Just to say

Good morning everyone,

Hope you all had a good Christmas and are ready for 2013

I have a card to share today using an image from the latest LOTV release,

This darling image is called

LETS PARTY

 I have used:

Lets Party, Handwritten Phrases & Verses

All available at LOTV
Also NOOR!

 6002-0142

6003-0027

Both available here

Have a good day and stay safe, enjoy the New year's eve celebrations

BIG HUGZ 

LOTV Mermaid

Just had to pop on and share my news,

My LOTV Mermaid card made it into a magazine.

I'm so chuffed I hardly ever get anything printed.

 I even made the front cover,

yes only small , but it's still there LOL

xXx

 You can get the gorgeous mermaid image here

Thanks for looking

BIG HUGZ

Celebrate the Wonder

Hello, 

I think I'm ready, and what's not done, won't get done!!!

Happy Christmas Eve to all of my followers, old and new.

I have used:

Magnolia ~ Tilda with Holy Baby

DooHickey ~ Peony Petals & Tea Label Tags

Tim Holtz ~ Tattered Leaves

Thank you for popping by.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Santa is coming to town

Well. We're still here lol.

Mac's carol service was fantastic,

Crikey, I've done more than my usual amount of posts this week.

Most of my recent Maggies have been samples for Sir Stampalot,

What an awesome DT to be on,

We had a Christmas get together last week,

We all met up at the shop and did a bit of crafting and a lot of chatting.

Anyway onto my card.

 I have used :

Magnolia ~ Edwin with Sack & Santa is Coming to Town

Tim Holtz ~ Tattered Pine Cone

Thanks for looking

BIG HUGZ

Christmas Gift

Good Morning

Hope you are ready for the big day,

I'm looking forward to having both 

Darren & Mackenzie at home for a couple of weeks

It's Mac's Carol service this afternoon and the she'd finished.

I have quite a simple card to share today,

this is another I made at the LOTV demo, 

and brought it home to add a bit more, but never got round to it.

I have used:

LOTV ~ Christmas Gift & Grunge Christmas Postmarks

DooHickey ~ Poinsettia

Cheery Lynn ~ Holly Corner

Thanks for looking,

I'll be back on Christmas eve with my last Christmas card of the year

Big HUGZ

Marvelous Magnolia ~ 2 images

Hello, 

It's time for another fab challenge at

Marvelous Magnolia, and this time it will run for 2 weeks.

The theme is. . . 

Use 2 or more Magnolia images

I have used:

Magnolia ~ Tilda with Dove & Holy Tilda with Violin

DooHickey ~ Angel Wing, Poinsettia, Antique Lace & Tea Label Tags

Tim Holtz ~ Holly Branch

We have 2 fab sponsors this fortnight

&

 Hope you can join us.

 Thanks for looking

BIG HUGZ

Starry Bunny

Good morning,

Hope you are all well.

This morning I have a gorgeously, cute LOTV bunny to share,

I have stamped the image twice. Then rotated & layered the inner circle.

I have used:

LOTV ~Starry Bunny & Babies Companion Set

Raspberry Road ~ Always & Forever

Marianne ~ English Rose

Cheery Lynn ~ Sm Exotic Butterflies

La La Land ~ Filigree Corner

Noor! ~ Vintage Dies ~ Butterfly & Leaves

6003/0023

6003/0027

Thank you so much for looking

BIG HUGZ

La La Land Valentines release.

Good Morning,

this is my last GD card for La La Land,

I'd like to thank Irina & Sandie for having me.

This week we are all sharing some images from the upcoming release.

I have chosen 

SWEET FRIEND'S MARCI

I have also used some of the new gorgeous dies.

I hope you'll pop over to see what the other girls have done.

Thanks for looking

BIG HUGZ 

La La Land ~ SnowFlakes

Good morning

I'm back with a card for 

La La Land & this week the inspirations is

Snow / Snowflakes

 I have used:

La La Land ~ Snowboard Marci

LOTV ~ Christmas Grungy Messages

Tim Holtz ~ Pine Tree & Tree Line

Thanks for looking
BIG HUGZ

Snowy Tilda and some cute seals

Good Morning peeps.

Hope you are well and getting sorted for Christmas.

I still have a few samples to make for Sir Stamp & LOTV, 

so hoping to get them done in the next couple of days.

I have Mac's Christmas card to share this morning.

 I have used:

Magnolia ~ Snowy Tilda

DooHickey ~ Poinsettia, Swirl/leaf & Snowflake,

La La Land ~ Filigree Corner

LOTV ~ For Her Sentiments

Decorative Elements ~ Oval

Before I go & get busy...

 I thought I'd share a few pics from our day at Donn Nook,

It's an awesome place to visit, from November - Mid December

the seals come up to the dunes to have their babies.

We were a bit late this year, and most had moved out.

But there's still a few sweeties there.

 

Thanks for looking,

Enjoy the rest of your day

HUGZ

My little Christmas tree

Happy Saturday Everyone.

