Another Male Card & Some Lacey Storage

Hello all my lovelies out there. I'm sorry I've been missing in action but my little grandson finally came home last week so I took some time off from crafting & blogging & spent it with the family. We also had Payton for a few days so mam & dad could settle with Arjay. He is still on oxygen & requires quite a bit of looking after but he's doing really well, so proud of him ;0)

Anyhoo's remember when I said I had made 2 male cards, well here is the other & this was just for fun, I was playing around lol.

I have a bit of Elvis Presley, this image is a freebie & if you pop onto my Pinterest board you will see it in 'Free Printables'.

The papers are the fab Prima 'Engraver' & the ticket I also cut from the pad. I also cut the ruler bit from a sheet of the paper & stuck it to the side for added dimension.

All the papers have been stitched on my machine.

I love the colour tones of this photo.

I added some burlap from my stash, some screw type brads & the sentiment is a Cats Life one I think.

 Now I thought I would start showing you some of my storage before I reveal the new craft room, sort of a teaser I suppose lol. Now my new craft room I didnt want just a craft room, I wanted prettiness, inspiring, warm & welcoming. I certainly didnt want sterile & boring lol.

This large glass thingy lol I have had for years & it was in the passage way on my large unit as a decoration. (I lurve glass decorations) Anyhoo's I thought as I have quite a few others I would pinch this one for my hobbit (craft room) & store a few of my laces.

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Excuse the plaster moulds drying in the background lol, they are not normally there. The basket at the side I sprayed & that keeps all my lace offcuts that are too short to roll on anything lol.

In the glass I used dolly pegs & vintage looking reels to put my lace onto & secured them with small pins.

I didnt want to keep it plain looking so I went to my favourite site & used this sign & printed it off onto water decal & slid it on my glass. The site many of you will know, it is of course 'The Graphics Fairy' & there are also lots of her freebies on her Pinterest Board. This is just for a few of my laces just to add some prettiness to my room, she sits beautifully on top of that pine dresser. Yes thats the pine dresser I brought cheap, it got the Vicky treatment lol,  but I will show you it properly another time ;0) There is something else to go on top of the dresser but its not quite finished & its something from the graphics fairy again. If you have never checked out her site............OMGoodness what rock have you been hiding under, this gal rocks........totally awesome.........its my most go to site on the internet..........yep better than shopping ;0)

Okie dokie I will go now but I will post piccies of Arjay very soon, he is getting big now & he's so gorgeous.

I'm gonna enter my glass thingy into BRAG MONDAY as its the first time I've done this & well............well I'm canny proud of it ;0)

Thanks for popping in my lovelies, tatty bye. Squishy hugs to all mmwah

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IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE THIS CARD TO SEND TO AN ELVIS FAN THEN SEND ME AN EMAIL & I WILL SEND IT TO YOU WITH AN ENVELOPE. 

Unfortunately I dont know any Elvsis fans :0(

Perfect Lazy Afternoon........

Hello everyone how are you all? Well decorating still not done, I have glossed my doors in the passage way though & there is 11..........yep 11 doors...... I kept spilling paint & didnt know why...........there was a little hole in the corner of the tray lol.............good job I have wooden floors lol, (I cant have carpets cus of the wheelchair).

Anyways, guess what........a few days ago I sat & made a couple of male cards.........yes 'Male Cards' check me out lol. So I thought I would show you my favourite 1st.

Now for male images I've always loved LOTV as they do some of the best images for our males & this is one of my absolute faves.........

Wouldn't you love to be doing this right now.............somewhere peaceful & serene...........mmm

Ok back to reality.......... I've added string from my stash & the metal disk is Prima 'Vintage Metal Trinkets' & I added a button on top.

The image is called 'Lazy Afternoon'.........oooooh I would love one of those... I have coloured the image with my Distress Markers & the sky is chalked. I ran the image through my sewing machine but took out the thread.

The perfect sign is from the paper pad, I cut it out & popped it on some mini pads thingies lol.

The fabbylicious papers are MME 'Portabello Road' & I've machine stitched all the layers & of course decorated inside also. The buttons & the hessian are from my stash.

Can you believe there are no flowers, no foofiness..........no 'Vicky' lol. No tbh I love this card & it looks so much better IRL, not very often I'm this happy with a card!!

Well thats all from me will be back later to do some blog hopping. My granddaughter is staying tonight so once she is fast akip I can go hopping ;0)

Thank you soooooooo much for stopping by it means soooooooo much.

