HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Good evening!

I'm back with another card this time using one of the fab Elisabeth Bell Toppers from The Hobby House :)

 

 

Here is my card...

 

 

Products used:

Elisabeth Bell Topper - The Hobby House

Sentiment - LOTV stamp

Papers - Docrafts

Flower punches

Enamel Dots - Trimcraft

X-cut border punch

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

xx



FLOWER FAIRY

Good Morning.

 

I am here today with my first LOTV Design Collective card for October.

Using some gorgeous products which you can find HERE :)

 

Here is my card..

 

Products used:

LOTV - Flower Fairy stamp

LOTV - Country Meadow 8x8 paper pad

LOTV - Sentiment stamp

Memory Box border die

Flower punch

Adhesive gems

X-cut Butterfly die

Adhesive Pearls

 

Thanks for stopping by :)





Christmas Present

Good Evening.

Thought I'd share a card I made today using a cute Bebunni stamp and some of my lovely new goodies from Sara's Signature collection - Festive Wonder :)

 

Here is my card...

 

 

Items used:

Crafter's Companion Bebunni stamp - Christmas Present

Crafter's Companion Signature Collection by Sara Davies - Festive Wonder 6x6 paper pad

Crafter's Companion Signature Collection by Sara Davies - Snowy Border die

Spectrum Noir pens

Easy Crystal Applicator and crystals

 

Have a lovely evening!

Thanks for stopping by :)



LOTV AUGUST DESIGN COLLECTIVE CARD

Good Morning.

It's been a while since I last blogged, I've had a lot going on the past few weeks so crafting has had to take a back seat but I'm hoping to get more crafty time in next week :)

 

Here is my August make for LOTV using an image from the Here comes Annabel Art pad and some fab papers from the Sunny Side Up pad..

 

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Amanda x



Happy Bears

Hi!

I'm here today with my first LOTV card for July using the adorable Happy Bears clear stamp set :)

 

 

 

Products used:

 

Happy Bears clear stamp set -set 88 - LOTV

Promises flowers and paper chain kit - LOTV

Spectrum Noir pens

Dovecraft Pearls

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Amanda x

 



Geeky & Girly Sneak peek!

Hi!

Not long now until the new LOTV stamp release!

They are releasing 17 new stamps on Saturday 4th July :)

 

Here is another card using one of the new stamps...

 

 

 

Products used:

Geeky & Girly stamp -LOTV

Romance and Roses paper pad - LOTV

Circular Sentiments - LOTV

Sheena Douglas Dies

Dovecraft Enamel Dots

EK Success Butterfly punch

X-cut Doily Die

Spectrum Noir Pens

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Amanda x



Cool & Girly sneak peek!

Morning!

 

I have another sneak peek for you today this time featuring the Cool & Girly stamp and she was just crying out to be paper pieced for me :)

 

I love her gingham dress and matching head band :D

 

Here is my card...

 

 

 

Products used:

Cool & Girly stamp - LOTV

Dress Shoppe paper pad - LOTV

Circular sentiments  - LOTV

Dovecraft - Enamel Dots

X-cut - Doily Die

Memory Box - Stitched rectangle dies

Spectrum Noir pens

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Amanda x



LOTV Sneak Peek!

Good Morning!

So I'm back today as promised with a sneak peek! :)

 

LOTV are releasing 17 new stamps on Saturday 4th July which will include 8 Odd Dog stamps, 2 Teen stamps and 7 new Floral stamps!

 

I have been lucky enough to play with some of them to make samples and you are going to love them! I do! :)

 

So here is my first card using the new Pretty Lilacs stamp which I teamed with some of the new papers from the Dress Shoppe pad...

 

 

 

Products used:

Pretty Lilacs stamp - LOTV

Dress Shoppe paper pad - LOTV

LOTV Sentiment stamp

Spellbinders die

EK Success flower punch

Sheena Douglas Die

Dovecraft pearls

MS border punch

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Amanda x

 

Don't forget today is your last chance to get some LOTV Christmas goodies with a whopping 25% off! :)

 

 

Summer Escapes

Hello!

 

I'm here today with a card using one of the Images from the new Landscape Art pads from LOTV.

 

I've been bust working away on samples using the new stamps due to be released on Saturday 4th July...they're so cute!

