Best Frocks

 Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers today is the launch of our February Monthly Challenge over at All Dressed Up Stamps. Our theme as always is Anything Goes as long as you use an All Dressed Up Stamp in your design. If you have just discovered these stamps and don't have any there are some fab Freebies HERE to get you started.

The prize for the winner is three digital stamps of their choice and we also pick a top three .

For my February Design Team project  I used a lovely Stamp called Best Frocks.

Card Recipe

Card shape is made from a Dutch Doobadoo stencil I have had a long time

Stamp is Best Frocks from All Dressed up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Base card is made from white 300gsm card 

Papers are Maja Design White Daisies that I bought I think from Dies 

to Die for but a long time ago

Daisy pearl string is from The Hobby house

Lace is from my box

White Daisy flowers are Wild Orchid crafts

Blue roses from my box

Leaf die is a Joycraft die

Sentiment stamp my box 

I hope you can find time to enter our challenge this  month

 

Looking Good

 Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and having  a good week. My post this evening is to showcase the February new release stamps from All Dressed Up Stamps. As always they are all fabulous designs.  I'm always amazed how Wendy can always keep coming up with more and more beautiful designs each month.  They are now all available in the Etsy Store here

For my Design Team card I used the fab stamp Looking Good .

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is Looking good from all Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Pale Green and Coffee coloured card is from Michaels in Florida

Patterned card used around the edge of the image and in the flowers is from a Maja Design Sheet Denim Girl from either Crafteezee [now closed] or Dies to Die For . I love Maja Design papers but sadly I can now only find one place that still sells it in the UK unless I am lucky enough to spot some in a craft stash sale. 

Square stitched edge dies

Centre die is LDRS Creative Gilded Oval from Dies to Die For 

Creative Expressions Striped Nasturtiums flower die

Foliage die is Joy Crafts Vintage Flourishes Die

Happy Birthday Die is Press Cut

Pearl string The Hobby House around the edge of the stamp 

Small pearls my box a gift from a friend.

It would be great if  you can find time to take a look at the new release stamps . 

I hope you all have a great week . 

Love and hugs Carole 

White on White Flowers

 Good morning  everyone today sees the launch of our new challenge at Get Creative Challenge .The theme for this months  Get Creative challenge is  Flowers

For my Design Team I made a white on white card using die cut flowers

 Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Smooth white card Ross Papercraft

Corner rounder

Spellbinder Floral Oval and Oval die to cut out the centre

Summer Border and Chloe stem dies are Memory box

 Flowers are Sue Wilson Striped Nasturtiums

Sentiment with butterfly came free in a magazine ages ago

Pearl String The Hobby House

Pearl roses Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials Face book shop now closed

I hope you can find time to enter our challenge just remember Flowers are the theme

A New Adventure

Good afternoon everyone hope that  you are all well today I'm sharing a card I have made recently for my cousin and  his wife who moved to a new home last Friday
I've used a Lili of the Valley stamp I have had for ages called  A New Adventure I think its still available as a digi

Close Up

Card Recipe

7x7 blank card

Blue card is Tim Holtz

Spot card is The Hobby House

Kraft Card is Crafters Companion

Stamp is LOTV A New Adventure painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Square Stitched dies

Wonky Stitched squares are Creative Dies

The fence die I think is Tonic I bought it in a destash sale

Sentiment is from a LOTV stamp set Spring Sentiments

I made the house from square stitched dies

Card Candi is Craftwork Cards

Twine Brenda's lace and ribbon specials now closed

Really enjoyed making this especially the little house sentiment Stay safe everyone,  keep crafting and  sharing Sending love and  hugs Carole x

Rainbow Girl

Good afternoon everyone I hope that you are all well Today I'm sharing an All Dressed up Stamps Design Team card using one of two freebie stamps we are giving away over at Kit and Clowder I hope you can take a look as these designs are suitable for kids as well as adults might be something to keep the kids amused for a little while.
This is my Design Team card using Rainbow Girl

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is Rainbow Girl from All Dressed up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Navy card is from Michaels in Florida 

Spot card is The Hobby House

Square and Circle Stitched dies

Cloud dies are Memory Box 

Sky edge is Poppy Stamps

Sun die is from eBay

Sentiment stamp is Lili of the Valley no longer available

Twine is Brenda's lace and  ribbon specials sadly closed

Smile button my box might have come from Whitby Crafts

Some Wink of Stella on her wings and  the red hearts 

This is a copy of the other free stamp over at Kit and  Clowder Hope you can pop over and get these two great freebies

Rainbow Girl

Rainbow Dino

Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone as best you can.Stay safe sending love Carole x

To have and to hold

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers today is the launch of our 100th Monthly Challenge over at All Dressed Up Stamps . Our theme as always is Anything Goes as long as you use an  Dressed Up Stamp in your design. If you have just discovered these stamps and don't have any there are some fab Freebies HERE to get you started.

