Morning all

I am so excited I am going to Quilts UK tomorrow with my friend Dorne it is being held in Malvern.  I love quilting or anything to do with sewing really, we leave home at 08.00 hrs and don't get back until 19.30 in the evening, we are going by coach as its a lot easier and the price of entrance is in with the bus fare.

I have today two cards to showcase which I made on Wednesday

Two fairly simple cards really.

Well will catch up with you all later, am off to sort meat out for dinner tonight.

Alison

Exciting News

Morning all

I have some exciting news to share with you, there is a new challenge blog and I have been invited to join and I am so excited as this will push my boundaries even more than ever as it is a Mixed Media Challenge and I have never really tried anything like this before.  We do not start running until the 25th June, but the blog is up and running

A Inky Mess

I had made a card that I was going to post today but I was so excited that I decided to try my hand at a mixed media card, honest opinions please.

Sorry the photo is not very good but the bottom of the dress is made with some netting that I bought ages ago in a roll very pretty and shiny but not very good for photo's lol

Orange background card stock, Paper from a Crafter's Companion CD, die cut I have had cut out for ages, seed beads that came free with a magazine, String, flowers from stash, pegs from stash.  the little metal butterfly was a charm which I have cut the hoop off. 

well that's it from me at the moment as I am making a beef casserole and need to go and give it a good stir.

Love to all

Alison xx

No Sentiment

Morning all

How are you?  We have had heavy rain here this morning, but the sun has just come out to play so hopefully he's here to stay.

My card today is from a CD by Polkadoodles and is called Magic Garden, I also bought the stamp set that goes with it.

The flower at the top of the card is from the CD and I cut it out three times and then used my (ball thingy) can't remember the name to shape it.

I will pop by later today after I have been to the Coffee Stop in the Village Hall, we are also having a plant sale, not that I can fit any more into my garden lol x

Catch up with you all this afternoon.

Love Alison

Mr Frogie went a courting

Morning all

Thought I would show you the card I made with some of the goodies from the Sincerely Yours craft fair held in Plymouth on Sunday, I do hope it was a success for them and that they will be coming back. 

This is from the Fiddle'n Frog range that is stamps and dies to match but I found when I got home that I had not bought the water lily stamp set that goes with the dies to make the flowers, but they have been ordered now, as I just coloured the flowers that I had cut out with the die.

I am not very good at colouring using alcohol pens in any shape or form but give me my pencils and I am marginally better, not too bad at using distress inks.

I coloured the background in with Distress inks

• Stormy Sky
• Wild Honey
• Forest Moss

I then stamped the image straight onto the card and coloured in using my Promarkers, Crafters Companion Sparkly Pens, to do the lily pads and then stamped the sentiment straight onto the card and in case you can't read it; it says You're Toadally Awesome!

Finally here is the card I made.

Sorry I did not get around catching up on you all yesterday, but I will be back soon when I have finished making three lots of soap, Black Cardamom, Lemon Lime and Eucalyptus and finally Lavender which will take me about 5 hours.

Love Alison  

Flowers

Hi all

Just a quick post will make a card and show you that later today but for now here are the flowers I made using my heartfelt stamps and die set.  I like the paler flowers rather than the deep coloured ones but as I make more I suppose these will get better and better hopefully

Anyway without further ado here are the flowers, the two end flowers were coloured in using the Crafters Companion Sparkle pens and the middle two were coloured with the Spectrum Noir Aqua Pencils which I love.

I will pop by later today, as I need to get Bella out and before I do that I need to sort myself out which is going to take a long time today as I have serious backache and all my arthritic spurs on my fingers are swollen.  I hate having arthritis especially in my back as it hinders what I can do.

Anyway enough moaning and groaning (yes am making old lady noises) will catch up with you all soon.

Love Alison

Sincerely Yours

Hi all

Well for the first time ever there is a Sincerely Yours Craft Show on in Plymstock, Plymouth and so to support them thought I would pop along and see what I could buy, Alan came with me but it took ages as I forgot that the A38 which is the main route in and out of Plymouth from where we live was closed due to the old bridge being blown up at Plympton.  so we left around 10.00 got there at 11.15 (the journey usually takes us around 25 mins.  I spent a fortune (or rather Alan did) around £91.00 all together lol.  We then began the journey home at 11.45 and have just got home 13.06 the traffic was really bad.

My goodies

Not much really for nearly £100.00

Will be having a go at making the flowers this afternoon hopefully will show you what I make tomorrow.

Love Alison x

Evening All

I have arrived safely from my sister's who lives in Bath just relaxed did a bit of catching up with you all and have made a commissioned card, for one of my customers who wants to give this to a friend of hers who lives in the North somewhere and loves fairies.

I used a digi image from Sherri Baldy the dies down the side are from Poppy Stamps the middle die can't remember where I got that from but think it is a spellbinders.  The bow and the hexagon embossing folder is from Crafter's companion.  I coloured her in using my Aqua Pencils also from Crafters Companion.

I am entering this card into Sketch Saturday Challenge.

Am off to cook some dinner we are having home made bacon & egg flan and salad tonight and I also have to make a flan for our youngest daughter Sarah but it has to be mushroom as she is a vegetarian as I  have tons of eggs to use up the chickens have been going mad lol x

Love to All

Alison