Swedish House Crafts - Friends

Hi everyone,

I'm here today with a very girly card that can be used for a friend, using lots of yummy products from Swedish House Crafts. I used some of my favourite papers from Maja Design, the Sofiero collection which is so unbelievably pretty. There is also something Christmassy on this card, can you see it?

Yes its the leaves. I have used Magnolia 'Sprawling Ferns' and I think these can be used all year round. They are my favourite leaf die. A couple of years ago I was going to give up crafting and sold ALL of my Magnolia dies and whilst my collection is now bigger than it was before, there are a few dies I still haven't been able buy yet :-( However imagine my excitement when I saw Suha had these in stock the other week......I may have done a little dance around lol.

The flowers are all handmade by me from white foamiran, the larger one I used a candle and foamiran and I tried something different.....I love how it turned out. I added beautiful Glistening White Pomegranates from Suha's store, love these!!!

Before I joined Swediish House Crafts DT I bought the Magnolia Doohickey Collection from Suha and if you order one from her within a certain time you get a free gift worth £20........now how fantastic is that....BARGAIN!!! Ker-Ching....

So I ordered Volume 16 and chose this Magnolia Dream Tag which again I used to have but had sold it. Thank goodness for Swedish House Crafts and all the gorgeous Swedish Products we can buy, insert BIG smiley face here lol. ;-)

I added a pre-printed image which I cut into portions to make this sweet little girl 3D. The base image I cut out using Gummiapan Stitched Rectangles.......I love Gummiapan stamps and dies, seriously I cannot recommend them enough. 

If you haven't tried them yet and its because you have been abducted by aliens and then hidden away on some space ship in a far far away Galaxy....... Well I completely understand, BUT......now you are back down on Earth safely.... well your first port of call should be Swedish House Crafts......make yourself a cuppa and browse and shop all the fabulous goodies. You MUST try Gummiapan though!!!

Another view of the 3D paper piecing I did using a LOTV Simply Print. I printed them out & then used 1 of the images as my base image & then cut pieces of the other images to make her 3D.

I think I used 3 images in total, I did this image a couple of months ago so I'm struggling remember lol.

The butterflies are from Stempelglede & I coloured them with distress inks & fussy cut them out.

As always I have decorated inside to match the front. The reason I do this is because I think it's a perfect added touch It shows extra love and you don't have the solid heavy front that feels solid and well crafted and then a flimsy back. It's worth going the extra mile even though we have to cut into more of our yummy paper ;-)

Thanks for stopping by

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

Challenges I'm Entering......

Ribbon Girl - October Any Image challenge

PRODUCTS USED.........

Maja Design 'Sofiero' - Enjoying The Fragrance

Maja Design 'Sofiero' - Exuberance Of Flowers In Bloom

Magnolia 'Dream Tag' Die

Magnolia 'Sprawling Ferns' Die

Gummiapan 'Stitched Rectangles' Die

Stamens White

Frozen Pomegranates - Glistening White

Lovely Lace at Deep Ocean

Hello everyone how are you all?
I'm really late with this post unfortunately so think of it as a midway reminder lol.

I'm here with my DT creation for Deep Ocean Challenge which this fortnight is.....
LOVELY LACE
......oh so so easy, its a rarity I dont put lace on my creations lol.

The card I'm showing today I made when I made my other LOTV christmas card.
This time however I used NO Christmas Paper at all ;-)

So the paper I've used for is Maja Design 'Enjoying Outdoors' 6x6 pad........the colours in this pad go perfectly with the image. I wanted browns to go with the forest the little girl is in but I also wanted to bring the gorgeous colour of her scarf out......

I machine stitched around the edges as always.

I'm sorry about my photo's just lately I've been taking them on my phone & on the conservatory window sill so they are not great.........time has been escaping me just lately as there is so much going on.

Anyhoo enough boring drivvle lol.

The gorgeous image is one of the new releases from LOTV, this is a Simply Print image called 'Singing Robin' & they have added even more since I got this.....may have to go shopping again lol.

I do have some LOTV stamps that I have coloured, I just need get them on cards.

I cut it out using a postage die & then added a layer of purple underneath to give it a bit of impact on the colour........I think its worked nicely.

I added Scrapiniec & WOC flowers down the bottom right corner & to the top right I aded a sentiment from an old wood block stamp & cut it out using a Magnolia die. I then added a couple of bells & some waxed cord.

I've been neglecting my foamiran lately so I was trying something new......which I will show another time, & I decided to make some poinsettia flowers. I made white ones using a none poinsettia die & I made these Ivory ones using a poinsettia die..........I have a few of these dies so its good to experiment to get the right shape & size you want.

I also made the smaller flowers in a purple foamiran using a Rosy Owl die, the leaves I made using a Whimsy die designed by Bev Rochester.

Sorry for the darkness of this photo lol.

The lace is from my stash & I added 2 layers of cream to add softness to it.

The snowflake border is a Joy Crafts die. As you can see I decorated inside to compliment the front.

Thats it for me, I have lots to do today as we got back from Berwick yesterday as we went away for a long weekend with all the family.....lots of washing lol.

I've also got my granddaughter today as she wants sleep over tonight, she isnt back school until next week as she had an operation the day schools started back & has to be off for 2 weeks.

Here she is just before she went to theatre, she was so brave & not scared at all.......I love this girl!!

Payton just before theatre 5th September 2017.

