What a Find!!!

Good evening my lovely crafty friends.

Just a quick post from me this evening - I've been up since 4:30am patiently waiting for my DH to arrive home from his work trip to New York - even though he wasn't due back until early afternoon lol!!!

So before he got here I made a couple of cards, a banana cake, some fruit scones, a loaf of bread, had a bath and washed my hair, put the online shopping away and hoovered upstairs and down - phew!!!!

When I had a good tidy up of my little crafty haven the other day I came across this retired Spellbinders die:

and I immediately knew what I wanted to do with it:

So here's a Father's Day card I've made for Jack to give John:

It does look like a moustache - doesn't it???

Card Ingredients:

Spellbinders: S3-005 - now retired :o(

Labels 10

Design Paper: Pink Petticoat 'Mr Moustache' printed in Jet Black onto Papermill Linen Cardstock

Black Seam Binding and Silver Cord from stash

Sentiment: Pink Petticoat 'Simplest Happyness Sentiments'

LOTV Tag Sentiment

Star Charm from stash

Black Soot Distress Ink

Challenges I would like to enter:

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #260

Alphabet Challenge - H for Happy

Brown Sugar - Father's Day

QKR Stampede - One for the Boys

Off to catch up on The Voice now whilst 'the boys' watch the Football :o)

Thanks for popping by.

Enjoy the rest of the evening.

TTFN

#1 Daddy's Girl

Good morning.

Hope you are all keeping well and those not I wish well soon.

I'm so glad it's the end of the week and will be even happier when tomorrow comes as my DH has been away since Tuesday and comes home tomorrow :o)

I have really missed him :o(

I have tried to keep myself busy and yesterday I gutted and re-organised my little crafty haven - what a job but so worth it in the end!!! All I need to do now is remember where I re-organised everything to lol!!!

I also had a little play with some scrummy stash from 

MY CRAFTY HEART 

and made one of the few Father's Day cards I need next month.

This will be for Jamie from Lola Arizona:

Card Ingredients:

Image: Saturated Canary 'Daddy's Girl' - MCH 

Colouring Medium: Copics

Design Papers: Prima 'Lifetime' - MCH

Memory Box: 'Precious Hearts' - MCH

Ribbon: Brights Collection - MCH

Buttons: Bo Bunny 'C'est La Vie' - MCH

Metal Trinket: Sunrise Sunset Vintage Trinkets - MCH

Edges inked with Tea Dye Distress Ink - MCH (on special offer at £3.40)

Wooden Heart Buttons and Brads from stash  

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Teresa for giving me the opportunity to create with such gorgeous goodies as sadly this is my last GDT project for My Crafty Heart - as they say - all good things must come to an end :o(

I have thoroughly enjoyed the past 2 months as GD and wish Teresa and all the lovely DT the very best for the future. Obviously I will still continue to support and create with MCH scrummy stash.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes
Crafts and Me - Lots of Layers
Nutcrafters - Use Some Kraft
Whimsy Inspiration - Anything Goes
Stamps & Fun - For a Man/Boy

Thanks for popping by to visit me today - I really appreciate your support and love to read any comments you may wish to leave.

Have a wonderful day.

TTFN

Emboss It at MAWTT

Good morning.

Hope you're having a lovely week.
The sun is shining as I'm writing this post - fingers crossed it stays for a while - things are so much better when the sun is shining don't you think?

So today I'm would like to share my DT card for 

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES

and this week we would like to see some 

EMBOSSING 

(Heat or Dry)

Here's what I did:
I used an embossing folder for the top panel and then heat embossed some Frantage around the edges.

 Card Ingredients:
Image: LOTV Coloured Art Pad 'Wild Flowers'
Design Paper from Sponsor: Bearly Mine 'July 2012 Freebie'
Embossing Folder: Sizzix 657112
Frantage: Shabby Pink
Flowers: Pretty Little Ribbon Shop 'Cosmos Daisies' 'Sweetheart Blossoms'
Spellbinders: Labels 22
Spun Sugar Distress Ink
Sheer Ruffle Edge Ribbon: Pretty Little Ribbon Shop
Memory Box: Elegant Scrollwork - MCH

Our sponsor this week is:

offering 1 lucky winner
£10.00 voucher to spend instore

Please pop over to the main challenge blog to check out the beautiful inspiration from my lovely DT buddies.

Challenges I would like to enter:
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Everybody Art - Flowers
Vickies Anything Goes - Always Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Songbird Challenges - Flowers
One Stop Craft - Anything Goes
Our Creative Corner - Anything Goes
Crafting For All Seasons - Pink

Thanks for popping by today. You are always welcome and I look forward to reading any comments you may wish to leave.

Have a fabulous day.
TTFN

Ribbon and/or Lace at Stampavie and More

Good morning.

