'Tis The Season....

Good morning everyone.. I always seem to be rushing these days, I wish the roundabout would slow down a little so I could enjoy what I'm doing lol!! I did have a lovely week-end though as I managed to go to the Summer Crafting show at Donny.. I was a little disappointed as some of my favourite crafty shops weren't there and I didn't see any demonstrations either ... (Not what I wanted to see anyway).. I met up with my friend Carole and we had a really good catch up lol!! Needed more talk time though lol!! I also met Dawny she was on the tonic stall demonstrating, it was so nice to see her and have a little catch up with her too!...  Then on Sunday Debs popped up so it was a great finish to a great week-end!!....
Not a lot of time for crafting though, I only just managed to make this card by the skin of my teeth lol!!... hope you like it.. it's a 'Wobble Card' I have never made one before, but it was so simple to make... just a large circle folded in half and the rest is self explanatory, I  have used lots of red stickles and glitter so waiting for everything to dry was quiet a mission as I wanted to put it together quickly lol!! .... I'm defiantly going to make more of these, they are soooo cute!

The challenge over at 'Papertake Weekly' is 'Anything but square'... so I decided to make another Christmas card.. that's two now, aren't I good lol!!

Card Recipe

Image - LOTV Art Pad

Sentiment - LOTV

Papers - LOTV

Snowflakes - Joy Crafts

Stickles, Glitter, Dew Drops & Gems - My Stash

Challenges Entered

TBA

If you pop over to the main challenge blog you can get all the details of this weeks challenge

I bought some lovely dies at the show and also some essentials like pearls, ribbon, inks etc .. I think the next show for me will be at the Dome Doncaster in October.... eeek! where is the time going lol!!

Have a lovely week guys, 

Take Care,

Love and Hugs,

Marjorie xx

Water Lily

Hi everyone, I have some fabulous news to share with you today... Dawny at Papertake Weekly has asked if I would like to join them as part of the team!! I'm fit to burst at the moment lol!! as I'm so thrilled, I have been walking around with a smile on my face all week lol!! ...  Yayhh!! I'm a papertake girly lol!!!  So on with the show lol!!  being the first Tuesday of the month, It's Anything Goes at 'Papertake Weekly' with an option to make something that reminds you of Summer or has a Summery Theme... and that fits in with this lovely fairy stamp that Debs bought me for my birthday, what could be more Summery than this little fairy lol!!! I think she is waiting for the sun to come out from behind those clouds lol!! After I had stuck them down, I realized I should really have had the sun shining brightly... but she looks like she's having a wonderful time sat there on her little Lily pad lol!! I made three versions of this card and just couldn't seem to get it right, but finally decided on this design, I wanted to make her centre of attraction, and I think she steals the show don't you lol!!! I used my inktense pencils to colour her.

What I used

Image LOTV 'Water Lily'

Colouring Medium - Inktense Pencils

Papers - LOTV - 'Shabby Shack' by Raspberry Road

Dies - Marianne, Joy

Other - Glossy Accents (glasses) Stickles Stardust 

Pearls and ribbon my stash

Challenges Entered

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes

A Creative Romance - Girly Cards
Cute Card Thursday - Blues and Hues
Stampin' for the Weekend - For the Girls
Sweet Pea Stampers - Things with Wings
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes
Crafting At The Weekend - Anything Goes
Lauralcraft - Challenge 6 - Anything with Wings
My Mums Craft Shop - Ink It Up

This is a lovely challenge so why don't you join us as there is a fabulous prize to be won  from 'LOTV' now who could resist that!!!.. also you have to see what fabulous inspiration the girls have for you!!

Well that's it from me for now, I'm just off to work so until next time, take care...

Love and Hugs,

Marjorie xx

Oh so Cute!

Good morning everyone, hope you all had a fabulous week, wasn't the week-end just gorgeous.  I even managed to go to a Land Rover show with David and a crafting show with Debs.. then a nice BBQ on Sunday the first one of the season... my brother John and Chrissy came also, so there was seven of us altogether, it was great we had a bit of a celebration for my Mom's 87th Birthday, she loved it!

My card today is for Papertake Weekly, and Dawny would love to see something 'Cute' it was so hard to choose as I have so many lovely images.  I did want to use one of my new fairy stamps but my week has just flown bye.  I still haven't got around to trying my inktense pencils yet either!!  So I chose one of my trusty Art Pad images and isn't this just the cutest little bear you have ever seen lol!!  I glittered Jenny the bear with cotton candy stickles and matted her onto a spellbinders square scalloped die. I also made a daisy flower, the pink is a lot softer in real life. I inked all the card with a lovely soft pink, but it doesn't show up very well on the photos.

