LITTLE MIRACLE

Hi Everyone

I hope your weekend has started well.

Our day started with snow .. .. .. great big flakes and lots of them .. .. .. but then the afternoon was lovely sunshine .. .. followed by an evening that has seen the temperatures fall and fall to give us a good thick frost on the cars etc.  I wonder what the night is going to bring?

Definitely feeling super sorry for all the people who have had their homes flooded .. .. what else can be thrown into the mix of misery I wonder?

Hopeful of some good news for someone further down the line here is a baby card from me today:

This used:

Image:  LOTV Baby Hammock
Sentiment:  LOTV Baby Sentiments
Backing Papers:  Nitwits Collection "Cherish"
First Edition Die
ProMarkers
Nail Heads
Crystal Glamour Dust
My Trusty Sewing Machine

and that is me for today.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend .. .. doing hopefully, whatever makes you happy!

BABY GIRL

Hi Everyone

Happy Monday .. ..  I hope your day has gone well, though listening to the news it doesn't instil much confidence that the week is going to be a smooth ride.

Today I have been trying to boost up my supply of baby girl cards.  There are lots of baby boy cards in my box and not a single baby girl.  This was my favourite of  the day: 

This used:

Image:  Pink Petticoat (who are now rebranded as The Lovely Studio, but this image didn't get transferred over).
Sentiment:  Computer Generated using Font "Annie BTN"
Backing Papers:  The Lovely Studio "Tiniest Pretty Little Hearts"
ProMarkers
Ribbon
Nail Heads
My Trusty Sewing Machine

A BABY BOY

Hi Everyone

I hope you have enjoyed your Saturday!

Once again mine has disappeared in the blink of an eye but I am here to quickly share a baby boy card.

This used:

Image:  Lili of the Valley:  Starry Bunny
Sentiment:  Waltzing Mouse Stamps "Little Darling Sentiments"
Backing Papers:  My Lovely Studio "Gingham"
ProMarkers
Crystal Glamour Dust
Ribbon
My Trusty Sewing Machine

Weird but nearly everyone having babies nowadays are producing boys!  Perhaps 2020 is the year of the boys and 2021 is going to be the year of the girls.

Hope everyone is keeping well and amused!

WELCOME BABY BOY

Hi Everyone

I hope Thursday has been kind to you.

Looks like we are at home for another three weeks at least.  Good job we have our crafty obsessions to keep us occupied isn't it?

I have spent time with the Playstation Queen today, catching up on her laundry for her and cooking us a little roast dinner .. .. something she can't be bothered to do for herself .. .. even more so now she is "deep in game mode". 

The oracle that is my Mum has also predicted that there will be a baby boom happening next due to the lock-down we are experiencing .. .. .. so as Mum is "always" right, I thought I had better get ahead of the game with this plain and simple card that uses one of my favourite baby images. 

This used:

Image:  Pink Petticoat "Baby Boy Buggy" - sadly not transferred over to The Lovely Studio

Sentiment:  Computer Generated using font "Annie BTN"

Backing Paper:  The Lovely Studio "Tiniest Lovely Little Hearts"

ProMarkers

Nail Heads

Ribbon

My Trusty Sewing Machine

and that is me for today.

Short and sweet .. .. .. and yes .. .. still with a clear and clean desk ready for tomorrow!!  LOL!!

Stay safe everyone and I will catch you again tomorrow.

A SWEET BABY BOY

Hi Everyone

Happy Friday!!

Well yesterday saw a baby girl card make an appearance on my blog .. .. .. so it's only fair that a baby boy card gets a look in today.

This used:

Image:  Lili of the Valley Digi Image "Baby with Bunny"

Sentiment:  Computer Generated using fonts "Aracne Condensed Regular" and "Sweetheart Script"

Backing Papers:  The Lovely Studio (previously Pink Petticoat)

ProMarkers

Ribbon
Nail Heads
Heart Punch
Pinking Shears

My Trusty Sewing Machine

and that is me for now.

Enjoy your weekend when it arrives.  Let's hope this rain gives in for a while and we get a bit of sunshine!!

PRECIOUS BABY GIRL

Hi Everyone

Happy Thursday.

I am trying hard to get myself into some more good habits .. .. one being to get back to making a card for my blog first thing in a morning before I get sucked into the day.   I try to keep a box of images I have already coloured stashed away, which means half of the work has been done already .. .. .. so no excuse really.

