MAWTT - Flowers

Happy New Year everyone! I would like to wish you all....
 Good Health, Happiness and Prosperity for 2018!

Thank you for all the lovely entries in last fortnight's challenge, please don't forget to check if you were a winner on our main page at.....

Moving Along With the Times

Today Team B are here with a new challenge and lovely Beckie has chosen a fab theme of....

'Flowers'

I've made a card for Mother's Day. I've chosen a very cute image from Sassy Cheryl's called I Adore You.  I've used some Maja Papers and also made some die cut flowers and some butterflies with Martha Stewart Punch. Sentiment is from LOTV.

Please do pop over to our main site at MAWTT for more details, and there you can see the rest of the Team's wonderful floral creations!! I hope you can join us for this fortnight's challenge...

I'm looking foward to seeing all your entries.
Will catch up with you soon
Take Care

Love and hugs

MAWTT - Anything But a Card

 Hello... yes it's nearly Christmas,

but we've got a lovely challenge for you, in case you feel like getting crafty over the festive holiday!!

Moving Along With the Times

our lovely team leader Wendy has chosen a fab theme of

'Anything But a Card'

some examples might be.... a homemade... wreath, cake/s, sewing/embroidery, painting, knitting, crochet... 
anything that takes your fancy... except a card!   😉

I've been doing a Cross Stitch for the past few months. Just fitting in a few rows here and there. Finally got it finished in time for Christmas.... it's a Ho Ho Ho Banner Kit by Dimensions. It looked a very simple design when I bought it, but soon realised that there are a lot of colour changes for shading. I love the finished effect though, and it was a real joy to stitch. The kit comes with felt backing and wire hanger. But I decided to frame it instead.

I am giving this as a prize:

My prize is a Christmas village set, but I reckon you could use this for an Easter scene or for wedding, christenings, new home etc. A very flexible set of dies.

Please do pop over to our main site at MAWTT for more details... and there you can see the rest of the Team's awesome creations and a list of all the prizes that you could win!! I hope you can join us for this fun challenge...

Gosh, I can't believe that 2017 is nearly over. It honestly doesn't seem five minutes since last Christmas. Its been quite a stressful year for me, as mum isn't too well, and so crafting and blogging have been on the back burner. All I seem able to make at the moment is the CraftsUPrint decoupage kits. So I will probably be making more of them in the new year. I do enjoy making them though.

My lovely daughter is coming over to stay for a few days tomorrow. We are hoping mum will stay reasonably well over Christmas. I'm just looking forward to reading, doing some genealogy and enjoying the TV. Can't wait for Victoria and Call the Midwife!

I would like to thank you all for being such devoted followers and commenting. I know I am not around very much, but I will try and keep in touch. Looking forward to seeing all your creations for this challenge! ;-))

Hope you all have a very Happy and Peaceful Christmas!
Take care
Lots of Love 

MAWTT - Christmas Animals

 Hello and Good Morning! it's the turn of Team B again over at

Moving Along With the Times

and our lovely Jennie L has chosen a fab theme of .....

'Christmas Animals'

I've made another CraftsUPrint Card..... it's a Kit called The Cutest Christmas Dog... and I think he's the sweetest little pup. The card was meant to be circular with a stand. But I decided to put the design onto a 6 inch card blank. I covered the card blank in red card as I thought it would tie in with his hat. Lots of decoupage on the flowers and bells, but it doesn't show up very well in the photo. I added pearls to the bells and gems to the bows. To finish, I added lots of sparkle to the fur trims on his hat, and also to the flowers.

Mini Kit - The Cutest Christmas Dog - Monique's Creations

Please do pop over to our main site at MAWTT for more details, and there you can see the rest of the Team's very cute Christmas Animal creations!! I hope you can join us for this fun challenge...

