Grace Kelly....

Style Icon....hello crafty bloggers a happy rainy Bank

Holiday to you all, it goes without saying, when there

is a BH in England you can guarantee rain!! Well no card

today I have been out sightseeing, shopping and absorbing

lots of inspiration for my cards! well that's my excuse

anyway. On Wednesday I visited this fab exhibition at

my all time favourite museum the Victoria & Albert and

what a wonderful place to spend the day

how fabby do it this pile of bricks then!!!! the entrance

well....."entrances you"!

just look at this gorgeous creation, nice colour combo

for your cards ladies?

so this is just as you enter, you can imagine the amount
of inspiration in this place you must go if you haven't been!

I also did a bit of elephant spotting, they have some fabulous
designs, there are over 250 scattered around London this link

explains the reason behind it.

Now whilst shopping I saw this Ted Baker dress.............

and have been dreaming about it ever since..ahhh....happy sigh! but it's £199.00 and I am trying to justify buying it!!! also the fact that I am only 5'2" and it will make me look even shorter!!! mmmmm but it's gorgeous!!! so today...you know I have a ring thing at the moment...I bought this.............

from Miss Selfridge, lots of peachy colours seem to be in at the moment! I also got this one.....

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from Topshop...just to satisfy my butterfly thing. I did buy a beautiful dress as well but I don't want anyone
to see it yet!!! it's hubby's 40th in August so....it might be for
his party, haven't decided yet!! Well I have my sister and family here for the weekend, so eating, shopping, drinking and being merry, is the order of the w/e, I hope you all have a fabby BH, TFL, Sue xx

Chocolate Ice cream and Making.....

...daisy chains, (see necklace and chocolate mush)...

Picking Dandylions.......

and making wishes......

Hello crafter's and a very happy Monday to you all, we had

the pleasure of the company of our beautiful little niece this

weekend for a sleepover and what a fab, fun, time we had, here

are some photos I took and then made into a little book as a

keepsake reminder of her stay with us....

The card is a small 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 aperture card, I folded

an extra smaller piece of white card and taped to the

inside to hold the photos which I stuck on with glue dots.

Added the cotton daisies to the front and corners of the pictures.

Enjoy your day, TFL, Sue xx

Dish of the Day!!!!

No Cooking Required!! ha ha, Have you seen that new

Sports presenter on GMTV? Well I dreamt about him last

night!!! I don't even like sport!!! Why do you think

that was? I can't think for the life of me!! hee hee

anyway thought I'd show you my finished Star Wars card

Front....

Inside......

added a little pop up 40, sprinkled some gorgeous stamp n stuff
in kaleidoscope, this embossing powder is so fine and just sticks
to the paper and me and the cat without a hint of glue in sight,
so great for the galaxy backdrop, silver star peel offs added too!

I cut out this 40 from PC template in black card using a craft
knife, can you see the card I made to make my 40 "pop up"? I
would have normally cut this feature into the card but
this was an after-thought so made this separate one and
stuck it on, it works just as well! Also printed backdrop
to match the one from the film, with the name and date
of his birthday etc;

My finished horse card, complete with pink ribbon and card
and some lovely diamante studs around the horseshoe.
Also made this yesterday...

pink champers bottle, all from my own template. For the
foil top I used silver foil and stuck pink tissue paper to it,
wow what fun that was and I love the effect!
Happy Friday everyone, TFL, sweet dreams!! Sue xx

Girls Aren't Complicated......

hee hee, I love this little saying, found it on the Internet and

thought how appropriate for the Magnolia Challenge this

week, which is...One for the Girls....

I love this little image, probably one of my favs, along with

all the others, hee hee, fav papers too, PM Rose Garden

water coloured my Tilda and used my "One and only COPIC"
EOO skin white, for her face, oooooh I need so many more

they just glide on and no blobs or fussing. Do you like her

little tie dye top, I know they are back in fashion so gave

it a little colour mixture. This lush ribbon just goes

so well, found it on my "recycle pile" from an Easter Egg.

Hearts punched and added gems. Larger heart stamped

with rose stamp (no name sorry)!

