Easter flowers

Hi de Hi campers  crafters! Are you all egg..cited about Easter (I can hear you all groaning)...sorry...couldn't resist...back in my hole.(bet you are smiling though).

Start again.....hi everyone, hope you are all fit and well and looking forward to the long weekend for Easter...don't forget to alter the clocks though this weekend!!
I love the longer days, the lighter nights, and the sunshine (when it shows), it makes us all much happier people I think, and we need that in this silly sad world in which we all rub shoulders don't we.

As promised another of the quick Easter cards....

Another LOTV image (now discontinued) with a touch of glamour dust and a stamp in the corner. I can almost smell that hyacinth...I just love their smell! and the blue ones always seem to have the strongest perfume.
A very quick and easy card,but the wishes are no less.

Thank you for stopping by and sharing your time with me, I love it when you leave me a calling card (comment of course) and I can return the favour.
Hopefully I will be back tomorrow with the last two cards...I know....... three times in a week...what must I be thinking.....that I am like the local buses...all at once or nothing at all!.......no.. I don't need the comments that I look like the back of a bus thank you...you are my friends remember!   :)

If you are travelling ...be safe.
Hugs till tomorrow.........
Carole xx

Red Letter Day!

Hi Everyone! I do hope you are all well and have had a good weekend.
Saturday was a red letter day for me! I actually made...yes not just thought about... made...four Easter cards! That has to go in the diary as it usually takes me four weeks! Some were fairly quick.....in fact most of them when I think about it!...so here is one of them....NO ..I am not showing you all four at once, quick or not I have to save something to post or you may not see me for a long while :)

I just love lemon and purple together, it always says Spring to me, so that's my colour choice. The patterned background paper and the topper image are from LOTV  ( sadly no longer available). I embossed the scrap of lemon adorable scorable with a cuttlebug folder that has been in my possession along time! The stamped greeting was from a freebie set that I had in my stash.....obviously from a magazine at some time, ribbon, sparkle and flowers also from stash.

This card probably took the longest to make!...and perhaps that was my reason for the rest being quick and easy (not that this one was difficult!)

So we start another week, with the promise of Easter and an hour less in bed/crafting. This year has not slowed down any for me...has it you? Ca't believe April is fast approaching...yikes!

Just to finish I can't resist being the proud Grandma again and showing you the latest picture my son sent me of Thomas who is 6 weeks old now! ...time flying again! (sorry to bore you)...look away if I am! (boring you that is).

Almost a smile there I think!  :)

I'll be back later in the week with another Easter card (she says smuggly). Till then enjoy your week and keep smiling!

Hugs Carole xx

P.S. Popping to the Playground with this card....all snippets from the box...large and small! I want to see if there are any creme eggs hidden!!

Challenges entered :-

Snippets Playground..week 221

Happy 'Mothers Day'

Happy Mothers Day....in the UK anyway... to all those mums out there both new ones and ones that have been mums for a while. Hope today you are all being spoiled.

Here is the card I made for my dear mum....

It's an 8 inch card layered with the green and pink backing papers (from stash) and the image is from the Downton Abbey CD Rom. I am not a great CD crafter but have to say that my critic (hubby) said that the image looked completely different made up than just when I had  printed it. I mounted it on some pale pink card and added a bit of gliiter to the flower centres.
The sentiment is again from stash (sorry don't know who's) as is the frame surrounding it. I stamped in sepia ink and coloured with a pink copic.
The trellis is from a die (a Spellbinders I think) BUT it is the wax paper that I used for release (waste not , want not) and I snipped it up (very technical) a bit, pearls and gems and done. Yes it sounds easy...but it actually took me  a day and a half to make.........well perhaps 3/4 of that was thinking what to do!!!
I will find out if mum likes it later today.

So what are we all up to? A celebratory meal perhaps?, spending time with the family?, crafting?, time to yourself? or just a normal Sunday?
ME? I am awaiting a visit from my eldest son who lives fairly near...and the youngest one who is in London busy with Thomas, Nicole and her family from Australia paid me a surprise visit on Thursday when he was up in Yorkshire with business, and called in to say hi!...a lovely surprise!
Who needs a special day to celebrate mums?
I am off to see my mum this afternoon and then enjoy dinner cooked by hubby!(he is proof reading this so he now knows he is doing dinner)  :)

Whatever you are doing...enjoy and thank you so much for giving of your precious time to stop by my blog and say hello! I love my blogging buddies!

Take care
TTFN
Carole xx

'Rabbits Rabbits'

Hi there friends!.........
.........no my post is nothing to do with rabbits really but I believe that on the first day of the month if the month contains a letter R then you have to say 'Rabbits Rabbits' before anything else...then you will have a lucky month!!!!  So there I've said it.....have you?

Enough rabbiting (groan..sorry) and on to a card. A male birthday this time,but could be for a female too I guess.

The card is burgundy, not black as it looks in my photo. I stamped and heat embossed the bottle, glass and sentiment in black WOW powder and the colouring of the grapes was done with Twinkling H2o's........I had forgotten how delightful it is to paint with these. The stamps are 'Honey Doo crafts'.
I kept the card flat apart from the tiny bunch of grapes top right so it would post easily.

