Wedding Mini Books...

I wanted to give my cousin and his new wife a personal present for their wedding, so came up with the idea of a mini book, which I would fill with photos that I took on their day. So here is what I made...

It is a Bo Bunny Binder that I have covered with DCWV "Be Mine" papers and where the canvas on the binder meets the paper I have added some co-ordinating ribbons. I decorated with American Crafts Glitter Thickers, Bazzill tulle, pearl pin and some Martha Stewart butterflies. The inside is more of the same papers and embellishments...take a look at a couple of pages...

I will be filling it with photos this afternoon and giving it to them at breakfast in the Hotel before we leave...

I then decided that I would make one for my Auntie using all the same stuff....just a little different...so here is hers...

And a selection of the inside pages...

The mini books are very similar, I have just used slightly different paper combinations...one is a little more pink, the other a little more aqua.

We arrived at about 2pm...just as they were taking the photos, I didn't bother with any of the large group shots as I was only interested in getting the Bride & Groom. So when all the other guests boarded the red double decker London bus that was taking them all to the reception, I followed the official photographer and got some of the shots he was taking....don't worry he never complained and I stayed right out of this way...LOL.  The plan was to then print them once I got back from the reception (I took my Laptop and my little Canon Selphy Dye Sub printer) and hand them over in the morning over breakfast at the hotel...(can you hear the Mission Impossible music in your head...) Well all went to plan and we got back to the Hotel at a little after 1.15am, and David & Georgia fell straight into bed while I sat and printed 18 photos (9 for each book). I punched butterflies and swirl to overlap the photos, and I am so pleased to say that both recipients LOVED them, in fact every guest that saw them thought they were fantastic and said how fantastic the photos were, and what a wonderful gift it was. So much so that I have decided to make another for Rachel's lovely Mum, Anna. We stayed back this morning to help take down the decorations and clean the marquee as it is being used for another event tomorrow, and after went back to their house for a delicious lunch...and ended up sitting in the garden with the rest of my family (Aunt & Cousins) and waved off the newly weds off as they drove to the airport to go on their honeymoon.

We finally got home at 6pm, tired but having had a wonderful weekend...and now I am back in my craft room trying to get back on track with my DT commitments...I will be ready with a preview of one of the new Pixie Dust Studios 3rd June release, and also a Squiggle Stamps card...so make sure you are back tomorrow. I will also show pics this week of the third in the mini book series...and this time I will show you one with pics in it...just to prove it got finished.

Anyone for Anya? - Sketch #10

This week over on the Anyone for Anya? challenge blog we have a sketch to follow, provided by the lovely DawnyP. For my card I have used Fleur Anya and she has been coloured with Copics using the following colours...

Skin - E000/E00/E11/R20

Hair - E08/E19

Flowers - B000/B00/B02/R01/R02

Dress - R00/R01/R02

The papers are all DCWV "Tahiti Beach" and I have kept this one super simple and just added a sentiment by Craftwork Cards layered up with my SU punches and some bling.

Be sure to pop over to the Anyone for Anya? blog to see what the rest of the DT came up with. Super short from me today as we are off to my cousins wedding. I was up till 3am this morning finishing the card above and also making two mini books....one for the Bride & Groom and one for my Auntie (the mother of the Groom). I have taken pics and will show you them tomorrow....I was really please with how they turned out as I sat for ages trying to get started....and once the ideas flowed the two were done fairly easily.

SJ's Little Musings Friday Freebie!!!!!!

OMG, can you believe it's Friday again, and you know what that means....SJ's Little Musings Friday Freebie. This week let me introduce you to Curtis...you can find out all about Curtis HERE.

For my card I have coloured Curtis with Copics using the following colours...

Skin - E00/E11/E13/R20

Hair - E50/E51/E53

Clothing - B000/B00/B02/W3/W5/W7/R02

The papers are all DCWV Tahiti Beach and as it is a male card I gam simply added some string, a Craftwork Cards sentiment and some jet black bling. I even cut a surfboard by hand to add behind him. The stamped sentiments are from The Greeting Farm "My Guy Ian" stamp set.

