Pop Up Bouquet of Flowers!

I thought I'd show you this Pop Up Card that I made for my lovely blogging buddy Elaine in Australia... It's perfect because it folds flat... so good for posting!! 

I wanted to make it like opening a big bouquet of flowers... hope I didn't go over the top!!  I've done a couple of other Pop Up cards but really wasn't happy with the actual pop up bits... there is quite an art to arranging them!!! I think it's more tricky than making the actual box!

The Flowers and Butterflies are all from Raspberry Road Designs Kits... I've used several kits and I changed the colour of some of them digitally as I wanted a lilac theme. The paper is Prima. Hope you like!

Last weekend I spent the whole weekend making some Christmas Card Kits... then found that they weren't flat enough to fit through the postal slot!!! Grrr.... they would all need Large Stamps... so yesterday I tried to come up with a new design... not tried it through the 'slot' yet... I'm scared it won't fit!! Lol - I have my own little Post Office... scales, slot, measuring gauge!! means I can work out the postage from home! :-))
Off to get a cup of tea now and get ready for Downton!! can't wait!!
Hope you all have a lovely evening!

Love and Hugs

MAWTT - 3-2-1

Hello... I hope you are all doing ok today... Wow! where did the last week go? I can't believe it's Thursday again already! it's the turn of Team B over at

Moving Along With the Times

and our lovely Jessie is hosting the fab theme of....

3-2-1 Recipe
3 x Colours
2 x Papers
1 x Image 

Now I think maybe I'm colour blind or something as I had SO much trouble getting three colours!! I'm hoping there is Yellow, Green and Orange apart from her skin and hair? If not then I truly apologise for messing up. I think my Teamies have done better on this challenge.

 I made this card for my lovely teamie Pami's Birthday, and chose a gorgeous Hannah Lynn image called 'Monica'.  Both papers are by Prima.

Image: Crafts and Me - Hannah Lynn - 'Monica'

Papers: Prima - 'Zephyr' and 'Botanical Collection'

Flower: Bo Bunny
Gems: Stash

'Monica' was such a joy to colour! I've used Promarkers, Copics and then added a touch of depth in her hair with Prisma Pencils. Star Dust Stickles on her hearts and bow.

Please do hop on over to our main site at MAWTT and see the rest of the Team's wonderful 3-2-1- creations this week!!

I've had quite a busy week, so looking forward to weekend and chilling out with some crafting! my new Bigz 3D Star Die has just arrived and so am gonna have a play with it and try and make a Christmas Ornament! :-)

Tonight I'm hoping to catch up with Cilla and Our Zoo which I'm loving!

Thanks for all your lovely comments, I really do appreciate them!
Will catch up with you all soon!

Love and hugs

Vintage Birthday

Hello... I hope you are all doing ok today. I know some of you are unwell or going through difficult times, so am sending extra huge hugs to you and hope things improve soon.

I thought I would pop by and show you a card that I made a while back for my dear friend Ira's Birthday. I do love these papers which were free with magazine... they are so pretty for vintage cards.

Image: E-Vint

Paper: Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady (freebie in magazine)

Flowers: Bo Bunny

Leaves: Martha Stewart Punch

Feather, Butterfly and Pearls from Stash.

 Thank you for all your lovely comments and best wishes... I'm finally improving after my IBS flare up, although I had a relapse earlier in the week... I thought an omelette would be a nice light meal !!!!!! :-0   Oh my, what a mistake that was!!... Lol - so I'm sticking to my safe foods for a good while longer!

I'm going to do a bit of Christmas Crafting this weekend... bought some Kits to make Christmas Cards as I'm not feeling very motivated this year... so will see how they come out... I'm hoping to tart them up a bit!! ?? ;-)

And of course I'm looking forward to Downton this weekend!! Yay!! it's come around SO quickly... can't believe how quickly this year is flying by. 

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Love and hugs

MAWTT - Add Texture

Hello... I hope you are all doing ok today... it's the turn of Team B this week over at 

Moving Along With the Times

as our lovely Tammy is hosting the fab theme of....

'Add Texture'

I've used my Santoro Kit again... hope you don't get tired of seeing this Kit but at least I'm making good use of it !! I thought as she's an Angel then maybe it would work as Christmas Card... and quite pleased with how it came out...  I've covered the butterflies on the image with wooden snowflakes which I've Frantaged. Then added some snow with Viva Pearl Pen. So lots of added texture.... I've just used one layer of decoupage with this card. You can see my Summer version of this card here.

Image and Papers: Santoro Kit

Wooden Snowflakes: embossed with Stampendous Fran-tage 'Shabby Pink' Embossing Enamel
Snowballs: Mark Richards Glitter Domes

Sentiment Stamp: Freebie with magazine

I've not added too many embellies as don't think it needs it... lots of lovely sparkle on the paper which I didn't want to cover up!

Texture - Frant-aged Snowflake with Shabby Pink Embossing Enamel... looks a nicer colour in real life!!

Please do pop over to our main site at MAWTT and see the rest of the Team's wonderfully textured creations this week!! :-))

Sorry it's been a while since I last posted. I'm having a bad flare up of my IBS and also had a chest infection on top of it... so wasn't feeling up to very much this last week. My chest is on the mend but my stomach is still bad and so feeling a bit drained at the moment.
So hoping to rest for a few days... I have some reading and a lot of TV to catch up with... not watched Strictly yet!! I just watched Who Do You Think You Are with Sheridan Smith... what an amazing family story! and looking forward to tonight's episode with Mary Berry!
Thank you for all your lovely comments, I really do appreciate them!
Will catch up with you all soon!

Love and hugs