Happy New Year...

Our New Years Table   1st Post of 2014...



               Hello & Very Happy New Year To One & All.
                    I do hope you all had a lovely Christmas.

 

 

I wish to apologise for my lack of posting for the past few months,  time has just flown by. Back in October / November we were busy painting & decorating as we had some friends from Guernsey coming to visit us for my birthday. The week following their stay we woke on the 5th Dec to receive a call advising us we were on severe flood risk alert & that we were being advised to take precious belongings upstairs. Panic! All my craft had to be taken upstairs in darkness as the village was in total blackout.

We are so very thankful we narrowly avoided being flooded, though it turned out to be an evening we will never forget. We are so shocked by the devastation friends & their homes around our village have suffered.

We were very lucky to be able to carry on planning for Christmas, which included moving my craft room to a slightly smaller room, this was because we needed a larger Christmas dining room as my parents were visiting us from Guernsey.

We had a lovely Family Christmas time, lots of eating, drinking, catching up & a little bit of shopping at

Meadow Hall, Sheffield.

I am still busy organizing my new craft room & hope to get back to crafting sometime next week.

Once again Happy New Year to you all.

Karen x

 

 

 

LOTV Flower Fairy

Happy Birthday Mum...

 

 

 

I have made this card for my Mum's Birthday today.

I have used LOTV Flower Fairy stamp.

Sentiment LOTV,

                        Medallion Tag Spellbinders Die,

Papers Nit Wits Promises paper pad from LOTV,

Two Tone Roses WOC,

Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch,

Tim Holtz Butterfly Die finished with pearl Gems

Fairy wings glittered with Stickles.

 

  

I am entering this card in these challenges...

 

http://ideastoinspire.blogspot.co.uk/p/challenge.html

 

 

http://wildorchidchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/challenge-87pretty-pastels.html 

 

 

 http://www.ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/october-lovely-lili-challenge.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many Thanks for Looking Today.

Karen x

LOTV Emma Swing

In The Pink...

Hello everyone hope you are all keeping well. I have been shopping at the Yorkshire Outlet in Doncaster in between the rain showers & blustery wind.

Yesterday I made this pretty pink card with the Emma Swing stamp from LOTV.

I have coloured this sweet little image with Copics & finished with Fran-tage & Liquid pearls.

Papers are Nitwits Perfect Pair from LOTV,

Tim Holtz Butterflies Die,

Magnolia Doo Hickey Lovely Fence,

Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts & LOTV,

Gems are from Which Craft Doncaster,

Sentiment stamp is from Hero Arts.

 

I am entering this card in these challenges...

 

http://ideastoinspire.blogspot.co.uk/p/challenge.html

 

http://liveandlovecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/challenge-16-use-pink.html

 

 http://wildorchidchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/challenge-87pretty-pastels.html

 

Many Thanks for looking today.

Karen x

 

 

 

 

 

LOTV Emma Rose Garden

Autumn Colours...

Hello & good evening to you all.

 

Wow! what a beautiful sunny day we have had.

 

I have been to Which Craft in Doncaster to get tickets for the

 Stamp Magic

The Inkcredible Stamping & Paper Craft Show

On Sunday 20th October at

THE DOME  Lakeside Doncaster.

 

 

I spent some time in my craft room yesterday & made this card in autumn colours for my friend's birthday next month.

 

I have used an 8 x 8 Scalloped Card.

The Emma Rose Garden stamp, Country Lady Papers

Heart doily, lace & sentiment stamp are all LOTV,

Butterflies die Tim Holtz.

 

I have coloured image with copics & finished with gold & white opal liquid pearls.

 ( Thanks mum for kindly sending them to me).

 

I am entering this card in these challenges...

 

 http://ideastoinspire.blogspot.co.uk/p/challenge.html

 

http://wildorchidchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

 

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

 

 

Many Thanks For Looking Today.

Karen x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOTV Big Present

Birthday Number 4...

  

Hello & good morning to you all. The weather forecast looks good for this weekend so I got up early this morning to get this little card made, then we can get out & enjoy the sunshine.

 

I have made this little card for our Nephews 4th Birthday

 next month. This is different to my usual style & colour, very quick & simple to make with very little embellishments. I did add the label tag with the number 4 to the parcel.

 

Stamp is Big Present from LOTV,

Papers are DCWV,

Blue CANDi from Craftwork Cards (purchased at Which Craft Doncaster a long time ago).

I have coloured this image with Copics & dotted with stickles.

 

I am entering this card at ...

 

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Many Thanks for looking today.

Have a great weekend.

Karen x

A Pretty Place To Craft

My Little Craft Room...

Hello and a very big welcome to my little craft room 'A Pretty Place To Craft' named by my son Nathan. I feel very lucky to have this lovely little space & try to keep it tidy & organized (my Mum says I have a touch of craft room OCD) as it makes it easier for me to know where things are when I work on a project.

This is where I spend most of my time card making & looking at all your lovely blogs. I have a desk big enough for two as my Daughter Jessica-Mae likes to craft sometimes as well.

On these bookshelves I keep all of my embellishments in the stacking boxes. My ribbons & flowers are kept in recycled coffee jars sorted by colour.

I keep my rubber stamps (LOTV, Magnolia Tilda & Molly Blooms) in recycled laundry tab boxes. All of my images I have stamped or coloured are also kept here.

The smaller boxes on the lower shelf hold my sentiment stamps.

I keep pull out pages from magazines in the blue files. These are for cards, scrapbooking, recipes, home décor & other craft ideas.  My A4 coloured card is kept in the pink files.

This room used to be our dining room so needs to have the wallpaper décor changed at some point soon.

I keep all of my 12 x 12 Papers in plastic files in these pink boxes

sorted by company name & in the small boxes are my die cuts sorted in colours. (I need to make labels for these)

In the pink files on the lower shelf I keep all of my seasonal stamps & embellishments for Easter, Halloween  & Christmas.

In the white files are stamps & embellishments for baby boy/girl, valentine, wedding & anniversary. 

Many Thanks for looking at my little craft space today.

Karen x

Magnolia Baby Girl Tilda

Pink & Cream...       

Good Afternoon the weather is dull & cloudy so I have spent some time playing in my craft room. I have made this card for a friends baby girl who will soon be celebrating her 1st Birthday.

I have used a Magnolia Tilda Baby Girl stamp & coloured with Copics & finished with shabby pink pastel Fran~tage

I have used the Tim Holtz butterflies die & finished with stamens.

The heart doily and a selection of the flowers & pearls are from WOC.

 

I am entering this card at Wild Orchid Challenge Pink & Cream.

 

http://wildorchidchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Thank you for looking today.

Karen x