Oodles of cards ...

I spent a few hours last weekend making lots of cards for charity - some to send to our local Marie Curie Hospice in Newcastle and some to take into the special school where I work to raise some funds to buy a new swing in our outdoor learning area.

They were so simple to make because I used the fabulous pre-coloured images from the Lili Of The Valley Art Pads and also the large pre-coloured images from their outlet shop (have you been over there yet? lots of opportunities to grab a bargain). I added a few sheets of LOTV papers and some scraps of ribbon and I made 46 in an afternoon so I was happy

Molly Blooms Workshop ...

On Saturday I attended a Molly Blooms Workshop with the designer of these lovely stamps, Clare Rowlands. I made two lovely projects and this is the first thing we made, a sweet little seed packet using the watering can stamp

I used:

Watering can and It's Your Day sentiment stamp by Molly Blooms

Papers from 3DJean

Ribbon, hessian, polka dot button and memo pin from Ribbon Girl

The second project was a card

I used:

Chocks Away, George as Biggles, celebrate banner and It's Your Day stamps all from Molly Blooms

Papers from 3DJean

Polka dot button, hemp twine, airmail bakers twine, red pearl and glossy accents from Ribbon Girl

Doo Hickeys cloud die

If you would like to attend a Molly Blooms workshop and you live in the North East our workshop was organised by Jean at 3D Jean and the next workshop is in November - Christmas projects :)

Boy Card ...

There is a new challenge over at Lili Of The Valley - to make a card for a boy. I've made a magical pocket birthday card using one of the pre-coloured images

I used coloured image from LOTV

Basic Grey Papers

Stickles and crystal swirl from Ribbon Girl

Alphabet stamps and distress ink

A Pretty Card ...

Last weekend I went away for a crafting weekend with lots of my lovely crafting friends to Whitby. As well as eating lots of cake and doing lots of talking we actually had quite a productive weekend and I came home with 9 cards that I'd made! Amazing as I usually go to these things with my car piled high with the full contents of my craftroom and come home with a full tummy and about 2 cards!

Anyway, here is one of the cards that I made using a new stamp from 3DJean, she is called Little Blossom

I used Little Blossom stamp, Lily Bee papers and diamante stickers from 3DJean

Liquid Pearls, Lace, satin ribbon and charm from Ribbon Girl

Copics, spellbinders die, stampin up tab punch

Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge ...

There is a new colour challenge over at the Ribbon Girl blog this morning

Our Inspiration this month comes from this photograph

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One lucky winner, selected randomly, will win both the £10 voucher from LOTV as well as the £10 voucher towards a shopping spree at The Ribbon Girl - whoo! definitley worth entering for a chance to win a shopping spree in both of those stores!!

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I used:

bridal white satin, 4mm pearl bead string, ivory scrunched organza, ivory flower guipure lace, platinum liquid pearls, ivory gardenia, ivory rolled rose, ivory beaded berries, white beaded twirls and ivory crysanthemum all from The Ribbon Girl

A mixture of papers out of the scrap box

Martha Stewart hydrangea border punch and Stampin Up tag punch

Spellbinders scalloped oval die

Magnolia stamp coloured with Copics, distress ink

Here Comes The Bride...

A Wedding card today...

I used:

A precoloured image from Lili Of The Valley from their new Art Pad 4

Papers from my favourite ever Nitwit Collections digital kit Always & Forever

Spellbinders dies and Martha Stewart border punch

Trellis rose, open rose, hip rosebud, beaded stamens, seambinding, 15mm crystal embellishment, diamante heart charm and liquid pearls all from The Ribbon Girl

It's very pink...

I was asked to make a 2nd birthday card for Holly, this is it

I used a Magnolia stamp coloured with Copics

Tilda papers

Spellbinders, Go-Kreate, Papertrey, DooHickeys and LaLaLand dies

Stickles, pink and clear gems, pleated satin ribbon and beautiful lace all from The Ribbon Girl

The cutesey little white flowers are made with a tiny EK Success punch that I bought last time I was at the LOTV shop

I will enter my card into the challenge at Tilda's Town which is to add flowers and Marvellous Magnolia challenge which is pink!

A Girly card ...

I made this card for my lovely Mam and used some of her and mine favourite embellishments

I used:

Magnolia stamp and Tilda papers

Isabelle cluny lace and scallop flat lace, pompom trim, faux silk ribbon, pink and diamante embellishment, trellis rose, white crysanthemum, ivory beaded berries and stardust stickles all from the Ribbon Girl

Magnolia DooHickey heart tag die, distress ink and alphabet stamps

I am entering my card into:

Magnolia Down Under (Shabby chic, pink and lace from the top row)

Magnolia-licious - add a bow

Marvellous Magnolia - Pink

Deep Ocean - flowers

Howdy Cowgirl ...

