Rosie With Cake

Good Morning All,

It's not too nice weather wise today so perfect crafting weather!!

Today I have made a card using Lili of the Valley stamp Rosie With Cake. Another cutie from LOTV.

I have coloured her with Distress re-inkers and added some stickler for a bit of sparkle. Her buttons and fruit on the cake has been decorated with liquid pearls. The papers are a mixture of Maja Design papers. The heart banner is La La Land and the flower in the corner I have stamped using  Stampin up   stamps.

I am entering my card into LOTV Monthly challenge Crafty Bingo. I chose the centre row Twine Lace and Button.
I am also entering Crafty Little Fairies Challenge Add a Tag.

Bye for now
Karen x

Fairies on tiptoe

Good afternoon,

Another gorgeous sunny one we are having again,  could get used to this!!

Today I have a card which I have made for several challenges.

The image I have used is called Fairies on Tiptoe from Lili Of The Valley.
I have coloured her using my Prisma coloured pencils and added glitter to her wings.
The white flowers have been stamped and heat embossed with stamping up white embossing powder as has the Happy Birthday sentiment. I have used a stamping up edge die and cross stitch embossing folder. The fancy circle die, flower and leaves are a Marianne creatable die which was purchased at my local craft store. I have finished it off with tiny butterflies and a pretty pearl.

I hope you like it.

I am entering it into the following challenges:-

The Pink Elephant - Your Favourite Colour Combo
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Using a stamp on your project
Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge - Anything goes.
Wednesday creative Inspirations - It's a girl Thing
Crafting for all Seasons - No Designer Papers
Challenges 4 Everybody -Anything Goes
Graph it - Colour Challenge - Springtime Pastels.

Coffee Break

Good afternoon. I hope you are all having a lovely weekend.
I have had lots of time to craft this weekend and I am posting the card I have made for the Fussy and Fancy "Shabby Chic" Challenge.

I have used Lili of the Valleys Coffee Break stamp, one of my favourites.
I have coloured the image using my Prisma coloured pencils and distressed the edges of the image using stamping up Sahara sand stamp pad.
The tag and mat are cut with a creatables die. The tea for two stamp is from stamping up.
The papers are Maja design and the mat has been painted using the new chalk paints from Cosmic shimmer.

I hope those of you who went to the show at the NEC had a lovely time and bought lots of lovely goodies.

Hugs Karen xx

So Many Presents

Hello,

I wanted to share a card with you today that I have made for the Ribbon Girl March Colour Challenge. The theme is Green.

I have used the Lili of the Valley stamp called So Many Presents. I coloured the image using distress inks and Prisma coloured pencils.

The present stack is made from a Tim Holtz die and the labels are cut using a magnolia die which has been stamped using stamping up En Francaise stamp. The little flower in the corner is one of the new Sue Wilson dies which are produced by creative expressions. The papers are, as always, Maja design.

I hope you are all having a good day.

Be back soon.

Hugs Karen xx

    

       

                     

  

A Girl Can Never Have Too Many Handbags !!

Good Morning,

It's another beautiful sunny morning here in the South West. Today I want to share a card I made for a friends birthday.

It's quite a simple design of a handbag made using a Go Kreate die for the flap of the bag. The handle was attached using pearl brads and a button added for the fastener. The butterflies are a Memory Box die and the little ones are from a punch.  The happy birthday sentiment is a Simon says stamp die and stamp set.

I hope you all enjoy your weekend.

Hugs Karen xx

Sew special

Good morning,

Today I have a card for the sewing enthusiast. I have used a Tim Holtz die to cut out the doll and the cotton spool. The needle and thread are a Memory box die.  I have used a Tim Holtz embossing folder as the background and the needle pack, button card and the receipt are stamped from my stash of stamps, (sorry I can't remember the make). The buttons are  stamping up embosslits and the papers are Maja design.
Hope you enjoy your day.

Hugs Karen xx

Saturated Canary Bella

Bella

Hello, another card I would like to show you today is one I have made for my nieces Birthday in April.

I have used a Saturated Canary stamp, Bella. I coloured the image using my Prisma coloured pencils. I have edged the image with white frantage. The stack of presents is a Tim Holtz die. The butterfly trellis is a Simon says stamp die.

The papers are my favourite Maja design and the sentiment is Lili of the Valley.

I hope you are enjoying this much needed sunshine.

Hugs Karen xxx

A Card for Mum

This is the card I have made for my Mum for Mothers Day. 

I have used  a memory box butterfly die for the centre of the card and added beautiful wings embosslits dies. The stamps are from stamping up and have been stamped using soft sky. The honeycomb die in the centre is from paper trey ink. I have cut the word Mum from a crafters companion Die'sire die.

A New Home

This card I have made for my daughter and her friend who are moving into their new flat this weekend.

The colours I have used are pastels and I love this colour scheme.

The background stamp is a stamping up large roller stamp, The little house die is  a paper trey ink die. It has been mounted on a doohickey tag die and then mounted on the fancy oval die cut.

The papers are Maja design.

I'll be back soon to post more.

Karen xx

Vintage Birthday card

It's been so long since I last posted any of my cards. A lot has happened since I've been away but the real reason for not posting is that I lost my beautiful golden retriever in November and it's taking me a long time to come to terms with it. She was my constant shadow and companion and I miss her so, so much each and every day.

I am posting a couple of cards today, the first one is a mans card. I find making cards for men quite difficult but I am quite pleased with this one.

I hope you like it.

Hugs
Karen xx