Be sure to pop over to SJ's Little Musings to download this little hottie....and if you have never seen SJ's Little Musings check out all the ones she has given away over the last few months....this is the 20th card I have made with her images...

Well the sun is shining here in my part of the UK, and it is the start of a Bank Holiday weekend...one that includes be going to my first wedding since Georgia was born (so eight years...). My cousin Andy is marrying his beautiful Fiance Rachel on Sunday afternoon. So we will be staying in a hotel on Sunday night...which Georgia is very excited about....and she cannot decide which of her two outfits to wear....Ohhhh the decisions and eight year old has to make...Then after the weekend it is half term, and both David & I have the week off....let's hope we get some nice days so that we can plan some days out!

Pixie Dust Studios Challenge - Going Round & Round!

This week over on the Pixie Dust Studios Challenge Blog the theme is "Going Round & Round", and we would like to see  something round on your project like a button, brad, flower etc.

For my card I have used a PDS image called "Buddies" and I have coloured it with Copics using the following colours...

Skin - E000/E00/E11/R20

Hair - E44/E47/E49

Clothing - B93/B95/B97/E30/E31/E33/E35/R29

The papers are all Basic Grey "Granola". As always I tend to keep male cards simple and add few embellishments, and this card is no exception. I created the zigzag with my Martha Stewart punch, and added stars punched with my Stampin' Up punch. I have also added a couple of my sentiment tickets.

Be sure to pop over to HERE to see what the other Pixie's made.

Cute Card Thursday - No Designer Papers!

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This week over on Cute Card Thursday challenge bloy our theme is "No Designer Papers!". So no pre-printed/bought digi papers. You can however emboss, stamp...or leave plain cardstock.

For my card I have used one of the recent hAnglar & stAnglar images stamped onto Kraft cardstock and coloured with Copics using the following colours...

Skin - E000/E00/E11/R20

Hair - E50/E51/E53

Clothing - E30/E47/G000/G00

I have also used a Magnolia script backgound stamp which I stamped over the main image by masking her off first. The cardstock is DCWV (teal), Bazzill (brown) and Stampin' Up (kraft) and I have sanded and embossed it with Cuttlebug embossing folders. I have simply added some Ikea string, a sentiment by Craftwork Cards, a couple of pins, pearl bling and some Bazzill tulle. 

Be sure to pop on over to the Cute Card Thursday blog to see what the rest of the DT came up with....there is something different on almost all the cards... 


I am also entering this card into the following challenges...
Papertake Weekly - Sketch #41
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Celebrations!
Crafty Angels - Teal & Brown

Lili of the Valley Challenge - Bev's Sketch

Good morning and welcome to another fabulous challenge on Lili of the Valley. Before I give you the details of this weeks challenge I have some great news to tell you. There are going to be 12 fabulous new stamps released on Tuesday 1st June and they are just gorgeous!!!! Want some even better news ...... you have 2 chances of winning all 12 stamps before they are released.

Your first chance to win all 12 of the new stamps is to head over to the challenge blog and take part - you better be quick though because you only have until midnight on Saturday 29th May to play. Your 2nd chance is to pop over to the new LOTV Ideas to Inspire blog where you can enter from 29th - 31st May. There is some other candy on the inspiration blog right now so make sure you keep checking! And if that's not enough you can win 2 stamps for this weeks challenge which is a great sketch by our Bev.

All the DT have used the new images which will be release next week so why don't you pop over for some more sneak peeks ..... they are the best ever .... think I say that every time but they really are wonderful!

I have coloured my image with Copics using the following colours...

Skin - E000/E00/E11/R20

Hair - E44/E47/E49

Bear - E30/E31/R20/Y21

Clothing - R29/G000/G00/G02

Pillow - E50/E51/E53

Ground - W0/W2

The papers are all Pink Paislee "365 Degrees" and I have added some lace with red dotted ribbon threaded throught the centre. A couple of heart pins, some cherry blossoms, a rose and a dotted ribbon bow, and finally I finished off with one of my ticket sentiments.

Remember to head on over to be in with a chance of winning these simply stunning new images...they are all totally gorgeous and you will be hard pushed to pick a favourite.