So..March eh!!!! No I haven't made any Christmas cards yet.......and no I haven't finished sorting the craft room. The lounge and dining room have been painted this week......moving furniture resulted in a spring clean of course!!.........where does all the dust come from??.........and yes one job leads to another two...well in this house anyway. I am a bit OCD on being clean and tidy really....just ask hubby... so I am always horrified when we.. (Royal we...hubby and eldest son) move that furniture that is too heavy to move weekly and find the dust and the odd dead spider (shudders at the thought)......never find any cash though!! Anyway what the eye don't see etc!!

Do hope you are all well and have enjoyed some sunshine of late...even though it has been cold. Today we are back to rain here........and my joints are telling me so.....who needs a weather forecaster!! Enjoy your week my friends, I will try and catch up with you soon. Thank you so much for stopping by and thank you if you leave me a comment, they are truly appreciated and I love reading them.

Off to finish my card for mum now!........and then see if I can de-clutter that craft room a bit!

See you soon
Hugs
Carole xx

'Love'

Hi everyone......I'm back from cloud nine......been to London for a cuddle of my new Grandson (big smile)....(picture at end of post)....now its back to all those things you forget about when you are away....yes washing etc!!
We shall not dwell on that, nor the fact that we are rapidly approaching the end of February!!

So how are all of you? I hope you are all well and I welcome my new followers to my blog...thank you for joining me, I hope you like what you see and please let me know when you have popped by.

A Big THANK YOU to all of you who left such kind comments about Thomas and shared in my delight. it is so very much appreciated and I am sure you will forgive me for being a bit behind with my visits to you.

Ok...a card....Valentine...I know its late but it was for hubby so I couldn't post before the day now could I?

A simple design using a new embossing folder from Sara Davies Signature range , and also the heart die and the Love die form the same collection.
I embossed some linen card and then die cut the heart......mistake!! I should have die cut the heart first as the embossing was flattened a little....I did manage however to run it through again with the folder re-aligned...... then I thought about inking the hearts.....then I thought again.....bound to mess it up!
The red paper is some I have in my stash that already has tiny hearts embossed on it but sadly not visible with my wonderful photography! the 'love' was cut several times and layered for a bit of depth.

There we have it!!

I was lucky enough to have a win in the playground the other week and win some more 'love' so just need the time to play with it all.....till then I will send love to you all, thank you for stopping by. Fortune has smiled on me in more ways than one this last fortnight......I am one lucky lady!

Take care everyone and have a good week..........and one last picture.... of baby Thomas.....

I think he may be saying .."Who are you?"     :)

TTFN
Hugs
Carole xx



Challenges entered :-

Cuttlebug Mania....................................I 'heart' you
DD Challenge..........................................Red and White
Simply Create Too. #103.......................Use pink/red only
Moving Along with The Times #14......Words only,no image (don't think a cut out heart counts as an image)
My Crafting Stories #2...........................Anything goes
Less is More...........................................Add some texture (linen card and embossing)

'A SPECIAL DAY'

Hi Friends.
A quick post to share the card I can now show you.....for my youngest Son and DIL....... Yes!.. my Grandson has arrived!  He was born on Monday weighing in at 7lbs 12ozs. and they have called him Thomas (photo at end of post).

Here is the card .....

A popular LOTV stamp this one... coloured with copics and The 'Special Day' is also an LOTV stamp.  The banner is Sue Wilson with a computer generated sentiment. I coloured white pearls blue with my copics so they matched. All papers and embellishments from stash.The large scallop dies are Spellbinders that I have had years!

And here he is...............

I can't wait to travel to London for my first cuddle!

OK .....I've some buttons to stitch on a little cardigan..... so best get on!

Have a good weekend everyone, take care and keep safe and well.

Crafty hugs
Carole xx

Pink Love

Hi there!
Well It's Friday evening...again!! These weeks are going no slower than last year are they!
How are we all?...Well.... I hope and judging by your blogs you have all been very busy. Such a talented bunch you all are, there sure is some inspiration to be had...so why does my mind go blank when I get in the Craft room?

My share for you is very girlie and full of love.......

The base card was printed with the pink hearts on my computer and then I added the With Love die (Crafters Companion) twice, one a bit deeper pink to make a bit of  a shadow. I like the font on this die. The tulip is in the same slightly darker pink.(Joy/Noor design)...I think.
All made from snippets so will hopefully whip to the playground for some fresh air!

Nothing exciting lined up for this weekend...how about you? Hope it's a good one whatever you do. Lets hope we can have a dry one for a change here....its been wet every weekend since the middle of last November.....much to hubby's annoyance as it means he can't get any outside jobs done!.......and thus I don't get any crafting done either.

Short and sweet tonight.......phew I hear you sigh!!

Take care.........see you next week if someone doesn't pinch it in the meantime   :)

Crafty hugs
Carole xx

Challenges entered :-

Pixie's Snippets Playground #214
That's crafty.....................................Love
In the Pink..........................#87......With Love/Valentine
Simply Create Too.............#102.....Love/valentines
Cute Card Thursday #411................In the Pink
Time out Challenges #49.................Love is the flower
My Crafting Stories...#2...................Anything goes
Double D Challenge........................Pretty Pink hearts
Uniko...............................................Anything goes...option love
AAA cards #57................................Love me like you do