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Saturday, 31 March 2018

Happy Saturday

Happy Saturday to you all
Yesterday was a complete wash out it rained so hard for hours the only way we could have left home to go anywhere was by boat but as we do not own one Crafting won the day
I so wanted to use my Magic Dwelling Stamp again so that was my main part its a beauty of a stamp I adore it 
I also used a smaller toadstool to sit alongside it from Autumn Harvest stamp collection and then finished of with the little Love stamp from Tall & Elegant stamp set
I totally love these sets - how they can work as a set or to mix and match
The papers I used are from the paper pad Fourni another favourite of mine.
I coloured up using Graph'It Markers, also using lots of fine glitter on the whites of the toadstools.

I finished off cutting out some clouds using the Fluffy Clouds die set

Thank you for looking
xx

Friday, 30 March 2018

Polka Dot Pals Gada

Soooo much rain this morning so I was held hostage at my craft desk
Ohhhh nooooo such a shame
I coloured up Polka Dot Pals Gada from Little Miss Muffet
I love these little characters, I used the extra add on face too
I used Polychromos to colour up 
and added some Nuvo glitter drops to her top and to the flower centers
The tag was cut from kraft card and I used Distress Oxides to make the background and used a few masks 
The Monkey see sentiment is also from Little Miss Muffet ~ I love it, its totally adorable
The always be yourself is a stamped sentiment
and I finished off with a bow made from lace
Thank you for looking
xx
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Bookmark Afternoon

Happy Friday Everyone
Our Granddaughter Felicity started reading a new book yesterday a present from her Great Grandma . The book is called 'The Faraway Tree' and she is loving it
Although
of course she needed a new bookmark, so we made a couple
We used kraft card for the bases
The Stamp Set we used is one of my favourites
We stamped using Memento Luxe Wedding Dress ink
then 
Heat Embossed using Ultra Fine Embossing Powder
Felicity then coloured using my Polychromo Pencils
We added some Lace and made a coupe of Lace bows to finish

Thank you for looking today
xx
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TTCRD ~ Anything Goes
DL ART - Flowers

Wednesday, 28 March 2018

You got a Friend in me ......

The last few days we have had so much rain, Felicity our Granddaughter is here for the Easter holidays , she loves crafting and learning new things so I introduced her to the Polkadoodles Design sheets, I have not used these myself for a while until this week I forgot how good they are and so affordable at 99p
This is the second card made this week using the sheets and as before we had plenty left over
I totally love little Winnie nibbling on her chocolate and the pretty bunting 
I have mounted onto blue card but everything else is from the Design Sheet
Such pretty colours
look at that Friend  Sentiment
This made me laugh

Thank you for stopping by today
xx

Tuesday, 27 March 2018

Happy Tuesday ~ 99p Desiogn Sheets

Happy Tuesday to you all
We have had two very beautiful sunny days
but now....
the rain is falling
Last night I had a little play with one of the Design Sheets from
Winnie Sugar Sprinkle
You get lots on the full kit
And look what 99p gets you!!!!
So I cut them all out and made my little Easter card
I had lots left over too!!

How cute is Winnie dressed as a bunny
Thank you for looking 
xx

Monday, 26 March 2018

Blooming Posy Doodles

Happy Monday Everyone
I am here today to share with you a card I made using the lovely

I totally love working with these A4 kits and always run out of time before I run out of ideas
This card was so easy to make - I started of with a 7 x 7 blank card and cut away a border
Matted with Black card stock
and then cut our various bits from my A4 kit Matted them up with a blue card stock
The flower was cut out and mounted using pinflair so it is raised
Thank you so much for looking today
xx

Sunday, 25 March 2018

Hop to it

Back again for the last time today, We have had so much fun Easter Crafting we actually run out of time , So I am sure we will pop back in the week with more Easter Fun crafts
We are sharing our Easter Bunny card this time
This really was so much fun , although a little fiddly
We used our favourite ever ribbon
Its part of the Summer Festival Range as is called Summer Meadow
It's perfect for Sring/Summer Crafting projects
Thank you for hopping by today
Love Grandma & Felicity 
xx

Crackers are not just for Christmas

Grandma & Felicity are back
to share with you our
Easter Crackers
perfect for our table for Easter lunch
How cute are these!! I cut them on my portrait and Felicity assembled them
We used lovely 
They were the perfect finish to our Crackers
xx

Hatching Chick

This project did make us giggle
A sweet little hatching chick Easter treat box
We used the lovely grass ribbon from Crafty Ribbons
 It is from the Summer Festival Range
We also finished off with a bow made from Crafty Ribbons
Thank you for stopping by today
Love Grandma & Felicity
xx

Chick, Chick, Chick, Chick


                                               Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken,  
                                                      Lay a little egg for me!

                                            Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken,

I want one for my tea,

I haven’t had an egg since Easter,
And now it’s half past three,
So, chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken,
Lay a little egg for me!

