I Won, I Won!!!!!

Hooray, ooh I'm soooo excited, can't quite believe it but I won
all that fabby-do candy from the lovely Nikki at Bunny Zoe's
Blogoversary Candy, deep breaths, deep breaths, ooh squeal,
squeak, Wow I am looking forward to the postie delivering those
wonderful goodies think Christmas has come really really early,
now I may have to prepare some ready meals so I can stay in
my craft room longer! Thank you so much Nikki xx

"OOh aah, me hearties....

HOW MUCH FUN HAVE I HAD????? This card was just a

delight to make, the image is a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp and

this little character is called Billy Blyth, there is a great

challenge going on over at Kraftin' Kimmie's Blog (Create a

Scene) so I shall be entering this card into it.

There are some fab stamps in this Pirate range and I just love

them all!! I got my stamps from the lovely Nikki at the fab

Bunny Zoe's Craft shop and also that great skull charm,

which arrived the very next day! Whoopee!

I have made an easel card just so I could super embellish it!

The map has been made from DC Funky Vintage papers which

I have distressed using an emery board, lighter to scorch

and burn the holes (How much fun)!! and the smell mm

burning paper,

reminded me of our old coal fire! I added some thin gold paper

from a chocolate bar wrapping (extra energy needed)! hee hee,

placed it under the holes and between the card stock panels.

The trail has been made using red dashes with different locations,

Blood River, Serpent Pass,

Skullduggery etc; Do you like my little buried treasure

booty, all sorts of embellies plus the two gold coins were

stamped with the skull and cross bone stamp onto shrink

plastic, punched out with a small circular punch and

heated, these came out fab! The compass and flags were

printed from the computer, I have hand drawn the little

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Pirate Spyglass and distressed it, all distressing has been

done using Tim Holtz Vintage Photo. Billy Blyth has been

water coloured and a little silver link has been added for

his earring! Plus I gave him a bit of eyeliner!! Think that

everything, hope you enjoy following the trail and you
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find your pot of gold! TFL, Happy Crafting, Ooh I

have just seen over at A Spoonful of Sugar they

are asking for cards where you have used distress inks,

well this certainly has been inked and distressed, so I am

entering it into that fab challenge too, Sue xx

Happy St. Valentine's Day...

....Hello and happy Sunday to all you romantics; Love is in the air,
everywhere I look around....breakfast in bed? Yes, Cornflakes with
hot milk mmmmmm! I got me a beautiful bouquet of flowers, and a
gorgeous card too xxxx

This is my Valentine Creation for hubby,


I just love this Simon & Lola image by Rachelle Anne Miller
from Funky Kits it is perfect for Anniversaries, Christmas and
now Valentine's Day, I have coloured it with my water colour
paints and have used a great sketch by Tiet over at the
Sugar Bowl and will enter it into their challenge 29 which asks
you to also include three flowers, two brads and one button.
The flowers I have made using my off cuts of paper, I shall be
making lots more of these, especially on my Mothers Day cards,
they are so simple to make and use up those odds and ends of
paper, I think they look quite cool too! Papers are from MME
Life Stories, the Cherish tag is also part of this Kit which I purchased
from Bunny Zoe's Crafts whom I must mention as the service
was so prompt, my goodies arrived the very next day; she
also has some fab charms and my gorgeous personalised stamp
which I blame Debby for!!! after seeing her newly acquired goodies
I just had to have one!!

so go and take a peek at both of these sites where you will no

doubt be inspired.

Right, one last thing to show you, we have been for a walk this

morning around some beautiful fishing lakes nearby, so with

Swiss Army Knife in hand.... this is my creation

S + P in a heart,

ahhh.......
and this is hubby's creation!!! well Tottenham were on and we had
to rush back!! Who says Romance is dead?

Have a lovely day, TFL Sue xx

Flower Pot Card...

Hello and happy Friday to all you crafty card makers out there,

thought I would share this card that I made, it is in the shape of

a flower pot...the base card is an A5 single fold card, I opened it

out and scored along the top of the card about 5 cm down and

folded over to make the rim.