What I used

Image - LOTV Art Pad Set 23 James & Jenny Bear

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Martha Stewart Daisy Border

Cheerylyn border

Joy Daisy Die

Stickles and Gems and ribbons my stash

Challenges Entered

Cute Card Thursday - Handmade Embellishments

Die Cut Divas - Use at least one embellishment

Sister Act - Anything Goes #57

Allways Something Creative - Birthdays #75

The Squirrel and The Fox - Lets hear it for the Girls

This card is smaller than the ones I usually make, but I quiet like it.  That's it from me for now guys, so do pop along to the Papertake Weekly Challenge blog and take a look at the gorgeous creations the girls have made, also why don't you join in as there is a fabulous prize to be won too!

Thank you all for the lovely birthday wishes you left for me last week, I had a lovely day and I was thoroughly spoilt lol!!! I got some lovely crafting pressies too:)..

See you all later, take care,
Love and Hugs,
Marjorie xx

Anything Goes at 'Papertake Weekly'

Good morning everyone,
Hope you have had a great week-end!. Isn't it lovely to have longer days of daylight, I hate the dark nights and mornings!!  Well it's Tuesday already and time for another Papertake Weekly Challenge and we all love 'Anything Goes'.  There is also an optional extra to include home made flowers.  These can be made using punches or dies, felt, crochet etc... or you could adapt a ready made flower and turn it into something different, the choice is yours.  For my card I used a lovely verse from LOTV, and decorated it with pearls and a flower I made myself.... do you know how excited I was when it came together lol!!  I have spent so much time on the internet looking at flowers, I have forgot now where I saw this one, as there are so many tutorials that make similar types... I have had a go at a few different styles but quiet liked this one, it has lots of dimension and is so strong, considering it's only made out of black, and white card.... I embossed some white card with an embossing folder for the background, and the border is a Martha Stewart punch and I decorated the little daisies with pearls too, but you can't see it so well on the photo.

My Aunty, who is my Mum's Sister passed away this week-end, and I thought that maybe this might make a nice sympathy card, but I'm not sure the verse is quiet right, can't make up my mind.  Does anyone have any thoughts on it?

Card Recipe

Image - LOTV - Quotables 

Punches - Martha Stewart 

Dies - Magnolia Swirl, Spellbinders Picot Edge Circles,

Joy Daisy Flower die for Flower

Challenges entered

That Craft Place Challenge - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Card and Scrap - Use your dies
Crafting From The Heart - Dies or Punches

Do pop over to Papertake Weekly and see what fabulous creations the other girls have done, also have a go at making your own flowers it really is so satisfying and you can co-ordinate them with your card.  Also there is a fabulous prize to be won too! ... 

Take care,

Love and Hugs,

Marjorie x

Sketchy Free For All

Hello everyone, hope you all had a great week-end with lots of crafting thrown in!..  Whooo!! I'm feeling quiet happy today, I managed to order some lovely paper pads from LOTV yesterday, had a bit of a struggle at first trying to get on the site.. gave up and tried a bit later, really thought I would miss out again lol!! But NO.. they still had some stock!!  Can't wait for Mr. Postie to arrive now lol!!

My card today is for 'Papertake Weekly' which is a lovely sketch challenge. You can use any sketch as long as it is one of the Papertake sketches.  I chose to use sketch #80. The nice thing about sketches is they give you a good starting point, especially when Mr. Mojo has gone walk about, I love using them.  I really enjoyed making this card, the flowers were cut out with a Joy Die, really want to have a go at making some flowers, I have some gorgeous dies which I haven't known how to use properly so have been on the internet for some tutorials, so watch this space lol!!..   The gorgeous hearts are a Marianne die and I have ruffed up all the black card with some sand paper and scissors, the card is by Tim Holtz and is a dream to use for this sort of thing.  The gorgeous papers are from LOTV designed by Mary Fran.  The image is from one of LOTV art pads.

  

This is the sketch which I turned around so that the side was at the top

Card Recipe

Image - LOTV - Art Pad Jack, Patch and Puss

Paper - LOTV -  'Candles & Cake' by Mary Fran

Sentiment - LOTV - Everyday Grundgy Messages

Dies - Marianne Hearts and Joy Flowers

Challenges Entered
The Cutie Pie Challenge - Cute with lots of spots & dots
The ABC Challenge - F is for Flowers
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Patterned Paper
TTCRD Challenge - Anything Goes
LOTV Monthly Challenge - Name That Tune
'The Hug Song' - by Fred Small
  

My card is about sending someone special hugs so I would just like to send some special hugs to Mary, Andrea and Family from the ribbon girl.  Mary sadly lost her husband last week and I would just like to say you are all in my thoughts and prayers. xx

That's it for today guys, you all take care,

Love and Hugs,

Marjorie xx