The Long Weekend!

I am looking forward to the next couple of days, John and I are off to Spain with out the children!! I am so excited, I might actually turn these pasty white legs to a decent colour! Before I leave I did have to make one more birthday card which one of my new stamps.
The stamps is from Lili of the Valley, the backing paper is from Marjolaine 6x6 Paper Pad.
I coloured the stamp using my Pro Markers and some stickles for the wings.

I used my Whimsy Stamps birthday sentiments and added some gems down the edge of the crochet ribbon.

I hope you like the cards. I shall be back in a few days. Have a lovely bank holiday weekend.

Carly
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Little Darlings Competition!

I got my stamp this morning which I wanted to use for the Little Darlings challenge competition, I stopped tidying the kitchen and started to make my card!
I decided to use a few colours, mainly blue, green and yellow but I also added a splash of red.

The LD stamp is soooo cute, I have added a birthday sentiment from the Whimsy stamp "Birthday letter seals". The lace down the edge is from Love to Stamp.

I hope you like it!

Carly
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Happy Tuesday! I have been a busy bee over the last couple of days, trying to get the house and washing!! organised for our trip to Spain. John and I are going for a few days whit out the kids, which will be blissful...although I will miss them but they will be having a fab time with family. I have made a new baby girl card for a friend.....I used the same stamp as the baby boy card a couple of days ago, from Lili of the valley "Baby Blanket". The background paper is from First Edition paper pack - Spring Feast. I used a Nellie Snellen die for the pink and white edging and adding pearls to the end gave it a lovely finish.

Have a happy Wednesday!

Carly
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Today has mostly been spent with Isobel and Jack, we have played a lot in the garden today as the weather has been so nice!....I did manage to get some card making time in the afternoon....I made my niece's first birthday card.

I used my magnolia tilda sitting stamp for this card, I coloured using my pro markers. the background paper is from first editions paper pack - spring feast. I use on of my "made with love" charms, which I attached using a button. The sentiment is one of my new whimsy stamps - birthday letter seals.

Hopefully the card will be well received! Now I just have to make something to go into my niece's time capsule, this is a tradition started for my daughter and every child since that comes into the family gets a time capsule made by friends and family, which will be opened on their 18th birthday!

Carly
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Blue Baby Boy

Today has been a bit busy.....I have been helping out with Isobel's school recipe book this morning, we donated "Yummy Scrummy Scones" recipe to the book, now all the recipes have to be put in index order....that's my job for the weekend!!!
Hopefully I will get some time in between to use my new stamps which I am hoping will arrive here tomorrow (please Mr Postman!)

I did manage to finish my new baby boy card.....The stamp is from Lili of the Valley called "Baby Blanket". I coloured the stamp using my pro markers. I really love the backing paper used here, it is from first edition paper pack - up and away. The scallop edge layer and sentiment are from craftwork cards.  have finished off the card with a flower and button and a liitle charm which says "Made with love" and a few gems around the scallop stamped image.

I hope you like my design.......I am hoping to put them up on the new website soon, there has been a bit of a delay with this due to my sickness but hopefully it will be ready soon!

Carly
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Magnolia Stamping

Evening.....I have been busy today (mainly juggling my housework and crafting)....guess which won!

I bought this beautiful Magnolia stamp a while ago but I have only just had the chance to use it! I coloured the image using my promarkers. The sentiments are from craftwork cards. I used a few of my left over papers from other projects and manage to fit them together to make this card.

I have ordered some new stamps from Love to stamp which hoepfully will arrive soon. I can't wait to give them a whirl!

Carly
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Lili of the Valley Stamp

I ordered some new stamps a few weeks ago from Lili of the valley, which are really cute. This stamp is called Rosie with presents. I have coloured the image in using my promarkers, as you can probably see I am still learning the techniques but have come on a bit since my first attempt! The background paper I have used is from the V&A Hanoverian Linen paper pack and I added some paper flowers and pearls. The sentiment is from Craftwork cards which I think look really cute.

I am going to try and add a new card image every couple of days......I hope you enjoy looking at them.



Carly
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I have returned!

I feel like I have been away for so long - John and I took a trip to Spain to visit friends how have set up a restaurant there. It was a lovely week and the food at the new restaurant is AMAZING....although we are biased as Alan is a good friend of John's but we always knew he was a fantastic chef! I would definitely recommend a visit if you are near Moraira...the restaurant is called Ca Pepe (www.ca-pepe.com).

Well since that trip I have been spending a lot of time lying on the sofa or my comfy bed and We found out that we are expecting our third child (Yes, really!), our plan was to stick at two but I guess life sometimes knows better!! I suffer badly with the morning/night/24 hour sickness so I haven't been doing a thing since the beginning of March.

I am now feeling a bit better and (touch wood) on the way to being my normal self. I am hoping to get started on some new designs for my cards next week as the website is getting a bit of a make over...hopefully I will post next week with some new cards!