TOO BEAUTIFUL TO COVER UP!

Hi Everyone

I hope your Thursday has been good.  

Mine has been super busy ..  .. but still time for a little share.

When I was linking up the Pink Petticoat papers for the card I shared on Tuesday I had a very pleasant surprise when I saw there was a new paper pack release .. and how gorgeous and beautiful it was.  I downloaded it instantly and printed off all the papers in the collection first thing yesterday morning .. .. I drooled over them for a while but sadly had to put them to one side until there was time to put them to good use.

I picked my favourite tonight and then decided it was too lovely to cover up ..  .. so I have gone for a card that left the majority of the paper on view:

This used:

Image:  Pink Petticoat "Strawberry Blooms Pattern Paper Pack"

Sentiment:  Computer Generated

Woodware Punch:  Heart

My Trusty Sewing Machine

Lace from my Stash Box

Isn't it super scrummy!?!?!  I would love my bedroom walls wallpapered in this pattern with a quilt cover and matching pillow cases . .. .. but I would draw the line at bedroom curtains .. .. I think that might be "overkill".

But this is only one of the papers .. .. there are others I could use for the curtains LOL!!!

Enjoy the rest of your evening everyone.

Love

HAPPY RUDOLPH DAY!

Hi Everyone

Another day has whizzed by in the blink of an eye .. .. I hope yours was a good one.

As today is the 25th of the month that means it is time for Sandra's Rudolph Day Challenge where she likes us to make "at least" two Christmas cards.  Such a strict headmistress but of course we will all be thanking her come December!

I was actually prepared and ready for taking part this month .. .. woo hoo!! .. .. and am trying to get some flat ones into my collection.  It doesn't take much to stop them travelling though that small "standard letter" gap does it?!?!?

So here are my "flat" .. .postal friendly makes:

These used:

Image:  Penny Black "4203K" Snowscape  (stamped just the once and cut in half)

Sentiment:  Computer Generated using font "Mr Sirloin BTN Rare"

Backing Paper:  Pink Petticoat "Jingle Bells Book Print"

Impression Obsession Dies "DIE100-F"
Josy Rose:  Nail Heads
Distress Inks:  Tumbled Glass and Milled Lavender
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist:  Iridescent Gold
My Trust Sewing Machine
Diamond Stickles
Pinking Shears

and that is me for today.

Have a lovely evening everyone.

Catch you again soon.

Love

SKETCH SATURDAY

Hi Everyone

I hope you have had a lovely Tuesday.

It seems ages since I have had chance to play along with a sketch challenge .. .. so I really enjoyed playing along with the Sketch Saturday challenge this evening and came up with this:

This used:

Image:  Penny Black ""3344J" Rosy!
Sentiment:  Pink Petticoat (but sadly no longer available)
Backing Papers:  Pink Petticoat "Pretty Printemps Pattern Paper Pack"
X-Cut Punch:  Small Flower
Josy Rose:  Nail Heads
My Trusty Sewing Machine
ProMarkers
Diamond Stickles

and that is me for today!

If you fancy playing along this is the sketch I used:

Time to battle with a bit of the ironing mountain now!!  That's the down-side of beautiful weather .. .. I always manage to find something to wash LOL!!!

Enjoy the rest of your evening.

Catch you soon.

Love

MR HEART HAS DONE THE DRAW

Hi Everyone

I hope you have had a good day today.

The weather has been super gorgeous here.

No share I'm afraid  .. ..  but I do have the results of the sequin draw.

All the names of the folk who wanted to win were put into a basket and Mr Heart kindly did the draw

and here is the winner

Yes, that is you Karen (PaulMonkey) .. .. if you could email me your address I will get in touch with the lovely Josy Rose and they will post your mountain of sequins out to you.

I know you will have great fun with them.  Mine have been getting lots of use .. .. I even put some into a shaker card today!

Sorry everyone who didn't win :-(

We have had a trip to the dentist this evening for our check up.  Thankfully all was good so no huge bills there!!  Phew!!!  But I made the dentist laugh because my face was twinkling with glamour dust even though I had washed my face lots of times trying to get rid of it before we went  LOL!!!

