He Stole my Heart

It has to be said, he definitely stole my heart, I would however of given him it gladly in the blink of an eye.

I simply adore this little man, we had him today and he was as good as gold, he helped water the garden with his little watering can and he just loves being out in the fresh air.

He chatters along asking hundreds of questions which all have to be answered. He also does make believe now which finds me watching and studying him as well as playing along, he jokes and giggles and is totally fun to be with.

He helps make the Yorkshire pudding for dinner, and then up to my craft studio and he did some stamping and made a die cut duck, he likes to get in there as I have a small step ladder so that i get reach to the top of the shelving.

I simply love him.

Baby Girl

As cute as a button this little one.

Baby Girl by Mo Manning at Mo’s Digital Pencil 

Coloured with Copic Markers and cut out with a Spellbinders Label die which I edged in pink ink.

Papers are by First Edition and the pink paper was edged using a geared leaver border punch by Tonic Studios their geared lever punches are amazing.

Finished with some gems from Mei Flower, I just couldn’t craft without their pearls and gems.

Gardening Boots ‘His’

If I could send my Dad a card then this would be it. He had an allotment when I was young and grew all of his own vegetables. He’d of loved this card.

Gardening Boots His by Just Inklined 

When Dad wasn’t at work he was at the allotment, mam used to put up a flask of coffee for him and I would run up with it, I often dropped the flasks and recall my Mam warning me one day not to drop it, of course I did and was frightened to go back home but Dad told me to say nothing and he took the blame for it. Ha ha I could wrap him round my finger but I worshipped him all the same.

I remember when he bought some chickens, he was to fatten them up and we would have them to eat when they were fat enough, each week he would be asked if they were ready but of course he made the big mistake of giving them names and looked on them as pets, he spent hours making crowdy for them to eat to fatten them up but I don’t think we ever got to eat one.

I could go on for hours about my Dad but I’m sure you want to know about the card.

I coloured it with Copic markers and prisma pencils.

I also made all of the embellishments

The little potato sack was sewn from a piece of sacking and the plant markers made from scraps of card.

  

now the carrots were a labour of love made by quilling paper then coloured up.

I thoroughly enjoyed making this card up, partly because I reminisced all the way through making it.

How to make a castle out of old greeting cards

Tutorial by Oriana Lauria

For more ideas and greeting card inspiration, visit Hallmark’s website and have fun! Should you have any comment, suggestions for improvements, please let me know in the comments below.

Washi Tape

Oh I’m so, so excited, Fantastic Ribbons are getting the Washi Tape, oh and I’ll be one of the first to get it.

This is right up there with the must have craft items for 2012, if you haven't heard about it or seen a sample of it then you are missing out.

What is it?

Washi tape is essentially decorative masking tape from Japan. It is useful for card crafting,gift wrapping, home decor and scrapbooking to name just a few.

Washi comes from wa meaning Japanese and shi meaning paper, and the term is used to describe paper made by hand in the traditional manner. Washi paper is commonly made using fibers from the bark of the gampi tree, the mitsumata shrubor the paper mulberry, but also can be made using bamboo, hemp, rice, and wheat.

Wow what a mouthful.

What does it look like?

Here are just some examples of what you will be able to buy from Fantastic Ribbons

So what can you do with them?

The list is endless but here are a few ideas.

Use as a decorative strip on a card, you can write onto it, stamp on it, cut shapes from it, tape the corners of an image to hold it onto a card, wrap it around the envelope as a decorative strip punch out shapes from it.

Decorate a pencil or pen by wrapping it around. make a border frame for an image, use it as file tabs on the top of divider card. decorate a pen pot.

Now don’t miss out on it’s arrival or even special offers from Fantastic Ribbons, hop over to them and subscribe to their news letter Here you will also get the chance to winn £100 worth of ribbons (squeal)

Baby Buskettie

Oh how I remember this, don’t you? it would be in their hair up their nose and in any nook a cranny you can think of.

Buskettie by Mo’s Digital Pencil 

Coloured with Promarkers by letraset and a little bit of Prisma pencil.

Gems from Mei Flower and Prima resin poppy, ribbon from Ribbon Carousel 

A Couple from the Create and Craft Show

I know I'm a little late showing these but I have just caught breath to get the photography done.

The first is from the Pickles and Podge Decoupage Plus sheet.

This one is Bearside the Seaside and can be found here and it has been made up using the Drawer Easel Card pack from here.

The next is also a Decoupage Plus Sheet called Beside the Seaside and can be found here.

 

Gardening Boots for Her

You know we often to gardening cards for the males in our life but it isn’t very often we see female gardening cards, as it happens my Mam although wheelchair bound is an avid gardener and indeed one of my DT friends is also an avid gardener and has her own business doing other peoples gardens for them. Then of course we have Charlie Dimmock who was a TV celebrity on Ground Force.

So here it is, Gardening Boots, Hers from Just Inklined 

Bloom where you’re planted

Coloured with Copic markers and Prisma pencils some K & Co pretty paper and some lace and ribbon.