MAY COLOUR CHALLENGE

Today I'd like to share my project for the May Colour Challange over at The Ribbon Girl.  The theme is lavender and Lilac.

I used Forest Fruit Felt, Small Lavender Dotty Buttons, Hair Clips, Plum Purple Bakers Divine Twine, 5mm Lilac Self-Adhesive Crystal, 10mm Vintage Lilac Cotton Lace all from the Ribbon Girl online store.

Check out all the fabulous creations by the design team and details of the challenge here.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

TRAINS AND FLUFFY CLOUDS...

that's what little boys are made of...

My two cards have been made using Clearly Besotted's Full Steam Ahead die collection and sentiments from Baby Love.

With a little kraft cardstock and stitching to finish off.

Have a lovely weekend, we're actually home again this weekend but have  a busy schedule.  Including cooking up various meals to heat up on our travels over half term!

Clearly Besotted Full Steam Ahead die collection, Baby Love stamp set

Papertrey Ink Kraft Cardstock, Papers

HAPPY RETIREMENT

It's been a really nice day here today, no sign of rain...YET !

I  love sentiments and I admit I am totally in love with CBS's newly released Happy Days stamp set.  The fonts are just perfect!    

Hope you're having a rain free Thursday.

Clearly Besotted Happy Days stamp set

Papertrey Ink Watercolor Wonder stamp set

Hero Arts Shadow Inks

DIE CUTS

Our latest challenge at Let's Craft and Create is to use Die Cuts.  

For my card I used Clearly Besotted's Love Heart Stamps and matching die together with a sentiment from Happy Days.

We'd love you to share your die projects with us and there's a fab little giveaway for one lucky person taking part.  Find out more here.

Clearly Besotted Love Hearts & Happy Days Stamp sets, Love Heart Dies

RIBBON GIRL TWINE & FLOWER GIVEAWAY

The lovely Ribbon Girl ladies are giving you the chance to win these gorgeous flowers and hemp cord...

all you have to do is pop by their blog and leave them a comment, mention the giveaway on your own blog with a link back to them, simples!  

Have a lovely Sunday.

JUST FABULOUS

Stephanie's newly released Clearly Besotted stamp sets are flying off the shelves...it's no wonder as they are fabulous! Which leads me nicely on to my card today as I've used the Just Fabulous set and dies, and they are still in stock !

The sentiment is from Honeycomb, which unfortunately is out of stock but due back in a few weeks time.

Enjoy your Saturday

Clearly Besotted Just Fabulous, Honeycomb stamps sets, Just Fabulous Dies
The Ribbon Girl Pink Bakers Divine Twine

IT'S A GIRL THING

When hubby and I go away in our wee van I like to take some crafty stash with me to play with.  These little hair slides are just the ticket!  I die cut the felt and flowers before hand and pop them into a little plastic box with my needle, thread and scissors and I'm all prepared for when I need that little crafty fix !

I used 100% wool felt from Papertrey Ink, given to me by my very lovely CBS design teamie Michelle.  The quality is amazing and the colours are just fab!    The gorgeous dotty buttons are from The Ribbon Girl, I love these and they have a wonderful range of colours to choose from.

Have a lovely weekend, fingers crossed the sun comes out to play again.

Papertrey Ink Wool Felt, Barrette Cover Die Collection, Flower Die

The Ribbon Girl Small Dotty Buttons

Dotty Teapot

We had a lovely bank holiday weekend in Wales, the sun was out and it was lovely and warm!  I didn't think things could get much better, then I arrived home to a fabulous package of new Clearly Besotted stamp sets...

The first set I've inked up is My Cup of Tea, loving this set and it has matching dies, perfect!  I've stamped a few of these dotty teapots and cups in various colours and they look fab!

Clearly Besotted My Cup of Tea & Matching Dies

Hero Arts Pool mid-tone shadow ink

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Happy Anniversary to my hubby...26 years today xx

Clearly Besotted Many Thanks

Simon Says Stamp Loving Words

Hero Arts Soft Apricot Shadow Ink

ONE FOR THE GIRLS

I learnt to crochet when I was quite young.  My mum was a whiz with a crochet hook.  Not only did she make clothes for my Sindy and Barbie dolls, I also had the pleasure of wearing some of her creations.  My favourite was a poncho she made for me and my best friend.  We loved wearing them and pretended we were sisters!

I tend to make smaller items to give as gifts, these flower brooches are my latest project for our One for the Girls challenge over at Let's Craft and Create.  You can find the pattern for them on Cindy's blog Skip to my Lou.

Once again the design team have some wonderful projects to share with you, come and check them out here.

BOOK WORM

Oh what fun I had playing with Clearly Besotted's Book Worm set today...

First came the card,

then the gift tag, 

and finally the book mark !

What do you think, isn't this just the cutest set!

Clearly Besotted Book Worm Stamp Set
Papertrey Ink Book Mark Die,Tag Sale #3 Die

SWEET BABY

It's all about babies today...

 I do love Papertrey Ink's Sweet Baby stamp set and dies...

and the lovely Congratulations sentiment from Clearly Besotted's Baby Love stamp set.

Hope you're weekend is going well.