You can also see I have made a template and cut around it
with my craft knife (one side only) and folded it open to make
a stand when the card is glued together.

The papers are from K & Co, the flowers are from Prima,
all ribbon and lace from stash.

Finally the insert card has two eyelets for the ribbon loop
to pull the card out, I have co-ordinated it to match the pot
and also made a space for the sentiment to be written.
Thanks for looking, happy crafting, Sue xx

Guest Designer at Making Handmade Cards

Hello and a happy Saturday to you all, I was asked to be a Guest
Designer by the lovely Jo at Making Handmade Cards and would
like to show you the two cards I have made with their fabby
E-Kit papers, the papers used on these two cards are from their
Flower Train Design kit which you can purchase here, I have
kept them as simple as possible and used the basic card-
making ingredients as the papers are just gorgeous,
I have torn several different size circles to achieve this
Vintage Rose effect embellishment, scrunched up and inked
edges, the centre brad is from Dovecraft.

Inside card, heart is drawn freehand and cut out with deckle
scissors as is the white card to write your sentiment. Velvet
Shocking Pink ribbon is from stash.

For this card I have punched and cut out the all of the

sentiments, which are printed onto the papers, using my

medium size flower punch, the fuller one is made up using

several layers and finished with a pearl bead in the centre.

They have a various range of great e-kits to choose from and

if you subscribe to their free Making Handmade Cards Newsletter

they are giving away a gorgeous E-Kit absolutely free!!!

TFL Sue xx

Soup-a-de-Duper...

Hello everyone, I thought I would share my lovely Winter Soup

recipe with you, it is so easy and simple and you can put all

your own favourite ingredients in if you wish. This recipe

evolved from all my left over veggies from the Sunday dinner,

a few items I had left in the fridge and the wonderful sweet

tasting Butternut Squash from my dear friends dad who had

a bumper crop this year.....don't you think the colours are

amazing? no additives all natural ingredients and it tastes as

good as it looks. This one had 10 different vegetables in... I

chopped 2 small onions, half a swede (or 1 small one), 2 parsnips,

2 large potatoes, 1 large Butternut Squash, 2 leeks,

2 fresh tomatoes, 2 sticks of celery, 2 carrots and finally a small

tin of sweet corn, I then added 1 pint of Knorr vegetable stock

(1 cube) and added some black pepper, put all this in a casserole

dish and cook on gas 150 for 1 1/2 hours. Get some nice fresh

bread or crusty rolls and enjoy. TFL Sue xx

A Very Happy 2010!!!!

Hello to all you lovely crafty bloggers, I hope you all had a fantastic

Christmas and that Santa was very generous to you, here is a little

poem I found that I would like to share and to wish you all a very

Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year.....

also here are a couple of Christmas cards I made that I didn't have

time to post as I had all of mine and hubbies family this year which

was full on busy, think we have only just recovered!!! but really

worth it, we all had a great time, lots if eating, drinking and being

merry......

Firstly these two little Tilda's were made for two Sisters, one a

Pink fan and the other a Purple fan, coloured with my water

colours. Papers, flowers and ribbons from stash, holographic

peel offs used for their names...

and finally these beautiful stamps are from a company called

Art Journey www.artjourney.nl I have stamped these onto

some paper doilies then added some ribbon and a little silver

bell to give the effect of baubles, the star stamp is from rubber

stampede and I have used Encore! ultimate metallic in Gold.

This fab company have some gorgeous original stamps, you must

have a peek at their site; they are based in Holland, I found

their website easy to navigate and they arrived in no time at all,

fantastic service and value for money, what more could you ask for!

TFL Sue xx

Star of Wonder....

...star of Night, Charlie caught his pants alight!! ha ha do you
remember that one??Lol..

Hello and Happy Hurricane Monday to you all, well it's blowing

a gale here and surprise its raining too!!! I thought I would enter

this card into the Just Magnolia Challenge this week, well I know

it's not exactly the same as the sketch!!!.....but I gave my star

six points hoping that in some way it represents Martine's

sketch?? ha ha oh well I'll enter it anyway.. So this little cutie is

from the Christmas Collection, the star is cut out from a paper

doily which brought back memories from long ago, snipping little

bits out here and there to form the pattern on the inside,

(similar to snowflakes).

