Dawny Has A New Toy :)

 

Hello there possums and hope you are all OK today - it’s a bit parky here at the mo so I do hope it warms up a bit soon.

It’s Papertake Weekly time peeps and today our theme for you is

For The Girls … or Mum

so it’s time to get the pretty stuff out and as you can imagine, I was loving this one lol!!

We’re sponsored today by The Stamp Fairy so if you get a sec, nip over and check it all out :)

So here’s my girlie card – it had to be pink naturally!!

The image I used today is called Blossom and she is as sweet as only a Lili of The Valley image can be. I stamped her onto a Nesties Label 18 from Simon Says Stamp and then coloured her with these Copics -

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E21, R00, R20

Hair – E42, E43, E50, E81

The rest – E41, E42, E81,  G99, R85, RV0000, RV000, RV00, RV10, YG0000, YG01, YG03

The papers are from Nitwits 

 

A pretty selection of bloomage from Wild Orchid Crafts don’t ya think :)

Oh and of course there is a strip or two of Tilda Lace as well…. just for a change :)

So here’s my new toy.

I saw this die and fell in love with it. It’s an MFT Leafy Flourish die and it’s available from Simon Says Stamp. It’s gorgeous so I expect it will be seen on here a fair old bit cos you know what I’m like!!!

I also added a pretty pink bow made from some pink vintage seam binding from The Ribbon Girl.

This is the inside – I’m doing that a lot lately :)

 

So there we are all done.

Ohh did you see DOI on Sunday night?
It might be me but was Chemmy getting a bit carried away with herself after Robin said he was favouring her? I did wonder if she sort of sealed her fate a bit cos she wasn't that popular to start with seeing as she had been in the skate off a fair few times. But I did like their routine.

And ooooerrrr, wasn't Louis a bit mean with the old marks for Jorgie? I thought it was gorgeous to be fair,  but what do I know eh (nowt, that’s what!!!).

So it’s nearing the end and then it’s back to getting a life on a Sunday night.

I picked Kyla up from school last night and we took some flowers up to the ‘crem’ for my Gran. It was 25 years years yesterday since she died and I can’t believe how the time has gone. Kyla loves looking at her name in the big book, especially now that she can read and she took it upon her self yesterday to explain it all to Richard!!!  Then she insisted on looking at all the funeral flowers that were left there – cheerful kid that she is!! They were so beautiful some of them,  and I just kept thinking of all the money that those people had spent on them and they were left just lying there. What a shame.

Anyway I better go.

I’m getting a bit peckish and want to grab some grub before I go and do the Makro run. Then I’m baby sitting cos Em is working late and Tim is off to the match. It’s the derby tonight and  we will of course be cheering for the red boys. We have all been Liverpool supporters in our family apart from my Uncle Ed who was a blue for all of his life, bless him.  I’m not as passionate about the footie as I once was though and see it now as 22 vastly overpaid men with large egos kicking a bag of wind around for 90 minutes!!!! But I still want Kenny’s boys to win of course!!

I’ll leave you with a little sneakie peekie for tomorrow ….

Enjoy your evening sweet peeps, see you tomorrow and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Forever Friends & This Week’s Blast From The Past (it’s a cracker!!)

Morning loveliest of peeps and hope you are all having a nice day today.
We are nearly at the end of the week and time to head off and catch up with the Lili’s Little Fairies Challenge.

This week our theme is 

Ribbons & Lace

and say no more cos this is another right up my street sort of challenge!!

We’re sponsored today by the fabulous Ribbon Girls and there is a rather delish prize up for grabs so if you get a sec, nip over for a mooch.

So …

… here’s the old card.

I was going to do a pink theme but thought I’d go for something a little bit different – I don’t like to be predictable lol!!!  So I went for green which isn't a colour I am overly fond of but I like how this card came out.

The image is sooo sweet and it’s Friends Forever and these are the Copics I used -

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E21, R00, R20

Hair – E25, E29, E35, E50, E51, E81

The rest – RV000, RV00, RV29, YG0000, YG00, YG03, YG95

The papers are all from the Egg-stra Special collection from Nitwits and I stuck 2 die cut Magnolia Dream Tags behind the centre panel.

