"As I Lay Me Down to Sleep"

Made this little card yesterday to coincide with the Colour

Create Challenge this week, which is to use the colours

Brown, Green and Orange, with the added option of making

a card for a man!! Well, we all know how hard it is to find

flowery, chintzy material which we all love to suit a man's card!

Not going to happen! So we either buy one with a joke on it or

we make one which we don't like!! Not good! So thinking out

of the box, thought I would make one for a little man ahhhh!

This little image is a free digi download from a fab blog who's

owner is Dustin Pike he has drawn some fabulous images which

he sells on Etsy, but every Wednesday he offers a freebie!!!

How fab is that!! I have coloured the image with water colour

pencils and palette, the papers are from BG Lime Rickey. The

sentiment stamp has it's first outing although I have had it

for about five years!!! found it after my craft room clear out!!

It is from Rubber Stampede. Lace and ribbons from stash.

TFL Sue xx

The Great Escape!

I just had to share these piccies with you.

On Sunday before we left for London we spotted this huge rabbit

running around our garden? It had burrowed its way under the

fence from the house directly behind us. So we informed them to

which she duly came round armed with a cat box to put him/her

in, to take back. Well, she had to capture it first! I have never seen

a rabbit run so fast!! with it's owner chasing it!! it was so funny.
Then today I was doing the garden and who should pop his head

under but next doors dog Benji!! What a little cutie he is! so I had

to go and get my camera again a take a picture! Don't know what

the attraction is in my garden, but it seems it's the place to be???

TFL Sue xx

Blue Bubbles for a Boy!

Ooh just coloured Bubbles Blue! He's not sad!

How versatile are these stamps?? I don't think there is a stamp

that I have used so much!! I know I keep going on about them

and no I don't have shares! but they just are!

Here is my take on this weeks sketch over at D & D Challenge

Why not pop over there and join in the fun! So, as I said this

little bear with the flower is called Bubbles and I have coloured

him with my Tim Holtz vintage photo and used water colour

pencils for the Blue on his pads. The blue and white stripe

paper is from Lasting Impressions, buttons, lace, ribbon and

charms are all from stash. I am sure I saw a challenge that

wanted you to use a charm on your card??? when I find it

again I will add it to that too!! TFL Sue xx Well the lovely

Hazel over at Dido's Designs has just told me that it's the

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge that ask for a charm to be

used on your creation, so thank you soooo much Hazel!xx

"Yesterday's Marathon"

Here are the pictures of our day in and around London for
yesterday's Marathon. It is the last year that Flora will be
sponsoring it! Next year 2010 it will be sponsored by Virgin,
if you would like more information please go to
http://www.virginlondonmarathon.com/.
It really was a fab day, very humbling, very inspiring and
also uplifting.......and Sunny...

You could see men in Pink tights!........

.......and in Green Tights!
Well Done Barry!

A Womble!! I wondered what had happened to them?

The Finish in sight!!
Making our way back to the car........

Through Green Park ........

and through the trees...........

Buckingham Palace.....the flag is flying which means the Queen

is in residence.....didn't have time to stop for tea though!!!!

Statue of Queen Victoria looking down The Mall

Big Ben taken from Buckingham Palace, the Queen just has to

look out of her window to see what time it is!!

Wandering through this little back street we found these

little gems.................

Sir Francis Chichester sailed around the world single

handedly in the Gypsy Moth, I remember when I

was about 10 my dad taking me to see this boat over

at Greenwich and the boat seemed tiny to me even

at that age! I don't know if it is still sited there or not?

This little Hairdresser's and Perfumery called

Truefitt is by Royal Appointment to HRH the

Duke of Edinburgh, it is also in the guiness book of

records as being the oldest!

Check out this website if you fancy sending the man in

your life for some luxury grooming!

If you are considering visiting London you could also

look here for some ideas Spend Time In London.

Homeward bound, this was taken from the car

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St. Pauls Cathedral on a Glorious Day!

Hope you enjoyed it. TFL Sue xx

Wow!!! I got me Two more Awards..............

Can you believe that! It is so nice to receive these and they mean

so much to me. So for this first award I have to say a big

THANK YOU to Peggy at Kaartenwonderland who comes

all the way from Belgium to visit my blog!

and a big THANK YOU to Hazel at Dido's Designs who comes
all the way from Arbroath, Angus to visit my blog for this second

award:

The Karma Award:
These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind of bloggers
aim to find and be friends. They are not interested
in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons
of these prizes are cut even more friendships are propagated.
Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award
to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this
cleverly written text into the body of their award.
So I would like to pass both of these awards onto:-
Sassy
Sonia
Ruth
Gina
Avril
Sarah
June
Erin
Phew! I know the first award is only meant to be passed on to
five more but I am feeling very generous today! Please go
and visit their beautiful blogs. Sue xx

"Aloha"

This little greeting means Hello in Hawaiian and I have coloured

my beautiful Hawaiian Tilda to match the Just Magnolia Challenge

this week which is to use the colours Pink and Green. Don't you

think she looks fab doing her Hula dance? I was lucky enough

to get married in Hawaii and if I can find an old piccie I will pop

it on next week! I am in a bit of a rush this morning as we are

meeting a friend who is running in the London Marathon today

so we need to set off pretty soon! I really do admire these people

it takes a lot of self discipline and hard work! and lots of pasta!!!

