WOYWW & Y!

Hello blogland, hope everyone is happily crafting away, I still
get excited even after eleven years of card making when I am
full of ideas and they come together, are you?
Obviously when they don't it's really frustrating and also when
you are all out of ideas too!!! Do you feel that way too?
Here's what I have been working on today, WOWWW.......

This little 60th card for a friend. These pretty papers are
from Prima, Sweet Fairy collection. Flowers from stash and
sentiment from pc, really simple but very pretty;
(no kitten in sight, she is in the dog house so to speak!) the
little minx knocked a whole cup of tea out of my hands as she
leapt at me which ended up over the bed so as not to scald
anyone, which led to me changing the bedding, quilt,
pillowcases, pillow protectors, mattress protector, cleaning
the mattress and carpet, in fact everything!!!
She ain't looking so cute today!

Anyway just to the left of my 60th card you will see these
pretty little ballet shoes, well I am in the process of making
a card for a beautiful German student who had been staying
with me a few weeks ago, she was only 12 and is attending
the famous John Cranko ballet school in Stuttgart, it
was amazing just watching her practise, I felt very honoured
and totally in awe of such poise and posture. She had four
years of just building her muscles and feet strength before
being accepted here. I intend to decoupage these pretty
little shoes and then add some ribbon, I will post the
card when I have finished.
Also not on my desk but in the bathroom! I have been busy
cleaning some errrr well quite a few of my stamps, naughty

naughty, can you see how long they have been building up
for? Well as I was cleaning them I saw the Easter ones!!!
Oh dear, that is really really bad, I do give them a little wipe
with the baby wipes, but some were really gunked up with
embossing inks! eeeeek, then I noticed a Valentine one!!!
Bad really bad! not only for my desk space but also my
poor stamps! They are all washed and cleaned now and
from this day forward I will try and clean them as I go along!

This is another 21st card I had to do too, for a friend's
Grandson, he is a Community Support Officer, do you
like his Hi Vis 21, I also tried to match the colours
of his uniform. The 21 key template was from tinternet,

It glowed in the dark too which looked really cool!

and finally......Yesterday's desk, Tuesday is my art afternoon
and this is what I painted in water colour....

I can't take credit for the originality of the picture as I
copied it from an art magazine, but it's my take on it!
Click on piccies for a close up!
Thanks for looking, happy crafting to you, Sue xx

Glamour Puss!

Hello lovely bloggers, well little Baby Belle went to the vets
today for a check-up and her injections.....as he was sifting
through her fur, what did he find?............No Fleas just
GLITTER!!! ha ha, it was so funny, he said, "She has some
kind of glitter or sparkle on her fur", I said "Oh that's where
I've been making cards on my desk, she lept up and had
been laying on it"!
Well move over Glitter Girls, we have a new Glamour
Puss on the horizon!
Here is the card I was making when the little minx
decided to leap onto my desk, had to be just as I was
putting glitter on the 21!

Quite like the mixture of Black, Gold, Silver and
Red!

Have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend, Happy Crafting,
Sue xx

WOYWW and New Kit on the Blog!

Hello lovely bloggers, hope you are all fine and dandy today,
I thought I would show you whats on my work desk today,
WOYWW , as you can see it's a complete mess but in between
all the creative chaos (who am I trying to kid)? there is a special
little furry friend I would like you to meet, she is a new addition
to our family and her name is Belle, well I have an array
of names for her at the moment, Baby Belle as in the cheese, so I
am going around the house singing ba ba ba, ba baby Belle! yes
I know I am mad!! Belles Belle, Belly? mischief moo!, minx,
terror, to name but a few. Well she seems to enjoy the creative
chaos that is my desk, room, home and is loving all the buttons,
ribbons, paper and string she can play with too :0 ) She
seems to be settling in quite nicely although Milton, the big
white fluffy Boss Cat is Not Amused!

Here she is looking at the DoCrafts Website, we were looking
for some inspiration for this pop-up card I made

and I am really pleased with the way it turned out.
I also made this, the digi download is really popular with the
women folk out there, can't think why? The image is from
Bugaboo Stamps they have some fab digi images go
take a peek!

Can you see the blurred sentiment, well it was a happy
mistake as the "Glitter Girls" say, it must have got stuck
in the printer and came out a bit blurred but I thought it
was quite appropriate after one too many! so decided to
leave it like that!

I also made this one today too (I was on a roll)!

The backing paper and frame were all hand made by my
own fair hands and also the fishing rod and sign, the fish
I copied from tinternet and cut out and added some
sparkle, the net I made with a little bit of tulle and
timber brown staz-on to age it.

So after all that crafting there is only one thing left to do ...

....... take a cat nap zzzzzzzzzz
Oh and if there is limited space on the desk.....

...spread out a little!
Happy Crafting, TFL, Sue xx

Card from one of my Watercolour Paintings...

