Seven Deadly Sins - Pride

Good evening friends, I hope everyone is well? So who is watching the Olympics? I have a few bags under my eyes! Team GB are doing amazingly well at the moment and there is more to come. The weather here in 'sunny Southend' is a bit hit and miss, but so much cooler, which is good as I'm crafting through the night. Anyway I have made a few cards and here is one of them....

I have made this card using the following:

6x6 card blank

Bildmalarna - Seven deadly sins stamp this one is 'Pride' (I have 5 in this set and was disappointed that I couldn't get the other two, I'll keep checking Ebay!)

Which is coloured with Promarker's on to Neenah classic card.

The papers are from Basic Grey which I've had for years - Indian Summer

The sentiment is from a Lili of the Valley stamp you can buy the Digi stamp here

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts

Ribbon and embellishment's from stash.

A lot of my cards that I am making are using up old stamps and paper which I've had for years!

Thank you for taking the time to visit, I would like to say a special thank you to Meg who always makes the time to comment, they are much appreciated.

Enjoy the rest of your week and see you all soon!

Debbie x

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

Lemon Shortbread - #151 Anything Goes

Passion for Markers #602 - Make it Bloom

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes - 27th July

Gem of a Craft Challenge - #15 Anything Goes

A Bit More Time to Craft - #143 Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Challenge - July 'use patterned paper'

Love to Scrap Challenge - #147 Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - #690 Anything Goes

Best Friend

Hello everyone

I hope everyone is well and those in the UK have enjoyed their first day of proper freedom! So I'm off to a craft beer and pizza night on Wednesday with the other half and his sister and her husband, it'll be the first time we've all seen each other since way before Christmas. So looking forward to it!

I had a birthday on the 15th and didn't get loads of crafty bits... boo hoo, but I did get a new craft lamp and it's brilliant.

Anyway, I have spent today making a card for my friend who has been very supportive to me recently, too long to explain. Hope she likes it. So here it is...

To make this card I used the following, 6x6 card blank, a Bildmalarna image ( I do miss their stamps) coloured with Promarkers, Lili of the Valley sentiment, check card is a left over piece, the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, dies are unbranded and everything else from my stash.

Have a great week and see you soon.

Debbie x

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

https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/05/week-591use-your-favourite-colours.html

Favourite colours are pink and white

http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com/2021/05/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-challenge-140.html 

https://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/2021/05/challenge-435.html

https://creationsinpink.blogspot.com/2021/05/challenge-34-anything-goes-in-mainly.html 

https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/05/ltccb-58-may-anything-goes.html

https://papercraft-challenges.blogspot.com/2021/05/challenge-70-anything-goes.html

https://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.com/2021/05/week-19-anything-goes-colouring.html

Happy 4th Birthday!

Good morning blog friends and visitors.

I'm on countdown now as my shielding finishes on the 31st March. It's been a long year and I'm so looking forward to doing my own food shopping, but still staying safe. It'll be great to visit friends even if it's in their gardens. So not long now. 

Anyway, I have a card to share with you all, this card I made for my great niece who will be 4 on the 1st April and she loves horse riding! So I thought this is a great image for her. So here it is...

To make this I used a 7x7 card blank, Simply Print image from Lili of the Valley which can be found here. Spellbinder die, number and happy birthday die are unbranded, heart embossing folder (it could be papermania!) Flowers are Trimcraft and Wild Orchid Craft roses and everything else is from my stash.

Have a great weekend and a big thank you for all the lovely comments on my last two cards, I'm amazed how many of you took the time out of your busy lives to visit.

Stay safe, Debbie x

Wow, it's February!

 Hello friends,

Well can you believe it we're into February and it didn't seem that long ago we were waiting for the big man in red! Still no snow in 'sunny' Southend, plenty of wind and rain, luckily we're stuck in! I must admit I'm struggling with this current lockdown, I'm so missing my family and friends. It's my niece's birthday this month and my mojo decided to go missing, so I cased a card I made a few years ago. I'm pleased with it.

I can show the card as my niece doesn't look at my blog and here it is...

