Many thanks

Hello lovelies I hope your week is going well. It has got really cold again booo! I hope your all keeping warm. Well that's January nearly done where did that month go?  It is actually scary how fast the days are going already. I'm hoping we will start to get sunnier days near spring, we have had so much rain here in the UK and my heart goes out to all the people who have lost their homes through the flooding. Its so sad. Lets hope things get better for everyone.


So I have just finished this card which I have made for a couple of challenges:

sassy studio designs
crafty little fairies-lavender and lace
sweet stampin-in stitches
the ribbon girl-anything goes

I hand stitched the card front, and added my stamped image along with buttons and flowers. I used my pro markers to colour her in and added a double ribbon bow with twine to finish the card off. I also used my polka-dot embossing folder to add some texture. 

Well I hope you all have a lovely week and I am still trying to sort blogger out but thank you all for hanging in there with me. 

Thanks for popping by,

Vic 

Chubby owl twit twoooo :)

Hello crafty peeps how are you all? I hope your having a great start to the weekend. Well so much for me being 'more organized' this year, I think I have actually been less organized than I was before so my motto now is to go with flow...then I may actually start getting somewhere ha ha! Please tell me I'm not the only one who is like this...

Oh I have to ask as a few followers have said they cannot see my feed once I post, is anyone else having trouble? I have no idea why that is happening or how to sort it as I am not good with things like that but I will look into it.

I have made this card for cute card thursday challenge-warm it up and this owl die cut looked perfect as they always remind me of cold weather (not sure why ha ha).

I used my cameo machine to die cut this hero arts digital image and he is just so sweet. I also hand stitched the edge and added some rolled flowers, and a die cut tag. I really need to make more thank you cards.

I hope you all have a great weekend, and I hope its not too cold where you are, or raining! Thank you for taking the time to stop by and I will be back very soon.

Vic

A new home

Hello friends how are you all? I hope your new year is starting well. Sorry I have not blogged for a while it's been very busy the last few weeks. I have been making cards but just didn't have the time to blog but I'm back to normal now :)

I made this card last night using my new penny black stamps which are just super sweet! 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

penny black Saturday challenge

card makin mamas anything goes
delicious doodles challenge flowers

The backing paper is by echo park, and I made the rolled flowers and die cut the topper. After stamping and colouring I hand stitched around the edge and added a doily and banner. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today I hope you all have a lovely day and I will be back soon.

Vic

Penny black November challenge~sparkle

Hello crafty loves, I hope your all good. I have made a card for the November penny black challenge which is sparkle. I was going to make a christmas card but decided on a birthday, but it gives me an excuse to make more christmas cards :)

If you would like to give the challenge a go head over here and I would also like to enter this for pixies crafty workshop challenge which you can enter here.

So here is my card:

This card turned out to be a lot more colourful than normal but I think birthdays should be bright and colourful :)

Thank you so much for stopping by and I would just like to say hello and thank you to my new followers. I hope you have a nice week!

See you soon

Vic

Warm thoughts butterfly card

Hello lovely friends, I hope your all enjoying your weekend. I cant believe we are in September already!

I have made this card for a couple of challenges:
totally gorjuss challenge 199 texture
simon says stamp anything goes
.silhouette america-any downloaded shape
marianne design divas summer sun
the shabby tea room week 182

 

Okay so there is a bunch of bits I have used on this card.

The shapes from silhouette are:

3d rolled spiral flower by Lori Whitlock

3d rolled spiral flower by Lori Whitlock
rolled rose by Silhouette
echo park butterfly by Echo Park

flower papers by Digital Pink Ink

 

Extra products:

Paper smooches stamp

Marianne rolled flower die English rose and leaf die

versamark ink

Black thread

white thread

Nellie snellen doily

handmade rag flower with a button

prima flowers

Textured mesh (under the doily)

 

This card took a long time to make as I got extremely carried away with my hand stitching and flowers he he.

 

I wanted to make a card that would suit different occasions get well/sympathy, as I never seem to have a card on hand when needed. Well I probably do but most of my cards seems to hide when I need them, or maybe I just need to get more organised :)  

 

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog, I really appreciate it. I hope you have a fantastic week.

 

Vic