Mini album for little mo.

I made this cute little album today for my little boy. He absolutely loves his pets and he is doing pet topic at nursery at the moment. They needed to take in some pictures of their pets and he has been taking in photographs but I decided to make him a little book with my hallmarks card studio deluxe, I love it as it is great for quick and simple cards and projects.

All I really haf to do was upload 3 pictures, journal a tiny bit,print it out then cut out all the parts to it and assemble!!

I went over all the edges with some terracotta chalk ink an popped some eyelets on it for the leathery stringy bit to go through ( i don't have a clue what to call the string as it is leathery but not ribbon so please excuse my description!! lol!!!) I am going to play and make another album in a bit while I wait for my lovely dh to come home from our 8 year olds football training with yummy veg pizza and potato skins....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......!!!!

Thankyou for popping in xxxx

Perfect card for a shopoholic teen!!!

Helloooo everybody!!!!!
I have had a cuople of busy days so no time for making a card (boo-hoo!!) so today I am sharing one that I made back in october. I made this card for the little girl I used to be a nanny for ( scarily, she is not that little anymore!!! ) and she loves to shop!! perfect for a handbag cards thinks me and gets out the tbbm cart. Then I decided I wanted it a little bit more personal so I made a cardbase in ds with the name welded down the side. I used double sided patterned cardstock ( this is my one big cheat!!! i am awful with the colour matching thang and this cardstock is my lifesaver....urgh, what happens when i run out of it?!!!.... panick sets in!!!)
I cut the bag, card mats, letters and inside mats for the card all on the same piece of cardstock, i just flipped the image on the parts that I wanted to be the plain coour and cut it all in one go.
I stck the letters onto the base, added a few white gel pen dots and glazed over the top to make them shiny.I ran the top mat for the card through my cuttlebug with the happy birthday embossing folder.
For the bag handle I just threaded some black seed beads onto a piece of wire,shaped it into the handle shape and popped it through the holes in the top of the bag where I would normally put ribbon. I popped a little pearl on the closure with a tiny reposistionable glue dot on the inside, I did that because I gave her money for her birthday and put it in the little bag!!!!

On an off cards topic, my new bind-it-all pink version from my gorgeous husband arrived yesterday!!! whoop, whoop!!!! ....as always with new things...I got it out the box and then put it away in fear!!!!! lol!!! I do this everytime I get something new!!!!!! but watch this space,I will pluck up the courage to use it soon!!!!!!

I love,love,love my wild card cart!!!!!

I really do love my wild card cartridge, it is so much fun. My favourite a the moment is the scalloped circle card on the setting where you get the lovely little cutouts aroud the edge.

This one is for my friend Vicky,I cut it at 5" and cut a 4" cirlce out of some lilac coloured coredinations card. I popped the 4" circle through my cuttlebug in the divine swirls embossing folder and sanded the top of the embossing lightly to get the core colour to show and inked around the edges with a couple of lilacy colours, one light and one dark and stuck it onto the card base.

I cut some flowers from george at 1/2" and inked around the edges of them with a whispers pen and popped a little diamonte on each one for the center. I threaded a bit of ribbon through 2 of the little cutouts and stuck the cute little flowers onto the ribbon with some tacky glue.

The gorgeous girl is one of grab-a-doodle-do's Lily collection, I chalked around her in light pink and put a shimmery creamy colour on her skin, a bit more pink blusher on her cheeks ( i may of been getting bit carried away!!!!! made myself stop when i started thinking about eye makeup for her!!!lol!!!)and added some glittery glue to her dress and bow to bling her up a bit.

The little wooden circle alphabet is one I picked up ages ago, I just inked the edges as it looked a bit lost when I first put them on!

I glitter glued around the edges of the card too and popped some doodle dots around the scallops and a little bow at the top and hey prseto she was done!!!

I didn't take a picture of the inside but it was a 4" circle of the patterned card,glitter glued around the edges with a little happy birthday from my design runner mounted on the plain lilac card and a few doodle dots here and there!!!

I have had a super day today. It was strangely warm this morning so Mo and I spent all morning spreading some compost in the back garden and playing then we had lunch which Mo prepared for us, chopped up carrots,cucumber,tomatoes and cheese (yummy!!) and I won a rak on the cricut mb!! it doesn't get much better than that!!!!

Have a lovely sunday everybody and thankyou for popping in xxxxxx

Lily-Boo's Boutique Collection 1- its here!!!!!

For those of you who have asked, it is finally here!!!

My dh made the magic button this morning so please scroll down to my earlier post or click on the link just under the picture to get to the post and there is a paypal button for anyone who wants to purchase them.

Please remember that I am from the UK so if you live in another country I may be asleep when you purchase but please don't worry, I will email you them as soon as I wake up!!!!!

There are a few cards in my slideshow using the fairies and since JenC's fab wordart with an image in tutorial I have been popping them in those so the ways to use them are endless.

Thankyou so much for looking xxxxxx

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Happy Valentines Day!!!!!! Cuttlebugspot entry!!

Happy Valentines Day everyone!!! I am sending my love to you all xx

This is the card I made for my amazing husband for valentines day. Rosy shared this beautiful verse with me and I wanted a card that he would like, he loves homemade cards but likes it simple, (me of course I wanted to blingerise it but nooooo....!!!) I only wanted to use 3 coloursto keep it quietso chose red (for love!!!) black (the manly shade!!!) and white (for the background for the verse, my soppy love note to dh inside the card and doodling...i love a bit of doodling!!!)