Squishy hugs to all mmwah

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

Here Come The Boys - Only Squares

Lili's Little Fairies - All About The Boys

Magnolia Midway Reminder - Shapely Cards

Hello my lovelies how ya all doing? We are hoping to get some decorating done, my kitchen needs finishing & the passageway & all my million doors need glossing.........urgh, would you like to do it for me???? What do you mean you are busy crafting!! ;0) Just kidding my lovelies.

Okie dokie I'm here today with a Midway Reminder for Midweek Magnolia's & the challenge is...........

SHAPED CARDS

............yep no squares, no oblongs, no rectangles allowed...........we want to see your shapely cards ;0)

Now please dont shout but I finally got around to inking this little lady up.........

............I said dont shout!!! This card base I actually made 2 weeks ago which is why there is no stitching..........yes I have a few card bases made up then do an image to match..........eventually lol. Most of the time though I sit & colour an image then find things to match lol.

I have attached one of the lovely MF 'Decorative Hangers' to this as its a hanging & not a actual card ;0)

I lurve these hangers & have quite a few...........can never have too many of something ;0)

I've added lace (cant remember which one lol)& 'Shabby Seam Binding' & made a double bow & added a MF 'Pearl' to the centre.

I've also added a 'Birdcage' using an Impression Obsession die & a bird cut from a Marianne die & added a 'Pearl' for her eye. Flowers are all a selection from  Prima.

The tage I cut from the paper pad & added a Prima 'Bird shaped clip' to the corner. The tile is also Prima.

The image is 'Tilda Binding Flowers' from the Special Moments 2013 collection. I coloured her with Distress Markers, I soooooooo lurve these. I'm still trying to get hair right........that was always something I found easy with copics lol. 

The frame of course is Spellbinders 'Floral Ovals'. I also added dots using a Pearl Pen.

The gorgeous papers are Graphic 45 'Secret Garden' & I inked all the edges with walnut distress ink & also distressed them a little. I've also added 'Cheese Cloth' between the 2 layers. The rolled flower I made with my Marianne die & added a coloured pearl inside.

Well I think thats it from peeps but why not join us in our challenge, there is still a week left. All of my DT buddies have made AMAZING cards.........I love these girls they are super talented & so inspirational!!

I will be round to see you a various times when I can in between decorating. Thank you soooooo much for stopping by it means the world to me.

Squishy hugs to all mmwah

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Something you WILL want to see

Hello everyone how are you all? I'm quickly putting on a post before I go down Ben & Megans as I'm looking after Payton again while they are at the hospital with Arjay & Craig is fitting a tv bracket to the wall so they can finally have their tv on the wall. We brought the tv for them 2 years ago, it hasn't took long has it lol.

Anyhoo's I wanted to tell you about something cool, something awesome, something you WILL want to look at & bookmark. I love love LOVE Pinterest, I think the amount of inspiration/idea's you can get of there is phenomenol..........(can I just say that this is a word I CANNOT say, AT ALL, mine comes out sounding more like 'Bananaman' dont ask me how lol. So its great when I can write it instead lol)

Anyway I found a fantastic website through pinterest that I actually wanted to share with all you crafty folk, especially for those who dont have pinterest or dont follow me on my pinterest. It would be selfish of me to keep this for myself..........its also a great way for none DIY ladies to get their men to flex their muskles & make something great for their loved ones. My hubster is gonna have a HUGE,.....no no MAHOOSIVE list of things to make for me. Well I cant do it as I will be busy crafting ;0)

Anyway here is the fabulous site that I have found & here are just a couple of things this uber talented lady made.............yep you read it right 'Lady', Ana White has LOTS of FREE, yes free plans for soooooo many items to make yourself for your home & garden & save yourself lots of pennies.

Below are some examples you will find there.............

Fire Truck Loft Bed.

Apothecary Coffee Table.

Queen Sized Storage bed. There is also a King Sized one there as well.

Seriously guys you have to check out this site & pin it, bookmark it, save it or something so you can keep going back to look as these are just 3 plans.........on the site there are 100's..........I've not even had time look through them all!!!! Get your pads & pens ready cus you will want to do a
'To Build List' ;0)

Well I'm off now but I will be round later to catch up with yous..............only got round round to a few yesterday then ran out of time. Anyway hope you find this interesting as I dont normally post this sort of thing but I thought it was awesome & wanted to share.

