Spring is nearly Here...Just a note

Its my turn to set the challenge over on Dotties World this week,dont laugh but i thought we need cheering up and thinking of all thing new and colourful in Spring,so it thought of..
Spring is nearly Here.....
I want to see shades of yellow and green,including a Charmed Cards Download...... The card i made using the a download from the New 'Back to front Dottie' Downloads,available from charmed,click on the blinkie.
I paper pieced Dotties dress and the daisies,joined the back and the front together then added to the front of the acetate square with pva,so it then goes clear when dry.
The just a note and flowers are from Hot off the press
This is the back of the card,where i have cut a matching aperture so you can see straight through the card to the front image.

On your wedding Day...

This is a large A4 card made using some of the Hot off the press papers from my newly acquired goodies,i used two sheets(i know how could i use my new papers!!)and decoupage a layer of flowers at the bottom,also using the lovely Cross from ArtyFarty,I am a big fan of Caroles templates,this is sucha simple but beautiful template.

HOT OFF THE PRESS

When i came first in the Joanna Sheen section of Cardmaker of the year competition,i also came 3rd in the hot off the press section,i have just received my box of goodies,all the way from the States,cost them $37.50 postage!
It was a lovely suprise,as had forgotten about it,there is a pillow packet of ribbons,a very thick scrapbook,brads,8x8 papers,quotes,instant card art pads,blank cards and envelopes,loads of all colour co-ordinating packs...Thankyou Hot of the press

Thankyou..

These beautiful freesia flowers were sent to me by my dear friend Louise, she sent them to cheer me up,but made me cry anyway!
I havent been blogging much as my mum is ill with two forms of cancer this time,having survived Hodgekins lymphoma 9years ago. I am finding it very hard to cling on to what the purpose of life is, my children keep it real.
Louise is a sucha a dear friend and i have never met her, we met through the web and our love of crafting and my goodness she is an amazing talent, thankyou Lou! And thankyou to Linnie, Rita & Margo for your support,i do soo appreciate youxxx

18th Birthday-Girl about town

The challenge over on Dotties world is a recipe:-
1 Ribbon
3 buttons
A flower,Handmade( whoops i did 3)
And ofcourse a charmed Cards Download
I used the download from the new collection 'Girl about town' available at charmed Cards.
I cut the numbers after re-sizing on word and then ran through my Big shot using the Swiss dot embossing folder from cuttle bug,also available at charmed.
For the black buttons, i used black shrink plastic with a flower die in my big shot again. The lemon flowers i made using a punch and adding layers of petals,then a pearl embellishment in each one along with the swirls on the card.

Been Havin a play...

I have seen this idea in the January 'making cards magazine' and have been wanting to have a go. I picked the most difficult card to work with lol,shows every mark!
Any way very pleased with the result! It is ideal to beat the Royal mail with the postage to, as it folds down flat to fit in an ordinary size envelope so will be a normal stamp!!!

The embellishments are fro 'Hot off the press' in the wonderful box of goodies i have just received for coming third in their section of Card making and paper crafts Card maker of the year comp, having already come first in the Joanna Sheen Section

Two more Joanna Sheen Cards

Joanna Sheen has put these cards of mine on the Joanna Sheen Website. The swan card is a large A4 card

This is an a5 card. These are using the images from the new Cottage Gardens cds

Especially for you...

This is a large A4 card using the new 'Mansion'Template from Helping Hands Templates and the images from Joanna Sheen new Cd Cottage Garden. I added flower soft to the house which carries the colours acroos from the images perfectly!

Inside i used images from both the new cd of Joanna Sheen and the new CD from Helping Hands Templates, i used the snapshot tool on word and shrunk the images down to size then added to the house.

As seen on TV!!

On Sunday 18th my first sample cards were shown on Create & craft Tv also Ideal World for Joanna Sheens launch of the new Cottage Garden double cd, Nigel,my mate,was also presenting.
These were the one that were shown, as Joaana did 5 demos didnt leave a lot of time for showing samples.

Notelet Set

This is a decoupage a5 card

And this is a large A4 card.

Fantastic new download from Louise!!

OH MY OH MY!!
Louise Brigden has done it again! She has just finished her brand new collection of Downloads only Available at Charmed Cards and Crafts,click the dottie Blinkie.
Her new collection is very chic and stylish,it is called 'Girl About Town' they are different ladies,one of them named Nicola and they are having coffees and shopping and it also includes coloured images and there are a separate download with the fantastic backgrounds aswell as sentiments.Checkout Charmed for the complete list of what you get,great value for money!!! For this card which is a big a4 card, i used Karen black and white images and added colour using Watercolour pencils, i cut around her so it shows the inside of the card. I printed the sentiment very large for the front too.

Then for the inside i used the pre-coloured images of the shop fronts and the black and white image of 'Sarah' again adding colour using watercolour pencils on her,the sign is from the Karen image.
Go have a look, the download collection is wonderful!! Welldone Louise!!