I will take my camera along and hopefully get some good pictures.

So getting back to my card! I have coloured her using my water

colour palette, the Palm tree was made from punched hearts and

two different sized leaves which came with some flowers I bought

(which are in an organised jar now) so who knows the name! Sorry!

I have sewn two buttons on for the coconuts (Pink and Green of

course)! Papers are from K & Co and Lasting Impressions.

The sentiment is computer generated, the leaves around

the outside of Tilda are another filigree stamp from the Laura Ashley

Connemara set. Flower brad DC. As this is quite a simple card it

also meets the challenge over on the ABC Challenge Blog Woohoo!

Think that's all, have a fab Sunday everyone and happy crafting. Sue xx

Presenting......"Miss Understood"

.......Little Miss Understood!!.... Lol! I'm sure she is an Angel really

this cutie arrived today along with her 5 Gorjuss sisters from set 2,

how exciting!! As I have been out and about today I have not had

a lot of time to craft, but I managed to get this little lovely with

bucket loads of attitude inked and coloured...she is fab isn't she?

and I can't wait to use the others. Well I just couldn't wait until

tomorrow either to put her on, so if the piccie is a bit grainy, its

because the light in here is really poor at night, so I might have

to take some better pictures of her tomorrow! I hope you like her!

Papers are from BG Bitter Sweet, hearts I have hand drawn and

cut out. I have drawn kisses with dots on the ends all around the

border of the card similar to the ones inside the hearts. flowers

and ribbons from stash. TFL Sue xx

"A Happy St.George's Day"

For all you traditionalists out there a very Happy St. George's Day
to you all! Hope you are all flying your flags with pride. If you were
passing my house this morning you would have seen me trying to
fix our new Super Duper De-Luxe flag to my broomstick handle
(not of the witch kind I'll have you know)! outside of our bedroom
window! well it's a good job I know some good knots and had double
sided tape, brown parcel tape and all the necessary equipment to
assist me, as we don't have a proper flag pole or unit for it to sit in!
Well it's been up most of the day and nothing has snapped or
drooped!! So here is a little card I have made in honour of
St. George and a little quote which I thought would be appropriate
to all us crafters from another Great Man, Sir Winston Churchill!
So for the card I have used BG from the Lime Rickey pack for the
cross and the rose is a lovely stamp which I have water coloured.
Happy Crafting! TFL Sue xx

"I Love Tea"!!

Ok calm is resumed, after burning my toast twice and numerous

cups of my beloved T..............

Ooh I do love a nice cup of Rosie Lea - Tea!! I am definitely a

teapot. I don't think there is anything better than a nice cup

of tea especially when it's shared with friends and of course a

nice cream cake!!! mmm...So I decided to give this little stamp

an airing yesterday.............when I saw this beautiful stamp

from Leanne Ellis it took me back to my mum's kitchen where

we would sit and have numerous cups of tea putting the world

to rights! My mum used to love her tea too, so I thought I

would make this stamp into a wall hanging plaque for my kitchen!

The papers I have used are from K & Co and the decoupage

flowers are from a 12 x 12 sheet of making memories, vintage

rose crackle which is quite old! To colour the image I have used

my water colour palette. The border stamp around the outside is

from a clear set of Laura Ashley Connemara (this set is full of

beautiful filigree shapes). The green paper is punched with my

Fiskars border punch and I have also punched the heart shape.

For the "I Love Tea" sentiment I have used my Hero Arts

alphabet and the heart stamp is from Funstamps, I have also

placed three little pink rhinestones in the top right corner.

Ribbons and lace from stash. Once complete I mounted it onto

a thick piece of card.

Here you can see before the decoupage flowers and hearts

were in place..I used this old emery board to file down the

rough edges of the thick card, I also use it for distressing

my papers, it is so handy! I hope you like it, TFL Sue xx

"Can't You Just Kiss The Postman"???

Ooh I know it would be wrong, plus my one was wearing some

eighties aftershave today!! but hey ho he has just delivered these

delightful goodies!!! What would we do without them??? three

cheers for the postie!! Hip Hip Hooray!! x3 So from the

Glitter pot I have my Hawaiian Tilda oooooooooooooooooooooooo

how excited am I!!! these gorgeous Prima Hydrangea flowers,

Tim Holtz Distressing Inks; I have had my Vintage Photo since

the beginning of time and it is part of me!! so three more to add

to my mass collection of one!! oooooooooooo (deep breaths!! calm

down dear calm down)!!!! two pads of BG Marrakech and Lime

Rickey? (whoever he is)! Lush.......and from Funky kits the gorgeous

Sugar Nellie Stamps - Dress-up-Maggie, Daisy (who I have yearned

for) and Demure and if that wasn't enough Karen at Funky kits

has emailed me and told me my Set 2 of the Gorjuss girls will be

winging it's way Friday!!!!! watch out Postie!! So lock me up in my

craft room and throw away the key!! I don't want to play with

anyone, I don't want anything to eat or drink! (well maybe

that's a bit OTT) but even though the sun is shining and the

birds are singing, I'm just as content as content could be in

my craft room!! Happy Crafting Everyone!! Sue xx

"Dotty Tilda"

I just love this little "Tilda" she is called "Summer Tilda with Bow"!