Today a very special little lady is celebrating her 2nd birthday - my scrummilicious Grand-daughter Lola Arizona - Happy Birthday :o)

So I would like to share the card I made for her with you today as my DT project for 

STAMPAVIE AND MORE

where the theme this fortnight is 

RIBBON AND/OR LACE

Card Ingredients:

Image: Hobby House Die Cut Topper 'Wee Bunnies'

Design Papers: LOTV 'Nitwits - 'Perfect Pair'

Organza Ribbon: Craftwork Cards

Spellbinders: Grand Stately Circles One

Corner Dies: 

Flowers: The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - 'Cosmos Daisies' & 'Sweetheart Blossoms'

Hobby House Embellishments: 'Large Blossom Spacer' 'Flat Backed Pearl Medallion'

Martha Stewart: Butterfly Punch

Tonic Studios: Mini  Butterfly Punch

Alphas: Tim Holtz 'Wordplay'

Please pop over to the main challenge blog to check out the gorgeous work from my lovely DT buddies.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Creative Craft Challenges - Just Checking 

Everybody Art - Flowers

LEJ Designs - Die Cuts and/or Punches

Creative Creations - For a Child

Forever Friends Bi-Weekly Challenge - For a Child

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes

Joanna Sheen - Girls Girls Girls

The Squirrel and the Fox - Here Come the Girls

Crafty Calendar - Blooms and Blossoms

And here are some photos of the birthday girl herself:

On her 'birthday' 2 years ago:

and her she is on holiday last week:

Thanks for popping by today - I really appreciate your visit and look forward to reading any comments you may wish to leave.

Have a fabulous day.

TTFN

More Juice Grandma!!

Good morning.

Thank you for all your kind words on my mini scrapbook yesterday - I really appreciate it :o)

Today I would like to share a framed scrapbook layout I have made for my scrummilicious Grand-daughter Lola Arizona using one of my most favourite photos from our afternoon tea at The Ritz

and the gorgeous stash I won last week from Craftwork Cards - aptly named 'Tea Dance' :o)

Tomorrow is Lola's 2nd birthday and this is one of the few gifts I have made for her. 

Another project made with love and one I really enjoyed bringing together.

Thanks for popping by today - I appreciate your support.

Have a fabulous day.

TTFN

All in a Weekend's Work!! - And winner of Marianne Die.

Good afternoon. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. The weather was fabulous - we got the garden tidied. We had a great test drive and John's new car is on order - I show a picture of it when we take delivery - but that may not be until August/September - let's just say - it's a beast!!!

I had a wonderful play in my little crafty haven and went back to doing something I started my crafty adventures with - 'scrapbooking' and put together my first mini book - following a fabulous tutorial here.

With some of my birthday money I bought some gorgeous papers and embellishments from Teresa Collins 'Tell Your Story' Collection 

I wanted to create a keepsake of my fabulous birthday and weekend treat.

Here's how it turned out:

WARNING PHOTO HEAVY!!!

An overview of the pages. 

I LOVED LOVED LOVED putting this together and am really pleased with the end result.

I'm sure I will be making a few more of these in the future.

Hope you like it too :o)

Sorry I forgot to post the details of the winner of the duplicate die I had from last week.

Ten peeps put their names down to give it a good home - so using Random.org this is the lucky winner:

#2 that's you 

SUE - BEARHOUSE CREATIONS 

Congrats hun - drop me an e-mail and I'll get the die in the post ASAP

debs01may@talktalk.net

Thanks for your visit today.

It's always lovely to see you here and I look forward to reading any comments you may wish to leave.

Enjoy the rest of the day.

TTFN

Sketch Time at A Gem of a Challenge

Good morning my lovely blogging friends. Bet you're glad it's the weekend. 

Hope the weather is better than it has been most of this week - the garden needs a really good tidy up before John goes away next week. 

We also have a test drive booked on Sunday afternoon - John's getting a new car and I'm having his current one - which may not seem like a good deal but the sweetener is I get to keep the proceeds from the sale of my car :o)

Anyway enough waffle - the real reason I'm here is to share my DT card for the new challenge over at 

A GEM OF A CHALLENGE

and this week Team Gems had this sketch to play with:

Janet has recently released some gorgeous Vintage Girl images and some beautiful Shabby Chic Design Papers and I couldn't resist having a playing with them:

Card Ingredients:

Image: Pink Gen Designs 'Amelia'

Colouring Medium: Copics

Design Papers: Pink Gem Designs 'Paris Vintage Style Papers'

Memory Box: Mini Scalloped Posie' - MCH and Fresh Foliage - MCH

Martha Stewart: 'Scrolled Lace PATP'

Pearl Brads: Hobby House 

Mini Adhesive Pearls: Hobby House

Heart Punch from Hobbycraft

Lace and sentiment from stash

Please pop over to the main challenge blog to check out the awesome inspiration from my lovely DT buddies.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Crafty Catz - 3,2,1 - 3 Flowers, 2 Hearts; 1 Image

Creative Corner - A Song (Amelia - Joni Mitchell)

Simply Create Too - Anything Goes

Sister Act - Anything Goes

Sparkles Forum - Monochromatic

Dutch Dare - 1 Image 1 Sentiment 2 Patterned Papers 3 Embellishments

Milk Coffee - Shabby Chic/Vintage

Crafting For all Seasons - Pink

Thanks for popping by to see me today and for any comments you may wish to leave.

Have a wonderful weekend.

TTFN