Last post for 2013

Good Evening Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

Well not long now in the UK before we celebrate the New Year!  I hope that what you wish for in 2014 comes true!  It has been an absolute pleasure showcasing my creations on my blog and seeing lots of my blogging and Facebook friends visit and leave lovely comments.

I look forward to continuing in the same fashion in 2014 and hope that I help to inspire you.  This is my last creation for 2013.  I have had my ups and downs but one of the highlights for me this year was getting to work with Sue and Harvey of Imagination Crafts.  With their support and encouragement I have been able to set up my challenge blog and pick the design team who are amazing. 

This year was also the year I met the lovely and talented Kath (Mucky Paws).  We have become firm friends since February and what a pleasure it has been to be able to spend days together crafting.  I also got to meet lots of my lovely Facebook and Blogging friends too at the NEC who came to say hello which was just fabulous!  So to each and everyone of you I can't thank you enough!  You know who you are!

Tonight's card is all about new beginnings and what better way to celebrate a new beginning is being joined together as man and wife.

Recipe

1. 6 x 6 gold square card which I have matted and layered papers from LOTV Country Lady Papers.

2. The heart I have dusted over with Gold PanPastels.

3. I have then matted and layered green Core'dinations card for the topper.

4. To finish off I have added a bow with a tear drop, pearl gems and a sentiment.

Many thanks for visiting Today

Happy New Year

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Final 2013 Revisited

Good Morning Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

It is absolutely awful weather here today, it is raining pretty hard so no plans to go out.  I have quite a bit of admin to get finished off today.   As this is the last day of 2013 I am showcasing my altered art projects that I have made over the past 12 months using a variety of different mediums. 

Vintage Frame

Heart Box

Home

Garden Shed

Decorated Lamp

Decorated Mirror

I hope you have enjoyed revisiting these projects as much as I enjoyed making them.

I am so looking forward to seeing what the New Year brings, I know that there are going to be lots of new adventures and I wish you all a very Happy New Year!  Thank you so much for all your visits and comments which has enabled my blog to be so successful, I couldn't have done it without you all!

Thank you for stopping by Today

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Flora and Fauna

Good Evening Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

I hope my friends down south are okay with the terrible weather we are having.  It sure has been an awful afternoon here with strong winds and rain, it seems to have calmed down a bit now.  It sure is cold, we haven't even had snow yet and I dread to think what the roads will be like then! 

Today I have managed to get a couple of DT projects started and made a card using another of my new Chocolate Baroque stamps, this set is Flora and Fauna.  Why not hop on over and have a look at what other stamps sets there are.  There are quite a few on my wish list now.

Recipe

1. 8 x 8 white square scalloped card.

2. First layer is gold and silver patterned mirri card.

3. The Second layer has been made using a variety of Distress Stains and Inks in greens.  I have used the Splodge Away arch mask and inked with Pickled Raspberry.

4. I stamped the poppies, dragonfly and butterfly onto Supersmooth with Versafine and embossed with clear embossing powder, I then coloured with my Copics and cut them out.  I have adhered them to the card using Pinflair.

5. I used the sentiment from Rose Stem Script set and stamped with London Fog Memento Ink.

6. To finish off I have added some pearl gems to the two top corners.

Thank you for stopping by Today

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My Favourite Five Christmas Creations of 2013

Good Morning Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

I do hope you have all had a lovely weekend, only 2 days left until the New Year.  I hope that your new year is filled to the brim with love, laughter, health and is successful no matter what you do.

Debby has organised this fabulous theme which everyone seems to be taking part in so I thought I would join in too.  The theme is show your favourite Christmas makes of 2013.  Why not join in, the more the merrier.  You can see Debby's fabulous cards here. 

Here are my Five Favourite Christmas cards of 2013

I love the simplicity of this card using Imagination Crafts Products.

I made this for a very special friend Kath who loved it.

This is using Elisabeth Bells image isn't she gorgeous.

This is my favourite snowman stamp again from Imagination Crafts

Finally this card is again using Elisabeth Bell's Topper from Hobby Craft isn't she just beautiful.

How many of you have started making your Christmas cards for 2014?  I have made a start already.

Thank you for stopping by Today

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Let's Celebrate 2014

Good Evening Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

Today sure has gone with the blink of an eye!  I have managed to make 3 cards one of which I can share with you today, the other's will be shown in January as they are DT work.  I hope you have had a wonderful weekend.

Here is today's card using Make it Crafty digi Zoe - Celebrates.  I thought this was so apt for my card to celebrate the beginning of a New Year!

Recipe

1. A5 shaped card which I have matted and layered purple card which has been cut out using Spellbinder Labels 11 and embossed with flower embossing folder. I wrapped purple organza ribbon around the centre before adhering to the base of the card.

2. The image I printed off onto Supersmooth card and coloured with my Copic Ciao Pens and cut out with Spellbinder Labels 11, matted and layered with foam pads.

3. The numbers are from my stash which I have adhered with foam pads.

4. Happy New Year has been cut out using Tattered Lace Christmas sentiment die using mirri card.

5. I have added a double bow with a white pearl dazzler to the centre, a pearl butterfly coloured purple and a white pearl heart.

Thank you for stopping by Today

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2013 Canvas' Revisited

Good Morning Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

How are you all today?  Not long left of 2013!  This year sure has gone by very quickly, it sure is true that the older you get the quicker the years go by.  Today I am going to be having another day crafting.  I had a nice lie in and now it is time to have some fun doing what I love the most.

I am so glad you enjoyed my sharing some of my favourite cards from this year. Today I am showing some of my favourite canvas' I made during this year.  I hope you enjoy today's post as much as yesterdays.

