HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

Hi Everyone

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone .. .. especially the happy couple I have worked for who get married today!

Can't believe Mr Heart and myself didn't get married on Valentine's Day LOL!!!

Well life is extra super busy here at the  moment (as you can probably tell from my sporadic postings and lack of blog visiting) but I can share Mr Heart's Valentine Card with you which was made in a rush yesterday! Shame on me!!!

I have a sneaky feeling that if I don't share it now then it won't happen any other time today .. .. so here we go:

This used:

Stamps:  

Basic Grey: Two Scoops/Swirlie Stamps

Inkadinkadoo:  90355 Laced Background (for stamping into the hot embossing  on the heart)

Sentiment:  Computer Generated

Distress Ink:  Barn Door

Embossing Powder:  My own "happy accident" mix

For Mr Heart I think it is always the words that mean the most to him .. .. and I am not showing the inside LOL!! .. .. but I am well chuffed with that heart.  To think it started out in life as just a heart shaped piece of white card.

So that is me for today.

Time to hit the ground running as there is a lot to fit in before the romantic dinner for two starts this evening .. .. and hubby actually decided for himself that fish and chips wouldn't be special enough for today.  Bless!!

Catch you soon.

Love and valentine hugs

OOOPSIE DAISY

Hi Everyone

Happy Wednesday .. .. I am not going to mention the weather :-(

As I have been having quite a few requests for belated birthday cards recently I decided that one of the new downloads from Digistamp Boutique would be a good investment whilst it was on offer.

I took my paper, image and sentiment into my Serif Craft Artist programme and came up with this:

This used:

Image and Sentiment:  Digistamp Boutique "Blooming Lovely Set"
Backing Paper:  Digistamp Boutique "Ditsy Rose Papers"
Josy Rose:  Nail Heads
ProMarkers
Glamour Dust
Button Twine
My Trust Sewing Machine

I used the Serif programme to add a little shadow behind the image (perhaps a little too much) but I think it makes the image look like it is popping nicely off the striped background.

So that is me for today.

Just remembered I can pop this into the Digistamp Boutique Challenge for February .. .. so that is my next port of call!

Supper time now!

Catch you soon.

Love

LIGHT THE NIGHT

Hi Everyone

Happy Tuesday!!

I hope you have had a good day.

A real mixed bag of weather here today which included a blizzard of the largest snowflakes I have ever seen in the whole of my life!!  

A little covering of snow everywhere which was then melted away by the most lovely sunshine .. .. which meant I had to pull the blinds down in the old craft pod as I was being blinded by the brightness!!

Anyway.  Time for a quick share today:

This used:

Image:  Penny Black "3687K" Light the Night
Sentiment:  Pink Petticoat
Backing Papers:  First Edition "Bird Song
Martha Stewart Punch:  Doily Lace
ProMarkers
Ribbon and Pearls from My Stash Box

and that is me .. .. late again!!!

Hope you are all having a good week.

Love

SUNDAY SNIPPETS

Hi Everyone

I hope you have had a good Sunday.

I got up nice and early today in the hope of fitting lots in .. .. perhaps I should have got up even earlier as I still haven't done enough!

My latest "pre-loved" buy is something I bid for on Ebay .. . and it arrived yesterday and here it is:

A ZUTTER BIND-IT-ALL

I have lots of plans for this little beauty .. .. and for my first play used my snippets to make this

I have to admit to really struggling to make myself create a Christmas card today as there is so much other stuff I need to do .. .. I nearly didn't make one.. .. but I can't break a new year resolution so soon after making it can I?  So here we go:

As always on a Sunday I am lazy and don't list my ingredients but as you know you only have to ask and I will try to answer any questions.

Off now to share my makes in Pixie's Snippet Playground.

Enjoy what is left of your evening and I'll catch you again soon. 

Love

THE LAST LATE ONE

Hi Everyone

Well my title is "the last late one" .. .. but that only means my last "belated card" for a while .. .. not the last late post I will every make!  That would be asking far too much. LOL!!!

