A Big Hug For A Friend......XOXOXOXO

Guys i really do need to apologise, thank you so much to all of my blogging friends who continue to leave comments... i haven't been blog hopping despite promising to, but you keep commenting on my posts... you are all treasures.... Thank you so much... I feel as though I've really neglected everyone, i didn't even post my friends birthday gift until a couple of days ago... I'm sorry guys...I'm gradually getting back to normal...well normal for me.. I'm ditsy at the best of times...how do you think i earned the nick name Tizzy..hehehe

Did you all see my Blog Candy? there is some really yummy Candy on offer i hope you'll have a go, I've added a link at the top of my blog page for you to join in...

I recently heard from a friend, she is feeling very low at the moment and i think needs a little cheering up, I'd just finished packing five parcels, last night (I've been promising to send things and only just got round to posting them today.. i feel awful..) and one was going to her, i thought I'd create a little extra something and was inspired after i paid a visit to the Everybody Art Challenge blog... the challenge there this time is to make a tag, well i wanted to make a card so decided on this instead, a tag card... you think that's ok...?

I used her favourite colour, as i wanted it to go with the first ever time i coloured with copics properly...woooohooo i did it, i think i finally have the hang of it, i can now think about getting some sketch markers... i only have a few originals at the moment... I'm hoping that my brother will be an absolute doll and send me some from Australia after i give him the money for them of course........Jacqueline you were so right, it does take time to use them properly...i thought i was going to go mad trying... but perseverance.... I used some DP by Dovecraft, my dear friend Carole sent to me a while ago... (see Carole i told you I'd use it..) i have to admit it's not a colour i would normally use but as you'll see i can't stop using it now..hehehehe The image is a Sarah Kay image, it's the only i have at the moment but I'll have to get more.. I used an SU Pretty In Pink Ink Spot, and my BG Flourish Edges Stamps to stamp around the outside of my Tag Card which is created using Dove Grey CS which i cut into a normal card, then trimmed the edges using the Ticket Punch from SU just to get the right angles then trimmed them a little further to make the card look like a tag, i then used the SU Slit Punch to create the tab to hold the front of the tag up... I layered the front of the Tag Card with the DP and some Bazzill CS, and distressed most of the edges using my Close To My Heart Distressing Kit.. then stitched the layers together..i followed the same steps inside the Tag Card and finally used my Unity Stamps for the sentiments, Happy Valentines, The Love Postal Mark and the Heart Flower Patch... i have so many of these stamps now but i love them, they go with any image stamps and of course work perfectly on their own... I've just ordered two more...i finished the card off using SU Brads, the Loop Pearls (which i just can't get enough of ), lace, tulle and some Stickles... i hope you like my first Tag Card... Finally i have a little favour to ask, has any body purchased the new Magnolia's, who can ink me a few images using SU Whisper White and Memento Ink, I'll return the favour using the same card stock and ink (but i only have a small pad at the moment and can't stamp large images so the oven is out until i can get my hands on the large pad, unless you want brown, i do have a large brown Memento Ink Pad..) if any body is interested in doing a swap let me know.. i don't need a lot just a two or three of each image.. i am going to buy them, but there has been a lot of other stash I've wanted to get my hands on and I've ordered three pre orders totally nearly £80 that haven't yet arrived... so I'm going to buy mine at Hobby Crafts.. OOOhhhh is any body going? I'd love to meet up... I'm going to the NEC...not sure which day yet.. Night Night Sleep Tight, Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite...hehehehe

Shabby Love.......

I am trying desperately to get in front with my posts so that i can schedule a post for the weekend but it is proving harder than i thought this week, i don't know where it went...it is Saturday tomorrow and I'm just not as organised as i wanted to be....

I missed last weeks challenge over at Everybody Art Challenge so i decided I'd use last weeks sketch and this weeks theme.. SHABBY...I got this adorable image from my wonderful friend Moni... they are so cute... obviously very much in love... Prickly Love...hehehe

I used some old K & Co velvet papers I've had in my stash for about three years..i know i know, it's terrible, the longer I've been crafting the worse i get..I also used my beloved BG papers, Bittersweet this time and the brads are the matching BG painted brads... i stitched every single layer onto the card, i wanted to see what it looked like, I'm not sure what do you think? I coloured the image using Prisma Pencils and blended with Sansodor..the scalloped edge has been created using an SU Slit Punch.. and for the embellishments the pin is from my lovely friend Claudia i know I've said it so many times but she always sends me the most amazing embellies... the big brown (what looks like a badge) is a huge button (it was a spare on my cuddle cardigan i use it when i feel fluffy or need comforting..hehe I know you've all got one too..) which i decorated with a rub on...i can't for the life of me remember where i got them.. but they're huge long packs with nice big rub ons all different themes... I distressed just the outer edge of the main card and then the inside to cover the theme of this weeks challenge which as you can see is Shabby.... i need to use my distressing kit more...