 

The bow was made from 38mm white  silky crush ribbon and the button is a medium lime polka dot  button  - both are from The Ribbon Girl

 

I decorated the inside of this card to tie in with the front and used another Magnolia Dream Tag which was from Simon Says Stamp.

The lace is 25mm white flat lace and again this is from The Ribbon Girl :) Have you seen the new stuff on TRG website by the way? There’s some lovely coloured lace, liquid pearls and some pretty striped buttons. You can see them all here.

 

So we’re all done with the card and now it’s time for this week’s BFTP.

This was recorded in 2011 so it isn’t from THAT long ago to be honest,  but both songs on it (yes it’ a  BOGOF  BFTP today!!) are from 1973 and 2004. Live & Let Die is the one Bond film that I actually enjoyed and I loved the title track. And then we move to 2004 and along came McFly. I was past all that boy band malarkey but I think they have real talent and 5 Colours In Her Hair was their first single.

So this was recorded for Pop Star To Opera Star (yes I am reality TV junkie!!.) Danny Jones  (from McFly)  had been on the year before and he came back with his band to do a bit of a turn with the violinist David Garrett.

Well I tell you peeps, I had to keep rewinding it cos it is awesome -  my Nicola loved it as well. Stunning isn't the word and not just because Harry Judd in in it. (I am wayyyyyy too old for any of the McFly laddies I know,  but Harry is my fave cos he is rather gorge).

See what I mean – who couldn’t  be wild about Harry!!!

Anyway, turn up the volume and get ready for 4:20 of pure brilliance (IMHO of course).

Enjoy and I’ll see you back here soon as soon and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

At Last!!!!!

 

Morning sweet peeps and I hope that you are all OK today :)x

It’s a bit of a wet day here in Chester and I guess that after the last few nice days, we were due a bit of rain. I can see a slightly clearer sky in the distance so I hope that the wind blows it over here pdq :)

It’s time to head over the water and catch up with what’s happening over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge and today we want you to make something nice for

Mother’s Day or a Special Girl 

There is a mahoosove prize as always which the lovely Heidi is giving away ….

… and one lucky winner will get to have a nice old splurge …..

… right here :)

There’s always lots of nice  new stuff coming in so if you get a sec, nip over and check it all out.

So this is me card and I did something a little different today.

I wanted to make a special card for somebody – can’t say who in in case she reads this and then I’m rumbled lol -  and I would usually use an 8 x 8 for my card base but I didn’t have any :(  So I had one of them there eureka-ka-ka-kaaaaaaaaa moments and for me, el dozy knickers,  this is verging on the genius (it’s sad but true peeps!!).

So enough of trying to get the sympathy vote, what I did was this -

Using a Martha Stewart PATP set, punch around a piece of card measuring 6.75 inches (or whatever the measurement for your particular punch is, but it needs to be the next largest one to 6”) .  Then take a 6 x 6 card base and trim a section from the bottom of the front of the card base and then stick on the punched mat. How much you trim will depend on the pattern of the punch. You need to trim that bit off otherwise your card won’t stand up and if you stick it on so that it’s level with the bottom, you won’t see the punched out bit.  But you end up with a larger card than the usual 6 x 6 and it’s a really nice base to make a special card.

Hope that all makes sense!!

So for the image, I used Tilda with Cozy Heart and stamped her onto a Nesties Label 18  and coloured her with these Copics -

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E21, R00, R20

Hair – E25, E29, E35, E51

The rest – C1, C2, C3, C5, R05, R17, R27, R59

The papers are gorgeous and they are from the Basic Grey Little Black Dress  6 x 6 Paper Pack. I also added a strip of Tilda Lace seeing as it was still on my desk and added a bit of doodle-ie stitching !!

Now for the At Last bit.

You know how I always use the good old Magnolia leaf and swirl die? Or more to the point, I use the swirl bit!! Well I thought I’d give the leaf bit a turn for a change cos the poor thing must be thinking it has offended me.

But at last it has been used – hurrayyyy!!!