It's been a strange month for me. I had a bad fall a couple of weeks ago. The Stairlift got stuck halfway down, with the fold down runner across the hallway. I went to phone the engineer, then came out of my room, forgetting about the runner, tripped over it, and went flying, and twisted as I landed. I went to A & E to get checked out and thankfully no bones broken. I've sprained my upper left arm and my lower right back. So it's been nightmare getting a comfortable position to sleep in. I had to sleep bolt upright for a week. Now I can sleep on one side. Things are improving slowly. I've got a bit of movement in my left arm now,  but think it will take a while to come up to strength. I'm glad that I'm right handed. I can do a bit of decoupage now!
 I'm looking forward to catching up with you all! 😉
Take Care

Love and hugs

MAWTT - Add a Charm or Tag

 Hello... Good Morning! I'm pleased to be back once again with Team B at

Moving Along With the Times

and our lovely Hazel has chosen a fab theme of .....

'Add a Charm or Tag'

I've made a card for my friend's son and his fiancee as they have just moved into a new home called Rose Cottage. I thought this kit from CraftsUPrint was quite fitting..... I've added a Good Luck Sentiment from LOTV and used a blank LOTV Tag to make the New Home one.

I've added a Lucky Four Leaf Clover Charm (top left)

CraftsUPrint - Flower Garden - Lajla Olsen

Sorry about the rubbish photos.  I couldn't get any decent light when I took them, I think it was during Storm Ophelia.

I hope you can see the decoupage in photo below...

Please do pop over to our main site at MAWTT for more details, and there you can see the rest of the Team's Charming and Taggy creations!! I hope you can join us for this fun challenge!!

 I'm looking forward to catching up with you all! 
Take Care

Love and hugs

MAWTT - Geometric Shapes

 Hello... I'm back with Team B at

Moving Along With the Times

and our lovely Janice has chosen a fab theme of .....

'Geometric Shapes'

I decided to have a go at a Pop up card. My first attempt went in the bin. On this second attempt, the pop up bit isn't perfect but at least it works. You really do have to keep everything geometric when making the pop up part, otherwise it doesn't open!! I am pleased with it, but wish I'd had time to have another go!!!

Here is the You Tube video that I used to make the pop up part of this card:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=870JPSsUmc0

I used Origami Papers to make the pop up flowers. The circular backing paper was freebie from Bearly Mine Designs long time ago.

Please do pop over to our main site at MAWTT for more details, and there you can see the rest of the Team's wonderfully geometric creations!! I hope you can join us for this fun challenge...

I can't believe it's October in few days time! the weather is very changeable at the moment. I saw about a dozen Red Admiral Butterflies the other day on the Elderflower Bush opposite. It seemed really strange seeing so many, as usually you see only one, or two at most.  It was lovely weather last weekend and so mum and I sat in the garden for a while. You have to make the most of the fine weather! ;-)

 I'm looking forward to visiting your blogs.
Take Care

Love and hugs

MAWTT - Add a Number

 Hello and Good Morning! it's the turn of Team B again at

Moving Along With the Times

and our lovely Judith has chosen a fab theme of .....

'Add a Number'

I've used a lovely Hunkydory Craft Kit and just added the number 3.

I recently ordered a Christmas Card Kit from Hunkydorycrafts and got a lovely surprise when I opened the package and found another free kit inside to celebrate their Anniversary. So I used the free kit to make the above card. I chose the card with the bunting on as background, and chose the other two toppers. I die cut the 3 out of matching card in the kit. Although it was a very simple card to make, I love how it came out.

Please do pop over to our main site at MAWTT for more details, and there you can see the rest of the Team's wonderful 'numbered' creations!! I hope you can join us for this fortnight's challenge...

I hope you all had a good Bank Holiday weekend in the UK? The weather was glorious here. My darling daughter came over to stay with us for the Sunday and Monday. She cooked mum and I some lovely Roast Dinners and I had a relaxing couple of days with some 'me' time. I did some crafting and genealogy. It was just what I needed, as mum hasn't been too well of late. I don't know where the time goes nowadays. I can't believe we are in September tomorrow!! Yikes. How did that creep up on me! I love Autumn though!
Will catch up with you soon! 😉
Take Care

Love and hugs

MAWTT - Things That Fly

 Hello... Good Morning! I'm pleased to be back once again with Team B at

Moving Along With the Times

and our lovely Jessie has chosen a fab theme of .....

