Bug me!

It's the second week of Sandie's challenge

Black/White + small pop of colour over at

Tag Tuesday.

For my tag this week I have used the same papers,

True Love (SU), matted onto black card.

I punched out the body of the ladybird and

stamped the wings in polished pink ink.

The sentiment is from the same set Hello Ladybug,

and I have finished with a knot of ribbon in black.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - black/white + small pop of colour

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything with patterned paper/card

We Love Stamping - in the garden

Paper Minutes - in the garden

I am getting very little time to blog these days

but I WILL be back!!

Thanks so much for taking time to comment,

it is greatly apprecited.

 

Happy Birthday To You!

Happy Monday!

Hope you all had a lovely day yesterday!

I was well spoiled from a distance 😀

My card today is another commission.

This one for a 70th Birthday.

I have used the gorgeous

True Love papers.

I used the black and white spotty papers

and inked them up using my blending brushes.

It has been paired up with melon mambo card

and ink and I used the stitched rectangle dies

to make a frame for the lovely cake stamp (retired).

The flowers were cut from the True Love papers

and coloured with my blends.

The name was stamped with

Make a Difference stamp set.

I would like to enter this into

Creations in Pink - anything mostly pink

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Stamps & Fun = creativity - flowers

Cute Card Thursday - celebrate

Creative Knockouts - birthday wishes

It's a beautiful day, at the minute anyway,

so hubby away for some necessities

and hopefully we will get a walk in before lunch.

Enjoy your day!

 

 

Meant to Be Valentine Gift Box

My tutorial today had to be one for

Valentine's Day!

I have made a cute little box,

big enough to hold one Ferrero Rocher chocolate.

My husband and daughter will get one each 💓

You can watch my video here

Measurements needed to follow along

True Love Paper (Bottom) - 4 1/2" x 4 1/2"

score at 1 1/2" on all sides

Black card (lid) - 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"

score at 1" all sides (leaving small gap on each)

I have used Meant to be stamp set for the hearts and sentiment.

The paper on the bottom is from True Love dsp.

The inks are memento and real red.

The small hearts have a little bit of

wink of stella.

I would like to enter this into

Always Fun - romantic/love

Crafting  Happiness - sweet

Creative  Craft Cottage - Happy Valentine's/love

Fab 'n' Funky - love, heart

Double D - valentine love inspiration (black, red, hearts)

Simply  Create Too - use hearts

I was up early enough today to catch

the most beautiful sunrise.

The skies were lit up with reds and oranges!

I know they say red sky in the morning, shepherds warning lol

but it was certainly worth it!

Welcome to my newest follower Michelle.

 

 

It's not just black and white at Tag Tuesday!

Our new challenge them over at

TAG TUESDAY

has been chosen by Valerie-Jael

and she wants us to use

black, white + 1 other colour.

A lovely theme, especially since I have my

gorgeous True Love papers to play with.

This pack is full of black and white designs

including floral designs just crying out for colour.

I used a left over piece for the background and an off cut

of one of the flowers which I coloured in using

highland heather blends.

I punched highland heather card using the 

Oval Occasions bundle and stamped

the sentiment in the same colour ink.

I finished with a bow in matching colours.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - black, white plus 1 other colour

Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

I was at the opticians this morning.

Thankfully my eyes are in great health

and I can continue with my glasses or

get a pair slightly stronger.

I only use them for craft and reading so

will have a think about it!! 

Right I'm off to work on some commissions.

#stayhomeandcraft

 

 

True Love Card Kit

This is one of the card kits I sent out

to  thank my January customers.

I have used the gorgeous True Love papers pack

which comes with lots of florals you can either

leave black and white or colour in.

The background papers are Oh So Ombre

which were so popular they are now on back order 😒

But thankfully I have enough for all my kits.

The sentiment was made using the Oval Occasions bundle.

They get everything including the envelope

to make this lovely card.

Well all bar the stamping as we are not allowed

to send pre stamped images.

I have used the stitched rectangle dies for the inside

and the stamp set is called Approaching Perfection,

another free option during Sale-a-bration!

I would like to enter this into

Unicorn Challenge - Use flowers

Addicted to Stamps and more - Birthdays

The Crafter's Cafe - anything goes

A small bit of blue sky has appeared

so we are off to squeeze in a quick walk!

Have a lovely day xx

#stayhomeandcraft

 

 

Quick and easy gift bag tutorial

My tutorial today shows how I made these

cute little gift bag.

I made it to give my son some money for his birthday.

He turned 40 last Saturday!!

Can't believe my eldest is now forty!!

You can watch the tutorial here

Measurements needed to follow along

Paper1 - 7 1/2" x 4"

Score long - 1", 3 1/2", 4 1/2", 7"

Score short - 1"

Paper 2 - 7 1/2" x 1"

Score short - 1/2"

I have used papers called True Love

and the Oval Occasions Bundle.

I used a clasp from my stash but you can get these ones

Clever Clasps which are very chic and modern.

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

CRAFT - anything goes

A Place To Start - anything goes

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes January

Had our walk a bit earlier today as the fog outside

is super dense and wasn't showing signs of clearing.

I came back with a wet fringe it was that heavy 😂

#stayhomeandcraft

 

Sympathy Card using True Love

Happy Monday!

I am hoping I am back to normal crafting again!!

I'm starting the week with a Thinking of You card.

I have a large amount of commissioned cards to work through

at the minute, something I thought I had stopped doing

but apparently not!!

Can't say no unfortunately 😒

Anyway this card was for a Month's Mind.

I wanted to keep the card personal so have

blacked out the photo and names.

The fabulous papers I have used though,

are brand new and are called TRUE LOVE.

The flowers are also from that pack, I just cut

them out and coloured them with my blends

flirty flamingo and soft seafoam.

Hope you all have a good week.

I have hopefully caught up on all your blogs by now

but if not I will do today!

#stayhomeandcraft