CAS Christmas Card

Hello everyone how are you all? Well its busy busy busy for everyone I think lol. I'm barely getting chance to craft let along blog, today has been the 1st time I've been on my blog since my last post. I've actually done some crafting today though as I have sooooooo many things still to make eeeekkkk!!!

Yeah panicking & getting stressed a wee bit now lol.

A good note though as on friday 13th we got our new van yayyyyy. We currently have a Renault Traffic with wheelchair access for Natalie, it has a ramp on the back to push her into the van. This I cannot do as she's sooooo heavy. However we have now got the Renault Master which is soooooo much bigger & has an electric tail-lift.........its so much bigger it doesnt go under our car port properly :0)

However its sooooo much better for Natalie, we took her out in it for the day on Sunday & I think she loved it more than us lol.

Anyhoo's I'm babbling on. I'm here with a CAS card...........yes me but its a case I must. This one is for the day-care centre that Natalie goes to. Although she hasn't been today as she was up most of the night so it wasn't fair to send her when she would be really tired. She's going tomorrow though, fingers crossed as she has a Christmas Jumper competition :0)

See I told you........its def clean & simple for me lol. I scalloped the edges with a Martha Stewart punch. I used white card & a burgundy card.........which is showing up really dark here :0( I cut them all to size then punched the scalloped edge & layered them up.

The stamp is Creative Expressions Ornate Bauble stamp & I heat embossed it with a dark red. The sentiment in the middle is LOTV & I added bit of stickles in red tinsel I think it might be called. Excuse the pics as the glitter is still wet.........I normally always wait til it dries before taking pics, sorry :0(

The top white card I embossing with the snow folder. I added gorgeous velvet ribbon, made a small bow & added a 'Heart Shaped Pearl' to the centre of the bow. 

Well thats it from me I better go as I've got my grand-daughter to bath. Payton is staying here tonight as Arjay goes into hospital again tomorrow morning...........yes again. He's having his hhips done.............yes AGAIN!!! The doc looked at the scan pics just under 2 weeks ago & decided that although he was happy with his hip placement he's now not. So our little fella has got go through it all again a week before christmas. 

I will be round to catch u

p with you as soon as I possibly can. Please dont comment if you dont have time, I know we are all super duper busy at this time of year.

Take care & big hugs to all mmwah 

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Crafty Little Fairies DT Card

Hello everyone how are you all? Well I'm here today with my first DT card for Crafty Little Fairies & this week we have a super easy theme for you..........

LET IT SNOW

.............see how easy peasy is that!!!! Even Thicky Vicky here finds that easy ;0)

I made my card last week with an image I had coloured up for weeks!! Yep weeks & finally these cute lil snow-guys have gotten onto a card.

Aren't these just the cutest little snow-guys............ I've also used LOTV 'Winter Wishes' by Nitwit.

Wouldn't you love to have these guys sitting in your back garden.

The poinsettia is from Marianne die & I added a Resin flower from MCH to the centre. The tag is LOTV 'Christmas Sentiment Tag'. Also added a Magnolia lampost.

This is the inside with lace from my stash & gorgeous silk crush ribbon............so love this stuff. The frame is Joy Crafts.

Added the same lace & ribbon to the front & the Joy Crafts frame got frantaged with shabby white.

The gorgeous cute image is LOTV 'Snow Family' coloured with distress markers. I also added stickles & stardust glitter to the snow at the bottom. The fence is Magnolia doo-hickey with added white gesso.

The snowflake is Spellbinders & I added white gesso. The pearl flat backed string is from WOC. I made a bow with the silk crush ribbon & added a 'Bark Star' & added a Love Heart pearl to the centre & another LOTV sentiment tag. You can get Silk Crush ribbon here.

Thats all from me but please pop on over to see my teamies uber fabulous creations here. Hope to see all your snowy cards/projects this week peeps ;0)

Thank you soooooo much for stopping by you guys rock!!!!!

Big hugs to all mmwah

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Challenges I'm Entering.............

