Have a lovely summer…….

This is a very quick post because I really should be in bed….we leave so early in the morning to travel to the airport.  Two  sweet summery cards…the first one Tilda with ‘pink’ lilacs and the second one is a cute bug butterfly from alota Rubber Stamps which has been cut out twice and layered to give dimension.  Lots of sparkly stardust [...]

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Kristine’s Blog Candy

The wonderfully talented Kristine has some fabulous blog candy to give away.  Just take a look at the above picture to see what you can win!  Pop over to Kristine’s blog for all the information you need to enter the draw for the candy.  Don’t forget to look through her blog to see some of [...]

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Marlene’s Blog Candy

The very kind and helpful Marlene (A Lil’bit of me…) has some blog candy to give away in celebration of the summer holidays!  How do you like the stamp that’s pictured above……well, check out Marlene’s blog for details on how you can win this and some images!  Spend some time looking at her wonderful creations while [...]

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Friday Sketchers 11

Wow…we’re on week eleven at Friday Sketchers, where has that time gone to?  We’ve had so many gorgeous sketches already and this week, it’s the turn of Claudia (Pretty Pressings) from the USA to host the sketch.  Claudia suggested a long card which  made a change for me because I nearly always make square cards.  Top marks [...]

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Find joy everyday

I really like this  card…it’s not often I say that about my cards!  I had some time last night to play and came up with this.  I love the alota background image (Item description –  Country M-036)…I’ve had it for a while and bought it after seeing a card made by Claudia with it.  It was a [...]

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Sweet 16

My daughter has been making a cake today with her friend so I escaped to make a card while they baked!  This card is for Katie’s friends birthday tomorrow… I am so behind at the moment, I need more hours in the day right now!  I used a Penny Black stamp and paper is BG [...]

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge

This weeks  challenge over at Penny Black Saturday is a sketch…and it’s a great one to try.  I used the boating hedgehogs…had it ages and it’s the first time I’ve used it!  I used a cuttlebug folder for one of the panels, coloured with copics and added stardust to the sea. The little boat on [...]

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Tilda and Edwin

Well, it’s been a lovely sunny day here today…great weather for a change!  Unfortunately for me, I had lots of indoor jobs that needed doing and  didn’t get to see much of the sun ;-(   I did find time to have a play in my craft room though and this is what I came up with.  [...]

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Maya’s blog candy

Maya has some beautiful Hanglar and Stanglar stamped images to give away in her blog candy…she is celebrating 10,000 hits!  Pop over to Maya’s blog for more details and look at her amzing cards too!

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Exciting news

I received a wonderful e-mail yesterday, from Helene, at altoa Rubber Stamps, asking me if I would like to join her design team.  It was such a lovely surprise and of course I was delighted do accept her offer!  I first heard of alota back in April, after reading a post on Clauda’s (Pretty Pressings) blog.  She had just [...]

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