Baby cards are always in demand and are something that never stay in my stock box for more than two minutes .. .. so today I have opted for a baby girl card.

This used:

Image:  Digital image from Lili of the Valley "Cosy Pram"

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

Backing Papers:  The Lovely Studio (used to be called Pink Petticoat)

ProMarkers

Quickie Glue Pen and Crystal Glamour Dust

Ribbon and Metallic Cord

Little heart charm .. .. I was given a little jam jar full of them at the Christmas table one year .. .. sadly the jar is slowly emptying.  Boo hoo!!

Nail Heads

My Trusty Sewing Machine

and that is me for today.

Time to get the production line going for completing a set of place names for a bride who is now getting very excited that her special day will soon be here!

Take care everyone and have a good day.

BUNNY MOON

Hi Everyone

Happy Wednesday!

I hope you are all having a good week.

A scheduled post from me today as I am cramming rather a lot into this week and need to keep my head down (and I don't mean on a comfy pillow LOL!!)   .. .. hence no blog visiting at the moment unfortunately .. .. but not to worry, the looming bank holiday weekend will see things being a lot more relaxed as lots of work will have made its way into the delivery system, or it will be lined up ready for collecting by happy couples on Saturday.  

So here is today's share:

This used:

Image:  LOTV Digital Image "Bunny Moon"

Sentiment:  Waltzing Mouse Stamps "Little Darling Sentiments"

Backing Paper: Pink Petticoat (now known as The Lovely Studio)

Spellbinder Nestabilities Dies

ProMarkers
Nail Heads
Metallic Cord

My Trusting Sewing Machine

and that is me for today.

Have a great day and I hope you find a bit of crafting time somewhere within it.

WHERE HAVE ALL THE BABY GIRLS GONE?

Hi Everyone

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

Mine has been a day for "happy couples" calling by .. .. which is always exciting.  I love hearing about everyone's wedding plans and get just as excited about everything as the bride (and sometimes the groom) do!  LOL!!

So, what I want to know is why are there only baby boys happening in my life at the moment.  What has happened to the baby girls?

Every newborn baby card request has been male .. .. and I enjoyed adding a new design into the mix this week!

This used:

Image:  Lili of the Valley Digi Image: Bunny Moon

Sentiment:  Computer Generated using font Aracne Condensed and then stamped around with the plain tag from the Lili of the Valley Christmas SentimentsTag Set

Backing Paper:  The Lovely Studio  (was Pink Petticoat)  Gingham

First Edition Dies:  Nesting Doily

Josy Rose: Nail Heads

ProMarkers

Tumble Glass Distress Ink for painting a light background to the image

Glamour Dust

Eyelet and Eyelet setter

Dimension Pads

Ribbon and Cord from my crafty stashbox

and my Trusty Sewing Machine

and that is me for today.

The sky has just gone very dark so time to run like the wind to the washing line.

Catch you again soon folks and have a lovely weekend.

MONDAY'S MALE

Hi Everyone

Happy Monday!

I hope you had a lovely weekend and the sun has been shining for you.

It is still all systems go here in the House of Hearts .. .. but as always the busier I am the more excited about everything I get.

Saturday saw the delivery of my lovely Distress Oxide Ink Pads .. .. oh boy are they yummy scrummy!  But Saturday also saw lovely happy couples knocking on my door, which meant there was no crafty playtime.  Completed work left the house .. .. and lots more was added to my list .. .. and the inks remained unwrapped .. .. not even chance to sniff the pads to see what they smelt like. (Does anyone else have to sniff anything new that  makes its way into their hands LOL!!).

So it was Sunday before I got to play with my new acquisitions and I can't wait to share my first creation using them .. .. but that will happen tomorrow.  

Today is my Monday's Male card.  Baby boy cards seem to be in big demand at the moment, so whilst making one for a customer at the weekend I made two whilst I was at it. I should really do this more often but it rarely seems to happen.  

 This used:

Image:  Digistamp Boutique "Baby Dan"

Sentiment:  Computer generated using font "Baa Book"

Backing Papers:  Pink Petticoat

Woodware Heart Punch

Josy Rose:  Nail Heads

ProMarkers

My Trusty Sewing Machine

and that is me for today.

I'll catch you again tomorrow with my Teeny Tiny Distress Oxide card!

