A New Home

Good morning everyone, sorry I haven't been around for a while but still busy with the house, one little job of getting the Artex sorted has ended up into a major overhaul of all the other rooms lol!!.. The dust just got every where so it's lots of cleaning and painting... Anyway I have managed to clear a little space and I've put this card together for this weeks lovely challenge over at Papertake Weekly which is a Sketchie Free For All... This means you can use the new sketch that Dawny has created or you can choose one of the older ones which you can find here.. I have used sketch #42 as it fitted in so nicely with this lovely image from LOTV.

Sketch #42

Card Recipe

Image - LOTV Pre-coloured art pad

Papers - LOTV Snow Princes Solids By Mary Fran

Flowers - Ribbon Girl and WOC

Butterfly - Marianne

Flower Swirl -Marianne 

We are sponsored this week by Simon Says Stamps so a great prize to be won!

Also do pop along to the main blog and see what my lovely teamies have created for you.

Challenges Entered

LOTV - Pretty Papers

It's short and sweet today guys, so you all take care and happy crafting....I haven't forgotten about the holiday photo's, will put some on as soon as I can...
Love and Hugs,
Marjorie xx

Oh so Cute!

Good morning everyone, hope you all had a fabulous week, wasn't the week-end just gorgeous.  I even managed to go to a Land Rover show with David and a crafting show with Debs.. then a nice BBQ on Sunday the first one of the season... my brother John and Chrissy came also, so there was seven of us altogether, it was great we had a bit of a celebration for my Mom's 87th Birthday, she loved it!

My card today is for Papertake Weekly, and Dawny would love to see something 'Cute' it was so hard to choose as I have so many lovely images.  I did want to use one of my new fairy stamps but my week has just flown bye.  I still haven't got around to trying my inktense pencils yet either!!  So I chose one of my trusty Art Pad images and isn't this just the cutest little bear you have ever seen lol!!  I glittered Jenny the bear with cotton candy stickles and matted her onto a spellbinders square scalloped die. I also made a daisy flower, the pink is a lot softer in real life. I inked all the card with a lovely soft pink, but it doesn't show up very well on the photos.

What I used

Image - LOTV Art Pad Set 23 James & Jenny Bear

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Martha Stewart Daisy Border

Cheerylyn border

Joy Daisy Die

Stickles and Gems and ribbons my stash

Challenges Entered

Cute Card Thursday - Handmade Embellishments

Die Cut Divas - Use at least one embellishment

Sister Act - Anything Goes #57

Allways Something Creative - Birthdays #75

The Squirrel and The Fox - Lets hear it for the Girls

This card is smaller than the ones I usually make, but I quiet like it.  That's it from me for now guys, so do pop along to the Papertake Weekly Challenge blog and take a look at the gorgeous creations the girls have made, also why don't you join in as there is a fabulous prize to be won too!

Thank you all for the lovely birthday wishes you left for me last week, I had a lovely day and I was thoroughly spoilt lol!!! I got some lovely crafting pressies too:)..

See you all later, take care,
Love and Hugs,
Marjorie xx

Happy Easter

Good afternoon everyone, hope you have all had a great week.  I'm on a mission at the moment, I feel my cards need a bit of umph!!  I want to make something a bit different, so I'm trying out a few different card folds, first up is this centre step card which I came across in one of my card magazines.  I had to alter it a little to fit in with my design for this Easter Card. Hope you like it!

We have a lovely challenge today over at 'Papertake Weekly', Dawny has chosen an Easter Theme... you can make a card for Easter or include something egg shaped or oval on your card, so I decided to go with an Easter card and this little image is just right for this card fold too... I had lots of fun dressing it up!

 I Decoupaged the eggs, you can see it a little in this photo

I am really pleased how it's turned out. I have had this lovely image for ages in my drawer, it's called 'Spring Bunny with eggs' from LOTV.  I used my Tim Holz Distress markers to colour it.  I haven't done any colouring for a while so it was lovely to sit and relax for awhile lol!!  I made a bit of a mess of the image so coloured a second one, and didn't like that either, so I decided to use the first bunnie and decoupage the eggs, I got this idea from Debby who uses decoupage all the time, her cards are amazing, you can see her lovely work here.

Card Recipe

Image - 'Spring Bunny With Eggs' LOTV

Papers - Papermania 'Sweet Nothings'

Colouring Medium - Tim Holtz Distress Markers

Dies - Memory Box ' Arboscello Tree and Puffy Clouds

Cheery Lynn Designs - Flourish Leaf Strip

Doo Hickey - Butterfly

Fencing - Marianne

Gems etc from my stash

Challenges Entered

Ribbon Girl Challenge - Lovely Lili Challenge - Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge - 'E' for Easter

Cute Card Thursday - Easter

Moving Along With The Times - Easter/Spring

That's it from me today, hope you all have a fantastic Easter, and that you manage to squeeze some crafting into the week-end too! Also pop over to the 'Papertake Weekly' challenge and see what fabulous cards my teamies have made, and you could win a super, duper prize too!..