Hello beautiful crafters, a very happy Monday to you
all. How are you all? busy I expect judging by the Christmas
cards some of you have already made!!! Wow where
is the year going??? I hope you are all happy crafting
and inspiring others with your wonderful creations;
Today I thought I would show you a card I have made from
one of my watercolour paintings. It is of our wonderful cat
Milton, he is such a loving cat and a very handsome one at
that, don't you think? He is the Lord of our Manor :0) xx
This picture is from an old post which you can find here:-
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This is my drawing which I then painted with watercolours,
because of his white colouring I thought I would paint him
in a beautiful mix of lavender and pink colours.
As I was quite pleased with the finished painting I decided
to reproduce his face onto one of my bockingford paper cards.
and this is the finished product, what do you think?
It does replicate my watercolour picture so well due to the
texture of the card.

Here is the back of my card.
Something for you to think about as an alternative card.
Thanks for looking, and happy crafting, Sue xx

On Your Wedding Day

Well a Big "HELLO - Blog Land", long time no see, I have
missed posting sooooooooooooooo much, but have just not
had the time! I decided to do an art course and have been
really into that for the past year and a half, so my spare
time was taken up with painting and putting together a
port folio for my exam, which I passed. Hooray!! I am with an
art group now which is "as and when" and leaves you to
your own devices so to speak which is a lot less intense,
although my work production has not been as great.
so in between all that I have still been making cards
and trying to view all of your wonderful blogs for inspiration.
I will post some of my art if anyone is interested??????
Well I can't believe this is my first posting since Crimbo!!!!how bad is that,
am I the worse blogger in the land? Er, YES!
Thought I would post this little Wedding Card I made for a
friend, I hope you like it :0) xx

Piccie of the inside which shows each page stamped
with different heart design stamps, the one on the
left is from the Range I think as it does not appear to
have any brand name on it so may have come from
their bargain bucket! the one on the right is from
PSX called Vine & Rose Heart, stamped with TH
Vintage Photo, sentiment is from PC.

Heart on left is Santa Rosa PSX another golden oldie!

The "On Your Wedding Day" stamp is also from Santa Rosa
PSX and I really love this stamp, it was one of the first ones
I bought when I started card making. Ink used TH Victorian
Velvet.I have personalised it with the Bride and Grooms
names along the top done on PC and also the date which is
along the side where the white ribbon is. The wedding
definition is photo-copied from a dictionary and then
distressed with TH Vintage Photo.Lace is from stash.
I have cut a normal square into the heart shape. embellished
with paper roses and pearls from stash. I have just seen over
on Simon Says blog that they are trying to get 1000 entries
into their "Anything Goes" challenge this week, so I am
linking this card to that, so if you fancy some fantastic prizes
and also help them break the record and make their wish
come true why don't you enter; Nothing ventured, nothing
gained!! xx

I also made these cards for the Mother of the Bride and
Mother of the Groom, I really enjoyed designing these
to match the colour of their outfits. All card from stash
and designed and made by me

Thanks for looking, I hope all my lovely blogging buddies
are well and busy and happy crafting, Sue xx

Oh Christmas Tree!

Well seeing as I have finished hubby's card with 1 day to spare,
I thought I would share it with you all! HOORAY!...... it was

inspired by this one by Terry, wow what a fab job she has

made of her tree!!! I hand drew and cut out my template

for the tree and then placed it onto a square card with the

fold at the top. Punched a hole at the very top then

threaded the ribbon to hang it from. Wow there are an

array of so many stamps on this that it would take me

ages to name them all so if you would like to know just send

me an email, all stamped and distressed with TH Vintage

Photo, I have used shrink plastic for the wording at the top

and made some little holly leaves and berries, then added

some crimbo Dress It Up! buttons; candy cane, robin, snowflakes

mittens and heart. Heart and Dove punch MS.

Hope you like it and hubby come to that!! TFL Sue xx

Eat, Drink & Be Merry!

Hello lovely bloggers, the days just seem to be running away
with me, I have been admiring and am completely inspired by
all of your work, you are all such a talented bunch!
I have been creating but have had little or no time
to post them, I will try and be a better blogger next year, I
hope Santa does not hold it against me and decides not to leave
me any crafting goodies this year!!!
I wish all of you a Wonderful Christmas and a Healthy and Happy
and Creative 2011! xxSuexx

Pretty Polly!!!

Wow have you seen these fantastical Big Ben landmark tights

designed by Henry Holland for Pretty Polly? don't you think

they are just fab! they have some other great designs here

at my tights.com including, Paris, New York along with other

designs, go take a peek! TFL, Sue xx

Magical Christmas.....

Hello to all you lovely crafters! Well this is my first Christmas
Card for 2010. After seeing all the lovely creations over on Simon
Says Challenge I just had to play along, Simon Says are you All
White! which means everything on your card has to be White
apart from your image which can be coloured! I have used this
beautiful little image by Leanne Ellis, it is a fundraiser stamp

and 100% of the profits go to Breast Cancer, it's available here

at Funky Kits. I have painted my image with water colours then

drew around the image on the front of the card and cut out an

aperture with my craft knife. I have set the image inside the

card but once the card is closed wanted it to look like she was

daydreaming out of the window, she is set onto a lovely doily

and I have used lots of stickles Star Dust to make her sparkle.

