another quick post

Evening all. i have been feeling quite tired this week. No energy at all. So im afraid it will be another quick post today. Although i do have a few different cards on the go at the moment but they still need finishing.

I have used a distressing tool to distress the edges. The papers are from the papermania paper pack called a silent night.

 

Green ribbon is from good old ebay. Tree charm is from bunny zoes crafts.

Poinsettia is from wild orchid crafts. Gems again are from ebay. The tag is a magnolia die. Sentiment is from ebay.

 

I took this picture with the flash off as i wanted the sparkle to show up. The stamp is from the new Christmas magnolia collection, tilda hanging ornaments. I have coloured her with distress inks and used stickles on the 2 ornaments(hope you can see it).

I have an addiction to easel cards at the moment.

Challenges
truly scrumptious-(43) easel card and sketch
charisma cardz-(42) vintage

x laura x

merry christmas tilda.

Another quick one today. I havent slept well over the last 2 nights, so have the headache of all headaches.

The poinsettias are from wild orchid crafts. They have been covered in star dust twinklets.

Sentiment is from magnolia. I have punched this out using a stampin up punch and edged it with holly stickles.

Ribbon is from ebay. Christmas tree charm is from bunny zoes crafts.

Gems are also from ebay(gotta love ebay).

Image is from magnolia, tilda with presents.

Papers are from DCWV christmas multi pack.

The tag die is from magnolia. The stamped images are from the new whimsy stamp set vintage christmas.

This is the underneath the card. This stamp is also from the new whimsy vintage christmas set. I will also add a stamped image of my personal stamp underneath.

Challenges
just magnolia-sketch
charisma cardz-more than one fold
delightful challenges-metal mania
allsorts-bingo (punch,tag,ribbon)
totally tilda-red and green christmas
magnolia stamp lovers-sparkling


x laura x

pile of presents

Just a quick post today. My boyfriends sister is visiting this weekend so i have a lot to do.

The punch used for the border is the martha stewart aspen punch. The snowflakes have been covered in diamond dust twinklets.

 

Gems are from ebay. The glitter is stickles, waterfall. Sentiment stamp is magnolia, merry christmas with holly post mark.

 

Image is from Lili of the Valley, James bear with pile of presents. James the bear is coloured with distress inks and his hat has stickles glitter on.

Challenge
lili of the valley-sketch
a spoon full of sugar-winter wonderland
quixotic paperie-christmas
paper take weekly-3 of a kind(3 snowflakes)

x laura x

Shopping

Hello Bloggers,
                      hope you are all well. This is my card for today.

The sentiment is by justrite from the just a note borders and centres set.

The hinge clip can be found HERE. "shopping list" has been written by hand. I used a punch from stampin up for the binder detail(left hand side)

Flower selection can be found at wild orchid crafts. Ribbon was white but i coloured it with a pink promarker to match the pink theme. Gems are from ebay.

Image is from whiff of joy, shopping willow. I have coloured her with distress inks.

The main DP is from my stash, sorry dont know what its called(came in a pack from ebay). The pink star DP is from Magnolia, pink starlit.

Challenges
whiff of joy-sketch
simon says-3 different types of embellishments, 2 patterned papers, 1 image
abc-F is for flowers
lil red wagon-something old(my image), something new(hinge clip)

x laura x

Autumn 2010

Afternoon everyone.
Firstly i have to make a small apology for the lack of posts for a week. I have had a hard time with my M.E over the week.
But have finally managed to sit down and join in with the belles n whistles first challenge on their new blog. They have some amazing candy up for grabs for the winner. Oh did i say "winner", i meant winners, yes winners, there will be 2 winners how cool is that?!

The sentiment is a stamp and die set found HERE. I love this set and havent seen anything like it, so versatile. The orange and leaf border and background of the sentiment is handmade. I took a piece of plain white thin cardstock and coloured it using a distress ink spiced marmalade. The leaf stamp is from a set by stampin up called lovely as a tree. I stamped it using memento coco ink. The punched edge was done using martha stewart doily lace punch.

Flower is a Marianna design set LR0110.

The charm "made with love" can be found at bunny zoes. Ribbon is from my stash made with the bow-easy. I added a 10mm orange rose from wild orchid crafts to the middle.

Image is a belles n whistles stamp called beary big hugs. I have coloured the image with distress inks.

