Lace & Pearls

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well.
Today I have a cracker gift box to share.
I created this to go with a card I had made last year (Here) but had not got round to sharing.
This Is The Front View

And A Side View

And A View Of The Back

The crackers are from Whichcraft which I picked up at a show last year and the papers are from Lili Of The Valley. The image is a Wee Stamps Die Cut Topper called Hopeful and the lace, pearls and ribbons are all from The Hobby House.

I would like to enter my gift box into the following challenges:~

Created With Love ~ # 74 ~ Anything Goes

The Cutie Pie Challenge ~ # 61 ~ Cute January Blues

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.

I really do appreciate your visits and lovely, encouraging comments.

Have a lovely day.

Butterflies!

Good morning everyone.
It's Friday once again and time for a new challenge over at
Winter Wonderland
Our theme this week is 
BUTTERFLIES
And here is my DT card

We are still in our non Christmas period but you can still enter your Christmas creations if you want to.

We are lucky enough to have two fabulous sponsors 

The first one is

Marianne Design

with this amazing prize

and the second one is

 Delicious Doodles

 who will donate 4 digi images of the winner's choice.

For my card I used this lovely Penny Black stamp called Bees & Bunny. I coloured using Distress Inks and the papers are from my stash.  The die cut butterflies were on my craft table and they gave me the inspiration for this card. I added some pearls and Stickles to finish my creation.

Don't forget to pop over to the main challenge blog to take a peek at the lovely creations the rest of the DT have made for your inspiration.


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:~

Crafting For All Seasons ~ # 69 ~ For The Girls
Natalie And Amy ~ # 16 ~ One For The Girlies
Created With Love ~ # 73 ~ Winged Things


Thank you for taking the time to stop by.

I really do appreciate your visits and lovely, encouraging comments.

Have a lovely day.

January Art Journal

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well.
I woke up to a very cold and frosty but bright and sunny morning.....a perfect crafting day I think!!!!
Another of my New Year's resolutions is to 'try' and keep up with my art journal for 2014. I set off well last year but I failed abysmally and only managed to get up to May, so this time I aim to finish the said 2014 Journal.............
My plan is to join in again with Kate Crane's  365 Calendar Journal. So here are my January 2014 Journal Pages.

I have to say that I am really pleased with how these pages turned out.....not quite what was in my head but I'm thrilled with the results as when I sat down I didn't really have any clue as to what I was doing other than I wanted greys, whites and a hint of blue.....and this was the result.

I am adding my January journal pages to Kate Crane's 365 Journal Challenge.

Thank you so much for taking the time to pop by. 

I really do appreciate your visits and lovely comments.

Have a lovely afternoon.

Hello Cupcake!

Good afternoon everyone.
I hope you are all well.
It's pouring down here so I've spent the morning baking and making a card.
While I'm waiting for my banana loaves to bake I thought I would post my little card.

One of my New Year Resolutions is to try and keep using up all those scraps of paper we seem to accumulate....so these are the papers that were left on my desk from a previous project. I coloured up this sweet Magnolia image with Distress Inks which I don't use nearly as much as I should. The lace ribbon is elasticated which takes some getting used to when trying to make a bow but I got there ~ eventually. I added a little resin flower and some pearls and finished off with a computer generated sentiment.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:~

Divas By Design ~ Use Ribbons

Totally Gorjuss ~ # 219 ~ Lace/Pearls

Thank you so much for taking the time to pop by. 

I really do appreciate your visits and lovely comments.

Have a lovely afternoon.

Boys ~ Boys ~ Boys

Good afternoon everyone.
I hope you are all well.
This is my second post today, please scroll down for my earlier post.
It's time for a new challenge over at
A Gem Of A Challenge
And our theme this time is
FOR THE BOYS

The prize as always is 

2 Individual Digi images

(NO SETS, PERSONALISED WATERMARK'S OR SENTIMENT SETS) 

of the winners choice from Pink Gem Designs.

Now boy cards are never my best so here goes.....

For my card I used this sweet teddy image called Football Teddy from Pink Gem Designs. Now I have to say these papers are ancient but I think they were from Papermania. I coloured the little bear with Promarkers and cut him out before mounting him on to the dark blue paper. The stars are die~cuts using a nestie die, the pearls are from The Hobby House and the sentiment is computer generated.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:~

Charisma Cardz ~ # 2 ~ It's A Boy Thing

The Crazy Challenge ~ # 162 ~ Cards for Men

Dream Valley ~ # 73 ~ Boys/Men

Thank you so much for taking the time to pop by. 

I really do appreciate your visits and lovely comments.

Have a great evening and keep warm.

All Tied Up!!!

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well.
Today I'm here to remind you about this month's challenge over at 
The Hobby House
Our theme this month is
RIBBONS
And here is my creation

I decided to make a little album for my inspiration piece for this challenge. I started by cutting chipboard  and covering with papers from First Edition ~ Spring Feast. I inked around the edges with Distress Ink ~ Frayed Burlap and secured all the pages with a couple of metal clipped jump rings. I used lots of pearls, roses, tied ribbons and a couple of charms. I added glittery black peel off numbers and finished off with a little decoration to the inside pages. All items can be found at The Hobby House.

Don't forget to pop over to the main challenge blog and take a peek at the gorgeous creations the rest of the DT have made for your inspiration.

I would like to enter my little album into the following challenges:~

Craftitude ~ # 56 ~ Anything Goes Or Ribbons/Pearls

Brown Sugar ~ # 77 ~ Anything Goes

Divas By Design ~ Use Ribbon

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge ~ # 160 ~ Embellishments

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.

I really do appreciate your visits and lovely, encouraging comments.

Have a lovely day.

Monochrome......

Good morning everyone.
It's Friday once again and time for a new challenge over at
Winter Wonderland
Our theme this week is 
MONOCHROME (only one colour apart from skin, hair or fur)
And here is my DT card

Now as you know we are currently in our off peak sessions, that means that you can enter up to 3 creations and they do not need to be Christmas related.

 We are sponsored by 

Wild Rose Studio

who are offering 3 stamps of the winners choice.

For my card I used this super cute image from a Lili Of The Valley Art Pad and I also used papers from Lili Of The Valley ~ Country Gent. These are perfect and complement each other so well.  I finished off my little creation by adding some buttons, garden string some die~cut golden stars and pearls from The Hobby House. The little sentiment was computer generated.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:~

Creative Craft Challenges 2 ~ # 26 ~ Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes
The Crazy Challenge ~ # 162 ~ Cards For Men
Cupcake Inspirations ~ Photo Inspiration

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.

I really do appreciate your visits and lovely, encouraging comments.

Have a lovely day.