You all take care,

Love and Hugs,

Marjorie xx

Spring Has Sprung!

Good morning everyone, I can't believe it's been almost a week since our break in Germany.  We had a fabulous time, the weather was really kind to us and Liam was a little gem!! Wish the airport strike had gone on a little longer then we would have had more time there lol!!

Hope you all had a great week-end, Deborah and I went to LOTV and did a 3D Class with Dawny.. It was fabulous, we made a lovely 'Birthday Box', which I didn't quiet manage to finish so when it's done I'll put it on my blog.  I want to make a couple for Christmas as they are so nice, you can see Dawny's here.  I have never really made a 3D project before, other than boxes for my cards, so was really pleased with myself lol!! I also bought more goodies as you do lol!!

Any way on to my card for today, it's for my guest spot at Papertake Weekly and this week you need to make a card with 'Spring' in mind or you could just use Spring Colours.  Nice and easy.. there will also be a lovely prize up for grabs too, so do come along and have a go!

A peek at the inside

I used a jelly roll pen on the petals tried to get a photo, it just gives it a little extra sparkle.  Also used Frosty Lace stickles on his little tail, it doesn't show up to well I'm afraid!

I used my distress markers to give the image more depth

Card Recipe

Image - LOTV Art pad Set 21 Bunnies

Papers - Memory Keepers (Scrapbook Pad)

Dies - Doohicky Vintage Daisies

Cheery Lynn Olive branches 

Lace -  LOTV/Ribbon Girl

Gems - My stash

Challenges Entered

Ribbon Girl - Spring

Creative Inspirations - Lovely Lace

Crafting from the heart - Anything Goes/Easter Theme

My Craft Creations - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - Spring

Alphabet Challenge - 'D' for Die Cuts

My Mums Craft Shop - #16 Anything Goes

That's it from me today hunnie buns lol!! hope you all have a fantastic week and do pop across to Papertake Weekly and join in with this weeks challenge and see what my lovely teamies have created.

Take Care,

Love and Hugs,

Marjorie x

Bingo at Papertake Weekly

Good morning everyone,

I would just like to say a 'Big Thank You' to everyone for the lovely wishes you sent me regarding my Aunty Hilda, they are very much appreciated.  One of the things I love about crafting is that most of us are really caring of other people, and your well wishes and encouragement always make me feel better, whether it's something that's happened in my life or just an encouraging comment about a card, I've never met a lot of you but feel sometimes that you are my closest friends:) xx  Sending you all big cyber hugs xx

So on to my card for today it's Tuesday so it's time for Papertake Weekly challenge and the theme for this week is 'Bingo' below is the grid and if you don't know how to play it's easy, just choose one of the lines in any direction and include them on your card.

My choice for this week is the top line

I have used this lovely stamp from LOTV called 'Handbags'  I used Tim Holtz distress inks to colour it in and sprinkled frantage around the edges, also glittered the lovely flowers and butterflies with stickles.  I also inked around the edges and even the ribbon got a swipe with the ink pad lol!! The gorgeous pearls are from Ribbon Girl as well as some of the flowers. The little gems inside the flowers were from the hobby house.  I also made a little pull out tag from the gorgeous paper.  I used one of LOTV's lovely verses Set 10.

Other items used

Paper - Antebellum LOTV (Raspberry Road Designs)

Doily Die - Cheery Lynn (Italian Flourish)

Numbers - Tim Holtz

Flowers - Ribbon Girl/Wild Orchid Crafts

Gee-SSo - Indigo Blu

Butterflies - Martha Stewart Punch

Challenge Entered

Simply Create Too - Shop in your stash

Totally Papercrafts - Female Birthday

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

LOTV Monthly Challenge- Bingo - (Ribbon,Pearls & Flowers)

The ABC Challenge - G is for Girls

Natalie & Amy - #18 Flowers

Bearly Mine - One for the Girls

Splendiferous Creations - Fabulous Florals

That's it from me for now, do pop over to the Papertake challenge blog and see what beautiful cards the other girls have created, and don't forget you could also win yourself a lovely prize! 

Take care,

Love and Hugs,

Marjorie xx

Love is in the Air

Hello everyone,
Wow! Can't believe it's a month since I last blogged, I have been busy with Mum and also at work.  We are all trying to take some leave before the end of March, other wise we loose it, we always leave a week or so for the winter months but then it's a mad rush to fit everyone in lol!!

