Loving wishes

Hi all

This was supposed to be a scheduled post yesterday , but whoops I pressed the wrong button when I was rushing so following a bit of tweaking you get two for the price of one today!
Well today certainly seems to have turned the corner when it comes to the weather. We have had fabulous blue skies all weekend and until we went outside it could have been mistaken for spring - Brrrr!! On Saturday I was at the Glitter Pot at another sumptuous Jane Gill class where we made some fabulous cards using her new Now and Forever set from Woodware . It was great to see all the usual suspects and catch up as many of us hadn't seen each other for over a month due to all the snow. On Sunday I took advantage of the great light and Dean being out at nets and had a little play with a load of new bits and pieces that have made their way to me over the last few weeks - I blame all the cabin fever from the snow!

So todays card uses the stamps from the Magnolia winter set which arrived a couple of weeks ago.
I also used the quilt card template, which has become a firm favourite following Jane Gills great demo last year. Thanks Jane, I really can't stop using this as it is so adaptable, addictive but mostly very relaxing to sit and fold in front of the TV at night!

I have also managed to cover off three challenges:

A Spoonful of sugar - Freestyle
ABC - Masking
Creative Inspirations - Feminine

The Tilda and the candlestick have been stamped onto the masked piano and coloured with copics. I then stamped and coloured another tilda and mounted her over the edge of the quilt to give her some depth.

On the second quilt I have used the Elegant heart and once again stamped another image, coloured it with copics, embossed the back and mounted it with pinflair glue.

A close up just to show that the stickles are back on my desk!

Recipe: Stamps: Magnolia - Noble Tilda, Elegant Heart, Champagne & Candelabra, Loving wishes, Janes Script. Papers: Bazzill basics, Papermania signature linen. Stardust stickles....

Thanks for looking
Hugs

Brrrrrrrrrrr.........

Gosh cold isn't it?

Not much going on today in Cobham, Surrey as the snow that came down yesterday has now turned to ice and has made our whole cul-de-sac into a skating rink and only a few hardy souls have skidded their way out.

Here are a few shots from yesterday lunchtime  about 2 hours after the snow started in ernest.

From living room (too chicken to go outside and Iwas a bit worried I might turn into a snowman!)

View from the back of the living room to the side of the garden

View to side of garden once again showing the camellias and honeysuckle all frosted with the early snow. You can't see any of this now as it is all covered in one total layer of snow!

Although it all looks very pretty for about 24 hours I am official bored of it all now and dearly wish I was in South Africa in the 35 degree heat with Dean especially after the fantastic draw that the boys managed to pull off today!

Anyway back to some crafting, here is a card I made for a friends mother's 70th Birthday in December.

I am entering this in the ABC Challenge for this week which is L for Layering and there are plenty on this card!

This is a take on the Xmas quilt card I made a few weeks ago and I think it looks so pretty in these muted chocolate and pale pink colours

The paper panels have all been stamped using rubber stamp tapestry and the words are stamped using Janes Script.

The delish papers are from the Recency range from Papermania  with all four panels tied up with a ribbon which is attached to the back of the third section. Everything came from the Glitter Pot.

The third panel was finished off with a cute little butterfly from RST - garden of blue set

and Nicky and in particukar her mother were very pleased with it to so mission accomplished!

Ingredients - Stamps: Rubber Stamp Tapestry: Garden of Blue, Christmas Garland, Partridge in a Pear tree. Papers: Papermania Signature - Regency, coordinations and glitter paper from Stash. Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and the ribbon and pearls are from my stash.

Thanks for looking and I hope you are not  struggling too much in the snow if you are in the UK!

Hugs

Indigo Blue

Hi all

Todays cards are for the sketch challenge over at Mojo Monday using the theme colour of Indigo Blue on the ABC challenge. As the sketch was so yummy I used it 3 times. Plus as I am now in over drive to get all my cards completed in bulk is order of the day!! Not that I am panicing or anything!

All the cards use the very yummy Inkadinkdo christmas Silhouette and winter birds and are embossed on pearl white card.

A couple of close ups

Recipe 240-243/365 Stamps: Inkadinkado - Christmas silhouette and Winter Birds. Sentiments: Inkadinkado - Christmas Characters, Magnolia - Santa is coming, Stamping Up - Circle of friends all embosssed in Moon Glow two-toned embossing powder - Midnight Sapphire Obsidian. Papers: Craftwork cards - Jackfrost. Plus lashings of Stickles

Thanks for looking

Hugs

Magnolia Goes Green

Hi all

Another quick post tonight as I have been on a course all day and have not stopped all evening as I have an early start in the morning to get to the NEC. I'm meeting my friend at 7.30 at Oxford services, but that is over an hour's drive before hand!! Eek!!

Anyway back to the task to hand. There was a monochromatic theme at Just magnolia and I thought I would go green so I could also enter this in the ABC Challenge I used the loveley sketch over at Papertake Weekly and coloured Tilda with Lantern with distressed inks to go with the lovely muted greens of the papers.

Recipe: 208/365 Stamps: Magnolia - Tilda with lamp and Christmas ticket. Paper: Papermania - Wonderful Christmas Time, glitter paper from stash. Pins from Making Memories. Ribbon and dots from Stash.

Right off to get some beauty sleep ready for the NEC or should I really say foot preparing sleep LOL!!

Thanks for looking

Hugs

Sara xx

Have a hoot

Hi all

This week I am up at my parents in the north of England, which is great as I always get spoiled rotten and as my mum is a fellow crafter I get to spend quite a bit of crafting and not worrying about chores...........

So today I am have been busy making Xmas cards (which I will put up on a slide show at the end of the week) and made a card for my brother for his birthday next month which just so happens to have a flying owl (ABC challenge), makes reference to family (Creative Inspirations), includes autumn colours (Secret Crafter) and uses a sketch (Just Magnolia). Phew I believe that covers 4 challenges.....

I had received these stamps in my order from the new Magnolia spooky range, but as we don't really celebrate Halloween I wanted to make a card that used the stamps a bit differently and men's cards are always a tough one for me.

So without further ado.....

Recipe: 184/365
Stamps: Magnolia - So Spooky; spooky moon and tree branch, flying owl. Kelly Panacci - Twit Twoo. Papers My minds eye - Andrea Victoria; Golden Beads & Sizzix little sizzles card stock neutrals. Embossed with Cuttlebug- Forest Branches. E line by Prima. Peel off from stash. Coloured with distressed inks.
OMG look at the time I must fly (LOL)
Hugs
Sarax