I also made a rolled flower from the grey paper in the pack as it’s so soft and pretty, and I plonked it on top of a flower cut from my fave Magnolia Doily Flower die.

A few Hero Arts Gems , a sentiment printed onto SAFMAT Self-Adhesive Printing Film and a button and bow made from ribbons from my stash and we’re done.

So that’s me for today.

I’ll be back tomoz with another helping of fairy-ness plus this week’s blast from the past so have a great day and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Here Comes The Hot Stepper :)

Hi there me darlins and hope you are all enjoying this lovely Spring day today :)

It’s that time of the week when we head on over to good old Papertake Weekly and see what’s happening, and today we have one of our

Anything Goes

themes for your with the option of adding something shrink plastic. I bet loads of you have a pack of it somewhere in your stash, so why not get it out and see what you can do with it. Of course, you don’t have to peeps if you don’t want to cos it is only an option :)

We have a fabby voucher from Lili Of The Valley up for grabs so if you get a sec, check it all out :)

So ….

… this is what I did.

I went for something a bit different from my usual 6 x 6 card base. I used one of the gorgeous Elegant Step Card blanks  which the lovely Paula from Which Craft UK sent me to have a play with. They look like you’ve spent hours on your card but in fact they take very little work and you end up with something quite special I think.

The image is one of the new Lili Of The Valley releases -  she is Dainty Dancing and very sweet indeedy.

I coloured Miss Twinkle Toes with these Copics -

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E21, R00, R20

Hair – E42, E50, E81

The rest – E81, RV0000, RV000, RV00

The papers are from the Grin n Bear It collection from Nitwits

 

I used the Magnolia Doily Flowers from Simon Says Stamp to make this bloom and topped it off with one of those pretty little pink two tone blossoms from The Ribbon Girl.

Sweet :)

This is where the shrink plastic comes in.

I punched a heart (oooo errr!!) from the plastic then coloured it with Copic RV00 and then shrank it down.  Then I attached it to a double bow made from cream vintage seam binding and topped it off with another blossom.

3 things here which I love a LOT -

Ivory pleated Satin ribbon, topped with some cream tiny ric rac, both from The Ribbon Girl and a bit of paper lace (no I won't do the Billy Don’t Be A Hero thing again!!) made from my well used and much loved Tilda Lace Die from Simon Says Stamp

I’ve had a pack of doilies for years.

My mum gave me them a long time before she died (and that was in 2003!!). I knew I had them but could not finds them in the general melee that is my craft room,  then whilst looking for something else, I found them!! So they got the glitter treatment round the edges – you can’t really see on the pics – and on one went!!

So that’s today’s card done peeps and I’ll be back tomoz with my Simon Says Stamp card.

Here, have a little sneakie peekie ……

… now I wonder what image that can be lol!!!

Well did you see DOI on Sunday?
Thank the good Lord that Chico listened to me and sorted his wig out. Talking of  hot steppers, he was a bit ooooh la la and raunchy-o wasn't he (if you missed it I’ve put the YouTube thing on for you :) so today we’ve had Dainty Dancing and a bit of Dirty Dancing as well (shocking, Miss Piggy!)

Now I have to say that in no way do I find him attractive. He is far too oily and smarmy for my liking, BUT his little bootie shake at the beginning was a sight to behold and he clearly looks after himself cos you don't get a bod like that by eating cream cakes and sitting on your butt watching Jeremy Kyle all day.

Clearly that is where I am going wrong.

I have to confess that I do watch JK  but only to see if there is anybody on there with a full set of teeth  :(   I sometimes watch it whilst eating cream cakes as well sadly, which explains a lot!!!

Anyhoos I thought Sunday was fab – especially the team bits near the end. The girls got my vote but I did like the old YMCA thing as well. I have to fess up that Louis Spence is growing on me cos I didn’t used to like him but he is quite funny in his own way!!  I still can’t pick a winner this year although I’ll predict a Jorgie / Matt final.

So I’ll be off on that note but I’ll leave you with Chico-time and his ‘Sexy And He Knows It’ bit (and check out his ‘sexy’  kex!!!).

Enjoy your evening and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Shocking!!!!