Squiggle Stamps - It's a Tea Party!

Here is a card I made with one of the new images available on Squiggle Stamps. It is called "Tea Party" and is available in either Rubber or Digi. I have coloured the image with Copics (available HERE from DTDF) using the following colours...

Cat - C0/C2/R20/R01/R02/Y21

Bunny - C0/0/R20/R00/R01/R29

Table - YG11/Y21/R29/E47/E57/R00

The papers are all Wild Rose Studios and I have added some DCWV cardstock which I punched with my Martha Stewart punch and then sanded. I have embellished with ribbon by MME, and some Fancy Pants & Heidi Grace decorative pins and one of my ticket sentiments.

Be sure to hop on over to the Squiggle Stamps blog as you have just under a week to enter the May Challenge and be in with a chance of winning this fab prize...

You can find all the details of the challenge HERE...

Just Magnolia - Jane's Sketch!

Here is a card I made for the challenge this week on the Just Magnolia blog, which happens to be a lovely sketch by Jane. I have coloured Tilda with Copics (available HERE from DTDF) using the following colours...

Skin - E000/E00/E11/R20

Hair - E50/E51/E53

Clothing - R20/R21/R22/YG11/YG13

The papers are all Wild Rose Studio from the dotted pad, and I have layered with some Bazzill and DCWV cardstock. I have embellished with some ribbon from my stash, a flower from Tracy @ Creative Treasures, some aurora borealis bling and a couple of Fancy Pants decorative pins.

Be sure to check out the Just Magnolia DT cards...they are stunning as always!

Anyone for Anya? - Double Trouble!

This week on the Anyone for Anya? blog the theme is "Double Trouble", we want to see your cards/projects that feature more than one stamp. I doesn't have to be two characters, it can be a fence, tree, grass....as long as it is clear you used more than one stamp. I have masked, but if you haven't tried that techqnique before, you can just stamp them separately and stick them both on.

I have used My Guy Ian and Miss Anya Love sets and both the images have been coloured with Copics (available HERE from DTDF) using the following colours...

Skin - E000/E00/E11/R20

Hair - (Her) E50/E51 (Him) E50/E51/E53

Clothing - (Her) Y00/Y02/R29/W3/W5 (Him) W2/W3/W5/W9/Y00/Y02/R29/

The papers are a mixture of GCD "Chic Bebe" Pad (the green ones) and My Minds Eye Meadowlark "Dusk" all available HERE from DTDF, and I have also used some Doodlebug Sugar Coated cardstock in Beetle Black. I have added some red dotted ribbon, red dotted ribbon bow, three heart pins, jet bling and a sentiment by Craftwork Cards. I have also used one of my beloved Inkadinkado Kids Quote stamps....which Tracy @ Dies to Die For (DTDF) has now ordered a selection of....can hardly wait I love them so much and always have to order from the US...so a stockist with a selection in the UK will be great.

Be sure to hop on over to the Anyone for Anya? blog to check out the rest of the DT's cards....remember to take part you can use either The Greeting Farm or CC Designs stamps....or maybe a mixture of both!

Georgia and I have been on a mission to tidy her room this morning. We have pulled all the old toys out from the underbed storage, and the ones that she is too old for now will be donated to a good cause. Yesterday I had a massive sort out of my chest of drawers and got rid of old t-shirts that are passed their best, and stuff I don't want/use anymore....feels great...a bit late for Spring cleaning, although until June we are still technically in Spring...I have plans for more sorting...fed up with the lack of space....I am by nature a horder, so this has been hard for me!

SJ's Little Musings Friday Freebie...

Well, it was a surprise to SJ this morning, but it's Friday again and you know what that means....time for another of SJ's Little Musings Friday Freebies. Today is the turn of Letty, you can read all about Letty HERE on SJ's blog.

I have coloured Letty with Copics using the following colours...

Skin - E000/E00/E11/R20

Hair - E50/E51/E53

Clothing - BG11/R27/Y32

The papers are all Cosmo Cricket "Early Bird" and I have used some Bazzill cardstock. I have embellished with heart pins, red dotted ribbon, pearl bling and a butterfly sentiment by Craftwork Cards. I also added some more butterflies punched with my Martha Stewart punch.

