Valentine

Evening all,

Just thought I'd stop by and share hubby's valentine's card with you all...


It's a simple design, but effective, I think. I first die-cut a heart from thick card. I then chose a few different ribbons, and glued those to the card, then trimmed them to fit the heart shape.
I then mounted it on a square of white card with foam pads for depth, which I matted on red miri board before sticking to the base card.
A simple sentiment in the corner finishes it off.

Sweet and simple, and oh so easy to make (because, frankly, as hubby will only glance at it once then chuck it somewhere on a pile of **** on his desk never to be seen again, I'm not expending huge amounts of time and effort on it! lol).

This technique can also very easily be done with strips of coordinating papers. I've just made another 10 doing just that... Need to use up scraps somehow! I'll drop them off at the charity shop tomorrow, which is where a lot of my cards end up!

And I'd like to enter this card into the Ribbon Girl challenge this week, where the theme is "hearts".
And also the Crafty ribbons challenge, where the theme is "Anything goes with ribbon".

Sweet dreams everyone.

Sammy-x

I love a bargain!

Hi all,

I was in town the other day, spending my accumulated vouchers at The Works, when I stumbled upon the "reduced to clear" bin at Samuel Taylors in Leeds market. Inside those bins, I found half a dozen different La-La-Land stamps, all reduced to £2 each! It doesn't take a genius to figure out that they all came home with me! lol.

So here is the first of them. I really fancied making a boy's card, as it had been a while!

I coloured him with my Promarkers, and teamed him up with some MME papers - after fussy-cutting him first. I then added some buttons and star die-cuts with a LOTV "friend" stamped in the centre.
The picture has come out a little light... It's actually a lot more vibrant in person, but still... I'm quite pleased!

Expect to see a few more LLLC cards in the near future!

Also... I officially have over 100 followers! Welcome to everyone that joined recently, it's a pleasure to be sharing with you all! x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenge:

ALBC - Man Up!

Have a great evening everyone!

Sammy-x

Alter a tin or jar - Crafting with Dragonflies DT

Hi all,

And now for something completely different... we're altering tins and jars over at Crafting with Dragonflies this fortnight, so I'm here to share my recipe.

Ingredients:

A heap of lace, some ribbon, string of pearls and buttons, paper and card, an image from our sponsor, Digistamps4joy and of course Promarkers, liquid pearls and plenty of Stickles. The final ingredient? A tin, such as this:

This recipe does not call for beans specifically, it can be any tinned food you like. Although, if you're as big a fan of Mexican food as we are, the above (or similar) is likely to be somewhere in your pantry!

Tools: Craft basic such as scissors, glue, dies, etc.

Method:

Print, colour and die-cut image. Add liquid pearls and Stickles and leave to marinade for about an hour.
Wrap tin in neutral colour paper. Wrap papered tin with several types of lace. Wind ribbon around tin. Wrap string of pearls around tin and attach at the back.

Attach image to front of tin, and adhere buttons to the sides with silicon glue. Allow to dry for one day.
Fill tin with tools and place on desk.

Bon appetit!

Sammy-x

something a little different...

Hi all,

Today's card is different from my usual for two reasons. First, I'm using a Nellie Snellen image (my first such in rubber!) and second, the card is mostly green! I often use green paired with pink, but this is very green for me!

There's also very little in the way of flowers, but there is a lot of sparkle! I have no idea who the paper is from, as I got it in a pack of random papers, but I can tell you the sentiment is from LOTV.
The paper is glittered, and I added Stickles to her skirt and the die-cut corner.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Craft-Dee Bowz - Anything goes with a handmade bow
Penny black and more - Make it sparkle

Hope you are all having a fantabulous day!

Sammy-x

A couple more stamp binders...

Hi all,

Don't forget to enter my candy!

I thought I'd swing by this evening to share another pair of LOTV stamp ring binders I decorated recently. These ones are to house my baby and couples stamps...


The baby one has LOTV papers from the Bear Necessities pad and the "Baby with Teddy" stamp, as well as some rub-ons and button/twine to decorate.

I can't remember which paper I used for my couples binder, but the stamp I used is "Meant to be". This time I used some organza ribbon and pompom trim, as well as a rub-on and some die-cuts to decorate.

I still have one binder left now, which is probably going to end up being used as a second girlie binder, as my girlie stamps have now overtaken the boys ones, and are bursting out of the binder!

I'm also looking for storage ideas for the A5 sentiment sets. At the moment they're simply sitting in my stamp box, but I love the convenience of putting them in binders. A4 binders are far too big though... Has anyone come up with a way of doing that for the A5s at all?

I'd like to enter these into the following challenge:

Stampin' for the weekend - anything but a card

Well, I think it's off to bed for me. See you all tomorrow!

Sweet dreams,

Sammy-x

Candy reminder and update.

Hi all,

First of all, thank you all so much for your overwhelming comments on my little house project I posted this morning... I was rather pleased with it myself, but wasn't expecting quite the reaction I've gotten so far, so thank you all! *mwah!*

And I'd like to take the opportunity to remind you all to enter my candy. For which I finally have a photo:

I will be adding more between now and the 17th when I do the draw, but here's a start anyway :-)

And remember, there is also a special one-off challenge running alongside the candy, to make a card using my daughter's first digi. (you don't have to do this to enter the candy, there's a separate prize for that!)  We have three gorgeous entries so far, and I hope there will be some more soon!

So come and play! You know you want to! :-)

Hugs,

Sammy-x

New challenge launch today! - Rhedd's creative spirit DT

Good morning my dears!

First of all, my apologies if I've not gotten 'round to your blogs recently. I've not been feeling too great, and though I've visited the land of blog, I've missed an awful lot! Hopefully there will be less of that now!

Anyways, the day has come! It's the first of February, and the official launch of the new altered art challenge blog "Rhedd's Creative Spirit"! I for one am really excited about this, and am so very pleased to be on this ridiculously talented design team!

There's no theme as such for this month's challenge, just simply Any altered art goes.

And this is what I came up with:

I found the house blank (and another two just like it) at a car boot sale a few months ago, and was so very chuffed with the find! And oh boy did I love playing with it and decorating it! I first "wallpapered" with some vintage-y paper (one from the Docrafts "Wellington" pack, and one from a vintage paper pad I found in The Works. I then covered the paper in crackle paint, to add a little age...
After that came the super fun part of embellishing... I'd decided on a neutral/natural colour scheme, and chose my embellishments to fit. I especially love the shabby bark hearts from Live & Love Crafts, which I think work so well!

Here's a couple of closer peeks:

See the picture above? Believe it or not, but most of those items came out of a bag of pot pourri!
Most of the individual compartments are "carpeted" with lace, Hessian/burlap or cheesecloth. I thought it added some extra texture that helps tie everything together.

I am also loving the mini jar with the cork stopper (also from The Works...) I filled it with a piece of Hessian and wrapped some lace around the top just to add some interest.

And after all that... I'm just about out of silicon glue! Hehe...

So now you've seen mine, please, please do yourselves a huge favour and go have a peek at the rest of the team's efforts. I was personally rather bowled over by the stunning makes!
So go leave them a little love if you can, and if you feel up to the challenge, please do come and play with us this month. we'd love to see you there!

I'd like to enter this project into the following challenges:

The Ribbon Girl - anything goes (second entry)
Altered Eclectics - Anything goes Feb
Sweet Stamps - Lace and hearts


Have the best of days,

Sammy-x