Mother's Day

Hello again everyone. I have another card to show you today. This is the first of 2 Mother's Day cards that I am making.  I have stitched a pattern from Ultimate Cross Stitch Cards magazine and used some plain blue card for my base layer.  I used a piece of patterned paper from Docraft Papermania capsule collection.

I was going to add more layers from the same paper pack and some embellishments but I really liked how it looked with just the one layer so I have stopped here.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Just Inspirational - Mother's Day

That Craft Place - Mother's Day

Crafty Hazelnuts - Patterned paper

Penny's Paper Crafty - One for the girls 

Inspiration Destination - Anything goes 

Clear It Out - Anything goes 

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes 

Crafting From the Heart - Anything goes 

Craft Your Passion - Anything goes 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything goes 

My next Mother's Day card is from the same pattern collection but using yellow roses.  I am having trouble choosing which colours to use as my base layer and choosing which paper to put with it - green or yellow?  I'll blog it when I've made up my mind!

Winter Reindeer - WIP

Hello again everyone.  I haven't made any cards today, I have been going through my papers to find what will go with the pictures I have stitched for Mother's Day.  I hope to have these ready to share with you at the end of next week.

In the meantime I thought I would show you my Work In Progress.

It's a Gold Collection kit called Winter Reindeer which I bought at the NEC in November 2013.  I started it last summer but put it down for quite some time while I made Christmas cards. My aim is to get it finished for this Christmas and make it into a cushion as it is a nice square shape.  I haven't done any back stitch on it yet or any stitches using the gold metallic thread.  I find the metallic thread quite difficult to stitch with so I'm putting it off!  This is what it will look like when it's done.

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Cupcake

Hello again crafters!

I have been trying to make a birthday card for my mother-in-law's birthday which is today.  I took so long over it though that my husband went out and bought her a card so this will go to someone else instead later in the year!
I had an image in my head of how I wanted this to look and it's not quite turned out how I pictured it. I think I should have made the squares with the papers on a bit bigger or more rectangular.  I am still quite new at all this so I am learning all the time!

This is another Hobbycraft mini kit of a cupcake. I used some pink foil card to frame my layers.  The papers are all from my Create and Craft paper book.  I added some paper flowers with gems, the sentiment is also from the Create and Craft paper book.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes

Through the Purple Haze - Anything goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - Fancy corners

Sister Act - Anything goes

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Scandi Style Christmas

Hello Crafters!

It is half term and I have a week off work, I am hoping to get some crafting done.  It may not all be cards though.  I am stitching a 30cm x 30cm Gold Collection kit called Winter Reindeer that I am determined to get finished before Christmas this year!  In the meantime here is a smaller cross stitch kit that I have made.

This is a Hobbycraft mini kit of a scandi style bird decoration.  I started with some red glitter card then used some paper from Dovecraft Back to Basics Traditional paper pack.

I used a tag die cut and used an Inkylicious stamp with silver ink and some bakers twine for the bow. I added a couple of buttons as well. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Fairytale Challenge 11 - Fabric and sewing 

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - Love/Hearts/Red 

Allsorts - Any occasion other than birthday 

Crafting When We Can - Stitching real or faux 

ABC Christmas Challenge - D is for die cuts 

Happy New Year

Chinese New Year that is!

I love all things oriental as I was lucky enough to live in Hong Kong as a teenager.  Chinese New Year is nearly upon us, this year is the year of the sheep.  I don't have a sheep for you but I do have a Mouseloft mini kit of a fan that I have stitched.

I used a Hunkydory A4 card from their Eastern Promise topper kit and folded it in half.  The sentiment is from the same kit. I put the cross stitch on a piece of blue metallic paper and gold card and added gems to the corners. 

A couple of blue feathers underneath and some blue paper flowers with gems finish the card.

So kung hei fat choi (or happy new year) to you all, I will be off to enjoy a very nice chinese meal with traditional lion dance at the Beijing Palace restaurant - yum!

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Brown Sugar - Anyhing goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything goes
Crafting From the Heart - Anything goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Scribble and Scrap - Anything goes
Sister Act - Anything goes
That Craft Place - Anything goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Purple Hearts

Good morning Crafters!

I am thrilled to say that my thank you card has won 2 prizes so far, this is my first success and I am so pleased to have some wins under my belt!

I have made another love themed card today.

 This is a Hobbycraft mini kit with heart shaped balloons.  I have used some plain purple paper and a patterned paper from my Create and Craft Club pack and some gingham ribbon.  I have also used my quilling kit to make some heart shapes for the corners. They were very fiddly as I am out of practice with quilling.  I may have to make some more quilled shapes as flourishes for future projects.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

ABC Challenge - C is for Cupid

Buckwells Crafty Challenge - Love/red

Crafty Boots - Hearts and valentines

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Let's see some purple

Fab n Funky - Hearts and/or flowers

Crafty Creations - Owls, hearts and love
 Cute Card Thursday - Crazy in love

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything goes

Crafting by Designs - February Anything goes

At the Allotment

Good morning Crafters!

We have finally had a smattering of snow so my son was happy as it was just enough for a snowball.  It only lasted the morning and now we're back to it just being cold!

It's my husband's birthday in April and no doubt we will be busy at our allotment at that time of year.  We were allocated an allotment last year after a 6 year wait, all we've managed to do so far is clear the weeds and plant some fruit bushes and an apple tree.  Once it gets a bit warmer we'll be putting in a new shed and plenty of veg.  With all this in mind when I saw this mini cross stitch kit in Hobbycraft I knew it would be perfect for his birthday!

I used a pale green paper for the background and framed the picture in an aperture card from my stash with a woody pattern.  I stamped a sentiment on a pale green circle.  I had a flower pot die cut in my stash and added some paper flowers wih gems in the same colours as the pot in the picture.

A butterfly sticker and some green gems complete the card.  I may stitch this picture again for my father-in-law for fathers day as he is a keen gardener too.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - Stitching real or faux

My Time to Craft - Bugs and insects

Allsorts - Flower power