Appreciate your loved one!

Supplies:  pp - Webster Pages, green textured cardstock - 

Papermania, kraft cardstock - Papermania, Stampin Up Butterfly die, 

Quickutz Scalloped square die, rust cardstock (flowers) - Canson, 

pearls, heart gems, button from stash, machine stitching, 

tea dye distress ink and blending tool, pop dots, embroidery floss

and sentiment - trying to find where it came from!

This week's challenge on Paperplay is "Appreciation/Thank you".  I decided to think a little outside the box on this one and make a card to give a loved one in appreciation of all that they do!

I used Webster Pages patterned paper and lots of dies, stitching and some inking.  The sentiment was on my pc - I get a lot of my sentiments from Create with TLC but don't think this was one of them.  If you recognise it please let me know as I always credit the owner and give a link back.

Thanks for stopping by - hope you get a chance to play along with us this week. 

Honey ... I'm home!

Hi everyone... it's been a while - I have been busy with lots of other things i.e. entertaining boys on their school holidays!

We spent a lot of our time on the water and visited some fun locations!

Fastnet Rock - the most southerly point of Ireland

The Fastnet Rock is 13 kilometres from the main land of Ireland and as you can see was flat calm the day we visited.  The rock rises to 98 ft above low water and is separated from Little Fastnet (on the right) by a 10 metre channel.

98 ft from low water to the top!

You can get an idea of the height from this photo (above).

A less popular view of the Rock.

Lots and lots of steps!

 The lighthouse was built in 1897 and first lit in 1904!  Isn't that just amazing?

I took over a thousand photos in the last few weeks - so please bear with me while I process them and see if there are a few worth sharing!

Thanks for peeking - I promise to try to get back and visit all your blogs over the coming weeks but as many of you know - it's a busy, busy time with school starting back up!

Packaging! Upcycle/recycle

Supplies:  Follow your heart stamp set - My Mind's Eye,

 Aquamarine Archival ink - Ranger, Mini white luggage tag, 

Rich Cocoa ink - Memento, aqua washi tape - The Greeting Farm, 

red washi tape - Queen & Co, heart punch - X-Cut, Ribbon - craftfairy.co.uk, 

Manilla tag - Ranger Industries, flower - stash, pearls - Icon Craft.

The Challenge this week on Paperplay is "Upcycle/Recycle".

I needed to package up some items for my niece and decided to recycle some card packaging (cellophane bag). I used tissue paper and punched red/teal circles and hearts from some textured pp to create the confetti to add to the package. I added one tiny heart to the tag.

I love using bright colours on my projects. I used stamped images in rich cocoa as my base layer and then added the colours with flower, washi tape and ribbon. 

 Thanks for peeking- hope you have a wonderful day.

Layer it up!

Supplies:  pp's - What's Up collection Basic Grey, 

sentiment & frame - Lovestruck Collection Amy Tangerine/AC,  

Robin's Egg blue textured cardstock - American Crafts, Hexagon 1' die - 

Sizzix, machine stitching, lace from stash, ribbon - MemrieMare on Etsy, 

button from stash, pop dots, chipboard butterfly - Random Collection 

Crate Paper, pearls - Icon Craft, A6 card blank - Anita's, 

embroidery floss and roller adhesive.

Quite a lot of the pp's, stamps and dies that I used on this card came from Simon Says Stamp.  I have been purchasing their monthly kits and having lots of fun creating.  I used Basic Grey papers on this from their What's Up Collection.  It was part of the Simon Says Stamp May Kit.

Guess what! They are our sponsor on Paperplay Challenges this week and the challenge is to "Layer it Up".

I had fun using lots of elements on this card and as you know - this would not be my norm!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you get a chance to play along with us.

Happy Anniversary

Supplies:  Stamps - Simon Says Stamp June Kit of the Month, pearls -
 Hobby House, London Fog ink - Memento, Ranger Archival Ink, 
tombow roller adhesive, pop dots and detail scissors.

It's amazing ... but this pink isn't really as vivid in real life!!!  

Made this using Simon Says Stamp stamps from last month's (or was it the month before!) Kit.   I need a quick Anniversary card to put in the post and this worked out quick and easy!

Thanks for peeking, hope you have a wonderful start to your week.

Christmas in July

Supplies:  Mother and Child Stamp - Whiff of Joy, pp - American Crafts, 

sentiment sticker - AC, ribbon - AC, card blank - Anita's, copics - 

Y21Y00 YR00 BG10 E00 R37 0 G82 Y11, Touch Marker - GY167, 

pop dots, Guillotine - Purple Cows, Diamond Stickles - Ranger, white 

enamel - Ranger, buttons - Cork Art Supplies, Martha 

Stewart Snowflake punch and roller adhesive - tombow.

The challenge over on Paperplay today is "Christmas in July".  We are very kindly sponsored by Whiff of Joy and the random winner will receive a stamp from WOJ.

I used a Mother and Child stamp from WOJ to create this holiday card (the stamp isn't necessarily a holiday one - I just decided to repurpose!).

I coloured with copics, matted and layered using holiday papers, ribbon and sentiment sticker from Dear Lizzy and American Crafts - "December Delights"Range.  I adhered the snowflake and buttons to the cardstock using glossy accents!

Thanks so much for stopping by - hope you have a wonderful day.

Another Birthday Card

Supplies:  SRM Sticker, Wine Bottle die - PTI, Circle die - Quickutz, kraft paper - 

Canson, machine stitching, card blank - Anita's, pearls - Iconcraft, pop dots, 

roller adhesive and glossy accents

I loved using my new PTI die to create the perfect "banner" to add to this card.  The patterned paper is a lovely dark denim colour (looks purple-ish in the photo!!!) and offsets the dark pink.

I added some twists to the flower stemps and adhered them to the card with glossy accents (to be sure they won't budge!).

The final touch was six tiny pearls which I left on the adhesive in sets of three, so they were evenly spaced when I added them to the cardstock.

Thanks for peeking - I really appreciate your visit/comments.