Oh baby!

I had a card request from my lovely daughter-in-law Trish for a new baby girl and this is what I came up with.

I wanted to make something a wee bit more special so went with an z fold style.

I used:

Image - LOTV coloured with promarkers

Papers - from my stash

Dies - Spellbinders, Crafters Companion and Marianne Design

Embellishments - die cut vellum flowers, card candi, small bow

I am entering this into

Dies R Us - anything goes

Always Fun Challenges - something new

Inspiration Destination - anything goes

Simon  Wednesday challenge - something new

Crafty Gals Corner - anything goes

Creative Inspirations - something new

Moving Along with the times - flowers

4 Crafty Chicks - anything/dies and/or punches

Still working on my craft room clear out and room move but nearly there.

I took a cold virus which seems to be doing the rounds and it stopped me in my tracks.

But back on the ball today!

March challenge

Time for our March challenge over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

and this month its

********Close to Nature********

Nature covers so many elements in our everyday lives and it is so often taken for granted what Mother Nature provides: flowers, plants, wild animals, breathtaking scenery and landscapes, the ocean, wildlife and so the list goes on. We are sure you will all have your own takes on this lovely theme and what better time of the year than Spring. And if you get really stuck then lets see lots of blossoms and flowers.

This month we have an absolutely brilliant prize!

Definitely a reason to get those stamps out and join in the fun!!

For my card I used

Stamps - Came with Crafters Inspiration magazine

Papers - lilac vellum from my stash

Embellishments - pearls, ribbon, spellbinders die, doodling,

Medium - coloured with promarkers

I am entering this into

Allsorts - spring inspiration

Classic Design Team Open challenge - anything goes

Sweet Stampers - add a sentiment

Creative Inspirations - petals and pearls

Addicted to stamps and more - anything goes

Crafty Gals corner - add ribbon

 Crafting from the heart - anything goes

Creative Ladybird challenge - anything goes

Penny Black and more - anything goes

613 Avenue Create - stamping

I haven't been blogging much at all this past few weeks. There's been so much going on at home I just had to put it on the bottom of my ever growing list. But hopefully I will be around this week and catch up on my favourite blogs.

Thanks for dropping by and be sure and enter for a chance to win that fab prize!

Chapter in your life

Friday afternoon, taking a wee break from housework to share one of my makes.

This is my first attempt at making a book card and I am really pleased with the outcome.

It was make for a little boy's Christening Day.

I used lots of dies from various companies:

Marianne, Tonic, Marianne, Tattered Lace,  Spellbinders and a bunch of gorgeous flowers and leaves from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Papers are from Daisie Company.

I also used beautiful ribbon from Crafty Ribbons, and lots of pearls.

Hope you like it.

I would like to enter this into

Craft your Passion - anything goes

Not just cards challenges - anything goes

Dream Valley - one for the boys

Crafty Catz - all tied up

The Ribbon Girl - anything goes

Sunny day crafting - anything goes

fussy and fancy - bingo (shaped card, ribbon, flowers)

We are having a little birthday tea for my mother-in-law tonight. So I have been cleaning and cooking all afternoon. Was hoping my Grandkids would be here but the poor wee pets are both sick.

Have a great weekend and thanks for dropping by.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone, hope you all have a lovely day!

I am sharing a card I made for a little boy's first Easter.

Image - Wee Stamps Topper

Papers - DCWD

Embellishments - spellbinders doily die, nitwits bunnies, gingham ribbon, spectrum noir glitter pen

I am entering this into

Where the heart is - Easter/anything

Craft-Dee BowZ - anything with handmade bow

Crafty Cardmakers - Easter

Inky chicks - Happy Easter

Crafty Gals corner- Easter or spring

The crafters cafe - Easter

If you give a Crafter a cookie - Easter bunnies, pastel colours

Fussy and Fancy - pastel colours

Glitter and sparkle - Easter cards

Sunny  Day crafting - spring/Easter

I have been a very bad blogger again, time just seems to slip through my fingers. I am so unorganised and never seem to complete any jobs! Things need to change and hopefully they will soon. I really appreciate everyone who has taken time to leave me a very undeserved comment. THANK YOU! I will hopefully be back on form again soon.

Have a lovely Easter. Best go and tidy up as the family are due round later.

St. Patrick

I had a special request to make a card for none other than

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York City

for St. Patrick's Day and this is what I came up with.

Image - google

Papers - Nitwits, yellow card

Embellishments shamrocks, ribbon pearls

Dies - Tattered Lace Stepper card die, Spellbinders cross die

I am enter this into

The crafters cafe - Inspired by song (Hail Glorious St. Patrick)

Brown Sugar - green and gold

Craft for the craic - luck of the Irish

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Fairy tale  challenge - shaped cards

Lil patch of crafty friends - anything goes

Craft your passion - anything goes

Dies R Us - shaped cards

It has been pretty warm here this week, well between 8 and 10 degrees which is great for here lol. We went to Omeath today and walked along the beach. Bit overcast but very warm. Great to get a bit of quality time away from our daily worries.

Hope you are all having a nice weekend too.

Rudolph ......

I totally forgot it was the 1st of November today!! My life is passing me by lol.

We have a new challenge over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

and this month its

******Festive Flowers and foliage******

and we have a new sponsor!!

