Fairy wings make you happy!

Good afternoon!
Kev is away on business this week and as we've only just moved and not really met anyone yet his colleagues are checking in on me to make sure I'm not needing anything. One in particular, Cindee came up to meet us on Tuesday evening. Mollie was her usual happy self and prancing around in a fairy outfit. When Cindee asked her if she was always happy and if so what did she need to do so that she could always be happy. Mollie replied saying her fairy wings kept her happy and Cindee would be happy if she touched them!

On the back of this I have made her a card from Mollie so she can keep fairy wings on her desk!

 

 

This adorable fairy is called Pompom and she along with the sentiment are from Lili of the Valley. She has been coloured in using my Spectrum Noirs and I've used polychromo pencils for extra shading and blending. There is just a touch of fairy dust (glitter) on her wings and pompoms.

The dies I've used are Marianne and memory box and I've used Core'dinations card stock for these and my background. The card blank is a craftwork cards blank.

All it needs is for Mollie to come home from preschool and sign it! 



Monocromatic card

2nd blog post for this week, and many more to come!!!
Mollie started preschool today - she's going 2 days a week just so that she's mixing with children her own age. It also gives me some breathing space!

Today's card is an anniversary card using Crafters Companion Die'sire dies and Embossalicious embossing folders.

 



The verse was from verses4cards and just fit perfectly onto the center panel of the die cut. I've used Rose Garden embossing folder on the white layers you can just about make them out on the photo. The die cuts are cut with Romantic Song Frame, I've only used the larger of the dies and layered them up with collal glue gel.
My card blank (as always when not using pre-scored cards) was scored and folded using my Ultimate Pro. - some black ribbon and a gem from my stash just finish it off.

 

I'm entering this into my first challenge for a while

The Crafters Companion Monthly Challenge which is monochromatic this month.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by xx



Back up and running

Hi
I've not blogged for so long that I've struggled to remember how to do things!!
There has been a lot going on in my life which took president over my crafting but now I'm back.
We have recently moved to Michigan in the US which means I'm no longer working and can spend time looking after my lovely hubby, kids and gorgeous new house! I've also become mum to a little Shih zhu puppy who I love to bits and I think the feeling is mutual since he follows me everywhere - and I mean everywhere!!!

The new house means I now have my own craft room (instead of hijacking the dining room!) which my wonderful hubby has decked out with lots of cupboard space for all my crafty stash.

I have finally got round to using it to create the card below

 





 I've used a craftwork cards scalloped edge card blank. The image is the Hydrangea stamp from Lili of the Valley coloured with Spectrum Noirs. I have also used their paper pad for the backing paper along with some lavender card from my stash. Both the sentiment and the image have been die cut with spellbinders.

 

This card is for our new bank manager who went above and beyond her role to ensure we got our mortgage.

 

Thank you for taking the time to look xxx

               



 

Baby Boy

Good evening
I've been working on a lovely little baby boy card for a colleague of my Hubby's.

I've chosen another couple of gorgeous Lili of the Valley stamps and coloured them with my spectrum Noirs. Giraffe's are a favourite of mine so I had to have these stamps.

The paper's are again from Lili of the Valley - the Bear Necessity nitwit collection and I've matted them onto Core-dinations card stock.
The buttons are from my stash and the card blank is from Craftwork Cards.

Thanks for stopping by and your comments are always welcome xx

Twins are twice the fun

Good afternoon!
Here's a card for new twins one of each flavour!

Please excuse the photo it was taken in a rush before being whisked off to it's new owner.

The stamp is a delightful one from Lili of the Valley coloured in with my spectrum noirs of course. Papers are from the Lili of the Valley Nitwit collections and I've used my spellbinders to cut the twins out



 

The card is held closed with ribbon and I've used blue and pink for this, it opens from the left when you untie the bow and the sentiment is hidden by the front panel followed by a verse inside the card. Both printed on my computer and cut out with my dies. This is one of my favourite card designs and the scollaped edge card blanks from Craftwork Cards are just right for it.

 

I am entering this card into:

 Joanna Sheen's Challenge blog - Layer it up  

Crafty Blogger's network Challenge - Anything Goes

 

Thanks for stopping by x