Have A Lovely Birthday

Hello there everyone how are you all?

Well I'm working through cards that I made that have not been blogged & I have a few lol. This one is a vintage kinda card that I made.......oooh let me think, I'm gonna guess about 3 months ago maybe lol. I love the colours pink & green together its shabby chic/country dontcha think??

Ok now the problem is I have to try remember what products I used as I like to tell you what I use & enable you to go buy them hee hee.

Ok the shape was definitely made with a Go-Kreate die & the papers are definitely Pion. The image is also Pion.

I used a fairly new die, or at the time it was & thats the Umbrella die which is a Magnolia die that I got from Swedish House Crafts...........I had been after this die for soooooooo long & whilst trying to get it I found a shop that I didnt know existed & they do all fabulous Swedish products.....Suha the owner is so sweet.

The cabochon I made myself by cutting a clock from Pion paper with a circle punch & then attaching a glass cabochon dome over the top.........I glued it with glossy accents.

The seam binding underneath are from my stash.....the pale green one I made myself ages ago.

The photo's were taken ages ago & for some reason I only took these ones....

Dies I've used are LLLC Doily die at the left side, I also added 2 doily dies on the right under the image, a Fantasy die & the other is a Marianne die. The playing cards were cut from Pion Design paper.

The sentiment is LOTV.

Well thats it from me today will be back tomorrow with a newer card......

Hope the weather is good for you where ever you are, its miserable here & just started raining....we did have sunshine & I pegged washing out......yep then I did the running act trying to dodge the rain drops whilst getting it all back in again lol......its now in the dryer :-(

Thanks for stopping by lovelies, take care.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

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

Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia midway post

Hello everyone how are you all?

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend. I am having a lovely one as it was my birthday Saturday & I had lovely pressies, crafty stuff & the best part lots of cuddle & hugs & I Love You's from my family & we spent the day together. I also had another birthday present later in the day which was the icing on the cake so to speak, yes even after I had birthday cake lol....but I will tell you about that another day ;-)

Ok so today I'm here to remind you of the challenge over at Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia & the challenge is...........ANYTHING GOES!!

 The other week I got my new stamps & I coloured 2 up straight away to make a notebook for my granddaughter.

Payton loves pink, purple, glitter, tulle (ballerina's skirt), fairies & UNICORNS....yep you know what is coming dont you lol

I brought a cheap plain notebook from a shop & decorated it. I painted it with white gesso first & then started the fun part.

This is the pad I brought, its quite a thick pad so it will last her a bit........you know 5 year olds they can write 4 words on a piece of paper then start on a new piece lol.

All dies on the top of the pad except the circle & scalloped circle are Magnolia, some are from Doohickey Volume 9. However the die-cut going across the top of the pad is called 'Celebration Lace', I've had this die a while but you can get here if you would like it.

In the pocket I made a tag with a CC Designs die  & stamped just the unicorn on it & coloured it with distress ink refills & then covered it with Wink Of Stella........unfortunately it dulled it down a bit which is a shame as it looked so bright & colourful. However Payton still liked it & the tag can be used as a book mark for her reading book. I cut & glued 2 tags together to make it nice & firm.

Both Magnolia stamps are from the I Believe In Unicorns collection, I stamped together 'Unicorn Tilda' & 'Unicorn With Text' with my Tim Holtz stamping platform.........OMW that thing is fantastic & so much better than my other one.

I cannot remember which watercolour paper I used, it was either Daler Rowney or Langton. I coloured them with distress ink refills & added stardust stickles to the unicorns hoofs, horn & hair & to Tilda's hair ribbons, hearts & buttons.

I also added pearl dots with a pearl pen. I cut them out using LLLC Stitched circle die & then backed it onto circle & scalloped circle cut out with spellbinder dies.

Papers used are from one of my favourite collections, Maja Design Vintage Summer & I used a mixture of 12x12 & 6x6 paper. All was distressed a little & machine sewn, I added lace form my stash & some pink Melissa Frances Tulle which I've had for soooo long. I also added a string of ivory pearls along the top & the top of the tulle.

I added cheese clothe & corrugated cardboard painted with white gesso under the image & the letters spelling out the name are from Pion Design.

I added lots of lace & waxed string the binder rings at the top of the pad & added 2 charms, the one on the top of the pad says 'Believe' & I added a charm to the tag of a fairy. So this pad has all of Payton's favourites & she loved I'm pleased to tell you.

