Here Comes The Bride...

A Wedding card today...

I used:

A precoloured image from Lili Of The Valley from their new Art Pad 4

Papers from my favourite ever Nitwit Collections digital kit Always & Forever

Spellbinders dies and Martha Stewart border punch

Trellis rose, open rose, hip rosebud, beaded stamens, seambinding, 15mm crystal embellishment, diamante heart charm and liquid pearls all from The Ribbon Girl

It's very pink...

I was asked to make a 2nd birthday card for Holly, this is it

I used a Magnolia stamp coloured with Copics

Tilda papers

Spellbinders, Go-Kreate, Papertrey, DooHickeys and LaLaLand dies

Stickles, pink and clear gems, pleated satin ribbon and beautiful lace all from The Ribbon Girl

The cutesey little white flowers are made with a tiny EK Success punch that I bought last time I was at the LOTV shop

I will enter my card into the challenge at Tilda's Town which is to add flowers and Marvellous Magnolia challenge which is pink!

A Girly card ...

I made this card for my lovely Mam and used some of her and mine favourite embellishments

I used:

Magnolia stamp and Tilda papers

Isabelle cluny lace and scallop flat lace, pompom trim, faux silk ribbon, pink and diamante embellishment, trellis rose, white crysanthemum, ivory beaded berries and stardust stickles all from the Ribbon Girl

Magnolia DooHickey heart tag die, distress ink and alphabet stamps

I am entering my card into:

Magnolia Down Under (Shabby chic, pink and lace from the top row)

Magnolia-licious - add a bow

Marvellous Magnolia - Pink

Deep Ocean - flowers

Howdy Cowgirl ...

I have a lovely pink card to share today, made for a very special 'almost a sister in law' who is 25 this week ... what do you call your brothers girlfriend? Anyway, I made this for her as she loves horses and misses Charlie horse a lot since she had to sell him to save up for their own house.

I used:

Lil' Wimmin digital kit from Nitwit Collections (the image, papers, star element and journaling spot all came from the kit)

Ribbons, lace, bead trim, twine, button, cowboy boot charm and memo pin all from The Ribbon Girl

LOTV Colouring Class ...

Yesterday I went to the Lili Of The Valley shop with my Mum for a colouring workshop with the lovely Dawny P. Of course we know her through the Ribbon Girl DT and it is always nice catching up with her and also with Anne who works at LOTV. We had such a lovely day, really easy journey there with lots of chattering in the car - and munching of treats of course :) The class was really good - it's always nice to learn something new and spend time in the company of others who enjoy doing the same things as you do and I was very happy with my coloured in image. Then there was shopping to be done, once my car was loaded with all the new goodies that LOTV have in their shop there was just time to squeeze in a little more chatting then we came home via the fish and chip restaurant for a late lunch.

This morning I have played with all the new goodies we bought at the shop and make a card with the image that I coloured in.

I used:

Jack and Petch image

Perfect Pair paper pad

EK Success flower punch

LaLaLand heart banner die

DooHickeys lace die

Spellbinders circle and scallop circle dies

Pink crystals, Liquid Pearls and Stickles from The Ribbon Girl

Yum Yum ...

I made these little pots for the teaching assistants who work alongside me in my classroom. They are fabulous and I really appreciate the work they do 

The daisy flowers and sparkly embellishments on the lids are from The Ribbon Girl and I used box pleat satin and bead string also from The Ribbon Girl. The plastic pots were from the local pound shop - they were the perfect size for 7 cream eggs and a handful of mini eggs ... there were a few left over which of course I had to eat :)

Ribbon Girl Magnolia Challenge ...

Happy Easter!  Today I'm sharing my Easter card I made for the Ribbon Girl Magnolia Only Challenge which was to add flowers

I used:

Magnolia stamp coloured with Copics

Papers from a Tilda paper pad by Panduro

Distress Ink

Alphabet stamps

Pearl organza rose trim, flat lace, pearl flower flatbacks, a memo pin and liquid pearls all from the Ribbon Girl

I'm A Home Owner ...

