of the Valley "James in the Snow"

Sentiment:  Lili of the Valley "Sentiment Christmas Tags"

Backing Paper:  Dovecraft 12 x 12 Christmas Basics

ProMarkers

My Trusty Sewing Machine

Josy Rose:  Nail Heads

Crystal Glamour Dust

Ribbons and Charm from my crafty stash box

I really love the sentiment tags as you can re-size them and they come in two versions .. .. one with the shaped end on the left and the other with it on the right .. .. in fact they would make brilliant gift tags for those Christmas parcels .. .. with no decorating needed!!  Mmmm... there's a lazy thought!!. 

So my original plan once I decided I was happy with yesterday's card was to show that along with a teeny, tiny one too.

But I ended up on a crafty shopping mission instead .. .. and my purchase was far from tiny!!

So armed with Mr Heart's sat nav I made my journey into the unknown and was faced with a choice of pieces from a huge pile of felled tree parts .. .. .. and believe me that long piece of Silver Birch was a real tight squeeze.  But no way was I leaving him behind!!

I have been trying for weeks to find a wood supplier who has a constant supply of "tree parts" and finally today all came good  .. .. all ready for someone else to collect from me this evening and work their magic with.

Fingers crossed everything will be ready for the wedding fayre on Sunday .. .. and in a much more manageable size and shape!! LOL!!

So that is me for today.

I'll catch you again soon.

Love

SUNDAY SNIPPETS

Hi Everyone

Happy Sunday .. .. I hope you have all had a good day .. .. and those of you that were blessed with an extra hour today have felt the benefit.

I didn't think I was going to have time to make and post a snippet make today .. .. my day seemed to be disappearing .. .. until I suddenly realised that we hadn't changed the clock in the kitchen and my little craft pod!

It was a lovely surprise.

Perhaps I should keep those two clocks an hour fast so I feel the benefit later in the day LOL!!!

So here is my snippet make for this week .. .. complete with a sneaky heart to keep you on your toes!!

As always on a Sunday I am lazy and do not list my ingredients .. .. but if there is anything you would like to know then just ask away and I will do my best to answer.

So I am off to link up with Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground as I have used up some more of those snippets from my ever growing mountain.  I am sure they multiply when I'm not looking!!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend and enjoy your extra hour too .. .. if you haven't already used it LOL!!

I will catch you again soon. 

Love

HE'S BACK AGAIN

Hi Everyone

Happy Saturday!!

I hope your weekend has got off to a good start.

Most of my day has been taken up starting to sort out the travel kit for next weekend's wedding fayre. I like to take a few new things every time I exhibit, so I have been sorting out a few new colours and sparkly things ready for creating later in the week. But as always one thing leads to another .. .. then another .. .. and no way am I going to be able to make everything I am planning .. .. but I guess it is better that way than having no ideas at all!! 

So I haven't actually made anything today (other than lots of plans and mess) .. .. but I do have a new sketch and a little card which I pulled together yesterday to share.  

Not quite as small as my teeny, tiny cards .. .. this one is a little bit bigger at a whole 4" square and features that little dog die again:

This used:

Marianne Design Creatables:  "LR0339" Scotty Dog

Sentiment:  Computer Generated using font "Budoken"

Backing Papers:  Dovecraft Back to Basics Christmas "Traditional"

Spellbinders Nestabilities:  Scalloped and Classic Circles

Josy Rose:  Nail Heads

My Trusty Sewing Machine

Ribbons from my crafty stash box

and the sparkly new sketch from my little sketch library:

You can see the other sketches in my collection by clicking on the tab at the top of my blog.  Feel free to use them if any take your fancy.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend - and don't forget to alter those clocks.  A whole extra hour!  Woo hoo!  

Love

MORE CHRISTMAS

Hi Everyone

Happy Thursday!

Many thanks for all your lovely comments on my post of yesterday ... ... it was a card I thoroughly enjoyed making.. .. but it certainly wasn't as quick to make as the one I am sharing today.

This one was made by making use of my die box .. .. and my box of glitter card leftovers.

Glitter card is very popular in the wedding world at the moment so I end up with quite a few off-cuts which come in very useful on other projects .. .. and I save the most tiniest of pieces!!

So here is my share for today:

This used:

Lawn Fawn die:  String of Lights

Cuttlebug:  2x2 die set "Winter" (for the tree)

Memory Box Die:  Snowflake Heart 

Sentiment:  Computer generated using fonts "Sweetheart Script" and "Aracne Condensed"

My Trusty Sewing Machine

Glamour Dust

Gems from my crafty stash box

There is a die cut nestled inside the little tree but I can't remember which set this came from off the top of my head.  It isn't stored where all my other dies are .. .. it lives all on its own on a magnet mounted on the wall of my craft pod .. .. I wonder why?!?!  LOL!!

