My Lovely Friends

Saturday, 15 March 2014

Psst did you hear the latest........ A SALE!!!!!!!!!

Good morning my lovelies just a quickie post from me today & no card.
I first want to say I'm sorry I've been missing in action, yesterday we had no internet all day, long story short we got conned into trying a different internet provider they were totally POOP!! yep absolutely CRAP!! So we went back to BT however it meant we had to go without from midnight 13th, luckily I scheduled my post yesterday..........mm what a great 1st impression that would have made to my fabby new team mates lol. I even didnt get to link up to the challenge I was gonna enter as it was too late lol, never mind though.
Anyways I thought I would pop on to tell you about a sale, now if you are like me I have a HUGE addiction for paper.........I am trying my best to calm it down though. However I think that will fail because the lovely Nikki at Bunny Zoes has a...................



............yep 30% off ALL paper pads, nows your time to stock up & she doesnt know when its ending so stock up good well you can peeps.

Ok I'm out this afternoon to take my daughter out she has been stuck in with me for the last 2 weeks so we wrapping her up & taking her out for a bit. Get some good North East air in her lungs ;0)

I will be back tomorrow to reveal my crat room, now its not completely done but I'm gonna show you pics anyway, then when its done completely I will do a video as it will be too photo heavy!!

Enjoy your weekend, I will be popping round to see you mmwah. Thank you so much for your support & dont forget you only have a few days of my candy left. Top of left column is the link for it.
Take care & tatty bye
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Friday, 14 March 2014

My Second Lot Of Exciting News wooooo hooooooooo

Hello all you lovely jubbly people of the world, how are yas? 
Well I'm here today to tell you about my other bit of exciting news. The lovely uber talented Becky asked me if I would like to join her & the fabulous talented Jenny & all the other super duper ladies over at A Creative Romance. Are you kidding me???? I thought she was winding me up tbh lol, I was gobsmacked beyond belief & yes all day long I looked like I had a coathanger in my mush cus I was smiling that much lol. Thank you girls soooooooooooo much mmwah!!!!!!!!

So today is my first challenge, I'm an Elegant Artisan yay. I'm also VERY nervous so go easy with me lol. The fabby theme is.........
SEEING DOUBLE
.........so you either can stamp 2 images together or use a stamp that has 2 images on. I went with one my fabulous new Magnolia's which was perfect for this theme.
The papers are Magnolia & the edges have been inked & machine stitched as always ;0)

The pink pleated tulle is Melissa Frances & I added Maya Road Organza Rose trim along the top.

The resin butterfly is Melissa Frances & the swirl is a Magnolia Doo-Hickey die.

The fabulous stamp is 'Gemini Tilda' from the new Magnolia Zodiac collection. I coloured them with copics & paper pieced one of the dresses.
Colours used are.............
E04, E11, E21, E00, E000, R32 - Skin
E59, E55, E53, E51 - Hair on Left Tilda
E47, E44, E33, E41 - Hair on Right Tilda
R85, R83, R81, RV10, RV000 - Pink Dress
Ground was done with a black prisma pencil.

The shape of the card was done with Spellbinder Grand die. The flowers are from my stash, the rolled one was made with a Marianne die & I added pearls inside. The Shabby Bark Heart is from LLC. The sentiment is Little Darlings Warm Fuzzies 'Friendship Sentiments' & used a Little Darlings 'Tag Along' as a template to draw around.

Pop yourself over to A Creative Romance & look at my new uber talented teamies creations, they will make you drool!!! I would like to say a big MAHOOSIVE thank you to my lovely teamies for making me feel soooooooooo welcome, you are all awesome mmwah!!

Thank you so much for stopping by I really appreciate it.
Tatty bye, hope you all enjoy the rest of your day ;0)
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Challenges I'm Entering.............
Tilda's Town - Add A Technique (paper piecing)



Thursday, 13 March 2014

Under My Umbrella

Good morning everyone how are you all? Well I cant believe we have had SUNSHINE all week so far, wow we are being spoilt. The sun & some tunes can always put me in a good mood & set me smiling for the day.