... well technically it's a second home but I would have to have some Alice in Wonderland magical potion to shrink myself to fit into it!  A few weeks ago I spent a very happy weekend crafting in the countryside with 7 of my friends. We hired a lovely cottage in the middle of nowhere in the Yorkshire Dales - I don't know what was worse, the car journey there in the dark on the Friday night over the moors wondering if I was going to plunge down a ravine or drive into a wall because it was so dark and totally relying on my SatNav to guide me left or right or the journey home on the Sunday in the daylight when I could see exactly what I almost drove into!!  Anyway ... whilst we were there my lovely friend Gail showed us how to make the cutest little chipboard houses - and this is mine!

Gail had seen something similar on the 2GypsyGirls blog and had a go herself and because it was cute we obviously wanted to have a go ourselves so badgered her until she told us how to :)

I added the little doggie when I got home, he looks just like my Haggis

I used:

These digital papers from Nitwit Collections

Lace, pearls, bead string and liquid pearls from the Ribbon Girl

The little doggie is a Christmas Tree decoration from Harrods and the window and arch of the doorway was cut with a Tim Holtz sizzix die

Tag ...

I went away for a lovely weekend a few weeks ago with 7 other crafty friends and I made this tag as part of my secret fairy gift swap

I used scraps of paper (all my friends use up their scraps and always laugh at me because I am not a scrap collector, I always throw everything out when I'm finished a project but I am trying hard to keep some things for another day!) and lots of circle and scalloped circle punches and the butterfly was made with a few more punches ( I opened a drawer the other day that I have not been in for a long time and found all these punches that I'd forgotten about!!) 

Then I raided the Ribbon Girl shop for pompom trim, lace, braid and organza rose ribbon, seambinding, pearl trim and that beautiful diamante and pearl embellishment. The little metal label holder is from Stampin Up - I found that in the drawer with the punches too!

A Birthday Card ...

I have a birthday card to share today

I have used my favourite papers at the moment - gorgeous digital Nitwit Collections paper, totally delicious I could wallpaper my house with this!!

The lace, organza flower trim, liquid pearls, pins and ribbon are all from the Ribbon Girl

I used my new favourite die - the LaLaLand heart banner die and some Doo Hickeys and a Martha Stewart punch and I painted all the edges of my layers and distressed the edges.

I would like to enter this card into the Magnolia Down Under Challenge blog

Ribbon Girl Magnolia Only Challenge ...

The new challenge over at The Ribbon Girl blog is Magnolia Only - Anything Goes, so nice and easy :)  I've made my card for a friend who has a birthday next month using paper scraps (some MME and others were digital) and my current favourite Magnolia Stamp. The ribbon, braid and cute rolled rose are from The Ribbon Girl and the dies are Doo Hickey flowers, Spellbinders frame and La La Land banner. I spelled out her name with my wooden alphabet stamps and then everything had the walnut distress ink treatment and I added Platinum Stickles for the glitter

With Love ...

The new challenge over at LHSM is 'With Love' ...  I used my new lovely dovey Magnolia stamp

Ribbons, lace, stickles, charm and pin from Ribbon Girl

Hearts and Flowers at Papertake Weekly ...

Urgghh, I've been under my quilt since Saturday with a horrid chest infection. Still poorly so very short post today

All the flowers and ribbon and bits and bobs are from Ribbon Girl (of course!), I've made this card for the Papertake Weekly Hearts and Flowers Challenge 

Anything Goes at Papertake Weekly ...

It's an anything goes challenge at Papertake Weekly this week with the option of including lemon/yellow

I used:

The cutesy Magnolia stamp schoolgirl with her pencils - I love this stamp!

Ribbon, lace, pompom trim, pearl trim, stickles and flowers from The Ribbon Girl

Party Girl ...

I do like to make CAS cards, I just don't do it very often ... I should make more of an effort :)

I used:

Scraps of paper from this kit

Stardust stickles and heart shaped adhesive pearls from Ribbon Girl

Alphabet stamps, distress ink and dress punch

I'm entering my card into the Less Is More challenge of kraft and cream