So that is me for today. 

Enjoy your evening.

Love

WHITE CARD WEDNESDAY

Hi Everyone

Happy Wednesday!

I hope it has been a good day for you.  We have enjoyed some lovely sunshine here today and I hope you saw the same.

So Wednesday is the day I need to use up some of that white card mountain .. .. and I have to use a whole three sqaures .. .. but I did sneak in a bit of silver card too because the card was just crying out for it!!  LOL!!!

Here we go .....

This used:

Image:  Penny Black "40-427" Pretty Perch

Sentiment and Snowflakes:  Penny Black "30-316" Season's Gifts

X-Cut Embossing Folder:  Small Polka Dots

Distress Inks:  Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, Weathered Wood and Spiced Marmalade

Clear Embossing Powder for the Snowflakes

ProMarkers

Crystal Glamour Dust

Glossy Accents (for the snowdrop and the berries)

Stampendous Frantage:  Chunky White

Lots of mask making for this one, but at least they will keep for using again.

I am entering this into the Rudolph Day Challenge for October .. .. a challenge which starts on the 25th of each month .. .. where anything goes as long as it is Christmas related. 

Time now for a BIG clear up in the old craft pod.  Too many crafty goodies not in their rightful places and that isn't good!

Catch you again tomorrow .. .. sorry folks but it is going to be Christmas again!!

Love

TEENY, TINY TUESDAY

Hi Everyone

Happy Tuesday!

I hope you are having a good day, and if not that it improves smartish!!

Here with my teeny, tiny make for this week .. .. .. which for anyone new to my blog measures a whole 3.5 inches square.

A more subtle touch of tartan today and one of my favourite techiques .. .. embedded die cuts:

This used:

Image:  Memory Box Die "Pine Border Outline"
Sentiment:  X-Cut Die "Merry & Bright"(my card is too small to use the whole sentiment)
Backing Papers:  First Edition Paper "Vintage Noel" and a scrap of Pink Petticoat paper
Josy Rose:  Nail Heads
My Trusty Sewing Machine
We R Memory Keepers Envelope punch board

and that is it!

Short and sweet from me today!  I am trying to get some new wedding samples together ready for the next fayre, alongside the occasional Christmas card.  Definitely what you call "happy crafting".

Catch you again soon.

Love

YAPPY CHRISTMAS

Hi Everyone

Happy Monday .. .. a whole sparkly new week ahead of us!  Hopefully I manage to achieve as much this week as I did last!

My tartan theme continues with this little make for today

This used

Image: Marianne Design Creatables Die: "LR0339" Scotty Dog
Sentiment:  Computer generated using font "Sweetheart Script"
Backing Paper:  "Ephrazy Design" Christmas Tartan
My Trusty Sewing Machine

and that is it!

A lovely flat one .. .. great for Christmas posting!!

OK .. .. back to it for me.

Enjoy the rest of your day and I will hopefully be here tomorrow with another Teeny, Tiny creation.

Love

SUNDAY SNIPPETS

Hi Everyone

I hope your weekend is going well.

One of my brides got married yesterday .. .. and I am pleased to say the weather was kind to her.  It should have been lovely for her photographs.  Not so bright that you need to squint .. .. which to me is always a bonus.

Anyway, after a mad few days, here I am back with another Christmas card.  I am definitely feeling the love for tartan at the moment so I think it may be making its way onto a few of my Christmas makes this year.

Today's card has used up a little of my snippet mountain .. .. but not much .. .. so I will be winging my way to Pixie's Snippets Playground to see what is happening there.

So here we go (but with only a tiny snippet of tartan used today).

As always on a Sunday I am lazy and don't list my ingredients but I thought you may like to know about the stamp I used to make the wreath.  It came from Card-io and is called "Oriental Blossom" and looks nothing like a wreath.  It is just a branch.

If you would like to see how the wreath was created then you can see the technique on this little YouTube video here.  I bought the stamp set from the NEC earlier this year after watching the lady demonstrate there. Such a talented lady.. .. I could have stood and watched her all day long!

My fingers have been itching to try and re-create the wreath .. .. and I must admit I was surprised how easily it came together.

Catch you again soon hopefully .. .. with more Christmas cards for adding to my very hungry stock box.

Love