"With Love"

That's the Challenge this week over at Daisy & Dandelion and
this is my second week as Guest Designer, so here is my little
take on the challenge. Please hop on over and join in, there are
so many delightful variations for this one and also take a look
at all the fabby cards that all those clever crafty people have
made!!!
So, for this one the papers I have used are K & Co and Basic Grey,
I used my W & N water colour palette to colour him and distress
the outside of the oval with a mixture of reds and browns to give it
a Mahogany tinge! The rose heart is a stamp with no writing or code
so unfortunately I don't know where this one is from! I coloured it
with my Le Plume II pens and then stamped; when that was dry
I then stamped again with the sentiment and added the gem.
The lace borders, one at the top has just been used twice but turned
the other way and I then also painted to match. Ribbons and Rose
buds from stash and finished off with little dots of Petal Pink liquid
pearls. TFL Sue xx

Entertaining Folks and the likes!!

That's what I have been up to this last week, hence not a lot of
blogging or card making going on! I've had the Coopers from
Cardiff!! minus one sixteen year old Niece who thinks it un-
cool to visit her Auntie!!! even with all my fabby crafting
stuff! tut tut.. So here is a little photo diary of our Easter
spent with family and friends......

A visit to the Prom in Maldon to see the two headed Swan!!

Not really, this little beauty is sitting on her nest (How big!)?
protecting her eggs and when she needs to go for a paddle Daddy
Swan takes over and sits on them ahhhhh ain't love grand!
I was hoping to get a nice heart shape from them both!!
Maybe next time.

Then we took the Sightseeing Boat out for a little bit of "Messing
about on the water"!! This is hubby and my Nephew, who seems
to have grown about a foot since Christmas!!!

Big Sis and Brother in Law... Say CHEESE!!!

The Milk Tray Man!! ha ha

Maldon, Hythe Quay click link for more information.

and......

Saturday's Dinner Party Dessert.........

Spot the Difference.....Jamie Oliver v Susan Mason

Not bad for a first attempt!! TFL Sue xx

Ooh I have me a little Award!!

How fab is this?? What a lovely surprise to find this little gem

waiting for me over at Little Ted Cards from the lovely Nicki!

Thank you so much Nicki I am truly grateful to you, it really

does mean so much that you find inspiration from my blog!

and that it makes you Smile!!! Please hop on over and pay

Nicki's blog a visit.

Now I get the hard task of passing this on to 5 other blogs!!

mm, this is really tough as there are gazillions all playing there

little part out there in cyber space,

Ok, I think I will send this smile award to......

Saskia , Peggy, Debby, Hazel, Mayas, you all make me

smile with your encouraging comments, thank you all and to

all my other blogging friends that take the time to leave me

such lovely comments, they all mean so much! Sue xx

My First Card as Guest Designer at D & D!!

Over at Daisy and Dandelion they have a sketch challenge this

week. This is the card I have made for this fab sketch! Why

not hop over there and join in the fun!

For this card I have used the delightful Squeak, well part of

him anyway! he is just popping his head up to say Hi. The letters

I have drawn freehand and cut out. Coloured him with my

Tim Holtz Distressing Ink (Vintage Photo), papers are from

PM simply elegant and K & Co. The circle border is a paper

doily, the zigzag border on top of that, I have made by cutting

thin strips of the same paper and folding (concertina style) then

pulling out around the circle and fixing in place with glue.

I have made the little star the same way and placed a

diamante stone in the middle. Paper flowers are

punched and I have added a piece of hessian, ribbon

and rose bud from stash, also lace and buttons from stash.

I think I have covered everything.

Hope you like him, TFL Sue xx

"Easter Gardening with Friends"

Oh how cute are these stamps??? this is another one from the

Penny Black Garden Friends collection. The previous one was

the Easter Bunny with her Bonnet, there are nine transparent

images as well as a few bugs and one sentiment with this set

and all such a delight to colour! I have water coloured mine with

my pencils, the papers are from K & Co Amy Butler Designer

pack, punched the two hearts on the sentiment, buttons and

flowers from stash! As this is fitting I shall enter into the

Penny Black Challenge, which this week ask for an Easter card!