      

Hey there peeps and hope you are all having a fab weekend :)

I intended to post on here yesterday but Miss Kyla had other ideas and we ended up doing all sorts yesterday and time just ran away. We’ve been up to the stables today and Kyla had her riding lesson,  then it was back to do some prep for my card class tomorrow, so this is the first chance I got!!

Anyway no challenge or anything – this is a sneak peek of one of the new Lili Of The Valley images and I should have posted this in Feb but being unwell, it didn’t happen.

So I thought I’d share it now.

This ever so sweet image is Best Dress and I coloured her with these Copics -

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E21, R00, R20

Hair – E41, E43, E50, E81

The Rest – RV0000, RV000, RV00, RV10, RV29, YG03

I left her cardi uncoloured but covered it with glitter so it wasn't too plain.

The papers are of course from Nitwits - FQB - Bonnets 'n Bowties Collection and I LOVE that shocking pink :)

I did one of me carnation thingies using 4 Prima flowers and made it into a little arrangement using some gorge blooms from  Wild Orchid Crafts – the self adhesive pearls that are just peeking out  are also from WOC.

The sentiment was done on my computer and you can probably just about make out the scalloped border. Well that was done with one of these bad boys ….

 

.. which is  a Spellbinders Edgeabilities Classic Scallop E8-001.

I got it from CardCraft UK. I have to say that I am majorly impressed peeps. I ordered it on Friday and it was here first thing Saturday morning!! And there was no p&p either cos the minimum spend is only a tenner – wooo-hoooooo !!

Brownie points to them for sure for amazing service I think :)

Ohhhh and get me – I actually decorated the inside of the card. There is a reason for  doing this and I’ll share it in a day or two (or three etc  knowing me lol!!)

But you’ll be seeing a lot of more of it fo sho lol!!!

That pretty bow was made from 38mm Pink/White Striped Grosgrain ribbon from  The Ribbon Girl (of course!!). And keep your eyes peeled here at the old pig sty me darlins cos I have some wonderful Ribbon Girl news for you which I will be spilling soon.

Well that’s me done sweet peeps and I’m now off for a glass of something white and chilled  to accompany Dancing on Ice.

I wish Holly Willough-boobie was still in it cos I cannot take to Ms Bleakley quite the same (patronising and smug spring to mind when I see her!!).  I know it’s puerile, banal and very very wrong on all sorts of levels (and I am a Grandma and should know better), but did you see Celebrity Juice this week? The elastic band flicking thing with Jedward  literally had me rolling on the floor. Please peeps,  if you are easily offended and have never watched it before ….don’t!! It’s very very VERY rude and silly, but at times it makes me howl.

But back to DOI and I hope that old Chico has been to get his barnet seen to, even if to be fair  he is quite good on the old blades.

I’ll catch up tomoz  cos I have another LOTV card to share so until then, have a fabbytastic evening, toodle pip and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Blooming Stitches :)

Hi there peeps and it’s another gorgeous day here in Chester today :)
In fact, it’s so nice that I am off on me bike shorlty for a bit of fresh air and exercise  …. before I go and fill my piggy old chops at Frankie & Benny’s later on!!!!

But before that, it’s time to hop over and check out the Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar challenge and today it’s my turn to host. It’s also our special monthly challenge so our theme is

Anything Goes

with the option of adding some stitching somewhere – you can either draw it on or use real stitching.

We are sponsored today  by those lovely people across the water, Simon Says Stamp

and there is a rather yummy voucher up for grabs so do check it all out if you get a sec.

So …

… here’s what I did. I coloured Tilda Loves Flowers from Simon Says Stamp in these Copic colours ..

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E21, R00, R20

Hair – E25, E29, E35, E50, E51,

The rest – B0000, B000, B00, B12, BV000, BV00, BV02, BV04, E81, RV000, RV00, RV10, RV29

and I also added a bit of polychromos pencilling here and there.

The papers which I am, LOVING, are the new release from Nitwits and they are from the FQB - Bonnets 'n Bowties Collection – right up my street they are lol!!! And the pretty ribbon is 38mm faux silk ribbon from The Ribbon Girl - where else would I get my gorgeous ribbon from :)x

   

This is a Marianne Design Creatables die but I cannot remember which one (soz peeps ) and the packet seems to have gone walkies but I’ll have a look and update if I find it. I topped it off with a little carnation made from paper flowers.