'Things That Fly'

so birds, kites, hot air balloons, planes, insects - whatever takes your (flight of) fancy :)

I've made a card for a friend's birthday that has butterflies on.....

CraftsUPrint - Flapper Rose Card with Decoupage - Julie Hutchings

I used a CraftsUPrint Decoupage Kit by Julie Hutchings. I scaled down the sheets to 74% when I printed them out, so that the main topper would fit on a 6 inch card. But if you do this then you have to remember to scale down the decoupage sheet also, to keep the images at the same size. I printed it onto semi glossy photo paper and love how it came out. I added some Star Dust Stickles and some Pearls to finish off.

Please do pop over to our main site at MAWTT for more details, and there you can see the rest of the Team's wonderful high flying creations!! I hope you can join us for this fun challenge...

Talking of things that fly!!!  Time is one of them.... I can't believe it's August !!! where is the time going this year!!
 I'm looking forward to catching up with you all! 😉
Take Care

Love and hugs

MAWTT - Wedding - Anniversary - Engagement

 Hello... Good Morning! it's the turn of Team B over at

Moving Along With the Times

and our lovely leader Wendy is hosting a fab challenge of

"Wedding - Anniversary - Engagement"

and there is a prize for one lucky winner too!!!  (see end of post)

I have to confess that I was really struggling to find my mojo this month... I thought I might not manage to make anything...but then my daughter said that she needed a Wedding Card for next weekend, so at the last minute I found my motivation and made two -  I thought she could choose the one that she liked best. She couldn't decide as she loved them both!! what better praise eh!! :-) so she is gonna have them both as she wants one for another wedding later in the year.

Here are the cards....

I hope you can pop over to our main site at MAWTT for more details and see the rest of the Team's fab romantic creations and hope you can join us for this fun challenge! 

There is a fab prize to win..... 
A beautiful set of John Lockwood Stamps - The Language of Flowers - Honeysuckle




I can't believe it's July... and Wimbledon! I haven't got time to watch it unfortunately.
But I am enjoying Poldark and Mercy Street - both really good dramas! :-))

Thanks for all your comments - I really do appreciate them
Looking forward to catching up with you soon!
Take Care

Love and hugs

MAWTT - Embossing Wet and/or Dry

 Hello... Good Morning! I'm pleased to be back once again with Team B at

Moving Along With the Times

and I am hosting a challenge of

Embossing Wet and/or Dry

I love all types of embossing - it always adds interest and elegance to our creations...
so I've made two cards - one using dry embossing and the second card using frantage....

Sentiment: Anna Marie Designs
Flower: Bo Bunny
Embossing Folder: Sizzix - I think? not sure of name

The gorgeous image for second card is LOTV Printout Sheet and I've coloured over her dress and hat in the image, as I wanted to change tone slightly to blend in with the papers. Papers are Wild Rose Studio Antique Library.

Here's a close up of the frantage. 

I hope you can join us for this fortnight's challenge - if you pop over to our main site at MAWTT then you can see the Design Teams wonderful inspiration! 

and there is a PRIZE too!!

here's what you could win!! 

as no winner came forward for the prize last month, Wendy is kindly offering it again for this challenge. The winner will be picked at random.

PRIZE!!

Thanks for all your lovely comments, I really do appreciate them!
Looking forward to catching up with you all soon!

Love and hugs

MAWTT - Butterflies

 Hello... Good Morning! I'm pleased to be back once again with Team B at

Moving Along With the Times

and our lovely team leader Wendy is hosting a fab challenge of

🦋 'Butterflies' 🦋
Wendy is kindly giving a prize set of John Lockwood's Stamps this month for the top winner, to celebrate her upcoming birthday! 

PRIZE!!