Enjoy what is left of your evening everyone.

Love

SUNDAY SNIPPETS

Hi Everyone

I hope you have had a good weekend.

Ours has been a lovely one .. .. the sort you don't want to end .. .. and only just enough time to make a couple of snippet makes and share them .. .. so here we go:

and in lazy Sunday mode I do not list my ingredients.

I was asked last week where the backing paper came from that I used for my last card .. ..  .. .. it was a scrap from American Crafts that was left over from a magazine commission I did last year.  Loved the papers and I am just left with small bits now :-(

Skipping of now to link up my makes in Pixie's Snippet Playground Challenge and I will be back tomorrow with the name of the winner of the huge bag of sequins (I used a few more of mine today).

Catch you soon.

Love

TIME TO CELEBRATE

Hi Everyone

Happy Friday .. .. ahead of what is hopefully going to be a happy weekend for you.

Busy week here (again) but I really do feel I am starting to win with my "definitely got to do" list as I have even had time look at my "if time is kind" list LOL!!!

This week has seen lots of cards being done and dusted for "happy couples" who have returned after their weddings to order thank you cards to thank guests for their kindness.  Call me old fashioned but I love it when people remember their manners and say thank you when people have been kind.

I have also been working on drafting what I am sure will be longest order of service booklet I will ever do .. .. 12 pages long!!  But it has made the post today so that it can all be checked off prior to what is going to be a very mammoth printing session!!

My lovely Sis was asking for some cards for the salon too .. .. her request was for 32 .. .. I managed 8 .. .. but that was better than last week because she didn't get any then! LOL!!

Even time for a little share:

This used:

Image:  Digistamp Boutique "Alyssa"

Sentiment:  Computer Generated using font "Pass The Chex"

Backing Papers:  First Edition Paper "Daydream"

Josy Rose:  Nail Heads

ProMarkers

Diamond Stickles

Glamour Dust

Ribbon from my Stash Box

I am also going to enter this into the Digistamp Boutique Challenge for June.

Think I am showing my age there by giving Alyssa blue eye shadow LOL!!

So that is me for today.

If you fancy winning a humongous bag of sequins don't forget to leave a comment on my post here so you can go into the draw on Monday.  

Have a great weekend .. .. hope you see some sunshine and manage a bit of crafty time for yourself.

Love

HOW MANY SEQUINS - AND WOULD YOU LIKE SOME?

Hi Everyone

Happy Tuesday!

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

A special post today to show you something that arrived through the post a few days ago from the lovely people at Josy Rose.

How fabby are all of those sequins?  .. .. .. and so many of them.  Lots of great shapes too .. .. stars, multi-sized circles and squares, snowflakes, stars, crescent shapes and even .. .. yes, you guessed it .. .. lovely little hearts LOL!!!

The bag even includes little glittery bits that fall from the sequins when they are punched. Might have to order some of that as I think it would look lovely on my tables at the wedding fayres!  I always steer clear of adding gems and glass bits at the fayres in case a child comes and does something daft with them .. .. but little bits of sequin glitter can't do any harm can it? . .. ..  and it will sparkle beautifully.

I don't know about you but I love seeing how things are made and this little YouTube video here shows you how Josy Rose manufacture their lovely British sequins here in London.  The last surviving makers in the UK. That makes my bag of loveliness feel even more special.

So would you like a lovely big bag all of your own?  One lucky person can have just that.

You don't need to guess how many are in my bag .. .. because that would mean I would have to count them and I don't think I can count that high!

Simply leave me a comment before midnight on Sunday 22nd June with the words "Yes please, can I go into the draw" somewhere in it and I will put your name into a lucky dip draw.  If those words are not in your comment I will assume you do not wish to win the prize .. .. which is fine.  I do understand that not everyone loves the same things as I do.  Any comments received to this post after midnight British Summer Time on Sunday 22nd June won't be included in the draw which will take place on Monday 23rd June by making good use of the unique Mr Heart!!.

It doesn't matter where you live in the world .. .. Josy Rose will post the prize to anywhere so my overseas blog visitors can join in too. You don't need to make anything or follow any rules .. .. if you love pretty sparkly things then that is enough.  Though it would be nice to share the love and let your blog pals know so they can have the chance to win too.