The Ribbon Girls - Christmas Themed

Also entering in Crafts & Me - Anything Goes challenge. I stepped down from the DT sadly after being there for nearly 3 years :0( Miss you girls so much xxxxxx

Christmas At Sweet Stamping - Let it snow

A Fabby SC Fundraiser Image

Hello peeps I'm running mega late today. I've been up nearly all night but by 8am I was shattered so went bed for a couple of hours & hubster took over. However I completely forgot to schedule my post.

Anyhoo's todays post is about a fundraiser Krista is doing where you donate money & you get this image......................it will NOT be the shop after!!!

...................isn't this image just gorgeous!! This is a limited offer to raise money, so once the fundraiser is over this image will never be on sale & will be retired...........now you wouldn't want to miss it....would you?

I will put the links at the bottom of my post for the fundraiser.

I made a bow with 'Shabby Seam Binding' & 'Cheese Cloth' & added a 'Shabby Bark Star' to the centre with added gesso. The charm is from my stash & really cant remember where I got it from :0(

The postcard is from a stamp from my stash & the postage stamp on the postcard is by Whimsy Mini Postage stamp which I've had forever lol. The bronze charmy thing is from my stash & I've had it for a couple of years, no idea where from. Flowers are from WOC.

The gorgeous 'Backpack Friends' image has been coloured with Copics & I added a Whimsy Postage stamp in the corner & machine stitched.

I will add the colours used as soon as I find the list............

The super yummy gorgeous paper is my fave brand Maja Design & this one is 'Vintage Autumn Basics No.XXII' the edges were distressed a little, inked with walnut & machine stitched. This sheet is so gorgeous especially for those like me who lurve blues on cards..... 

Under the image I added 'Cheese Cloth', also the Shabby Seam Binding & Lace are from LLC. At the top is a clock from a Marianne Creatable die & I stamped it with Magnolia's Postcard Stamp. The butterfly is from Etsy.

For all information for this fundraiser please & to donate & receive your gorgeous Bakpack Of Hope digi image please GO HERE.

Well thats it from me thank you so much for stopping by. So sorry been quiet this end & not blogging much, there is so much stuff going on at the moment as well as the christmas preperations but I will catch up with you all.

Big hugs to all mmwah

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Oops nearly forgot there are new digi images in the Saturated Canary shop.

My Crafty Heart DT Card

Hello everyone, guess what its the weekend wooo hoooo. Thanks for the positive thoughts regarding Arjay with his tests. There was a big chance that our lil man was deaf as you could make loud bangs & he wouldnt even blink, not even when a doctor stood behind him & banged on his desk. However his tests have come back satisfactory, although at first they thought he was deaf in one ear. So this is good news up to now, yayyyyyyyyy...... do you know what that means............ he really likes my singing!! He always smiles when I sing to him....... lol.

Anyhoo's onto my quickie card that I have for you today using goodies from My Crafty Heart.

I have used a Magnolia stamp from last years collection Christmas Story (possibly my fave collection) this one is 'Tilda On The Roof' coloured with copics.

The gorgeous papers are from 2 MME pads. The main papers are from MME 'Lost & Found Christmas' & the piece of paper with Merry on it is from MME 'Vintage Christmas'. All papers have been inked & machine stitched.

The banner is LLLC 'Heart Banner' & I added pearls from my stash & letters from Maja Design 'Die Cut Letters'.

I added gorgeous MF 'Lace Trim' up the side. The plaited one on top is from my stash. The large flower is also from my stash. The dies I've used are MB 'Snowflake Border' & MB 'Fresh Foliage' . The gems are 

MME 'Faceted Christmas Gems'.

There is a big sale over at My Crafty Heart so why not get over & do some crimbo shopping. 

Saturated Canary rubber stamps are only £6...........yes £6. There are many other bargains over there too.

Well thats it from me I will catch up with you all sometime today & tonight. We are at Ben & Megans for tea later then bringing Payton back with us as she is stopping at ours tonight. Usually its friday but I wasn't well enough last night.

Thank you soooooooo much for stopping by 

big hugs to all

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Saturated Canary DT Card

Hello everyone how are you all? My brain is like mush this week if I'm not forgetting things, I'm forgetting about things............honestly my brain is screwed. Now I'm running a tad late with this post, I've had an Occupational Therapist here with an Architect & I'm babysitting Payton so its been busy.