The beading came from the "recycle pile" too, it was the

chain for my glasses which broke, so this is part of it! ha ha.

Little heart charm from stash, butterfly MS.

Think that's everything, TFL, Happy Crafting, Sue xx

WOYWW

Hello to all you lovely crafters, happy Wednesday to you all and

what a glorious day it is too!! Here is my desk today, a few things

going on, no baby cards this week! This little Tilda is my work

in progress for the Magnolia Challenge this week, better

get my skates on! (nice stewed cup of tea to the left)!

Her little cheeks are as rosy as the paper!
The fabric hearts are going to be filled with lavender

to make little heart pillows

The horse and horseshoe I have done in Photoshop, this is

going to be made into a a card for a horse lover

and finally, this was tucked underneath......

this card is for a 40th Birthday for a Star Wards fan, I got the

image from the internet and have highlighted certain areas with

Glossy Accents, I am really pleased with the result.
Now for my "Bargain of the week"...........

...is this fabby book on Water Colours, 50p! Whoopee!! Thank you

very much! Come and share your creative mess with the world

of bloggers here, TFL, Happy Crafting, Sue xx

Hooray....

...Put the flags Out!!

Hello to all you lovely crafter's working away on a Saturday,

although it doesn't feel like work! cause we love it soooooo

much!! Right? Right! Here is a little card I have made for a

neighbour who has been waiting 11 months for his wife

to return! and she finally arrived on Friday!

so made this little card with the saying at the top as I

thought it appropriate.

Here it is in the making.....Hooary????

Papers are from that lush PM Rose Garden, can't get

enough of those. Think I might have to decorate the

bedroom with them!! ha ha, don't think hubby would be

too pleased waking up to all those roses around him somehow!

Shame, might have to convince him it would be like bringing

the garden inside!!

Stamped letters are from Hero Arts stamped with Fushia

Pink Staz On. Scored at the top as you can see and fixed

to ribbon with ds tape. I have used 3d foam pads on the

back of the flags for effect. Sentiment done on P.C.

Now I have just been informed by a reliable source (Thanks

Haze x) that over on Daring Cardmakers Blog their challenge

this week is called A Bunting we will go and that's want they

want to see on your cards, so am going to enter this card.

Now whilst I'm here I must show you all this fabby doo

idea that I found whilst blog hopping and I have tried

and tested it and it is the easiest thing to make and must

be shared...

So what you do is find an old favourite T that you have

had since way back when that you can either no longer

fit into or just not the appropriate attire any more!, but

you just can't bear to part with it, right!!! See below...

Then turn it inside out and sew along the bottom of the T.
Turn back to right side and cut off arms including seams and

also neck, pull bottom of T holding onto new arm holes and the

seams will automatically roll under.

Voila! a fabby, trendy piece of nostalgia for you to hoard

or carry all your craft shopping about it in!!

Oh look who popped into view, can't miss a photo of my little

Milton!!

As I was saying, Voila, holds lots and lots of things too.

TFL, enjoy your weekend, Happy Crafting, Sue xx

Crazy In Love!

Hello, back again with my finished project; Get those sunglasses

out ladies!! and I don't mean for the sun! - here is the mess too,

ha ha

this was my only tidy desk as well!! as you can see, different mug

too, didn't have time to wash the other one up!! tee hee, thanks

for all your lovely comments, it did make me laugh that nearly

everyone commented on my crisps!! there are a lot of crisp

lovers out there!! uh huh!

So getting back to my card this fab stamp Drucilla, is a

Kraftin' Kimmie available here at Bunny Zoes, isn't she

wonderful, looks a bit madly in love to me, I pity the poor bloke

who that love voodoo doll is for!!! Hope he doesn't have a

rabbit!

I have water coloured my image, papers are from K & Co recycled

range, ribbon from stash, heart image also comes along with this

stamp, little bead hearts from £1.00 shop.

Words stamped with Hero Arts "letters" using Black Staz On.

I have used this fab sketch by Kellie over at Tickled Pink Stamps

Monthly Challenge Blog and will enter this months challenge,

why not hop on over and play along.

