Love Challenge…

 

 

Hello all, what you up to today?

I’ve been for my chiropractor appointment this morning and it’s starting to snow a little now so I won’t be moving for the rest of the day. Chance to have a little catch up on the blogs – I’ve missed seeing what you’ve all been up to!

Before my card - don’t miss the Leonie one day special on Hochanda, there are some new products coming soon so real bargains to be had on some of the older ranges. There are amazing samples from all the team and of course inspirational demos from Leonie, it takes me so long to plan my work and then it hardly ever turns out as I expect – I love how she just sets off and goes with the flow

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There's a new challenge on the Lili of the Valley Facebook page and for February the theme is LOVE

I used one of the new stamps and this is called Loved Up…

 

 

The sentiment is a Penny Black stamp, it’s actually all on one line but I separated it to fit

Flowers and silver twine (one of my favourite products ever) are from the Ribbon Girl

Heart die is from Sue Wilson’s Italian collection

Hope you like it, the challenge finishes on the 15th and there are some great prizes up for grabs

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Thanks so much for all your lovely comments, I appreciate any feedback and it’s always great to hear from my crafty friends

Enjoy your Thursday, hope you escape the snow!

 

 

 

Something a bit different…

 

 

 

Hello everyone, I’m here again…

I’m having a sort out of my pictures and finding lots of cards that I never shared, these two are a bit different for me…

 

 

I never really intended to put these on the blog so I am interested to hear your thoughts on them especially as they are so far removed from my usual style

The wedding one is 6 x 6 and the thinking of you was actually a sympathy card that is 4 x 4 with a matching envelope

I have so many embossing folders, I love the effect but hardly ever use them and I don’t really know why. The same goes for the Sue Wilson dies, some of her designs are really lovely and I have to have them but then when I get them out I just don’t know what to do with them!

The sentiments are computer generated, oh, fonts are another little obsession of mine!!

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Thanks so much for your comments, I very much appreciate you taking the time to let me know what you think

Have a good Tuesday all

 

 

All About The Base…

 

 

Evening crafters, Sunday again and it doesn’t seem like 2 minutes since I was sat here doing last weeks post…

…the clocks went back in the UK this weekend so it was dark just after 5 tonight and I don’t feel like doing much else other than getting snuggled up on the sofa in front of Strictly. Wasn’t Jay’s pulp fiction jive AMAZING by the way? as you can see from my blog name learning to jive has been top of my bucket list for many years and I live in the hope that one day I’ll persuade Keith to go along with me to a class. My favourite to date was Jill Halfpenny and her partner Darren Bennett a good few years ago although Darcey Bussell did a very elegant version (she would wouldn’t she!) with Ian Waite, I just love watching them

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Onto this weeks challenge at Papertake Weekly and it’s…

All About The Base

…so this week we want to see different shaped base cards – anything at all that you want, apart from a square

There’s a lovely Ribbon Girl voucher up for grabs for the lucky winner and as always some inspiration from the team to get you started

You can enter and also find all the details for the challenge on the Papertake Weekly blog

 

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I used a Craftwork Cards base for this (I think it’s called ‘elegant’) and I used Lili of the Valley Always & Forever papers and the Wedding Couple image which is available either as a stamp or in the True Love Art Pad

 

 

We’re going to a wedding next weekend so this is for the happy couple, I made a lovely box to match and the sentiment is done on the computer

The bow die is Doohickey and the heart string is Penny Black – I also added some of favourite tulle from the Ribbon Girl which adds a lovely bit of texture

Hope you like it, thanks as always for your comments and enjoy your Sunday evening everyone

 

 

Save The Date…

 

 

 

Evening everyone, hope you are all well?

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave comments on my cards earlier in the week – I’m really pleased that you all liked them

 

I have something again that’s a bit different to share, as it’s the first challenge of the month we have our usual Anything Goes theme at Papertake Weekly

This month’s optional extra is to do Christmas In July but remember this is only an option, I chose not to take it this time as I’ve been wanting to work  some more with the fabulous Wedding Stamps from Lili of the Valley…

 

This is a little Save The Date card…

 

 

I used centura pearl card and Country Lady papers…

 

This stamp is from the ‘Pretty’ set and you could do a whole set of gorgeous matching stationery with these stamps

 

 

I made a matching envelope using the gorgeous papers and lined it with a contrasting design, this is one of my favourite pads

 

 

 

I coloured the flowers with some Promarkers that matched the papers and trimmed with some little flatback pearls

 

The edges were cut with a die from Spellbinders scallop borders one and I finished it with some button twine and a little charm from the Ribbon Girl

 

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Hope you like it, you can see all the challenge details on the Papertake blog and as always there is a prize up for grabs and lots of inspiration from the Design Team

 

Thanks for looking x

 

 

Old, New, Borrowed, Blue …

 

 

Hey everyone, thanks for stopping by

 

I hope you’re enjoying the warm weather here in the UK.  I’ve had a few days off work this week, we went to The Great Yorkshire show on Wednesday which is a fabulous day out. Last year it was cancelled because of the rain, the first time in it’s history, but this year made up for it and it was lovely. It makes such a difference to something like that if the weather is good and we really enjoyed it

 

Joe has gone to Tenerife with his friend, we’ve spent quite a lot of money on Jess while she’s been away at college so thought it would be nice to give him a treat too. My Mum is having Manny for the weekend and Keith and I are going away for a couple of days later. We haven’t been able to book a holiday yet with Jess away and Joe doing exams etc so it seems like ages since our last one.Hopefully we’ll be able to fit a couple of weeks in later in the year once things settle down a bit so that will be something to look forward to.

I think our holidays will change once it’s just the 2 of us, the kids are happy with a pool and some sun but we like to travel round a bit and see the sights. I have a very long list of lovely places I would like to visit!

 

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The challenge over at PTW this week is Old, New, Borrowed, Blue  …

You can use any combination of those things, and as always there is a fabulous prize us for grabs and lots of lovely inspiration from the design team

 

I chose to stick with the wedding theme as I had a card to make for a dear friend…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New;

Stamp (Lili of the Valley statement), twine and lace (The Ribbon Girl)

 

Old;

Paper flowers, I’ve had them for years. They’re just cream and a bit boring so I gave then a new lease of life with Frantage

 

Here’s the rest of the supplies;

Spellbinders floral ovals

Magnolia papers

Silver fine detail embossing powder

Maya Road hearts

Tulle, flowers, topstitch thread and crystal hearts from The Ribbon Girl

Aged gold and aged silver frantage

Bo Bunny Brads

Lili of the Valley sentiments tags (the blank one for your own text is on the Christmas set)

 

 

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Hope you like it, thanks so much for all the lovely comments you leave for me, I love to read them

Have a great weekend everyone!