What a totally fun project that really sparkles in real life, this is our Easter chick made mainly by our Granddaughter Felicity. She made most of it at school and then brought it home to finish off
The Bow was made from beautiful ribbon from Crafty Ribbons
We think it was the finishing touch
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Easter Makes

Happy Sunday to you all
There will be a few posts from me today
On Friday we picked our Granddaughter up from school to spend the Easter holidays with us,
Yesterday was dull and rainy so we spent it making lots of various Easter projects using the lovely ribbons from Crafty Ribbons.
Our first make we decided on was this cute little Easter bag
First I cut it out on my portrait and Felicity helped me assemble , it really was great fun to make up
The ribbon around the bottom is beautiful Organza Swiss Ribbons
Now look at that stunning bow that fits perfect on our Bunny
this was also made with ribbon from  Crafty Ribbons but alas I can not take the credit ~ My lovely talented teamie Wendy from Spain sent me some ~ pop across to Wendy's blog you will not be disapointed
Hope you like our Easter Bunny Bag 
We shall be beck later with more Easter Fun
Love 
Grandma & Felicity 
xx
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Crafts Galore Encore ~ Anything Goes
Crafty Animals ~ Anything Goes
Lets Craft & Create ~ Easter
Not Just Cards ~ Anything Goes
Papercraft Business Challenge ~ Easter

Friday, 23 March 2018

Polkadoodles Crafting

Happy Friday Everyone!
Here today for 
Polkadoodles Challenge
*Anything Goes*


This time I have used the lovely Winnie Spring Sugar


I adore this collection 
I have printed her and the rabbit out several times and decoupaged her up
I love the little sentiment that is also part of the collection as is the paper 
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xx
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Brown Sugar ~ Spring/Easter
CAS on Friday ~ Easter
Crafty Catz ~ ATG option of Easter
Cute Card Thursday ~ Easter



Tuesday, 20 March 2018

Hochanda Afternoon

Have you got your cuppas and your feet up watching our lovely Nikky on Hochanda
I am here to share with you another of my samples
I havent made a weaved card in ages and half way through I realised why , it takes quite a while but I do love the effect, so that was my starting point
I them used Stamp Set ~ Small Beginnings
Stamped several times and heat embossed onto vellum
I then watercolour painted them from underneath and fussy cut them out
Popped a pearl in each one the pearls are from the Magic sparkle embellishment kit

I then finished off by using the lovely polkadoodles die Hello this is not on todays show although you can get from the store here, this really is a fantastic price for such a wonderful die that I use lots. I cut it out twice so I could get a shadow effect

Thank you for looking
xx
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Stamps & Fun ~ Spring
Dream Valley ~ Spring Colours
My Time To Craft ~ Spring
Card Mania ~ Embossing
Classic Design Team ~ Anything Goes
World Wide Open Design ~ Anything Goes
Die Cutting Divas ~ Flowers + Die
TTCRD ~ Anything Goes

Eeeek We are back ~ Hochanda

So Excited to see the second hour on Hochanda
Here is a card I made with a matching chipboard tag

I used Distress Oxides to make my backgrounds
The stamp set used is Daisy Friends totally love this set. I have stamped and embossed the flowers and the border  and then used water colour paints I then finished them off with Spectrum noir Sparkle pen they really do shimmer in real life
I finished off by using a snip of ribbon for the tag from the Heavenly Dreams Embellishment kit
Thank you for stopping by
xx

Stampin' Unicorn on Hochanda

And yes I am back again to share another card, there will be another couple of posts from me this afternoon while the second show of the day airs at 2.00 on Hochanda
This time I have used the A4 topper kit snipping of bits and pieces . I also used a sheet from the 6x6 paper pack Butterfly Dreams and mounted onto Black cardstock. I have shaped the flowers so they pop of the card. I so love the A4 topper kit

Thank you for looking
xx

Happy Tuesday ~ Post number 2

Busy, Busy , Busy are you tuned into Hochanda??
If your not you are missing all the lovely goodies and demo's
Today it's the turn of Stampin' Unicorn
This time I have decorated a shadow box frame

I ummed and arred whether to remove the white apperture but decided a nice paper from the 6 x 6 Fourni pack would work.  I stamped several flowers and leafs from the stamp sets Dotty about Flowers and Blossom These were embossed , then watercoloured. The Butterfly is from Daisy Friends Stamp set and was stamped, Embossed and layered up

I finished of using the scrabble tiles from Bits n Pieces 6x6 Paper pad, and popping on some Glossy accents

I hope you are liking my samples I really have had so much fun making them
xx
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613 Avenue Create ~ Re-Use
Penny Black and More ~ Feature a Creature
Classic Design Team ~ Anything Goes
SheepSki Designs ~ Flowers
The Flower Challenge ~ Flower
World Wide Open Design ~ Anything Goes


