Upcycled card index box

Hello,

Hope you are all well, I've had another busy week so far....sanding my dining table top which is just about done now and ready to paint, started sanding the chairs so they can be painted too, started a new card which will hopefully be finished tonight and I upcycled a card index box which was just sat doing nothing. It started off looking like this:

and it's ended up looking like this:

WOC and Magnolia flowers were used along with lace, cheesecloth and ribbon from my stash.

All the panels are machine stitched.

I added a couple of TH chit chat stickers and a resin butterfly from Live and Love Crafts.

I used the gorgeous LOTV image: The flower shop, I love these mice images - so adorable!

The image inspired me to use this colour combo and luckily I had these papers in my stash that matched :)

I altered this index box originally to keep my LOTV stamps in, with dividers to separate them but having looked at the number of stamps I've got I might just put the LOTV animal stamps in this one and decorate some more index boxes for other categories of stamps!

I would love to enter my creation into the following fab challenges:

LOTV monthly challenge - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe - Stitching

The Ribbon Girl - Anything Goes

Thanks for popping by and visiting my blog today, 

hope you enjoy the rest of the week.....

Hugs,

Black and white valentine

Hi guys!

 I'm back tonight with my latest creation, a black and white valentine. Yep, it's that time of year again and I haven't gone mad over valentines cards in the past but they are definitely growing on me! I certainly had fun with this one as I love colouring in black and white, well I love colouring full stop lol! 

I masked chain heart Tilda with Magnolia's romantic window stamp and framed this scene with white cheesecloth. Of course Edwin with stolen heart features too so he can sneakily steal Tilda's heart. Layers under the images are all machine stitched.

This shot shows the dimension of the decoupaged shutters and WOC roses, and it also captures the gel pen and glossy accents on the heart too.

The doo hickey scalloped tag has a combo of papers SU and Magnolia and more cheesecloth beneath the WOC rose.

Other doohickeys that I used were: sweet lovely lace and flag pole.

I would love to enter my card into the following challenges:

Simply Magnolia - Black and White

Tildas Town - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for popping by and visiting my blog today it really means a lot :)

Hugs,

Lovely Lace and Lovely Tilda!

Hi,

I thought it was time to blog one of my cards that I made last week with new year in mind (using Happy New Year Tilda might have had something to do with it lol!) but it could also be quite a neutral card for many different occasions......

I can't believe I managed to keep it so clean and simple lol! That was my intention so I'm really pleased I stuck to it and might have to do more cards like this occasionally as I think my images tend to get lost in all the other stuff I put on my cards sometimes. I used Magnolia's doohickey star tag cut from Magnolia paper to break up the edge and corner opposite Tilda, the text is also Magnolia,and added faux stitching and a lace tab. 

As Tilda is very much in the spotlight I added glossy accents to her shoes and glass, and put my pearl maker pen to good use!

I haven't entered any challenges for an age and Marvelous Magnolia was a challenge blog I entered a lot last year so I would love to enter my card into their awesome Lovely Lace challenge/DT call!

Thanks for visiting me today, it wont be too long before I'm back with another creation.

Hugs,

Crafting Space

Hi everyone and Happy New Year!

No card to show today even though I got two finished this week, going to save them for next week! The reason for todays post is to join in with the fun over at Deep Ocean before the current challenge of Crafting Space show and tell finishes. I love being nosy and looking at where others craft so I thought I'd better play fair and let you see where I'm spending most of my time these days!

As you can see it's just a computer desk/cupboard and it's squeezed into a corner of the lounge. This picture makes it look deceptively tidy but I had had a bit of a clear away session beforehand, most of the time it's as if we've had burglars and there's stuff everywhere! 

The cards and other creations on the top are ones I've made. I've just put in a wire for my die-cuts to hang at the back. The big shot and Grand Caliber have to come out onto the floor when I'm using them and I have a little table for my sewing machine that has to be taken off if I want to use the table for frantage. The more I'm working in this small space on a regular basis, the more I realise I've outgrown it (or to be more accurate my stash has outgrown it lol!) So, as I'm the only one who spends any time in here, I think I'll have to persuade my hubby that it would be better if I took over the whole room (I'll have to let you know how I get on with that lol!)