Tatty bye peeps, thanks sooooooooo much for your lovely comments they mean the world & always make me smile ;0)

Squishy hugs to all mmwah

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My Crafty Heart DT Card

Hello my lovelies how are you all? Sorry I wasn't around over the weekend I spent the weekend with my family & my youngest son's mate stopped on Saturday night as well. On saturday afternoon though for those that are not on my facebook, I got to have my very first cuddle of my grandson wooooooo hoooooooooo.........it was seventh heaven. He's doing really well & I will post some updated pics this week.

Anyhoo's I have a christmas card today with goodies from My Crafty Heart & another of the new LOTV stamps..........love these!!

I've used my favourite christmas pad from last year, only have a couple of pages left so need more of this!! The paper is the gorgeous MME 'Lost & Found Christmas', love the vintage-y colours in this pad.

I inked the edges with walnut & machine stitched all the papers. The gorgeous snowflake border os of course MB 'Frostyville Border' which was from MCH but I cant seem to find it :0(

This is a christmas card that I will be sending out so I've kept it minimal to put in an envelope to make it cheaper. It will be cheaper as normally all of my cards go in boxes lol.

As I didnt decorate inside I added a sentiment & stamped the image, well half of it lol, in Brown Memento.

The ribbon is East Of India ribbon & I soooooo love this one, its a lovely fabric ribbon, its lush!!

The stamp is called 'Christmas Goodies' & I coloured her with Distress Markers.........I just love seeing LOTV images done with distress inks/markers. I also added Stardust Stickles on the fur & the snow in places.

For the frame for the image I used one of my favourite dies, Spellbinders 'Floral Oval'.

I added MB 'Snowflake Corner' & added Stickles & dots using a Pearl Pen. The flowers I made using my Marianne die. The sentiment is LOTV 'Christmas Circular Sentiments' which I've had for ages & really are fab to have.

Well thats it from me, a simple christmas card...........simple for me anyway lol. Pop on over to

 My Crafty Heart to see what other fabby items Teresa has in her store. The offer of the week at the moment is £1 off all Prima Mixed Media Dolls, I have to say these are fabulous!! Also there are reductions on the 'Die-Versions' dies, so another excuse to go shopping, off you pop ;0)

Thank you for popping in it means a lot.

Squishy hugs to all mmwah

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

Lili's Little Fairies - Vintage/Shabby Chic (vintage-y christmas card )

Saturated Canary Challenge - Sweater Socks Fairy

Hello my lovelies how are you? I'm running a tad late because I forgot to schedule my post & we've been busy building a run & hutch for our new 'French Lop' rabbits for Natalie, Payton & Arjay ;0)

Anyhoo's its time for a brand new challenge over at Saturated Canary & the theme this time issssssss...

WINGED THINGS..

.........I loved this challenge as soon as I saw it as I lurve wings & I had my image all planned out until...........yep until Krista released those gorgeous 'Fairies'........well I had to use one of those!! The only problem was..........'Which one????'.........

I chose 'Sweater Socks' Fairy & the reason is is because I have a HUGE sock addiction, seriously I'm addicted to them, my socks always have to match what I'm wearing lol. I have a huge addiction not just for me either....no, no, no......for all of us!! My youngest only wears black 'Simpson' socks.........he has over 30 pairs lol. You dont want to know how many Natalie has...........although plain socks just bore the pants off me :0(

Anyhoo's now you know how weird I am............ I will tell you what I've used on this card ;0)

I made sure there was an abundance of wings on this creation lol.

Joy Crafts gorgeous 'Butterfly Border' die covered in Shabby White & 'Aged Wine' Fran-Tage.

All the gorgeous flowers are all a selection of Prima.

The gorgeous Fairy I coloured with Copics & added glitter dust to her wings. I also dotted the background & added fran-tage around the edge.

Colours used are..............

E11, E21, E00, E000

E29, E27, E23, E21

V99, V95, V93, V91, V000

C3, C1, C00

BACKGROUND

E55, E53, E51, V95, V91 & Blender pen

The gorgeous papers are Prima which I got from My Crafty Heart & I inked the edges with walnut & machine stitched them. I added 2 different layers of lace, both from my stash. Fence is Magnolia & the small clock is a Marianne die. Feather butterfly from my stash. I've also added gorgeous 'Say it in crystals - Roses' by Prima in the 2 corners. The small butterflies I made using a small punch.

