Spring clean!

Happy Monday.

I have delved into more of my ribbon mess and this time

I made a quick video of things to helps with

different sized reels and a quick and easy method

to get through to the end quicker!!

This was my second drawer, and thankfully my last!

And this is how it cleaned up

If you are like me you will have off cuts of ribbon

no longer on a spool and they can be so

tangled and messy, so......

I ordered myself some bone shaped bobbins

along with some clips to hold them on.

Very cheap off Amazon and they did the job great.

I still have about 25 left for future left overs.

You can watch my quick video here

Feeling very organized!!

Here come the bride!

I had a wedding card to make recently

and decided to use the lovely image I got from

Mo's Patreon club.

I coloured them up with markers

and teamed them with papers and embellishments

printed from Nitwits wedding collection.

The flowers have been printed a few

times, then cut and layered up.

I would like to enter this into

Heart's Quest celebrations of love - BEWAS or spring

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Alphabet Challenge - W for Wedding

Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

CD Sunday Plus - use CD, USB or Digital download

Nitwits Download

Confirmation time

My Grandson Sean will be making his Confirmation

in May and this is the card I made for him.

I saw lots of these on Pinterest and I see you can

buy the card and templates online but I

just had a crack at it myself.

It does fold fairly flat for an envelope but I won't be posting it.

I printed the background papers from a Nitwits file

and added my wording for the prayer and greeting

before printing.

It has all been matted onto some nice blue card.

I then used my dies and a Crafts you Print

confirmation cross for the centre.

The nice die cuts are from a Tattered lace pack

and I punched out some small crosses

and added a pearl and gem here and there.

I also punched two small leaves for the bottom.

Took me a while to complete after working out

my cuts but fairly pleased with the outcome.

I would like to enter this into

Pearly Sparkles - monochrome

Daisy Challenge - not square

HQFSCAT - shaped card and/or tag

Make My Monday - things with wings

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Cardz for Guyz - fancy fold

Cut It Up - beginning with C - Confirmation/cross

Pretty Gift Box

Happy Monday!

Hope you all had a lovely day yesterday

with lots, but not too much chocolate!!

The older I get the less I can tolerate it unfortunately!

Today I have a tutorial for this cute gift bag.

Great for tearing into your old card and paper stash

and even those embellishments that

get neglected too!

I used papers from K & Co, card I think is

either Hunkydory or Create & Craft.

I added ribbon, brads and a paper flower

and the sentiment is from a stamp set called

Itty Bitty Birthdays (SU).

You can watch my video tutorial here

Measurements needed to make one

Base - 10 3/4" x 4"

Score at 2 1/4", 4 1/4"

Two Sides - 2 3/4" x 3"

Score at 1/2" on 3 sides

Handle - 1/2" x 6"

Score at 3/4" at each side

DSP to decorate

Flap - 3 3/4" x 6 1/4"

Two Sides - 1 3/4" x 2"

Front - 3 3/4" x 2 1/4"

I would like to enter these into

The Outlawz - no cards

Creative Crafting Uncles - anything but a card

Love those pretty papers - pretty papers option Springtime

Let's Craft and Create - anything option add flowers

The Neglected Stuff - use old stash

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Mid way double!

It's time for my midway post for our theme of

nature - flowers/birds/animals or anything goes at

STAMPING SENSATIONS!

Remember we have a great prize up for grabs so be sure and join us!

For my card I used a rectangle mask from Lisa Horton Crafts

and inside the rectangle I added some green, yellow

and orange inks, blended together.

I then stamped the flower and sentiment from a Hero Arts

set called Things we Love.

The flower has been coloured with markers.

I added some little dots and splodges using a set called

Hello Ladybug (SU).

I would like to enter this into

Krafty Chicks - CAS

Simply Clean & Simple - option umbrellas

Let's Craft and Create - anything goes + add flowers

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

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I am so sharing my mid way post for

WE LOVE STAMPING

where the theme is favourite stamps + add lace or ribbon.

The prize up for grabs is this!!

So please come and join us!

For my card I have gone with an Easter theme

using a cute little family of ducks from a

stamp set called Fable Friends (SU).

Definitely a firm favourite with me!

I cut some gingham paper to fit my card along with

some white ribbon, and ran

it through my sewing machine.

I die cut a rectangle in white and added some

grass using a small stamp and some green markers.

I then stamped and coloured my ducks with markers

and cut them out by hand.

When I had added them to my card front

I stamped the sentiment and used my oval punch

to layer it up and stuck in place.

I would like to enter this into

Dragonfly Dreams - animals

Alphabet Challenge - E is for Easter

Crafty Galz Corner - adorable ... ducks

Papercraft Challenges - Easter elegance

Try it on Tuesday - oh so sweet

Passion for Markers - Easter

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Critter Crazy - feature a creature

FQGS - anything farm or country

Easter Bunny

Meet Mr Easter Bunny,

my latest needle felt project.

I knit him a little jumper, hat and satchel

to carry some smaller eggs in!

The small eggs are different pastel colours.

And of course he had to had a nice big tail!

A real labour of love but I took my time so I wouldn't

blind myself in the process lol.

You can watch a quick video of him here

And this is my three Easter makes together

I would like to enter him into

Critter Crazy Challenge - feature a critter

The Outlawz - no cards

Having a play!

A nice way to start the week? Yes!

I am using up lots of neglected stash,

getting use out of my older stamps

and using up some of my ribbon stash!

For my tag I have used stamps from Scrapberry called Best Friends,

papers were a gift from my lovely friend Carol

and I embellished it with a sentiment card from a paper pack from

Echo Park called Dive into Summer.

