Another item from Ally Pally.... a Thank you card

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Thank you for popping by. Your visit is valued in all sorts of ways. I'm late (again!) posting as work has been so busy and so I'll try and make this brief. I cannot believe that we are now in October! Where is time going? So Hallowe'en is on the horizon. We go to a couple of Salsa events around that time and dress up - need to sort this year's costumes out but I think we'll be using last year's ones for at least one of them.

I wanted to send a Thank You card and thought I'd use my latest die purchase, bought at Ally Pally. The die does come with 4 separate butterfly dies too but I didn't want to place/use a "solid" butterfly because it needed posting and wanted to keep it flat. I thought I'd paper piece it instead.  It was quite fiddly but it was very satisfying to do. I've since seen Sue Wilson do a technique with texture paste on a die cut, you don't have to be too careful filling in the spaces and then place another die cut of the same image on top and hey presto! any blurry filled in spaces are immediately covered up. I will definitely make more of this style either with glitter or texture paste in different colours and variations. I love CAS cards

Ingredients

6x6" card blank

Serif digikit piece of "material"

Sue Wilson - Butterflies in Flight

New Goodies New Baby Cards

Hello All
Thank you for your lovely comments. I love doing cross stitch, but these days the old eye sight means that now I only stitch during the day. The bit I don't like doing is the mounting and framing. I must have about 6 or 7 wrapped up in my wardrobe waiting to be done! Oooh Mrs Duck, thank you, I was so flattered by your comment. You must have caught me on a good day, most of the time I obviously don't look that young because bus drivers ask me if I've got a bus pass - cheek! I have to say you don't look your age either, especially when you're not wearing your crash helmet. I think you look a lot younger than you say.
Today's cards are using some of my new products, one from Ally Pally and one just because! My daughter's friends are all having babies at the mo, some are on their seconds and My New Baby cards were always a variation of one I have already posted and I'd had my eye on this cd-rom/die set for ages. They didn't have the complete deal at AP so I ordered it as soon as I got home. It is from Tattered Lace which is a company that I have used before and know that some people don't like Stephanie and Nancy (me included) but I liked the look of this concept. Now, I am having problems with getting the cd to work but I took it into Serif and made my own digikit. I am in a little dispute over the error messages that were occurring but that's between a pc repair company and me at the moment but if I'm not happy and it isn't resolved satisfactorily, I will be contacting Tattered Lace.
I can see me using this for baby/toddler's birthdays, first Christmases,  Easter etc
The embossing folder was bargain from Ally Pally. I love the cute little tooties!

I did have to do a re-jig for the one going to OZ, it's spelt "Jaxon" not "Jackson" lol!

Ingredients

5x7 card blank

Tattered Lace Charisma Bunny and Teddy - with matching die I hope you can see that I've decoupaged the image - easy peasy with the die!

Embossing folder-  baby feet (I've thrown the packaging away!)

Pearlised aqua/blue card from stash

Super smooth white card 250gsm for images and a piece coloured blue to match the patch on teddy!

Sue Wilson - Delicate Daisies closed petal

Sue Wilson - New York Collection Herald Square

Sue Wilson - pierced flags

Mei Flower pearls

I'm crafting with a friend tomorrow afternoon - yay! So I'm off to clear a space for us to play

See you Thursday

xx

Oldie for Ffffiday

Hello Everyone
Thank you for all of your lovely comments It warms the cockles of my heart that you've taken the time and trouble to visit my 'lil ole blog.
I know I listed all of my purchases and then thought that I'd missed off that I thought I had bought the Poinsettia stamps by John Lockwood but now can't find them. I'm hoping that I'd looked and then decided against buying them and not lost the money ... I think a small purchase may just happen, although I'd promised myself that I wouldn't spend any more on craft items! Next Ally Pally has presented me with a bit of a dilemma because it's my Ruby Wedding Anniversary (if we survive that long hee hee!) on the 10th April. I hope to go and perhaps meet the like of Jackie and the Cotswold Crafters
Today's oldie inspired by Erika at Snappy Crafts Hers is a Christmas theme and mine is the third one in the series of cross stitch that I made for SIL as Christmas presents for four years. I have to say once I'd decided to make these at least I didn't have to worry what to buy for 4 consecutive years hee hee! So this one is Summer, SIL had already taken this one out of it's old frame and so it was a little creased when I took the photo (sorry)
Off shopping today for OH's glasses - what joy. I have a couple of new baby cards to make too. I intend to use a recent purchase for a change - so watch this space. I love 'em and have tons of ideas to use it...?