Anyhoo's onto the job in hand. Ok so another fortnight has gone by & its time for a new challenge over at Saturated Canary & the theme this fortnight is...........

UNTRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLOURS

...........I lurve untraditional colours so loved this challenge.

I have gone for one of my fave colours on crimbo cards, well actually on any card lol, Violets ;0)

The papers I've used are Websters from my stash, they are not even christmas papers...........yep totally untraditional lol. I inked & stitched them as always.

The snowflake is from Asda last year & I'm making sure they get used this year lol, they really are so pretty though. The chipboard snowflake is from my stash & I added shabby white fran-tage & a bit of

  Wine Fran-Tage.

I have cut a Marianne Creatable Village & covered it with glass glitter, its lush & sparkly IRL.

The gorgeous image is 'Nikki' & I cropped her & coloured her with copics & added shabby white fran-tage.

Colours used are......

E11, E21, E00, E000, R20 

E57, E55, E53, E51

R39, R37, R35

C3, C1, C00

V99, V95, V93, V91, V00

The flowers are 'Prima Serenade' & Prima Miss Godiva except the cream one which is from WOC. I've also added some beautiful 'Lavender Frosted Berries' as well..........soooooooo love these!!

If you pop yourself along to the Saturated Canary shop you will see some fabby new releases ;0)

Well thats it form me peeps, I'm gonna go get our tea done as my grandaughter is hungry. Arjay is at the hospital again at the mo having an important test done, we are hoping the results are gonna come back not as bad as we are expecting. Fingers crossed for the little fella :0/

Thanks for stopping by big hugs to you all

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Let It Snow.....

Hello everyone how are you all? Sorry I am late getting round, Payton didnt want go home yesterday when Ben & Megan were leaving & we felt so sorry for her cus she was crying cus she wanted stay at nanna & gramps..............so yes, we had her stay at ours. Well whats a nanna to do  ;0)

Anyway's I do have a card, I did mean to do it earlier but I've been stalking the LOTV shop for the new stamps & lots of others lol..............well they had a sale!!! Then late this afternoon we took Payton home (yep had tears again ) & had a cuppa with Megan & kisses with Arjay.

So here's my card............finally lol.

The papers are my absolute fave paper Maja Design & these are from the new Vintage Frost Basics. I have used '9th December' & '10th December' both sheets have been inked with Pumice Stone DI & machine stitched. I've also added white gesso to them.

The lace with the pearl centre is from my stash & the lace thats on the tag is also from my stash.

I have added a large sparkly snowflake which was from Asda last year. The 2 flowers I've made with a MB die with the same paper & inserted a Tim Holtz 'Bauble' inside each one. I also added white gesso to these as well. I also added Magnolia 'Vintage Berries' in blue.

This is the inside complimenting the front. Excuse my thumb in the corner again............I really need to keep that thing out of the way lol. The frame is spellbinders but I dont think you can get these anymore. I've had this nearly since I started crafting. I inked it up with Pumice Stone.

The tag is a Magnolia Doo-Hickey & the sentiment is a wood block one from my stash. The tree is a Marianne Design die which I have covered in glass glitter...........wish I could capture the sparkle on it :0(

I also added a Tim Holtz Bauble to the lace on the tag.

The uber cute image is of course LOTV James Bear 'Santa Stop Here' I lurve James Bear & I've been wanting the one with the christmas tree for ages but its always been out of stock, even when I placed my order this afternoon. However when I went to get the link for this stamp I saw he was in stock...........yes yes yes I got him lol. I dont care I didnt get 20% off him I'm just happy to have him woooooo hooooooo.

He has been coloured with distress markers & stardust stickles added to his hat. I also added glamour dust to the snow.

The bracket-y thingies were made with Joy Crafts 'Edge' which I cut in half & inked up with Pumice Stone DI.

Well thats it from me but lastly I do want say a huge thank you for your lovely comments about Arjay. I have been asked how long does he have the cast on for & all we know is about 5-6 months depending on scans, hopefully it wont be any longer than that. 