A big mixture of weather today .. .. but it was lovely enough this morning to dry washing outside. It smells gorgeous!!

But round to my share for the day:

This used:

Image:  Messy Rabbit "Butterfly MR132" (he gets used for so many different occasions and I lurve him!!)
Sentiment:  Pink Petticoat (no longer available)
Backing Papers:  Pink Petticoat but some have disappeared though in the boutique clearout  :-(  
Josy Rose:  Nail Heads
My Trusty Sewing Machine
ProMarkers and chalk
Diamond Stickles

and that is me for .. .. short and sweet for a change!

I'll catch you again tomorrow with my snippet makes.

Love

SENTIMENTS

Hi Everyone

Happy Friday!!

I hope your day has gone well .. .. though if you live down South there is a chance it might not have done :-(

I spent quite a bit of the afternoon with my Mum today catching up with the world.  I was sticking wedding wallets together .. whilst Mum was busy playing her DS (not bad for an 83 year old!!) .. .. but with her also playing the news on the TV .. .. on a loop.  I dread to think how many times I was aware of the same stories playing over and over and over!!!!  Talk about "groundhog day" LOL!!

Anyway, sorry about the no show yesterday.  The day just ran away with me and then I decided I had better spend a bit of time with Mr Heart .. .. just so he could remember who I am and what I look like!

That will teach him to buy me a lovely new craft lamp to put in my room .. .. I can see colours to work much better even when it gets dark now.  

So with not appearing here on my blog yesterday I thought this card would be fun:

This used: 

Image:  Penny Black "3831H" Sentiments

Sentiment:  Computer Generated

Backing Papers:  Fancy Pants "Swagger"

Woodware Punches:  Label

Nestabilities:  Square and Scalloped Square

Josy Rose:  Nail Heads

ProMarkers

Diamond Stickles

Eyelet and Twine from my Stash Box

What makes you think I have been asked for a few belated birthday cards LOL!!!

So tonight has seen another wedding come to an end.  Table plan, table names and place-names have been collected and finished my journey with another "happy couple".  But not just the couple because with this wedding I have also got quite close to the Bride's Mum and even met her Dad too.  How lovely!

You may remember me mentioning this bride last year after our first meeting  .. .. she will be getting married next Friday .. .. on Valentine's Day.  Super romantic.

That means the emptying out of their work boxes ready for someone else to take ownership of them .. .. and that could be as soon as tomorrow as I have another "happy couple" wanting to meet up and discuss their wedding in the afternoon. It is really weird how as one wedding finishes another always seems to start.

Anyway, it is Friday evening and the weekend is ahead .. .. which means a fish and chip supper cooked by the lovely Mr Heart!

Are fish and chips classed as romantic if I have to have those next Friday for Valentine's Day?  Answers on a postcard please. LOL!!

Have a lovely evening and weekend.

Love

JUMP FOR JOY

Hi Everyone

Happy Wednesday!

Hopefully your day has been good .. .. though looking at the news and all the floods and water damage some people are having an awful time of it at the moment :-(

Again tonight is a quick post to share another card I made last week whilst Mr Heart was away.  What makes you think I had my Penny Black drawer open for most of the week LOL!!!

This used:

Image:  Penny Black "3702J" Jump for Joy!
Sentiment:  Computer Generated
Backing Papers:  Pink Petticoat (sorry I think they disappeared in Liz's clearout)
Go Kreate Die:  Large Frame Scalloped Squares
X-Cut Punch:  Small Flower
ProMarkers
My Trusty Sewing Machine
Pearls

and that is it.

Another late show from the House of Hearts!!

It feels quite good to have a stack of pictures just ready for posting .. .. hope they don't run out too quickly!!

Love

TO CAKE MOMENT

Hi Everyone

I hope you have had a good day.

So that is Tuesday done and dusted .. .. over and done with far too quickly for my liking!!

