Thank you!

Thought I would share this card I made, I LOVE the Flowering Dogwod

collection and just wanted to have a play and see what I made!

Here is my end result! 

My Aunt treated me to a new die! She is so lovely!

I fell in love with this card die as soon as I saw it from Crafter's Companion

(It's called Circle Swing Die) It's been on my desk a few weeks now and 

I just had to use it with the Flowering Dogwoods!

The back of the swing I cut a centre of a card front from the paper pad

and glittered it up. There is space to write in it or you can write on the back!

Have lots of crafty fun, it's raining here so I'm heading to my craft room! :)

Top favourites of 2016

Happy New Year everyone!!!

I was looking back over my blog posts from 2016 at all the creations I have made so

I thought I would share my favourite makes from both Crafter's Companion and 

Heartfelt Creations with you! Lol then I found the top nine on my Instagram page that people liked 

So I have those here too!

2016 was an amazing year I had so much crafty fun and I am

so thankful to work for and with such amazing people.
I wouldn't be able to craft at all if it wasn't for you all,
 I so appreciate all your comments and that you follow me!

I count my blessings everyday!

So ..... here are my top favourites I made with Heartfelt Creations products.

 Here are my top favourites I made with Crafter's Companion products.

And here are the top nine projects people liked on my Instagram page!
They are a little different! 

Dare I say of all the projects I made in 2016 this was my personal favourite.

It took a while to make but I loved every minute of it!

Wow so much crafty fun!
 I'd love to know which was your favourite project I made last year.

Right I need to go get my stamps and dies out I have the urge to make some flowers! Lol!

Happy Crafting! And a huge thank you to you all.

Merry Christmas

I made some Christmas cards for the team!

I think they all have them now so I can share! lol

I had fun working in blue and white and I just love the snowy acetate

behind all my die cuts! 

To make my card I used the Sara Signature Contemporary Christmas Collection

Are you all excited? Christmas is not far away now!!! .

My girls are getting very excited lol! 

Happy Crafting! 

Birthday Flowers

Here is a card I made for Crafter's Companion!

I really am loving making shaped cards at the moment!

This design would make a great wedding card too all you would need 

to do is change the sentiment! 

Lol I used papers behind the diecut front and in side the card, I guess

I could have used Kraft card tho as it gives the same effect!

I do so love Pink, white and kraft as a colour combo! 

Have lots of crafty fun!

To make the card I used:

Dies'ire Cut In Create-a-Card - Floral Garden die

Sara Signature English Country Garden - Lazy Daisy Die

Sara Signature English Country Garden - Floral Duo die

Beautiful Leaves Stamp set

Sara Signature Floral Delight paper pad 

Other items: Gems, pearls, Distress Inks, glitter glue

Shoes and a shoe box!

Oh my goodness I am so excited to share this project with you!

I just had the urge to create a pair of shoes!

And then I thought .......... Mmm they need a box too! lol!

I had such fun making these I really hope you LOVE them too!

Of course I had to decorate the back too! 

Oh how I would LOVE a real pair of these.... Jimmy ........ lol! 

Here is a close up of the corner of the shoe box.

 I just decorated the one corner as it was designed for the shoes to sit on it!

The lid is all glittered on each butterfly, the camera didn't pick it up very well .....

Also all the flowers and leaves are sprayed with Irridescent Spray and Sparkle! 

I made the shoes and the shoe box with the Sara Signature English Country Garden 

collection from Crafter's Companion.

Here are the items I used:

12 x 12 paper pad
Beautiful Leaves stamp set
Lazy Daisy die
Floral Vine die
Grand Floral metal die

Die'sire Mixed Media Gift Tags die set

Other items: Prills (flower centres) pearls, glitter glue, Peeled paint and Victorian Velvet Distress Inks

I used a shoe template I found on Pinterest for the shoes, search shoe template and you will find it easily!

Happy Crafting everyone! Hugsxxx

Especially For You

Just a quick post today. Thought I would share this card I made a friend.

You know I love my white cards! lol! 

I made a card the same just with purple flowers on,

YUP! you guessed it I forgot to take a photo! lol!

I think a white card really makes the flowers 'pop'!

To make the card I used the following:

Sara Signature Floral Delight Pretty Petals die

Sara Signature Floral Delight In bloom die set

Bebunni brighten my day stamp

Downton Abbey Antique Frame die

Centura Pearl

Tacky glue

Other items: 3D foam pads, prills, Distress Inks, Black Ink

Happy Crafting!

Especially for you

I thought I would share a card I made for some very special ladies!

They have all got their cards now so I can share!!! lol!

I love this die from the Downton Abbey collection at Crafter's Companion!

You know me, pink and white!! 

Mmm ......... I feel a blue project coming on!! lol

To make the card I used:

Sara Signature Floral Delight Pretty Petals die

Sara Signature Floral Delight In bloom die set

Bebunni Brighten My day stamp

Downton Abbey Ornate Rectangle die

Tacky Glue

Centura Pearl Card

Other items: Gems, Victorian Velvet distress ink.

Happy Birthday Dad!

Something very different from me today for Crafter's Companion!