I have a card to share today I made whilst demoing at LOTV

It's the first card I've made in ages that doesn't have any sewing on,

Think if I'm going to do any more demos I need to invest in a little sewing machine,

It just doesn't feel "finished" to me LOL

I have used:

LOTV ~ My little tree & Christmas Grungy Messages

Raspberry Road ~ Archives

Tim Holtz ~ Hardware Findings

Dee's Distinctive Dies ~ Large Snow-covered Tree

Cheery Lynn ~ Snowflakes

Don't forget . . .

LOTV are having an end of year sale, 

to make room for all the gorgeous images coming next year, click here for more info

and here for information of opening/delivery times

I'd like to enter the following:
Deep Ocean Challenge ~ So this is Christmas

Charisma Cardz ~ Christmas

Thanks so much for looking,

Enjoy the rest of your weekend

BIG HUGZ

LA LA LAND ~ Glitter & Gold

Good morning,

I have a GD card to share today,

The inspiration at La La Land today is. . .

GLITTER & GOLD

Well, I'm sure you can all imagine this must have caused a huge amount of panic for me, lol

I very rarely do glitter & I never do gold !

So here goes ........

 Please be kind!

I have used:

La La Land ~ Faerie Marci & Filigree Corner

Nestabilities ~ Decorative Elements

DooHickey ~ Angel Wing, Vintage Tag & Poinsettia

Whimsy ~ Holiday Tickets & Ticket Die

Noor! ~ Leaves

 &

Thank you for popping by

 BIG HUGZ

Marvelous Magnolia ~ Snowflakes

Good afternoon

It seems ages since I've done a post.

Got a few cards lined up to show in the next week.

This week at Marvelous Magnolia it's  the purple teams turn.

Our theme is. . . 

SNOWFLAKES

I have used:

Magnolia ~ Tilda in Mountains

DooHickey ~ Vintage tag & Snowflake

Tim Holtz ~ Snow Flurries

Marianne ~ English Rose

Cheery Lynn ~ Snowflakes

We have two fab sponsors this week

And

I'd like to enter the following:
It's a Magnolia Challenge ~ Winter
Simply Magnolia ~ Tis the season
Dutch Magnolia ~ Let it Snow
Simon Says Stamp ~ Snowflakes

Hope you can join us this week

BIGGEST HUGZ 

*** LOTV WINTER SALE ***

Good morning crafters, I have some news to share today  …

SPECIAL SEASONAL OFFERS 

To make way for all the gorgeous new stamps that LOTV have got planned for next year we thought it was only good and proper to have a bit of winter sale of some of the older (but just as lovely) designs. From now until Monday 7th January (or whilst stocks last) over 50 of the lovely unmounted rubber stamps are only £3.00, so get your skates on and have a look at the offers page!

LOTV close for the Christmas holidays on December 12^th at 2pm UK time,any orders placed after then will be posted when they return on January 7^th

^HUGZ

 

And the winner is . . .

 Hello, As promised I'm back with the winner of my blog candy.

Thank you so much for your lovely comments and hello to all my new followers,

I do hope you decide to stay.

I would have loved to give you all some candy as an appreciation for all your support, 

but there can only be ONE winner and that is

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CONGRATULATIONS

Please email me at

darrenandfleur@aol.com

BIG HUGZ 

 

 

 

Blog candy update,

Sorry for the delay in drawing a winner for my candy, I've promised Mackenzie she can pick the winner using random org and I completely forgot, too late now she's in bed, so I'll try to remeber tomorrow evening

HUGZ

1000+ Follower's Candy

THIS IS A STICKY,

Please scroll down for newer posts!

Hello, I can't believe I have just over 1000 follower's!

I can remember when I first started my blog, I was chuffed to bits to get 40,

and here I am with over a thousand!

I can't say thank you enough to you all.

So, I'm back, as promised with some candy.

 The candy includes the following stamps, from  LOTV

2 x Geisha girl stamps

1 x A5 Clear Sheet - Geisha Companion Stamp Set

1 x A7 Clear Set - Sentiments To Fit Scroll

Also included:

Cheese Cloth

Selection of 6 x 6 Co-ordinating Papers

A Selection Of Lace

Approx 40 ~ 50 Silver Charms

A Small Selection Of Wild Orchid Flowers

and

1 x Foam Sanding Block ~

The Same As I Use For All my Destroying, LOL

To be in with a chance of winning you need to

• Pop a Picture in your side bar, Linking back to my blog
• Leave your name with Mr Linky
• Be or Become a follower

Candy will close December 1st
and I will pick a winner shortly after!

Thank you so much

La La Land GD card ~ Paper Piecing

Good morning ladies,

I can't believe it's December tomorrow,

I'm busy putting out tree up today.

Really need to get organised with everything else.

Can't believe I've been  and bought some crimbo cards ~ Yes I know, it's terrible.

I've also made quite a few Christmas cards too, but some of those went as samples.

I have another La La Land card to share today.

The inspirational theme this week is

PAPER PIECING

I hardly ever do paper piecing, but I think it works really well with this gorgeous girl.

 I have used,

La La Land ~ Christmas Lantern Marci

LOTV ~ Christmas Sentiment Tags & Christmas Icons

Marianne ~ English Rose & Snowflake

DooHickey ~ Rose Leaf

Cheery Lynn ~ Deco Corner, I have heat embossed this.

Noor! ~ Embossing edge ~ used as a hinge

Thank you for popping by

BIG HUGZ