A Stitch In Time...

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well.
Today I have another card to share....This is part of a set of four cards that I made.

The papers are from my stash. The topper is from a set called Strawberry Tea from The Hobby House. I used some Kraft as my base card and co~ordinating blue card as a mount. I kept the design fairly simple and just added ribbon, a bow and pearls . I also used a Martha Stewart border punch....this is one of my favourites and tends to crop up on a lot of my cards.

I'm sorry but I've just noticed that the photo is a little wonky....Whoops!!!....too late now....

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:~
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge ~ # 192 ~ Children And/Or Christmas Crafting From The Heart ~ # 33 ~ Anything Goes

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A Work In Progress.....

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well.
Today I have something slightly different to share.....
This piece of stitching has been a work in progress for quite a long time but after seeing a recent post by the very talented Lynn B over at Happiness Is Cross Stitching I was inspired to share my progress here on my blog in the hope that I might get it finished.....and not leave it on it's frame in the corner of the room any longer.....
So the idea is....that if I post 'regular' updates of my stitching progress.....I may 'someday' complete this project.
Miribilia Autumn Queen 

A Work In Progress

  Sorry this is a rather grainy photo of my pattern/picture but you get the idea.....
I used to cross stitch all the time and have lost count of the pictures I have completed. Mirabilia were some of my favourite designs and I have two or three of these large completed projects hanging on my walls here at home and many more kits in drawers waiting to see the light of day....I remember once when clearing through my kits and projects my Dad pointed out that 'You would have to be a long time retired to complete that lot!.......We'll see......

If Only There Were More Hours In The Day.....

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Beautiful Blooms

Good morning everyone.

I hope you are all well.

A few weeks ago I made a very simple card using a floral image from one of those fabulous coloured art pads from Lili Of The Valley.....my mum saw it and asked me to make half a dozen similar birthday cards to put in her card box for her friends birthdays.....and here they are.....

 All the images are from Art Pad 27 ~ Beautiful Blooms and Art Pad 3 ~ Wild Flowers. The papers are also from Lili Of The Valley....and they match perfectly....it makes it so easy when you are making quick cards and don't have much time to spare. All the embellishments ~ pearls, lace, pearls strings....etc are from my stash and the sentiments were printed on my computer.

I have tried to keep them all very simple as I didn't want to distract attention from these gorgeous images.

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Just Because...

Good afternoon everyone.
I hope you are all well.
Today I have the fourth and last of my cards to share that was published in the July issue of Papercraft Essentials magazine.

All the items used to make this card were from The Hobby House except for the papers which are from Lili Of The Valley. The image is a pre~coloured topper which is great when you don't have a lot of time for colouring. 
I have to say I really enjoyed working with these toppers, papers and embellishments but I really need to get back to colouring some images up myself......I'm so out of practice....I just need more hours in the day. 
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Have a lovely evening.

Fairy Wishes

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are well on this Bank Holiday Monday.
It's wet here but I don't have plans other than to potter and maybe a bit of crafting....we were at a 50's themed party last night so we're a bit tired.....Thank goodness we don't have to go to work today....we're too old for late nights....not match fit so to speak!!!.....
Today I have a card to share.....

A while a go I treated myself to some new Stamping Bella stamps and this is Faith The Fairy. I coloured with my Copic markers....oooohh I am so out of practice..... The papers are from Lili Of The Valley. The pearls and flower button are from The Hobby House. The lace ribbon is slightly stretchy and worked well as a triple bow. I added some Stickles to the frill on her dress and finished off with Liquid Pearl dots around the stamped image and a sentiment from Lili Of The Valley.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:~
Crafting At The Weekend ~ # 4 ~ Anything Goes Crafty Calendar  ~ Anything Goes Crafting For All Seasons ~ # 84 ~ Monochromatic Inky Impressions ~ # 173 ~ Anything Goes Inky Chicks ~ # 36 ~ Fairies And/Or Angels Divas By Design ~ Pretty Pearls

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

Have a lovely day.   

Little Sailor Boy

Good evening everyone.
I hope you are all well.
I've decided to have a quiet Bank Holiday weekend....and the weather is being kind at the moment, although the early mornings and evenings are becoming decidedly chillier.
Today I have a card to share, this time for a little boy.
Again I have used a topper from The Hobby House but I promise I have started to colour some images again.....I'm so out of practise.

I have used some of my favourite spotty papers from Craft Creations Ltd.....ooohhh I just love these spotty papers. The image is a pre coloured topper from a set called Sailor Crew from The Hobby House. I used dark blue card and Kraft to mount the image, die cut the little banner and added some cork alphabet tiles, some pearls and a computer generated sentiment to finish off.....quick and simple.....but I like it!!!

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:~
Brown Sugar ~ # 108 ~ Let's Get Krafty 4 Crafty Chicks ~ Let's Get Masculine Crafting For All Seasons ~ # 84 ~ Monochromatic Divas By Design ~ Pretty Pearls Love To Create ~ # 129 # Polka Dots & Pearls

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

Have a lovely evening. 

Little Friends

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well.
There's definitely been a change in the weather...an early morning chill creeping in and darker mornings....but I can't complain the weather has been kind this summer....
And I'm quite pleased re my Table Top/Craft Fair efforts on Sunday....although, sadly there wasn't a great turn out....I managed to do reasonably well and sold quite a bit of my old bits and bobs....all proceeds being added to the laptop fund.....Brogan needs a new one for when she goes to University....I may just try another Table Top in October....
Anyway today I have another card to share....

This lovely topper is from The Hobby House and is part of a set of six called ~ Little Friends. The papers are from Lili Of The Valley. I have used a Nestie die to mount the image and a border punch from Martha Stewart. The flowers are from Prima I think.....I've had these for ages and don't use them as often as I should. The pearls are also from The Hobby House and I've just added some dots of Liquid Pearls around the image and finished off with a computer generated sentiment.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:~
Crafting From The Heart ~ # 32 ~ Anything Goes Brown Sugar ~ # 107 ~ Anything Goes

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

Have a lovely day.