So I used the following to make this:

6x6 card blank.

Papers are Trimcraft, First Edition 'Love Letters'.

Lili of the Valley Art Pad, unfortunately, I can't find this image in their Etsy shop.

Lili of the Valley sentiments and you can find them HERE.

Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The wonky stitched die is unbranded.

Pearls, charm and ribbon from stash

Tim Holtz distressing tool.

Thank you for taking to the time to visit, stay safe!

Debbie x

A Quick Card!

Hello Again

It's been a beautiful, but a windy day here in sunny Southend. I've been on a bit of a roll making cards and looking out for my Amazon deliveries! I had a birthday a couple of weeks ago and got some vouchers to spend at Amazon, so I added to my Promarker collection, bought some new cutting dies and different types of card. I also purchased some watercolour pencils to have a try at that type of colouring, which I have been doing this afternoon, I really liked it, so may need to add to the collection.

Anyway I have a lot of birthdays coming up and so I need to add to my box ready to send out. So here is a quick birthday card I made using a pre-coloured image. Here it is....

The image is 'Time for you Girl' - Floral by Lili of the Valley which you can purchase from here, the sentiment tags are also Lili of the Valley which you can also find in their Etsy Shop. The paper is from an old pad I had, the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the dies are Spellbinders, ribbon from my local haberdashery shop and the bling is from my stash.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by and stay safe everyone.

Debbie x

Decorated Wooden Heart

Hi Friends

Where has the last month gone? I can't believe it's been that long since my last post. I put it down to being away for most of the holidays and not getting any crafting done!

Anyway I did manage to make this decorated wooden heart. I made this for myself which makes a change as normally I give most things away. Anyway I hope you like it.....

The details are:
The heart came from The Works.
The flowers mostly came from Wild Orchid Crafts.
The wooden love also came from a set from The Works which I coloured with a Promarker.
The spirals and pearls are from Aliexpress.
My favourite sentiment is an Inkylicious one and I love it!
The paper is from an old Papermania one and is 8x8.

Well I hope you all like it.
Have a great weekend.
Hugs Debbie x

Lili of the Valley Facebook Challenge 'Summer'

Hi all.

I have made a card for the Lili of the Valley Facebook challenge and the theme is 'Summer.' What I would like to know, what has happened to the weather, summer it's not more like an autumn dreary day. I'm really pleased with the card it has turned out better than the design I had in my mind. The ingredients for the card are Lili of the Valley retired Art Pad, ribbon is from Kayes textiles, papers are First Edition, flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts, sentiment is also Lili of the Valley, Spellbinders dies and the decoration in the corners are unbranded from China.

Here is my creation, I hope you like it any comments left are always lovely to read.

Have a good week.
Hugs Debbie x

Hippy Chick!

Hello Friends, just popping by to show a card which I made as part of a commission of three. I was asked to make three cards for young ladies who were off to Uni for the first time. Not easy! I decided to use Simply Sassy stamps as they are so versitile and lovely to colour. This stamp is one of my favourites and decided to use autumnal colours. I think the colours work really well, what do you think? I'll pop the other two on in the next couple of weeks. Anyway here she is:

 

Ingredients Used

Simply Sassy stamp - Hippy Chick

coloured with Promarkers

Papers First Edition - New Leaf

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Cheery Lyn Die - Princess Die

Memory Box Die - Pearl Lace

Quickutz - Corner Die

Pearls, ribbon and charm from stash

 

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

I Love Promarkers - #137 Autumn Colours

Wild Orchid Crafts - Wk 60 Anything Goes

Stamp with Fun - #181 Autumn

 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. Have a great week everyone!

 

Hugs

Debbie x

 

Watering the Roses

Good Morning, you may have noticed I've given my blog a bit of a makeover. I found this background and thought it was apt, as I'm a Type 1 diabetic. You would think in this day and age that we would have a cure for this awful disease. Hopefully one day soon!
Anyway on to my card that I've made and isn't this image so cute? It's a Stampavie one by Penny Johnson - Little Tobi Watering the Roses. So here it is.

