Happy Christmas and a Very Happy New Year!!!

Hello to all you lovely crafty bloggers!!! Well, I am well and truely

back from the Big Apple and we had a fabulous time!!! As I have

been playing catch up since we returned I will just leave you all

with this lil piccie of me and hubby on top of the Rockefeller Centre

and just say a big "Thank You" to you all for visiting my blog and

taking the time to leave such lovely messages, they really do inspire

me! I wish you all a Wonderful Christmas and a very Happy and

Healthy New Year! Eat, Drink and be Merry!!! and happy crafting

in 2009! TFL xx

Christmas Window!!

Oohh I just love this stamp, another golden oldie!!! it's from

Santa Rosa CA. Stamped him in metallic gold then water

coloured piccie with a mixture of browns and deep reds, added

sparkles to heart, star and tree. Matted and layered with

DCWV cardstock, added gems to punched snowflakes

and bottom of sentiment. Snowflakes are made from a lovely

brown and gold sparkly glitter card. Added beautiful

Icelandic Blue Velvet ribbon (it's soo lush I don't like

using it that often, just stroking it!!!!) TFL xx

P.S. sorry these photos are so bad, it was very late.

P.P.S. Am off to NYC tomorrow, Yippee!!!! so no posting

for a while, but no doubt there will plenty of new candy

to play with when I get back. xx

Banner Cards!!

Made these little cards last night. Thought the papers looked

like old fashioned wallpaper, (they are from K & Co Classic range)

so what better than to add a Christmas banner!!! Distressed card

stock to match paper. Punched out hearts from gold card and

also white paper (used this to stick to back to hide thread) laid

the embroidery thread along them and glued. Secured with

these tiny brads. These can be made up with all sorts of

messages, (No rude ones please!!)TFL xx

Wow I have just received....my very first award whoop

whoop, from the lovely crafting diva, check out her blog http://craftingdivadesigns.blogspot.com/

well I am truly honoured, thank you soooo much.. now I have to

pass this on to five more mmmm think I'll send it to the

blogs that inspire me the most at the moment.....so here goes..

http://ingvild-bolme.blogspot.com/

http://rosaswelt.blogspot.com/

http://juliesinkspot.blogspot.com/

http://annespaperfun-aksh.blogspot.com/

http://mar1ene.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/ismaki-42/

please take a look at these blogs some of their work are truly

masterpieces!! xx

Santa Paws!!!

Do you remember my Halloweenie Scaredy Cat Card???

Well she's back.....this time as the Cheeky Mrs Paws!!!!

Cat image is water coloured with pencils as is the hat and

gift, cat stamp is (Stamp It) santa hat (Funstamps) gift

(Anita's) all initially stamped with staz-on.
Paw print (also Funstamps) is stamped using Ruby Red

Color Box embossing ink. Punched snowflakes in black and

green card to co-ordinate, added sparkles in crystal and

silver and silver gems to centre.
Brads and ribbon from stash. TFL xx

Young or Old!!! Coming to a Town Near You....Very Soon!!!

Created this little chappie this morning, I don't know what it

is about these crisp frosty mornings??? but I am in my craft

room by 7.30 ready with fresh ideas??? can't be bad!!.. I'd

better make the most of it while it lasts. Well I thought I'd do

a little demo, bit by bit so you can watch him come to life

right before your eyes......OK..........

You can see the punches I have used from the picture (click on

photo's for close-up) The antlers have been cut out freehand,

they don't have to be exactly the same shape, it makes them

more interesting! (idea for these came from my Christmas Pud

icing!!) The oval is used one way for the head and

the other way for part of his face. I also drew his mouth (with

a white gel pen) using bottom half of the oval shape. His little

nose is the small heart punch in black card (also added two

white dots with gel pen), his ears are the long heart shape cut

in half!

As you can see I have used a slightly darker metallic brown

card for the oval on his nose, this gives an illusion of depth!

Once you are happy with his features (he seems happy with

his looks!!!) fix down with double sided tape. The larger

circle for his nose I have used one layer of foam pads.

For the tag, I used the same circle punch (this punch has

definately got to be one of my most used!) although I have

two shades here I opted for the darker one and red in the

end. Stamped with encore metallic gold! Merry Christmas

Stamp is from Hero Arts.

Lovely clean image, I then added a gold eyelet before cutting

out with deckled scissors.

Red circle is stamped with a star cluster stamp from Rubber

Stampede, again with gold metallic embossing ink. Used a

gold wired cord, piece of white lace (which I soaked with

some old tea bags to stain!!!) a piece of red gingham

ribbon, then to finish off added two gold bells! You can also

see in this picture the holly punch which I used with the

same coloured card as his antlers.

Oooh love this effect!!!


Placed the punched holly randomly over the card.... Hey

presto a Star is born . TFL xxx

Heart Shaped Wreath Card!

(Please click on image for close-up)

Firstly cut out the heart shape on white card using deckled

scissors, I find when you are cutting out anything freehand

you seem to get a more forgiving shape with these scissors!

I then cut to size a piece of velum and stamped my PB stamp

(which is a lovely quote by marcel proust!) with Encore!

ultimate metallic. Set a silver eyelet in the corner and added

white organza ribbon. I then placed three layers of foam pads

under the heart to give it a real lift. Then added silver holly

leaves, punched heart shapes from metallic and silver

glitter card, added lovely iridescent snowflakes and beads,

a large silver star and some smaller ones, I made the bow at

the bottom from silver string beads.

