Hi and it's cutie pie challenge time again.

Hi everyone.  It seems like ages since I have posted.  (Well it is a fortnight (lol) and that's eons in a crafters life!!!)

I hope each and everyone of my lovely crunchies are keeping well and that you are getting loads of crafting time in.  Sadly for me the last fortnight was spent moving into my lovely new house.  The kids and I are now settled and I have finally unpacked the craft stuff.  So I can get back to what I really enjoy doing!!

Anyway today's Monday so that means its time for another cute challenge over at The Cutie Pies.  This fortnight's challenge is a combination of pearls and swirls, well what girlie can resist pearls or swirls.  Anyway the fab design team have been hard at work creating some truly inspirational projects for you.

This is my DT card

The gorgeous image is from Wee Stamps who are sponsoring this challenge.  I think it's just too cute.  I have coloured my digi stamp with Promarkers and then used TH Stickles glitter to highlight the edges of the leaves.  The heart shape was cut using Spellbinders Nesties.    I made my stick pin from several old necklaces, which I have dismantled.  The swirls are of course the fab Tim Holtz, whilst the papers are from First Edition.  The sentiment is from Kanban.  

Hope you like it, and I have inspired you to pop on over to the Cutie Pies.

Crafty hugs to you all

Flower Power

Hi everyone

Well what a fortnight it's been. Firstly thanks to everyone who left comments for me and hugs on my Blue Valentine post.  -  I apologise for not posting much this week, but I am moving so things have been very busy.  I have a lovely new little house that I am sure the kids and I will be very happy in.

Anyway today's post is a card I made for my fantastic sister-in-law  for her birthday.  The card is also my DT card for the wonderful Cutie Pie challenge this fortnight.  The challenge is flower power.

I have used a Make it Crafty image for this card.  I love these - they are fab to colour and always look wonderful. The backing papers are first edition.  The sentiment is from the Tulip range by Papermania.  I have of course coloured her with promarkers.  The edges were inked with TH Distress Inks.   I kept it quite simple as I wanted the image to really stand out and the backing papers are really glitzy.

I hope that you'll pop on over and join in our fab challenge.

Hugs to everyone

My Blue Valentine/Anniversary

Hi everyone, my card today is a blue valentine.  I don't know how many of you have noticed but there are no red hearts included in my cards at this time of year.  This is because a week before christmas I found out my husband of 10 years was having an affair, he left in January and is now living with this horrid woman, who had no scruples in destroying our family.   I still love him dearly and would have him back and completely forgive him.  He says he misses family life, and the kids, and me everyday and that he is eaten up with guilt about what he has done.   He is my everything, so this is the card I have made and sent to him. I have included a picture of the sentiment inside, which I wrote.  As you can see from the sentiment, today is not only valentines day, but it is also our wedding anniversary.

My card is very simple, I distressed the whole of the front and back of the card with TH distress inks, then I used various papers from my stash to create the hearts, which were cut with Spellbinders Nesting dies. The sentiment was typed in word and the picture is a watermark behind.  (This was us on our wedding day!!)

I wish to thank you my lovely followers and friends for your support over the last couple of months, your lovely comments have kept me going at a time when inspiration has been really hard to find.

I am going to enter this into the following challenges:

Bunny Zoes Crafts - Celebrations

Crafty cardmakers = monochrome

Kaboodle Doodles = boys or masculine

Hooked on Crafts = Hearts valentine

Crafting when we can = valentine

The squirrel and the fox - valentine

Hugs