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Monday 5 September 2011
Sunday 14 August 2011
Lili of the Valley Blog Challenge - "Thank you"
This week I have manage to get myself organised and enter the Lilli of the Valley Challenge. I absolutely love their stamps and have used The Little Things stamp which is adorable, it can be used for anniversary, thank you's or just blank card. I added some Marianne die cuts to the top and a bunch of paper flowers at the top of the stamped image.
For the sentiment I used Whimsy magical mini letter seals and cut out using my nestabilities. The stamped image was coloured and finished off with distress inks around the edge.
Happy Sunday!
Carly
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For the sentiment I used Whimsy magical mini letter seals and cut out using my nestabilities. The stamped image was coloured and finished off with distress inks around the edge.
Happy Sunday!
Carly
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Back to School
We have had a fairly chilled week this week, Isobel has had her first couple of sleepovers which have resulted in late nights and a grumpy look for the last half of the week! I also decided to brave the school shoe shopping which actually managed to be fairly painless, we only tried on 3 pairs of shoes! She was very excited as the pair we decided on were Lelli Kelli's which come with this super duper amazing make up set, those marketing people are very clever aren't they!!
This week I received my Little Darlings stamps which I have already used, I love them! On this card I have used Little Darlings First Bell Stamp which is soooo cute! I coloured her and cut her out using nestabilities.
I used distress ink pads to colour around the edge.
I used a butterfly sentiment "Love & Laughter" which has been coloured with distress inks and a few paper flowers on the edges to finish off the card.
Happy Sunday!
Carly
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This week I received my Little Darlings stamps which I have already used, I love them! On this card I have used Little Darlings First Bell Stamp which is soooo cute! I coloured her and cut her out using nestabilities.
I used distress ink pads to colour around the edge.
I used a butterfly sentiment "Love & Laughter" which has been coloured with distress inks and a few paper flowers on the edges to finish off the card.
I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Happy Sunday!
Carly
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Sunday 7 August 2011
Time Flies!
Happy Sunday evening to you! Time really seems to be flying at the moment, The week goes by so quickly whilst the children are at home and then when I finally think I have 5 minutes to chat I end up doing my chores! Still I have managed to get them all done this evening so I am up to date....finally.
We have been enjoying a couple of days celebrations for John birthday which is tomorrow. We went out for a lovely Indian meal last night which some close friends which was very enjoyable! I was hoping to get some of my new stamps put to good use today but we ended up going to the local pub for our roast and taking Isobel off to her horse riding lesson, which she seems to be really enjoying!
I do have a card to show you though which I hope you like....I decided to use the love bug Magnolias for an anniversary card for my sister in law. I used my nestabilities for the background and so old ribbon I have in my ribbon box, which was probably from my local craft shop, they do fabulous ribbons!
The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps collection. I added a few gems to finish off the card.
I took a trip to Hobbycraft on Saturday to see if I can find some new paper and they had a sale on a couple of their collections (which was a bad thing), I ended up spending more than I should but it make me happy! :-)
Carly
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We have been enjoying a couple of days celebrations for John birthday which is tomorrow. We went out for a lovely Indian meal last night which some close friends which was very enjoyable! I was hoping to get some of my new stamps put to good use today but we ended up going to the local pub for our roast and taking Isobel off to her horse riding lesson, which she seems to be really enjoying!
I do have a card to show you though which I hope you like....I decided to use the love bug Magnolias for an anniversary card for my sister in law. I used my nestabilities for the background and so old ribbon I have in my ribbon box, which was probably from my local craft shop, they do fabulous ribbons!
The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps collection. I added a few gems to finish off the card.
I took a trip to Hobbycraft on Saturday to see if I can find some new paper and they had a sale on a couple of their collections (which was a bad thing), I ended up spending more than I should but it make me happy! :-)
Carly
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Wednesday 27 July 2011
Random Winner!
I am so excited, I won my first ever challenge, I know it's random but I am so pleased! I hope everyone liked looking at my Christmas theme card, I have managed to make a couple more this week, which I will try and put on here soon.
So....summer is here, although the weather can't decide what it's doing, one minute it hot and stuffy the next I need my jumper! The kids have been off school for 3 whole days.....only 28 more to go! We have done a few things already but I am slightly concerned with the lack of events I have planned this summer, we aren't heading off for a holiday but we have a couple of days in Somerset at the end of the month which seems like a lifetime away at the moment.
Isobel was out today so I did manage to get the creative flow going and made this card. I used my ProMarkers for the colouring, as always and I used my fabulous card from first editions paper pack - Spring Feast. I used Nestabilities for the Gorjus Stamp image to be placed on using 3D foam pads. I added some sparkle for the shoes and cute heart in her hair. I finished off th card with some lovely paper flowers and Whimsy Sentiment Stamp.
Carly
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So....summer is here, although the weather can't decide what it's doing, one minute it hot and stuffy the next I need my jumper! The kids have been off school for 3 whole days.....only 28 more to go! We have done a few things already but I am slightly concerned with the lack of events I have planned this summer, we aren't heading off for a holiday but we have a couple of days in Somerset at the end of the month which seems like a lifetime away at the moment.
Isobel was out today so I did manage to get the creative flow going and made this card. I used my ProMarkers for the colouring, as always and I used my fabulous card from first editions paper pack - Spring Feast. I used Nestabilities for the Gorjus Stamp image to be placed on using 3D foam pads. I added some sparkle for the shoes and cute heart in her hair. I finished off th card with some lovely paper flowers and Whimsy Sentiment Stamp.
I am entering this design in to the following challenges this week:
Carly
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Saturday 23 July 2011
Christmas Time!
I have been a very busy bee this month, Isobel finished school yesterday for the summer holidays so we have been doing various activities at school, sports day, cake sale etc. I was asked by the PTA to make the Thank you cards for the teachers wo I have been busy making cards which hedgehogs and moles on the front! which has taken some time. I have also been organising Jack's naming day which is next weekend, which seems to finally be in control!! So I have managed to spend a couple of hours making a few cards one of which is below.
I thought it was about time I started on Christmas, I have left it a bit late this year but hopefully I will be able to catch up! I found one of my old Woodware stamps and came across this cute fairy so I though I would start with this one. the paper is from My Mind's Eye - Lime Twist and the fabulous Ribbon Doilies which I have coloured in red using the distressed ink pad.
I added the sentiment from a collection of Sentiment stamps I have. They are all for different occasions and all fabulous!
I thought it was about time I started on Christmas, I have left it a bit late this year but hopefully I will be able to catch up! I found one of my old Woodware stamps and came across this cute fairy so I though I would start with this one. the paper is from My Mind's Eye - Lime Twist and the fabulous Ribbon Doilies which I have coloured in red using the distressed ink pad.
I added the sentiment from a collection of Sentiment stamps I have. They are all for different occasions and all fabulous!
I am entering this card into the following challenges:
I hope you like it!
Carly
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Friday 8 July 2011
Lili of the Valley - Donaldas Sketch
John has been in Spain so I have had a couple of night to make some cards with out too much distraction! I decided to enter the Lili of the Valley challenge with the card below. I made this using my fabulous Magnolia stamp. I coloured her using my Pro Markers.
The sentiments are from Craftwork Cards and the flowers and charms just finish the bold look off.
I shall be adding a few more cards tomorrow which I hope you will pop by to take a peek at!
Carly
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The sentiments are from Craftwork Cards and the flowers and charms just finish the bold look off.
I shall be adding a few more cards tomorrow which I hope you will pop by to take a peek at!
Carly
xx
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