A masculine card!!!! lol! I know it still has flowers! 

Some men love flowers! Honest! 

I had real fun with the new Card Base die to make this easel card!

It's so cool you can cut it as a folded card or as a shape

by turning the card around to cut the final piece of the shape!

To make my card I used the following:

Create-a-Card base Die Emma

Sara Signature Just For Men Urban Collection paper pad

Sara Signature Just For Men Male Sentiments Die

Sara Signature Together Forever - Matt Mirror Card

Crafter's Companion Downton Abbey Ornate Square Die

Sara Signature Floral Delight Pretty Petals die

Wild Flower Trio dies

Sentimentals - Love is all you need.

Centura Pearl Card

3D glue

Tacky Glue

Other items: Beads, Peeled Paint and Tea Dye Distress Ink, glitter glue.

Birthday Gift Bag

Gosh I can't believe it's so long since I blogged!!
It's been a bit hectic here with hospital visits and appointments for Caitlyn.
But I finally got to craft!!! Yay!!!

I think this is a first for my blog!!! Lol!! 

I don't think I have ever decorated a pre-made gift bag before!

I know ........ why on earth not??? !!! 

I had great fun with this! I can feel another one coming on!! lol!

To make the gift bag I used the following Crafter's Companion Supplies:

Crafter's Companion Downton Abbey Ornate Square Die

Die'sire Fancy Edge'ables - Doily Lattice Die

Sara Signature Floral Delight Pretty Petals die

Sara Signature Floral Delight Leafy Flourish die

Sentimentals - Love is all you need.

Centura Pearl Card

Coredinations 

Sand it Kit 

3D glue

Tacky Glue

Other supplies: Prills, Peeled Paint and Dusty Concord Distress inks,

Gift bag, black ink, pearls.

Thank you!

Here is a quick and simple card that I made for Crafter's Companion this week.

I had fun making the flowers using the emboss resist technique,

and yes I used yellow!!! lol NO PINK!!! lol!!!

It's always good to say thank you!

Life has been so busy the last month or so but I really really appreciate 

everyone of you that stops by my blog. Thank you so much! 

To make my card I used:

Sheena Douglass Perfect Partners Victorian Floral - Anemone A6 Rubber Stamp Set

Crafters Companion Downton Abbey A6 Rubber Stamp - An Evening Out Stamp

Crafters Companion Downton Abbey - Ornate Oval Frame

Other items: White Card, Prills, Aged Ivory embossing powder, 

mustard seed and peeled paint distress ink, 

Wedding gift bag

Here is my project this week for Crafter's Companion!

You know when you are busy doing something and all of a sudden

a craft idea pops into your head?? lol!

Well this popped into mine while sat in the hospital waiting room!

It took me three days to get to make it though!! lol

I thought this would make a great little gift box for a wedding 

OR it would make great confetti boxes at a wedding, or even a favour box!!

So easy to make, die cuts and a strip of card that you 

feather cut along the sides to adhere to the die cuts! 

Add ribbon for handles and decorate!

To make the project I used:

Sara Signature Floral Delight Pretty Petals die

Sara Signature Floral Delight In bloom die set

Sara Signature Together Forever Mr and Mrs Die

Sara Signature Together Forever Luxuury Matt Mirror Card

Spectrum Sparkle Clear overlay pen

Sara Signature Love and Romance Decorative Heart die

Spectrum Sparkle Clear overlay pen

Coredinations (leaves) 

Centura Pearl

Tacky glue

Other Items: Ribbon, prills, pink card

Thinking of You

Here is my card this week for Crafter's Companion!

You know when you are awake in the night for hours and just can't get back to sleep?

Well this is what I came up with the other night so I just had to make it!

I wanted to use the Downton Abbey frame die with a photo.

I thought this was more than a card, it is something personal that could sit out all year long!

It would have been my Grandma's birthday this month, she LOVED lilac

so I made this with her in mind, the photo is of her in the 1940's. 

She still inspires my crafting, bless her.

Hope you like this! 

To make the card I used:

Sara Signature Floral Delight Pretty Petals die

Sara Signature Floral Delight Leafy Flourish die

Sara Signature Floral Delight Thinking of you stamp

Downton Abbey Ornate Rectangle Frame die.

Downton Abbey Regency Borders die set

Centura Pearl Card

Coredinations 

Sand it Kit 

3D glue

Tacky Glue

Happy Crafting

A little something just for you

Here is my card for Crafter's Companion this week.

Oooh I got to play with the new Downton Abbey Dies!!!

I had some flowers left over from my last project so I thought I 

would go with blue again ............. !! hehe no pink!!! 

Well the sun is shining here and it's a beautiful day, Happy crafting! 

To make the card I used:

Sara Signature Floral Delight Pretty Petals die

Wild Flower Trio dies

Downton Abbey An Evening out stamp set

Downton Abbey Ornate Rectangle Frame die.

Other items: White card, beads, Broken China, Antique Linen and Peeled Paint Distress inks

Hugs!

Here is my card for Crafter's Companion this week!

I thought for a change I would get out my blues!! lol 

Well I have been using a lot of pink recently!!! 

