And the Winner is.....

Hi everyone. Just before I announce the winner of my blog candy I have some lovely news for you. As you may have noticed, some of the goodies in the candy is from a company called Fairy My World. They've got fabulous stamps, co-ordinating ribbons and buttons and lots more. They saw my blog and that couldn't help noticing their products in the giveaway. Anyway they have sent me a little pack of goodies with a 'Christmassy' theme to be given away in a future giveaway. How generous and wonderful is that!!!  So keep an eye on my blog for another giveaway in September.

 

Ok, the wait is over........ drum roll....... and the winner is......

 

"Elchi"

 

Congratulations Elchi!!!

 

Email me your address using the contact form in the sidebar and I'll pop your goodies in the post for you.

 

The draw was made using the age old 'name in the hat method' as I didn't realise that you had to pay for Mr Linky after one use, lol.

 

I've just got back from a few days break and I trying to catch up on your blogs and doing a little crafting. Hope you all have a great week.

 

Sending you all a big hug,

 

Debra x

 

 

Balloon CAS card

Hi everyone and a warm welcome to my new followers Elchi, Rebecca, Robin, Pamela, Kikka, Sindhu, Stir Your Creativity ( sorry I don't know your name) Angela, Terri, Elly, Marjeta and Cebelica. I'll be really happy if you'll all visit me as often as you can and comment on my posts, nice comments I hope though!

 

Thank you so much for your really lovely comments about my card and my craft room. I'm so pleased that your think my room is as great as I do. I'm spending so much time in there with Stuart as he sits at the other end of the room using his laptop. He used to be upstairs at his desk where I couldn't get to. So we're together most of the day and haven't killed one another yet!

 

Today's card is a bit different for me as I don't make CAS cards. I just can't stop myself from adding ribbon and glitter, lol, but I bought this set of stamps which cry out for paper piecing and this is the card that kind of made itself. I hope you like it.

Close up photo of balloon...

Card Recipe

6"x 6" Card Blank- Craftwork Cards
Paper- LOTV Up, up and away pad, Promises Solid pad.
Kraft card- Readicut.
Brown and white card- docrafts Papermania Textured Cardstock.
Stamps- Woodward Patch a Flight. Clearly Besotted All Occasions Sentiments.
Ink- Memento Tuxedo Black.


How short is that for the card recipe?!

I'd like to enter the following challenge:-
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenge- Add a Sentiment

Be sure to watch for another post tomorrow when I'll be back with the winner of my candy and some lovely news.

Sending you all a hug,

Debra x

It's my 2nd Blog Anniversary!

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Hi everyone. I can't believe it's my 2nd Blog Anniversary already. So here's a candy giveaway to celebrate. To have a chance to win you need to be a follower. Pop the photo of the candy in your sidebar with a link back to this blog and leave a comment saying you'd like to enter. No candy only bloggers will be allowed to enter. Entry to the giveaway will finish on the 29th August and the draw will be on the 31st August.

Good Luck!


 

My new craft room, YAY!

Hi everyone and a very warm welcome to my new followers Anne, Tracey, Mrs Kreatywna (Creative), Valerija and Patricia. I hope you'll come visit me as often as you can and enjoy my posts.

My card today is the one I made for Carole to congratulate her and hubby, Michael, on becoming grandparents. I hope you like it.

 

 

 

 

a close up shot of image...



Card Ingredients

7"x 7" card- Anna Marie Designs.

Stamps- LOTV Bath time and Boys shoes. Phil Martin Elegant Alphabet & Numbers.

Papers- Maja Design Vintage Baby.

White card- from stash embossed using Tattered Lace embossing folder Ditsy Dots.

Ink pads- Memento Tuxedo Black and London Fog. Distress ink pad Faded Jeans.

Dies- Tonic Delicate Lattice Ovals. La-La Land Heart banner. Memory Box Auto parts. First Edition Craft Button dies.

Ribbon- Crafty Ribbons white seam binding. Live and Love crafts seam binding for bow.