Just a quick post tonight with another card I made last week (I think my camera likes these colours):

This used:

Image:  Penny Black "4082H" to cake moment
Sentiment:  Pink Petticoat
Backing Papers: Stampin' Up "Patio Party"
X-Cut Punch:  Corner Rounder
Josy Rose:  Nail Heads
ProMarkers
Diamond Stickles
Metallic Cord

and that is me for tonight.

See you tomorrow with another of last weeks makes.

Love

LONE BIRD

Hi Everyone

Happy Monday?

Hope your week has got off to a good start.

Mine has been a day of table plans, place-names and new enquiries  .. ..  thank goodness that whilst Mr Heart was away last week I managed to get a nice stock of cards together to share with you because I have a sneaky feeling there aren't going to be many general cards made in February!

This one was made last week:

and used:

Stamps for the background:
Hero Arts:  Leaf Impressions "N2091" Mountain Aspen
Elusive Images:  "32531" Script Background

Bird Image: 
Stampendous "CRV237" Cling Lone Bird

Sentiment:
Stampendous "CRH293" A Bird Sings

Cuttlebug Dies:  2x2 Die Set "Asterisks"
Distress Inks:  Frayed Burlap, Tea Die, Old Paper and Bundled Sage
My Trusty Sewing Machine
Josy Rose:  Nail Heads
Nestabilties:  Oval and Scalloped Oval
Ribbon and Cord from my Stash Box

A bit of a long list for me!!!

Now round to my snooker card that I posted on Saturday evening.

I received a few questions asking about the little cue and rack of balls I had made.

The cue was made by snapping a wooden kebab stick to length and then shaping the end with an emery board.  I then coloured it using various ProMarkers.

The rack of balls was made by sticking flat-backed pearls into a triangle shape onto card.  I then cut around the card close to the pearls and using Glossy Accents stuck a very narrow piece of kraft coloured card around them .. .. wrapping it round a couple of times.  Once this had taken hold I stuck everything onto a second piece of card and when it was dry cut around the outside carefully so none of the base card was showing.

Using Glossy Accents for all the gluing meant that is was all well sturdy for sticking onto the card front. I hope that makes sense.

I must admit that had I got any red beads I would probably have used those instead of the pearls .. .. but I hadn't so that was that!

So this is me for today .. .. late again!!!

Love

SUNDAY SNIPPETS

Hi Everyone

Happy Sunday!  I hope you have had a good day.  We have had lovely sunshine again today .. .. hope we get some more tomorrow.

I thought I was never going to get here today as there has been so much to do ahead of a busy week in the old craft pod.

Lots of supplies needed for up and coming weddings and also for the next wedding fayre in March .. .. so that was the mission of the day.  I love choosing colours and designing for new samples and managed to get some gorgeous lace and ribbons to tempt new happy couples with.

Then once back home it was time to get the evening meal started so it could be cooking away whilst I tackled a mammoth pile of ironing!!  I feel like I have ironed just about everything in Mr Hearts wardrobe!! But never mind it is all done now.  

Anyway, here are my snippet shares for this week:

  

As always I am lazy on a Sunday and don't list my ingredients but if there is anything you would like to know just ask away.  This making a Christmas card alongside a normal snippet make seems to be sticking!!  Woo hoo!!  It is nearly a habit .. .. which for me is the idea of a new year resolution.

I have had a few questions about my snooker card of yesterday and will answer those on my blog tomorrow.  Thank you for your lovely comments.  I am pleased you liked it.

But back to my snippet shares which I am taking over to Pixie's Snippet Playground Challenge.  

I was super lucky and won the random draw last week .. .. so another cute Penny Black stamp and a super posh pokey tool are coming my way.  Thank you so much Di xx  

Di was super brave and took over the Snippet Challenge from me when my workload reached a point where I just couldn't keep it going any more .. .. and she has done a fabulous job and made far more of the challenge than I could have ever done.  Well done Di .. you are a true star!

This week we have had the added excitement of a magic button for putting onto our sidebars.  You can get the link from Di's blog here.  It would be lovely to see lots of snippet keys all over blogland and lots of new playmates in the playground!!

Mine are proudly displayed on my sidebar.

Enjoy what is left of your evening and have a good week.

Love