As always i used my Janome Mini Sewing Machine... no I'm not going to say it again, lol i think I've said it enough over the last few weeks...hehehe The wool is from my stash...

I got these wonderful awards from lovely Maria this week... thank you so much sweetie, i am honoured you thought of me, i now have three to pass on on Sunday... i want to give them to crafters/artists who don't normally get a lot of credit for their work....lord knows why... we all have different takes on creativity.. I'd like to make them feel good... it's always nice to make some one smile...don't you think..... and you never know, i ended up making some wonderful friends giving awards...

Ladies thank you so much for the offers of stickers and decoupage on the Disney Princess front... I have a couple Cricut Cartridges for all of the princesses, i was just hoping to use a stamped image.... thank you for checking for me anyway... I've looked on- line and can't find one close enough.... they have them in the US but there isn't time to get them here.... looks like it will be die-cuts after all.... I'll make them look pretty still....

Well that's all from me, apart from wishing you all a lovely weekend... I'll be back Sunday evening with my WOJ creation... my first challenge for WOJ and only my second creation... which i am ashamed to say... Mark kept paying for practically the whole WOJ range last year while i wasn't well and I've only created one card and one plaque... i will be remedying that this year... ...and i can show you the lovely yummy gift i got from my friend Carole this week... she surprised me in a very lovely way...

Night Night Sleep Tight.... Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite...hehehe

Ingredients: Bazzill Bling CS ~ K&Co Velvet Paper ~ BG Bittersweet Papers & Brads ~ Stampin Up Slit Punch ~ Pin From Lovely Claudia ~ Image From My Friend Moni ~ Prisma Pencils Sansodor & Stumps ~ Button Rub on & wool From Stash ~ My Old Faithful Janome Mini Sewing Machine..

Pink Dream........A Gift For My Pink Loving Friend.....

There is a challenge over at Everybody Art Challenge but this time it is not to make a card, it is to make anything but a card...... there is an amazing prize for the winning entry, Lelo Stamps, have you seen them they are scrummy......even if you don't give it a go, take a look at the design team creations they are just wonderful....and will really inspire you to go and create something...

My wonderful friend Moni is one of the design team members this is how i discovered this challenge site, and i decided to give this one a go.... i knew exactly what i wanted to make, it is another gift to make a friend smile..... her son has gone on a skiing holiday this last week and she's been a little poorly...like so many suffering with colds and flu....so i thought i would cheer her up with this pink dream, her favourite colour..

I decided on a plaque, and it is ****PINK**** i know, but i actually like the way this one turned out... I'd got these hangers last year in the summer from Crafty Individuals and still haven't used them till now, i thought they'd be a great way of hanging a plaque, i took a 12" x 4" piece of hard board and i covered it with Basic Grey Sugared pink designer paper, then i used Basic Grey Bittersweet which is just the yummiest designer paper i have seen, a Martha Stewart Punch (another gift from hubby...) to punch down the sides of three sheets of Bittersweet then layered them on top of each other for the center panel.., I'm a Basic Grey freak, i love to buy every single line that comes out and i always have to buy the brads then the Bazzill that matches, Basic Grey is a really good basic to have in your stash...if you're stuck and don't know which brand to use then turn to Basic Grey, SU, or October Afternoon you won't go far wrong.....anyway back to the plaque, i coloured a stamped image of an oven, it's a retired SU oven my darling hubby got me last year and i thought the WOJ Willow With Cookies(she is so cute you can buy her here) would go perfectly with this oven and i think she did...what do you think?, i finished off with the Magnolia tea towel... all of the images i coloured using Prisma Pencils and Sansodor, i then went over parts of the images with H2o's to give them a little sparkle... Then there are the embellies....ooooooh where do i start, the lace which is threaded through the buttons and attached to the hanger is from Hobby Craft, the buttons and Flowers were from my lovely Friend Claudia, she always sends me the most wonderful embellishments, the brads are of course Basic Grey and the tickets which i just love are Tim Holtz and the wax stamp which i only just got is 7 Gypsies....i added a little Frosted lace Stickles to finish off...

Before i go, i wanted to let you know that it was my Blog Anniversary at the beginning of January, and I've just about hit 10,000 hits so this month i have so really yummy Blog Candy to give away and just to wet your appetite Mark ( my darling hubby ) got a pack of Nestabilities (just a single pack) to add to the candy so keep an eye out towards the end of the month....

Ingredients: DP Basic Grey Sugared & Bittersweet ~ Brads Basic Grey Bittersweet ~ Stamps WOJ, SU & Magnolia ~ Prisma Pencils, Sansodor, Stumps ~ Tim Holtz Tickets ~ Flower & Buttons From My Lovely Friend Claudia ~ Wax Stamp 7 Gypsies ~ H2o's ~ Lace & Ribbon From Stash ~ Hangers Crafty Individuals ~ Stickles Frosted Lace....... I think that's it....LOL