I have used the fab sketch over at CCSR and also used the

colours to coincide with the Colour Create Challenge too!! So two

for one whoo hoo, as soon as I try to catch up with the challenges

they have changed!!! don't know what every one's secret is??? can

someone let me in on it pleeeeease? So for CCSR I have used the

doodles clear stamp set to make these lovely flowers! this is

such a lovely sketch I really enjoyed it! The Colour Create have

asked for Pink, Black and White with Polka Dots as an optional

extra, so thought her little bow fits the bill just nicely. The papers

I have used are BG Boxer and Pm sweet nothings. I have used

my Le Plume II pens and water colour palette to colour Tilda.

The black card I have stamped with my new Hero Arts border

called fan lace, I used Anna Griffin Pink Rose pigment ink and

heat embossed, then added white eyelets just for a change.

The sentiment is from Personal Impressions.

The flowers have diamante centres for the two smaller ones and

rose ribbon bud for the larger and finished with a Pink gingham

bow. Think that's everything! TFL Sue xx

Miscellaneous!!

Last week I was asked to make a 25th Wedding Anniversary
card and this is it........(not the best picture as it was taken at night)!!!

....I also had to make 60 of these for a 40th party for this
Saturday......

I also made this............

For someone who loves Geraniums, which I now have an
aversion to after cutting this little lot out to decoupage........

I bought these fabby new papers which I thought I would share
with you before I send them to the guillotine!!!........

......... and last but by no means least I found this fabby idea on
the Hero Arts website, using an ice cube tray when water colouring
to wash out your brush it really does save you lots of time
changing your smaller palette! How fab it that!! TFL Sue xx

Wow! another award!!! (Look out Ricky Gervais)!!

There is a lovely lady Sassy, over at Sassy's Secrets who has

very kindly given me this award, thank you so much Sassy, she

has an amazing blog, fab cards, fab music, updates it often and if

that wasn't enough she is generously offering some fab candy!!!

So please pay her a visit ! So, this time the way I decided

on the five people to receive this was to do some random blog

hopping and the first five to make me smile would receive it.....

..........so here they are.....

Jennie...as it is Sunday this little angel made me smile!

Ila.....you're one in melon card made me smile!

Debby......her beautiful creations always make me smile!

Claudia.....everyday her cards make me smile!
Sem......Her Inky Impressions card made me smile!

Happy Sunday everyone! Sue xx

"Kind People are the Best kind of people"!

This is my take on the fab new challenge blog "Just Magnolia" and
you do exactly what it says on the Tin!! Just Magnolia! they have
a fab sketch to follow this week and the designers cards are just
A...ma....zing! so much talent in one spot, so if you're stuck for any
inspiration this is the place to go!!
The little Tilda I have used is Tilda with hearts! and she's
spreading the love!!! God Bless her!
I have coloured her using my water colour palette, the faux
lavender stitching is done with my Le Plume II pen. Papers are
from K & Co and the blue textured paper is from the Laura Ashley
flock range. Punched leaves, flowers and buds, pearls and ribbon
from stash, the words to this sentiment I just love, which I
printed from the computer. Good luck everyone, this is a fab
challenge and they have a vast selection of gorgeous candy to be
one too! so what are you waiting for??? TFL Sue xx

"Just Like Buses"

I know, I know, three posts in one day, you wait all week for a
post and then three come along together!!!!
I hope you all had a fabby Easter with lots of choccie delights,
Happy crafting and I hope you are inspired by my latest three
posts!!!! TFL Sue xx

"You Make My World Bear-able"!

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These beautiful flowers were delivered to me yesterday,

Out of the blue! From my Fab Hubby!!! Well he definitely was

yesterday!!!

So I thought it only fair that as I am surrounded daily

by my card making paraphernalia that I make him a special card!

and this is it...........

This beautiful fabric button brad is from K & Co.

I have used this gorgeous bear again I know, but he is so cute

and just seems to fit with any occasion!!! Hearts I have drawn

freehand and cut out. The sentiments on the back have been

printed on the computer and then water coloured around the edges

once I had fixed them in place.

Water coloured him to match the papers, a bit Bluey/Green around

the gills I know but I like him he's definitely different.

Papers are from K & Co double sided I have cut a zig zag to

follow the flower pattern which makes a delightful central

panel. Flowers and ribbon from stash. I have just seen over

on the ABC Challenge J is for Jagged Edge, this just happens

to be er Jagged, so...

I hope you like it. TFL Sue xx