 

Will have some sneak peeks for you over the next week ;)

 

Here is my card...

 

 

 

Products used;

 

Summer Escapes Art pad - set 40

Simply Sophisticated sentiments 

Butterfly Kisses paper pad

One Birdie Lane paper pad

Heartfelt paper pad

Memory Box Butterfly die

EK Success flower punch

Dovecraft Adhesive gems

X-cut Doily die

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Amanda x



Looking Glass

Good Morning.

 

I'm back again with my second LOTV make for June.

 

I was lucky enough to be given some of the new papers to work with before they launched...although this didn't stop me buying all three new pads when they were released last Saturday lol.

They're all gorgeous :)

 

Here is my card...

 

 

 

Products used;

 

Looking Glass stamp - LOTV

Romance & Roses 8x8 papers - LOTV

Spellbinders die

Dovecraft Doily

Dovecraft Self adhesive Gems

Hobbycraft Rose ribbon border

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Amanda x



Belle & Boo

Good Evening.

 

Hope you've all managed to enjoy this lovely weather we've been having?

 We went for a lovely walk and a meal at the pub  :)

 

Today I thought I'd share a card using the gorgeous Belle & Boo collection...I'm a little bit in love with it and have made quite a few cards with it so far :)

 

Here is an easel card...

 

 

 

 

Products used;

 

Belle & Boo 8x8 Decoupage pad - Trimcraft

Belle & Boo 8x8 Papers - Trimcraft

Belle & Boo Enamel Dots - Trimcraft

X-cut Doily Die

Spellbinders Dies

LOTV Sentiment

Hobby House Ribbon

EK Success Flower Punch

 

Thanks for stopping by

Hope you have a fab weekend whatever you're upto? :)

Amanda x

 

 

SUNNY SIDE UP!

Good Evening!

I'm back today with a little teaser of the new LOTV paper pads being launched on Saturday.

They're absolutely GORGEOUS and I've really enjoyed working with them :)

 

Today's card features the new SUNNY SIDE UP 8x8 paper pad from Nitwit Collections.

I just love the colours and patterns.

 

Here is my card...

 

 

Items used;

 

Here comes Annabel Art Pad - LOTV

Sunny Side Up 8x8 Paper pad - LOTV (released 6th June)

Belle & Boo Enamel Dots

X-cut Doily Die

MS Border punch

Hobby House Ribbon

Crafter's Companion Kraft card

 

Don't forget that LOTV have a challenge on their Facebook Page...you can find out more HERE!

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Amanda x

 

 

LOTV Design Collective June card

Good Afternoon.

 

I'm here today with my first LOTV Design Collective make for June.

 

Lili of the valley are currently running a challenge over on their Facebook page.

 

All you have to do is make a summer themed card or other project to enter. There are three fab prizes up for grabs with first prize being a £50 voucher to spend at LOTV :)

 

Here is my card...

 

 

Products used;

 

LOTV - Cute Cottage Garden Art pad - set 19

LOTV - Butterfly Kisses 8x8 paper pad

LOTV - Handwritten Phrases - set 25

Doily - Dovecraft

Pearls - Dovecraft

Butterfly punch - MS

Flower punch - EK Success

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Amanda x

 

 



HAND PICKED

Good Morning!

 

Hope you're having a good weekend?

I managed to have a play with my latest purchase from Lili of the valley last night :)

 

Have you checked out LOTV's latest offer?

All their remaining Jack, Patch and Puss stamps and Art pads are all HALF PRICE!!!

 

 I have I made a card using one of those fab stamps :)

 

This is Hand Picked...

 

 

I have used my Spectrum Noir pens to colour this sweet image...

Colours used;

Patch - EB5,EB4,EB3,EB2,EB1 & EB8,EB7,EB6

Jack - IG5,IG4,IG3,IG2,IG1

Flowers - HB3,HB2,LV1

Grass - LG5,LG4,LG3,LG2,LG1

 

Fold-Over Tag Card

 

Pull out tag...

 

 

Items used;

LOTV - Crafty Kit

LOTV - Jack, Patch and Puss stamp - Hand Picked

LOTV - Jack, Patch and Puss Art Pad

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Have a lovely Sunday xx

Amanda x



SCRUFFY LITTLE KITTEN SNEAK PEEK!