The other two stars have been made with a punch, papers are

from K & Co and WRMK, Christmas Merry. Riibbon flowers,

silver beading and all other embellies are from stash,

TFL and have a Happy Crafting Monday Sue xx

Is it a Card? Is it a Wall Hanging??..

Here is a little close up of these cuties, it's a gloomy day as
you can probably tell from theses piccies!!!

...in fact it can be both!

I used an old curtain ring and stitched the ribbon through
it. I have used two ribbons for this effect.

Here is a before and after picture, as the tag is so

big it's hard o make out the sketch!

..Hello and happy Tuesday to you all, here is a card I made
today which I think will be Hubby's Christmas card. Don't you
think this little Sugar Nellie image is just adorable?

you can purchase it along with lots of other fab stamps

from Funky Kits . I am going to enter this into the

Sugar Bowl Challenge 24 which is this fab sketch by the

very talented Marlene, (if you are ever stuck for inspiration

just pay a visit to her blog)! she also asks for Zig-Zag to be

somewhere on your card. So for this card I have used DP

Basic Grey, Archaic, I have hand drawn all of the hearts and

hand drawn the zig- zag pattern then cut them out with

Pinking Shears, I have also used these on the three strips of

paper across the middle of the card. Ribbons, heart pearls

are from stash, smaller hearts done using a punch and then

distressed with an old emery board, sentiment if from FF,

stamped with Memento in Cottage Ivy, I think that everything,

Happy Crafting and TFL Sue xx

Two Easy Easel Cards!

These two fabulous digi images can be purchased here at
Crafters Kitchen they have been produced in memory of
Layton, a gorgeous little boy who at 16 months old lost his
life to Meningitis. It is £4.00 for both. Please, please
buy these as not only are they fab images, all the proceeds
go to Meningitis Search 4 a Vaccine Campaign. Even if you are
not a crafter you can still purchase these, download them and
print them off for all those little people in your life to colour in!

Hello and happy Thursday to you, whats left of it!!
Well what do you know, two cards today and of the Easel shape,
I have seen loads of these and have been meaning to have a go.
So here they are, what fun to make and as there is more card
that means more to decorate!! Hooray!!! here's a little close up...

Friendship, even though I'm a cat lover, this pair look like they
are the best of friends. Coloured with my Watercolour
palette, papers and ribbon from stash, Friendship stamp from
Studio g, "Just for you" sentiment computer generated. Plain and
simple!

Again I have water coloured the image, Navy card from stash.
Snowflake DP is from PM A Winters Tale, Linen, fab papers in
this pack. Button and ribbon from stash, I have punched all of
these hearts and used doodlebug rub-ons for the Merry Christmas
then distressed the edges with Versa Color, Rose Red ink pad.
Snowflakes punched from iridescent glitter card and gem
stones on corners and heart from Make Me!

Think that's everything, enjoy the rest of your evening,
TFL Sue xx

Wedded Bliss!

The heart reveals the sentiment then the tag to write your
message sits behind this.

Hello and Happy Tuesday to all you lovely crafters. Well thank
goodness the wet and windy weather seems to have left us!!!
Me and Hubby were actually doing some gardening on Saturday!!
Hail, Wind, Rain, Mud, you name it, it was thrown at us, I even
managed to get a few thorns in my fingers for good measure!!
Madness I hear you cry! but we had spent a small fortune at
the Garden Centre the previous weekend and thought lets just
get them in, it's now or never! What I did find funny though,
was one minute the road was covered with leaves and looked
a real mess, the next it was like God had taken a huge broom
and swept the whole lot away, as if by magic!
So back to this Wedding Card, it has taken me ages and I have
been working away at it in between other projects, as you can
see by the date on the card, it was over a month ago, but
hopefully it was worth waiting for!!

