A Country Life - Flowers in bloom

Hello folks

Two posts in one day, I am spoiling you!! I wanted to remind you that Fiona is back with the pick of the week today at 12pm on Create and Craft TV. I do hope you can join her.

This is another of the cards I made for the launch -

Quite a different feel to this card although I still used my Spectrum Aquas to colour the image - 

• crimson, burgundy, aquamarine and evergreen

The other ingredients were - 

• matt black card (for the card base), Sheena's stamping card (for the background) and green core'dinations
• rose garden embossing folder
• Pebeo renaissance gold gilding wax
• Die'sire edgeables Lattice Flourish die (free with issue 8 of the Inspirations magazine)
• black pearls from my stash

To make the background paper I scribbled crimson and burgundy Aquas onto my glass cutting machin, spritzed it with water and mopped up the ink with a piece of Sheena's stamping card. Once the card was dry I embossed it and added some gilding wax.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Lesley

Tiddly Thanks

Good Sunday morning

This is one of the many thank you card I have made recently.

It features Fairy Tenderheart from Tiddly Inks which I have coloured with my Spectrum Noir pens - 

• hair - TN1, TN2, TN3, TN4 and TN7
• skin - FS1, FS2, FS3 and CR1
• dress and shoes - CR7, CR9, CR11, GB8 and GB11
• wings - EB1 and EB2
• branch - EB3, EB5, EB8, JG1 and JG3
• nest and egg - GB9, GB11, BGR1 and BGR3
• bird - BG3, BG5 and BG7
• sky - IB1
• flowers - CR7, CR10, JG1 and JG3

The other ingredients used were - 

• On a high note paper pad from LOTV
• brown Core'dinations
• Tonic layering squares die set
• Spellbinder's A2 bracket borders 2
• Spellbinder's stately circles
• ribbon from the Hobby House
• LOTV setiments tags
• pearls from my stash

Sentiment tags stamp from LOTV.

I cut the bracket border twice, once from the pattern paper and once from the brown core'dinations and then matted them.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge - 

http://tiddlyinkschallenge.blogspot.co.uk - thank you

Thank you for stopping by today

Lesley

Love is in the air

Hello and a very happy Saturday to you all

As it is Saturday there is a new challenge at Fantasy Stampers. This fortnight our challenge is 

Love is in the air

Here is my card for the challenge - 

The stamp is Popcorn the bear Romance from Crafter's Companion which I stamped onto Neenah Crest card and coloured with my Spectrum Noir pens - 

• bears - EB1, EB2, EB3, EB5, EB7, DR1, TN1, TN2, TN3, TN5, TN7 and PP5
• hearts - DR1, DR5, DR6 and crystal clear Sparkle pen
• blanket - DR1, DR5, DR6, PP3 and PP5
• cushions - PP3, PP5, DR1, DR5 and DR6
• rose - DR1, DR5, DR6, CG1, DG2 and DG4
• sky - IB1

The other ingredients used were - 

• Love and romance paper pad from Sara Davis Signature collection
• Die'sire elongated hearts die set from Sara Davies Signature collection (this die set comes free with issue 9 of Inspirations magazine)
• Die'sire half doily from Downton Abbey collection
• Die'sire heart doilies die set
• Go-kreate's XXL square frame frilly #5 die set
• Spellbinder's jewel flowers and flourishes die set
• LaLa Land hanging hearts and love word die set
• Hat pin from the Hobby House hat pin kit
• pearl from stash

I edged all the papers and embellishments with EB7 to add definition. I made the flower using the elongated heart die set and matted the half doily onto another of the papers from the pad.

I made the hat pin using the Hobby House's hat pin kit. I saw this on Create and Craft TV last week and thought "I've got that - somewhere". I eventually found it in a safe place!

These hearts are the waste from the heart doilies die set which I coloured with my crystal clear sparkle pen.

So why not pop over to the Fantasy Stampers blog and join in the fun this fortnight.