I have a lovely pink card to share today, made for a very special 'almost a sister in law' who is 25 this week ... what do you call your brothers girlfriend? Anyway, I made this for her as she loves horses and misses Charlie horse a lot since she had to sell him to save up for their own house.

I used:

Lil' Wimmin digital kit from Nitwit Collections (the image, papers, star element and journaling spot all came from the kit)

Ribbons, lace, bead trim, twine, button, cowboy boot charm and memo pin all from The Ribbon Girl

LOTV Colouring Class ...

Yesterday I went to the Lili Of The Valley shop with my Mum for a colouring workshop with the lovely Dawny P. Of course we know her through the Ribbon Girl DT and it is always nice catching up with her and also with Anne who works at LOTV. We had such a lovely day, really easy journey there with lots of chattering in the car - and munching of treats of course :) The class was really good - it's always nice to learn something new and spend time in the company of others who enjoy doing the same things as you do and I was very happy with my coloured in image. Then there was shopping to be done, once my car was loaded with all the new goodies that LOTV have in their shop there was just time to squeeze in a little more chatting then we came home via the fish and chip restaurant for a late lunch.

This morning I have played with all the new goodies we bought at the shop and make a card with the image that I coloured in.

I used:

Jack and Petch image

Perfect Pair paper pad

EK Success flower punch

LaLaLand heart banner die

DooHickeys lace die

Spellbinders circle and scallop circle dies

Pink crystals, Liquid Pearls and Stickles from The Ribbon Girl

Yum Yum ...

I made these little pots for the teaching assistants who work alongside me in my classroom. They are fabulous and I really appreciate the work they do 

The daisy flowers and sparkly embellishments on the lids are from The Ribbon Girl and I used box pleat satin and bead string also from The Ribbon Girl. The plastic pots were from the local pound shop - they were the perfect size for 7 cream eggs and a handful of mini eggs ... there were a few left over which of course I had to eat :)

Ribbon Girl Magnolia Challenge ...

Happy Easter!  Today I'm sharing my Easter card I made for the Ribbon Girl Magnolia Only Challenge which was to add flowers

I used:

Magnolia stamp coloured with Copics

Papers from a Tilda paper pad by Panduro

Distress Ink

Alphabet stamps

Pearl organza rose trim, flat lace, pearl flower flatbacks, a memo pin and liquid pearls all from the Ribbon Girl

I'm A Home Owner ...

... well technically it's a second home but I would have to have some Alice in Wonderland magical potion to shrink myself to fit into it!  A few weeks ago I spent a very happy weekend crafting in the countryside with 7 of my friends. We hired a lovely cottage in the middle of nowhere in the Yorkshire Dales - I don't know what was worse, the car journey there in the dark on the Friday night over the moors wondering if I was going to plunge down a ravine or drive into a wall because it was so dark and totally relying on my SatNav to guide me left or right or the journey home on the Sunday in the daylight when I could see exactly what I almost drove into!!  Anyway ... whilst we were there my lovely friend Gail showed us how to make the cutest little chipboard houses - and this is mine!

Gail had seen something similar on the 2GypsyGirls blog and had a go herself and because it was cute we obviously wanted to have a go ourselves so badgered her until she told us how to :)

I added the little doggie when I got home, he looks just like my Haggis

I used:

These digital papers from Nitwit Collections

Lace, pearls, bead string and liquid pearls from the Ribbon Girl

The little doggie is a Christmas Tree decoration from Harrods and the window and arch of the doorway was cut with a Tim Holtz sizzix die

Tag ...

I went away for a lovely weekend a few weeks ago with 7 other crafty friends and I made this tag as part of my secret fairy gift swap

I used scraps of paper (all my friends use up their scraps and always laugh at me because I am not a scrap collector, I always throw everything out when I'm finished a project but I am trying hard to keep some things for another day!) and lots of circle and scalloped circle punches and the butterfly was made with a few more punches ( I opened a drawer the other day that I have not been in for a long time and found all these punches that I'd forgotten about!!) 

Then I raided the Ribbon Girl shop for pompom trim, lace, braid and organza rose ribbon, seambinding, pearl trim and that beautiful diamante and pearl embellishment. The little metal label holder is from Stampin Up - I found that in the drawer with the punches too!

A Birthday Card ...

I have a birthday card to share today

I have used my favourite papers at the moment - gorgeous digital Nitwit Collections paper, totally delicious I could wallpaper my house with this!!

The lace, organza flower trim, liquid pearls, pins and ribbon are all from the Ribbon Girl

I used my new favourite die - the LaLaLand heart banner die and some Doo Hickeys and a Martha Stewart punch and I painted all the edges of my layers and distressed the edges.

I would like to enter this card into the Magnolia Down Under Challenge blog