'Tis The Season....

Good morning everyone.. I always seem to be rushing these days, I wish the roundabout would slow down a little so I could enjoy what I'm doing lol!! I did have a lovely week-end though as I managed to go to the Summer Crafting show at Donny.. I was a little disappointed as some of my favourite crafty shops weren't there and I didn't see any demonstrations either ... (Not what I wanted to see anyway).. I met up with my friend Carole and we had a really good catch up lol!! Needed more talk time though lol!! I also met Dawny she was on the tonic stall demonstrating, it was so nice to see her and have a little catch up with her too!...  Then on Sunday Debs popped up so it was a great finish to a great week-end!!....
Not a lot of time for crafting though, I only just managed to make this card by the skin of my teeth lol!!... hope you like it.. it's a 'Wobble Card' I have never made one before, but it was so simple to make... just a large circle folded in half and the rest is self explanatory, I  have used lots of red stickles and glitter so waiting for everything to dry was quiet a mission as I wanted to put it together quickly lol!! .... I'm defiantly going to make more of these, they are soooo cute!

The challenge over at 'Papertake Weekly' is 'Anything but square'... so I decided to make another Christmas card.. that's two now, aren't I good lol!!

Card Recipe

Image - LOTV Art Pad

Sentiment - LOTV

Papers - LOTV

Snowflakes - Joy Crafts

Stickles, Glitter, Dew Drops & Gems - My Stash

Challenges Entered

TBA

If you pop over to the main challenge blog you can get all the details of this weeks challenge

I bought some lovely dies at the show and also some essentials like pearls, ribbon, inks etc .. I think the next show for me will be at the Dome Doncaster in October.... eeek! where is the time going lol!!

Have a lovely week guys, 

Take Care,

Love and Hugs,

Marjorie xx

Pretty In Pink and Red

Morning everyone, and what a beautiful day it is, I think Summer might have finally made an appearance here in Yorkshire lol!!  Well what are you going to do on this beautiful day, I do hope you will find some time to join us over at 'Papertake Weekly' it's 'Take Your Pick' this week, so if you pop over to the main challenge blog you will be able to get the full details of the challenge... I have gone with the colour challenge pink and red and also the product challenge of gems.... I love how this card turned out.. I have used one of the gorgeous new pads from LOTV called Romance and Roses, this is such a lovely pad and is one of my favourites at the moment!!. I have used my mesh border die which I find I reach for all the time..  I have used it today to create a trellis effect for my flowers, I think it looks quiet effective don't you!.. I also added a touch of treasure gilding wax to my flower spray.. love this product!!

A Peak a the Inside

Card Recipe

Image - LOTV Art Pad Set 27 Beautiful Blooms

Papers - LOTV Romance and Roses

Mesh Border - Cheery Lynn (I think.. can't find the packaging)

Corner Die - La La Land Filigree Corner

Roses - Wild Orchid Crafts

Challenges Entered 

TBA

Our sponsor this week is the lovely Simon Says Stamp

There is a...

$25 Gift voucher up for grabs!!

Hope you get a chance to join in our lovely challenge this week

Well my lovelies, just a little update on my hubby... we are waiting for an appointment now to see an Orthopaedic Surgeon regarding his hips, the injection he went for last week is already fading fast!!.. the consultant feels as though he might need surgery.. so it's the waiting game again!!

I will try and catch up with you all sometime soon, I've seen a lot of your lovely cards come up on my reading list, I just haven't had time to do any commenting sorry:) xx 

You all take care,

Love and Hugs,

Marjorie xx

With A Heart

Good morning everyone  it's Tuesday already so it's time for another challenge over at 'Papertake Weekly'... and this week Dawny would love to see something heart shaped on your work!.. I'v made quiet a simple card and it's for my Mum who is 88 yrs young today!! she doesn't see very well as she has AMD, so I haven't made anything too fussy. The hearts are in my paper and image also I've added 3 little hearts under the word MUM... the ribbon looks lovely as it has sparkly bits along both edges which you can't really see in the photos... I also stickled the lovely roses and butterflies to make them sparkle too!