Time has been short again this month, and so I have chosen to make this card using a beautiful kit from CraftsUPrint. This is a card for my mum to give my daughter for her birthday next week. My daughter doesn't look on my blog, so know I am ok to show it! She loves Art Deco and my mum wanted me to make a card with flowers on... so this fits the brief perfectly. I've printed it onto thick photo paper, then stuck it onto a 8 x 8 blank card and cut around. That way it is nice and sturdy. I really enjoyed doing the decoupage and love how it came out! :-)

Kit: CraftsUPrint - Summer Blooms Art Deco Card Kit by Diane Furniss

I hope you can pop over to our main site at MAWTT  for more details, and to see the rest of the Team's fab flutterby creations!! I hope you can join us for this fortnight's challenge... I'm really looking forward to seeing your entries... all those butterflies will be so beautiful !! 

Our garden is looking lovely this year.. it's not very well tended, but somehow the plants keep on coming up each year and flowering! :-)
I'm typing this at the weekend and have just been sitting out and enjoying some sunshine. It was so peaceful and the blackbird was singing and the bees were buzzing... finally it feels like Summer!! but I'm scheduling... this so by Thursday morning it might be cold and wet!! but hope not!!
Thanks for all your lovely comments, I really do appreciate them!
Will catch up with you soon!

Love and hugs

MAWTT - Birds and/or Feathers

 Hello... Good Morning! I'm pleased to be back once again with Team B at

Moving Along With the Times

and our lovely Jackie is hosting a fab challenge of

Birds and/or Feathers

this theme is perfect for the time of year, as you can include all those Easter Chicks!!
or if you want to make an early start on those Christmas Cards, then why not Penguins? ;-)

A very simple card as I'm so short on time. I've used a lovely pre-coloured image from a LOTV Art Pad and teamed it with some Wild Rose Studio Paper Antique Library. Just added some black borders to add interest. Finally, added some golden gems. Sentiment was freebie in magazine. 

I hope you can pop over to our main site at MAWTT and see the rest of the Team's birdy/feathery creations!! I hope you can join us for this fortnight's challenge. 

I can't believe how long it is since I last posted!! My life is very hectic at the moment - I seem to be going through a very rough patch, and I get one thing sorted and something else pops up.....but won't moan too much on my blog, as this is supposed to be my Haven after all !!! ;-)
 I'm hoping that things will improve for me soon!

I'm looking forward to Easter. I really hope my mum stays well and we can enjoy watching our Dvd Programmes and scoffing our Chocolate Eggs!!

I'm looking forward to catching up with you all!
Wishing you all a Peaceful and Happy Easter!!!

Love and hugs

MAWTT - For a Man

 Hello... Good Morning! I'm pleased to be back once again with Team B at

Moving Along With the Times

our lovely Beckie is hosting the challenge this week and has chosen a theme of:

'For a Man'

I love doing male cards. I've made a Birthday card for my daughter's partner. He loves classic cars and so chose this fab vintage topper from Cardmaker's Delight. I've kept things very simple as he likes 'Less is More' style cards and clean lines. The sentiment is from Anna Marie Designs. The paper is Basic Grey - Little Black Dress.

For more details, do pop over to our main site at MAWTT and you can see the rest of the Team's male themed creations!! I do hope you can join us for this fortnight's challenge... I'm looking forward to seeing your entries! 

Thanks for all your lovely comments, I really do appreciate them!!

Love and hugs

MAWTT - Swirls and/or Curls

First of all a Very Happy New Year to everyone!!!
 I know I'm a bit late, but would like to wish you all the best for 2017!
 I hope it's a good year for us all.....

It's the turn of Team B over at

Moving Along With the Times

and our lovely Hazel is hosting a challenge of

' Swirls and/or Curls'

I think you will have guessed... that we would like your creation to have Swirls and/or Curls! 

I've used a lovely vintage topper with some vintage paper. Added lots of silver stickles around the edges.... and some Swirls and Curls.... and Pearls !! My darling daughter bought me a Bosch Glue Pen for Christmas - it's great for sticking on flowers and embellishments... so quick and easy to use... just what I need right now! :-)

I hope you can pop over to our main site at MAWTT for more details and there you can see the rest of the Team's gorgeous Swirly and Curly creations!!