Thank you for stopping by, huge hugs to all

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Challenges I'm Entering..................

LLC Challenge - Stardust

Vintage Angel

Hello everyone how you all? Hope you are all enjoying the weekend.

Todays card is a Vintage card that I made for the photo inspiration challenge over at Live & Love Crafts. However we were at Ben & Megans yesterday then me & hubster cuddled & watched movies last night & I forgot all about it.......never mind lol. Also tbh I'm not that happy with how it turned out, in my head it was much better & very different...damn it!!

Anyhoo's here is the card..........in all its..........????

I have used the uber gorgeous new Maja Design Vintage Frost Basics paper & this one is '19th December' I inked the edges with walnut, distressed them & machine stitched them.

The corner is a Joy Crafts die, which was also inked with Pumice Stone. The flowers are from WOC & I also added 'White Frosted Berries'. I also added a 'Shabby Bark Heart' & 'Birch Pine Cones'. I added bits of white gesso to everything.

The dies used are Joy Crafts 'Snowflakes Ice Crystals 3' & Square Frame & Marianne Design 'Poinsettia' & 'Pine Branch', the dies have been inked with Pumice Stone. The snowflakes have had shabby white fran-tage on them & scalloped pearl centres added.

This gorgeous image is 'Vintage Angels' by Inkado. I machine stitched around it & added bits of white gesso.

Inside is decorated as always. The lace is from LLC.  I've also added Marianne Design 'Rudolph' die to the front, again inked up with Pumice Stone.

Also I thought I would show you a pick of Arjay in his cast. We know its gonna do him good in the long run but OMG its awful not being able to hug him as he's gotta stay absolutely flat at all times.

Here he is at mine on a bean bag with his blanket underneath him.

The cast goes up to his waist with just a bit cut out for his bum. He has 2 nappies on, his normal one that has to be changed & then a bigger one over the top as you cant fasten his normal one as it causes him discomfort. The only way we hold him is on a pillow across our legs :0( He's still obviously in discomfort but we have had lots of gorgeous smiles from him in between bless him, you know the ones that melt your heart....

Anyhoo's I'm gonna go do some blog hopping. Thank you all for your lovely comments especially about Arjay they really do mean the world.

Thank you for stopping by & I hope the rest of your weekend is fabulous mmwah

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Sweet Angel Of Mine

Hello everyone firstly thank you so much for all your well wishes for Arjay. Unfortunately they had to keep him in as his heart kept racing really high, his breathing suffered so his oxygen had to be turned up & had a temperature. His pain carried on being really bad so he had to stay on morphine. Anyway he is at this minute 5pm, on his way home from the hospital, thankfully!! Cant wait to see our little fella.

Anyhoo's I made a card for my daughter for christmas & as LOTV monthly challenge is pink & white, this was perfect. Also had to use this image as she is our Angel!!

The papers are MME 'Lost & Found - Madison Avenue' & the edges were inked with walnut & machine stitched.

Used Martha Stewart PATP for around the card. Lace is from my stash & the letters are from Maja Design.

I have made pocket for inside for 2 tags to write on. The tags are Magnolia Doo-Hickeys & put her name on using sticky letters. We call her 'Natty' short for Natalie.

The tree is Marianne Design & I covered it with white Flower Soft, it looks lush IRL.

The uber gorgeous image is 'Holy Light' by LOTV & I coloured her with copics & added shabby white fran-tage around the edge. The candle also got stickles added to the flame.

The dies I've used are Magnolia doo hickey lamp post, swirl & also Joy Crafts Snowflake. The flowers are from WOC. The doilies are from my stash. The frame around the image is Spellbinders 'Floral Oval' & also had the fran-tage treatment.

Well thats it from me. I will be round later, yesterday was bit frantic with whats going on & I was also at the hairdressers for a couple of hours. I will show you my new style & colour next week, I'm having a new tattoo on the 3rd so I will show you them both at the same time ;0)

Well I'm going now as my grandchildren have just come through the door, yayyyyyyy Arjay cuddle woooooooo hooooooooooooo.

Thanks so much for stopping by big cuddles to all.

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Challenges I'm Entering...............

LOTV Challenge - Pink & White