Anyway I'm here today with a card with a stamp that I tried soooooooo hard not to buy until I have inked all of my others...........but yep as you will see I failed last week & brought this furry fella........
In my defense though, look he's soooooooo freakin' cute!!!
I think I did well lasting until last week...........I only got 4 of the new bears though I was good ;0) The gorgeous papers are the new LOTV 'Timeless Victorian' yeah ok I got a new pad as well lol but the colours are soooooooooo gorgeous!!!
The card was made with a large Go-Kreate die. The charm is from my stash & I attached it to the lace using a Tim Holtz safety pin.

The lilac seam binding ribbon is from my stash & I attached a 'Metal Rose' some 'Lilac Pearl String', a bit of string/twine & the dangly thing is Tim Holtz 'Idea-Ology Bauble', you can now get these here.
The sentiment is LOTV 'Sentiment Tags'.
Ok I made this card to fit 2 challenges, I try to keep my eye on these challenges all the time.
The main one is LOTV Monthly challenge which is 'Bingo'. I couldn't decide which line to go for though so did the whole board ;0) I added some extra twine in the button just incase string is not counted. I also added a pin into the flowers with a gem on ;0)

Out of the new bears this & another one are my faves, I also painted the other one lol.
This cutie is of course 'James Umbrella' & I coloured him with distress markers.
I have to admit I kept singing Rhianna 'Under my umbrella' when I was colouring this up lol, hence the title of my post ;0)

All the flowers are WOC. The edge die cut is Marianne 'Anja Border LR0300' & I inked it with 'Milled Lavender' distress ink, I lurve this die!!! The corner die is Joy Crafts & that was also inked. The beautiful lace is called 'Coco (55mm)' & I added 'Shabby Pearl Rose Organza' on top at each side. I also added 2 more LOTV 'Sentiment Tags' to the bottom to say 'You're wonderful my friend'.

Well thats it from me I have painting to do, its taking so long to do the craft room but in between Natalie being poorly & of course normal life to life things as well its took time away from getting it finished. The end is in sight though lol. Natalie is coming to the end of her flu thank goodness, its took her 2 weeks to get there bless her.

Thanks for stopping by big hugs to you all.
Tatty bye & take care lovelies
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Challenges I'm Entering............
LOTV Monthly Challenge - Bingo (Full Board)
The Ribbon Girl 'Lovely Lilli' Challenge - Animals (Bear grrrrr lol)



Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Saturated Canary DT Card - My Sweet Friend

Good morning everyone how are you all? WOW I'm soooooo loving this gorgeous sunny weather, its glorious & makes such a nice change.........Mr Sunshine always makes me happy :0)

I'm here today with my Saturated Canary DT card, dont forget each DT member post inspiration every day over on the SC blog.
For my card today I have used one of the latest new releases, they are all soooooo gorgeous & drool worthy ;0)
The gorgeous papers are Maja Design 'Vintage Spring Basics' 6x6 pad. I inked the edges with Walnut & machine stitched them.

As always inside is decorated to compliment the front.

The lilac seam binding & the lace are from my stash as are the pearl hearts. 

All the flowers are from WOC, except for the centre flower, that is 'Kaisercraft Paper Bloom'. The leaves are Magnolia Doo-Hickey 'Sprawling Ferns'.

The super gorgeous image is 'Confetti Kisses' & I wanted to go for a soft look so coloured her with my distress markers. I also added Stardust Stickles to the love hearts although you cant really see in the piccies.


Under the image I have used a Joy Crafts die, the corner is also Joy Crafts die 'Fleur De Lys Corner 2'. The sentiments next to the image are Little Darlings Warm Fuzzies 'Friendship Sentiments', these are 2 stamps from that collection.

Well thats it from me my lovelies. I'm sorry I have been MIA, my blinds did come & it took us all day me & hubster to put all 12 up.........I also had all that windowlene to clean off each window which was tough, I'm sure it had been baked on lol. I ended up getting soapy water & the Window Karcher Vac out (best thing I brought last year). The blinds actually make my whole craft room brighter, I love it!! I've got 2 more units put in there tomorrow & paint them up to match the room colour.

Thank you so much for your continued support, dont forget my candy has a few days left if you would like to enter.
Tattty bye, take care mmwah
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Challenges I'm Entering............
Papertake Weekly - Bingo (Die-Cuts, Free, Glitter on the hearts)





Monday, 10 March 2014

Bunny Zoes Challenges DT Card

Good morning how are you all? Hope you have all had a fabulous weekend.
Well after a lot of trouble with blinds for my craft room, my supplier let me down & luckily I found another one who was cheaper & they are getting delivered today........yay its like its been on hold for ages. I am crafting in there its just half my stuff is still boxed up lol.