It took me a while to make this card, but I got there in the end... I enjoyed making it, and I'm happy with it !!

I can't believe we're in the middle of January already! I know it's cold, wet and miserable, but it's so nice to see it getting bit lighter in the evenings!!  Roll on Spring eh! I'm hoping a lot of my aches and pains will lessen when the warmer weather arrives. 

Love and hugs

Wishing You All... A Very Happy and Peaceful Christmas!

Hi all,

Sorry I've not posted for ages. I was hoping to put some Christmas Cards on my blog, but came down with a bad virus a couple of weeks ago. I'm well on the mend now though :-) 

The presents are wrapped, and we're stocked up with yummy food... so think we're all ready for the big day! My daughter is here with Mum and I for a few days. So we're looking forward to watching some nice programmes on TV and relaxing.

I just wanted to say big Thank You to all my lovely friends and followers!

Hope you and your families have a very
Happy, Healthy and Peaceful Christmas and New Year!

Lots of Love and Huge Hugs,

MAWTT - Christmas Scenes

 Hello again... I'm back with...

Moving Along With the Times

our lovely Jan is hosting this week....
and she wants to see any creation using.....

 'Christmas Scene/s' 

I've been very short on time this year, so I've only managed to make a few Christmas Cards. I used CraftUPrint Sheets The Winter Scenes Bumper Kit by Julie Hutchings. This is a fab kit and great value as you get 8 winter scenes. Each sheet has extra flowers for decoupage. I've layered the flowers and added some red nailheads for berries and some Star Dust Stickles.

CraftUPrint Sheets The Winter Scenes Bumper Kit by Julie Hutchings

Hope you can pop over to our main site at MAWTT and see the rest of the Team's Christmassy Creations!!
We hope you will have fun and enter the challenge.... and remember you can enter up to three times, but please no backlinking.
Closing date is 1pm GMT 21st December 2016

I'm sorry that I've not been around very much... mum and I have had loads of appointments this last month. Time sure does fly when you are back and forth to doctors and hospital !! I think maybe I need to invest in some shares with our local taxi firm!

Thanks for all your lovely comments, I really do appreciate them! I will try and catch up with everyone over the next few days.
Love and hugs

Bugaboo - Gift Tag with Red/White Stripes

Hello to all, 

as my life is quite chaotic at the moment... it seems quite apt to join in with the Bugaboo Holiday Chaos!

 I managed to squeeze in a wee bit of crafting between appointments.

This is for the following challenge:

Bugaboo Chaos - Day 3 Challenge - Create a Gift Tag using Red and White Stripes

Image: Bugaboo - Christmas Window
Sentiment - Pink Petticoat
Paper - Design House Digital

Huge Thank You to my lovely Crafting Buddies Janice and Hazel... who urged me to join in the Bugaboo challenge. I really enjoyed colouring Santa and it's just what I needed to unwind!! there are lots of sparkles on Santa's fur trims but it doesn't show up in photo which is shame. I'm pleased with how these tags came out considering I made them up as I went along!! 

Thanks for visiting!
I'll be back tomorrow morning with my creation for MAWTT.

Love and Hugs

MAWTT - Anything Goes With Christmas and DT Call

Hi all,

it's not my turn this fortnight, but....

just popping on to remind you that Team A have a new challenge over at 

Moving Along With the Times

and our lovely Christine is hosting a fab theme of 

'Anything Goes With Christmas'

Please do pop over to MAWTT  and check out the DT's gorgeous Christmassy creations for inspiration. 

Hope you can join us for this fun challenge.

Three entries per person but please no back-linking. 

Closing date for this challenge is 1pm GMT Wednesday 7th December 2016.

We are also having a DT Call !

Would you be interested in joining us?

We are friendly team and commitments are as follows.....

You will have to create and post one creation per month.

Commenting is two weeks on and two weeks off. So you do get a complete break every fortnight.

We don't have sponsors, the emphasis being on crafting for fun. 

Please do get in touch if you are interested. You can contact Wendy on the MAWTT main website, details in sidebar. Or else leave a comment. 