Clearly Besotted Baby Love Stamp set

Memory Box Parker Alphabet die set

Papertrey Ink Sweet Baby Stamp & Die Sets, Felt, Tag Sale #3 Die

Hero Arts Shadow Inks

ON YOUR WEDDING DAY

Yay, it's the weekend !  Today I'd like to share a Wedding card I made using gorgeous Hero Arts shadow inks, I love these tones together.

 Oh yes, and a matching tag...

Buttons, twine and pearls are all from the lovely Ribbon Girls online store.

Hope you have an enjoyable weekend.

Ribbon Girl buttons, twine, sugar & spice self adhesive pearls
Hero Arts Soft Sand, Wet Cement shadow inks
Stampin Up Seeing Spots stamp set
Making Memories Just Chillin stamp set
Clearly Besotted Happily Ever After stamp set
Papertrey Ink Limitless Layers Die, Tag Sale #5 Die

LOVE YOU

Today's card has been made using a selection of stamps and dies... Making Memories Just Chillin, Simon Says Stamp Loving Words, Clearly Besotted Love Heart Die Collection and Simon Says Stamp 'You' craft die.

I've also used My Minds Eye Enamel Dots from Boy Crazy and The Sweetest Thing collections and papers from their Be Happy paper stack.

Hope you're week is going well.

Clearly Besotted Heart Die Collection

Simon Says Stamp Loving Words, 'You' Die

Making Memories Just Chillin stamp set

MME Enamel Dots, Be Happy papers

Hero Arts Wet Cement Shadow Ink

HELLO

I've been playing with Clearly Besotted's Call Me stamp set and here's what I came up with.....

Although you can't tell from the photo, there's quite a lot of dimension going on on this card. 

Clearly Besotted Call Me, Stepping Out, Many Thanks Stamp Sets, You Said Die Collection 

WOW! Bright White Embossing Powder

Papertrey Ink Heart dies

The Ribbon Girl Glossy Accents

RIBBON GIRL APRIL COLOUR CHALLENGE

Happy Sunday.  Today is Ribbon Girl Colour challenge day. Once again, there are fab prizes to be won, a £10 gift voucher to spend in the lovely LOTV  online store and £10 gift voucher to spend in the Ribbon Girl store.

The colour this month is cream or ivory...

I used cream rolled paper roses, cluny lace, natural button twine and key charm all from The Ribbon Girl to decorate my kraft gift box.

The challenge will close at 9PM (UK time) on Saturday 27th April and there are a few simple rules to follow which you can check out here.

Ribbon Girl cream rolled paper roses, cluny lace, natural button twine, key charm 

BEST DAD

Yay, at last the weekend is here.  My first week back at work has been busy and tiring, can't wait for half term !!

I've been itching to ink up all the fabulous new sets from Stephanie and finally managed to do so last night.  Starting with Super Dad...

I just love this shirt and matching die with the choice of several different tie designs.  

As you can see from my card I teamed it up with the Basic Banners set...love these banners!

Right, must go and see if my caramel has cooled to tip over the shortbread...son has requested millionaires shortbread when he calls in later !

p.s. sorry for the wonky photo, it's all been done in a bit of a rush, have a great weekend.

Clearly Besotted Super Dad stamp set & dies, Basic Banners Stamp Set & dies

FLOWERS

Spring seems to have finally sprung !  It's lovely to see the flowers pushing through, especially as they had a bit of a chilly start.  So, what better way to celebrate than having Flowers as our latest challenge theme at Let's Craft and Create.

For my card I used Hero Arts Bike with Basket stamp together with flowers and leaves from Clearly Besotted's Flower Arrangement stamp set.  The sentiment is one of Darkroom Door's String Sentiments.

Once again the design team have some fabulous projects to share and there is also a very cute little giveaway!  To find out more come and visit us here.

Hero Arts Bike with Basket Stamp

Clearly Besotted's Flower Arrangement Stamp Set

Darkroom Door's String Sentiments

BUTTERFLY WISHES

Thats it, the end of the Easter holidays and back to work tomorrow!  The weather hasn't been brilliant but we've had fun roaming around various places in our little van.

In between trips, I made the following card using the lovely dotty butterflies from Clearly Besotted's Butterfly Wishes Additions stamp set.

Stephanie's stamp sets have proven to be very popular.  It's no wonder, such fabulous choice and wonderful quality!  All out of stock sets will be back in her store at the beginning of May.  Not long now !

Before I go, have you seen that the lovely Ribbon Girl ladies have a gorgeous flower giveaway today?

Just click here for all the details.

Enjoy your Sunday.

Clearly Besotted Butterfly Wishes Additions stamp set & die, Basic Banners Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink Polka Dot Basics II Impression Plate

Hero Arts Bubble Gum Shadow Ink

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Not long home from a few days away in the Yorkshire Dales. Had a lovely time, despite the weather not being quite what we imagined it would be when we booked a few months ago. The first day was bitterly cold but the second turned out to be perfect for walking.  The scenery was spectacular, especially with the snow on top of the hills.

Before we went I'd made a few quick cards but didn't get chance to post them here, so I'll share them with you now.

All the cards were made using Clearly Besotted's It's Your Birthday stamp set...

plus Stephanie's newly released Basic Banners set and dies.

Hope you've had an enjoyable weekend, I have another week of holidays to look forward to and this time we'll be escaping to Norfolk for a few days!

Clearly Besotted It's Your Birthday & Basic Banners stamp sets, Basic Banners Dies

Hero Arts Shadow Ink

MME Enamel Dots