A peek at the iside

Card Recipe

Image - LOTV Pre-Coloured Art Pad

Paper - LOTV - Heartfelt by Raspberry Road

Sentiment - Computer generated

Challenges Entered

Craft Your Passion - Always Anything Goes

Get Creative - Ingredient Challenge (1 printed paper, 1 fibre,  1 sticker)
Penny Black - Dies and Punches

We are sponsored by the lovely Mary and Andrea over at the Ribbon Girl... there is a lovely prize on offer of a £10 Voucher to spend in there fabulous shop so do pop along to the main challenge blog and take a look at what my lovely teamies have made for your inspiration.

It's raining and sun-shining alternately here today, but it's good for the garden as we have been planting some new plants. I'm on work later this afternoon, and when I finish David and I are taking Mum out for a meal...so a lovely day to look forward too!

You all take care,

Love and Hugs,

Marjorie xx

In The Garden....

Good morning everyone, hope you all have had a fabulous week... It's been beautiful the last few days here in Yorkshire, a little nippy at times but lovely in the sun!... sorry I haven't been able to get round for a visit, but this week has been a bit manic, with appointments for Mum, and extra hours at work...
Anyway up and onward lol!!.... It's Tuesday today, so time for another challenge over at Papertake Weekly, and this week Dawny would love anything to do with the garden... it could be flowers, or a garden based image or what ever your interpretation of  'In the Garden' means to you....  I have chosen butterflies and flowers... and of course I would love to see this little fairy in my garden somewhere too lol!!

I used the art pads from LOTV and decoupaged the butterflies and little fairy:).. my cutting out isn't too brilliant but I don't think it looks too bad! I tried to take a photo of the little fairies wings as they look lovely, I glittered them all up the same as her little skirt, but it doesn't show up too well, but I think you can get the idea... the lovely papers were a freebie with a magazine and matched the pre-coloured image perfectly...  the gorgeous flowers and ribbon are from the Ribbon Girl, the sentiment is from LOTV, I use these all the time, love them!..

Do pop over to the main challenge blog and see all the fabulous creations and ideas from my lovely teamies and also check out the fabulous prize that is on offer this week.

Challenges Entered

TBA

That's it from me for now, 

You all take care,

Love and Hugs,

Marjorie xx

Cute as a button....

Good morning everyone, what a fabulous week-end we have had... I  think Summer isn't too far away!...  As you know from last week David went for his injection, all went well for a few days but sadly it seems to be wearing off.  He was over the moon for a couple of days then, all of a sudden his leg gave way and he has started with the pain again.. not as severely but it does seem to be creeping up again... he will give it a little longer and then I think it's back to the specialist....

It's Tuesday already and time for another challenge over at 'Papertake Weekly'.... so what would Dawny like to see this week, well it's nice and easy... you can do cute or you can include a button, or you can do both!... easy, peasy!! I read the challenge wrong and thought it was all about buttons!!.. but it's ok as what I made still fits in with the challenge.

Card Recipe

Papers - Docrafts Papermania Craft Collection Pastels
Die - Stitched Heart Layers by Memory Box

Buttons - Various stores

Ribbon - Ribbon Girl/ LOTV

Flowers - WOC

Stickles - Star Dust Glitter

Sentiment - LOTV

Challenges Entered

Chocolate Coffee & Cards - Use a Die Cut #89

In The Pink - Make it Sparkle

Sister Act - Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes
Quirky Crafts Challenge - Colour Palette and Many Flowers

Our sponsor this week is the lovely Mary and Andrea over at the Ribbon Girl

There is a £10 voucher for the lucky winner!

Do pop along to the Papertake Weekly blog and check out what my lovely teamies have created for you!... that's it from me for now, it looks like it's going to be a lovely week so enjoy!!

Love and Hugs,

Marjorie xx

Pretty Pastels..

Good morning everyone, hope you all had a great week-end, mine has been a bit up and down. My lovely daughter might be moving.. she is not only my daughter but my best friend too and I love seeing her everyday, I will really miss that :(  I have got a few months yet though, and I'm really pleased for her as she so deserves this opportunity.

We both went to the LOTV 10th Birthday celebrations on Saturday and had such a lovely time.  Must just tell you too, that my card for there 10th Birthday was in the top 5... boy was I excited, what a fabulous start to a week-end!!

We met the LOTV team and what lovely ladies they are, we picked up so many handy tips.. and lots of goodies fell into our baskets too.. and this lovely image on my card is one of them, it's from one of the new 'Art pads' called ' Beautiful Blooms', I glittered it all up and used perfect pearls dotted around for a little texture, I saw this on some of the cards on Saturday and it really looks so pretty. The card is for my Mum as it's her birthday next Monday, she'll be 87years young.. bless her:)

It's time for another challenge over at 'Papertake Weekly'.. and this week it's 'Pretty Pastels' it's self explanatory really, the fabulous team have made some beautiful cards, so do come and join in, also there is a lovely prize to be won every week too.

