Lazy Days.....

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well.
It's almost the weekend at last, just half a day at work for me and then I have a whole nine days off......
I have lots to do but I'm hoping to get some crafting done in between helping Brogan pack for Uni and painting doors and radiators. Hopefully we'll get time for a few trips and treats.
Today I have a very quick card to share....

This image is from one of those fabulous coloured Art Pads from Lili Of The Valley....I know...I know...I have to start colouring up my own images again. I have to say that for the first six months of this year I had lost interest in crafting but these little pre~coloured beauties are easing me back in gently.
The papers are all from scraps left on my desk from previous projects and are from Lili Of The Valley. The pearls are from The Hobby House. The blue brad is from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:~
Through The Craft Room Door ~ Anything Goes Crafting From The Heart ~ # 34 ~ Anything Goes The Corrosive Challenge ~ # 207 ~ Let's Hear It For The Boys 

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Have a lovely day.

The Birthday Fairy

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well.
Ooooh Thursday already....just one more day and then I'm off work for 9 whole days but it's going to be busy as 'My Baby' is going away to university the week after and we will be busy sorting, packing and moving her in to her rooms on campus.....luckily we are pretty organised so I'm hoping we can have some treats and a few trips out together before she goes....
Today I have a card to share....this is almost like a shadow box card which will fold flat for posting but my photography is awful and you can't really see clearly from the picture....

Front View

 Side View

This sweet image is from a  Lili Of The Valley Art Pad ~ # 6 ~ Fairies....isn't she cute. The papers are also from Lili Of The Valley. I made a circular frame for the opening using a Nestability die and die cut a circle from the centre. The flower and leave die is my latest crafty acquisition from Marianne Design and I love it. The pearls and the pearl medallion at the centre of the flower are from The Hobby House and the sentiment again is from Lili Of The Valley. I finished my card by adding lots of sparkle to her skirt, wings and the bow on the present using Stickles.

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

The Crafter's Cafe ~ # 80 ~ Child's Birthday

Crafting By Designs ~ Anything Goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge ~ # 193 ~ Anything Goes

Natalie And Amy ~ # 24 ~ Things With Wings

Crafting At The Weekend ~ # 5 ~ Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss ~ # 251 ~ Pearls

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Have a lovely day.

New Baby

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well.
Today I have a 'New Baby' card to share.....
I made this card for my neighbours ~ who had a baby girl last week and she is beautiful. I don't normally say that about babies....I much prefer them when they are a few months old and a little more interesting but she is beautiful.....and of course I have to say that my baby was beautiful and still is but then I'm totally biased on that one ~ like any mother would be......
Anyway on to my card....

The New Baby stamp is from Lili Of The Valley ~ I love these stamps and I just had to have this set when I saw it. The papers are my all time favourites from Craft Creations Limited. I stamped with Spun Sugar Distress Ink and the colour was a perfect match for the papers. The flower and leaf die are from Marianne Design and the pearls and pearl medallion at the centre of the flower are from The Hobby House.
And there it is.......job done!
I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:~
Tuesday Throwdown ~ # 211 ~ Sweet Little One Crafting From The Heart ~ # 34 ~ Anything Goes Ooh La La Creations ~ # 164 ~ Clean And Simple Totally Gorjuss  ~ # 251 ~ Pearls

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Have a lovely day.

Elodie In Her Garden

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well.
At last I have managed to break out the Copics and have a play.....
I am so out of practice....
But here is a completed image and a completed card to boot.....although my colouring needs more work I think!!!

The image is from Sarah Kay ~ Elodie In Her Garden. I have had this stamp forever and don't use her as much as I should. I have coloured with my Copic Markers and the papers are from Lili Of The Valley. The roses, lace, heart pins and pearls are all from The Hobby House and the Happy Birthday sentiment was printed on my computer. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:~
 Creative Inspirations ~ # 278 ~ Flower Power! Divas By Design ~ Happy Birthday Totally Gorjuss ~ # 251 ~ Pearls Dream Valley  ~ #  89 ~ Flowers Crafting From The Heart ~ # 34 ~ Anything Goes

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Have a lovely day. 

Toot Toot!

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well.
It's the start of a new week and a new month too....I can't believe it's September already. 
I really must make tracks with those Christmas cards....I am so far behind this year.
So today I have another card to share....not a Christmas one though!
I was asked to make this card. This seems to be a popular theme at the moment.....everyone seems to be passing their driving test!!!

The image is called Toot Toot from a Lili Of The Valley ~ Coloured Art Pad 1 ~ Vintage Boys. The papers are also from Lili Of The Valley. I teamed up these fab papers with Kraft card and added some buttons and twine, finishing the card with pearls from The Hobby House and a computer generated sentiment. Nice and simple.....

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Have a lovely day. 

In At The Deep End...

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well and enjoying the weekend.
I don't have any crafty items to share today but I have got some photos of a recent trip to 'The Deep' in Hull.
At the beginning of the month it was Brogan's birthday and I asked her if there was anything she wanted to do....The reply was (and bear in mind she was 19)....'I want to go to The Deep mum'....strange I thought but we went along. It's been years since we first went and she wasn't very old at the time and it hadn't been opened long but as you can see from the photo's 'the children had a good time'.....even the 46 year olds!!!
Playing On The Interactive Boards

Gareth was quite put out when a 5 year old jumped in front of him and randomly pressed all the buttons on the activity board ~ and he'd spent ages sorting out the correct answers.....grown man ~ bottom lip out ~ not a pretty sight!!!
I think we all wanted to see the new penguins to be honest and we weren't disappointed...
This Chap Was A True Star

As Were His Friends

Feeding Time ~ Not Very Impressed....Fish Again

This Kept Them Entertained For Ages ~ Bless Them....Brogan and Gareth I Mean!!!

Making New Friends With Nigel
(Smiley Pancake Fish)~As Brogan's Friend Becca Called Him

This Guy Spent Ages Starring At Me

Gareth Said It Was Because The Fish Thought He Was Looking In The Mirror!!!
Charming!

 Brogan Found Nemo...

And Just A Reminder That This Was The Day That We'd Also Paid A Visit To The Dentist

All in all we had a really good day out and we were also very impressed with our lunch in The Deep restaurant which was reasonably priced.....also the sun was shining so it made it a perfect day.

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Christmas In August...

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well.
Today I have a Christmas card to share....
I thought it was about time to make a start. I normally have the majority of my Christmas cards under wraps by now but I think I have managed about 4 or 5 which I have to say I'm not too impressed with.....I'm not very organised this year but I'm putting it down to stepping down from several Christmas DT posts and the fact Mr Mojo seems to have been absent for much of the year.
Anyway here goes....I'm on a mission now and thought I'd start with something very simple.

When I saw this die I just had to have it. 
It is a Memory Box Grand Merry Christmas Script Die and I just love it. My card is very simple only using red and white card, silver mirri card, some white glitter card and pearls for the snowflakes and a small flat backed pearl medallion from The Hobby House for the centre of the larger snowflake.
And there you go....Job Done!
I think I'll be making a few more cards like this as I quite like the simplicity and the fact it didn't take too long to complete....which is good in my world at the moment!!!!

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:~
Completely Christmas ~ # 27 ~ Anything Goes Polkadoodles  ~ # 35 ~ Get Organised For Christmas ABC Christmas ~ Q For Quick And Easy The Crafter's Cafe Challenge ~ # 79 ~ Use Punches And Dies Penny's Paper~Crafty Challenge ~ # 192 ~ Children And/Or Christmas Crafting From The Heart # # 33 ~ Anything Goes Allsorts ~ # 274 ~ Early Christmas Makes

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Have a lovely day.