SUNDAY SNIPPETS

Hi Everyone

Happy Sunday!

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend.  I was pleased that the snow decided to melt as quickly as it fell.

Our weekend has been very enjoyable .. .. and has sped by in the blink of an eye .. .. as they always do .. .. but I am all ready for a new week to begin tomorrow.  Yay!!  

I wonder if I am the only person who actually loves Monday mornings and the thought of a new working week starting?  I spend part of every weekend organising and scheduling all that needs to be fitted in during the next few days.  Next week certainly needs to be super productive with lots of lovely wedding work to get my teeth into!

But with there being a big shortage of cards in my little world at the moment I need to pull quite a few of those in too.

I have no new baby cards at all so decided I would gather some snippets together and make one of those .. .. and here it is:

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

There shouldn't be any problem in finding a heart today .. .. ... there are lots to go at today that's for sure!  LOL!!

I started my card by following Sketch Number Twenty Five from my little sketch library which you can find on the tab at the start of my blog

but I did stray from it a little with regards the embellishments.

So that is me for today.  Enjoy the rest of today.

Catch you again soon.

MONDAY'S MALE

Hi Everyone

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

Can you believe I had to put a jumper on this morning as it was a tad chilly!!!  What's that all about? Please don't say that summer is on it's way out because I am not at all ready for that yet!! 

So back with my daily themes but I am changing them slightly.  My "Thursday's child" theme has been scrapped as I have decided a boy card works as a Monday's Male Card, and the little girl cards will fit into Feminine Friday .. .. which leaves Thursday's open for a theme I wish I had started ages ago .. .. but  more about that later in the week.

Today Monday's male is sporting a baby boy card .. .. which uses a very old image that came to the top of the pile whilst re-organising my world last week.  Not that re-organising has been a total success.  How long did it take me to find where I decided was the best place to store my hot glue gun?!?!!?

It would appear that there is a baby boy boom going on at the moment and I can't make cards for them quickly enough .. .. so here we go with one I made last week

  

This used

Image:  Docrafts "Forever Friends"

Backing Paper and Sentiment: Pink Petticoat (sadly no longer trading)

Spellbinder Nestabilities:  Classic Circles and Scalloped Circles

Distress Ink Pad  Tumbled Glass

Josy Rose:  Nail Heads

ProMarkers

My Trusty Sewing Machine

Many thanks for the lovely comments and emails on my post of yesterday.  I am so pleased folk enjoyed looking .. .. and yes .. .. Marcie did see it and was also over the moon to see her name on the computer screen.  She said I made her feel like a movie star!   Bless her.  She is such a lovely person.

I will catch you again tomorrow with my Teeny Tiny Tuesday card.

Love Jules xx

SUNDAY SNIPPETS

Hi Everyone

I hope you have had a lovely Sunday .. .. very wet here weather wise .. .. just perfect for escaping to the old craft pod!

I started good and early today by clearing the remnants of Christmas crafting away and having a much needed tidy up. Whilst clearing I came across a couple of images I had coloured but not used so decided to use them both for a rare appearance in Pixie's Snippets Playground where we are encouraged to use up all our offcuts and scraps (and I certainly have a lot of those).

In 2014 I managed to play in the snippet playground far more than last year, and when I did I would always post two cards .. .. with one being a Christmas card.  It certainly made the approach to Christmas 2014 much more relaxed so I am going to try hard to do the same this year .. .. wedding work allowing of course! (apologies to the people who hate to see Christmas cards when it is no-where near Christmas).

So here we go .. .. my first Snippet makes for 2015 (whoops that should be 2016).

I am always lazy on a Sunday and do not list my ingredients .. .. but if there is anything you wish to know just ask and I will try my best to answer.

Enjoy the rest of your evening.

Love

SUNDAY SNIPPETS

Hi Everyone

I hope your weekend was a good one.

All super busy and super manic this end .. .. but still time to pull in a couple of snippet makes for taking over to Pixie's Snippets Playground this week.

Another Christmas card for the box too.. .. yay!!

So here are my makes:

No ingredients on a Sunday .. .. but I did use Sketch Five for them both, which I added to my little sketch library this morning .. .. and it looks like this:

Sorry for being so late .. .. and it isn't as if I have even done the ironing!!  Shock horror!!

Catch you again soon.

Love