A LITTLE DOTTY

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Hi All

I recently found some 8x8 cards so thought I'd try them out.  I am not usually a large card person so this was new for me.   I find it a bit daunting trying to fill up such a large space so started with something simple.

I am pleased with how this turned out.  All stamps used were PTI, as is the cardstock and patterned paper. Quick and simple - my favourite type of card!

MAKE A WISH

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Hello everyone, todays card is using one of my Magnolia stamps which I have not played with for some time now and it was in need of an airing.

I think this is such a cutie image.  This has been coloured with a combination of Prisma pencils and Copic markers.

I seem to be in love with purple and green just recently!

The sentiment used is from PTI and the DP is a collection from SEI who have such beautiful papers.  I just added a touch of Stickle clear glitter to her wings and left it at that. 

Hope you're having a productive, crafty day!

MINI DINO

Morning all

Hope you're having a great day so far.

I've just recently invested in a Cricut Create machine and bought the Create a Critter cartridge to play around with which so far I LOVE.  I am still getting to grips with how to use the thing though so its taken me a while to create a card with some of the things I've cut on it but, here is the first proper attempt.

I cut out this darling little dinosaur, once in the layered colours and once in white card stock and glued a suitable edge together to make the card. There is most probably a better way of doing this but so far I haven't figure that out so this is my best shot at it!

To give a bit more depth to it I added some little eye lashes, a bit of glitter here and there and inked the edges all the way around.  I then punched out a cute little tag and stamped it with my sentiment.  I attached this with some ribbon and a button.

This is for no-one in particular but I am sure it will be come in handy at some point so this one is destined for my card draw for now.

I will continue to play around with this new little machine and will share whatever I come up with as I figure it out some more.  Any tips gratefully received!

MORE BLOOMING FLOWERS

Made this card for a friend who's birthday is coming up very soon and she loves RED!  Using my bargain flowers yet again I made sure there was plenty of red on this one!

She's gonna love this.

Sorry so short and sweet, I am really tired today, didn't sleep too well last night so got up and made this at 3.30 in the morning!  I can't stand tossing and turning, I just have to get up so... any excuse to craft!  I did notice this morning however, that I forgot to thread the ribbon through the blimmin tag though.. Doh!

A BANNER YEAR

Hi All

Been a quiet day at work and had dinner cooked for me when I got home - this NEVER happens, what can he be after I am wondering to myself! - so.... time for a card me thinks!

I have just bought a bundle of seam binding to play around with so thought I'd start there with this one. The stamps I used to decorate the the banners are a new set I've just got from PTI as is the sentiment. I used some Prima pearls to decorate them and a few roses for a bit of softness.

I'm liking green at the moment as I've just finished painting my kitchen in a similar shade to this and who out there doesn't like a bit of pink!

Hope you enjoyed as much as I did making it.


P.S. in case you where wondering, dinner was toad in the hole with onion gravy (I had to make that part as gravy is definately not his strong point) all was yummy. AND all he wanted was to give me a night off from cooking.. ahhh sooo sweet!

BERRY SWEET

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Its been one of those days today, been really busy but never actually ended up feeling like I'd accomplished anything... ever have one of those?!

Yesterday I finished this card so thought I'd share it with before I grab a large glass of of something and flake out on the sofa.

Everything used on this one are all from PTI. For some reason these colours make me think of ice cream.  I think I have some in the back of freezer so that can accompany my wine, which I'm off to guzzle down now!

Night all.  Enjoy your evening.

A NEW DESIGN

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Hi Everyone

You know what, I am a fickle ole thing and I do get bored pretty quickly so if you've been popping in today and wondering why things keep changing its because I wanted to update the look of my blog template.  I was in need of more colour sooo....

after much messing around, broadband drops out and copious amounts of hair-pulling (is it cool for a girl be be bald!?), I've decided on this one.  A few more tweeks needed here and there but essentially I am leaving it alone for while!

Hope you like it... but don't get too settled with it, there is every chance it will change again before too long, LOL!

Check back soon for some more posts, I am working on a few bits today so will share shortly.

Cheerio for now.
Zoe x

WEDDING CARD NO. 2 - the FINAL version

I know that I already made a card for the wedding, but then I decided to make another one!  This is what I eventually gave to them....

Yep, another explosion box.  Love these things.

This one took a lot of work and was pretty fiddly to do but I think it was worth it.

I have had these chipboard hearts for AGES and finally I used them... these were almost binned a few weeks ago when I had a clear out, glad that I kept them now.

The quote I put on one of the side sleeves.

and finally the lid.

Take care
Zoe

FLOWER POWER

Another flowery card to show you today. Apologies for the quality of the pictures, my camera seems to be playing up a bit and it just refuses to take a picture most of the time.  I can hear a funny noise when its trying to focus so I guess its needs looking at.  I think in fact it needs a rest, I took over 600 pictures at my friends wedding a few weeks ago so perhaps it's trying to tell me to leave it alone for a while!

Now, back to the card...

I think mauve and green are a fab colour combination and as I've used this a lot on the wedding stationery recently I have bits left over which I've used here.

All stamp images are PTI as is the base cardstock. 

Must dash, just watching some things on eBay and I don't want to miss out on them.

Catch you soon.
Hugs
Zoe

SNAPSHOTS FROM A WONDERFUL DAY

Hi All

Seeing as I've shared everything else with you to do with this wedding I've been working on, thought I'd show you a few snapshots of the day itself now that I've had a chance to download them....

Here's one of my table plans all set up in the marquee along with a shot

of the couple holding hands leaving the church after the ceremony.

Hard at work preparing - me and my friends Sue (the brides mother) and Lianne folding napkins in

Sue's kitchen - this took HOURS!  The wrapped packages are all the menus,

bunched by table ready to be slotted in.

An almost finished job - just the silver wear, chair covers and sashes to go.  How fab does this look!

 

A shot of the wedding cake which was made by the grooms mum and grandmother and the table

centre pieces waiting to be placed on the tables.  Kindly note my table name cards!

 

The finished article.

I can't believe how lucky I was to get this totally un-staged shot which I took without them knowing.  Within a few seconds they all moved so the shot was gone.  I was just going to take a picture of the view from the marquee and as I turned, there they were.  We had placed chairs and tables outside along with a load of hay bales and as you can see, they were put to good use!

The bride and groom arriving at the reception in a fabulous horse and carriage that was a surprise for them from the brides parents.

AND FINALLY...

The LAST dance... this was taken when virtually everyone had gone home and I could not miss this one. 

I am surprised at how well this came out... it was 3.30 in the morning and we had been

drinking and partying all day!

It was a really fab day and I have a bucket load of pics to sort through now.  I am making albums for the bride and groom and both sets of parents and grandparents as keepsakes so I've got a lot of work to go.

That's all folks

have a good one.

Zoe x