Happy 50th to a very Dear Friend

I made this card for my friend's 50th. Her family did her a surprise party which I went to and had a great time. Ive known her since I was 11 and we went to school together, so yes you've guessed it, its my 50th in a few weeks time too. (Boo hoo) The older you get the time just seems to go so much quicker. Now on to my card.

side view

box for card

• Embossed front piece of card and cut out an aperture and then arched it to fit so that butterfly sat in the middle
• Acetate butterfly using one of the glitter girls butterfly stamp and then glittered behind
• Fiskars lace punch for edging 
• Three rolled flowers using patterned paper and then a pearl glued in centre
• Papermania adhesive shimmer dots
• Box made with centura card and spellbinders fancy tags and ribbon and button from stash

Thank you for popping by. x

The Shabby Tea Room

What a day I had yesterday. Firstly I dropped by beads in my flower bead container all over the floor, but my lovely daughter helped me pick them up and then she sorted them all out for me into the separate compartments. Isn't she lovely. xx  Then I went to use my car after not using it for 4 days, saving petrol and it was dead. Silly me, so now my son is coming over to help me. Always comes in threes, I wonder whats next!! Onto my card. This card is for The Shabby Tea Room challenge - week #84 - Pumpkin Garden. I could not wait to do this one as I have the perfect papers from My Minds Eye to use. I have had these papers for a while now, but to scared to use them as they are so delicious. A big thank you goes to Lee from Craftyloops as I followed her tutorial on the daisy flower. I love how the middle bit turned out.

• Papers from My Minds Eye
• Spellbinders fancy tags 2
• Tim Holtz tattered florals die
• corners embossed and sanded down
• diamonds from stash
• lace doilies from Poppyscabin
• promarkers used on tag - orange, honeycomb and pastel yellow

My Little Princess

A pretty princess card for a pretty princess, my granddaughter who will be 2 on Sunday. I have had these princess papers for years. I actually bought them from QVC when my youngest daughter was little and was mad on Ariel and all the princesses. She is now 14. I nearly gave the papers away, glad I didn't now with all the grandchildren that keep appearing LOL. Doesn't time fly.

The other card I have made is for my son's girlfriend who will be 21 on Tuesday. They live in Taunton as she goes to Uni there and we will be spending a few days there next week. Can't wait. She is studying Fine Art so I had to make this beautiful flower as she is always painting gorgeous flowers. Naughty me, yes I have gone and bought the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die as Lee from A wee bit of CraftyLoops told me I NEED them LOL. You were right Lee I really do. They are so fab, I just love them, after seeing all your lovely creations. So many things you can make and also I love the fact that you can use materials, so I am going to make some pretty flowers for headbands that all the little ones wear. Hope you like the card and thanks for popping by. xx

• Digi design printed onto square card from CD
• Tattered Florals die used to make flower using black mesh and white mesh from stash and black and white flowery paper and greyish paper alternated for rest of flower
• metal flower button
• glittered 21 using wordart on computer.

Flowers

Found these beautiful digi image toppers on one of my cds and made my friends' birthday cards with. I would love to take the credit for the beautiful layout but all I did was to add more of the flower and butterflys and of course glitter and bling. On the second card I used my Spellbinders Rose Creation die to make the large blue flower and added a diamondy button in the middle. I love the way you can make so many different types of roses or flowers with this die and I must get the Tim Holtz tattered die as I see so many clever bloggers using this in different ways.

Side view of the flower, but a bit blurry as my batteries died in my camera. Thanks for looking and I would like to enter the first card into The Shabby Tea Room challenge - week #83 Fall Flowers

Vintage Dress Stand

Hello everyone. Hope you like my card for today. I am so into the shabby vintage style at the moment and just had to use my new stamps from My Minds Eye. I must stop buying and start using what I have, but there is just so many pretty papers and stamps I want and everyone in blogland are doing such nice designs that I just have to get more and more. HELP....... 

• Papers from My Minds Eye - Lost and Found - Portebello Road
• cream card which I embossed
• distress ink - antique linen
• lace and pearls from stash
• printed digi frame
• Stamp - My Minds Eye - Lost and Found - blush - princess stamp set which was stamped using versafine ink pad - vintage sepia.
• X-cut - butterfly die

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
The Shabby Tea Room - Week #80  Vintage White
Pink Ink Sketch Challenges - Sketch #6 Kylie's sketch

Apple of my eye

Oooo Ive been buying again. I have bought some lovely seam binding from The Ribbon Girl and some beautiful lace doilies from Poppys Cabin (links below) so I thought I had better make a card with my new stash. I nearly forgot, guess what, YES I have actually WON a sassy stamp from entering the Sweet Sassy Saturday at the sugarnellie blogspot. Its the Luv a latte sassy, which hopefully you will see her on a card very soon.

• Papers from Pink Petticoat - Vintage Rose
• Lace doiley from Poppys Cabin
• Seam binding from The Ribbon Girl
• Ticket from the Graphics Fairy
• Pearls and jewel from stash
• Handmade rosette
• Promarkers and flexmarkers used on sassy image - Apple of my eye from Funky kits - caramel, sandstone, buttercup, coral, sunkissed pink, blush, light fawn, antique pink, cocktail pink, oatmeal, tan, leaf green, soft green, tulip yellow, antique white, aquamarine, honeydew.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
The Sugar Bowl Challenge - Challenge 67 Erica's Sketch
Thank you for looking xx

Dream Catcher

Just a quick card for my daughter's friend's birthday. She collects dream catchers so I made this quick card to incorporate one inside. Happy crafting. xx

• digital papers from cd. I would have loved to have done it all by stamps, but it was a rushed job so cheated with the paper already printed. 
• Label on front of card digitally made on computer.

Thank you for looking. xx