I decided to re-use my Cute Card Thursday sketch...you can see it HERE. And don't forget to hop over to SJ's Little Musings blog to download Letty.

Pixie Dust Studios Challenge & Release Day!

It's release day over on Pixie Dust Studios, and Kathy has outdone herself with this collection. You can buy them now HERE in the store.

It is also time for a new challenge on the Pixie Dust Studios Challenge blog, and this week our theme ties in with the new release....Pearl. We want you to use pearls on your project.

For my card I have used one of the new Pearl collection, she has been coloured with Copics (available HERE from DTDF) using the following colours...
Skin - E000/E00/E11/R20
Hair - E50/E51/E53
Clothing - YG00/YG01/YG03/W0/W1/W2/W3/W5

The papers are all Pink Paislee "Queen Bee" and I have embellished with my usual pins, Stampin' Up choc chip taffeta ribbon, pearls and one of my ticket sentiments. I have also used the sketch this week over on Friday Sketchers.


Be sure to pop on over to both the Pixie Dust Studios Challenge blog and also Friday Sketchers to see what the DT's have been up to.

Cute Card Thursday...a Sketch by Me!

This week over on Cute Card Thursday it's sketch time, and this time it's one of mine.  

For my card I have used "Tilda Ballerina" from Magnolia, she has been coloured with Copics (available HERE from DTDF) using the following colours...

Skin - E000/E00/E11/R20

Hair - E50/E51/E53

Crown - Y21

Clothing - R11/R20

The papers are all Basic Grey "Porcelain" and I have embellished with Fancy Pants pins Martha Stewart punched butterflies, pearl bling made into a swirl using the Bazzill bling templates, and some roses and cherry blossoms. The sentiment is one of my tickets.

I am also entering this card into the following challenges...

Papertake Weekly - Say it with flowers

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Cute & Girly

Be sure to check out all three blogs and see what their respective DT's came up with.

Another Sneaky Peek....

So here is another sneaky peek of another of the new images released tomorrow at Pixie Dust Studios...

This cute Mermaid is part of the "Pearl Collection" and you can get them HERE tomorrow.

I have coloured her with Copics using the following colours...

Skin - E000/E00/E11/R20

Hair - B000/B00/B02

Clothing - Y21/Y17/R00/R01/R02

The papers are all DCWV "Tahiti Beach". I have added some ribbon, pearls, pins and a Craftwork Cards sentiment and I cut flowers from the paper.

Be sure to come back tomorrow to see my Pixie Dust Studios Challenge card using another of the new releases.

Sneaky Peek of the new Pixie Dust Studios coming release...

As the date of the new release is almost here, I thought I would give you a sneaky peek at one of the images from "The Pearl Collection" by Pixie Dust Studios.

I have coloured him with Copics using the following colours...

Skin - E000/E00/E11/R20

Hair - E44/E47

Clothing - W0/W1/W2/W3/W5/W7

The papers are all Basic Grey "Granola" and I have kept the embellishments to a minimum by simply adding some punched stars and a couple of my ticket sentiments. I have also used this weeks sketch over on Sketch Saturday, so make sure you pop on over to see what their DT have done with it.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for another sneaky peek of the new release...remember you can check out the rest of the Pixie Dust Studios DT blogs (links to the right) to see their sneaky peeks...

Loads...

I have loads of new cards to show you....but not until tomorrow...release day of the Pearl collection on Pixie Dust Studio....follow the link to the right.

Today I am dropping Georgia off at school and then heading down to Maidstone to see my Auntie Sheena who is over from Cyprus for my cousins wedding at the end of the month....and we are going shopping in Bluewater....if I can find it...as I have never been before.

Laters...

Anyone for Anya? - Don't be Square!

This week on the Anyone for Anya? challenge blog our theme is "Don't be Square!". We don't want to see your 6x6 inch (or thereabouts) cards....we want to see all the other shapes....tent cards, easel cards, round cards, round cards, step cards.....or like me handbag shape cards.