Well thats it from me, hope you will join us in our chalelnge, you can enter as many times as you like..........yes 20 times if you wish, we love seeing your creations thats why there is no limit.....psst also you inspire us ;-)

Come back tomorrow for my fabulous birthday icing lol.

Tatty bye & thank you so much for stopping by.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

Challenges I'm Entering.........
Midweek Magnolia's - Anything Goes with a Maggie

Lovely Hanglar Or Sweet Magnolia

EDITED.....This is late posting so its written up as though it went live at the beginning of the month on the 5th as thats when it was written up but not published. So sorry this is late peeps.

Hello there, hope you are all having a fabby weekend. 

I have the family here today for the day & for tea which is fab & we will be sorting out our main holiday & where we are all going.....I love that my sons & my daughter in law & grandchildren still want to come away with their parents all the time. 

Ok enough babble & on with the show........the show....well you get to feast your eyes on some very VERY serious talent over at Lovely Hanglar Or Sweet Magnolia as my DT teamies are magnificient.........so come join in the show........its easy

ANYTHING GOES

.......see told ya!! 

I received the new Recipe Collection & I think I coloured up 3 of them that night I think lol....so after much thought I decided this one would go on a creation first....

Isn't she fab!!! I also used gorgeous Maja Design papers from the Vintage Romance collection. I used 12x12 sheets from Noor Design UK.

Do you notice something in the photo............yep the paperclip that I used while the glue was drying I forgot take it off.....however later I did realise so a couple dont have it on lol....Yeah I was too lazy retake all the photo's lol.

The dies are mostly from the Recipe Collection, I used 'Recipe Card', 'Glass With Signs' (sentiment) & 'Beater & Rolling Pin'. Other Magnolia dies used are Bride Bow. & the leaves are also Magnolia.

As you can see this is not a card, I made a little choccy/sweety box for a gift to someone.....however I seemed to have forgotten take pics of the inside & the ones of the back turned out blur........Yeah I need a professional photographer lol.

The image was cut out using a La La Land Tag die.

The stamp from the Recipe Collection is called 'Made With Love Tilda' so it seemed perfect to add the sentiment from Stempelglede 'Made With Love'. I stamped Tilda with Brown Stazon on Fabriano paper & coloured her with distress ink refills & then masked her off & stamped the love text which is also a Magnolia stamp.

I also added bits of fran-tage to make it look like bits of flour over her hair & face etc.......come on cake makers we all get flour everywhere.....my dad certainly did lol....yeah & I do hee hee.

I also added stardust stickles to the icing on her cake.......sparkly cake.

The little cute rolling pin is from my stash which I've had forever......surprising what we find in our treasure troves. In the top left corner I've used a Marianne die & flowers are from Noor Design UK. Seam Binding is from my stash.

Well thats it from me. Hope you will pop on over see my teamies creations they are sooooo darn talented, I adore them all.

Thank you so much for stopping by. I'm away for the week after today so will catch with you when I'm back.

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your Sunday.

Thanks for stopping by

Huge hugs Vicky xxx

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

Craft Heaven - Love Is All Around

All About Magnolia DT Post

Hello again everyone, bet you didnt expect me again today....well in all honesty me neither lol.

I totally forgot what day it is & so I'm running a wee bit late.....just a little bit though ;-)

If you want to see my first post today scroll down or click here.

So its time for a new challenge over at All About Magnolia & the challenge this month is.......

ALL ABOUT THE HOLY NIGHT

........easy really isn't it & there are fabulous prizes on offer.

Papers I've used are Maja Design Gift For you 6x6 pad, all the edges have been inked with pumice stone & machine stitched.

Added a mini Kraft Bag for put tags inside.

The Magnolia stamp I've used is 'Peaceful Tilda' from the Winter Wonderland Collection 2013, I was going to use a Christmas text behind it but then I had a look to see what I did last time (see here) I used this stamp....well thats what I did then lol.

So I've used one of my new Woodware stamps I recently got as I love these b& thought the verse was perfect for this challenge.

Tilda was coloured with distress inks, I coloured her a couple of weeks ago so cant remember the colours. I added stickles to her candle & halo.

The tag text was stamped & heat embossed with WOW White.

The tags I cut from a 12 x 12 sheet from the same collection........I will need buy these again when I've ran out, 12 x 12 & 6x6 I love this collection.

The wax cord & the hemp string on the large tag are from Noor Design UK.