Bakers Twine- Creative Expressions pastel colours.

Other Stuff- DecoArt Glamour Dust in crystal. Charm from stash.

 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge- Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly Challenge- To Die For

Little Miss Muffet Challenge- Anything Goes

Crafty Calender Challenge- Bingo! Ribbon/Lace, Blue, Buttons.

Allsorts Challenge- Your Favourite Colour Blue

 

 

 

Finally, I have some photos of my craft room to show you. The extension we've had built was supposed to be 2/3rds a sitting area and 1/3rd craft room but it's now 2/3rds craft room, lol!  I've not put everything away yet as I'm still deciding where my stash should go.  WARNING PHOTO HEAVY!

 

 

This is a dresser I had made to my design which I'm so happy with. It's really tall and wide so I couldn't get it all in the photo.

 

 

My jars with my ribbons and bits and bobs.

 

 

 

We decided a table with drawer units on lockable castors was more practical as I can give myself more workspace by pulling the units out.

 

 

This was my mum's dresser base which I helped her to choose and had always loved. The fretwork pulls down to reveal a shelf where I keep my 12"x 12" cards pad and cutting plates for the eBosser on top. My dies are in the right hand box and paper pads in the left hand one.

 

 

The last pictures show what's in the dressers. I put self adhesive Velcro on the ribbon hangers and attached inside the door and the other photo shows the fabric baskets holding my flowers etc.

 

 I hope I've not bored you with all my photos. It's so much nicer working on a big table with everything in the same room and my living room looks a lot tidier without my crafty stuff here, there and everywhere too, lol.

 

 Don't forget there's still time to enter my candy giveaway if you haven't done so already. That's all from me today. Take care and enjoy your crafting.

 

 

Debra x

Blooming Shoe

Hi there. I hope this post finds you all well and happy.

 

I've been enjoying using the Blooming stamps from Anne Marie Designs and they sell well at the farm shop which I'm grateful for. I spent all my earnings at Doncaster Racecourse's Summer Crafting show so I need to make a lot more cards now to save up for the next craft show!

 

 Today's card is using the Blooming Shoe stamps. It was a commission from my late mum's next door neighbour for his wife.  I hope you like it.

 

 

 

A close up of the flowers...

 

Card Ingredients

 

7" x 7" card blank- Craftwork Cards.

LOTV papers- Petal Fresh and Promises Solid

Ink- Memento Tuxedo Black and Distress ink Faded Jeans

Stamps- Annemarie designs Blooming Shoe. Phil Martin Elegant Family Collection 1 & 2 and Scribbled Sentiments Collections.

Pens- Copics Ciao

Dies- Spellbinders Grand Decorative Circles. Tattered Lace Ovals and Butterflies. Cheery Lynn Designs Mini Fanciful Flourish left and right. Magnolia Doohickeys Leaf (& swirl set). Memory Box Dancing Butterflies.

Other Stuff- Glamour Dust in crystal. Phil Martin Cosmic Twinkles in Vintage Blue. MeiFlower Pearls.

 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-

 

Glitter n Sparkle Challenge- Anything Goes

Crafting By Designs Challenge- Anything Goes

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge- A Flower in your IMAGE

Allsorts Challenge- Pearls and Gems

 

 

Well my room is nearly finished. Just the window sills to repaint as they keep getting sticky in the sun ( yes we have had some sun) so needs a different kind of paint on them. I'm just putting all my craft stuff away where hopefully I'll be able to find it again. I've already put some stamps I wanted to use somewhere so safe I can't find them, lol. I hope I'll have pictures to show you on my next post. Don't forget to enter my Candy Giveaway.

 

That's it for now. Thanks for visiting.

 

Debra x 

 



Nearly there?

Hi everyone. Thank you so much for the lovely comments, I really love reading them and appreciate you taking the time to leave them for me.

 

My craft room is nearly finished. I'm just waiting for some more furniture which will hopefully be delivered next week, fingers crossed.  

