My Crafty Heart - Free P & P & Candy Weekend!!!!

Just wanted to wish you all a Very Happy Jubilee Weekend!!

and to let you know....

My Crafty Heart 

has FREE P&P WORLDWIDE 

SAT 2nd June 12.00pm GMT(Midday) until TUES 5th June, 12.00pm (Midday) GMT!

and....

if you pop on over to Teresa's Blog here she is giving away some gorgeous 

Saturday Candy!!!

a few people have asked who the passengers on my bus were.... so here goes...

From Top Left to Bottom Right.... Winston Churchill, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Princess Diana, Charles Darwin, William Shakespeare, Sir Isaac Newton, Queen Elizabeth I, John Lennon, Admiral Horatio Nelson, Oliver Cromwell, Ernest Shackleton, Captain James Cook

As voted by the people of Britain in 2002! not sure I agree with all of them LOL - and wish I could have put the Top 30 - I think Michael Faraday and Queen Victoria should be on top of that bus!!! 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! I am lucky enough to be chilling out ... and have bought in some nice food... so gonna have Hawaiian pizza for tea and Pancakes with Ben & Jerries Baked Alaska for dessert!! Yes my diet is going really well - not!! Looking forward to the Flotilla on Thames tomorrow and really hope the weather isn't too bad... 

Take Care and I will see you soon with a new card...

Lots of Love

MAWTT Challenge 151 - Cool Britannia (Red, White & Blue)

Morning everyone!  it's Thursday again and so time for a brand new Challenge over at 

Moving Along With the Times

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

'Cool Britannia (Red, White & Blue)'

Well ... what better way to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee !! It's amazing to think that Elizabeth II has been on the throne for 60 years!! It doesn't have to be a card as long as you follow the red, white and blue theme - so lots of scope with this one.... we look forward to seeing all your wonderful creations...

I thought I'd have a bit of fun with this theme and also celebrate UK's Jubilee year. So I've filled the bus with Top 12 Greatest Britons of all time.... as voted by the people of Britain in 2002. See how many passengers you can recognise!! 

We are sponsored this week by the wonderful Digi My World 

who are very kindly giving this week's winner a $10 Dollar Voucher to spend in store!!

Annie over at Digi My World very kindly gave us some fab images to play with... the set we've used is called England and includes a bus, a grenadier guard, Union Jack flag (as seen on the bus), a telephone kiosk, a rose and a girl dressed in union jack dress! You can also buy the set pre-coloured if you wish..

I've coloured the London Bus digitally and even found some authentic wheels on the net! then found photos of the Top 12 Greatest Britons and placed them behind the windows. Digitally added the Cool Britannia sign. Also digitally coloured the flags and the little Grenadier Guard and popped him on top of the bus LOL - isn't he a brave little soldier!! - just hope the bus doesn't go under any bridges en route ROFL.... 

The two little flags on top of bus are from Nitwits Tour of London Set.

Scrummy Papers are Papermania Portobello Road and were a birthday gift from my daughter. I've finally broken into them and they are gorgeous!! I made the little 2012 and Jubilee Banners.

Finally as it's a Diamond Jubilee - I added two crystal gems.

It's quite a 3D card in real life but it's not showing up in the photos. I decoupaged the flags, wheels of bus. Used 3D foam pads on bus and banners.

Hope you like it.... and do pop on over to MAWTT and check out my teamies creations - they are all wonderful !!! and don't forget to check if you were a winner in last week's challenge!

I would like to enter the following Challenges:-

The Crafty Pad - Challenge 172 - 'Colours of Your Flag' ends 2nd June 2012

Stamptacular Sunday - Challenge 165 - 'Looking Through the Window' ends 2nd June 2012

One Stitch At a Time - Challenge 115 - 'Red, White and Blue' ends 2nd June 2012

Cupcake Craft - Challenge 194 - 'Royalty' ends 3rd June 2012

Crafty Sentiments Designs - 'Anything Goes' ends 4th June 2012

Creative Card Crew - Challenge 11 - 'Dimension' ends 4th June 2012
Creative Craft Challenges2 - 'Red, White and Blue' ends 4th June 2012
Divas by Design - Challenge 37 - 'Anything Goes' ends 5th June 2012 
Fab'n Funky - Challenge 123 - 'Celebrations' ends 5th June 2012
My Mum's Craft Shop - 'Red, White and Blue' ends 5th June 2012
Simon Says - 'Anything Goes' ends 5th June 2012
Craft Your Days Away - Challenge 46 - 'Red, White and Blue' ends 8th June 2012

Not long until the weekend.... and before I go ... I would like to wish our lovely boss Hazel a very Happy Birthday!! Hope you have a wonderful day hun! 

Thanks for all your lovely comments! I will catch up with you all very soon.

Love and Hugs

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