Ingredients

Penny Johnson Stamp

coloured with Promarkers

Paper is Magnolia

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

Nesties

Sizzix Embossing Folder

Ribbon, Pin and Pearls from stash

Thank you for all the lovely comments on my last card they were lovely to read and very much appreciated.

Hugs Debbie x

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

Make it Monday - Always Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamps Challenges - Anything Goes

Moving Along with the Times - Pink, Pearly and Pretty Celebration

My Mums Craft Shop Challenges - #67 Birthday Girls

LOTV - Blossom

Hello Peeps,  I know it's been a while and I know I'm a useless blogger. I have lots of reasons for not posting, but it would take a lifetime to tell you and I think we would all rather make some cards.
Also I've heard a rumour that we are expecting some summer weather this weekend, what do you think, are those pigs flying yet?
Anyway now that my mojo is back I've managed to make some cards recently and I have one to show you today and here it is.

I so adore this image from Lili of the Valley and it's the first time I've inked her up. I treated myself to the Tim Holtz - on the edge doily die and I love it and think it works perfectly with this card.

Ingredients Used Are

 Lili of the Valley Image coloured

with Promarkers

Lucy Cromwell Papers from Papermania

Nesties and Memory Box Dies

Flowers and Ribbon Wild Orchid Crafts

Lili of the Valley Sentiment

Pearls and Cute button from stash

I hope you all like the card and I have a new motto 'I must do better with blogging and try and blog more often'. Have a great weekend friends and thank you for sticking with me.

Hugs Debbie x

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

Papertake Weekly - All Things Girlie

Make it Monday - Always Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes

Lets Ink it Up - #25 All Girl

ATC's and Cards with Attitude - #18 Anything Goes

Daisy

Hello friends I hope you are all keeping well? I really don't know where the time goes! I've been so busy with work recently that I've not had a lot of time to myself. Anyway I did find time to make this card for my buddy Leigh Jones aka Charity Crafter, it was her birthday last week.

This stamp has got to be one of my favourites of all time and I was so pleased that Elisabeth Bell decided to license it to Elphine House after she withdrew her stamps from Sugar Nellie. I purchased the stamp from Elphine House which cost appx £10 inc postage, which was a lot cheaper than what the stamp was going for on Ebay!

So on to the card.........

Recipe

Elisabeth Bell stamp 'Daisy'

coloured with Promarkers

Papers are Wild Rose Studio

Flowers Wild Orchid Crafts

Marianne Designs Die

Xcut Butterfly Punch

Cuddly Buddly Sentiment Stamp

Ribbons, gems, pearls and stick pin all from stash

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Elphine House - 'Rain or Shine' I've chosen shine as this a lovely spring card

Make it Monday - No. 82 - Always Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - No. 209 - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Anything Goes

I hope you all like my little creation, thank you for looking and any comments you leave are always lovely to read. I'm on holiday from Wednesday so after I get back from my trip to Stoke on Trent I'm going to be on a mission to visit all my friends blogs and get some serious card making in.

Have a great week,

Hugs Debbie x



My Favourite Stamp

Hello Friends, I hope you've all had a good weekend? It's been a bright but chilly day here in Southend. I had a request from the boyfriend to make a thank you card for his cousins daughter and the brief was 'pink and fairies'. So I dug out my favourite LOTV stamp which was one of the first I ever bought.

Recipe

LOTV image coloured with Promarkers

Papers Pink Petticoat and Dovecraft Fairytale

Nesties

Flowers Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiment Personal Impressions

Lace from Local Wool Shop

Dewdrops the Ribbon Girl

Glamour Dust

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

Lilies Little Fairies - Challenge 2 Your favourite LOTV stamp

Stampin for the Weekend - Challenge 24 Out with the Old

Dream Valley Challenge - # 23 anything Goes

Lets Ink it Up - #19 Anything Goes

Sarah Hurley Challenge - #57 Giving Thanks/Thank You
Divas by Design - #18 New Beginnings and/or Thanks

I would like to say a big thank you for all the comments that have been left on my recent cards, I really appreciate the time that you take to look at my blog. 

Hugs

Debbie x