Bloomin' heart n butterfly

Happy Sunday peeps

fluttering by to share a card the lovely Claudia made

at one of my classes recently

she went "off piste" as we say, but I loved it so much

she allowed me to take a pic

a simple elegant card

just for you 

Lesley

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Stitched Butterflies

Hello, thanks for calling by again !

Here to share a couple of cards made at craft club recently

the first has pierced border and Butterfly trails

(freehand, with help from a stencil)

the second has stitched detail......OMG I had SUCH fun

on the sewing machine !

Probably because I'm  not-very-good-at-sewing,

I found it really easy to wizzzz wonnnnnky lines.

I deliberately did a wonky border

(you DO believe me don't you?!)

a few punched butterflies,

and two simple cards

Have a SUPER Saturday

Lesley

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More rudolph cards

Morning!

As promised ....some more xmas cards,

this time with the blue theme....

same products, different look.....punched the corners..

feel free to play "spot the difference" teehee

that's two more for the box!

Have a Fabulous Friday!

Lesley

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February Rudolph Day

It's 25th again, and you know what that means?

YAY!

It's RUDOLPH DAY!

One challenge I try to never miss is

Scrappymo's Rudolph Day Challenge

It's simple:

make a christmas card and share it

Here's mine:

I was so lucky to win a prize over at the

Snippets Playground

( hope Miss Di can see I've used an older prize too ;)

....to do with sediment as Darnell would say.... )

and I can't stop playing with it!

Note the stitched border frames,

that oh-so-cute stamp

I did that out-of-the-box thing

(well, I tried....)

where you cut around the bits that hang over the die....

here's a close-up......it's sparkly anyway.....

my trio of triumph for the xmas box!

If you come back tomorrow I can bore you with a couple more!

Lesley

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Wednesday's Weekly Deals

the clue is in the title lol....

Happy Wednesday oops Thursday,

better late than never!

Lesley

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Bloomin' Heart for a friend

Last in the class of dies-with-a-twist

just a pretty composition with the

Bloomin' Heart die and some added flowers

The flowers and sentiment are all in the coordinating

stamp set Bloomin' Love

I used a snippet of pool party for the heart

and some snippets of white,

 so I'm going to climb the treehouse

in the Snippets Playground to see if there's any booze  cordial left.

We'll have to behave though as Miss isn't well and that prefect Dick Orum

will be looking out for trouble makers!

Do follow if you'd like to see lots more inspiration by some talented playmates!

Have a good week

Lesley

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Oval heart

Continuing the die-wth-a-twist theme

I think I got this idea from remarkablycreated.com

Die cut the Bloomin' Heart,

place behind an aperture

add an easter greeting from Suite Sayings

Here's the light shining through....

simple but effective, do you agree?

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend

Lesley

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Sale-a-Bration continues, so if you want a free gift

for orders of £45 or more please visit my shop.

there are a few new selections on offer too 

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Bold Butterfly Bloomin' Heart

I did a class showing the versatility of Dies

and the Bloomin' Heart Thinlit Dies are so pretty

Here we cut a Bold Butterfly from the detailed filigree heart

layered it onto a solid Bold Butterfly and stamped a simple greeting

all in a monochrome fashion

The idea was from Kirsteen Gill a very talented lady

I think I might see who's on the swings in the Snippets Playground,

as I've used lots of snippets on all these cards,

and there's a prefect in charge while Miss is away

so you know the saying "while the cat's away" teehee....

I hope you can pop by tomorrow for another die-with-a-twist

Lesley

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New Weekly Deals

Yes it's Wednesday again !

New Weekly Deals :

Have a good week

Lesley

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Valentine Heart

Here'a a fab swap from Ros Maggs

Her cards are Harrods-style awesome,

fantastic quality and elegance

Vellum flowers add to the dimension,

pearls add glamour

shame about my photography....I blame the weather!

Lesley

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Gift Box

I was very lucky to receive this from a friend...

such a cute box, and a real surprise inside.....

A tealight candle of the cutest kind!

It looks so real, just like a little miniature Iris bulb.

I still can't believe it's not real!

Lesley

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Love you Sew

This is an idea from 

the Crafty Owl

These were my team swaps.....

I thought they made a cute card and gift combined

I love this new Hostess set

Love You Sew

Envelope Punch Board makes the indent

for the Bakers Twine

Button added from my stash, 

Gold Wink of Stella on scissors

confession : it wasn't until I saw this on Pinterest

that I realised the little cross stitch segments were heart shaped doh...

You could use a similar style for gifts of twine, or ribbon snippets

Have a good week

Lesley

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Look who's turned 5...

....Finally I got round to using my new

Large Numbers Yay!!!

Had Large problems with the light and my photography

so this might be a bit picture heavy...

I added Wink of Stella to the 5,

and some silver thread to the balloon

added some balloons and spare swirls to the inside..

I think I may have cased this from Kirsteen Gill....

my notes are as fuzzy as my photos!

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take care
and thanks for stopping by
Lesley 
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Sew Many Thanks

I made some treat bags

 (they actually look like one sheet of paper)

and some tags 

with one of the new Hostess sets

in the spring/summer mini

called Love You Sew

I actually hacked carefully cut some of the words

so that I could interchange them with others 

without the faff of trying to ink part of a sentiment

These were little gifts for my customers who ordered last month

and made the most of the current Sale-a-Bration 

free gifts and special offers

Have a wonderful weekend

Happy Crafting

Lesley 

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Cat n mouse

Here's another attempt with my

Snipppets Playground prize....

I found some paper ....die cut with the stitchy detail....

mounted it on cardstock that coordinated,

added a coordinatingly inked snowflakefromafriend,

and dah dah....errrrrrr

you know that feeling that you need more practice?!

onwards and upwards

watch this space for the next attempt....

Lesley

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Wednesday Weekly Deals

Morning!

Whooshing by to remind you

it's WEDNESDAY !!!!!

Know what that means ???

Awesome offers in the new

WEEKLY DEALS !!!

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Happy Crafting !!!

Lesley

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Double Rose

Morning!

Had some gold foil petals I couldn't possibly throw away

So I added them to blackberry bliss and our thick whisper white cardstock,

gold embossing the sentiment.

Simple but luxurious.

Lesley

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Edited to add that Sarn reminded me of a pancake race taking place at

the Snippets Playground,

so I may pop in to see what's cooking !

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Watercolour Rose Wonder

Happy Sunday!

Here's one I made for my Sister.

Die-cut the rose twice from gold foil sheets,

adhered to Shimmery white card,

and water coloured using aqua painter brush

and shades of yellow and green ink.

I added touches of gold wink of stella,

then painted clear wink of stella all over

I used the stamp to add a rose image to the inside and envelope

Lesley

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