Inside is of course decorated to compliment the front. I've added lace from my stash. Dies used are LLLC for the border die & Magnolia Mistletoe & Snowflake dies. I've also used Magnolia Bride Bow Die which you can get form Noor Design UK, be quick as I think there may only be 1 left!!

Added few flowers, a pine cone & a bow made with white seam binding.

Well thats it from me I will be back tomorrow with my Noor Design UK DT Card which isn't christmas related at all ;-)

Til then tatty bye lovelies & thank you for stopping by.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

Challenges I'm Entering..........
Di's Digi Design - Hand Coloured Image

Deep Ocean Challenges DT Card - Bingo

Hello again....I'm here again with my 2nd DT Card. This time its for Deep Ocean Challenges & this fortnight we have a fab Bingo board....

you can choose a line or choose the colours.....or you could be brave & go for the full house........ dont forget to mention which line you are doing in your blog-post. 

Also one extra winner will be chosen who plays the full house.

I went for nearly the full house............unless butteflies are animals lol.

So I have, Button, Lace, Chipboard, Flowers, Die-Cuts, Pearl, Sentiment & Charm.

I have used some extremely pretty papers & ones that I've shamefully neglected......terrible thing is they are in my favourite colours argh what is wrong with me!! I have used the gorgeous Pion Design 'Scent Of Lavender', I've used 'Preserving The Scent' & the bottom layer 'Fields Of Purple'....all have been inked with pumice stone, slightly distressed & machine sewn.

The shape is from a Go-Kreate die.

Here you can see the lace & the charm there on one of the tags. The tags slide into a vellum pocket which I made myself. The oval the Magnolia stamp is on is a Memory Box stitched oval die. The magnolia stamp is Tilda with Heart Rice & she was coloured with distress markers & refills.

In the top right corner is the chipboard, this is Scrapiniec Inidian Summer Dream Catcher but over the circle I cut out a circle from the Pion Scent Of Lavender Tags sheet & attached a cabochon thingy from my stash lol.

I've added a Tag from the Pion sheet & the other tag is from a Magnolia doo-hickey with a sentiment from the Stempelglede Just A Note stamp set.

Flowers are form Noor Design UK.

This is what this part of the card looks like without the tags in.

I also cut butterflies from the Pion Scent Of Lavender Borders & covered them in Crackle Accents.

You can also see some CheeseCloth under there I think as well lol.

The seam binding is from my stash as is the lace. The gorgeous Brass & Pearl button is from Noor Design UK.......love these things!!

The leaf die cuts are a mixture of La La Land Crafts & Craft & You.

As always the inside is decorated to match the front of the card.

Hope you will play along with our Bingo Board this fortnight I had such fun with this. Pop along here to see my fabulous teamies creations......I really do work with super talented girlies.

Enjoy your night peeps & thank you for stopping by.

Take care & big hugs to all.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

Challenges I'm Entering.........
Midweek Magnolia's - Anything Goes with a Magnolia image
Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia - Use A Die-Cut

Sweet Little Girl

Hello everyone how are you all?

I thought I better start posting these creations I've made & still not shown on here. I've problems with my laptop these last few days as it got a very bad virus. Luckily I scheduled my DT post last week.

Anyway this is a card I made a few weeks ago, I soooooo love La La Land Craft baby images....ok all their images & their dies are to die for ;-)

The papers are my favourite baby papers EVER!! Yep they are Maja Design 'Vintage Baby' I've used 12x12 'Precious' & 12x12 'Our Little Miracle'. I've used a Go-Kreate die for the shapes & machine stitched every layer.

I've used quite a few dies on this card most of them are Magnolia from the doo-hickey sets, I have used dies from Volume 8, volume 9 & volume 10. 

The 2 Heart balloons in the top right corner are from Volume 10 & Tracy has some of these sets in her store still......love this set its awesome!!! Pop on over here to order it as once they are gone.....they really are gone!!

This is the inside to match the front so you can see the papers better before I put a place to write on.

The little rabbit there is from Magnolia Club Set Volume 8 & I've just used the reverse sides of the papers I've used.

Ok the super cute baby is 'Sleeping Marci' from La La Land Crafts & I coloured her with distress markers & refills on Fabriano Extra White Smooth....OMG I love this more than Langton!! You can of course get this fantastic paper here. Now I coloured her weeks ago but I can tell which colours I've used......