The shape has been punched using my best trio punch (SU)

and I finished with a scrap of ribbon.

The little girl has been coloured using markers and

then fussy cut.

I would like to enter this into

The Neglected Stuff challenge - stamp, papers, ribbon

Crafty Calendar - feminine

Daisy Chain - not square

Heart's Quest - shaped cards and tags

Paper Rock Scissors - use paper and scissors

Simon Says Monday - tag it

So to go along with my tag I had to include an ATC.

This time I went all inky using a stamp set

from AALL & Create (thank you Carol)

called See you Soon.

I used tahitian tide and boho blue inks (SU)

for the background along with a stencil

which was free with a magazine a long time ago.

The flowers have been coloured with

gel pens so they would cover the inky

stencilling beneath them.

I finished off with some enamel effects in grey

to add some texture.

I would like to enter this into

Crazy is our fame - use a stencil option patterns

my stencil has stripes and dots

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Love to Scrap - anything goes

So have I tempted you to have a play?

Our new challenge will be open for the

1st May and our very first theme is

ANYTHING GOES

so get some practise in and be sure

and hit the follow button HERE!

After all my gardening I have ended up with a very

sore back! I can't sit, stand or lie without severe pain!

So not much fun until this subsides!!

Gardening will be a spectator sport from now on!!!

First birthday girl!

This is the card I made for my cute little Granddaughter

Aimee's first birthday which will be on the 13th.

She is absolutely adorable and getting into everything!!

But she makes everyone smile for sure.

I have gone with papers from Nitwits,

image is from Mo's Digital Pencil and I paper pieced the balloon.

All embellishments are cut from Nitwits and I

simply added her name and sentiment along with a little

bow and flower gem.

She has been coloured up with markers.

I would like to enter this into

2 Sisters on the blog - baby card

The Paper Funday - anything option beginning with b

baby, balloon, bow, blooms

Paper Rocks Scissors - use paper and scissors

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

I 💓 ProMarkers - anything option under the sea

Have a lovely weekend!

Easter chick

I snuck some time to do a needle felted chick.

I didn't have any yellow so went with white and added

some orange for her beak and feet.

The headband is a little bit of gingham ribbon.

You can see her here in this quick video

I would like to enter this into

The Outlawz - no cards

Double Day!

I'm giving a cheeky reminder to pop over to our new challenge

and click the follow button!!

It might well be worth your while 😉

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Our new challenge theme over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

is nature - flowers/birds, animals or anything goes option

but remember to stamp!

We have a lovely prize on offer too,

who wouldn't want to win these!!!

For my card I embossed some green card with a flower folder (Sizzix).

I then tore some vellum and added a foiled transfer

border to the middle from crafters companion.

I stamped the flowers using a stamp from Bee Crafty

called Vintage Springtime and coloured it up with markers.

I then stamped and die cut the pot from an SU set

called Country Flowers. I mounted it onto my base card to finish.

I would like to enter this into

Moving along with the times - Spring flowers

Creative Knockouts - embossing

Papercraft Challenges - Spring blooms

Let's Craft and Create - anything + add flowers

Beautiful Blossoms - anything with flowers + optional mood board

The Flower Challenge - use Spring Colours

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It's also time for our new challenge at

WE LOVE STAMPING

and the theme this month is

use your favourite stamps and add ribbon/lace

along with anything goes option.

We have a lovely prize up for grabs here too!

So be sure and join us in both challenges this month!!

I pulled out an old but favourite stamp of mine called

On to Adventure (SU) to make a retirement card for a friend

who is heading off on a big holiday to celebrate!

She has been coloured up with markers and mounted onto

some lilac card. For the base I used the same card and

some paper called Delightfully Eclectic (SU)

and a border of lace was added before

adding my top image.

I stamped the sentiment very crookedly I see,

on top of the image but will layer it up to fix!

I would like to enter this into

Love those pretty papers - anything option Springtime

Love to Craft - anything goes

Mirtillamente - anything goes

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Passion for Markers - anything but a birthday 

Ribbon tidy!

Spring must be in the air as I decided to have a clear

out of one of my ribbon drawers and get it organized!

I made a bunch of ribbon holders using old card and

my very best trio punch.

There are lots of videos out there showing this method

but if you would like to see how I made them

just shout below and I will do a video.

I didn't bother scoring etc. I just used my eye,

punched the slit and wrapped around the ribbon spool.

It definitely works great though!!

Such a simple technique and my ribbons now stay put

when I have finished with them.

Now on to the next drawer 😂

Have a great weekend everyone!

Step into another birthday!

I made this stepper card for an upcoming family birthday.

She is into running and is super fit and sporty

so thought this image from Saturated Canary would

suit her well.

The papers are called Delightfully Eclectic (SU)

I teamed it up with purple card and ribbon.

The quote is from Enjoy Life stamp set (SU)

and the Sentiment is from Sweet Ice cream (SU).

I punched out some flowers and added some

card candi coloured to match for the centres.

The image has been coloured using markers.

I would like to enter this into

The Paper Funday challenge - anything goes option beginning with B

(birthday)

Heart's Quest for shaped cards/shaped tags

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Allsorts - spring flowers or anything goes

Sweet Stampin' - female cards

Another sunny day so we are back out into the garden

for lots of work.

We have been building a patio, digging new planting areas

and sorting lots of bits and pieces.

Back breaking work for sure but so pleasant

as it is not RAINING!!

Enjoy your day.