Good Morning!

Well I have some exciting news to share today and a sneak peek I've been quietly working away on :)

 

Firstly I was lucky enough to be asked to join the Spectrum Noir TV Design Team and of course I said YES!

 

If you loved Scruffy Little Cat you are going to adore Scruffy Little Kitten!

You can catch Fiona Clayton - Crafter's Companion on Create & Craft TV on Monday with a fab Four Day Deal!!!

 

So here is my first make as part of the team using the fab new Scruffy Little Kitten collection from Crafter's Companion...

 

Here is Princess and she was my fave to colour as I just love her hair :)

 

 

Items used;

Scruffy Little Kitten - Princess stamp set - Crafter's Companion

Scruffy Little Kitten CD-Rom - Crafter's Companion

Crafter's Companion - Neenah Classic Crest Card

Crafter's Companion - Centura Pearl - Hint of Silver

Crafter's Companion -Satin Finish Printer Paper

Spectrum Noir pens and pencils

 

Skin - FS9, FS5, FS1 & 026

Hair - TN9, TN6, TN5,TN4, TN3, TN2, TN1

Dress - HB3, HB2 & 081

Balloon - HB3, HB2 & 081

Flowers - HB3, HB2 & PL2, PL1

 

If you would like to see more sneak peeks from the fab DT you can check out their Pinterest boards

@CrafterscompUK

 

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Have a great weekend and I will be back with more sneak peeks over the weekend!

Amanda x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



LOTV DESIGN COLLECTIVE DAD CARD

Good Afternoon.

 

Here is my second LOTV Design Collective make for May.

 

If you're stuck for Father's Day card ideas, I hope this helps :)

 

Also LOTV have a fab 3 for 2 offer on their A5 stamp sets for 48hours!!!(ends 12AM UK time on 27/05/15), so why not pop over HERE and treat yourself... I HAVE!!! LOL

 

Here is my card...

 

 

 

Products used;

LOTV - Family Sentiment Tags - Set 69

LOTV - On a High Note 8x8 paper pad

Memory Box - Bow die

Buttons from stash

Handstitching

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Amanda

 

 

 



SIMPLY GORJUSS!

Good Morning!

Hope you're all having a good week?

I love the Gorjuss collections, so I had to pick up the A4 Ultimate pack from Docrafts to play with :)

 

Here is one of the cards I made :)

 

 

 

Products used;

Santoro Gorjuss A4 Ultimate paper pack - Docrafts

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Amanda x



SPRING FEVER

Good Afternoon.

I'm back with my first May Design Collective instalment :)

 

 

Here is my card...

 

 

Products used;

LOTV - One Birdie Lane paper pad

LOTV - James and Jenny Bear - Art Pad 23

LOTV - Sentiment Tags - set 24

Flower - Wild Orchid Crafts

Butterfly punches - Martha Stewart

MS Border punch

Doily - Trimcraft

 

Also you can get 15% off certain products at the moment over at Lili of the Valley!

So why not pop over and treat yourself! ;)

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Amanda x

 



LOTV Design collective make

Good Evening!

 

I'm here with my second make for this month for LOTV.

 

This time I have made a gorgeous flower using the fab We R Memory keepers flower punch board and some gorgeous papers from the Heartfelt paper pad by LOTV.

 

 

Here is my make...

 

 

Items used;

LOTV - Heartfelt paper pad

We R Memory keepers flower punch board

Brad from stash

Frame - The Range

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Have a lovely evening

Amanda x



WHOPPSYWHIFFLING BIRTHDAY!

Good Morning.

I bought the Roald Dahl A4 Ultimate pack a while ago as it was a only a fiver, a bargain not to be missed ;)

And over the weekend I finally dug it out and had a play. I had lots of fun and made quite a few cards :)

The design was inspired by some fab cards on Docrafts by Cardcraft, just love her style!

 

Here is one of them..

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

I'm off to the park with the boys to enjoy this lovely weather :)

Have a lovely day whatever you're upto

Amanda x



HERE COMES ANNABEL AND SOME EXCITING NEWS :)

Good Morning!

 

I'm here today to share some exciting news! I was lucky enough to be selected to be a part of the new LOTV Design Collective which brings me onto my card which features lots of lovely LOTV goodies. :)

 

Here is my card..

