First Noel Poinsettias

Oh I am LOVING the new First Noel collection, the papers are absolutely stunning!  Such beautiful traditional deep reds with gorgeous poinsettias and subtle tones of cream and gold.  I've treated myself to a the 12x12 pack of papers because I know I'll be scrapbooking my Christmas photos with them.


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Moments of Faith Christmas Decoupage

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Teenager Alert

I've always admired other people's cards in this grey and yellow color combo but every time I sat down to make my card I just couldn't get it to "gel".  So today I sat down and threw caution to the wind and just grabbed the first grey papers I found then the one and only yellow paper I appear to have at the moment, picked a sketch and just did it.  

Here's the result and I'm well chuffed with it!  

I think I'm one of those crafters who spends far too much time procrastinating and far too little time actually crafting!


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Sequin Waste from Stash
Blonde Hair - Tan, Mustard, Buttercup
Yellow - Mustard, Buttercup

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Christmas from Me To You


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Fluffy Red Brads from Stash
XMas Red - Burgundy, Berry Red, Poppy

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Happy Holidays!


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Pearls included with Carousel
Blonde Hair - Tan, Mustard, Buttercup

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Back To School


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Capsule Sweeties - Bexley Black
Brown Hair - Burnt Sienna, Cinnamon, Tan
Cool Grey - Cool Grey 2, Cool Grey 1

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Monster Ball


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Chipboard Alphas From Stash
Ribbon From Stash
Charm From Stash

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Purple Chick Girlie



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Blonde Hair - Tan, Mustard, Buttercup
Yellow - Mustard, Buttercup

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Ulverston Walk Scrapbook Page


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Home To Nest

I have to blow my own trumpet a bit today.  I'm trying to loose a little weight before being a bridesmaid this October so yesterday OH and I set of for a five mile hike, that turned into a seven mile hike then another seven miles home along the canal.  I'm feeling really proud of myself but also it was a lovely way to see appreciate this gorgeous area I live in.  I've brought back some lovely photos to scrapbook.

The walk was the first leg of a 45 mile walk around Pendle known as the Pendle Way.  We're planning to do all eight section and of course scrapbook each one.  OH also wants me to design and cross stitch the map and important points of interest so we can frame it for our newly plastered stairs.  Bless 'im he's trying to take an interest in my hobby coming up with these mad ideas. Things is, I'm mad enough to actually take on the challenge!  


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Shabby Chic Tilly Daydream


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Pearls included with Carousel
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Pink Party Girl

A very quickie card for this evening - any excuse to avoid the vacuuming!


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Rum and Raisin Ice Cream

Oh yum, that's s tempting! . . . But I'm going to be good and content myself with a pear.


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Fairy Special Christmas

I'm loving how so many of the new DoCrafts ranges co-ordinate with each other.  I've used the Capsule Spots & Stripes Festive collection but the tape is from the At Christmas by Lucy Cromwell collection and it matched perfectly with the green and burgundy shades.


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Christmas Fairy Tag

A quickie little tag, using up leftovers ad getting ahead for Christmas - go me!


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Large Silver Eyelet
Plain White Card

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Maddie in Orange

Evening all, I hope you've had a lovely weekend.

I've had a lovely day out in Chester with my OH.

I'll be wearing a halter neck bridesmaid's dress for my friend's wedding in October so I needed to get a new bra with multi-way straps.  I'm a very unusual size so bra shopping used to be a nightmare for me.  I have to give a plug to the lovely girls at Bravissimo, I gave up bothering to even try and buy bras anywhere else oh so many years ago!

We had a lovely potter shop afterwards and a fabulous meal at Havana.  It was really nice to spend the whole day just hanging out with my OH.  We've both been so busy these last few months with work and other commitments it was great to take that time for each other - there I go being soppy . . .!!

I've got a simple little card for today.  I'm really pleased with it even though it's not my normal style at all, I hardly ever use orange in my crafting and clean and simple is so not me.  But actually, these gorgeous My Minds Eye papers and some well chosen ProMarkers have made it work.


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Blonde Hair - Tan, Mustard, Buttercup

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Jade and Magenta Fairy Wishes

This is a world away from my normal style of card but I really enjoyed the change.  The negative piece kinda said tag to me, I think it came out pretty well.



