Hanglar Stanglar Alert ...

Have you seen these?

Can't wait for them to arrive through my letterbox :)

Pretty Pastels ...

The prompt over at Papertake weekly is pretty pastels so I seized the opportunity to use this beautiful digital kit by Zoe Pearn at Sweet Shoppe Designs.

Hanglar stamp, lace, ribbon and pearl swirl from Ribbon Girl, digital papers from this kit

Dinosaur Rawr...

I love this little dinosaur from Melissa Bennett's Rawr 2.0 digital kit and he was just calling out to be turned into a shaped card. It's ages since I made a digi shape card but I do love them and this one will make a fab boy card. I added the star from the same kit and the little bone charm just seemed to go perfectly.  I added glossy accents to all the green spots to make them super shiny and then I took him out in the garden to have his photograph taken :)

Bloom and Grow

Goodness me I seem to have forgotten how to blog these days. I've just been so busy with work and some other stuff but I only have 1 week left at the day job then I am on holiday for a whole week and surely things might get caught up with then.

Today it is the new Papertake Weekly challenge and it is sponsored by the Ribbon Girl. The challenge is 'bloom and grow' which fits in really well with the Molly Blooms stamps that the Ribbon Girl sells. This is my card

Lots of Ribbon Girl goodies on this, October Afternoon papers and sweet little flowers from Wild Orchid

Happy Birthday ...

I have a Happy Birthday card to share today and it is my DT card for Papertake Weekly challenge.  I used a Heather Ellis digital stamp, October Afternoon papers, LOTV sentiment stamp and of course lovely ribbons and a spotty button from Ribbon Girl

The challenge is to use punches and I used my favourite Martha Stewart border punch and Stampin Up star and circle punches

News ...

I am back at school now after the Easter holiday and it feels like I have been gone for months because of all the bank holidays we had here in the UK as well as the royal wedding of course. So with being a busy bee trying to get all my school work done I completely forgot to share my news ...

I have joined the Design Team over at Papertake Weekly Challenge!  The lovely Dawny invited me and I took all of about 3 seconds to say yes please. This is my first card for the challenge as a DT member which this week is an 'anything goes' challenge with the option of adding circles.

All of the ribbon, lace, pins, buttons, charms, dewdrops and of course Molly came from the Ribbon Girl shop and I added Stickles glitter to the puddle and water splashes and gave her welly boots a glaze of glossy accents to make them shine. The papers were October Afternoon. I made a coordinating box to keep the card safe as by the time I added all the prettiness on it was quite bulky.

If you love the Molly Blooms stamps you might like to wander over to the Ribbon Girl blog as there is a fabulous giveaway going on over there

Keep Calm ...

We're having such a lovely day here watching the royal wedding on the television, I made cupcakes, biscuits and cheese scones and we decorated Haggis for his walk

Here he is setting off for his walk (he knows what a camera does and always turns away!!)

I made a card too, whilst watching the television, with a diamond encrusted crown :)

Digital papers from this kit

Crown from this font

I am entering this card into the DCM challenge which is to create a royal or patriotic project

Whooo Loves You ...

Twit-Whoo! Hello, I had a lovely day last week spent with friends. Crafting all day with a break for tea at the pub then back for more crafting. Shame I had to drive back home in the fog again which was a bit scary but I had a little friend to keep me company

I used the gorgeous Wool Felt from the Ribbon Girl, as well as spotty buttons, ricrac and an owl charm and the pattern I used came from here

Birthday Wishes ...

I used another of my new Hanglar stamps to make this card, it's based on the sketch for the Just Magnolia/Hanglar challenge for this week.

Papers - Graphic 45

 Ribbon, button and twine - Ribbon Girl

Stamp - hAnglar

Colour - Copics

Glitter - Stickles

Die - Spellbinders 

I had a lovely day yesterday, my Mam and I spent most of the afternoon making cards together which was nice.

A Happy Birthday Card ...

Today was my brothers birthday. I should have been making his boy themed birthday card this morning but instead I spent the time playing with my new Hanglar stamps and making a girly themed birthday card :)

(Digital papers from this kit at Sweet Shoppe Designs, Hanglar stamp, sentiment stamp from LOTV, Lace, ribbon, twine, charm, button, dewdrops and stickles all from Ribbon Girl)

I am entering my card into the Just Magnolia & Hanglar challenge as well as the LOTV challenge as they both asked for birthday cards

My brother did get a card by the way, I found one in my drawer and his present was easy - he wanted a massive pile of sand and cement so that he can build his new patio so I just put money into his bank account. Copics and ribbons and pretty things I know where to buy, sand and cement I have no idea :lol:

Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge ...

There is a new colour challenge over at the Ribbon Girl blog and the colours are red, white and blue. 

... and of course there is a fab prize from the Ribbon Girl

... and also from Lili Of The Valley who have offered a great £10 voucher for the winner

I made this sweet little sailor Hanglar card for my DT card

The challenge runs for 2 weeks so go get busy and make something :)

This card is in my Etsy shop and if you like Hanglar stamps you might be interested in the ones that I am selling on Ebay



Craft Room Project ...

Today I want to share this project I made for my new craft room. I've seen a few of these dry wipe boards around the blogs I visit but my inspiration came from here and here.  I've used a shadowbox from IKEA for my frame and I plan to collect a few shells to add to the bottom next time I go to the seaside.

I created the background using this digital kit from Sweet Shoppe Designs

I curled the tops of the waves ...

... and added extra dimension to the sails

I used some scrunched seambinding to create the sea

I added flags to bakers twine

... and used more of the seam binding to wrap around the shadowbox insert

I reassembled the frame and added the 'today' letters to the front of the glass

 ... and then my frame was all ready to use as a 'things I need to do today' dry wipe board. Just write the list of things to remember with a dry wipe pen and you can easily rub it off when you've done them :)

Wedding Day ...

This is my entry for the latest Teddy Bo challenge which is to use punches. I used my favourite Martha Stewart border punches again, this time the tiny scalloped hearts border.

Image - Teddy Bo, papers - Echo Park, faux silk ribbon and heart charm - Ribbon Girl

Birthday Wishes ...

The new LOTV challenge is to create a card using the colours of peach and green. This is my entry to the challenge using the sweetest little LOTV stamp

stamp - LOTV, colour medium - Copic, sentiment stamp - Papertrey, papers - Prima, flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts, ribbon, stickles and diamante heart stick pin - Ribbon Girl

Pretty Giveaway ...

The Ribbon Girl have a gorgeous giveaway on their blog right now, check it out here