Just sitting here thinking of you ....

Happy Monday everyone!

The quiet in my house is deafening - yes, you guessed it, my boys have gone back to school! I vowed to leave my housework until tomorrow so I could just sit back and enjoy my little guy and some peaceful crafting time today! And this I did.

My new Magnolia Fall kit arrived in the mail at the end of last week and I just adore the new Tilda and Edwin images. This I think has to be one of my new favourites! I don't usually colour in Tilda as a blonde but for some reason this image screamed 'blonde' at me!! I also pulled out my oranges which again is not a first colour choice but I loved the end result. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that some of my new copic colours are orange!!

So onto the card. I've used the fabulous sketch from Claudia this week over at Friday Sketchers. I pulled out my gorgeous MME papers which I painfully cut into, lol! I used the recipe over at the Magnolia Down Under Challenge blog - 1 flower, 2 ribbons, 3 brads and 4 papers. Tilda is sitting on my new nesties labels 8 which is very much like the SU! Top Note die cut.

Thanks for stopping over at my blog today and taking the time to look and leave a comment. As always, your comments are so much appreciated! I hope you all are having a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Danielle x

My cupcake holder

Hi there!

Thanks to those who helped me yesterday in my quest to find a tutorial for a cupcake holder! I did find what I was looking for and it helped me create my own template! Yes, can you believe it, I made my own template!!!! I've never been particularly brilliant at math and numbers etc. so when I managed to figure out my own dimensions and layout, I made this one. Actually, I made a couple and the first one was shallower and longer but I prefer this one. (Apologies for the wonky picture!!)

And my need for a cupcake holder, well I'm doing a birthday party for my neighbour's 10 yr old daughter! And we're making cupcake holders and a card. I was inspired after having received my new Magnolia Fall kit and seeing all the new baking themed Tilda & Edwins!

I am at Heather's today doing a Make & Take using Smooch. I haven't used this product before so I'm looking forward to having some play time! It's raining so it's a perfect day to be hanging around with my craft stuff!!

Hope you all enjoy a wonderful day! And for my fellow Brits, have a fun Bank Holiday weekend!

Hugs,

Danielle x

Edit:

This is my Smooch slider card which I made this afternoon at Heathers. We had so much fun and I thoroughly enjoyed playing with Smooch! This is a very fun little slider card - super easy to do!

I need some help!!!!

Hi there!

I need some help and I'm hoping some of you out there in blogland can oblige!! I recall seeing a cupcake holder project on a blog - a cardboard base with the space for a cupcake to sit in. Do you think I can find it anywhere??? Of course not, not when I want it!

Does anyone know where I can find this tutorial or the instructions to complete it? I've googled a search but I'm coming up with mainly manufactured cupcake holders and not any beautifully handcrafted ones!

So if you're able to help I would be hugely grateful.

THANK YOU!!

Hugs,

Danielle x

EDIT: You guys are just the best!! Thank you so much for all your help - yes, I've found exactly what I'm looking for!!

Thanks again.

Hugs, Danielle x

Red Poppies - Recessed Window Card

Hello friends!

I saw this fab recessed window card tutorial over on Splitcoaststampers and had to give it a go! It is really straight forward to follow and the finished result is fabulous. I decided to use up some of the scraps of paper I had left over from from photo album project hence the same colours! The tutorial can be found here.

The silhouette poppy stamp is from The Stamp Barn which I inked up in Memories Red Barn ink. The embellishments are really simple - the SU! scalloped edge punch, adhesive pearls and a Just Rite circle sentiment punched out with the SU! flower punch.

Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to visit and leave a comment! I love to know you have visited and then I'm able to return the favour!

Have a great evening everyone!

Hugs,

Danielle x

Photo Album

Hi!

Well, as promised I'm back with my post. This is a project I've been working on these past few days for a friend's birthday. I was lucky enough to have received one of these from my beautiful blogging friend Linda so I decided to give one a try. I absolutely loved doing it and I really hope my friend will like it. It is so very easy to do, especially when you have co-ordinating papers, lol!!!

I used Prima flowers, border & retro flower punches, metal embellishments, tulle, ribbon and adhesive pearls to embellish the pages.
I hope the photos show well - they still don't really do the album justice though, it's so much nicer in real life!

That's it for today! I'm out enjoying the gorgeous sunshine later today with friends at their pool. Tomorrow I think will involve some more back-to-school shopping for the boys. Boys and shopping don't really ever mix well together so I know it will be as short a trip as possible! Hopefully that means there'll be some crafting time for me as I hear there is supposed to be rain tomorrow!

I hope you're all enjoying a fabulous day!

Hugs,

Danielle x

Inspiring Award!

Good morning my friends!