We hope you will play along with us in our 'Winged Things' challenge & if you need that instant Saturated Canary fix then head over to here............where you will also find the gorgeous new fairies & other winged beauties ;0)

Thank you sooooooo much for stopping by & leaving the lovely comments, they always cheer me up ;0)

Squishy hugs to all mmwah

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Wish upon a star birthday girl

Hello lovelies how are you all? I meant to post this this morning but have been trying to get a French Lop rabbit for Natalie & my granchildren. 

Anyway this is a card I have made for Payton's 2nd birthday. Yes I know its not until just after the new year  but I recently brought some LOTV stamps & I saw this stamp (which I still didn't have) & brought it purposely for my granddaughter.

This image looks like a little ballerina girl dancing with a wand to me. Payton adores music & dancing, as soon as she hears music she starts to dance & she especially loves clubbing music...........she's soooooo like her nanna wooo hoooooo ;0)

I've used La La Land's 'Heart Banner' & added letters to each banner to spell 'LOVE'. I also added a 'Clay Heart' which I gave the Fran-Tage treatment with Shabby Pink.

I used the fabulous Joy Crafts 'Butterfly Border' & fran-Taged it with shabby pink.

I used some pink tulle from my stash & made a gathered trim for behind the image. Also made a double bow with pink seam binding & added the gorgeous MF 'Glass Rose Button', these are so so pretty!!

The stamp is called 'Wish Upon A Star' & I coloured her with Distress Markers. I have to say I really enjoyed colouring this & is probably gonna be my fave LOTV stamp :0)

Also added 'Stardust' stickles.

The papers I've used are the utterly gorgeous Maja Design Sofiero. This one is 'Royal Summer Residence' & I inked the edges with walnut & machine stitched them. I added 'Cluny Fan Lace', some Melissa Frances Pearls & a MF 'Resin Corner'. Doily under the image is from my stash.

Well I'm well prepared on one of Payton's birthday cards lol. I couldn't resist colouring this little lady up ready for our wee princess.

Thank you sooooooo much for stopping by I'm slowing catching up with you all, will be round later.

Squishy hugs to all mmwah

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Holy Light

Hello everyone how are you? Well I'm finally here with that Christmas card I was gonna post........I cant even remember when I said now lol. Anyway I've finally remembered to post it & its using one of my new stamps that I got the other week.

This is 'Holy Light' from the latest release at LOTV. These are all sooooooooo yummy!!!

Isn't she so darn cute!!! Of course as its a Christmas Card I had to give it lashings of Snow-Tex & Stickles ;0)

I added Tim Holtz On The Edge 'Snowflake' die thingy at the top. Covered the snowflakes in Snow-Tex then added 'Stardust' Stickles here & there.

I coloured her in Tim Holtz distress markers, I lurve seeing LOTV in distress inks, I enjoyed colouring her.

I also added stickles to her wings, her head-dress & the flame on the candle. I added Snow-Tex all around the edges as well.

The trees are from my Marianne die &.....yep they got snow covered too & I also added a couple of

 MF 'Pearls' to the bottom of each. The ribbon & lace are from my stash.

I used Marianne 'Holly Leaves' die & inked it up with Anitique Linen to match with her dress ;0) The flower is Prima & I added some sparkle to it. The corner die is a Joy Crafts die.

The papers I've had for ages & I think they are Pink Paislee. I've edged them all with Walnut distress ink & machine stitched all around them. The sentiments I cant remember where they are from, the Holiday Greeting I stamped in Brown Memento then aged the card with Pumice Stone, distressed it & layered it over some corrugated card painted with gesso.

Well I think thats it from me I saw that LOTV have a Christmas Challenge on so gonna pop it over there ;0)

Also to let you know that the uber talented Krista has released 4 new 'Fairies' in her shop here, they are so yummy. Here is one of them below...........

'Sweater Socks' Fairy, lurve this one...........but I have a HUGE addiction to socks, seriously sad I am lol but I dont care............its the simple things in life that give me pleasure lol.

Okie doke I'm away now, I'm gonna make Lime & Coconut cake today.......if you hear screaming dont worry its Ben arguing with his dad of who should have the most...........yep even though I always make 2 lol.

Thanks for stopping by my lovelies mmwah

Huge squishy hugs to all 

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

LOTV Monthly Challenge - Make It Festive

Lili's Little Fairies - Christmas In August