Here is a card I made using a few of my sequins .. .. the centre of the flower looks like a button sequin but I actually used a die to cut one of the larger circles into a button shape .. .. cute or what?!?!?

This used:

Sentiment:  Stampin' Up "Blooming with Kindness"

Backing Papers:  First Edition Paper:  "Daydream"

MFT Die-namics:  Blueprints 14

Metallic Cord

White Gel Pen

and a few sequins from my bag of plenty!  LOL!!

  

If you want to see more clearly some of the lovely sequins that could be in your bag then here is a good place to look at all the different shapes and colours.  Good luck if you decide to enter.  You certainly won't be disappointed if you are the winner.

Beware though, they are a bit addictive to use and I am finding them all over the House of Hearts.  There were four left in the bottom of the bath last night after I let all the water go LOL!!!

Enjoy your day everyone.

Love

SUNDAY SNIPPETS - TIMES TWO

Hi Everyone

Stranger alert!!!

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend .. .. and that all the Dad's out there have had a super special day.

We have done our best to spoil Mr Heart .. .. and I think he has enjoyed his special day.  

Things have been super busy here - hence my absence from blogland for so long .. .. and hence the reason that I have two week's worth of snippet makes to catch up on.

I didn't get chance to play with my snippets last Sunday as our eldest Son and his wife came to stay for a couple of nights so he could take part in his first ever half marathon.  Gosh .. how on earth anyone can possibly run that far (and why they would even want to) is beyond me .. .. other than the fact that he was doing it to raise money for Motor Neurone Disease.  

Then once the London kids returned home (boo hoo) work in the old craft pod kicked in big time.  Lots and lots to be cracking on with!!

But I have had chance to play with my snippets this weekend and have come up with a few things to share:

and now all it needs is for me to link them up to Pixies's Snippet Playground Challenge before Sunday disappears and I end up having to list my ingredients LOL!!.

I don't know if it is just me or whether Mr Blogger has fallen out with me for not being around for a while .. .. but it has taken me nearly an hour to post this.  Hassle, hassle, hassle all the way!!!

Never mind.  Perhaps Mr Blogger will love me again tomorrow. 

Have a good week everyone and I'll catch you again soon.

Love

SWEET BIRTHDAY WISHES

Hi Everyone

Happy Wednesday!!!

Here with a fun card today that uses an image I just loved colouring.  (I just fancy eating a jelly bean now!!) LOL!!

This used:

Image:  From the Heart Stamps "Full of Beans Birdbrain"

Sentiment:  Computer Generated using font "Mr Sirloin BTN Rare"

Woodware Punch:  Tag

X-Cut Punch:  Flower

Josy Rose:  Nail Heads

A tiny bit of backing paper from a "Little Sizzles" Pastels Pad.  I have had these papers for what seems like a lifetime and I am trying hard to use them all up (it is going to take ages though if this is all I am going to use LOL!!)

My Trusty Sewing Machine

Twine from My Stash Box

Lots of missions on my crafty list today.  Some little tiny tasks and some HUGE ones .. .. so the sooner I start the better.

Catch you again soon.

Have a good day.

Love

SUNDAY SNIPPETS

Hi Everyone

Hope you have had a great weekend.

The weather here has been lovely .. .. it would be great to have a few days like today .. .. except for the fact that I have tried to cram too much into it.  Hence my Sunday snippets being very late making an appearance.

I will start with my Christmas make first:

and this is in place of what is normally a general type of card because I wanted to use an envelope punch board that I took delivery of on Friday.

So many fabby things you can make with this board .. .. and this is my first which uses a 6" x 6" snippet of card.

Don't go looking for the heart on this as you will look for ever .. .. because there isn't one (unless like me you see some of the flowers forming a heart LOL!!)  The heart will be a tag with the recipients name on.

This is the tutorial I followed for making it

and there are lots more to go at!!

I think I am going to have fun with this board (and the gift bag board that I will share another day).

Off to link up to Pixies Snippet Playground Challenge before my little eyes shut!!

Catch you again soon.

Love