Polkadoodles on Hochanda

Sooooo excited after the incredible show on March 1st, I have been busy making samples for todays shows on Hochanda at 10.00 and 2.00
This time we have been playing with the lovely Stampin' Unicorn goodies
I have made this card using the lush A4 toppers card, using also a sheet from the Fourni 6x6 paper pad as my backing
I have layered up the flowers and cut randomn bits out of the card
I so love the vibrant colours, I could literally play with the A4 forever , and you will see many more projects over the coming days using it

Thank you for looking
xx

Sunday, 18 March 2018

Postcard

Happy Snowy Sunday, where has spring disappeared to??
For those that know me know I am a great lover of oxides, this was a little experiment.
 A good friend of mine visited last week and she brought some of her lovely cards for me to see, On some she had used the normal distress inks on photo card.......Now this got my head whirling would Distress Oxides work? Out came my photo paper and the first inks that came out of  my box - now I normally would sit awhile to decide my colours but as this was an experiment I just went for it. Amazing results I loved it , but I took it one step further and on half removed the oxides
I hope you can see the difference on B where oxides were removed.....
I left it to one side but then decided I needed to decorate it - It was the perfect size for a postcard, So using various Stamps, Black Micron Pen, A few Sequins and some Sequin waste my postcard was made

I totally loved what came of an idea that may or may not have worked

I can see this becoming a regular make

Thank you so much for looking today 
xx
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Mix It Up Challenge ~ Own Background
Crafters Castle ~ Anything Goes
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Saturday, 17 March 2018

Fairy Magic

Happy Saturday
So much snow again in the UK oh dear does that really mean I have to keep warm and cosy in my craft room? Such a shame (she lies)
I have been trying a few new ideas these last couple of days some have been automatically binned but there are a couple I quite like and have stored for future use
I saw this new image the other day from Digi Stamp Boutique
Normally I use stamps with my Distress Oxide inks, more for ease really but I loved this digi so much , I really wanted to make it work
I used very pastel Distress Oxides I am going to make another but go really bright
I removed some of the oxides with splatters of water , her wings were painted with sparkly watercolour paints
I also love the border that came with the Fairy, how lovely is that (hurry to the store its on offer at the moment)
The sentiment used is from another  set from Digi Stamp Boutique Black Floral (sorry there is no link but I can not see it for looking I'm wondering if its a retired set)

Thank you for stopping by today
xx
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Digi Stamp Boutique ~ Monthly Competition ( now on Facebook)
Creative Craft Cottage ~ Make it Feminine
CCC Digi Designs ~ For the Girls

Friday, 16 March 2018

Polkadoodles Crafting ~ Hochanda

Happy Friday to you all
I hope you have a good weekend
I am here to share with you a dragon fly tag ~ I was really dissapointed with the photo quality but loved it so much I still wanted to share
I used Distress Oxides for the background
and then heat embossed the dragon flies (and Sentiment)

I then got some water colour paints and added a little to the dragon flies to make them pop

Thank you for looking 
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Creative Moments ~ Anything Goes
Fab'n'Funky ~ Not Square
Moo - Mania ~ Colour effects
Pause, Dream, Enjoy ~ Anything Goes
A Inky Mess ~ Mixed Media
Mix It Up Challenge ~ Anything goes Make your own Background
Through The Purple Haze ~ Add some turquiose

Thursday, 15 March 2018

Meet the Fuzzypuffs

Happy Thursday Everyone
So excited to share with you the Fuzzypuffs
These were launched by Polkadoodles on Sunday, I missed the party as it was Mothering Sunday in the UK , but I was still lucky enough to be able to colour a couple up.

I have also been working on some lovely samples for Polkadoodles Hochanda show Next Tuesday , be sure to tune it . The last lot of goodies sold out in six minutes so be warned :-)

So here we go with my Fuzzypuffs

This is Bunnita shopping , how cute is she
I have coloured her using Graph'It Markers and layered her up so she really pops of the page
and this one is Bunnita carrot cake yummy scrummy
I have used distress Oxide inks to create the background
Thank you for looking today
xx
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TTCRD ~ Anything Goes
Simon says Stamp - Easter/Spring
My Time to Craft ~ Easter/Spring


Wednesday, 14 March 2018

Crafty Ribbons ~ It's a dogs life

Happy Wednesday to you all
I am here today to share with you a little dog hanger that I made
I used the little dog Horace from a Polkadoodles Collection

The sentiment is also from that collection
Horace was printed out several times and cut up and decoupaged
The Hearts were cut on my portrait
I used the lovely 
Which comes in many different scrummy colours
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Thank you for looking
xx

Friday, 9 March 2018

Monster ~ Polkadoodles Crafting

Happy Friday Everyone!
Here today for 
Polkadoodles Challenge
*Anything Goes*


This week I have made a fun tag using the Monster collection
I have used the pre-coloured version of Monster Manny, along with a bottle of poisen and a sentiment from the Monster collection
For the background it was a mixture of a few different green Distress Oxides mixed with water
I then used a few masks and inked through those and finished of with a bubble/circle stamp
A little bit of Jam pot Gooseberry ribbon to finish
oh and a few sequins
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Thank you for stopping by today
xx
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