TFL Sue xx

"Don't Forget to Smell the Roses"!!

Made this birthday card today the stamp I have had
for ages, it really is so detailed. I stamped with my black staz on
ink pad three times, I then watercoloured with my W & N pallet
and cut out. This gorgeous flock paper is from Laura Ashley and is
really like the flock wallpaper of old!! can anyone remember that?
One you want to stroke!!!!
I have cut and peeled back to expose so that the Roses are peeping
through! As you can see I have stamped and coloured the envelope
too!

The With Love sentiment is stamped and the other has been
made up on the computer. I have distressed all the papers
with an old emery board, which I think has done a mighty
fine job!

This is the preperation and stamping in process..

The Colour Create Challenge this week is Duck Egg Blue and Rose
so I think this fits the bill over there with the Rose being taken
literally!!
TFL Sue xx

Guest Designer at Daisy & Dandelion!!

Well I never!!! The lovely ladies over at Daisy & Dandelion have
asked me to be a guest designer for the next two weeks!! Oh how
exciting is that, I love these stamps, so I can't wait to get those
lovely little stamperoonies out and get cracking!! Take a look
at this fab challenge blog and join in the fun! Sue xx

Even More Gorjussness?

Yes that's right, can you believe it! there is more Gorjussness in
store for us!!!
Take a look here at Funky kits and get your orders in girls!!
Then you must pay a visit to these two fantastic blogs
Rachels' and Marlenes' to see what amazing creations they have
made with these new stamps!!!
Mine are on order and I can't wait! ooooooooooooooooo.....
Happy Sunday to you all! Sue xx

"Tilda Sprinkling Hearts"

This is the other Tilda stamp I bought (Tilda with basket of

hearts) this one is probably my favourite, well, apart from all

the others! tee hee..No I just love the Hawaiian Tilda, I really

need to get that one as that's where I got married oooh let

me see, mmm 1993!! wow 16 years ago this year, so fancy that

little cutie on my Anniversary card, (good enough excuse to buy

it I think)! So getting back to this one I've made it up as a

birthday card and coloured her with my water colour pencils and

added all the embellies from stash. The papers are from PM

Simply Elegant and K & Co Classic K McKenna. Hearts and

boarders I have cut freehand and used my Le Plume II pens

to doodle. Punched tiny butterfly, pearls from Crystal Stickers.

TFL Happy Sunny Saturday to you all! Sue xx

"Party Time"

Yes it's Party Time for Squeak, the Daisy and Dandelion bear! so

he has his brown fur coat on today!! holding his green balloon (which

also comes with this set) so to the sentiment! he even has some

glitter here and there! Whoo....

The Challenge this week over at D & D is "Two by Two" so,

2 papers, 2 Embellies, 2 brads etc; so this is my little take on it!

I have coloured him again using my watercolour pencils (maybe

because the copic fairy has not delivered any yet)!!! and added

flowers (2) buttons(2) and the (2) papers are from (Green) Laura

Ashley (Cream) PM Exquisite collection (which is a gorgeous pad).

The faux stitching is called Lavender Stitch which I have done

using my Jungle Green Le Plume II pen.

Happy Crafting!! TFL Sue xx

"Vintage Gorjuss"!!

I made this card this morning, well for the past 5 hrs

actually!!! after seeing the Truly Scrumptious Sketch.

What a fab layout it was to work with, I loved it!

Oval shapes always remind me of Cameo brooches so

I thought I would put my Gorjuss girl in the centre and

make the card vintage style. The theme is Flower Power

so have embellished with lots of different flowers and

rose buds! The papers are from K & Co Classic, the

Lace and Orange Ribbon (from stash) I have inked

and left to dry, the orange was really bright and needed

toning down a tad to match the flower see....................

The lace paper border around the picture is a "Make Me"

punch I've had for ages, it actually makes round doily

shapes so I made a few and distressed them, see.....

and then stuck them underneath. Image is coloured
using my water colour pencils and distressed with
Tim Holtz Vintage Photo. The image I stamped onto
cream parchment paper. The sentiment is computer
generated and little heart brads are from stash!
Think that's everything TFL Sue xx

"It's Nice to Have a Friend who's All Ears!!!

