It's almost here..

........the big day that is. Are you all ready? I was dreadfully unorganised this year but it's all coming together, thank goodness! Haven't even spared a thought for the food shopping, let alone bought anything at all edible, but hopefully Sainsbury's will leave a few bits of the shelves for me and my family, then it will be shopping trolleys drawn at dawn and the clashing of the titans!!

The K&Co Light Ideas Grand Adhesion on my card above lights up, just like the Christmas tree yesterday. I do love this range, they really make a card extra special. Pop back tomorrow when I will have another Christmas card to show you :-)

Thank you for visiting my little corner in Blogland xx

More Christmas Cards

I am very late in sending out cards this year but many have now been sent and there are just a few more to make. Here are two of the ones just made; they are almost identical but there are differences :o) The Christmas tree is a K&Co Light Ideas so lights up at the touch of a button.

You can see some of the lights are flashing here as the display races around the tree.

Bye for now x

Christmas Pocket Tag Card

The challenge today was set by Lou, and this is what she wanted:

I thought you might be fed up of Christmas cards by now and we all need tags at this time of year, so make a tag to go onto a gift, it doesn't have to be a Christmas tag as long as it's a tag that's the only specification. If you fancied making something else ( a card even) you still can as long as it has a tag on it.

Well I decided to make a Christmas card as I never get tired of making them :o) This one has a pocket inside that holds a large tag. The reverse of the tag has another pocket which can hold a voucher or money. Great for Christmas presents.

Inside here shows the pocket holding the tag:

....and here is the reverse side of the tag, which itself has a pocket for holding a voucher or money:



Pop over to Dottie's World and see what the other DT members have come up with :o)

Oh I better tell you what products I used for this card:

Dottie and George images are from the Christmas bundle (love it!!)

Papers are Dream Street Papers Wonderland. I also cut a snowman and reindeer form the paper for the tag.

Embellishments are K&Co Swell Noel and Christmas Cheer, plus an Imaginisce Frosty Snowflower and Basic Grey Fibre.

DCWV self-adhesive ribbon

I have used white acrylic paint (paint dabber) and red ink for the edges.

All is available at Charmed Cards & Crafts

xxxx

Get Well ......

A dear friend is ill and needs lots of love and support right now and this is for her. Know that I am always here for you, if you need to scream, shout, cry, or just talk, you know where I am xxx

Happy Birthday Carmen

Carmen is a member of our "Forum Family" and a nicer person your would never meet. Lovely and graceful Carmen is a real gem and I treasure her loads. This is Carmens card and a public HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU CARMEN XXXXXX If anyone deserves a wonderful day it's definitely you xxxx

New Baby

There's a new baby on the way. Before you get any ideas, no it's not me!!! But my SIL is just about to have her first baby, in fact it was due last week! We know it's a boy and we know he is going to be called Stanley, so just in case I haven't got time when he arrives I created this personalised card for him.

Ooohh, it's so exciting, I l-u-r-v-e babies *heart*

TFL

xxx

Altered Box

Just the other day I spotted a bunch of new self-inking stamps that I instantly wanted to get for my daughters class as a kind of RAK. These stamps are great for marking the children's work and have various graphics and sentiments. This then is going to be a present for the class.

To house the new stamps I altered a square box by covering it in a heavily textured paper then inking with orange Distress Ink. I decided to combine this project with today's challenge on Dottie's World, where Adele wanted to see lots of texture and ribbon and/or lace. The lace ribbons here are both from Prima. I used Teacher Dottie from the Dottie at Work collection for the centrepiece on the top of my box.

Other products used are Basic Grey Ambrosia Chipboard stickers . Prima Hydrangea. Hot off The Press Fabric Brads. Various buttons, mostly Basic Grey, Glossy Accents - all available in my shop Charmed Cards & Crafts.

TFL xx

Picture Challenge

My last two posts here have inspired the challenge today on Dottie's World. I set the challenge and my requirement is to use a picture (photograph) and at least one download.

I am so short of time at the moment so decided to combine this challenge with the card I was making for Louise Brigden's birthday on Tuesday. She is of course mum to all the Charmed downloads, hence this card is from both me and her little gang.

Sorry I am spoiling it for Tuesday Lou but hope you like it. Happy birthday chuck xxx

Picture Cards

I love adding the recipients picture to cards, I think nothing else personalises quite like it. It is my daughters birthday tomorrow and I cannot believe it but she is going to be 12!! We were looking through some photographs last week and I commented on a picture of her and how sweet and innocent she looked there, how I wished she would stay like that forever. Aimee looked at me and said "but you said I would be your little girl forever". Bless! I therefore decided that using the picture and wording for her birthday card would be perfect.

The wording reads "However big you grow... you will always be my little girl". The tree symbolises her growth and the hearts obviously my love.

All the layers of papers have been brushed with white acrylic paint.

Here is another picture card for an upcoming 40th birthday. I have also given you the sentiment circle in case you feel like being cruel, mwahahahaha..........

TFL

Karen x

Flowers and more Flowers

That is what Lou wanted for the Sunday challenge on Dotties World today - along with at least one of the Charmed downloads of course. I decided to veer away from the cards for this week and decorate a paper mache frame.

I painted the frame in a cream acrylic paint.

The picture is meant to refer to the magic of chilhood and "make-believe". The "Hi" and "Believe" are not menat to read together (as one of my girls seemed to think). Henry Hare is saying hi to the girls and the "Believe" refers to the fact that they believe in him. This is a land where cats are blue and walk about proudly bearing bejwelled crowns after all! Henry Hare are carrying flowers and flowers also grow at the base of the picture. Both Henry Hare and Puss are from the Animal Magic Collection available at Charmed Cards & Crafts, as are the love birds sitting on the frame.

The pictures of the girls are from different years but I thought they both suited the theme.

I used We R Memory Keppers paper for the frame. The wording in the large yellow flower reads "Let the magic within last forever.......Believe........" A large Dovecraft Funky brads adorn the centre.

I covered a few plain chipboard pieces in Blazing Orange Liquid Beadz.


The branch is a plain Basic Grey Infuse chipboard piece covered in Cracklepaint.

I also used K&Co Margo Self-adhesive pearls and some Glitter blossoms from the new Lotus range.



Other items used are K&Co Wild Saffron Felt Flowers and butterflies, plus Dovecraft and Basic Grey brads.

TFL

Karen xx