Card Recipe

Image - 'Beautiful Blooms Art Pad'

Papers - LOTV - Bonnets and Bow Ties Solids by Mary Fran

Sentiments - LOTV - Set 24 Sentiment Tags

Blooms - Ribbon girl and Wild Orchids

Dies - Marianne flower die and Martha Stewart leaf punch

Challenges Entered

The Ribbon Girl - Just add Pearls

Bearly Mine - Flowers

Well guys, that's it from me for today, I'm off to work soon, and then tonight we are going out for a meal as it's my birthday today.. No cooking Yayyy!! 

You all take care,

Love and Hugs,

Marjorie xx

Papertake Weekly - A lovely Sketch

Good morning everyone,
Hope you all have had a fantastic week-end, the weather hasn't been too bad has it... just cold bbrrr!  Can you believe we are almost out of March already.  David and I are going to Germany this week as it's our Grandsons 6th Birthday, he is growing up so fast! Really looking forward to it.

Anyway on to my card for today, it's Tuesday so it's time for another challenge over at Papertake Weekly which is a lovely sketch challenge.  You can use the new sketch that Dawny has done, or you can choose a different one from the lovely collection on the Papertake Weekly blog here, but remember it must be one of ours. I chose the new sketch, it was lovely to work with and I really enjoyed making it, once I had found my mojo as he did a little walk about this week lol!!

I used another LOTV pre-coloured art pad image from Set 3 'Wild Flowers'... I used a sprinkling of frantage around the edges, I love this stuff! (I did knock the whole jar over, but managed to scoop most of it up lol!!).. I've just had one of those weeks lol!!  It's lovely and sparkly as I used lots of Stardust Stickles on the flowers, butterflies and my flower at the bottom.  I also put a strip of navy and gold ribbon tucked under the blue panel, the photo doesn't show it up to well, but the little bit of gold really sparkles too.  The flower die is a gorgeous Tim Holtz die that I bought at the 'Harrogate' show last week, I think I'm going to get a lot of use out of this, and of course I used my old faithful 'Marianne' swirl die! butterflies are Martha Stewart all jazzed up with stickles and pearls.  I also popped the lovely doo hickey 'So wrapped, Lovely' Die into the side. The lovely papers are 'Petal Fresh' from LOTV by Mary Fran.

Challenge Entered

LOTV - Bingo (Ribbon, Pearls and Flowers)

Sister Act - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Stampin with the Dragon - Bling it Up

Love to Create - Bingo (Flowers, Blue and Ribbon)

Hope you all have a 'FABULOUS' Mother's Day on Sunday, and hope you all get very, very spoilt.  When my kids were little I always got breakfast in bed (which David and the kids had put together) and we would all open my pressies together, me still half a sleep, but the kids loved it, and the kids would jump up and down on the bed with excitement and say 'come on Mum open your pressies, come on lol!!  It was fabulous, do miss those special times.  What would we do without memories hey! Talking about memory, don't forget to pop over to PTW and see the fabulous cards the other girls have made, lots of fabulous inspiration and a prize to be won too!...

Sorry I seem to have waffled on a bit here... Have a great week and take care...
Love and Hugs,
Marjorie xx

For Mum

Good Morning all,

It's Tuesday so it's time for another challenge over at Papertake Weekly.  This weeks challenge is to make a card for Mum, or a female.

Isn't this image gorgeous. It's one of LOTV's pre-coloured art pads, and I have glittered all the flowers and butterflies.. even the perfume bottles have had a splash of glossy accents, although you can't see it on the photo.  My photography leaves a lot to be desired just recently, I just don't seem to be able to get the lighting right!  The sentiment is also LOTV hand written phrases.  I've used flat back pearls again, just love these at the moment, I'm sure they will be on my next card too!

Card Recipe

Image - LOTV Art Pad

Sentiment - LOTV Written Phrases

Papers - LOTV Raspberry Road 'Timeless Victorian'

Punch - Martha Stewart  Daisies

Dies - Doo Hickey Butterfly

Doo Hickey Twisted Swirl

Challenges Entered

LOTV - Bingo (Ribbon, pearls and flowers) 2nd entry

Crafty Little Fairies - Things with wings

Do pop over to the Papertake Weekly challenge blog and see what gorgeous cards the other girls have made.  Also there is a wonderful prize to be won.