Firstly, apologies for the severe lack of posts this past week! I was hoping to have had some time over the weekend to spend crafting, instead I was laid up in bed all day with a 24hr stomach bug! Thankfully it was short-lived but spending a whole day in bed put me behind all the other things that I needed to get done! And this is the last week before my boys head back to school so I'm busy with them too!

I have received this award from two fellow blogging friends, firstly Cheryl and now Jon. It's such a beautiful award and I'm really touched that people have thought of me to pass it on to. I am continually inspired every day when I visit all your beautiful blogs and have the opportunity to see your creations. Please take this award and pass it on should you not have received it yet!

I have been busy with a project which I will be back later on today to post. My batteries have died in my camera so are on recharge for a couple of hours! In the meantime, I will blog hop and catch up on all your gorgeous work!

Have a great day.

Hugs,

Danielle x

Cute Card Thursday - Tilda dipping her toes!

Hi there!

I managed to get this card done over the weekend and found these fabulous bright papers at a local store a few weekends back. This card fits in perfectly with the Cute Card Thursday theme this week 'At the Beach'. A dear friend of mine *waving at you Karen* stamped me out some of the new Magnolia summer kit images (which I had neglected to sign up for). Tilda is coloured with copics (she's an older image) as are the ring and water.

The layout is pretty plain and simple. I used some tulle to run behind the image and tied to the side with a pretty flip-flop charm from Bunny-Zoe's on-line craft store. The flower is prima.

I'll be back later to announce the winner of the Santa stamp! Thanks for stopping by and hope you're enjoying gorgeous sunshine like we are!

Hugs,

Danielle x

Anyone want a Santa stamp???

THIS CANDY GIVEAWAY WILL STAY AT THE TOP UNTIL

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 19TH!

THIS CANDY IS NOW CLOSED!!

Random number generator

11

Penni

I guess he really wanted those milk & cookies you were offering!!

Congrats Penni - please email me your mailing address and I'll get the stamp sent out to you!

Happy Monday everyone!

I hope this candy today will make your Monday a little easier!! Another Sunshine Designs stamp up for grabs should you like it! I think he's a very cute Santa and it's a good time to start getting those christmas stamps out!

Again, just like the previous giveaway, all you have to do is leave a comment below this post and I will draw a name out Wednesday evening using random.org.

Thanks for stopping by and good luck!!

Hugs,

Danielle x

Another Notepad Project

Happy day to you all!

I know a sweet girl who is turning 12 tomorrow and wanted to make her a little gift. So I pulled out one of my notepads and got down to altering it with this sweet Tilda image. I used some handmade mulberry paper this time to cover the notepad with - I love the look of it! I decided to go with quite a vintage/distressed look this time. I coloured Tilda with my prisma pencils and OMS. I found this gorgeous brown lace in the dollar store this morning - I bought all the colours they had (only $1 each)!! The corner flourish is a Bosskut die. The paper is from MME Wild Asparagus pack. Here's a close-up picture. I glimmer misted and glamour dusted the flower but it doesn't show up very well in the photo.

And here's how I finished the inside. I used this gorgeous sentiment and distressed the edges of the kraft paper with my distresser and Frayed Burlap ink. I'm going to put this into the Simon Says Stamp challenge 'Anything but a card' - I think I'm cutting it fine with the deadline!!
Thanks for coming by for a visit! If you haven't done it already, be sure to sign up for the cute Santa stamp - you have until tomorrow evening before I pull a name! Thanks again for all your encouraging and uplifting comments - they continually inspire me to continue crafting!
Hugs,
Danielle x

Just Magnolia Too Challenge - 3D card

Hi!

Wow - we've been enjoying such gorgeous sunshine so I do apologise for my lack of posting this week! It's been wonderful having such hot weather FINALLY! Better late than never I guess!!

So today I have this card for you which I've entered into two challenges - Friday Sketchers for the sketch and Just Magnolia Too for their monthly challenge to use the 3D technique superbly demonstrated by Debby on the challenge blog.

Magnolia's Lion is a new addition to my collection and am so happy to have inked it up - it is gorgeous!! I coloured the image in with my copics and distressed the edges with my distresser and Vintage Photo distressed ink. The papers are from the BG Marrakech pad. Jute, twine, buttons, Retro flower punch and my sewing machine add all the finishing details to the card. For some reason the photo really doesn't do this card any justice - it looks so much nicer IRL!!

Here's a close-up of the 3D parts on the lion.

Thanks for stopping by today - I love to have you visit! And I received such a wonderful start to my day to discover I had won this weeks challenge over on the Winter Wonderland blog! I have chosen 3 fabulous sets of digi images/templates from Regina over at The Cutting Cafe. This is the first time I'll be using this so I'm looking forward to playing around with those!

Thanks for your beautifully inspiring comments - I really love reading them! And tomorrow I will be posting my Candy #2 - so be sure to come back!! :)

Hugs,

Danielle x