Madcap Manor

  Evening, all! Ye Olde Manne and I have just returned from a week's holiday in the English Lake District. It is so beautiful - we went for long walks along Lake Windermere and in the fells around. Our first holiday in two years! Unfortunately the place we were staying at had no wi-fi, which is why I'm posting this quite late on Friday evening.  Our new Challenge at My Time to Craft is Travel or Transport. Once again I have used older items from my stash which sadly seem to be unavailable now. The image is embossed in Platinum embossing powder from Simon Says Stamp. The map paper is from my stash. I went around the edge of the oval die-cut with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink, which matched the blue card I used for a mat.  I'm rather pleased with this, it's going to a friend who is retiring from his job soon.  Check out my teamies' fab work and have a go yourself!  Thanks for looking and take care!  love Mags B x

Good morning! There's a new Challenge at My Time to Craft! and our theme is Winter Birthday. I have made a card for a bloke, in wintry shades of blue and white, as I have a birthday for an important Olde Manne in my life coming up soon! The papers are very old, I found them in my stash when sorting ye olde craft hovel. I embossed a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp's Big Scripty Sayings in their Steel Navy embossing powder, which is lovely and shiny. I added sparkly baker's twine, and 3 snowflake sequins, and also dots of Navy Blue Nuvo Drops. My teamies have left some gorgeous inspiration for you on the blog - check it out! Cheerio, my dearios, I hope you have a great weekend! Thanks for looking! love Mags B x

Hi, guys! I hope your week has started well and that it will get even better! In 3 months' time it will be Christmas Day - so let's get going with Christmas cards! There's a new Challenge at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge to encourage you! I have made 2 masculine cards, using items from a Love From Lizi card kit from last year. Both cards are made with cut-aparts featuring stags. I added gold peel-offs to the edges of the vertical paper on the first card, and a gold mirri die-cut greeting. The second has a gold mirri mat, a gold ribbon and dots of Nuvo Drops over dots on the image. I find masculine Christmas cards quite hard, but I'm pleased with these! Go and see what my talented teamies have created, and dig out your Christmas stash! Thanks for looking love Mags B x

Hiya! We have a fab theme at CRAFT Challenge this week - Anything Goes! I have made a birthday card for a friend who supports Arsenal Football Club, whose colours are red and white. The fun image is Dunderton Academicals . I coloured him with Copics and added Glossy Accents to his glasses, and went around the edges with Pumice Stone Distress Ink. I added a frame made with an old MFT Die-namics die, which I distressed with Vintage Photo, then added some streaks of Delicata Gold ink to give the impression of an old picture frame with worn gilding. It shows better irl. The background paper is from an old pad by (I think) Cosmo Cricket - the label has come off! The sentiment is by Clearly Besotted. The little banner stamp is from my first kit from Love From Lizi - all my other banner stamps were too big, but this one was perfect! I had a lot of fun making this - even though my team is Arsenal's North London rival, Tottenham Hotspur - and I wonder what he'd look like d...

Happy Saturday, everyone! Our new Challenge at My Time to Craft! this week is a topical one, with Father's Day rapidly approaching: For a Male . Cards for a bloke can be difficult, since you can't smother them with flowers, lace, ribbons and gems! For this card, my inspiration came from the paper, an old stack by DCWV called 'Rock Star.' The background papers and the label came from the DCWV set, I added a narrow strip of gold card to each side of the central paper to give a good finish. the gems and stars are from stash. The Zombie guitarist is an old digi by Bugaboo Stamps , sadly he no longer seems to be available, and he is coloured in Copics. If you need to make a card for your bloke or your Dad for Father's Day, go and be inspired by my teamies' cards! Thanks for looking! love Mags B x

This card is for a chum of my daughter's, who reaches the ancient age of 24 tomorrow! The image is The Greeting Farm, one of the Oliver and Amelia sets. The sketch is this week's Sketch Saturday and I really like how it showcases the Basic Grey 'Origins' paper. The buttons are from the button-box I inherited from my MiL, the little ones have a really pearly sheen. I used embroidery thread to make the ties. I have just realised I forgot to add a sentiment to the bottom right corner - wot a plonker! It's too late now, the card will be out of the front door in about 5 minutes! I hope you're all having a good weekend! Thanks for looking! luv, Mags x Promarkers: Tan, caramel, cinnamon, Burnt Sienna; Dusky Pink, Putty, Pastel Pink; Honeycomb, Burnt Orange; Powder Blue, Sky Blue, Azure; Ivory, Lime Green, Lime Zest, Tulip Yellow, Gold