 

 

Products used;

 

LOTV - Art pad 26 - Here comes Annabel

 

LOTV - Set 24 - Sentiment tags

 

LOTV - Nitwits - One Birdie Lane 8x8 paper pad

 

Flowers and ribbon from stash

 

Doily - Dovecraft

 

Butterfly punches - Martha Stewart

 

Adhesive pearls - Dovecraft

 

Magnolia Tag die

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Amanda x

 



Little Meow Collection

 

 

Good Morning.

I love the new kitty collection from Docrafts and finally had a play :)

 

Here is my card...

 

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Amanda x



Beautiful Blooms

 

Good Afternoon.

Thought I'd share another card I made using one of the gorgeous toppers from the Beautiful Blooms Art pad from Lili of the valley and some pretty Nitwit papers from the Country Meadow pad :)

 

Here's my card...

 

 

 

Products used

Beautiful Blooms Art pad - LOTV - Set 27

Nitwit Country Meadow paper pad - LOTV

LOTV - Handwritten sentiment clear stamp

MS Butterfly punch

X-cut Flower punch - small

EK success flower punch - large

Papermania adhesive gems

Handsticthing

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Amanda x

LOTV Toppers

Good Morning.

I had a play with some of the LOTV Toppers the other day and some Nitwit Papers, I adore them :)

 

Here is my card...

 

 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges...

 

Papertake weekly - Anything Goes

 

Creative Inspirations - Something Old

 

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Amanda x



Tilda papers

Good Morning!

Hope you all had a good weekend, I managed to make quite a few cards. I felt it was time I finally cut into some of my precious Basic grey paper lol and I love how the cards turned out.

 

Here is one of them :)

 

 

Basic Grey Papers

MS Butterfly Punch

Spellbinders Dies

Dovecraft Clear stamp

Dovecraft Enamel dots

 

I'm entering this weeks Papertake Weekly Challenge - Take your pick - I chose to use the colour Green.

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Amanda x

 

 

 



Mothers Day card

Hi!

Hope you're having a good weekend?

I've had a really productive crafty day today and here is just one of the cards I made :)

 

 

 

Items used...

First Edition papers

Spellbinders Frame Die

Memory Box Butterfly dies

Dovecraft Sentiment stamp

Dovecarft Adhesive pearls

Anita's Gold Mirri card

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

 

Amanda x



Little Lamb

 

Happy Friday!

Thought I'd share something different today...Another Hobby I have! lol

 

I took up crochet last year and have been 'hooked' since! ;)

 

Here is a recent make, a cute little lamb... He is available to buy in my Etsy shop(link in side bar).

 

Here is my little lamb :)

 

 

The pattern is by a very talented lady called Kristi Tullus

http://sidrun.spire.ee

Her patterns are gorgeous and so easy to follow :)

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Have a good weekend!

Amanda x

 

Humphrey

Good evening!

Hope you're all having a lovely weekend?

Thought I'd share a simple card I made using my all time favourite Humphrey stamp :)

 

Here is my card...

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Amanda x



Simply Floral

Good Morning!

As promised I am back with a card that isn't for Christmas lol :)

 

I love the A4 Ultimate packs from Docrafts as they are jam packed with everything you need to make a card and are great value for money

 

Here is a clean and simple card I made using the Simply Floral collection...

 

 

 

Docrafts A4 Ultimate Paper Pack - Simply Floral

 

Papermania - Self Adhesive Gems

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Have a lovely weekend!

 

Amanda xx



LOTV card

Good Afternoon.

 

Back again with another Christmas card :)

I will have some none Christmas cards to share soon I promise just need to get them uploaded :)

 

Here is my card...

 

 

 

LOTV - Topper

Nitwit Papers

LOTV - Sentiment

Flower, Bow and wooden stars - Hobby craft

Doily  - Dovecraft

X-cut border punch

Handstitching

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Amanda x

 

 



LOTV Topper

Good Evening!

 

Long time no blog! :)

 

Thought I'd share a Christmas card I was asked to make using one of the cute LOTV toppers and some gorgeous Nitwit papers.

 

Here's my card...

 

 

Thanks for stopping by

Have a lovely evening :)

Amanda x