The prize for the winner is three digital stamps of their choice and we also pick a top three one of whom is asked to be a Guest Designer the following month.

For my December Design Team project  I used a lovely stamp called To Have and to HoldThere are also more fabulous creations from the rest of the Design Team to inspire you all over on the Challenge Blog.

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Card Recipe

8x8 Blank Card

Stamp is To Have and to hold from All Dressed up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Antique Lace Cream card is from Lime Tree Crafts

Love heart die war fro eBay

With Love sentiment die is Spellbinder

Heart die is Joy craft 

Embossing folder is Creative expressions Lattice hearts

Pearl string the Hobby House

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts not sue=re if they still sell these 

Pearl Hearts Jelly Bean Crafts

I think the pearl leaves are The Ribbon Girl not certain

I hope you can find time to enter our challenge just remember to use an All Dressed Up Stamp if you do.

Enjoy the  week Love and  hugs Carole x

Pearls in her Hair and Rudolph

Good morning everyone today sees the launch of our new monthly Anything Goes Challenge over at Crafting By Designs . It is also a very sad post as this is not only our last post of 2019 but our last challenge post for sometime .The Admin and  Design Team are taking a long break and  may come back at sometime in the future Its very sad as this was my first Design Team and  I have loved all the five and a half years I have been on the team such a fantastic friendly and  supportive team

We have four great sponsors this month

A Day for Daisies  

Prize - $8 Gift Certificate to shop

We R 3 

Prize - $15 Gift Certificate to shop

Di's Digis 

Oddball ARt  

Prize - $10 gift certificate to shop 

For my Design Team cards I used images from Oddball Art Rudolph and A Day for Daisies Pearls in her Hair

Card Recipe

Stamp is A Day for Daisies Pearls in my hair painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Spot papers are a 12x12 scrapbook sheet I bought in Michael's in Florida no make on it

Burgundy card is from Ross Papercrafts

Dies are Spellbinder Opulent Ovals 

Flower die was an eBay find

Birdcage die is Joycraft

Ribbon is Martha Stewart 

Pearl String is The Hobby House

Charm is from my stash

Pearl flowers are Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Facebook shop

Sentiment tags are Lili of the Valley

Viva pearl pen

Card Recipe

Shaped card is made with a Go Create die Frilly 10

Papers are from a Lili of the Valley Pad no longer available

Stamp is Rudolph from Oddball Art painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

I cut the trees from the toppers that come in the paper pad

The sentiment is a Lili of the Valley Stamp and  I heat embossed it with silver embossing powder

Silver bells and twine to finish

Well I hope you can enter our last challenge our challenges have always been so popular with lots of crafters. I will certainly miss making my Design Team cards .

Enjoy th week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

Little One

Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and have had a great weekend. My post this evening is to showcase the September new release stamps from All Dressed Up Stamps.. As always they are all fabulous designs.  I'm always amazed how Wendy can always keep coming up with more and more fabulous designs.each month. So here they are and they are now available in the Etsy Store here

Beret Girl

 Floral Wellie 

Little One

See-Saw

For my Design team card i used the adorable Little One

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is Little One from All Dressed up Stamps painted with Derwent inktense Pencils

Papers are The Hobby House Green Yellow and  Pink.Blue spot is Craftwork Cards

Postage edge rectangle dies

Square stitched dies

Alphabet banner dies I think I bought these in Florida a long time ago might be MFT but not certain I've not used them for ages

Love wooden sentiment from eBay and  painted with Cracker Barrel navy acrylic paint from Walmart

Bakers Twin my box its Docrafts

Small paper hearts from the waste of a heart corner die I have 

Well I hope you can take a look at these new stamps they are just great I had a lot of fun making this  card 

Enjoy the rest of the week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

Fruitti Tutti

Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and have had a great weekend. My post this evening is to showcase the July new release stamps from All Dressed Up Stamps.. As always they are all fabulous designs.  I'm always amazed how Wendy can always keep coming up with more and more fabulous designs.each month. So here they are and they are now available in the Etsy Store here

Fruitti Tutti

Hanging Basket 

Little Gardener

Pretty Braids

For my Design Team card I used the fabulous Fruitti Tutti

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Card Recipe

7x7 blank card

Stamp is Fruitti Tutti from All Dressed Up Stamps painted wit Derwent Inktense Pencils