Have a great week end and see you Tuesday

Ally Pally goodies and a wedding card

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Great to have you call again, if you are able to comment, then feel free I value all of your feedback.
Some of you asked for photos of my Ally Pally booty. I forgot to take photos! I was so keen to un pack and rearrange things that it didn't enter my head soo....here's the list

Sue Wilson dies Classic - Poinsettia open petal  (I'd already bought the closed petal earlier in the week!)
Sue Wilson dies - Butterflies in Flight
Sue Wilson Embossing folder - Contemporary Poinsettia
CE texture paste - Apple Red - Frosty Mink - polar White 
CE Embossing powder - bright gold
CE - Diamond Snow glitter
CE - Vintage gold card
pearl card - gold
Set of Junior plates for GC (I'm determined to keep one side of the cutting plates purely for white card)
Embossalicious A4 embossing folder - can't remember name but it's flowery!
Small embossing folder with baby's feet - packaging already thrown away by OH!
2x 6x6 card blanks
2 x Doo craft die storage folders
packs of Mei Flower pearls in various colours
Fiskars stamp thingy
and a mask that has stars all over it! I did add it all up and .....I'm not telling It was a lot! That's my craft spend now until next April (but I do have a birthday next month and of course Christmas!)

I'm showing this card today because it was a sort of happy accident. It is all made in Centura Pearl card and a slither of silver mirri board. I've gone off mirri but I think it looks great in small doses The font is a free one, the embossing folder was a buy from April's Ally Pally by Tri-Boss and the hearts are from a Tattered Lace. I used a mini Striplet outside edge to create 3 panels to emboss. I thought I'd calculated that I could place them onto my base card with a small gap in between each one uh huh! I hope you like it because I was very pleased in the end

Today's post is a bag

Hello Everyone
Thank you for visiting and if you've time to leave a comment, thank you sooo much
First off, a big welcome to Jackie Trinder for clicking the follow button
I had a fantastic day at Ally Pally. I met a few people that recognised me from visiting their blogs I was thrilled that they remembered lil' 'ol me! And I met Mrs Duck for the first time. If you don't know her blog, please visit her because she is very creative and hilarious. Talking of which you need to go to SpecSavers! I may be tall(ish) and I suppose I am relatively slim BUT I am definitely am not pretty!
Today's post is inspired by John Lockwood. His blog is definitely worth a visit. This die was one of the first Sue Wilson Striplet dies I bought

Oldie for Fffriday and Ally Pally tomorrow!

Hello Everyone and thank you for visiting. I love that you come along and if you have time to leave a comment I appreciate it. 
Thank you for your lovely comments on my previous post. I thoroughly enjoyed having a go at this craft. Form A Line still make the patterns that I used. 
Today's oldie inspired by Erika. is the second of four that I made for my SIL as a Christmas present. So now we're up to Spring. It was inspired by the late great Jo Verso. I've adapted it to fit with their garden. The shed, greenhouse, their looks and clothes all reflect what happens in their garden, even down to having two bird tables. I framed them all and she had them in her kitchen. They have just re modelled their kitchen so I am now going to re-mount them for the new frames she has chosen.
Today a friend and her mum are visiting to craft - Perfect and tomorrow I'm off to Ally Pally - more Perfect! Is anybody going tomorrow? I'd love to meet up and say "hello" in person. Have a great week end whatever you're up to and see you Tuesday

House of Cards Challenge - September

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Thank you for popping by and if you're able to leave a comment, it is much appreciated as I know how busy all of our lives are in one way or another.
Thank you for your comments on my previous posts
Today's card is the one I have entered for September's House of Cards challenge - add stitching --real or faux. I have had a go at faux stitching before but wanted to have a go at the real thing! I used a project that I have had for years from a company called "Form-A-Lines" here . I loved doing it and will definitely try it again. The last couple of photos was my first attempt. I hadn't got any Sulky thread and thought I'd practice with embroidery cotton - BIG mistake, the poor lady looks like she's growing a beard!. I found some black Sulky thread in my stash and wanted to give it a go to see if I enjoyed doing this craft before I splashed out and bought more. Once I had finished it, it reminded me of the Ascot scene from "My Fair Lady" and the sentiment is a line from the song the Ascot Gavette "What a smashing, positively dashing Spectacle: the Ascot op'ning day" 

The glittered "dazzler" looks a bit misshapen but in real life it is a perfect circle

Ingredients

6x6" card blank

Sue Wilson Noble Squares - pierced

Sue Wilson Delicate Daisy

Black ribbon

Pinflair glue gel

Tonic Nuvo - black glitter

 Now the disastrous one!

See you Saturday 

xx