I used my ds to make the base for the card, I have a thing for these kind of steppy cards I make!! The font I used is doodletype, I love the wiggly lines the letters have around them.I use a shadow of the letters to weld on and then cut out another set of shadowed letters and a set with no shadow to layer them up, a bit of doodle dotting and 3d glaze on top made them pop out a bit. Then I applied some doodle dot kisses and wiggles with my gel pen around the edges of the front and edges of the inside.

I cut out a mat for the inside that was just a little smaller than the base and popped it through my lovely new cuttlebug folder with hearts all over it (love language cut and emboss set) and stuck it on my base.

I printed out the verse in redink, inked a little around the edges and popped it on a black mount with foam squares and my little note to scott inside is just in the same font but in black ( I don't like my handwriting so everything tends to be done on a computer!!!)

I am going to enter this card in the cuttlebug spot challenge too as it has the word LOVE on it.

Thankyou for popping in, have a lovely day!!!!!!!

Oh my gosh! 2 awards in one week!!

Wow, I am so honoured. I got 2 lovely awards this week.

I got one from Rosy ( check out her blog here:http://bcpapercrafts.blogspot.com/) and heres the 7 blogs I chose for this one:

http://kopperhead100.blogspot.com/

http://divainpink.blogspot.com/

http://funkyhand.blogspot.com/

http://grab-a-doodle-do.blogspot.com/

http://paperblossoms.blogspot.com/

http://craftymouse.blogspot.com/

http://workofapaperfairy.blogspot.com/

And one from Cathy (check out her blog here:http://koalatkreations.blogspot.com/) and heres the 7 blogs I chose for this one:

http://tedologycrafts.blogspot.com/
http://scrappingmommy.blogspot.com/

http://ruelysicreativecards.blogspot.com/

http://papercreationsbynilda.blogspot.com/

http://florellis.blogspot.com/

http://d-swat.blogspot.com/

http://bugginattheseams.blogspot.com/

I know that they are both the same award but they mean so much to me that I needed to post 2 pictures!!!! It is so nice to know that people enjoy popping in here to have a nosey and take the time to give me an award so I hope the people I have passed them onto feel happy too xxxxx

Card for Marie's niece.

Hello again!!!!!!!

This is the card that I made toda for Marie from the cricut mb. She put out a call for some cards for her niece's birthday on the mb and this is mine.

I used one of my sisters super cute fairies for the button an popped Lauren's name around it in wordart. I have a thing about personlising cards so peole know they were made just for them!!! I cut it with my new fiskars squeeze punch ( had to try it out!!! lol !!!) and inked the edges then I popped a shadow one behind and inked the edges of that too, then I covered it in 3d glaze to make it like a button. Its hard to see in the picture but it really does look sooooo cute!!!

The idea for the base of the cards came from my latest do crafts newsletter!!! (heres the link for the card directions http://www.docrafts.co.uk/asp/projects/project.asp?id=2018 )

I cuttlebugged the base bit with swiss dots and the little opening flap bit with the happy birthday folder and inked the edges of them. I popped some doodle dots on to spruce up the corners and edges and some ribbon down the side. The birthday girl is from storybook and I popped some glitter glue bling on it to make it stand out a little.

I cut a tag from george and popped some ribbon in with a little eyelet (grrrr, big bite tried to eat it a bit but you can't tell too much......i hope!!!) the 12 and heart stickers are from my stash.
I love the way the flappy bit tucks behind the little circle and it mounted on a normal A6 plain card base which made the inside easy to write on (.....actually I did it on my computer, I do not like my handwriting at all so most things get done on my laptop!!!)

I realy enjoyed making this, it will be going in the postbox as soon as the little button is dry!!!

Thankyou for popping in xxxxxx

Lily-Boo's Boutique Collection 1- available now!!

My sisters Fairies in a 5 image download for just £1.99!!!!

Images will be e-mailed as a 300DPI .JPG file shortly after payment has been received.

I am sure most of you know I have an amazing sister, she is not only my sister but one of my best friends too. I struggle with stamping ( even though Ihave t least 40 stamps and try really hard I am awful at colouring them!!!) so my big sis spends ages drawing and colouring them for me, then my also amazing husband scans them for me so I can use them on cards.
My husband and I have been working out how best to sell them for her to say thankyou and this is how I am going to start.
It would be a great help to me if you could leave a comment and leave any feedback.
I have made lots of cards with them and I love them, i just want to say thankyou to my big sis.I feel honoured to have a family that actively support my scrapping and cardmaking.
Thankyou for peeking xxxx

Woo-hoo!! I used my paper tagger!!!

I have finally used my new paper tagger!! it is cool!! i think it may be a new addiction adding a tag to every card!!! lol!!!
I cuttlebugged the bottom of my card with divine swirls and popped a bit of adhesive black lace across the middle. I popped the heart tag on through the centre of one of the flowers and then added a few of my forvever friends stickers with a bit of bling around them!! I used my embossing dust for bling around the stickers and a few dots on the card.I addedsome doodle dots around the edge as it looked a bit plain.
The inside is computer generated, I made it in word and added the hearts from clipart and inked around the edges with black and white.
I think it is cute....now what else can I tag....!!!!
Thankyou for popping in xxx

A few circle texts I have had for a while to share!

Well, me and Mo can't sleep tonight!! we got up about an hour and a half ago and we have been watching bugs life!! we had nutella on toast for a snack and are quite enjoying ourselves!!!!
I have had my love buttons file downloaded 125 times so far and the easter greetings 98 times so in celebration I thought I would pop these one on. They are a bit of everything that some of you may already have but I was just so chuffed that people were using then I decided to share these too.

I love doing these, I made this card for some special friends at christmas and it just makes cards so much more personal.

Heres the link to download the file xx

http://www.mediafire.com/?dnmyyj2k4fd