SKETCH TWO (AGAIN)

Hi Everyone

I hope your weekend was good and Monday has started your week of nicely.

Lots done, and lots more to do, here in the old House of Hearts .. .. but sadly one of today's creations needed to be one of those cards we don't like sending (or even making really).

This used:

Image:  Hero Arts "G5311" Silhouette Spray
Sentiment:  Computer Generated using font "Honey Script"
Backing Papers:  First Edition Papers "New Leaf"
Die-namics Die Set:  Blueprints 14
Gold Embossing Powder
Josy Rose:  Nail Heads
My Trusty Sewing Machine
Ribbons from My Crafty Stash Box
and Sketch Number Two from My Little Sketch Library (this one is quickly becoming a favourite and is getting lots of use here.

Sorry I am not getting very much blog visiting in at the moment :-(  Lots of wedding work needed for Bank Holiday brides .. .. but at least I am finding a few things to share with you.

So that is me for today.

I'll catch you again soon.  Enjoy your evening.

Love

BIRTHDAY WISHES

Hi Everyone

Happy weekend!

I thought I would get onto my blog nice and early today before a super busy weekend takes hold here in the House of Hearts to share a card I made using Sketch Eleven from my little library.  I didn't find this sketch too easy to use to be truthful .. .. I think it is because I just struggle big time with things not being square .. .. but I shall persevere with my phobia and try to "alter my brain" if possible. LOL!!

So here we go:

This used:

Sentiment:  Digistamp Boutique "Large Birthday Sentiment Set"
Backing Papers:  First Edition Paper "Paper Flowers"
Nestabilities:  Classic Circle and Scalloped Circle
Martha Stewart Edge Punch:  Traditional Scallop
My Trusty Old Sewing Machine
ProMarkers (for colouring in the machine embroidery)
Distress Ink:  Dusty Concord
Ribbon from My Crafty Stash Box (one of my favourite ribbon colours)

and tah dah .. ..

Sketch Eleven from my little collection

For anyone collecting them, the next sketch has made an appearance in the library today .. .. .. without any quirky angles this time LOL!!

Many thanks for all the lovely comments on my previous post.  For most of you the button heart was your favourite .. .. and it was mine too. 

Enjoy your weekend everyone.  Hope you manage to find a little bit of crafty time all to yourself.

Love

WEDDING CARDS

Hi Everyone

I hope your weather has been as beautiful as it has been here today .. .. glorious sunshine for most of the day!

Many thanks for all your lovely comments and the sewing machine memories you shared in response to my blog post of yesterday.  My Mum's machine was used for sewing bits of chamois leather together to make full sized leathers.  She did this as outwork to bring a few more pennies into the house.  I can still smell the bits of leather now (and have to admit to always sniffing chamois leathers if I see them on sale anywhere).  

I did own a similar sewing machine back in the 70's when we were first married and I can remember spending many a happy hour turning the handle to make .. ..  .. .. wait for it .. .. .. Crimplene dresses!!!  LOL!!  But I foolishly traded it in to get a discount when Mr Heart bought me the "trusty sewing machine" I use now.  

No chance to clean up my new machine yet as I am still catching up from being away, but I am sure it won't be long as my hands are itching for a play with it.

But for now .. .. as promised .. .. here are a few of the wedding cards I made for various folk to give to my Niece who got married on Monday:

This is the one Mr Heart and I sent:

This was made for my youngest Son to give:

Then this was for my lovely Sis to give to her beautiful daughter.

It looked really nice nestled inside a vellum lined box.

I won't list what each one used as I will be here all day, but if there is anything you want to know more about then you know you only have to ask.

There are no prizes for guessing that the wedding was all themed around yellow and buttons!!

No rose petals scattered up the aisle for my Niece .. .. but die cut buttons cut from tissue paper along with the odd heart here and there.  Super cute and all loving cut by her Sister!  I bet she has RSI now!!

So that is me for today.

Time for favour box duties for me now.

Catch you soon.