For the front of the card I have punched these fab branches

to look like a snowy wisteria growing up the front of the house

just outside the window and also punched these lovely snowflakes

from glitter card and added some crystal stones to the centre.

I have also added lots of Star Dust stickles to the branches but it

has not shown up that well!

Finally I have stamped and embossed the sentiment with

Colour Box MetaleXtra pigment ink and embossed with Stamp n

Stuff Kaleidoscope embossing powder then heat set.

Punched my little eyelet and added a LLB Tassel. I am also

entering this card into the ABC Christmas Challenge this week

which is W for Winter Wonderland. TFL. Happy Crafting, Sue xx

Imagine, Create, Inspire!

Hello to all you beautiful bloggers out there, I hope your day is

a happy creative one, I made this little tag today which is made

from some handmade paper, that I actually made!!! Whooo hoo

I went on a paper making course in the summer, only for a couple
of hours and produced a few sheets of beautiful paper from

tea bags, leaves and things you would never ever think of putting

into your paper! I then distressed it with an Antique Gold embossing

pad from Encore!

Little close up of that cherub!
I added some different scraps of paper and hessian fabric,

flowers, ribbon and embellishments, all from stash and

hey presto!

The sentiments have been created on the computer.

Hope you like it and it gives you some inspiration,

TFL,Happy Crafting, Sue xx

Clayton's Bookmark...

.....and Card!

Hello Blog land, yes it's me again, well my creative fingers have

been really busy so has my brain, does anyone else get this where

there is not enough hours in the day to complete all the different

ideas that are flowing through your brain and you don't have

enough hands either???? well that's my problem at the moment

hence my craft room looking like a bombs hit it!! Hee hee,

Here is a little bookmark I have made today with this beautiful

image from Sugar Nellie,

isn't it gorgeous? It is for a neighbour who had a little boy

I think about 3 months ago now!! tutt tutt, nothing changes,

well I have finally finished this little gift and card for him. He

can probably read by now!! Now this book mark has been made

using lots of different card stock from my bits and bobs box so

I have no idea where they are from!! Sorry! My image has been

water coloured with paints, ribbon is from stash. The design is

from Marlene's sketch over at the Sugar Bowl so I will enter it

into that Challenge which also has the theme "One for the boys"!

I am also entering this into YNS (Your Next Stamp) challenge

blog as they asking you to create a bookmark! So head on over

to these fab blogs and check out the goodies on offer and join

in the fun!

A little close up of the pram with Clayton's name popping out

on the heart.

TFL, Happy Crafting, Sue xx

Double Double, Toil and Trouble.......

.......Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble.

Hello lovely crafters, I hope your hands are busy and your
creativity is overflowing. I thought I would make a Halloween
card today as it is nearing that Spooky time of year again!
Don't you just love this little Tilda with that cobweb between
her hat and broom.
I have coloured her with my water colour paints and am
really pleased with the effects of the three colours together,
purple, black and orange. The bat and pumpkin in the corners
are just sequins from a pack. The little book of spells I made
up from some purple glitter paper for the cover and inside some
white card which I have handwritten spells and added two
punched stars.

This is the black backing card I made by just drawing the web
with stickles Stardust, what a fab effect don't you think?

I also made the orange backing paper by printing Shakespeare's
Double Double toil and trouble onto it from the Computer/

here is a little close up of Tilda's book of Spells!
I hope you all have a Spooktacular Halloween, TFL Sue xx

Just a Note!

Hello lovely bloggers I just had to give this little Tilda an inking

she has been sitting there waiting patiently playing a little tune

every time I see her; so I have followed this fab sketch by

the lovely Jacque over on Friday Sketchers. Tilda has been

water coloured with paints and Le Plume II water colour pens,

all papers are K & Co recycled apart from worded paper which is

K & Co Life's Journey, lace, flower and pearl heart from stash,

sentiment done on computer onto music paper from photo bucket.

Think that's it have a lovely Wednesday, TFL, Sue xx

17th Wedding Anniversary Card

Good Evening to all you lovely crafty bloggers, thought I would
share with you the wallet card I made for Hubby for our
17th Wedding Anniversary!!! I was surfing the net as
you do and found this beautiful poem which in turn
inspired this card.....

Front of wallet (which I made from a piece of A4 craft card)
stamped with the swirl stamp from PM Summer Bloom in
Collection with Jet Black Staz On, heart border punch is from
Fiskars and the pretty heart punch is Martha Stewart.
Distressed with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo

Hearts on inside are drawn freehand and cut out from two
complementary papers, fixed with eyelets and tied together
with string.

All wording printed from PC with the words I wanted to
emphasize in Red.

Here is the beautiful poem,

Back of card insert.

TFL, Sue xx