My Crafty Heart - DT Card - Dancing Willow

I can't believe it's Monday again! The weekend passed by so quickly. I hope you all enjoyed some sunshine! I went to stay with some friends and we went to see Sister Act at Liverpool Empire - it was a really good show! Fab singing, lots of humour... so I had a really nice relaxing weekend. We watched the end of Eurovision - how embarrassing for UK!! but I suppose it was better than 'nil points' LOL. But we started to remember some of those wonderful Eurovision oldies... Une Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue and Ding-a-dong.... remember... ah they don't make them like that anymore!! 

Anyway, here's a card that has my favourite Whiff of Joy image called 'Dancing Willow' and she's available from My Crafty Heart.

I took a load of photos but the colours don't look as nice as in real life... hate it when that happens!

Flowers and Handbag Charm

I love this paper - it looks like lace! I've used my favourite 'delicate vine' die and my favourite Prima Rose trim... I've coloured Willow with Promarkers and a touch of Prisma Pencils for shading.

all available from My Crafty Heart.....

STAMP: Whiff of Joy - 'Dancing Willow'
PAPERS: Basic Grey - 'Little Black Dress'
DIES: Memory Box - 'Delicate Vine'
FLOWERS: Prima Rose Trim - 'Natural' and Prima Miss Godivas - 'Pebble'
GEMS: Hero Arts - 'Small Mixed Gemstones'
HANDBAG CHARM: 'Accessories Charm Collection'

The LOTV Sentiment is new. I've had the 'Dreamy Days' Sentiment set for ages but also wanted this 'Happy Circular' set .. it has always been out of stock when I went over to buy. I had a look the other day when they had 10% off and Yay! they had it in - so grabbed it !!! :-))

I've coloured Willow with Promarkers and a touch of Prisma Pencils for shading.

Don't forget My Crafty Heart has 10% discount on all Designer Pads and all Tim Holtz Distress Inks... until 9.00 am GMT on 1st June.... !!! 


and ... just in today... some gorgeous new Summer Memory Box Dies and Stamps.... ooh you are going to love them!!....so do pop on over ... go on... you know you want to... LOL 


I couldn't resist buying some DP Pads. I think I need to go to DPA .....LOL - "Hi - I'm Sue and I'm addicted to buying Designer Pads ...."

I would like to enter the following challenges:-

Passion For Promarkers - Week 150 - 'Birthdays' ends 28th May 2012 

Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 133 - 'Something New' ends 1st June 2012

(New LOTV Sentiment)

Ooh La La Creations - Challenge 106 - 'Make it Girly' ends 10th June 2012

Whiff of Joy - Challenge 130 - 'Add Some Metal' ends 12th June 2012

(Metal Handbag Charm)

Hotshot Craft Challenge - Challenge 8 - 'Die Cuts'

(Nestie Frame and Delicate Vine Dies)

Hope you are all well. Thank You for all your lovely comments! I will catch up with you all soon... I know I'm a bit behind!! 

Love and Hugs

My Crafty Heart - Special Offers....

 Hi All.....

Just to wish you all a very Happy Weekend !!!!!

and just had to let you know....

My Crafty Heart  

has 10% discount on all .....

Designer Pads

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads

until 9.00 am GMT on 1st June.... !!! 

Lots of new goodies in store including new embellishments from Mei Flower.... Marianne Designs, Anja Corner and Leaves.... and much, much more....

I am off out for the weekend but will be back on Sunday afternoon....  so see you very soon!

Enjoy your weekend!!

Love and Hugs

MAWTT Challenge 150 - Celebration - NOT Birthday

Morning everyone! Hope you are all well this Thursday - if not then I really hope things improve for you very soon. I hope you can join us for a brand new Challenge over at .....

Moving Along With the Times

This week the lovely Kim is our host and has chosen the fab theme of.....