Well I better get off this laptop & move my body. See you soon lovelies, thanks so much for stopping by & reading my drivvle lol.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

A Christmas Card

Hello everyone, hope you all have a lovely weekend & hope the weather has been nice like it has here.........made such a nice change to have a hot bank holiday lol.

Well today I have a quickie card to show you, yep a super easy make & that's not all.....its my first christmas card woooooo hooooo (I think anyway lol). This year really is going lightning fast & before we know those lights will be up with the tree & the jolly fella with a wobbly belly will be coming.

I made this card a few weeks ago, I got a few simply prints from LOTV.......I actually made a couple. Think these may get used a lot this Christmas lol. 

Please excuse my pics at the moment as I'm using my phone camera, its a good camera but I do prefer to use a good proper camera. Hubby is insisting now that I use the new one so I'm trying to learn how to use it & the software..........with some help from both of my sons lol.

I used Maja Design papers..........I love this pad, yeah yeah ok I love ALL Maja Design papers lol.

This one is called 'Home For The Holidays' & as always I have machine stitched around the edge.

I thought these papers went brilliantly with the image.

The ribbon is from my stash which I've had for a long time, I have it in a few colours & tend to forget I have it......you know what I mean right ;-)

So the fabulous image is LOTV Simply Print 'Christmas Snowman' & I printed it out onto matt photo paper as I prefer the matt for the simply print images.

I added a few flowers & Scrapiniec leaves, keeping it all on the low-key ;-)

The ribbon I added on the corner of the paer first then did the stitching & then onec the card was made I then attached a bow on top with a bit of bling....you have to have bling at Christmas ;-)

So there is my first crimbo card.....I will be back in a few days with another Christmas make ;-)

Thanks for stopping by I have my grandkids for a couple of days as they wanted to stay a few days & have sleep overs lol. So today we are off out to the woods with the dog & packing a picnic.

Enjoy your day what ever you are doing lovelies, take care.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxxx

New Home

Hello all you lovely jubbly people out there, how are you all?

I thought I better start making my way through cards I've not shown on my blog yet & they have been made a while lol.

I'm gonna start with my quicky card thatI made for my eldest son & his gorgeous family.

At the end of May they moved into a new house, they used to live just down the street but had to move as the Landlord decided to sell the house. Now they live about 1/2 a mile away so still they are close..........they didnt want to live too far away.

At the time things were pretty hectic with them moving & Natalie got took into hospital.

So I turned to LOTV.........

Their Simply Print heets are fabulous for when you dont have time to colour an image. I absolutely love this image & will get it to colour as well.........how darn cute is it!!! 

Its called 'A New Adventure' & you can get it here. OMW you can also get James Bear in Simply Print as well...........thats it I'm gonna be skint!!!

Of course I decorated inside as always but I also put in this fabulous sentiment also from LOTV. Its a digi stamp set where you get 14 verses, I think mine is the 'Digi Stamp Set, Verses, Script' but there are different fonts so you can choose.......or go for all of them ;-)

I cut the verse out with a smaller postage stamp die to match the front, postage because I was thinking of mail redirection lol.

Ok time to remember what products I used. Paper I believe is Crafts & You 'Rose Garden' 12x12....I think lol. I made the card using a Go-Kreate die. Doily & lace from my stash.

Flowers are WOC & leaves were made with a Rosy Owl die. The sentiment was stamped with a wood block stamp from my stash & then cut out using a LLLC Stitched Circle die & then I added a key from my stash to the bottom.

Pretty simple-ish but I quite liked it. I have made them something else but you will have to wait to see that ;-)

Enjoy your day I'm off to strip beds as its bedding day on Friday's.......oh my I can barely contain my excitement lol. However as its bedding day it means its nearly the weekend wooooo hoooooo!!!

What ever you are doing hope you enjoy it peeps.

Thanks for stopping by.

Toodles 

Vicky xxxx

Deep Ocean Challenges DT Cards

Hello everyone I'm with my late DT card for our new challenge this fortnight over at Deep Ocean Challenges which is...........

OUR FURRY or FEATHERED FRIENDS

.......as I had no time to make anything & also because I got totally mixed up with my weeks. Luckily though I have cards that have not been blogged. The ones I'm showing you today have got Furry Friends on & whats more they were Easter cards for my family.

These were actually made the morning of Easter Sunday whilst hubster was out with our 2 sons having his father & sons time. So they took me about an hour as they were early back.......thats good going for me.....it normally takes me 3 times that to make a card lol.

All paper was from my stash & I grabbed the 1st ones I saw that went with the image lol.

All the images are LOTV Simply Print which are fabulous, I love them....perfect for those last minute cards.

I kept all the layouts pretty much the same........it was easier than re-thinking a new design for every one & remember I dont do a lot of CAS.........CAS takes a lot longer for a foofy mortal like me ;-)

Yes & even though it was a rush I still machine stitched every card & every image.

The Easter stamps used are both Magnolia stamps from Sir Stamp A Lot.

Card blanks are form my stash as is the seam binding. & little handmade charms on all 3.

The images used are..........

First card on the left (in photo above) - Easter Tricks

Middle Card - Cart Full Of Sunshine

Third card (on the right) - Easter Sweeties

All images were printed out onto matt photo paper as I didnt want a high glossy look from a photo.

Thats it peeps, short & sweet today. Please pop on over to see my teamies fabulous creations & hope you will bring your Furry Friends to come play........

Thanks for stopping by, big hugs

Vicky xxx