Good morning all you crafty bloggers, well the sun is shining

today; it's a lovely crisp morning here in Maldon, so I thought

I'd make a nice Silver wintery wreath card. This card is so

adaptable, it can be made plain or add as much detail as you

want, put your own personal message inside, have one

hanging from the middle! also the colour combinations are

endless, Gold would be pretty, pink, blue oooh take your pick!

They can be heart shaped or circular!

Think I will enter this one in the penny black Saturday

Challenge, here is the link if you would like to enter

http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

this week (25) they are asking for your design to be made

without the use of any patterned paper, but you must

incorporate a penny black stamp. TFL and good luck xx

Two more Vintage Style!!

Please click on pictures for a closer view!

Here are another two that were inspired by those two little

vintage cards of mine, not so much their pictures, more the

sentiments. I have used K & Co papers on both of these from

their classic range. A little secret here.....shhh...don't tell

anyone but as I don't possess any of those new fancy gadgets,

i.e die cutting machines, or nestie thingy's I saw these

beautiful coasters!!!! yes thats right paper coasters, well I

thought they were too damn nice to place me wine glass upon!!

so here they are, the white one is really fine and beautifully

embossed, the Green one is embossed just around the edges,

flower brad is from DC, added liquid pearls in Ruby Red. TFL xx

Warm Woolie Wishes!!

These little embellishments just rock!!! they are Joe Cool!!!

they are from my Artworks and they come in black and white

and a lovely cool blue and white.

These papers are from DC, punched snowflakes and

added little gems to centre, tinsel and pom pom ribbon

from papermania. TFL xx

Ruby Rudy in Flowers!!

I just love this stamp, its from Inkadinkadoo, and can be stamped

in an array of colours. This was stamped with Color Box Ruby, I

have added punched flowers in white and red to carry on the trail,

with red and irridescent sparkles added to centre.

Red flower stone brad is from DC, organza wide ribbon tied at top

and I have sewn on a little red jingle bell.

Red swirl paper underneath is DCWV Christmas glitter stack.

TFL xx

A Little bit of Card Making History!!!

Hello all you crafty bloggers, I don't know if any of you have heard

of a Company called Raphael, Tuck & Sons? but they were prolific

printers in the 1800s. They produced books, postcards, greeting

cards, die cut cards, fringed silk cards, scrapbook, puzzles and more.

They were granted a Royal Warrant by none other than

Queen Victoria herself!!!mmm pretty interesting hey!!

They were based in Moorfields (London), but it was destroyed in

the London Bombing Blitz of WWII along with original art work,

postcards, and history records. On a good note, they were so

popular that there are quite a few of their cards in circulation

today, mainly by collectors! Well I happen to have one!!! whooo

I bought a few antique cards from a market stall about 6 years

ago and found them the other day.....so I thought I'd share two

of the Christmas cards with you and thought a little bit of

history should repeat itself and have used one of the poems.

The sentiments are so sincere and beautiful the cards are tiny,

only about 3" high, but are really sweet, they are both

Christmas cards although I would have thought the little

chicks would have been better for Easter, but

then maybe they didn't have that many pictures then???

Here is a picture of them and my one using the same

sentiment! Enjoy them, I hope they inspire you! TFL xx

Snow way it took me all day!!!!

Oh yes it did!!!
Firstly stamped with Staz-On black ink. Stamp is from Uptown
Rubber stamps, I have had this one a few years now so don't
know if it is still available! I then coloured the image with my
W & N watercolour Pencils. Little tip here, I found by colouring
all around the image in a light shade it emphasized the image and
made the snow look more realistic! Another tip - I read somewhere
that by putting little white dots on your images face it
draws the eyes in!!!! whooo get me!!!

For the background I used a silk paper embossed with Merry

Christmas, I water coloured all around the edges of this

and my image to co-ordinate. Punched out heart shapes

in baby blue shimmer card. I found some lovely clear

buttons with the word snow, I threaded these with fine

white raffia and attached them with silicone glue and

placed them on top of the hearts. I drew around a heart

shape (from an aperture card) with a water colour pencil

in the same blue, this made it easier to blend and colour

once I had cut out the shape. Punched out snowflakes

from white glitter card and added to the heart.

Added double foam pads to heart to give it a real lift,

added beautiful satin baby blue ribbon and bow and also

white ric rac ribbon down side. Punched out little stars in

the same baby blue shimmer paper and added little star

gems on top then placed on each corner of image.

This is the finished card, I am really pleased with the result.

Thought I'd show you it in stages. TFL xx

This is where the Magic Happens!!!!Lol

Main desk with my Snowman card in progress!!

Other desk is used for stamping etc!!!

Oooh, don't you just love snooping around other peoples
craft rooms!!


Can you see all the stamps hiding under the shelving???

Shelving for Card Stock - Inspiration Station on door heart!!

Ribbon /Paper storage!! - When in doubt-hide it under your desk!!!

Computer Says No!!!

Well, thought I would take a few piccies of my craft room in full

glory and show you the card that has taken me nearly all day

to do and the mess I can make in the process!!!Lol Is anybody

else this messy????