IndigoBlu meets Stick It!

I was going to say 'Good Morning'...but it seems that as I've had a lovely time playing...I missed that part of the day!! :) But...I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that's what happens when you get engrossed in your crafting! ;)

I was recently given a few sheets of the 'much talked about' Stick It - to 'play' with...by the lovely David and Brenda at Craft Obsessions...via the just as lovely Kay at IndigoBlu. These double sided adhesive sheets have been designed by the fantabulous crafter Ken Oliver. He designed them with the thought of making intricate die cuts easier to stick...and he soooo succeeded!! The sheets are just fabulous for that....BUT.....you know me...so let's find another use for them too :)

The dies that I used for this project aren't too intricate, so I used the good old gluing method to attach them to my card. Hmmm....defeat the object you say? Well...this is why. I wanted my die cut to match my background colours...and my background colours were......PAINT! I also wanted sparkle...so I needed to adhere that on too! Soooooo.....

I painted my background with IndigoBlu English Cottage Artists Acrylic Paint...and then dried it. I then covered the area I needed with a sheet of Stick It....and cut my shape out.

Carefully peeled the adhesive backing sheet off...

...and covered in ultra fine glitter!

The result....glittery die cuts to match my background :)

Thank you to the lovely David and Brenda at Craft Obsessions...I shall be creating again soon!! :)

Lydia xx

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Purple Weddings!!

My poor old blog has been a bit neglected of late as we move into the realms of  the social sites of Facebook/Twitter etc...but as it was a NYR of mine to put more on here...I'd better do just that! :)
 Before Christmas I had a few wedding orders to do...which actually was quite a nice break from all things Christmas...and Cadbury Purple was obviously an in colour!

I thought I'd share a few wedding cards, a candle & a keepsake box with you...no reaching for the chocolate though...I know you're tempted with all that gorgeous purple!!  :D

A keepsake box (the mdf box was made by my wonderful other half)... to keep all those special Wedding Day treasures in....

A candle to use or keep ...

and cards...

...and this one was for a different wedding....

I really am going to try and visit my own blog more often in 2015....so hopefully I'll see you soon!!! ;) xx
I'm going to enter these into the
Fussy & Fancy challenge - Pearls & Swirls
Happy Crafting

Lydia xx

This...is Tatty Twinkle!!

Hi all :)
Just nipping in with a super quick post as I can hear my bed calling!! :)
I've finally got around to having a quick play with Tatty! Isn't she wonderful? She's so ....tatty...bless her :)  Coloured with Copics...and a brush of sparkle just to make her feel special :)

My new Cinch (book binding machine) from We are Memory Keepers arrived the other day too, so I just had to have a quick play.
I covered/decorated two pieces of mountboard...cut some pages to size ...made the holes and then added the wires. Made a tiny Tatty from shrink plastic as a dangly charm...bound the book and added heaps of colourful ribbon to the wires to finish :) 

                      Look...even her little shoes are tatty...bless her little cotton socks :)
Well...that was my flying visit for today...I must away to my bed. But I'll be back tomorrow with something a little less tatty!! ;) 
Night all xx

Oh...and don't forget my Blog candy from Tattered Lace is still running...so nip to the post above and enter....quick!! :)

I'm entering Tatty into ...

Polkadoodles - Springtime
Fairy tale Challenge - Butterflies
Everybody Art Challenge - Cute 
Make my Monday - Distressed 

Coffee Time ...

Yuk, yuk, yuk....what a miserable day here in the South of England!! But I suppose it is Autumn... and I know our friends out in Australia would dearly love this amount of rain right now x
Daisy had a 'duvet day' today as her school had an inset day... which was good with me as I had a quick tidy on my desk...and then....untidied it all over again!! :)
Today's card sets the scene of a little coffee house :)  Coffee?? Me?? Nah!!! Lol
Using a gorgeous Lily of the Valley image...Tim Holtz 'Wall' embossing folder...Marianne Lamp post die...La La Land Fence die...tiny blossoms from WOC...and a Spellbinder window......here it is x

Take care all x

50 Golden Years!

Me again!!! ...getting back to the old days again with more frequent posts!!! :)
  I was going to share my third Heartfelt Creations DT project with you today, but as it was Rob's parents' 50th Wedding Anniversary on Saturday, I thought I'd share a bit of gold with you instead :)
Always a huge milestone in my eyes...and a very special occasion. We went down to see them yesterday and were thoroughly spoilt as 'we' were treated out for dinner and then went back to find Marion had made the most ENORMOUS...squishy...and very yummy raspberry pavlova!! I should have been a bit quicker with my camera than we all were with forks and spoons...as very rapidly there wasn't much left to photograph!!! O.o
I made them a card with added carnations, which is what they had as buttonholes and bouquets...and a 3 tiered decorated cake in a display box...from Scary Mary! Just love her kits x
Somehow I'd forgotten to take a proper photo of it...just a 'rough' one :/  I'll have to get Rob to take one when he goes down next weekend.

Take care...hope you all have a great week xx