Anyhoo's its a new challenge over at Bunny Zoes & I chose the theme for this one.........
MONOCHROME
..........which is basically shades of one colour. I've gone with browns as its one of my faves. The image can have skin tones added of course.
I have used a Greeting Farm stamp, I havn't used one of these for a long long time!!
The papers are MME Lost & Found 'Madison Avenue', I lurve this pad ;0)  The word 'Cherish' next to the image is from the Prima 'Lifetime' pad.
The flags I cut from MME Lost & Found 'Heirloom' & added Marianne sentiment stamp 'Hugs' & on the other flag I added sticky letters. The corner die is a Marianne Design die.

The scroll banner-y thing at the bottom I cut out of one of the sheets of the Madison Avenue pad & stamped a Marianne sentiment onto it. 

The super cute Greeting Farm stamp is called 'Sweetie Bean' & she is a sweetie ;0) She has been coloured with Copics, yes I cheated & added a touch of pink but only because there is a tiny bit in the papers & well...............I had to colour co-ordinate ;0)
Colours used are...........
E11, E21, E00, E000, R20 - Skin
E47, E44, E43, E41 - Hair
E33, E31, E30 - Wings
R83, R81, RV10 - Hearts
I also added Stardust Stickles to her wings & the hearts. I also paper pieced her dress with MME 'Heirloom' pad & added a wee bit of shading with a prisma pencil.
Other dies I have used are Magnolia Doo-Hickey 'Doily Flower' & 'Sprawling Ferns' dies. I used the smallest flower die & cut from the same pad as the card & added a  'Flower Shaped Pearl' to the centre. The pearl was originally ivory & I coloured it with my E49 Copic.

For most of the goodies on my card & for much MUCH more get yourself over to Bunny Zoes, be prepared to things falling in your basket ;0)

Well I have a craft room to work on today, so by the end of the week I will finally show you pics of it. Even at the moment half done I LOVE IT!!!

Thanks for stopping by I'm slowly catching up with you.
Big squishy hugs to all
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Challenges I'm Entering..........
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Art By Miran Challenge - Anything Goes



Sunday, 9 March 2014

My Fabulous News...........

Hello my lovelies, hope you are all have a fabby weekend.
I had a super week last week & have 2 lots of news, although the other you will have to wait for that one ;0) However today I can finally tell you about one of them. I won GDT over at Simply Magnolia Challenges yayyyyyy............however when Tracy emailed me she asked if I would be interested in being a permanent member of her team............well of course my answer was YESSSS!!!!!!!
So here I am today with my first DT card for Simply Magnolia Challenges........the theme is.....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
.........totally super easy or what!!!!!!!!!
I have gone all pretty & pink with mine ;0) I used an image I had coloured up quite a while ago...
I have used Magnolia 'Ribbon Dance Tilda' I love this stamp & cant believe I've made her wait this long to put her on a card :0( Though there are lots more like her :0(

The leaves are from Magnolia 'Swirl & Leaf' Doo-Hickey. The large swirl is a Memory Box die. All the flowers are WOC from LLC, the Scalloped Pearls are also WOC.  The small Cabochon is from LLC.

The sentiment tag is LOTV. The gorgeous lace is form my stash & I only have a little bit left, really need try remember where I got it from.
I have used Go -Kreate dies for the card shape & the paper is Magnolia, will add the name shortly once I find it. The small bow at the bottom is from my stash & the clock die the image is on is a Marianne Design die. I coloured Tilda up with Distress Markers. The tulle is from my stash, I gathered it into a circle & attached a pink fabric flower to the centre.

Pop on over to see my wonderful teamies creations, they are stunning!! Thank you Tracy so much for inviting to your team..........I still cant believe you asked me.

Well I better go as we are going down my sons today then they are following us back to ours as I'm cooking tea for everyone...........home cooked herby chicken..........its lush!!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by it really means a lot.
Take care & big hugs to you all
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Challenges I'm Entering..............
Totally Paper Crafts - Female Birthday