Tag: handmade cards
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Ding! Ding! Tickets please!!!

Hello crafty friends…. The title reflects the fact that you’re waiting ages for a bus and then 2 or 3 come along together!!! LOLxx Well, thats how my blog posts are gonna be for a while…so much to catch up on… I certainly hope it doesn’t put you off!!! Today I am sharing a card…
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Everybody loves a COWGIRL!…

Hi crafty friends… Today I am sharing with you a card I made as part of The Paper Nest Dolls DT inspiration for October. The image used is called Cowgirl Emma and can be found here. The card is ashadow box card and the image has been coloured using Copic markers….Don’t forget to join in…
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Desert Island Delights!…

Hello crafty friends!… Today I am sharing a DT card for The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge…. Its anything goes!…so why not join in this month? I’d love to see your entries xx I decided to use Pirate Emma and have a go at making a stepper card. Emma was coloured with Copic markers and fussy…
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I scream for Ice cream!…

Hello crafty friends!…. Wow! We are having the best summer here in the UK! So todays’ Inspiration card for The Paper Nest Dolls is Ice cream Ellie xx…. Life is indeed, better in flip flops! I live in flip flops in the summer months (my grandkids actually call me Nanny Flip Flop LOL!!) Sun, Flip…
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Adventure awaits!…

Hello crafty friends… Just a quick post today….I would like to share a DT project made for The Paper Nest Dolls challenge… why not pop on over to join in this month, click here for rules and prizes… we would love to see you❤️ I have made a card using the image Captain Owen and…
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Aaahhh…summer :)

Hello crafty friends!… It’s finally here…SUMMER! I love it! Warm weather, outdoor living, BBQ’s and family gatherings 🙂 So for my first post in June, I would like to say ‘Have a wonderful day’ with a card I made for the Alicia Bel design team. For this card I used the ‘Felicity’ image, which…
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Ahoy!…

Hello friends… Today I am sharing with you my DT project I made for www.AliciaBel.com… The theme for march is Freedom (Anything goes!)… I have wanted to colour this image for a while and just recently I remembered that I had a print and cut file for a treasure map (Cameo Silhouette). Supplies used: Treasure…
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Cute critters and chocolate…

Oh Yeah, doesn’t get much better than this!…. Cute critters and chocolate!…sounds like a cozy night in LOL! Today I am showcasing one of the new release stamp sets from Gerda Steiner Designs. This set is called ‘Peeking Easter Friends’ Card #1 EGG-stra Special Day Supplies used: Peeking Easter Friends clear stamp set, Momento Tuxedo…
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Game of clones…

Hello friends!…. I am going to have to admit that I am one of the few that hasn’t actually watched any of the Game of Thrones series…but I know it features Dragon’s (right ?!)… So, when Alicia Bel asked me to design a project with her new digital stamp release, I thought “yes, please!” and…
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Chocolate anybody?…

Hello crafters!… My second card for this month’s Design Team challenge – Easter, First Communion and Buttons- is this foxy bunny girl. You can get her from Aliciabel.com, she is a digi stamp called ‘Little Easter She Bunnie‘. Supplies used: A2 card base (5.5″x 4.25″), Gold Miri card, Your Next Stamp Stitched Rectangle die, Little…
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Is it Easter yet?

Hi Peeps!…. I know… we got a while yet before Easter but the chocolate eggs are in the stores now so it’s begun (*shock*)… Anyway the theme for this month’s Design Team at The Wonderful World of Alicia Bel is Easter, First Communion and Buttons. So here is a cute little critter called Chester and he’s…
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Same but different!…

Hello crafty friends!… Today I am sharing with you 4 cards I made with the same card sketch but have different finishes to them. I have included a photo of the card sketch, please feel free to use 🙂 All are an A2 size (4.25″x 5.5″) top fold card. The outer frame has been cut…
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Safari Friends…

Hello friends… Hope your day is going as well as mine… I have organised, purged (unnessasary crafting materials) and played in my new craft room. Going through all of my stash… and I gotta say, there’s more than I thought there was (don’t tell my Hubby! Lol) I discovered stamp sets, paper pads and other…
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BOO!….

Hi, my crafty peeps! I’m back… and today I am sharing with you 4 cards featuring some awesome Gerda Steiner images. The first card sums me up… I’m a bit of a wimp when it comes to spiders!!! The second card has my two favourite trick or treaters’…so cute! The third card needs no more…
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Christmas card series 2016…The 12 days of Christmas

Oh my goodness…where has this month gone?! I have six more cards remaining in this series so I have decided to include all of them in this blog post as I cannot guarantee finishing the series… So here goes… card 7 through to 12! Card #7…seven swans a swimming… card #8…eight maids a milking… card…
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Christmas card series 2016 #6…six geese a laying…

Appologies to all my blog followers for being MIA for the last three weeks… What should have been a simple switch over to some supercalafrajalistic fast broadband turned out to be the most stressful three weeks of my life…long story short, the new company notified the old company of the switchover date then changed said…
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Christmas card series 2016 #5…Five golden rings!…

Happy Monday everyone… Yes, we have reached the fifth card in my Christmas card series for this year…doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun!… Only 7 weeks to the big day… now Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night are over, I am a little more comfertable sharing Christmassy goodies, lol 🙂 So lets get singing (all…
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Christmas card series 2016 #4…Four calling birds…

Happy Thursday people!… It’s that time again…still can’t get this tune out of my head! 😉 ‘On the fourth day of Christmas, my truelove sent to me…four calling birds… #4…four calling birds… I’ve got no idea who these birds are calling, but I bet it’s noisy..lol! I started this card by printing the sentiment on to…
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Christmas card series 2016 #3…Three French Hens…

Good morning my crafty friends!… Welcome back to the third day of my Christmas Card series… ‘On the third day of Christmas my trulove sent to me…three French Hens…(still singing!… 🙂 ) #3…three french hens… oooh la la! That wine sure looks good right now… As with the other cards, I have printed the sentiment…
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Christmas card series 2016 #2…Two turtle doves…

Welcome back, my lovelies!… The second card in my Christmas card series 2016, The 12 days of Christmas, is… ‘On the second day of Christmas, my truelove sent to me…two turtle doves…’ (and yes! I am still singing in my head 😉 ) #2…two turtle doves… You can now see which way this card series…
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Christmas card series 2016 #1…a partridge in a pear tree…

Hello crafty friends! Over the next 6 weeks, I will be sharing with you a series of cards I have made featuring the Bugaboo digital stamp set ‘The 12 days of Christmas’. Now! I like a bit of tradition…but I also like a bit of whimsy! So, this is what this series is all about…unconventional…
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Gerda Steiner…new release!

Hello my crafty friends… Check out the new October Digital Bundle (reduced price) just released over at Gerda Steiner Designs, not only that, Gerda is having a giveaway to celebrate 1000 followers on Facebook! (A little sneek peek to some new product coming to the store) In my previous post I showcased two of the…