Have you been making any Easter projects?

I still have to make some cards.............. shh!

I best get a move on!! lol!

To make the card I used the following:

Sara Signature Floral Delight Pretty Petals die

Wild Flower Trio dies

Sentimetals Love is all you need stamp set

Die'sire Ornate Lattice Create-a-card die

Other items: Distress inks, Edger tool, beads, brown ink, brown card, paper

Friendship card

Something a little different from me today for my card for Crafter's Companion!

I got out my Spectrum AquaTints and Clear Sparkle pen and had a play!

Wow look at that sparkle!!

I used the sparkle pen and the same colour paint as flower for the layered paper too

Lol you know I like it all to match!! lol and yes it's pink!!! 

Well there is a few drops of blue too........ lol!!!

I had lots of fun making this! I thought they would look great as a set of note-lets as a gift!

To make the card I used the following:

Watercolour card

Black card

Floral Delight Stamp

Clear Overlay Sparkle Pen

AquaTint Beautifully Grunge 53(flower)  

AquaTint Pretty Pastels 25(Stem) 5(blue drops)

Collall All Purpose Glue

Mother's Day

Here is my card this week for Crafter's Companion

I thought I would make some Mother's Day Inspiration, 

Here in the UK Mother's Day is on Sunday!! 

I embossed the card inside the easel and along the front but the light didn't pick it up 

so here is a close up of it! 

To make my card I was inspired by a card from Melanie at 

Crafter's Companion and this was my result.

To make the card I used the following:

Sara Signature Floral Delight Pretty Petals die

Sara Signature Floral Delight In bloom die set

Sara Signature Floral Delight Stylish Swirls Embossing folder

Sara Signature Butterfly Lullaby Fit and Flutter die

Die'sire Butterfly Garden Create-a-Card die

Die'sire Decorative Uppercase Alphabet dies

Coredinations

Kraft Card

Other Items: Gems, distress inks.

Wedding Card

For my card this week for Crafter's Companion I thought I'd make

another Mother's Day card ........... lol well it started out that way!!!

But I thought it would look great as a wedding card so it kind of changed!! lol

You could put a Mother's Day sentiment onto it too!!

So like I said in my last post more pink from me!!! lol!!!

This would look great in any colour to co-ordinate with a wedding colour!

I just love playing with dies!!

To make the card I used the following:

Sara Signature Love and Romance I love You die

Sara Signature Love and Romance Decorative Heart die

Sara Signature Floral Delight Pretty Petals die

Sara Signature Floral Delight In bloom die set

Sara Signature Floral Delight Stylish Swirls Embossing folder

Die'sire Edge'ables Renaissance die

Centura Pearl

Tacky glue

Other items: Distress inks, pearls, gems, glitter glue

With Love

Happy Valentines day!!

Thought I would share this card I made for Crafter's Companion.

Lol Pink and white my favourites!!!! 

Are you doing anything special today?

Not sure what we are doing, last year Caitlyn cooked us both a fabulous breakfast!

Maybe I can get her to cook a meal this year !! lol!!

To make the card I used the following:

Sara Signature Love and Romance Collection can be found HERE

Sara Signature Love and Romance Nested Heart dies

Sara Signature Love and Romance All my Love stamp set

Sara Signature Love and Romance Romantic swirls embossing folder

Sara Signature Love and Romance Decorative Heart die

Sara Signature Floral Delight Pretty Petals Die

Sara Signature Floral Delight In Bloom Die

Centura pearl

3D glue

Coredinations

Other Items: Distress inks, prills, black ink, edger tool

Always and Forever

Thought I would share another Valentines card I made for

 Crafter's Companion with the Sara Signature Love and Romance Collection.

This time I used the paper to help with the framework of the card.

I just love that corner of the paper I couldn't hide it!! lol

My hubby said how far away from my style this was !!

Hehe he is funny! Caitlyn however tried to hide this so she could use it!!

I'm rather liking using black ........ I might just use it a bit more!!

To make the card I used the following:

Sara Signature Love and Romance I love You die
Sara Signature Love and Romance Papers
Sara Signature Love and Romance Nested Hearts
3D glue
Other items: Black card

Two versions of the same Valentines card!

I made the same card but a male and a female version this week

for Crafter's Companion!  Here is the Masculine version above, 

I made this with Coredinations, embossed and sanded.

Here is the feminine version, yes pink and white lol!!

I coloured the flowers differently and embossed 

on centura pearl card for a different effect.

I used the same stamps, dies and embossing folder for them both.

Not sure which one is my favourite! 

I think hubby will get the blue one unless I get chance to craft tomorrow!! lol

To make the card I used the following:

Sara Signature Floral Delight In bloom dies

Sara Signature Floral Delight Pretty Petals Die

Sara Signature Love and Romance Heart Cluster dies

Scruffy Little Cat Autumn stamp set

Sara Signature Butterfly Lullaby Filigree Frame Embossing Folder

Die'sire Oval dies

Centura Pearl

Coredinations 

Other Items Beads, prills, Victorian Velvet, Faded Jeans Distress Ink, Black ink, edger tool