'Celebrate but NOT Birthday'

So we want to see your creations celebrating a special event but NOT a Birthday! It could be New Home, New Baby, Anniversary, Wedding, Engagement etc. It doesn't have to be a card.. it could be a tag, gift box, bag.. etc. as long as it follows the theme. 

I decided to do a 'New Baby' card and have chosen this mega cute image from Pink Gem Designs called appropriately 'Baby Girl in Pram'.  I've coloured it with Promarkers. The gorgeous digital Gingham Papers and 'New Baby' Sentiment are also from Pink Gem designs. I've digitally paper pieced the gingham on the sentiment to match and then coloured the pink bits. Stars are from stash and I've had them for I don't know how many years - think they were free with magazine!!!! so nice to finally use them!

  

 Coloured with Promarkers:-
Skin: Putty and Sunkissed Pink
Pinks: Rose Pink and Blossom
Greens: Apple and Meadow Green
White: White Gel Pen
Stars: Silver Sakura Metallic Pen

We are sponsored this week by the wonderful Crafty Emmas Store which  is sadly closing down soon.  We would like to thank Emma for her generous sponsorship over the years and wish her all the best for the future!!

The fab prize this week is a £10.00 Voucher (excluding P & P) to spend in-store and as there are some huge reductions in the sale -  lots of crafting bargains to be had!!

I hope you can hop on over to MAWTT for more details of the Challenge and to take a look at my Teamies gorgeous creations! Lots of variety this week to inspire you... and don't forget to check if you were a winner in last week's challenge!

I would like to enter this card into the following Challenges:-

One Stitch At a Time - Challenge 114 - 'Anything Goes' ends 26th May 2012 

Bearly-Mine - Challenge 36 - 'Anything Goes' ends 28th May 2012

SweetStamps - Challenge 66 - 'Anything Goes; ends 28th May 2012

Top Tip Tuesday - Challenge 77 - 'Dig Out the Old' ends 4th June 2012 

(Dug out Old Stash: Pearl Heart Embellishments)

Creative Inspirations - Challenge 164 - 'Anything Goes' ends 29th May 2012

Fab'n Funky - Challenge 122 - 'A New Beginning' ends 29th May 2012

Thank you for all your wonderful comments! I will hopefully be catching up with you all today. Hope the sun is shining again for you all....

Love and Hugs

My Crafty Heart - DT Card - Willow with Flower Basket

This gorgeous little lady is 'Willow with Flower Basket' by the wonderful Elisabeth Bell, and is part of a new range of Whiff of Joy Stamps now available at My Crafty Heart. Isn't she adorable...

The background 'Park Bench for Two' is from Make it Crafty. I've coloured Willow and Background with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. Then cut Willow out and paper-pieced her with matching paper.

I'm not totally happy with this card - it's a little too busy !!!! I tried putting Willow against a plain background but ... my daughter and mum both said that they liked the little garden I had done for her !! :-) so I went with the garden.... LOL

I was feeling tired and so thought I'd have a look in my stash box of sentiments that have been lying there unused for years. I found this LOTV one and it was mounted on the same card!! and edged with gold - perfect!! don't you just love it when that happens... 

STAMP: Whiff of Joy - 'Willow with Flower Basket'
PAPERS: My Mind's Eye - 'Saffron' (Ooh these papers are gorgeous!!!)
FLOWER: Prima Cloissone - 'Jewel Box' ( I do love these flowers!!)
GEMS: Hero Arts - 'Sunshine Mixed Accents' & 'Small Mixed Gemstones' (butterflies)
BUTTERFLIES: Prima Flutter Bits - 'Fairy Belle'


All the above are available from My Crafty Heart.... and some new stock has just come in... some gorgeous MeiFlower embellishments...hearts, gems and bows...


Sentiment: Lili of the Valley
Background image: Make it Crafty

All the colouring is Promarkers and Flexmarkers.


I'm sorry about the spacing and gaps. Blogger is playing at silly b*****s again!! keeps changing my font size and leaving gaps... Arggh!!! doesn't it just drive you nuts...