Skin - Vintage Photo & Tattered Rose

Clothes, hat & booties - Victorian Velvet, Pumice Stone 

I added Glitter to her dummy/pacifier & the tassels on her hat.

She has been fussy cut out & then placed onto Little Darlings Gilded Oval die.

Flowers are of course WOC from Noor Design UK as are the little pomegranates, love these!! In the bottom right corner I've used a La La Land Die called 'Honeycomb' but filled in some of the blanks...you can see it better on the first photo.

The leaves are from a die from Magnolia Volume 9. Sentiment is from Maja Design Vintage Baby Die-Cuts.

Can you believe I added no lace to a girl card.....I didnt realise til I took photo's...though you wouldnt have been able see the lace anyway lol.

Ok thats it from me got a busy week as we go away on holiday on monday for a week....its my birthday that week as well so it will be lovely & the whole family is going :-)

Thanks for stopping by lovelies.

Tatty bye, big hugs

Vicky xxx

Noor Design UK DT Projects

Hello everyone, how are you all? Hope you have all had a super duper weekend.

I have 2 projects for you again this week. 

This first one I made a couple of weeks ago & then the next I made end of last week.
All links to products used at the bottom of this post.

I made the initial start a few weeks ago on this but then finished off at a later date.......especially when I got this beautiful die in my DT pack last week......isn't it sooooooo pretty!!

Its the new Joy Crafts 'Big Fence & Background' die. At the bottom of the fence you can just make out the border die I've used & also the Ruffled Trim in White.

The stamp of course is Magnolia 'Daffodil Tilda' from the Spring Fever collection & she is coloured with distress markers & refills.

Its a small card & then inside I made a box using the Dutch Doobadoo Box Art Merci & attached it to the inside of the card.

Again I added the beautiful Fence die. At the bottom I've added Little Darlings die cut with a gem.

I've added no sentiments at this point as I can add them when I know who the recipient will be & for what occasion etc.

Inside the box is perfect for putting chocalate in or for putting money in like I have done....

I have used seam binding to tie it shut. The beautiful papers I've used are Studioe Light No.17 6x6 pad.

My second project is a card with no colouring, just dies, flowers & beautiful papers.......not forgetting the beautiful lace that Tracy stocks.

Here is a photo of the lace inside before the inside was finished, isn't it so darn pretty.

The gorgeous paper I've used is the new Pion Design Mr Tom's Treasures.......as you can see this collection is not just for the ladies.....this is one of my favourite sheets & will be ordering more ;-)

I've used the awesome Window with Shutters die & cut out a Tag from the Mr Tom's Tag sheet & placed it behind the window. I cut out the 2 butterflies form the Borders Sheet....love the borders sheet!! I've used a punch I have for the tiny butterflies........handy for those scraps we have left over.

The bird on a branch is a Marianne die form my stash & I've added a couple of Sweetheart Blossoms to the branch.

The shutters I've stamped a light pattern on using a Stempelglede stamp, then added lots of flowers, used 2 dies for the leaves & added a La La Land Crafts Doily die at the side......you can just see it peeking out.

Tracy will be soon stocking La La Land Craft dies so watch this space ;-)

Well thats it from me I have a crafty day scheduled ahead of me as I have commisions to finish.

Hope you have a good day, take care.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

The products used can be ordered in the Noor! Design U.K. webshop:

Wild Orchid Crafts Apple Blossom WHITE	Berries	Wild Orchid Crafts Cosmos Daisies WHITE	Pomegranate Apples
Wild Orchid Crafts Sweetheart Blossom	0315 Fancy Flower Edge Die	0563-Big fence & Background Die	Petite Ruffled Trim WHITE
Pion Design Mr Tom's Garden	Pion Design Mr Tom's Morning Glory	Pion Design Mr Tom's Borders	Pion Design Mr Tom's Tags
Large Poppy Style Flowers WHITE	Wild Orchid Crafts LILAC Open Roses	Wild Orchid Crafts PURPLE Open Roses	Pomegranate Apples Sky Blue
Pomegranate Apples Wintery White	Poppies	Distress Inks	Lace Helena
Magnolia Daffodil Tilda	Fabriano Artistico Extra White Smooth 140lb (300gsm) Watercolour Paper	0509-Window with Shutters Die	Studio Light Janneke Brinkman No.17 6 x 6 Paper Pad
Leaves (2pcs)	0456-Autumn Ivy Die	010-Pearl Pen White	Little Darlings Gilded Oval Die Set
017-Box Art Merci

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