Wishing you all a fab weekend, I'll be back next week with a card or two.....

Hugs,

I wish it could be Christmas every day....

Hi everyone,

I've just had the most wonderful Christmas and (like every year) I don't want it to end :( 

I love having the kids at home from school and the Christmas decorations make the house look so pretty. So, as a new year approaches I thought I would show you two Christmas cards that I made and never had the time to blog until now. I must confess to not being around much at all in blogland the last few months - Christmas preparations kind of took over for a while there, so on second thoughts it's a good job it isn't Christmas every day lol!

The other day on the radio I heard them asking what has been your highlight of 2013 and although I didn't ring in I thought I would share mine here with you....I've had a few highlights this year but joint first are my holiday to France when we took the kids to Disneyland, and my fortieth birthday when hubby surprised me by taking me to Boras, Sweden and I had the best treat ever visiting Magnolia.

In November I made the decision to resign from my job as Preschool Assistant and concentrate on arts and crafts working from home. Lots of people had been telling me to sell my cards but I still don't know how successful that will be.... I'm going to have a Facebook page to display the things I make and will still carry on blogging here too, but you may see some changes in what I make as my creativity evolves, including a greater variety of projects and hopefully more productivity! So with a bit of luck I should be posting more regularly :)

Wishing you all a Wonderful New Year with Peace, Love and Prosperity......

I'll be back very soon with some new creations xxx

GDT Giftbag for LOTV

Morning everyone, and what a lovely sunny Sunday it is where I am at the moment - it's hard to believe that later today and into tomorrow they've forecast terrible storms!

I'm back with my third project as one of LOTV's honoured guest designers this month and as soon as I looked at 'Swirly Fir Tree' I thought 'giftbag'! Maybe it's the sweet Christmas presents at the base of the tree that gave me the inspiration :)

The base layers were a Go Kreate die, all layers were distressed with walnut stain DI, the papers are Magnolia. I also used the following Magnolia Doohickey's - tag, poinsettia, spruce, antique lace border and vintage leaf.

The Swirly Fir Tree image from LOTV's latest release of beautiful stamps was coloured using DI's and the postage stamp detail at each side is a kaisercraft stamp.

I stitched the spruce trees down the centre, to the layer beneath. The 'pinecones' were made using a marianne creatable rolled flower die. 

The tag with matching image was a happy accident, I wasn't totally happy with the image the first time I coloured it and went with the second attempt, but rather than waste the first image I cut it out using the doohickey tag. I added another plain card tag behind, and used an LOTV Christmas grunge message as a third tag (I decoupaged the Christmas trees on this using a bit of the base layer paper). 

I thought the heart charm echoed the hearts on the fir tree perfectly - not a traditional Christmas charm but more of an expression of a gift sent with love :)

To finish off I added white acrylic paint here and there, diamond stickles and plenty of shabby blue frantage!

Thank you for visiting me today and I hope you like my creation. Sorry the post is a little later than intended - I had a lie in lol! It was a bonus that the clocks went back last night ;)

Hope you have a lovely crafty week ahead.....

Hugs,

Lili of the valley GDT #2

Morning everyone,

I'm thrilled to be here today showing you my next GDT card for Lili of the Valley. I had great fun with this easel Christmas card, the image 'Snow Buddies' from the latest LOTV launch, was a delight to colour and I have to admit to going a little Frantage crazy lol!

The shape of the base card was made using a Go Kreate die, I used DI's to colour this super cute pair of friends and added quite a lot of shabby white Frantage both around the image and the TH trees that I tucked behind at both sides.

The tag is a Magnolia doohickey and the LOTV  grungy Christmas sentiment sits perfectly on this tag. I love this rich burgundy wired ribbon that adds glamour to the card and the finishing touches are a snowflake charm and a bell.

Space to write a message was created using trusty spellbinders nesties, made festive with that gorgeous Frantage and a double layered Magnolia doohickey snowflake.

Thanks so much for visiting today and taking a look at my latest creation, can't wait to show you what I make next......

Hugs,