Love

BACK FROM THE WEDDING

Hi Everyone

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

We are back from my Niece's Wedding and all had a fantastic time .. .. shattered but full of happy memories.

The wedding wasn't until 2.00pm which gave us the morning to mooch around Leek .. .. and just look what I found and purchased .. .. something I have craved for a long time but never been able to find other than on ebay.

My Mum had one like this years ago and the shop owner had a couple for sale.  The first one I had to reject because it had the tension control missing .. .. but this one worked perfectly once I had tweaked it about.  Being the cheeky person I am I managed to reduce the price a little - but the shop owner said it was worth the reduction for the lesson I had given him in working and adjusting them LOL!!

I think he thought it strange though that I was happy to just sew on an old envelope!  I never admitted it was for sewing on cards .. .. and I bet the people of Leek thought us even stranger for taking it out of its box and taking a picture of it on some lovely steps we found.

Can't wait to give it a good clean and polish up!  I bet it would have a few tales to tell if it could talk.

The London kids have started their tracks home again :-( and now I must catch up on some work.  Mr Heart has kindly volunteered to drive me round this afternoon to collect some ribbons and supplies I have on order, which means I can just sit with my head down for the rest of the week.

So off I go to get the supplies in and I'll catch you again soon.

Love 

NEW SKETCH

Hi Everyone

Happy Saturday.

I hope that you have been having a lovely weekend.

No card to share unfortunately .. .. the only creations made today have been wedding cards ready for the happy couple on Monday and it doesn't seem right to share those yet.  Perhaps later if I get time to take photographs.

I have only known they are getting married for two years but have still ended up making mine at the last minute .. .. as always everyone else's creations come first LOL!!.

Quite challenging making the cards because I have made five in total for various folk and I wanted them all to be different.

So no card .. .. but I have added Sketch Number Eleven to my little sketch library .. .. which looks like this:

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone.

Catch you when I do.

Love

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

Hi Everyone

I hope you have had a good week and have a nice weekend planned!  Hopefully it will involve a bit of crafty playtime for those with itchy crafting fingers!

The London Kids are landing early doors tomorrow for us to spend a few days together .. .. my Niece is getting married on Monday so lots of celebrating to be done!!

But for now a share from me using the latest sketch in my little library .. .. Sketch number ten!  I am so pleased I have got around to using this one .. .. it was a favourite when I created it and I am quite chuffed with how it looks now I have used it.

So here we go:

This used:

Sentiment:  A very, very old Anita's Stamp (from way back when)

Backing Papers:  Craft Sensations by Grafix "Romantic Fine Art"

Woodware Punches:  Daisies

Josy Rose:  Nail Heads

My Trust Sewing Machine

Ribbon stolen from my wedding sample making box (the only place I could find the right colour LOL!!)

and tah dah .. .. 

Sketch number ten from my little sketch library tab

Best get another sketch added to the mix tomorrow .. .. but for now I had better disappear.  I am nearly in bad books with Mr Heart because I should be downstairs by now sharing quality time!!!! Eeekkk!!!

Catch you soon.

Love

JUMP FOR JOY

Hi Everyone

Happy Wednesday!  Middle of the week already!!

Just flying in and out quickly today with a card I have been working on over a few days .. .. ..not that it is intricate or anything out of the ordinary .. .. I just didn't have time to do it all in one sitting.

So here we go:

This used:

Image:  Penny Black "3702J" Jump for Joy!

Sentiment:  Lili of the Valley "Sentiment Tags"

Backing Papers:  First Edition Paper "Boho Chic"

Nestabilities:  Classic Circle

Woodware Punches:  Daisy

ProMarkers

My Trust Sewing Machine

Josy Rose:  Nail Heads

Brad, Eyelet and Metallic Cord from My Crafty Stash Box

and ... ... tah dah ....

Sketch Number Nine from my little sketch library

That means I have used all the ones I have put into my library now  .. .. so I have added another one today.  My little library is the first place I go now when I want to create something so I am really pleased I started it.