We have a new sponsor this month 'be Creative!' who have just launched a brand new range of craft products. 'be Creative!' will be launching their new web site very soon but in the meantime you can keep up to date by following their Facebook where you will see some of the new products. You can also contact Gordon and Justin by e.mail here. The products were recently well received at their launch on Hochanda and will also be available at the NEC Hobbycraft show on 5th through 8th November.

and look at the great prize!! Be sure and check out their page on Facebook!!

So for my card I used gorgeous papers called WINTER WONDERLAND generously supplied by Be Creative!

I used a variety of stamps - Reindeer from Toodles and Binks, Trees and Santa's sleigh are from Sheena Douglas

Coloured with chalks and promarkers

Dies -  Spellbinders circle die, border die cut n scan tattered lace

Flowers are a Marianne Die

Embellishments - glitter and gems

I am entering this into

Winter Wonderland - anything Christmas

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge - Christmas song (Rudolph the red nose reindeer)

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge - patterned paper

Craftyhazelnuts extra challenge - Christmas

Allsorts - Christmas

Fantasy Stampers - animal antics

Natalie and Amy - winter scenes

Country View challenge - blue

Penny black and Allsorts - Christmas

So come on over and show us your latest STAMPS and be in with a chance to win such a lovely prize!

And the angel appeared.....

A little bit of Christmas!

Image - Lili of the valley topper

Papers - artylicious cd

Dies - spellbinders border and rectangle

Embellishments - ribbon, punched stars, glitter

Sentiments done on computer

I am entering this in to

Crafty Hazelnut - nativity

Crafty hazelnut monthly extra - anything Christmas

Fab n Funk - Christmas

ABC Christmas - Very cute Christmas

Christmas Card challenges - anything goes

Christmas cards all year round - no stamping

Creative Corner challenges - no stamps

Dream Valley - blue

Craft-Dee BowZ - anything with handmade bow

Hubby has been off for mid term this week but myself and my daughter are so busy we haven't had time to gallavant! So he has busied himself around the house and done a few odd jobs which has been great. My daughter has her Comic Con this weekend so she has been busy making coffee, jewellery, badges etc etc and of course I have been helping to make her outfit lol. I am also very busy with Christmas orders so its all go go go!

Hope you are having a lovely week and thanks for dropping by. I really appreciate it, being such a bad blogger :(

Make a wish!

A recent card made for a little two year old.

Image - Lili of the valley

Papers - all from my stash

Embellishments - spellbinder die flowers, MS leaf punch, machine stitching, bow, glitter

Medium - coloured with promarkers

I am entering this into

Seize the Birthday - anything birthday

Papertake - build it up

Incy Wincy - things with wings

Top Tip - bingo (sparkle, flowers, stitching)

Passion for ProMarkers - flowers

Crafting from the heart - anything goes

Craft-Dee Bows - use a bow

Crafting Musketeers - anything goes

Ladybug Crafts - special birthday

There is a new challenge starting on the 1st of August I came across recently

A bit more time to craft

They have a challenge on their facebook page until the 24th July

We had my grandson Tom's Christening on Sunday, it was a great family day and all went well, even the weather didn't let us down.

Unfortunately I took a stomach bug during the night on Sunday and was extremely sick all day Monday. I must have passed out 5 times!! I am back on my feet today and trying to get some food and liquid down me as we head on our holidays tomorrow morning!!

So I won't be around for at least a week and will be thinking about you all while enjoying the Austrian landscape!!

Shh! Baby boy sleeping.....

Good morning everyone. Sorry for the top heavy post of photos but wanted to show this from all angles lol.

Our challenge for the month of June at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

is all about dies and punches!

And just look at the fab prize up for grabs.

For my box card I used a lot of flower dies from spellbinders and Die'sire essentials dies.

The stamp is from Crafters Companion, papers are from an older craft kit from Kanban.

I coloured the baby with promarkers, added brads to my flowers and a bit of glitter here and there.

I would like to enter this into

Craft your passion - anything goes

Card Mania - use a metal embellishment (brads)

Loves Rubber - anything goes

Stampavie and more - brads

Aud Sentiments - bingo (top row)

Sweet Stampin' - something old, (papers/card) something new (Die'sire daisy die)

Paper creators - anything goes

Ladybug - use your dies

Hope you get time to join in for a chance to win that great prize from TONIC!

Weather started off lovely here but those clouds are slowly creeping back in. I am longing for some summer weather!! Still wearing a fleece jacket over here!!

Hope your day and your weather is better than mine!

First Communion stepper

quick view of inside.

I get quite a lot of requests at this time of the year for First Communion cards so I try to create something a little bit different each year and this is what I came up with this year.

Image - Aliciabel digi stamp

Papers - digital andsilver card

Medium - promarkers

Embellishments - tattered lace dies, spellbinder dies, marianne dies, ribbon, pearls

I would like to enter this into

Aliciabel Challenge - anything goes

Craft your passion - anything goes

The ABC Challenge - G for go digital (papers and image)

A Gem of a challenge - anything but square

Pile it on - die cuts and/or punches

Lil Patch of crafty friends - anything goes

Glitter n sparkle - anything goes

613 Avenue - anything goes

Digi Chooseday - dies

Clear it out - anything goes

We are having glorious weather at the minute but my husband and me are busy decorating our daughter's bedroom. typical lol. Hope you are having a nice Easter break whatever you are up to.