Here is a front back and side view of these lush papers.
I have threaded a wide ribbon through this lace to get
that lovely ruched effect.

So the papers I have used are from the gorgeous PM signature,

A Christmas Carol Linen pack.

All lace ribbon embellies are from my stash. Stamp "On your

Wedding Day" is by Santa Rosa, stamped with Versa Color in

Sand Beige and heat embossed. All edge distressing has been

done using the same ink pad.

Here is the card open fully the tag sits behind the sentiment.

Behind the heart flap are the Bride and Grooms names and

the date of their Wedding

Butterflies MS, punched twice once with plain white and the

top with same PM papers, also MS doily punch used, leaves

and hearts also from punch. The tag that sits behind panel

has been cut out from a template I made, all the same papers

have been used for this too. The Mocha pearlised card is from

my local craft shop,

Little close up of the inside, I have added a little scroll too

where I have written a little message for them.

think that's everything, Happy Crafting to you all TFL Sue xx

Remembrance Day in Britain

LEST WE FORGET

November is the time of the year when we wear a red poppy in memory of those who sacrificed their lives for us during wars.
The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month marks the signing of the Armistice, on 11th November 1918, to signal the end of World War One.
At 11 am on 11 November 1918 the guns of the Western Front fell silent after more than four years continuous warfare.
Remembrance Day is on 11 November. It is a special day set aside to remember all those men and women who were killed during the two World Wars and other conflicts. At one time the day was known as Armistice Day and was renamed Remembrance Day after the Second World War.
Remembrance Sunday is held on the second Sunday in November, which is usually the Sunday nearest to 11 November. Special services are held at war memorials and churches all over Britain.
A national ceremony takes place at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London. The Queen lays the first wreath at the Cenotaph.
Wreaths are laid beside war memorials by companies, clubs and societies. People also leave small wooden crosses by the memorials in remembrance of a family member who died in war.
The "Last Post" is traditionally played to introduce the two minute silence in Remembrance Day ceremonies. It is usually ' played on a bugle. (In military life, 'The Last Post' marks the end of the day and the final farewell.)
The sounding of "Reveille" (or, more commonly, "The Rouse"), ends the two minute silence, followed by the recitation of the "Ode of Remembrance."
A poem called 'For the Fallen' is often read aloud during the ceremony; the most famous stanza of which reads:
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."
Fourth stanza of 'For the Fallen' by Laurence Binyon (1869 - 1943)
Poppy Day
Remembrance Day is also known as Poppy Day, because it is traditional to wear an artificial poppy. They are sold by the Royal British Legion, a charity dedicated to helping war veterans.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star...

...ooh I think that was one of my favourite Nursery Rhymes, I

even remember a magazine I used to get as a little girl called

Twinkle....does anyone else remember it?

Right on with my card, I just had to enter into the

Magnolia Challenge this week as I love distressing my cards,

it is second nature to me,

I love anything shabby chic and vintage too.

This card has a little star appearing on the front too and she

comes bearing gifts! This little Tilda and the envelope she is

sitting on are another two of the new Magnolia Christmas

stamps which I have water coloured and also used Tim Holtz

Vintage Photo distressing ink.

The little musical page is a PI stamp, stamped with Timber

Brown Staz On, ooh I just adore it, I think I might be using

this little one on a few cards!

Just wanted to show you this fab paper tearing ruler I use

for a great neat (if it can be neat) torn look! Its from Plaid

and although they are American based there are some outlets

in the UK.

This charm embellishment on the side I have made using Stamped

Spotty heart from Anita's stamped with Black Staz On and cut out,

I have punched two stars and smaller heart and used an

eyelet to hold them all together the string is knotted in the

eyelet and fixed at the back of the heart with the large brass

vintage jingle bell on the end. Smaller stars are punched from

gold mirri card. Ribbon and lace from stash, papers are from

D & D a Winters Tale which I have distressed around the edges

using an old emery board I have also used it on the large gold

star. Think that's everything, have a lovely Wednesday everyone

and Happy Crafting, TFL Sue xx