I've decorated inside using digital paper. My mind has gone completely blank and can't remember where it is from at the moment ... :-( and I only did it yesterday!!!! Edit: Paper is from Design House Digital and is part of a Set called 'The Sweet Life' by Karen Funk. I didn't know until Teresa said but you can also get this paper with My Mind's Eye pad called 'On the Bright Side 2'. Thanks hun for jogging my memory!!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 217 - 'A Touch of Sparkle' ends 23rd May 2012

Crafty Catz - Challenge 133 - 'Let's Hear it for The Girls' ends 24th May 2012

One Stitch At a Time - Challenge 114 - 'Anything Goes' ends 26th May 2012

Stamptacular Sunday - Challenge 164 - 'In The Garden' ends 26th May 2012

Bearly-Mine - Challenge 36 - 'Anything Goes' ends 28th May 2012

Crafts & Me - Challenge 85 - 'Fabulous Flowers' ends 29th May 2012

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Challenge 61 - 'Something with Wings' ends 4th June 2012

Oldie but a Goodie - 'Things With Wings' ends 28th May 2012

(Dug Out Stash: LOTV Sentiment)

Top Tip Tuesday - Challenge 77 - 'Dig Out the Old' ends 4th June 2012

(Dug Out Stash: LOTV Sentiment)

Passion For Promarkers - Week 150 - 'Birthdays' ends 28th May 2012

(Birthday Sentiment shown inside)

Creative Card Crew - Challenge 11 - 'Dimension' ends 4th June 2012

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Challenge 24 - 'Anything Goes' ends 10th June 2012

Thank you for all your lovely comments on my last post!! my daughter really loved the card that I made for her. And thanks for all your birthday wishes for her... she had a lovely day and lots of nice surprises. Good news is that British Gas came on Monday and managed to fix the boiler. It was a part that needed replacing. What a relief. After five days of having to boil kettle to wash pots, clothes etc. it got really tiring...


Ok now I'm really gonna have to switch the laptop off - I've got raging migraine and blurred vision. So sorry if any of the photos that I've chosen are blurred or for any glaring mistakes - just corrected quite a few!! LOL. I need a darkened room.... will catch up with you all very soon...
Love and Hugs
Sue xxx

MAWTT Challenge 149 - 'Keep it Real'

Morning everyone! Hope you are all well this Thursday - if not then I really hope things improve for you very soon. I hope you can join us for a brand new Challenge over at .....

Moving Along With the Times

This week the lovely Judith is our host and has chosen the fab theme of.....

'Keep it Real'

So we want to see your creations with anything ..... well... real. So NO fantasy figures, NO fairies etc. It has to be a 'real life' living thing - such as human, animal, tree, plants! 

DIGITAL STAMP: Darcy's Diaries 'The Reader'
PAPERS: My Mind's Eye - 'Howdy Doody'
DIE: Memory Box - 'Delicate Vine'
FLOWERS: Wild Orchid Crafts
LACE: Wild Orchid Crafts
SENTIMENT TAG: Made on computer
BERRIES: From Stash

We are sponsored this week by the fabulous Wild Orchid Crafts!!!! 

and they are giving a very generous prize of £15 Voucher to spend in their amazing store!!!  How cool is that!!!

Hope you can hop on over to MAWTT  and see my Teamies wonderful creations and don't forget to check if you were a winner last week.

As today is my daughter's Birthday .... I would just like to say...

Happy Birthday babes!!

I really love this image and it reminds me so much of my daughter, so .... thought it was perfect to use on a birthday card for her. She is not keen on many of the images that I use on my cards. She likes images that are 'real' so this challenge is very appropriate. As she wants money as her main Birthday present, this is a Gift Card, so have put a pocket inside for money. 

Colouring: Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Skin: Putty and Sunkissed Pink

Greens: Soft Green, Pastel Green

Reds: Burgundy and Crimson

Hair: Vanilla and Tan

Browns: Tan and Cinnamon

Window Panes: Metallic Silver Pen

Paper is 'Ever After' by Gennifer Bursett from Design House Digital.

