Sentimental Rose

How's everyone today?

I am here to share a sympathy card I made for  Tutti Designs using this beautiful

Rose Frame

Sadly this type of occasion is one that hits us all at sometime.

I only used lilac card with the white to keep it soft and simple.

Cut the Rose frame in white card and emboss. As it is an intricate frame be sure and run it

through your cutting machine a few times, or add an extra shim, for best results.

Then using sticky dots I adhered to a piece of lilac card and trimmed to fit white rose frame.

Keep the white centre from the die cut to stamp your sentiment.

Trim a piece of lilac card and run through with chosen embossing folder.

I went with roses to match the Rose Frame.

I added a piece of vintage lace to tie in with the soft look.

Next I stamped my chosen sentiment in the off cut from the Rose Frame.

Be sure to have the off cut facing right way as it fits in nicely then.

I stuck this in centre of frame. Added 3d foam to back and adhered to my card.

Now it's time to make the flowers.

Using Scalloped Stitched Nesting Circles I cut

4 circles for centre flower and 3 for two smaller flowers.

Hold these in place with a brad. Doesn't matter if not the same as

I will be covering them later.

Spray the flowers with water and scrunch up. Then dry off with heat tool.

Gently re-open the flowers, drying again if necessary.

Add a punched lilac circle and adhere to centre.

Add to your card and finish with a nice bow.

Thanks for dropping by, I hope you like my card!

For my card I used:

Lilac card, rose embossing folder, circle punch, lace, organza ribbon

Rose Frame Die and Circle Dies from Tutti Designs

Satin paper for flowers

Stamp is from Our Daily Bread

I am entering this into:

Allsorts - handmade flowers

Crafting from the heart - anything goes

Inspiration Destination - anything goes (option real stamp)

Simon Wednesday challenge - add a die cut

Crafty Creations - anything goes

Creative Knockouts - anything goes

Crafting with friends - anything goes

Classic Design Team open challenge

Have a great weekend and thanks for dropping by.

Autumn has arrived...

It's time for our October Challenge over at STAMPING SENSATIONS and this month it's all about

                            ********Autumn********

Our fabulous sponsor is 

and the lucky winner will receive this fabulous prize

For my design team card I came up with this.

Stamps - Our Daily Bread

Ink - Memento

Paper - orange card from stash

Medium - promarkers and chalks

Quote - Word Art Wednesday

I printed the quote then I stamped the corner stamp and coloured with promarkers, stamped the butterfly another two times and 3d'd (is that a word lol) it again on the corner and in the opposite corner. Finished with some chalked clouds and personalised it.

I am entering this into

Penny Black and more - Autumn colours

The Crazy Challenge - Autumn is coming

Make my Monday - no patterned paper

Cardz for guys - Autumn colours

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

I Love ProMarkers - flowers/nature

Aud Sentiments - anything plus sentiment

Classic Design team open challenge - anything goes

Crafty Card Makers - Autumn

Well I had a great time at my sister Ursula's over in Wales and she and her daughter Emma flew back with us to stay a few days over here in my older sister Fionnuala's house. We were all out partying last night at my Aunt's 50 wedding anniversary party and today they are all coming round for dinner. By Monday I will be ready to lie down lol. We have had a great week. We actually got to meet up with my two brothers in Wales as they made a surprise visit. First time we have all been together from our Mum died. So great to make some nice memories!!

I have the heating on here this morning, bright but chilly!! Autumn has officially arrived so be sure and get out those lovely colours and make a card for our challenge!!

Thanks for dropping by.

Oh Christmas tree....

I can't believe how quick December has arrived! Feeling the pressure now!!

Its time for another challenge over at

 STAMPING SENSATIONS 

and you will be well pleased by the gorgeous inspiration the dt girls have come up with!

Our challenge is

******Anything Goes with a stamp and ribbon******

As always we have a super sponsor and the lucky winner will be treated to a bunch of gorgeousness from Crafty Ribbons!

For my card I used

Papers from Kanban

The flowers are a Marianne die cut which I inked with distress inks while still in the die

The leaves are a MS punch

The main image is a stamp from Our Daily Bread which I love!

The sentiments are all computer generated

All the ribbons are from Crafty Ribbons!

I am entering this into

Crafting by Design - anything goes

Frilly and Funkie - Tis the season

That's Crafty - Seasons greetings

Come and get it - anything goes Christmas

The Ribbon Girl - Christmas card

Dies R Us - Christmas

Jingle Belles - Christmas

The  12 months of Christmas link up - anything Christmas

Sparkles Christmas - die cuts for Christmas

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - decorating for christmas

So hopefully some of you need to restock your ribbon box so come and join in the challenge and finish the year out in style! Just remember to stamp!!

Traditional Christmas

Its my turn this month to share my favourite stamps over at STAMPING SENSATIONS where the theme this month is Simply Christmas.

This is one of the cards.

I used

Stamp from Our Daily Bread

Ink - memento rich cocoa

Coloured with chameleon pens

Embellishments - satin ribbon, bow, glitter, gems/bling

I stamped the yellow card with a free text stamp from a magazine in memento ink and ink up the edges to give it a vintage feel.

The image was stamped and coloured with chameleon pens, then I inked up the edges of it too and added some glitter.

I finished the card with satin ribbon and bow and some bling.

This is definitely one of my favourite stamps! Hope you like it too.

I would like to enter this into

Our Daily Bread - use something beginning with letters from BLESSINGS (bow, glitter, satin ribbon, ink)

Craftyhazelnut - monthly challenge

Winter Wonderland - Christmas decorations

Pile it on - vintage 

Addicted  to stamps - bling bling (gems and glitter)

We do Doobadoo - Christmas

Alphabet challenge - traditional Christmas

Crafty Catz - Christmas is coming

Divas by Design - photo inspiration

Well that's me. I try and get back during the week to show another card I made or you can pop by STAMPING SENSATIONS and see them all there.

Autumn is here!

Its time for another challenge at Stamping Sensations and this month round its all about the

COLOURS OF AUTUMN

so that means you can go with autumn colours, autumn scenes, leaves, acorns etc etc.

I went with autumn colours  of yellows, oranges and greena. I remembered I had these great stamps from Our Daily Bread. They were stamped with memento rich cocoa and coloured with promarkers.

The prize this month is sponsored by

so some lucky winner is going to be very happy!

I would like to enter this into

Ladybug Crafts - autumn or halloween

Brown Sugar - autumn/fallhttp://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Crafty Catz - all sentimental

Colouring Crazy challenge - autumn colours

A Creative Romance - in the garden

Allsorts - autumn

Glitter n sparkle - anything with a B (butterfly)

Pile it on - autumn

Hope you get time to join in the fun this month!