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

A Country Life - Summer Garden

Good morning folks,

Well I know I have been very quiet lately and this time it has nothing to do with Family illness, thank goodness. Last weekend our Broadband box broke beyond repair. It was the end of the world as we know it (there's a song title in there!) according to my teenage children. Luckily the provider stepped inand a new box was delivered. So the world was saved from the brink of destruction!!

Now back to crafting. Today sees the launch of a new range from Crafter's Companion. It is A Country Life from Morgan Fitzsimons. It is very different from the last range by this artist and the CD has some beautiful toppers and papers. For my card I have used one of the rubber stamps from the range called Summer Garden.

The style of this range is very soft so I decided to use my Spectrum Aquas to colour the image - 

• scarlet, marigold, chestnut, evergreen and aquamarine

I stamped my image onto watercolour card and used a paintbrush to apply the colour.

The other ingredients used were - 

• ivory centura pearl and pink core'dinations
• flutterby butterfly embossing folder
• Toinc layering circles
• Die'sire create-a-card Beatrice
• Die'sire essentials scalloped rectangles

One of the sentiments from the die set.

So why not join Fiona on Create and Craft TV. The show times 

are -

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

Something new

Hello folks

It's Friday so that means a new challenge at Winter Wonderland. This week we would like to see you projects that feature something new. This could be new home, new baby even something new you have bought. Our sponser this week is

For my card I have choosen to use Mama kisses for my card - 

I printed the digi onto Neenah Crest card and coloured the image with my Spectrum Noir pens - 

• hair - TN7, TN8, EB8 and blender
• skin - FS2, FS3 and TN2
• baby - PP1, FS2, FS3, GB1, GB2 and GB6
• flowers - HB1, HB3, DG1 and DG2
• sky - IB1

The other ingredients used were - 

• Mulberry kisses paper pad from First Edition
• Tonic layering squares
• Die-namics stitched circle STAX
• Tattered Lace blooms
• white satin ribbon coloured with HB3
• pearls from my stash
• sentiment from Bebunni's New Arrival stamp set from Crafters Companion

Flowers made with a new die set called Blooms from Tattered Lace.

The border is also from the Blooms die set.

So why not join in the fun this week at Winter Wonderland (your projects do NOT have to be Christmas based in January and February). Pop over to the website and see what my fellow teamies have made for this week's challenge.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge -
http://www.ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk - January any image challenge

I would just like to say a big thank you for all your kind wishes for my hubby. Unfortunately he had to spend another day in A and E at the weekend and after extensive tests the medics are still unable to pinpoint what the problem is. They are proposing more tests over the next few weeks to see what they can find. So I am afraid my crafting is on the backburner for the foreseeable future. I will continue to honour my DT commitments but I am afraid that my blogging will be a little hit and miss.

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

All about the boy

Hello and a very happy Saturday to you all

This is my first post for sometime. At Christmas I decided I would be a better blogger in 2016 and try and regain my initial enthusiasm for blogging but it is funny how life throws obstacles in your way to prevent you from keeping your promises even to yourself. Two weeks ago my hubby suffered a seizure and was rushed into hospital. As you can imagine crafting and blogging have not been my first priority over the last 2 weeks. Luckily my hubby is now ok and hopefully life will get back to normal again now.

Today sees the start of a new challenge at Fantasy Stampers. The challenge this fortnight is .........

All about the boy.

The design team would love to see all your male projects but please remember we are a stamping challenge and the main focus of your project must be hand stamped. (No digi images please).

