A little birdhouse for someone...

Good Afternoon peeps, yes its a mini birdhouse... 


Made from paper mache (I think). The little tulips were stamped on using Distress Ink. The tulip stamp is a small clear stamp by Dreamees and the bird house was brought from That Craft Place online shop

After painting with gesso topped with acrylic paints, I used 4 different colours of acrylic paints for the stamped images & the detailing on the top of the birdhouse.
The ribbon band & chocolate box bow says Spring Time on it and gives a cheery brightness to the round house. I used a small mask full of different scrolls for the pattern on the top. This ribbon is from my own
stash as is the springy ladybug in some of the photos. 

Check out our Fortnightly Blog Challenge for this & all of the other DT members projects here: 
Anything But A Card Blog Challenge

Stampin' For The Weekend, where creativity meets a fortnightly challenge for every crafter to join!!!



I am also entering this creation into the following blog challenges:

Through The Craft Room Door - theme: Anything Goes
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/ttcrd-challenge-jan-27-feb-4-2014.html

A Birth Congratulations for my newest Step Grandson...

Yes I have a new Step Grandson, by the name of David Jonathan, weighing in at  5lb 9oz at 4 weeks premature on 22nd January. There were some problems with the little man but he finally came home late this week. He is doing so well now but obviously still small. Both of his names come from David's paternal Grandad who sadly died some years ago, but it suits little David.
Let me introduce you to David at just a few hours old....

I have taken my time over making this card for him as I wanted it to be perfect!! I think I have achieved that with the finished card photographed below.... as I love to layer lace & ribbons to give more dynamic effect & different textures. I too, have to add a bow and/or buttons to every creation as a handmade item of papercrafting is not proper without either of them!! ;)

The image topper was a gift from the artist herself, Helz Cuppleditch. We have been talking, via email & Facebook for a while now & she very kindly said she would send me this topper when I was telling her about baby David & also looking at a photo on Facebook one day of the same topper but in pink.. 


I am entering this in to a Design Team call for one of my favourite online shops & blogs, called
Crafty Ribbons. 
Their website is available by clicking here: Website for Crafty Ribbons

Their Inspiration Blog is available here: Crafty Ribbons Inspiration Blog

and their Challenge Blog is available here: Crafty Ribbons Challenge Blog

A new challenge blog is here.....

Yes a new challenge blog is launched called The East Wind Challenge Blog/


By the looks of the image below it looks lovely and I for one have signed up to the newsletter/subscribed
to collect the freebie image pictured below, called Aurora.

You cant loose by checking out the blog & if you decide that you want to, then click on the name in blue ink on the first line of this post. That link will take you direct to the blog....
There are some good prizes available too just check out the blog for full details..

Stampin' For The Weekend Blog Challenge #1......

Stampin' For The Weekend blog challenge number 1, the first challenge of 2014 and the theme is Happy Birthday. We have a sponsor for this challenge, Live and Love Crafts but
I have used the freebie image below by The Paper Nest Dolls. (This link will take you through to the image on their website). 

I thought I would colour the animals in as though they are stuffed toys so I could choose alternative colours for them (I prefer, as many people know, to colour my cards to the nearest colour match I can to real life). It was logical to me, that being a stuffed toy image that I would use it for a younger child's birthday hence the number 1 in the topper (right hand top corner). Obviously also, for a younger child, the brighter the colours used, the better so I used a lovely spring green & bright yellow cards from my own stash. I used Promarkers & Graph It pens with touches of Sakura Gelly Roll Glitter pen in a "clear star" colour. All card stock used was purchased from Papermill Direct website

Making the easel card was the next step with gold glitter peel off letters spelling out Happy Birthday on the width way stopper, finishing off with Stickles glitter glue in mint green to form 3 drops to the left side & a stitching effect around the number one topper.

You can find our challenge blog here: Stampin' For The Weekend blog and good luck with your entry (should you decide to enter...go on!! You might just win) ;0 

I am entering this creation into the following challenges:

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog: The theme is: Birthday
http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.de/2014/01/challenge-69-birthday.html

Seize The Birthday Challenge Blog: The theme is: Colouring
http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.ca/2014/01/who-likes-to-color.html 

Crafting Musketeers Blog Challenge #9.....

Hiya Peeps

I hope everyone is well & looking forward to spring now rather than the horrible cold weather that we had over the weekend??

For this month's DT card I found it quite hard as Ive never been a fan of "grunge" etc but after thinking about what I could create, looking through Visible Image's website, their DT cards etc I though "well, hell yes, I could create one of those".
I quite like the result, what do you think?
The only stamps I used are from the sponsor's of this month's bog challenge, Visible Image Stamps which you can find here:    http://www.visibleimage.co.uk/                                                                                                                                                                
The flowers are from www.ribbongirl.co.uk and are called "Dahlia Stormy Skies", the colours are perfect for any grunge/steam punk project.

The stamp set I used for this consisted of 7 clear stamps & is available from the Visible Image's website. The stamp set is called "Immortal Love" and my result is the photos below                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

A Wedding Day card

Good Crafty Morning peeps...

Well how was your Christmas & New Year? Mine was lovely apart from being ill again!! Somehow I wasn't able to stay awake almost every day. Im pretty sure that Christmas Day was the better day with me being able to not fall asleep until my eldest daughter, Steph, & her family (Martin, sons Jamie & Ben) were thinking of going home after Tia & I had cooked the best Christmas lunch for some years. The turkey crown was beautifully moist, tender and very tasty & all I did was cover the skin in margarine & added some salt, pepper & mixed herbs. Oh how I will be going back to Aldi next year for my turkey.... it was so gorgeous & melted in your mouth.
Im still not 100% still (nothing to do with my disabilities) so I am phoning the doctors again today.. ;(
Anyway, back to the card below. I made this for one of my nieces, my only brother's eldest daughter, Samantha, who was marrying her fiancé of some years, Andrew. I, unfortunately was unable to attend due to personal problems with my health.
Both the White linen effect card & Christmas Red card was brought from https://papermilldirect.co.uk where there are some fabulous offers on at this moment. The Mr & Mrs ribbon was brought from a Facebook supplier of mine along with the charms from another Facebook company.



I wish to enter this clean & simple Wedding Day card to the following challenges:

That Craft Place Blog Challenge theme is: Charming
That Craft Place Challenge Blog

Some beautiful photos for your viewing....

WOW..... a Beautiful giveaway to try for from my gorgeous favourite suppliers of ribbons, lace, charms and other bits. They have the most gorgeous ribbons that any crafter could wish for and is well worth checking out their store (the link is right under the following photos). You could win all of the items that are shown in such a wonderful setting in these photos:

Find the above items..... and MANY MANY MORE by clicking on this: The Ribbon Girl Blog