For my cards I have cut a handbag shape card from a template I have had for donkeys years out of black spotted cardstock. I have added a handbag charm made from Shrinkles (Shrink Plastic) coloured with Copics using the following colours...

Skin - E000/E00/E11/R20

Hair - R81/R83/R85

Clothing - C0/C1/C2/C3/C5/C7

I have then added a Prima Lollipop flower and created a swirl with the Bazzill bling template, and finished off with one of my ticket sentiments.

Be sure to pop on over to the Anyone for Anya? blog to see what other shapes the DT came up with.

Today is Georgia's 8th Birthday....my baby is a baby no more...she is a little lady. Yesterday I took a group of her friends bowling and for pizza.....and my god that was hard work....since when do 8 year olds become boy crazy....4 of them were mooning over teenage boys.....very worrying! Thankfully for me Georgia was not one of them....she still thinks boys are mean and smelly, with the exception of her Daddy. The picture above was taken while we were bowling. I spent 45 minutes giving her more ringlets (she naturally has a few) in her hair with ringlet tongs.....got to do it again this morning too as she wants to show her cousins...we are off down to Surrey to visit my family for Sunday Lunch!

The Greeting Farm - Roll Call!

It's release day of the Roll Call set over on The Greeting Farm....and Tracy at Dies to Die For has them HERE for £32...that's amazing value as there are ten Wild Sprouts which usually cost over £5 per stamp, plus there are six cute sentiments...be sure you grab yourself a set before they run out, as I don't expect them to last long, or be restocked.

Friday Sketchers #102

Here is a card I made using this weeks sketch over on Friday Sketchers. I have used a Magnolia image and coloured her with Copics (available HERE from DTDF) using the following colours...

Skin - E00/E000/E11/R20

Hair - C3/C5/C7

Dress - Y00/Y02/Y08/Y38/B21/B24/B29/R29/R32/R35

The papers are all Pink Paislee "365 Degrees" layered with some Coredinations cardstock which I sanded. I have embellished with a heart pins, crystal drops, apple charms, cherry blossoms and roses all available from Creative Treasures. I also added a doily and a Craftwork Cards "Thank You" sentiment circle.

Make sure you drop by the Friday Sketchers blog to see what their DT came up with. I am also entering this card into the Just Magnolia challenge this week as their theme is "One for the Girls"

SJ's Little Musings Friday Freebie...

Well it's Friday, and you know what day that is.....SJ's Little Musings Friday Freebie Day. This week SJ has come up with something a little bit different.....we have a musing with no head!...."Off with her head" as the Queen of Hearts said in Alice in Wonderland. SJ is always so wonderful with her musings and this week she not only gives you a version to colour yourself...she also gives you one coloured with clouds and one coloured with clouds and a sentiment.....I used the coloured with clouds one and added my own sentiment. I found the quote on the internet and thought it matched the image perfectly....it says...

"On a bad day, 

I have mood swings - but on a good day, 

I have the whole mood playground. "

I loved it and thought it would work as a card to a best friend...who knows what your mood swings are like....LOL

So I took the image, and added the sentiment in Photoshop Elements, when it was printed the skin was a little pale (darn printer) and so I added some more colour to the skin and jumper with my Copics. The papers are a real mix....Wild Rose Studions (pink dotted), 3Bugs (green plaid), and Pink Paislee (green damask/brocade). I have backed the card and image with green and pink Bazill cardstock. I have added a few embellishments....I just can't make a card with no embellies...LOL. The pink cherry blossoms were from Creative Treasures as was the heart pin, the star pin is by Making Memories, the ribbon was found lurky in my ribbon mountain, butterflies were punched with my Martha Stewart punch, I added two layers to each one, the top layer being vellum. I finally finished off with a butterfly sentiment by Craftwork Cards.

Be sure to check out SJ's Little Musings blog to see what the rest of the DT made with her.

**StampInsanity update....if you go over to the StampInsanity website and become a member of The Asylum (a follower) there will be a Maddie freebie once we reach 50 Asylum members....we are at 44 so not many needed.....hurry peeps...I need another Maddie!!!**