Card is Cream Antique Lace pearlescent card from Limetree Crafts

Stitched square dies

Banner die is Joycraft 

Frilly edge die is from eBay 

I cut the sun die with double sided sticky paper on one side of the card then added the glitter

The Flamingo stickers were a recent purchase from Michael's in Florida on my recent holiday

Sparkle gem is from The Hobby House

Sentiment is from a Tim Holtz Small Talk Sticker Pad Snarky from Hobby Lobby Florida

Well I hope you can take a look at these new stamps they are just great I had a lot of fun making this  card 

Enjoy the rest of the week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

Get Ready for Christmas

Good morning to all my lovely friends and followers its that Wednesday so the launch of a new weekly challenge over at Crafting by Designs

Our sponsor for this week is

We R 3 
     

  Prize - $15 gift certificate to the shop 

For my Design Team card I decided on something a bit different and used a lovely Topper called Snowman Wonderland.

Card Recipe

7x7 blank card

Topper is from We R Us Snowman Wonderland

Blue snowflake paper was free in a magazine last year,

Embossed Snowflake card is from Jelly Bean Crafts

Stitched Edge Square and circle dies

Tree die is Joycraft  Pine Trees

Sentiment stamp  is Lili of the Valley heat embossed with Stampendous detail white embossing powder I've noticed that they do have these clear stamps in the shop at present

Faded Jeans Distress Oxide ink on the edges of the trees

Some Glamour Dust on the Snowman Topper

Pearl Snowflake  is The Hobby House I bought them from Whitby Crafts ages ago

Well I hope that you can enter our challenge this time the Get ready for Christmas is always popular with our Followers I hope you can join us .

Enjoy the rest of the week Love and  hugs Carole x

 

To Have And To Hold

Good morning to all my friends and  followers its that Wednesday again it certainly comes around quickly these days so the launch of our new weekly challenge over at Crafting by Designs.
As its Valentines Day tomorrow our them just had to be Love .

We have a perfect sponsor for this theme as they have some perfect stamps for all romantic occasions .

All Dressed Up Stamps 

Prize - choice of 2 digi images from shop

For my Love theme Design team card i used the lovely stamp To Have and To Hold

Close up

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Stamp is All Dressed up Stamps To Have and To hold painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Lattice and Heart Embossing folder

Antique Lace Pearl card is from Lime Tree Crafts

Pink vellum was from Michael's in Florida

Flower die and  heart corner dies are both from ebay.

Wooden Love sentiment painted with Apple Barrel Dolphin Grey Acrylic Paint from Walmart in Florida

Pearl string The Hobby House

Sentiment is from A Lili of the Valley stamp set I don't think its still available

Grey pearl hearts are from Jelly Bean Crafts

Some Wink of Stella on her dress and  flowers 

Well I hope you find time to enter our challenge I've seen a number of Valentines cards around .Love and  hugs Carole x

Important Note Please Read

Before I go just wanted to let you know that for a number of years I have had my blog linked to Google +. Google+ is closing at the beginning of April but they have started to remove things recently in preparation. Some may have noticed that I have lost all the Google +related things on my blog including all my Google+ followers. If you only followed me on Google +and still want to continue to follow my blog and craft work then you need to follow me on Blogger. I'm not sure if I will have other things removed as the months go by, but I will keep you informed. If you do happen to see my Google +account you can no longer follow me or make comments. Thanks to everyone who followed me on Google + Hugs Carole x

40th Birthday Looking Gorgeous

Good morning to all my friends and  followers on this very snowy morning here in the UK.  Today I'm sharing a commission card I did recently for one of my friends daughters 40th Birthday. Her birthday was on Wednesday so I'm fine to share it with you all now.

I hope you like it I used a favourite Prosecco Time stamp from LDRS All Dressed up Stamps set.

The Card

The Matching Box

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Card and Box Recipe

8x8 Blank Card

Stamp is Little Darlings Rubber Stamp All Dressed Up Stamp Prosecco time form Dies to Die for Painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Maja Design Sofiera Down the Rose Path

Die is LDRS Gilded Oval Set

Heart Stitched dies

Dots embossing folder 

Pearl Trim is from The Hobby House

Memory Box Luxe Poinsettia dies

Organza flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts 

Pale Pink Roses The Ribbon Girl (so sad they are closing )

Lace corners and  tiny pearl roses are from Brenda;s Lace and  Ribbon Specials Facebook shop now closed

Looking Gorgeous sentiment is from another LDRS All Dressed Up set called Looking Gorgeous

Other sentiments I made on the computer 

8x8 Box is from Mad Hatter Crafts at Ross Papercraft show 

Hope you enjoy my card I know my friend was delighted with it Have a great weekend everyone Love and  hugs Carole x