I can't believe that it is 27 years ago today that my 'baby' was born!!! LOL - it seems like only yesterday.... 

I thought you might like to see some photos of her. She was premature as I had pre-eclampsia and had to have an emergency Caesarian. Luckily she was quite a good weight 4lb 4oz and was only in the unit for about five weeks - I don't know how mums' cope when they have 'Bag of Sugar' babies weighing only 2lb's!!!

You can see how tiny her little toes were! as for me? well I was on a lot of medication!! LOL

We had to dress her in doll's clothes

Aww... bless... I love this photo - it looks like she is praying... 

Hope you liked my photos and a little journey down memory lane .... we have no babies in our family at the moment so it is nice to get the photos out every once in a while.... :-)

I was a very lucky bunny and won the Candy Draw over at Bev's earlier this week and the prize was some gorgeous Label Stamps and Gems. So I would like to say a Big Thank You to Bev!!

My daughter has to go into work today as her draft thesis is due in - can you believe on her birthday!!! she will be back this afternoon though so I can give her pressies. Then later she will be going out with her boyfriend. I'm hoping for a girlie night in with her next week. One pressie I am giving her is a film that was on her wish list - but I really want to see it again too... so thought we could watch it together...  nudge, nudge, hint, hint.... LOL

Our boiler isn't working at the moment and so no heat and no hot water. We are having to wash up by boiling kettles. We're hoping to get someone to look at it asap but I just hope they can fix it. A new boiler would be really expensive. Hey ho - these things are sent to try us. I won't be going too mad with the shopping sprees then!!! LOL

I would like to enter my card into the following Challenges:-
I Love Promarkers - Challenge 117 - 'Anything Goes' ends 23rd May 2012

Wild Orchid Crafts  - Challenge 50 - 'Anything Goes' ends 27th May 2012

ABC Challenge - 'P is for Pockets' ends 29th May 2012

I've been a bad blogger yesterday - not sure where the time went. I will hopefully catch up with you all later today. Thank You for all your lovely comments and a warm welcome to my New Followers! 

Love n Hugs

'Flower Power' Emma

I had a wee bit of spare time and so enjoyed having a play and making this card. I've had 'Flower Power' Emma for a while now and thought she would look really good with this gorgeous paper and funky fabric flowers that the lovely Ira gave me for my Birthday.  :-) Thank You hun!

Emma is from Pink Gem Designs. I was going to colour Emma but the pre-coloured image that you get with your digital stamp is coloured beautifully and it just seemed to match really well! :-) So I printed her out several times and layered up the flower and the boots. I've added stickles and it looks very pretty in real life honestly!!! but just couldn't get it to show up in photos.... 

And that's it really - quite a quick card. Sentiment was made on computer using a Sixties type font.

This is the photo inspiration from Fairy Fun Fridays. The colours inspired me but I can also imagine Emma having make up like this LOL. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:-

C.R.A.F.T. - Challenge 154 - 'Celebration' ends 16th May 2012

Crafty Catz - Challenge 132 - 'Happy Birthday' ends 17th May 2012

Fairy Fun Friday - Challenge 78 - 'Photo Inspiration' ends 17th May 2012

CES - Challenge 85 - 'Anything Goes' ends 18th May 2012

Sweet Stampin - 'Flower Power' ends 18th May 2012

joanna Sheen Challenge - 'Happy Birthday' ends 24th May 2012

I will be back on Thursday with my MAWTT DT Card and it is a very special day - my daughter's birthday! I can't believe she will be 27 !! it seems like only yesterday that she was a baby! and I might share a few photos of Christina as a very small baby (she was premature)!!! My spending ban will be over tomorrow! Yipee !!! I can't wait LOL.

Thanks for all your lovely comments! I will catch up with you all soon.
Love 'n Hugs