 

Thank you for stopping by Today

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Owl Love

Good Evening Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

Oh what a lovely inky messy play I have had today, playing with my distress stains, paints and inkadinks.  Making allsorts of backgrounds, using my stencils and distress inks and off course my new Steampunk Birds stamps from Chocolate Baroque which I treated myself too before Christmas as a present to myself.  Well it would have been rude not too, don't you think. 

Today's card I have used the Owl, I love owls and of course you all know I love my Steampunk too!

 

Recipe

 

1. Kraft card 6 x 6 square for the base.

2. Green card is the first layer which is matted and layered at an angle.

3. The second layer is one of the background I have made today using Distress Stains in Tattered Straw and Old Paper.  Once this was dry I used Faded Jeans on the honeycomb and diamond stencil. I then used Vintage Photo on the Cogs stencils.  I then adhered this to the green card and wrapped Baker's twine around one side.

4. The Owl has been stamped onto another background using Distress Paints using Versafine and embossed with Stampendous Embossing Powder.

5. I attached the heart charm to the brad which I attached to the cog.

6. To finish off I stamped the saying with reads "Owl you need is Love" with Versafine and embossed, then added the winder with Pinflair and the wooden top hat.

 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges.

 

Alphabet Challenge Blog - W for whatever you wish

Crafts 4 Eternity #156 - Something New (Stamps)

Simply Steampunk Challenges - Anything Steampunk

Sister Act Card Challenge #38 - Anything Goes

Stampin for the Weekend - Anything Goes

 

Thank you for visiting Today

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2013 Revisited

Good Morning Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

A beautiful sunny day here but it sure is chilly, the wind has died down now.  Going to get some crafting done today, playing with my inks and new stamps from Chocolate Baroque.  Hopefully will post later what I have made.

I thought today I would post a few of my favourite cards over the past 12 months.  Gosh I didn't realise I had made so many, I sure was spoilt for choice.  Anyway I hope you like my choice of the 12 I have chosen.

Thank you for stopping by Today

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Sunshine and Flowers

Good Afternoon Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

Well Christmas has been and gone!  I sure hope that Santa was good to you and you got lots of lovely presents.  I was spoilt (as it should be)!

I hope that all my friends down south here in the UK are okay.  The wind has moved up North now and it sure was very scary last night, we have lovely blue skies this afternoon but boy it sure is very windy and chilly.

I would like to share this heart I decorated today.

Recipe

1. Paper Mache heart which I have painted with acrylic paint.

2. I have added musical paper to the card with Mod Podge.

3. The sentiment is an SU sentiment which I stamped onto tissue paper with Distress Ink Vintage photog and adhered to the heart with PVA glue.

4. I then attached the flower and leaf to the base and then pearls around the heart. I then added some to the base of the butterfly which has been adhered to the heart with Pinflair.

Thank you for stopping by Today

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Digi Bells GDT Post

Good Afternoon Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

Today I have another GDT card I have made for the Digi Bells DT Blog.  I have used Patti's Kisses from Elisabeth Bell's Digital Store.  I do love this little image and have made a birthday card.

Recipe

1. 6 x 6 White Square card which I have matted and layered Core'dination card which has been embossed with Embossalicious folder and distressed with PanPastels Gold.

2. My next layer is Core'dinations Glitter card which I have cut out with Spellbinder Oval Die

3. The image has been printed off onto Super Smooth and coloured with Copic Ciao Pens and cut out with Spellbinder Labels 20 Die.

4. I have added gold and cream pearl gems to the swirls.

5. I have made loops with the ribbon and added a flower to the centre.

6. To finish off I have added 3 flower gems and a sentiment.

Thank you for stopping by Today

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Elisabeth Bell's GDT Challenge

Good Afternoon Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

Merry Christmas to you all, I hope you have all had a wonderful day and that Santa has been good to you! While hubby is having a snooze, just snuck up to craft room to make sure this went live. :)

Today is the start of our new challenge over at Elisabeth Bell World and this month we would like to see Snow and Lace.  The image I have used is from Belles and Whistles called Snow Gear, Snow Baby.  I just love this cute image.  We look forward to seeing your entries and please check out the blog to see what the talented design team have created.

Recipe

1. 7 x 7 square silver pearlescent card.

2. The first layer is card from my stash which remind me of snow falling.

3. I have added white lace along the bottom of the card

4. The first layer is Core'dination card cut out with Spellbinder Romantic Rectangles.

5. I stamped the image with Black Versafine and embossed with WOW embossing powder, I then coloured her with my Copic Ciao pens and cut out with Spellinder Romantic Rectangles and matted and layered with foam pads.

6. To finish off I added the sentiment, made a double bow with white satin ribbon and added a star button to the centre.  From my stash I have added white snowflake buttons on the base and a pair of mitten gloves under the image.

Thank you for stopping by Today

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Thank You!

Good Afternoon Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

Christmas Eve already, I hope you are all prepared and that your presents are wrapped, cleaning done and can sit and chill out this afternoon.

I have finally finished so going to be chilling out this afternoon in front of the TV watching a Christmas film, not decided which one yet.  This is my last post until after Christmas even though there are 2 blog posts scheduled for Christmas day and Boxing day, DT projects.

I would like to dedicate this card to you all for your support throughout 2013 and thank you for all your lovely comments.  I hope that you have been inspired and enjoyed your visits.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and I hope Santa brings you lots of lovely goodies.

Recipe 

1. Brown checked centre stepper card
2. I have attached lace across the bottom and a sentiment.
3. The frame is from Aspire Crafts which I have embossed with Fran'tage Taupe and then framed the picture which is from Vintage Bloom.
4. To finish off I have added leaves and flowers with gems.


Thank you for stopping by Today
Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas
Hugs xxxxx