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Flowers included with Carousel
Mini Brads
Card Candi
Nesting Dies - Oval
Nesting Dies - Scalloped Oval
Shapeabilities Jewel Flowers And Flourishes
Cards & Envelopes 5 x 7 Inch White
Taffeta Smooth White Card
ProMarkers - 
Blonde Hair - Tan, Mustard, Buttercup
Magenta - Magenta, Cerise, Hot Pink

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Lemon and Lime Summertime

I would never have thought of combining a bright lemon color with a bright limey green but I'm absolutely chuffed with the results, a really bright and cheery card.


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Flowers included with Carousel
Blonde Hair - Tan, Mustard, Buttercup
Yellow - Mustard, Buttercup

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Swans in Blue and Green


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Hot Diggity Dog Greeting Tags
- Colored with metallic markers
Dovecraft Jumbo Tag Brads
12x12 Core Card Coconut Cream
12x12 Core Card Cityscape
Cards & Envelopes 6 x 6 Inch White

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Vellux Window Curtains

I've had  a couple of Vellux windows fitted in my new loft space.  It was surprisingly cheap to add a whole extra room to my house and the space is amazing.  But thrifty me refused to pay for the expensive Vellux blinds.  My dad warned me that they're on a bout making them a legal requirement to reduce light pollution.  The light is amazing up there but as I'm currently using it as a living room the sunlight usually stops me watching TV on a weekend.

Here's my cheapo solution.

I have to give a shout out to Abakan Fabrics where I bought a 10m long roll end of boring brown woven fabric for a tenner.  OH said it was too boring and couldn't I sew a design onto it - I think he meant that I should embroider a design onto the fabric!!!  Ah bless his cottons.  But it did give me the idea of stenciling . .

I'd been eyeing up these Crafters Workshop Templates and chose the Echoes design in 12x12 size.

For the paint I picked Martha Stewart 2oz Satin Paint Vanilla Bean and mixed it with Fabric Medium.  I bought a set of Foam Pouncers to apply the paint with.

I saved an old cardboard box and used pins to secure my stencil and fabric to the card.  I learnt pretty quickly that I also needed some glossy paper underneath the fabric to stop to form stocking to the card as it dried.  That was my only mistake actually, after that it was plain sailing.

It took me a few evenings of dabbing and four bottles of paint to two bottles of Fabric Medium.  That was enough for two curtains each covering the largest standard Vellux sized window.  I think about 3m of my fabric in total.

To make the actual curtains I cut my stenciled fabric and a plain piece and cut them to about 8 inches longer than the window and just sightly wider.  I pinned them right side together and stitched around the edges leaving a gap to turn them right side out.  I top stitched the edges after pressing and caught the opening in the stitching - no hand sewing required!

I got myself four packs of Deco Rings and followed the destructions.  The pack includes a template to cut a circle from the fabric and then you just pop the two sides together catching the fabric in between, easy peasy.

Finding light weight poles was actually the hardest part.  I had to go round about three different shops to find them at a sensible price.  These are from Wilkos and I paid about £4 each.


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Brown Fabric
Curtain Poles

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Terra Bidlespacher's Flutters

This is just about the last of my Lucy Cromwell papers - blub blub!  But it's OK because Lucy Cromwell and Papermania have teamed up again to bring us two brand new Christmas ranges.  At Christmas is out now and the Little Red Robin Collection is available to pre-order for the 1st September.


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Pearls included with Carousel
Brown Hair - Burnt Sienna, Cinnamon, Tan
Muted Green - Moss

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Wellington and His Girl

My very determined fellah has just returned from a humongous hiking challenge.  He has just climbed the highest mountains in England (Scafell Pike), Scotland (Ben Nevis) and Wales (Mount Snowdon) all one after another.  

It's an amazing achievement, especially for a self confessed "larger gentleman".  After eighteen months of training he has now lost so much weight that the term is no longer applicable.  I'm immensely proud of my man!

The team did amazingly well and have so far raised over £2,500 for Derian House Children's Hospice.  Their  exploits were featured in the Lancashire Telegraph.



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Blonde Hair - Tan, Mustard, Buttercup
Muted Green - Moss
Orange - Burnt Orange, Ginger

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