Some exciting news, Dawny over at Papertake Weekly asked me if I would like to be a guest designer for a couple of months... Oh my giddy aunt, I was so excited lol!!  Papertake Weekly is such a lovely challenge blog, with it's lovely sketches and anything goes, and this week it is really simple, just include a heart somewhere on your card, and seeing it's Valentine's Day coming up that should be easy, peasy lol!  There is always a lovely prize to be won too!

Inside 

Removable tag

I've made this card for someone special,  I am going to put a photo in the middle of the heart of them both.  I don't know how they feel about photo's on the internet so will play it safe, and add it later lol!!

Card Recipe

Image - LOTV - Art Pad Set 2 Jack and Puss (Pre-coloured)

Designer Papers - LOTV - 'Always and Forever'  - Nit Wit Collections by Mary Fran 

Sentiments - LOTV - Hand written phrases and sentiment tags

Dies - Heart Border and Heart Die both from Cheery Lynn Designs

Challenges Entered

LOTV - Monthly Challenge - Name that Tune 

'Just the two of us' - by Bill Withers

The Ribbon Girl Challenge blog - Lovely Lili Challenge 

'A romantic Theme'

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Hearts/Love

Deep Ocean - Love is all around

A Creative Romance - Show us some love

In the Pink - A little pink love

I can't get that tune out of my head now lol!... just the two of us lol!!  It's very wet and cold here today, but we haven't had any snow yet thankfully!... Hope you all have a great week, one thing for sure it's great crafting weather!!

Take care,

Love and Hugs,

Marjorie xx

To a Special Friend

Good morning everyone, it's cold today here in Yorkshire, my hubby had to scrape the ice of his van this morning!!  Brrr I don't likey lol!!  Roll on Summer!

Straight on to my card today as I'm on work soon... I have used 'Art Pad -set 19' from LOTV again, these images are pre-coloured and very stylish, I just added some Diamond Stickles and Voilà job done!

I don't think I have quiet got the balance right on this one, but once everything is stuck down it wont move lol!! I have inked the card and paper with Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Vintage Photo.  I also inked the lovely roses (Wild Orchid Crafts) to give them a more muted look, they look lovely in real life.. The gorgeous papers are from LOTV... Country Lady by Mary Fran.. Sentiments also LOTV.. 'Quoteables Set 62 Friendship' and ' Scroll sentiments', Cheery Lynn and Martha Stewart 'Butterflies', and finished off with a Doo hickey die and lovely pearls from 'Hobby House'

Challenges Entered

LOTV Monthly Challenge - Anything Goes (2nd Entry)

Sister Act - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Use Patterned Paper
The Squirrel and the Fox - Something New (New Art Pad and New Friendship Stamp)

Take care everyone and happy crafting...

Love and Hugs,

Marjorie xx

Vegetable Patch

Good Morning everyone,  Firstly I would like to say a big 'Thank You' for all the lovely comments last week regarding my Mum, you are all very kind:)... Also a big welcome to my new followers...
Now on to my card for today which is a fabulous image from LOTV called 'Vegetable Patch'.  I have purchased a couple of there A6 Sketch Pads and quiet honestly I just couldn't make up my mind which to colour up first lol!.. WOW!! they are fabulous.. no more smudging when stamping lol!!  and they worked so perfectly with my Prisma Pencils.  I will defiantly be purchasing more of these lovely pads, they are so handy... you can also get them pre-coloured.  A bit of an over-load of photo's sorry:)  I wanted to try and show you the lovely embossing on the leaves and bird house, as the photo's never seem to show up all the little details... do you like my bird house and the fresh bedding I put in for the little birdies lol!!

A little blurred, I never seem to be able to get the whole card 

in focus when I take a side-ways shot!

I've been dying to use this lovely tree die and just had to 

have it on my card some where lol!!

Card Recipe

Image - LOTV  'Vegetable Patch'

Colouring Medium - Prisma Pencils (Skin - Copics)

Papers - The lovely 'Wellington' pad again...

It's a lovely man's pad!

Dies - Memory Box (Tree), Marianne (Gate, Bird etc),

Cheery Lynn (Leaf Swirl)

Buttons - Booffle

Sentiment - Papermania Stamp

Twine - Ribbon Girl

Distress Ink - Vintage Photo (Tim Holtz)

Challenges I would like to Enter

LOTV Ideas to Inspire - Boy Oh! Boy

Totally Papercrafts - Buttons

Here Come The Boys - Buttons

Kaboodle Doodles - Anything Goes

The ABC Challenge - N for Not Just One

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Boys

Sentimental Sundays - Outdoor Fun (Plus a sentiment)

Eureka Stamps - The Great Outdoors

Well guys, hope you have a lovely day, 

Take care,

Hugs,

Marjorie

xx