I have distressed all the edges with a distress tool. The DP`s are from Bo Bunny, kitchen spice rosemary and kitchen spice nutmeg.

Challenges
belles n whistles-fall colours
stamp with fun-sketch
secret crafter-distressing
sir stamp alot-autumn
bunny zoe-autumn love
charisma cardz-autumn

x laura x

tilda and edwin

I have been looking at printers today. Wow there is so many out there i didnt know where to begin. I am looking for an all in one printer that i can use to print digi images onto watercolour paper and print out digi backgrounds. Also i need one that has cheap ink refills and good quality print outs. If any of you have a good printer or know of one could you let me know the make and model, it would be good to have a few to compare.

On to my card for today.

I have tried something new today. I have stitched around the edge. I don't have a sewing machine so have done this by hand. It took ages but i am glad i did it as it adds to the card. My base card is bazzill`s kraft card, then a layer of green card(i cant remember the name of it). The yellow gems are from a stash i got off ebay.

The flowers are all from wild orchid crafts. The red beads are also from wild orchid crafts and coloured them red to look like berries. I wanted them to look like holly with holly leaves. The punches used to cut out the leaves and branches can be found at crafts u love. 

The ribbon is also from ebay. I do love ebay. And yes as you can see its another easel card.

The stamp is magnolia sister and brother. Love this stamp so cute. I have coloured the image with distress inks and cut out with spellbinders large deckled nestabilities.

I have added a pocket for a tag with a message.

The tag is the magnolia tag die cutter. The Merry Christmas sentiment is again from ebay.

The DP is a 12x12 paper by BoBunny called snowy serenade winter night. It is a very glittery paper but the picture doesnt show it up that well.

Challenges
charisma cardz-christmas
paper play-hidden extra
totally gorjuss-sketch
magnolia down under-blue, green, yellow and kraft
totally tilda-glitter and sparkle
magnolia stamp lovers-lace(i have a lacey doily)
wild orchid-stitch it up
polly craft-anything goes
a spoonfull of sugar-sparkle and shine

x laura x

baby girl

well what awful weather we are having in the UK. I started this card on Friday but have been unable to post it due to going to Hampshire for the night at the last minute. I got back last night, so i finishes the card this morning. I love this card and im very proud of it. This is going to be one that i want to keep. I had no reason to make this type(baby) of card and i am addicted to making easel cards at the moment.
I think i will try and make a criss cross card next as i haven't made one for ages.

I love this sentiment and die cut set. It will be my go to set for a long time. You can find it Here.

The white ribbon is from my local hobby craft and all the flowers are from wild orchid crafts.
Large pastel pink flower is HERE.
Smaller 2 tone pink flower is HERE.
Small yellow roses HERE
I have used 3 different punches for the leaves and branches.
The branch is a Leone Em punch called Ash branch- 50mm.
Smallest leaves are from a mini punch birch leaf. What a bargin only £1.49. the leaf measures just 10mm from one end to the other.
The bigger leaf i got of ebay. It is just a bigger birch leaf measuring 16mm.
I dont know where i got the closed roses from but you can find an exact match HERE.

This selection of flowers is the same from above but has 1 extra addition.

Pointing upwards is a 2-tone mulberry paper gypsophila flower on a stem found HERE. I have used the yellow one out the bunch.

The bow was made with the amazing bow-easy. Pram charm can be found HERE.

Glitter around the edge is stickles cotton candy. The image is Magnolia cuddley horse. I have coloured this with distress inks. I had to re do this image about 3 times, my colouring was just not going to plan for some reason. The main colour is victorian velvet.

The papers are all by flair designs but unfortunately the website i bought these from looks like they are no longer stocking them. Which is a shame because i love these and wanted to get some more :-(
If anyone knows where i can get some more please let me know. x
*added later* I have found these papers HERE.

Nearly forgot i added a lace doily behind the small square to tie in with the sketch a followed. The doily was too large so i cut the corners off and stuck them behind the square section to fit. Lace doily can be found HERE.

 Challenges
Friday sketches-sketch
Just magnolia-anything goes
Creative card crew-bloomin marvelous
Secret crafter-easel cards
2 sisters-animal fun

Well i hope you all like my card as much as i do and hope you have a wonderful week.

x laura x