Vintage?!

Happy Friday peeps and I hope you have a good day despite the dreadful weather forecast. 

I know I said yesterday that I don't "do" vintage, well I've decided to have a go so that I can participate in one or two Vintage type challenges...so here goes

I used a shaped card and covered it in a sheet from my Almanac pad (forgotten how pretty this pad was). The stamp was by Marianne -  one that I have used a couple of times, I raided the die box and used one from the SB timeless rectangles set as a frame, a tag (of unknown origin!!) through which I threaded crochet ribbon, a freebie butterfly die and a doily which was cut from another piece of paper from the same pad. I finished off the butterfly with  some gems. It seems an awful lot to put on a card (for me!!), however, I am really quite pleased with the result.

I am joining in with these challenges

Allsorts #243 - Vintage

Divas by Design - Vintage with lace

Incy Wincy Design Challenge - Ribbons & pearls

Creative Card Crew #54 - 1 ribbon, 2 papers, 3 pearls/gems

Thank you for calling today, I appreciate your lovely comments xx

My Style

Hello everybody. I hope you are all well today. I can hardly believe it's Thursday again, almost the weekend and more importantly another new challenge at

As You Like It Challenge

We would like you to share a project showcasing your "style" be it Clean and Simple, Steampunk, Vintage, Fussy...whatever denotes YOUR style (and don't forget to let us know WHY).

I don't mind admitting I struggled to define my style. I tend to avoid bulky embellishments due to the postal charges these days, so that's "fussy" out. I'm not "C&S" because I LOVE patterned papers far too much to leave acres of white space, although the absence of embellies could make me lean a little that way. My images tend to be cute but I don't do the sweet, girly shabby chic thing either but I do like to use dies...Oh pants...I really don't know!! HELP!! 

I know...my style is just "me"!! Here's an example...

I thought it was about time I coloured a Barry image so matched him to some papers from a free paper pad. 

I stamped the sentiment on to a die cut tab. I pierced holes and used a letraset fineliner to created the illusion of stitching. Oh yes...that's definitely my style!!

I am taking Barry to play along here

Sweet Stampin' - In stitches

Creative Fingers #21 - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations #255 - Seasonal (Summer...wishful thinking)

Crafting for all seasons #69 - For the girls

Have a super duper day whatever you are up to and thanks for sharing a little bit of it with me!! xx

Soggy Sunday!

Hello one and all and I hope you are well in spite of this thoroughly yucky day,

 although the perfect excuse to get some crafting in!!

 I have been doing just that and have another Christmas card to add to the (as yet) little pile. 

 After sorting my ribbons the other day I set to and had a good old save and scrap session with the bits box and came across snippets of Nitwits Patchwork Christmas. Little Maya and Kitty Sledging were coloured to match. I stamped the sentiment in white, although the light wasn't brilliant to take a photo it does show up much crisper in reality. Stardust stickles were added to the snow, flowersoft to her fur trim and viva decor, Ice White, for the snow.

It came about in support of these current challenges.

Sketch Saturday #294

Moving Along With The Times - Cats

ABC Christmas Challenge - B for bare minimum of embellies

Christmas Card Chalenges #9 - Anything Goes

CHNC Extra - January

Pixies Snippets Playground - #109

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday xx

Heart hanger

Hello my lovely crafty friends and I hope you are well.

I have an experiment to share today and not a stamp in sight!! 

I have been having a sort out in the work room and found mountains of ribbons which, I might add, are now colour coordinated and put away in their very own chest of drawers (yup, that's how many I have). Having made this shocking discovery I decided to actually do something with them other than tying a bow and adding to a card so here is what I did...

I did a bit of weaving with an assortment of my red ribbons, the base rows were alternated organza and spotty ribbon and I then wove a different ribbon for each row.

 I mounted an  die cut heart aperture over the top and added a bundle of ribbon and pearl string attached to a button.

The hanging loop is secured between the layers.

This shows a better view of the texture.

Once I had anchored the base rows it took no time at all to do so I will be definitely doing this again.

I am off to play along here

Crafty Ribbons

Creative Inspirations #249 - Ribbons

Divas By Design - Anything Goes

The Crafting Cafe - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Bow Dies

Thanks for calling to see me. See you soon xx

GDT Sporty Little Fairy!!

Hello to you all. I am sharing my Crafty Little Fairies GDT card with you  as they have a brand new challenge starting today and the theme is "Sport". With a house full of men you would think I would have sporty stamps aplenty...but Oh No, I had to go and buy one!! Here he is......

James Bear-kham!!

The stamp is No 7 Bear and he was coloured with Promarkers. I spotted and "stole"  the layout from Larissa as I thought it would showcase the stamped image beautifully. The spotted papers were scraps lurking in the bottom of my scrap box and the sentiment from Paper Smooches.

I am off to play here

Charisma Cardz #2 - It's a boy thing
Pixies Snippets Playground #108
Creative Creations Challenge - Less is more
A Gem Of A Challenge #111 - For the Boys
Digi Designs Challenge - Spots and dots
I love Promarkers #203 - For the Boys

Wishing you a good day whatever you are up to and thank you for your lovely comments, it means a lot that you take the time to leave your thoughts xx