A little bit of vintage today

I've spent a lazy Sunday afternoon making this card using a few of my purchases from the Stitching Show at Manchester yesterday.  Have to say that for the long drive, I was a little disappointed with the show, don't know why really, as I found the couple of felting demos and the Every Crafts a Pound stalls fabulous but that was it really, I was however, super impressed by the Trafford Centre which was right next door, so I had a mooch round there after and bought a couple of  baby outfits for Holly's bump!

Any hoo, onto my card, and the items that I bought at the show were the little frame below, and the Memory Box roses corner dies that was reduced. I already had the image and papers from previous shows.

The little face inside the frame above was in a wooden embellishment set from the Works and the metal corner and bark heart below were also in my stash. The background papers are mostly Stampin Up and I've used a ton of Aged Ivory Frantage which I love.  I remember to apply it to the layers prior to sticking them together too so I've made progress! 

This gorgeous wooden crinolined lady was from another show - isn't she so elegant and the little flower embelllie was in the same pack as the framed lady. 

Finally, the little trinket below was from an old earring set, I love it when my hoarding comes good! 

I've also used a Fiskars border punch  for the second roses mat and some fab vintage looking sequins with an added pearl. Oh and aren't the chiffon roses with a pearl centre divine - just wish I could remember where I bought it from.  Of course, there has  to be some Marianne goodness in there and it's that gorgeous new embossed flourish corner which has only just been released! Full details of Marianne products below:

LR0405 - NEW- Flourish Corner die

CR1248 -Stitched Circle Border die

Think it's the last of War and Peace tonight on the box, I just love it. Fire's on and we're all warm and toasty and ready to enjoy!

Hugs. Juliexx

New Challenge at Passion for Promarkers - Yummy food

Today's card is for our new challenge starting today over at a Passion for Promarkers with a great theme of Yummy Food as chosen by our lovely  Loopy Lou.  I think I may have stretched the concept with my choice of coffee but I do love a Latte and often have one as an alternative to the chocolate cravings!!

This is also my second GDT card for Funky Hands, and as soon as I saw the digi of the coffee cup, I'm a Mug for You - Coffee Love, I knew I had to team it up with this gorgeous Saturated Canary image. The papers are from the Prima Introspection pad and the corregated strip is actually one of those bands to stop you burning your pinkies!

The little heart is a wooden one from Live and Love crafts and the frame is cut with a Fiskars corner/border combo.

Our sponsors for this challenge are Whiff of Joy with the lucky winner getting a stamp of their choice!

Don't forget to check out the rest of my fabby teammates's  cards here!

April Blog Hop at Mo's - It's all about the Border

It's time for our monthly hop here at Mo's Dream Team and this month our theme is Borders, which can be made of flowers, die-cuts, doodled etc.

I've used one of Mo's gorgeous new images, Little Punk, - click on the link to find her, along with her fabulous fellow newbies!

Of course, she had to have red hair, being the little rebel that she is!  My border around the image is  a rope border/corner combo punch from Fiskars and the little border of pin wheel flowers are made from Memory Box dies.

I love her little outfit and her boots!

I've also used a Marianne Zip die either side of my image but it doesn't show up too well and the Sentiment is from an old Autumn Leaves set.

Hopefully, you should have arrived here from Gretha's blog, I know she'll have wowed with her card, and your next stop on the hop is the equally fabulous Heidy.

Ooh and don't forget to leave a comment on each of the DT's posts as there are 2 $5 vouchers hidden along the way, to spend in Mo's Store and one of them could be yours!

Here's the  full blog hop order in case you get lost  along the way

 Jak, Gretha, Julie, Heidy, Alice, Vili, Alexandra,
Anneke, Danielle, Kaly

Happy Hopping!

Passion for Promarkers - New Challenge Summer Time Blues

Howdy y'all!   Another DT card from me today and it's for our new challenge at Passion For Promarkers and our fabbie Lisa has chosen a theme Blue and one other colour.  I can't quite decide whether my one other colour is white or the tan/beige of string border!

I've used this naughty little minx from  Kenny K- has to be one of my faves and great for men's cards!

The Promarker Blues that I used are Reef Blue, Capri Blue and Stonewash, while for her skin my combo lately  is Coral, Sunkissed Pink, Baby Pink for cheeks, and Blush and Ivory.

I used a Fiskars punch around the page set for the border, and then made my  own weathered wood background paper with a wood grain Impression Obsession stamp using Weathered Wood Distress Ink.   The star strips are a Memory Box die and the Dude stamp is from PTI (the whole thing says, Dude , You  Rock, but I didn't want the last bit!)

Our sponsor for this week's challenge is Whiff of Joy and the lucky winner will win a stamp of their choice!

As always, the team at PFP have made some  fabulous samples for you, so check them out here!

Wedding card

This was the card I made for my nephew's wedding back in May and had meant to post as part of the Passion For Promarkers  Anniversary challenge back then but life's events got in the way and I never got round to posting it.

I used a Lili of the Valley image from their True Love Art Pad - these are fantastic value and you get so many fab images ready for colouring with your alcohol markers!! I couldn't get a great picture of the card though so it looks a bit washed out -  I tried in all sorts of different lights and with all sorts of different settings on my camera!

The flowers circling the image are from Craftwork cards and you get all the petals ready die-cut ready for curling and layering up, with all the components sufficient for two wreath posies although I just used mine on as decoration on my card.

As you can see, I've had the frantage out on the flowers ! The rose border round the edge of the card is cut with a Fiskars punch - it's one of my most favourite punches - it's so easy to get the border!

I missed the wedding but by all accounts it was a fabulous country wedding in the Lake District with a Ceileidh and story telling and wellies!  Congratulations Kim and Joel!xxx

And, wow, wasn't the tennis fantastic - well done, Andy Murray!!
Happy Monday everyone!

Mo Manning's Mummu's Roses for Renee

I made this card for my MIL's birthday today - Happy Birthday Renee.  I love this image which is called Mummu's Roses from Mo's Digital Pencil and can be found here in Mo's store.

Now, my MIL doesn't look like this,  but she does love an American illustrator/crafter called Tasha Tudor, who isn't so well known over here in the UK but is much more widely known in the US.  Well, that's who Mummu reminds me, not necessarily even in looks but in her look of contentment with the simpler things in life!  Hopefully, my MIL will think that too!

I've made an 8x8 card and coloured with my Flex and Promarkers.  I've added some 'dew drops' to the roses and used loads of punches and dies from Fiskars, Marianne, Die-Namics, Memory Box and Stampin Up.  the papers are from K & CO.

By the way, I'm just going to give a shout our for Tracy at Dies to Die For!  I ordered a couple of new dies and my parcel arrived with loads of lovely die-cuts for me to try and a £1 voucher off my next order as my postage hadn't cost so much - how fabulous is that and what great service!! No relation just a very happy customer!!