TFL, Happy Crafting, Sue xx

WOYWDsW

Hello crafty blog land, well I can't believe it's that day of the week
again! where does the time go, I have so many things to make and
there are just not enough days in the week or hours in the day!!!
Quote from self! :- You have the same amount of time as Einstein!!!
ha ha ha, Well he was obviously more organised than me, disciplined,
bigger brain etc; I could go on!
Anyway getting back to my desks....note the plural, thought I'd show
you around my room this week, you can see just how messy I am and
why the cat can't come and play any more, there just isn't any
room for him!!ha ha.

Desk 1- Pretty tidy I'd say!

Desk 2- mmmm bit more mess

Desk 3 - mmmmm dumping ground - I can't find anything

here!!!
Now getting back to desk 1, this has the Work In Action on it,

you can see I have my cup of VIP Tea to get me through the

morning; How big is that mug? well I bought it for hubby and

then figured it was easier to bring a big mug up than keep going

up and down the stairs for another cup!!! More time to craft!!

Zooming in on my bargains of the week. This gorgeous Life's

Journey Set from Inkadinkado, how much?........£3.99

WOW WEE - it retails at £15.99, blimey made up for my

expensive Copic!! Have you heard of Home Sense, it's an

outlet of TK MAXX only a bit more organised, they have lots

of Arty and Crafty Stuff as well as fabby doo things for the home,

shhh don't tell everyone or there'll be nothing left!!

Now I seem to have a ring thing going on at the moment

I spotted this gorgeous Enamel ring in Boots yesterday and

well, it just screamed "I'm Gorgeous" how can I resist, I

did think mmm could by me a rubber stamp for that?? does

anyone else do this?? I used to be such a fashion victim!

now it's mmm shall I get rubber or buy those new shoes?

then I think, No, who's going to see them in my craft room!!

ha ha ha!!

and last but not least, did you spot this crisp packet?

they are from yesterday, bit early for crisps, even for me!

I have a really bad addiction to them!! tut tut, well this

flavour is mmmmmmmmmm mouth watering.

So there you have it, I will be posting my little card

which I'm working on later today, can you see those fab

colours, blue, pink and green, with that crazy Kraftin

Kimmie Image, and also paying a visit to your creative

corners, TFL, Happy Crafting, Sue xx

P.S. If you want to play along, (I think you should let the

world see your creativity) visit our lovely leader here!

Ruby Wedding Card

Hello all your lovely crafters, busy with your nimble fingers

creating magic. hope you are all well. I thought I would

share this Ruby Wedding card I made for a commission

It was from her friends at work, they wanted these photos

of, the Church they were married in, the wedding pic (centre)

and to the side the actual Aisle they walked down ahhhhh.

I photo shopped to edit the shape and size etc;

The little poem down the side was from the Internet.

They also requested a little money wallet for her collection.

All of these hearts I have punched twice and each one has

a small punched heart with a letter which put together spells

"Ruby Wedding". On the reverse is the white heart which I

tinted with TH tattered rose, so each person could sign their

name and add a small message. Before fixing the two hearts

together I placed the long strip of ribbon in between to form

the heart chain, which is attached to the card.

Here is the front, all papers were from the PM signature

collection. Ribbon, Roses and card from stash.

Here is the whole ensemble with the eleven hearts tucked

into this side ribbon which I fixed under the papers before

sticking down. TFL, Happy Crafting, Sue xx

From Both of Us....

Hello everybody and a very happy Monday to you all.

Over at Magnolia this week it's their special monthly challenge

which is being sponsored by Simon says Stamps, they are asking

for two or more Magnolia images on your card, well as I don't have

any background stamps yet! (I love, love, love that Magnolia tree)!

I have used these two cuties for my card. I have coloured my

images with my Le Plume II pens this time are they just

the cutest? The papers are from DCWV Garden Party which

are just gorgeous all glittery and embossed which saved a bit

on the background stamping. I really do love this blue think

its my favourite shade

this is from a K & Co. recycled pad.Ribbon and ribbon rose are

from stash, the sentiment has been printed from PC and

mounted onto the hardboard oval (sorry can't remember where

from) and embellished with these blue metal roses.

Have a fabby day, TFL, Sue xx