Sunday Challenge...Tags

Over on Dottie World its Louise's turn and she has picked a supposedly easy Challenge,.......Well it would be if my mojo hadnt been on the Christmas Cheer and gone off A.W.O.L!!!
I cut out two circles and cut an aperture in the centre of one, added acetate to make a window which i added snow writer too. The front swivels open to show the circle underneath which i put an image from the 'Christmas bundle' check out the blinkie, i intentionally left the insde bare so the greeting message can be written round the edge.

As i love to keep tags from special people and hang them on the Christmas tree!

xxx

New Template.....Mansion House

This is made using the brand new 'Mansion Template' from Helping hands templates,available now, i used the backing papers from Joanna Sheens Messy Rabbits collection and cut the scene out so i could add it to this large a4 card, the fencing is made with a sizzix die. I added stickles glitter glue for the sparkles and snow writer for the snow.xx

2009!!

Well i cnat believe that is is nearly 2009 already!
Little did i know what would be in the future when i lit my candle and made my 'Millenium Wish' all those years ago, only seems like last year! This is a large card, i blew some numbers up on the pc using WordArt on Word,i printed & cut them out,then used these as a template for my silver card to cut out. I ran the numbers through my Big shot using a Swirl Cuttlebug folder,mounted onto the Colossal Christmas Paper and added the 'Animal Antics' images available at Charmed cards,click the Dottie blinkie.
If you dont pop back to my blog before 2009 I wish you a very Happy and Healthy Christmas and New Year.xx

Baby Clock

This clock is made using the brand new template from Helping Hands Templates.
The clock face and doors open to reveal the images,the clock hands could be set to a specific time and you could include a date or name for anniversaries etc, this can me amde with a movable mechanism,although for this i just used an image.


The backing papers and images are from Joanna Sheens Baby love Cd.
This is the clock mounted onto a large A4 card.xx

Maddys blog

Over on Maddys blog, she is giving us the chance of winning a pair of her amazing earrings she is amazing with fimo!!! Go checkout her blog its amazing,she has just been the guest designer for Dotties World,so we've had her amazing inventions to admire first hand!

Sunday Challenge..

Its Karens turn to set the challenge over in Dotties World. She want you to incorperate a real photoraph, not clipart, an actual photo, it could be of the recipient or not, also must include a Charmed Cards download.
Now!!! I have never,never,never done a scrapbook page, so this was a tough one, but love taking photos so that wasnt a problem!!
This is on 12x12 colossal Christmas pack sheet papers, i chose various complimentary colours and added the fairy from the Christmas Bundle of downloads at Charmed(check out the blinkie)
for the pictures, this was a beautiful morning in the week over my backgarden, which is lucky enough tobe surrounded by fields and water alot of the time as the River Loddon from the Thames likes to show its face in my garden far too regularly!!! This is just after silly o'clock, i call it that as no one apart form silly people are up at that hour, as my son has to catch the bus at 7.30am!! One thing though it means you get to stop and admire the beauty which is right infront of you for free!!!
Make sure you pop over and have a go at the Challenge, as theres a free download if you take part!! So you simply cant loose!!!xxx

Happy ThanksGiving

I'd like to wish all my American Visitors a very Happy ThanksGiving.xx

Christmas Wishes...

This is a large A4 Card using the fireplace template from Helping Hands Templates.
I used Joanna Sheen paper printed from Victorian Christmas for the backing paper and Paper Cellar embellishments on the mantel piece.

Card making and papercrafts card maker of the year 2008 Competition, cards and stash

This is my winning entry for the Joanna Sheen category of the competiton. I used the wardrobe from Helping Hands templates and the image,backing paper and lace was from Joanna Sheens Dancing with Shadows cd.

And for the Hot off the press category i came 3rd,this is my entry,i used Helping hands templates lantern template and hot off the press paper piazza 6x6 friendship papers for inside the lantern and for the flowers which i punched. The lovely lady is from Crafty individual.


See down the side for the relevant blinkies.
This is my winning stash from Joanna Sheen she sent it soo quickly,had wonderful retail therapy choosing it, i havent heard from Hot off the press yet.xx

Sunday Challenge..Fabulous Flowers

Over on Dotties World its the wonderful Louises turn to set the challenge and she has Chosen flowers.
She wants you to add lots,including a download from Charmed Cards and crafts ofcourse.
I got a bargin wooden Heart it was 99p in a sale!
I used the Dottie and George image from the Christmas Bundle,checkout the blinkie,down the side,I added the colour using Whispers Watercolour pens.

For the poinsettia's i used papercellar red/gold holly leaves, so each leaf is individual, i just curved each leaf and added to the heart with silcone glue, for the finishing touch i added a blob of silicone in the centre of the made up poinsettia and then added gold seed beads to the glue and added dabs around the heart ,using the beads in the sameway. The sentiment is a cute companion un-mounted rubber stamp,stamped directly onto the wooden heart with Black Stazon.