 

Today's card is using another pre- coloured topper from Hobby House. I got a few comments telling me how good my colouring was on the Belated Mother's Day card post but I can't take the credit for that one unfortunately, wish I could though. I'm doing well selling my cards at the farm shop much to my surprise and I'm saving the money for the next craft show I go to so I can go even more mad buying lots of crafty goodies!!

 

 Right I'd better show your my card. I enjoyed making this card so I hope you like it.

 

 

A close up of the image ...

 

 

Just a bit of glitter added, of course.

 

Card Ingredients

 

6" x 6" Card from Craftwork Cards.

Pre-coloured topper from Hobby House.

Papers from Maja Design Vintage Spring bought from Live and Love crafts.

Card- Core'dination 12" x 12" Nostalgia pad.

Ink- Memento Tuxedo Black and Distress ink in Old Paper.

Stamps- Lotv Pretty Grungy Good Times, faux stitching stamp from Lotv Babies Companion and sentiment from Clearly Besotted Sweet Little Sentiments.

Dies- tags from Lea'bilities Flower Frame. Tonic Studios Scalloped Circles and Cheery Lynn Designs Mini Fanciful Flourish left and right.

Flower- Dovecraft paper blossoms and Rhinestone flower from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Twine- American Crafts.

Ribbon- Crafty Ribbons Grosgrain Swiss dot.

Other Stuff- DecoArt Glamour Dust in crystal.

 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-

Ribbon Girl Challenge- Anything Goes with the option of adding Stars and/or Stripes

Sparkles Challenge-Vintage/ Shabby Chic

Papertake Weekly Challenge- Anything Goes 

Glitter n Sparkle Challenge- Anything Goes

 

 

Well, that's it for today from a rather overcast Bridlington. I'm loving all your creations. You're all so talented! I'm sorry if I've missed any of your posts. I'm am trying to keep up with them. Hope you're all having a great week so far.

 

Sending you a big hug,

 

Debra x

 

 



Blooming Bicycle

A big hello to all my blog friends. I hope you are all well and happy. As some of you may know there was a Tour de Yorkshire cycle race at the beginning of May. It came through my town, which was decorated with blue and yellow bicycles and banners and looked really great. I can't help feeling though that a lot of small children are having to wait for their parents to take their bikes down off the walls so they can play on them again, ha, ha! So inspired by all these bicycles I decided to make a card with a bicycle on it. Being very girly, it just had to have flowers and glitter on it ,of course, lol! So here it is. I hope you like it.

 

 

Close up of the flowers....

 

 

 

I also made one in lilac.

 

 

and a close up of the flowers which are made with different stamps than the pink card.

 

 

Card Ingredients

 

7" x 7" Card Blank:- Anne Marie Designs
Paper:- LOTV Always and Forever in patterned and solids (pink card), Papermania Capsule Collection French Lavender (lilac card)
Stamps:- Anne Marie Designs Blooming Bicycle, Dreamees Flowers and Sentiment, Inky Doodles Fabulous Fabrics stitching stamp.
Pens:- Copic Ciao
Inks:- Memento Toffee Crunch, Distress ink Brushed Corduroy.
Ribbon:- Crafty Ribbons (pink card), MeiFlower (lilac card).
Twine:- American Crafts.
Pearls made using Nuvo Crystal Drops pearl white ( pink card) and wisteria purple (lilac card)
Other Stuff:- DecoArt Glamour Dust in crystal.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Ribbon Girl June Colour Challenge- Lilac
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge- Anything goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenge- Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge- Use a Stamp
 A Gem or a Challenge- Summertime 


Okay, that's it for today's post. Sorry for the long gap between posts again. I've still got doctors appointments and I'm still sorting through mine and my mum's craft stuff ready for my new storage. There's been a bit of a hold up with the finishing of the extension which I'll bore you with another time, lol. 

Lots of hugs to those of you that need one or just want one,

Debra x