This is my card for the challenge - 

The stamp is Fly Away from Penny Black which I won in last month's Penny Black and more challenge. I have stamped him onto Neenah Crest card and coloured him with Spectrum Noir pens - 

• skin - FS2, FS4, FS9 and CR1
• hair - EB8
• clothes - TB3, TB5, TB6, BGR3, BGR5, GB7, GB9 and GB11
• dog - GB8, GB10, EB5, IG1, IG2 and IG4
• plane - IG1, IG2, IG4, TB3, TB6, CT4, GB5, DR1 and DR6
• sky - IB1
• ground - BG1 and BG3

The other ingredients used were - 

• Father knows best paper pad from LOTV
• Die-namics cross-stitched rectangle STAX die set
• LaLa Land stitched sun and clouds die set
• Die-namics mini tabs quartet
• LOTV's sentiments to fit scroll
• buttons from my stash

Why not stop by the Fantasy Stampers blog to see what my teamies made for the challenge.

I am going to enter this card into the Spectrum Noir Facebook January challenge - anything goes.

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

Happy Birthday

Good morning

Well it's Monday and I am back to work today. That fortnight went very quickly. Eyes down for half term, only 6 weeks to go!

Today I thought I would share another birthday card with you. 

This one features Tangle Tilda from Magnolia which I have coloured with my Spectrum Noir pens and pencils -

• hair - GB1, GB4, GB6, GB9, GB11, 087 and 104
• skin - FS1, TN1, TN2, CR1 and 089
• clothes - PP3, PP5, DR3, IB1, IB2, IB3, 033 and 066
• cake - PP3, PP5, DR3, IB1, IB3, 033, 066, CT4, GB5 and OR1
• ground - BG1 and BG3
• sky - TB2

The other ingredients used were - 

• Chalkboard pare pad, embellishments, sentiments and candy from Craftwork cards
• Spellbinder's label 11 and decorative label 8 die sets
• pink core'diations
• black saddlestitch ribbon from the Ribbon Girl
• white pearls from Creative Expressions
• Martha Stewart border punch

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge - 
http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk - January challenge - one for the girls.html

Thank you for stopping by today

Lesley

Happy Birthday Fantasy Stampers

Good morning 

And a very happy Saturday to you all. Today is the 2nd birthday of Fantasy Stampers challenge blog so the challenge this fortnight is Birthday

We would love to see all your birthday projects but please note we are a stamping challenge so the main feature of your project must be a stamped image of sentiment. We also do not accept digi stamps. We have so many beautiful entries that cannot be considered as they have not followed our challenge rules which is a real shame.

This is my design team make for the challenge -

I have used a Tiddly Inks stamp called Birthday Wishes which I have coloured with my Spectrum Noir pens -

• hair - TN6, TN9 and EB8
• skin - FS2, FS4, FS9 and CR2
• clothes - PP3, PP5, DR3, IB1, IB2 and IB3
• cake - PP3, PP5, DR3, IB1, IB2, IB3, GB4 and OR2
• sky - TB1
• ground - BG1 and BG3

The other ingredients used were - 

• chalkboard paper pad, sentiments and embellishments from Craftwork Cards
• pink core;dinations
• white centura pearl (for the card base)
• Tattered Lace stepper card die set
• Spellbinder's lacy ovals
• Spun Sugar Distress Ink

I hope you are able to join the fun at Fantasy Stampers, we look forward to seeing your entries.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge - 
http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk - week 344 - whats new (new stamp and paper pack)

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

Review of 2015 (part two)

Hello and a very happy new year to you

This is the second part of my review of 2015. 

July

Fairy Sweet

August

The colour purple

My first card for Fantasy Stampers challenge blog design team

September

(Two cards for this month)

Steampunk Saturday

A step out of comfort zone but I was really pleased with the result.

Autumn leaves

Another design team make for Fantasy Stampers

October

Three cards this month, all made for the Spectrum Noir TV design team

Together always

Summer fairy

Chaos

November

11th birthday celebrations

December

Last Christmas card

I would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to everyone who has read my musings this year and for all your support and lovely comments. I find writing this blog very therapeutic and enjoy sharing my crafty makes. I hope 2016 brings you all good health, the wealth you need and happiness you deserve.

I am off now to prepare a meal for my family, seating 12 in my kitchen is going to be a little tight but I can't wait to see everyone.

Take care

Lesley