Special First Birthday

Hi Everyone

Hope you are all well.  Sorry I have not been around for the last few days.  With Easter and working I have not had much time.  I have managed to pop by and browse your lovely blog posts but no time for commenting I am afraid.  I am hoping to rectify that over the next few days.

Today I thought I would share a card that I was asked to make for a little girl's first birthday.

I kept the design quite simple using paper piecing to create the large number 1.  I personalised the name by using my clarity stamps.  Silver mirror card was used for the matting and I added some silver peel offs around the number one and some little gems to the stamped stars.

Thanks for popping by and would love the know what you think.  Many thanks for all the lovely comments and support that you give me.

Guest Designer at Crafty Friends

Hi Everyone

Hope you are all having a good Easter weekend.  This year sure is flying by and can't believe we will be into April soon.  

I was delighted to be asked to be a guest designer over at Crafty Friends challenge blog.  I was on their design team for a while and they are a great bunch of people to work with.  Thank you for asking me to join you.  

The challenge is Anything Goes and I used a gorgeous image from Julia Spiri to make this cute little wall hanging for any budding ballerinas out there.

Sorry for the quality of the photo.  Just couldn't seem to get the lighting right.  I coloured the image using promarkers and softened the edges by blending some distress ink.  I used some backing paper from my stash together with some lace and ribbon.  Some punched butterflies and a cute sentiment finished the wall hanging.

To see the rest of the gorgeous projects from the design team and to enter the challenge just pop over to Crafty Friends.  

Thanks for popping by and would love to know what you think.  I really do appreciate all the lovely comments and support that you give me.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Special Birthday

Hi Everyone

Hope you are all well and looking forward to Easter.  Apologies for my absence over the last few days but I have had a busy time.  It was my wonderful Mum's 70th birthday at the weekend.  I had family come to stay for the weekend and we went out for a celebratory meal on Saturday night.  A good time was had by all but no time for blogging.  Anyway, I have the next six days off work so hoping to get lots of crafty time in.

Today I thought I would share the card that I made for my Mum's special birthday.

I used mainly white for this card together with gold mirror card.  Several dies were used including a marianne die and a free champagne glass die that I got with a magazine.  I embossed the background with my swirly folder and added lots of flowers and bling.

Thanks for popping by and would love to know what you think.  I really do appreciate all the lovely comments and support that you give me.  Hoping to get round to visiting some of your lovely blogs this evening.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Crafty Calendar - Special female
Crafting with Friends - ATG
Simply Papercraft - ATG
Crafty Girls Creations - ATG
Crafty Friends - ATG
Artistic Inspirations - ATG
Corrosive - ATG
That Craft Place - ATG
Pennys Paper-Crafty Challenges - ATG
Creative Moments - ATG
The Crafty Addicts - ATG
Creative Corner - White plus one other colour

Personal Impressions Inspiration

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Yet again the week is rushing by.  I have tomorrow off so am hoping to get in my crafty room for most of the day.

Today I am sharing some inspiration over on the Personal Impressions blog.  But you only get to see a small piece of the project I have created here.

To see the full project together with details of how I created it just pop over to the Personal Impressions blog.  Would love for you to leave me a comment over there letting me know what you think.

A Little Thank You

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Hope you are all well and have had a good week.  Sending hugs to anyone who needs one.  This has been a busy week for me.  Lots of work and a spot of decorating too.  I am afraid my blog has had to take a backseat.  My apologies if I have not been by to visit your blog but things should return to normal soon.

Today I thought I would share a little thank you card that I made.

This was a really quick and easy card to do.  The corner die and the Thank You die were both freebies in magazines.  I die cut them out of some card that I had coloured using the shaving foam technique.  The white background was embossed using my dotty embossing folder.  For embellishments I added a punched butterfly and some gems to the centre of the flowers.

Thanks for popping by.  I really do appreciate all the lovely comments and support that you give me.  I will try and get round to visiting some of your lovely blogs over the next few days.

Groovi

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Hope you are all well and had a good weekend.  I was working yesterday morning but when I got home my two girls were waiting for me with flowers and pressies for Mothers Day.  They even whisked me off to our local pub for a glass or two of wine.  Felt very spoilt and loved.

For my birthday at the end of February I received some money and decided to treat myself to the Groovi board parchment system and some plates from Clarity Stamps.  My Mum has been using it for some time and produces some lovely cards.  It arrived on Friday and I finally got the chance to have a play this afternoon after work.  

Now it is not perfect but this is the result of my first attempt.

I used the music plates, a border plate and the nesting squares for the centre panel.  The sentiment was done using the alphabet on the plate mate and I coloured it from the back using my promarkers.  I attached the parchment to the backing card using some brads.  Some music based designer paper finished the card off nicely.

Thanks for popping by and would love to know what you think.  The Groovi system is so easy to use and I can it becoming quite addictive.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Artistic Inspirations - ATG
Crafts Galore Encore - Make a card
Craftyhazlenut's Patterned Paper - ATG
Crafty Gals Corner - All about the boys
Crafting by Designs - ATG
Creative Moments - ATG
The Crafty Addicts - ATG
Crafting with an Attitude - ATG
613 Avenue Create - ATG
Craft Your Passion - ATG
Crafting from the Heart - ATG
Our Crafty Corner - ATG

Personal Impressions Inspiration

Hi Everyone

Hope you are all well.  Friday already, the weeks are just flashing by at the moment.  

Today is my turn to share some inspiration over on the Personal Impressions blog.  Here is a little taster of the project I have created.

To see the full project and see how I created this just pop over to Personal Impressions.  I would love to know what you think.  Just leave me a comment over there to let me know you have popped by.