Favourite Colour Combination

Hello again! Well, 1st of the month, which means it's time for another fab challenge over at Eclectic Ellapu! It's my first one for quite a long while, but it feels great to be back!

This month we would like to see your favourite colour combination! I have many, but blue and brown seem to be the flavour of the month for me at the moment! This card is for a dear friend who retired from work last year, and is off gallivanting around the world! I have popped it through her letterbox so she will pick it up the next time she is home!!

What I have used:

Papers - My Mind's Eye Remarkable Day

Sentiment - Molly Blooms

Flowers - Martha Stewart punch Hydrangeas, Cosmic Shimmer Pearl PVA

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

Alphabet Challenge - S for Stitching

Double Click - Polka Dots

Thank you for stopping by, and please join in our fab challenge at Eclectic Ellapu! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!!

Love and light

Claire xx

Baby Shower

Hello Everyone! Hump day again - yay!! The weather is turning though, so it will be cold by the weekend, which means hot chocolate and marshmallows will be on the shopping list!,

My card today is for our nephew's partner Katie for their baby shower at the weekend. I really hope I will be well enough to go, fingers crossed!!

I have kept the card simple and white, as this will be the last time for a while that she gets something just for her that isn't blue!! I have used three different embossing folders to give the card a bit of interest, as well as distressing and sewing the edges! My embossing folders don't often get used, so thought it was time to dust them off...

What I have used:

Sentiment - Lili of the Valley

Lacey edge - Martha Stewart border punch

Various embossing folders

Lace - Hobby House

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

Mojo Monday - Sketch 314 Contest

Shopping our Stash - Embossing times 2

Try it on Tuesday - Textures

Oldie but goodie - Bingo (Lace, punches, embossing - embossing folders)

That Craft Place - Baby

Thank you for stopping by, hope to see you again soon!

Love and light

Claire xx

We're going on a Bear Hunt!!

Morning everyone! Weekend at last after our first week back at school! Overall not bad, my new hours are working out well, and I now have more time for crafting, which is always good! The countdown has hit two weeks until Nadine leaves for uni - she is starting to get really excited about it all, and the 'taking to uni' pile is growing bigger!!

Well, as it's the first Saturday of the month, it means another challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenges! This month we are 'Going on a Bear Hunt', so we would like to see all those lovely little bears making an appearance! The design team have created some amazing items, so please pop over to have a look!

This is what I came up with...

What I have used:

Image and sentiment - Lili of the Valley

Coloured with Tim Holtz DMs

Butterfly - Martha Stewart punch

Pearls - Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

Brown Sugar Challenges - Animals

Stampin for the Weekend - Colours of Summer

Stempellsonnen Challenges - Orange, green and brown

Crafty Little Fairies - Cute 'n Cuddly Critters

Stampotique Designers Challenge - SDC115 Lots of Layers

Thank you for stopping by, and please remember to play along at Crafty Calendar Challenge, where you can see what the rest of the DT have created too!

Love and light

Claire xx

Thank you!

Hello Everyone! Well, another weekend – yay!! This week has gone by really quickly, which is always good, but quite busy too! Thursday night was quiz night – we didn’t win, but did okay(ish)!! Last night the team went round to a friends for dinner, and we had an absolute ball! I haven’t laughed so much for a long time, I was actually quite hoarse this morning! We played Charades amongst other things, and the miming of the film ’Happy Feet’ will forever bring a smile to our faces!!

 

My card today is to say thank you to Tracy for having us last night! I have used two different forms of embossing on my card – heat embossing (frantage on the second layer), and dry embossing on the first layer. I embossed the paper and then lightly sanded it on top to bring it out a bit more. I have also used one of my favourite stamps on this card. It was one of the first stamps that I got from LOTV, and I still love it. It is so versatile, and can be adapted for many different girly cards!!

 

 

 

 

 

What I have used:

Image – Lili of the Valley

Coloured with Tim Holtz DMs

Sentiment – Hero Arts

Papers – BoBunny Chiffon Flourish

Go Create Die – Large frame Frilly #10

Creative Expressions That Special Touch Mask – Flower background

Charm – Hobby House

Martha Stewart punch – Butterflies

Frantage embossing powder – Aged bronze

 

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

As you like it – Favourite Rubber Stamp

Tuesday Throwdown – Embossing

Deep Ocean – For a Girl

Charisma Cardz – Tons of Layers

Happy Campers – Use Metal

 

Thank you for stopping by to have a look! Hopefully see you again soon!

 

Love and light

Claire xx

Bingo at Simply Create Too!

Hello Friends! It’s been another age since I’ve been on here again, but can only blame half term and being busy, which has been great! We went to see Johnathan in Norwich on Tuesday, and took my Mum with, which was fun! We trolled all the shops looking for a dress for Nadine for her prom, but didn’t find one, but we did online on Wednesday night! Yesterday we went to see Graham’s sister Karen in Derbyshire, and went to the Lea Rhododendron Gardens, which were spectacular!

 

Anyway, on to today’s card! Our challenge over at Simply Create Too this time is Bingo!

 

 

I used the letter N..

 

 

 

What I have used:

Martha Stewart punch

Marianne Creatable dies – flowers

Spellbinder dies – Foliage

Magnolia DooHickey dies – Swirl and Leaf, and Tags

Sentiment – BoBunny

 

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

Polkadoodles – To Die For

Totally Papercrafts – Anything Goes

Southern Girls – Tic Tac Toe (Gem, distressing and spots)

 

Thank you for stopping by, and please pop by Simply Create Too and see what the rest of the DT came up with! You still have a week to enter our fantastic challenge!

 

Pop by tomorrow for details of another challenge…

 

Love and light

Claire xx

Let’s Celebrate!

Hello Everyone! Time for another challenge over at The Crafting Cafe, and our theme for this month is ‘Let’s Celebrate’! This month we are being sponsored by the lovely Crafty Sentiments Designs, and my image is called ‘Poppy and Henry’! They are just so sweet, so much in love...

 

 

What I have used:

Sketch - Milo Lilja

Magnolia DooHickeys – Swirl and Leaf

XCut dies – Nested hearts

Spellbinders Shapeabilities – Foliage

Marianne Creatables – Flower LR0256

Sentiment – Lili of the Valley

Martha Stewart punch – Butterflies

Image coloured with Tim Holtz DMs

 

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

Cupcake Craft – Cute and Cuddly

Stamp with Fun – Romantic

 

Thank you for taking the time to stop by and have a look! Please remember to check The Crafting Cafe every day for something new!

 

Love and light

Claire xx

The Crafting Cafe – Anything Goes

Hello everyone! Well, I’m a day late with my first post for The Crafting Cafe, but with a good reason!! We spent a long weekend in Bath celebrating my father-in-law’s 80th birthday, but went a day earlier for Valentine’s Day, which was a nice surprise! Hence, I didn’t get my card made in time to schedule the post for the blog, but anyway, here it is!!

 

Our first challenge is ‘Anything Goes’, and we have been lucky enough to be sponsored by LEJ Designs. I chose ‘Simply Sentiments’, and used one of the sentiments on the front of my card as the focal point.

 

 

What I have used:

Roses – Marianne English Rose and Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms

Foliage – Spellbinders

Swirl – Magnolia DooHickeys

Border – Martha Stewart Around the Page punches

 

I would like to enter the following challenges please:

Paper Playtime – Sentiment Stamps

A Gem of a Challenge – Dies and Punches

 

Thank you for stopping by, and hope to see you again soon!

 

Love and light

Claire xx