Hope you all have a lovely weekend

Love and Hugs, Sue B xxx

MAWTT - Must have Die Cut Numbers, Letters or Words

 Hello... it's the turn of Team B at

Moving Along With the Times

our lovely Judith is hosting this week and she's chosen a fab theme of...

  Must have Die Cut Numbers, Letters or Words  

I've used a lovely LOTV Pre-Coloured Topper for this Birthday Card...

Image: Pre-Coloured LOTV Topper Art Pad
Paper: Karen Funk - A Fresh Start - Design House Digital
Die: Die'Sire - Happy Birthday
Enamel Dots - Simple Stories
Sparkles - Waterfall Stickles

I hope you can pop over to our main site at MAWTT and see the rest of the Team's gorgeous Die Cut Numbers/Letters Creations!! I hope you can join us for this fortnight's challenge!
Closing date is 6pm Wednesday 23rd November 2016

Sorry I'm not around very much. Mum's health is very up and down at the moment. Also, I have a chest infection and flare up of muscular problems on top of my normal pain levels.  I'm ok but haven't been able to craft very much. I managed to put this quick card together right at the last minute.
I can't believe how quickly time is flying by... hard to believe it's only 45 sleeps to Christmas.

Only seven couples left in Strictly now! can't wait for Blackpool. I've been enjoying the Autumn tv... so many fab things on this year... Loved Victoria, Poldark,  Tutenkhamun!! :-))
Hope you are all doing ok?
I will hopefully get around to visit you all very soon!
Love and Hugs,

MAWTT - Birthday Cake

it's Team B's turn over at

Moving Along With the Times

my lovely blogging buddy Claire is hosting this week
 and she's chosen a fab theme of...

"Birthday Cake"

I have so many digital stamps that I haven't used yet, so decided to put 'cake' into my computer search and see what popped up... found this wonderful image and sentiment called
Stella Birthday - Eat More Cake from Bugaboo.  

I've coloured her with Chameleon Pens and  paper pieced her dress and shoes, with some paper from Shery K Design - Brown and Lime.
I've added some sparkle to the cake frosting, and finished off with some lovely lime enamel dots.

I hope you can join us for this fun challenge, and please pop over to our main site at MAWTT and see the rest of the Team's inspirational and yummy cakes.
Closing date is 6pm Wednesday 28th September 2016. 
Three entries per person, but please no backlinking. 

Thanks for visiting and for all your comments, I really do appreciate them.
Will catch up with you soon.

Love and hugs

MAWTT - Clean and Simple

 Hello... Good Morning! it's time for Team B's challenge over at

Moving Along With the Times

I am hosting this week and have chosen the theme of...

   Clean and Simple   

I tried to keep things simple on this card. I left some 'white space' for the eye to rest, but it looked a bit cold and clinical, so added some embossing to add interest.. but not sure whether that was the right way to go, looking at it now! Looks a bit overload... Sigh! too late now! didn't have time to do another one... I've used the enamel dots to finish off and balance out the card. 

I hope you can pop over to our main site at MAWTT and see the rest of the Team's gorgeous Clean and Simple creations!! I hope you can join us for this fortnight's challenge!
Closing date is 6pm Wednesday 31st August 2016

Sorry, it's been a while since I last posted. To be honest I've not felt much like crafting or blogging. Mum is continually getting her allergies bad, where her tongue and lips swell. My spine pain has gone worse... the pain at top of my spine is now nearly as bad as it is in lower. Feel like my whole spine is falling apart. My discs are like falling dominos! :-(

I've been reading books and magazines on my kindle though, and have also got back into my genealogy. I've just sent off a DNA sample to Ancestry UK. Can't wait for the results. I'm wondering if I might be related to Richard III !!! ;-) ROFL.

I can't wait for Autumn... all those fab programmes coming up soon... Bake Off, Strictly, Cold Feet... and Poldark!!! be still my beating heart... I really hope he will be doing some threshing in the fields again! :-D

Thanks for all your lovely comments, I really do appreciate them!

Love and hugs