Thank you for all your lovely comments on my machine stitching. That comes from years of sewing fabric .. .. which I no longer seem to get time for .. .. but the funny thing is that the type of stitching I admire is where folk do two rows that all wobble, wave and cross over each other .. .. and I can't do that!!  I can only sew straight (ish)  LOL!!.  

Enjoy your day everyone.  I am hoping to get some big jobs crossed off my crafty list today!!

Catch you soon.

Love

TEENY TINY TUESDAY

Hi Everyone

I hope your week is going well.

All mega busy this end with "happy couples" .. .. both new and ongoing .. .. hence no time for blogging/visiting and definitely no time to play with my snippets on Sunday :-(

So I made amendments early doors this morning and used my snippet and Sketch Number Eight for today's teeny, tiny 3.5 x 3.5" creation (you can find my little collection of sketches on the tab at the top of my blog - feel free to use them if you want to).

I love working on my tiny little cards, mainly because they use up all the tiny offcuts I can't bear to throw away.. ..  and I don't need much space on my desk to create them .. .. the 8" square of working room I usually end up with is plenty for my little card and tiny paper cutter  LOL!!!

So here we go:

This used:

Image:  Penny Black "30-013" Critter Party
Sentiment:  Pink Petticoat (can't find it in the boutique now .. sorry)
Backing Papers:  All snippets of Basic Grey "Vivienne"
Nestabilities:  Circle
ProMarkers
My Trusty Sewing Machine
Buttons from My Crafty Stash Box
We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

and this is Sketch Number  Eight that I worked with:

I am all prepared with my share for tomorrow (yay!!) which uses Sketch Number Nine .. .. and number 10 will be making an appearance in the library too.

So just off to link my creation up into Pixie's Snippets Playground where I see this week my lovely blog buddy Eve is Prefect for the week to give our lovely Di a much earned rest.  I hope you are having fun Eve and that Di is managing to put her feet up and catch her breath!

Catch you again tomorrow.

Love

NEW SKETCH IN THE LIBRARY AND A GREAT LINK

Hi Everyone

Happy Friday .. .. .. .. the weekend is nearly here and the sun is shining!!  

Just a quick post whilst munching on my sandwich.

I know I won't get time to share a card today as I am super busy on the wedding front at the moment, but I have added a new design onto the sketch library tab .. .. which means we are on Sketch Nine already!!  Soon be double figures.

My learning curve with the Serif Craft Artist 2 is coming along and as you will see from the new sketch I can now draw triangles .. .. woo hoo .. ..  and I have mastered grouping those little circles together and spacing them out properly .. .. it doesn't take much to make me happy does it !?!?  Baby steps I know, but at least I am learning (slowly).

So the great news is .. ..  we aren't stuck with rectangles, flowers and circles forever!!  LOL!!

Enjoy your weekend when it arrives and thank you for all your lovely comments and emails of encouragement on the sketches. They seem to be coming in useful for folk .. .. which to me is what crafty blogland is all about .. .. sharing what we can .. .. where we can.

Talking of sharing .. .. has anyone else seen this fabby calculator over on Carole's brilliant blog.  It is for using alongside your We R Memory Keepers, or Stampin' Up envelope punch board.  You can make any size of card, put the finished card measurement into the calculator and it will tell you what size of paper you need to cut and where to score it!  Fantastic!  How did I manage without it?

Don't just look at Carole's calculator though .. .. look at her blog too.  Lots of great ideas and things to be learnt!

Catch you soon.

Love

A SUPER EASY HEART TODAY !

Hi Everyone

I hope you are having a good week and are managing to get a few creative, crafty moments to yourself somewhere along the line.

My week has been nearly all weddings .. .. and annoyance at being "ruled" by my computer!

So I don't lose any of my work it is scheduled to back up every evening .. .. but for some reason it seems to throw in a random back-up whenever the mood takes it.  Today has been one of those days and it has taken hours!!!!!!  Surely I haven't done that much work .. .. have I?!?!?!?

