Cool Dude

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
ANYTHING GOES
And here is my creation

This time around I thought I would make a gift bag for my inspiration piece. 

The papers are from my stash....I'm not sure what make they were but I wish I had more as they are perfect for men's cards, gifts etc....The image is a Kenny K Topper ~ It's A Guy Thing from The Hobby House. The gift bag and the Martha Stewart border punch are also from The Hobby House and the sentiment is computer generated.

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 gift bag into the following challenges:~

Crafty Cardmakers :~ # 109 ~ This Is A Man's World!

A Little Bit Crafty ~ Man Up!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.

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

Have a lovely day.

For You!

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well today.
It's freezing here with a thick frost everywhere but I'm hoping it turns out like it did yesterday....with beautiful sunshine and blue skies.....signs of Spring I think!
Today I have a little album to share. A few weeks ago I made this card.....

which my mum promptly claimed for a friend's birthday. 

Then she asked me if I could make a small album to go with it so this is what I came up with.

The papers are from the same paper pad but as the light has been so poor for photos recently they do look slightly different but I can assure you the card and album do match perfectly. I decorated each page inside the album so mum's friend will be able to add her own photos, etc.....

All the ribbons, pearl strings and roses are from The Hobby House. The mount for the letters is a nestie and the letters and butterflies are die~cuts.

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

Divas By Design ~ Die~cuts

Totally Gorjuss ~ # 222 ~ Sentiment As The Main Focus

The ABC Challenge ~ E Is For Embellish

Crafting Muskateers ~ # 10 ~ Butterflies

Really Reasonable Ribbon ~ # 88 ~ Anything But A Card And Ribbon

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.

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

Have a lovely day.

Gone Fishing

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well.
It's cold and windy here this morning but thankfully dry.....for now.....
 I have a card to share that I made for my dad. It is his birthday today.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

This of course is a beautiful image from Lili Of The Valley which I stamped and coloured with Distress Ink Markers. The papers are once again from my scraps pile.....I can't remember which paper pad they came from though.....sorry!!! I did lots of matting and layering on this card and then finished off by adding chipboard letters and some buttons tied with garden twine.

I hope he likes this card......I have to say he's not a fisherman but I just love this cute image.

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

Crafty Cardmakers ~ # 109 ~ This Is A Man's World

A Little Bit Crafty ~ Man Up!

Treasured Times ~ Anything Goes With Layering

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

Ruby's Rainbow ~ # 72 ~ Spots & Stripes

Well that's me away now to do the veg for Sunday dinner and sort out the roast. Mum and dad are coming for Sunday dinner and I need to make a pie for pudding. Brogan has already made dad a birthday cake and very impressive it is but I'm sure she'll add it to her own blog The Happy Little Cupcake later. She has also made a Bannoffee Pie for pudding.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.

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

Have a lovely day.

Tea Party

Good morning everyone.
Well it's Friday once again and time for a new challenge over at
Winter Wonderland
Our theme this week is 
'NO STAMPING ALLOWED'
(use die cuts, decoupage, pre-coloured toppers etc.)
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.

This week we are sponsored by 

Crafter's Companion

who are offering one lucky winner a £10 voucher.

For my card I used this gorgeous Mo Manning topper from The Hobby House called Tea Party. The papers are from my stash.....I am slowly whittling this down a bit but no sooner have I used one pile of papers there seems to be another one appearing......!!!!

The die cut mount, pearls and pearl string are also from The Hobby House and the little Fimo heart is a little find of mine which I found while clearing out a drawer in my craft room. I bought a pack of these years ago and I am ashamed to say they have been stuck at the bottom of the drawer since then.....

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.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.

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

Have a lovely day.

February Art Journal.

Good evening everyone.
I hope you are all well.
I've got home from work, it's blowing a gale and pouring with rain and everyone else is out so there is nothing else for it but for me to stay in my craft room I think!!!!!
So here I am actually sticking to one of my New Year's resolutions and that is to keep up to date with my Art Journal.
Here are my February 2014 Journal Pages.

Now I created this page with my beautiful new Pan Pastels. My wonderful partner bought me the complete set of Pan Pastels for Christmas and I just Love...Love...Love them.....isn't he clever as this was just what had been top of my crafting 'Wishlist'.......

I gessoed my pages first and then started adding shades of red Pan Pastels gradually building up colour and depth. I spritzed and stencilled, stamped and coloured hearts and added this little image from Stampotique called Supergirl.....which I coloured with Distress Inks. 

I am adding my February 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.

Enjoy the rest of your evening.

It's A Guy Thing!

Good evening everyone.
I hope you are all well.
It's my turn to inspire you to enter our new
ANYTHING GOES
challenge over at 
The Hobby House
This time around I made a gift tag.

The papers and twine are from my stash.

And those Hobby House products are:~

Hobby House Topper Kenny K - It's a Guy Thing

The Hobby House Mixed Buttons ~ The Blues

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

Challenges 4 Everybody ~ # 38 ~ Anything Goes

Paper Creator's Crafts ~ # 19 ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Catz ~ # 216 ~ Anything Goes

Thank you for taking the time to drop by.

Enjoy the rest of your evening.

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.