Oh so true, I saw this saying on an Easter stamp which

also stated not to put all your eggs in one basket!!!

Wise words from the Easter Bunny!!

Well this little cutie is from a Penny Black clear set

I purchased on Sunday when I was out shopping for

my trainers!!

I coloured her and her beautiful Easter Bonnet using

my Water Colour Pencils. The pastel yellow backing

paper is from MM Sydney collection and the flowers

I have cut out from an old 12 x 12 Embossed paper I

found which is K & Co. It definitely was a good thing

having a clear out, I found so many things tucked

away that I had forgot about.

The Easter Parade Sign I hand drew (on a separate

sheet of paper, just in case it didn't come out right)!

using my Le Plume II pen, as it seemed that was where

she was off to with her Easter Bonnet!

Lace down the side, paper daisies and ribbon is all

from stash. The heart shape I used my baking

cutting hearts shapes as a template and cut round

with my fancy edged scissors, this vibrant pink paper

is from K & Co Designer Amy Butler.

So the challenge over at Penny Black is "Think Spring"

and I think this one fits the bill with this little Springy

Character! Ooh I have just seen the ABC Challenge

H is for Hearts so will link her with this one too!!

Happy, or should I say Hoppy? Crafting!

TFL Sue xx

"Daisy & Dandelion's Squeak"!

This is Squeak! He is soooo cute!!

This is the other bear in my set from the D & D collection -

Bubble & Squeak! Thought I would paint his fur grey this time

and use this lovely blue and gingham paper which is from the

Laura Ashley "Flock" range and then contrast it with this

vibrant Red!. He is water coloured with my Reeves water

colour pencils. Flowers have been punched with the same

papers and the little border is a stamp which comes along

with this fab set and also eight other stamps!!! so definitely

value for money, these images are a nice size to colour too.

Ribbons and brads from stash. The theme over at the

D & D challenge is friends, so I added this sentiment which

is computer generated. Hope you like him! TFL Sue xx

"A Relaxing Gorjuss Birthday"

This is the other Gorjuss (sitting) stamp I ordered. I painted her

on Saturday when I painted the other one. So yesterday I went

out looking for a pair of trainers!!! and what did I come back

with?......these gorgeous new papers from Dovecraft!!!

Don't you think they are just lush.............................

They are called Wild Blossom! As I love gardening and anything

to do with flowers I just had to have them. After pledging that I

would buy no more crafting stuff!! (My Husband just stood there

in amazement shaking his head)!! famous last words comes to

mind!...... But your Honour I didn't buy any trainers!!!

So as she was looking lovely and pink I thought I would

sit her in this beautiful big Pink (Hibiscus I think)? flower.

I cut out the same flower and two lots of leaves from another

sheet of the same paper. The leaves are so delicate they just

twisted and lifted their own way, which I left to give it a

natura 3d effect and just stuck where they laid flat naturally.

The tiny butterflies are stamped (Stamp is Santa Rosa CA 1999,

another golden oldie) with Staz on from another paper in this

set and then cut out too. I then finished off with some lovely

irridescent stones to make it look like dew drops on the flowers

and glittered to highlight certain parts of the leaves and

flowers and also the flower in her hair. As the ABC Challenge

is G for Glitter I decided to enter her for that. The sentiment was

printed directly onto the paper, I measured the size first and

used a plain white piece to make sure it would print where

I wanted it to, the wording was done using WordArt.

Think thats everything! TFL Sue xx

The cutting out proceedure! I then used 3d foam pads.

"A Gorjuss Easter"

This little card I made yesterday with My new Gorjuss Girl stamp

from Sugar Nellie and the Easter sentiment stamp is from the

Magnolia range. As this card fits the bill over at the

Sugar Bowl Challenge which asks for a Spring or Easter card that

incorporates a Sugar Nellie stamp, I thought I would enter it.

So why not head on over there and join in the fun!

The papers are from MM Fresh Anthology, Sydney Collection.

The paper heart was punched and then edged with water colour,

I only did this after as you could not distinguish between the two

yellow papers, so I placed an old piece of card just slightly under

the heart edge as I painted round. The wooden heart is from

Hobbycraft, ribbon, lace and buttons from stash!

TFL Sue xx