So that’s  the old card done and I may very well be back over the weekend with something tomoz. We have our Saturday morning baking sesh and then her ladyship goes swimming and seeing that Dicky Mint is working all day, I have the whole day to myself – wooohooooo!!!

Emma is going for another scan later today and she is taking Kyla with her, who on the one had is vey excited to be going, but on the other was apparently a bit put out that I wasn't;t collecting her from school today. Mind you, I wasn't too chuffed when Richard told me last week that she sidled up to him and whispered ‘Grandma’s got a big bottom hasn’t she’!! Well out of the mouths of babes and all that so I thought I’d better get the big butt back on the bike (that’s quite good alliteration there lol!!) . But sadly we are all then going to F&B’s for our din-dins so my hard work will no doubt be undone :(

Anyhoos, enjoy your Friday and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Just Peachie & This Week’s Blast From The Past :)

Morning loveliest of peeps and what a beautiful morning it is here in Chester. The sun is shining and it’s just gorgeous.

Long may it last (it won't!!).

It’s a white rabbit day today ie the first of the month and I cannot believe we are into the third month of the year already!!! I hope that if you did the proposal thing yesterday that it went well for you and not like poor Rhona in Emmerdale – eeee, yer daft ‘apeth Paddy!!.

Anyway enough of this rural banter stuff, it’s time to check out the Lili’s Little Fairies Challenge and this week we have a peachie theme for you. In fact, it really is just that cos it’s

Peaches N Cream!!

Now I must confess that this isn't really a colour combi I usually go for even though I really really like it :)

So here’s the old cardio and today I used one of the new releases from Lili Of The Valley and this super sweet lil sausage is Wish Upon A Star. I coloured her with these Copics -

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E21, R00, R20

Hair – E50, E81

The rest – E50, E51, E53, YR0000, YR00, YR02, YR20, YR61

and the papers are all from Nitwits  from the FQB Buds n Blossoms collection.

 

This ribbon is amazing, it really is. It’s 32mm pure silk ribbon and it is the softest ribbon I’ve ever seen. I could barely bring meslef to cut it to be honest!!!

And it’s back after its day off – yes the Magnolia leaf and swirl die has had enough of a rest I think!!!!

An array of beautiful bloomage and all from Wild Orchid Crafts.

 

So that’s the card done.

Now as it’s Thursday it’s time for one of me blasts from the past and I’m sure you can all guess which one I went for today, being the predictable piggy that I am. I was quite shocked to hear about the death of Davy Jones yesterday. I liked the Monkees and even though I didn’t really fall in love until Donny Osmond (sigh sigh) came along, I did quite like Peter Tork even though he is a bit gormless looking back on it. But I was only 8 at the time (yes I really am THAT old lol!!) and it goes to show what appalling taste I had in men even at that young age cos most of the girls liked Davy…….

….  and no wonder - didn't he age well, bless him!!!

Another bit of  useless info is that Mike Nesmith’s mother (for the young ‘uns amongst us, he’s the one with the woolly hat in the vid) invented Liquid Paper ie Tippex (or idiot ink as we used to call it!!).

Now I just had a thought.

I bet a lot of the young ‘uns won’t know what that it cos now if you make a mistake now when typing,  you just delete it. But back then when we had old fashioned clunky typewriters, if you made a mistake you had to insert this paper and re-type your mistake and it put white ink over the mistake. Then you could type the correct letter.

Clever stuff eh,  and very high tec ……. back in the 50s!!! You can read about it here (riveting doesn’t come close lol!!!)

Anyway here’s the vid –those of a certain age will remember it fondly (it’s a toe tapper). It’s that old that it’s slightly out of synch but then so are most of us over a certain age!!!  I think most of the young uns will know it as well cos they do it in Shrek The Musical.

So pop pickers (jeez I am doing the old fart thing majorly today), enjoy and huggiest of hugs to all and see you tomoz xxxx