I don't mind really, so long as my work is safe, and accessible if my computer ever decides to throw a wobbly, but what does annoy me is that whilst doing the back-up it won't allow me to access my emails.  Luckily emails go to my phone as well .. .. but that's not the point .. .. I don't want to only be able to email when the computer "kindly lets me"!  GRRRR!!  

Anyway, moan over and here is my card for today:

This used:

Images:  Stampin' Up "Gorgeous Grunge"

Sentiment:  Penny Black Clear Stamp Set "Sentimental"

Backing Papers:  Docrafts "Kraft Notes" and some Pink Petticoat leftovers from "Perfect Papers"  (sadly no longer available)

Die-namics Die Set:  Blueprints 14 (I don't why I bother putting this die set away .. .. it always seems in use)

Sizzix Die:  "658232" Leaves & Vine

My Trusty Sewing Machine

White Gel Pen

Versafine Ink Pad, Clear Embossing Powder and ProMarkers for the Sentiment

Platinum Embossing Powder and Buttons from My Crafty Stash Box

That scrummy heart used to be a button that has had its shank cut off.  Wish I had more than just this one :-(

OK.  Back to work for me now.  Save the Date proofs to get finished and into the post  .. .. ready for this time next year when I will be needing to do everything for the happy day!  It feels a long way away at the moment .. .. but I just know it will be here in the blink of an eye.

Enjoy the rest of today and I will catch you again soon.

Love

TEENY, TINY TUESDAY

Hi Everyone

Happy Tuesday!

This week my teeny, tiny 3.5" x 3.5" creation has joined forces with Sketch Six from my Sketch Library.  I am definitely finding the sketches are making for speedier creations here in the House of Hearts and I hope you are finding them useful too.

All of the bits on today's creation were already sitting on my desk after a crafty session yesterday .. .. they just needed a bit of trimming here and there.

So here we go:

   

This used:

Sentiment:  Computer generated using font "Honey Script"

Backing Papers:  First Edition Paper "Bella Rose" 

Nestabilities:  Classic Circle and Scalloped Circle

X-Cut Palm Punches:  Daisy

My Trusty Sewing Machine

Pearls from My Crafty Stash Box

We R Memory Keepers:  Envelope Punch Board

I love the colours in this paper stack .. .. and an off-cut of Pink Petticoat dotty paper came in perfect for the little envelope.

I am on place name duty again today .. .. lots of August and September weddings keeping me out of mischief and making my days speed by in the blink of an eye!  

My days seem to disappear so quickly that when I first wake up in the morning I struggle to know what day of the week it is .. .. and yesterday I had the fright of my life.  We wake up to a radio alarm and the DJ said it was the 27th August!!!  What a panic .. .. .. and for a split second I believed him .. .. but a quick grab and check on my phone made the world OK .. .. I hadn't lost a month overnight! LOL!!

Have a good day everyone and Sketch Eight has made its way into the Sketch Library for anyone who is collecting them.   

Love

SUNDAY SNIPPETS

Hi Everyone

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend.

Sorry for not getting as far as my blog yesterday .. .. it turned into a "W" Day!

• Wedding work
• Washing
• Walking (yes, Mr Heart and I decided to go for a stroll together whilst the weather was decent .. .. and as it has thrown it down with rain for the majority of today I am pleased we made the most of the sunshine)

then it finished off nicely with "wine and food" at an Italian Restaurant to celebrate a special friend's 21st birthday.

A very enjoyable day all in all!

So today is the day to share my snippet makes for taking over to Pixie's Snippets Playground and this week I came up with these:

Woo hoo!!  Another Christmas card!!

Both cards were based on sketch seven which has made its way into the sketch library today.

I am super lazy on a Sunday and do not list any of my ingredients but just ask if there is anything you would like to know (other than the winning lottery numbers - I never get those right).  LOL!!

Enjoy what is left of the weekend everyone.  I hope you have better weather than I have here.

Catch you soon.

Love