Sunday 22 April 2012

Let's Go Shopping


When I spotted this challenge on the I love ProMarkers Blogg I laughed to myself. This image from Lili of the Valley reminds me so much of my sister-in-law. She is one serious shopaholic! Whenever she comes to visit us she never arrives empty handed and the gifts that she brings are always beautifully wrapped and  presented. I think my daughter is following in the same footsteps. She loves window shopping and doesn't need any encouragement to get in a changing room just to try something on and look at herself in the mirror. She certainly doesn't get that off me!


This card was made from Ivory Linen cardstock.
The background papers are from First Eddition
The image is from Lili Of The Valley and has been coloured with ProMarkers
The Dragonfly is available in different colours from here.
The embellishments, ribbon and lace are all from my stash.

I would love to enter this card into the following challenges:
I Love ProMarker - Lets go shopping
Passion For ProMarker - Pink, Pearls and Lace
Love to Create challenge blogg - Anything Goes


Saturday 14 April 2012

White On White

I have come across a lot of cards lately in the white on white theme. I think they look absolutely stunning but have found it fairly tricky to do. I had to reply to a wedding invitation so thought I would use this theme to make an acceptance card.


The stamp used is from Lili of the Valley which I have coloured with ProMarkers.
The embossed background was created using one of the latest Spellbinders Garden Surprise M-Bossabilities  folders.
The white linen card, dragonfly, gems and heart ribbon are all available here.




I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
I Love Promarker - white on white
Passion for Promarker - white on white


Sunday 8 April 2012

Website

After a fab weekend of crafting and a great day today of being treated to lunch and tea (No washing up for me today. Yipee!!) I am absolutely shattered! We are currently working really hard to get the website up and running. Whilst the front of shop is almost there (The pages that you see whilst you are shopping), there has been a lot of behind the scenes work to be done. I didn't realise just how much work goes into these things. I have learnt lots of new computer jargon but I don't even begin to  pretend to know what it means. FTP, HTML? Yes, I think I'll just carry on letting the experts do their work! LOL!

We are just in the process of getting the basic products added of which there are around 500 different crafting goodies. Then we will start to add more. Hopefully they should be live and ready to order within the next couple of weeks. In the meantime they are all available in our eBay shop.

For those people who can't wait for our website to open, if you are an early bird and register on the website early we will email you to notify you when the products are added. There may even be some discount codes floating around too.

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your Easter weekend x

Saturday 7 April 2012

Letraset ProMarker Stamp Pack 2 Card

I think I am slowly getting my little girl hooked on card making! We have sat for hours today stamping and colouring images. I think she felt special as I let her use my "Special Pens" - my ProMarkers. I held my breath for a long time as she is only four years old and likes to stamp really hard with her pens until the nibs disappear! On this occasion she was really gentle and thoroughly enjoyed herself.

We used the stamp from ProMarker Stamp Pack 2 to create the following card.


The papers are a free yes FREE download from another blogg but I can't for the life of me find the link. I will update as soon as I have found it. 
The card is made from 250gsm white linen card stock.



The ProMaker stamp has indeed been coloured using ProMarkers. I have used the following colours
Skin : Ivory, Satin, Blush and Pale Pink
 Hair: Vanilla, Lemon, Canary Yellow and Cinnamon
Clothes: Vanilla, Primrose and Ruby
Bonnett: Ruby, Vanilla, Cinnamon, Henna, Lime Green and Forest Green
Flowers and Grass: Lime Green, Forest Green, Cool Aqua, Arctic Blue, Ruby, Vanilla, Amethyst and Fuchsia Pink
The Promarkers and stamp, Diamontes, Linen Card and Heart Ribbon Trim are all available here.



The butterfly is a tonic studio punch.



The sentiment stamp is from Lilly Of The Valley

Thanks for looking x



Sunday 1 April 2012

Happy 50th Birthday to my wonderful fiancée Falcon! What a fabulous week of celebrations we have had. We have been joined by family from Northern Ireland and have enjoyed endless visits to restaurants and coffee shops and not to mention the big surprise party!

I know it's not card making related but I felt that had to share with you some pictures of his cake. The brief was simple - a 50th Birthday cake and look what the talented Freda came back with.


He's a massive Man Utd fan and I thought that this cake was absolutely brilliant. Look at the detail.





Even the silver backing is made from icing. I think it's absolutely wonderful and am extremely grateful for all of the hard work that Freda put into this cake and at such short notice too. I can't wait to try a slice or too now. There goes the diet :-)