That's it from me for today, you all take care,

Love and Hugs,

Marjorie xx

Bingo at Papertake Weekly

Good morning everyone,

I would just like to say a 'Big Thank You' to everyone for the lovely wishes you sent me regarding my Aunty Hilda, they are very much appreciated.  One of the things I love about crafting is that most of us are really caring of other people, and your well wishes and encouragement always make me feel better, whether it's something that's happened in my life or just an encouraging comment about a card, I've never met a lot of you but feel sometimes that you are my closest friends:) xx  Sending you all big cyber hugs xx

So on to my card for today it's Tuesday so it's time for Papertake Weekly challenge and the theme for this week is 'Bingo' below is the grid and if you don't know how to play it's easy, just choose one of the lines in any direction and include them on your card.

My choice for this week is the top line

I have used this lovely stamp from LOTV called 'Handbags'  I used Tim Holtz distress inks to colour it in and sprinkled frantage around the edges, also glittered the lovely flowers and butterflies with stickles.  I also inked around the edges and even the ribbon got a swipe with the ink pad lol!! The gorgeous pearls are from Ribbon Girl as well as some of the flowers. The little gems inside the flowers were from the hobby house.  I also made a little pull out tag from the gorgeous paper.  I used one of LOTV's lovely verses Set 10.

Other items used

Paper - Antebellum LOTV (Raspberry Road Designs)

Doily Die - Cheery Lynn (Italian Flourish)

Numbers - Tim Holtz

Flowers - Ribbon Girl/Wild Orchid Crafts

Gee-SSo - Indigo Blu

Butterflies - Martha Stewart Punch

Challenge Entered

Simply Create Too - Shop in your stash

Totally Papercrafts - Female Birthday

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

LOTV Monthly Challenge- Bingo - (Ribbon,Pearls & Flowers)

The ABC Challenge - G is for Girls

Natalie & Amy - #18 Flowers

Bearly Mine - One for the Girls

Splendiferous Creations - Fabulous Florals

That's it from me for now, do pop over to the Papertake challenge blog and see what beautiful cards the other girls have created, and don't forget you could also win yourself a lovely prize! 

Take care,

Love and Hugs,

Marjorie xx

Lovely Layers

Hi everyone, another week has flown bye, wish time would slow down a little lol!!  Haven't the storms and floods been horrible.  My heart goes out to all those people who have been affected by them.  We had really strong winds last week, but things seem to have eased a little, lets hope it stays that way! My car got a bit damaged with falling tiles off the roof, but no major damage to the house, thankfully.

As it's Tuesday, it's time for another 'Paper Take Weekly' challenge, and this week it's 'Lovely Layers'. For my card this week, I've used the lovely 'Pre-Coloured' Art Pads from LOTV, I love these images!  The lovely papers are by Memory Box called 'Minuet' and I've had them for ages, they went so well with this lovely vase of flowers. I added stickles to the inside of the flowers for a little sparkle and instead of using card around the image, I used some of the papers, I think it looks quiet effective, and makes a nice frame.

My die cut flowers are a Marianne die that I love and use all the time, the gorgeous flowers are a mixture from the 'Ribbon Girl' and 'Wild Orchid Crafts', the ribbon is also from the 'Ribbon Girl'.. I won this quiet some time ago and have now just finished my last piece :(  I inked all the card and papers with Tim Holtz 'Old Paper' Distress ink, and the little butterflies are cut out with a 'Martha Stewart' punch, use this all the time too!
Do pop over to the 'Paper Take Weekly Challenge' blog and see all the lovely cards that the fabulous design team have made, there is a lovely prize to be won too!

Challenges Entered

Brown Sugar Challenge - Use a die cut/Punch

Simply Create Too - St.Patricks Day or use Green

LOTV Monthly Challenge - Name that Tune
'Where have all the flowers gone'
sung by Peter, Paul and Mary
Crafty Ribbon Challenge - Ribbon N Bows

Well that's it from me for now, have a lovely week and keep safe:).. Where have all the flowers gone..la,la,
it's in my head now lol!!
Love and Hugs,
Marjorie
xx