A New Project.

Thank you for the lovely messages on my last post.

Much appreciated and treasured.

I am at my first of 17 Craft Fayres this Saturday and Sunday.

It's at Cherry Lane Garden Centre in Fritton.

This Butterfly is a lot more purple in Real Life.

Also the main fairy is all over glittered

and her wings are 3D.

Maybe visible if you click on it.

Looking forward to seeing some old faces. Not in age!!Lol!!

The weather is supposed to be good.

Off to bed as it's 1.35am so an early night tonight.

Thanks for popping in. You know I will visit your 

blogs as much as I can too.

Big hugs,

Carol

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Phew!!!

It seems ages since I posted on here!!

I suddenly realised, that as from next weekend, I have 

17 Craft Fayres to do and the last one is December 3rd!!!

So I have been busy making stock. 

Also making Christmas cards and decorations.

The 2 cards here are very quick and easy cards to make.

There are some lovely detailed dies around at the moment.

I do like these edge dies.

Sorry if I miss the odd post of yours but I will get to 

you asap. I do enjoy looking at your makes.

Thanks for taking the time to pop into my little blog.

Especially if you leave me a message, so 

I know you have been.

Big hugs, 

Carol

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Chalk and Cheese!!!

Thank you for your lovely messages on my last post.

They are all read and treasured.

Sorry the pictures are a bit poor. Dare I say

it is too sunny today, certainly for the first butterfly.

If you click on it, the bigger picture is much clearer.

This first one is colour wise, the normal colour

and design I would make. 

I do love the soft effect that pastels create. 

So this is my 'Chalk'!!

My 'Cheese' is this one below!!

I do love Poppies and have never used them on a Butterfly.

I can cope with this bright red one, as it is offset

with the white ones too.

The centre Poppy is decoupaged, using 3 layers I cut 

from the 12" x 12" page in the paper pad.

Loving this weather!! Just to wake up to see the sun lifts my spirit.

We went to a Birthday party yesterday. It was put on 

for a friend of mine, that moved up to Suffolk about 15 years ago.

It was in her daughter's home. 

OMG!! It was a fantastic Barn Conversion!  It was stunning.

We were able to sit out in the garden for the whole day, other than 

going to collect the gorgeous food, that was in the dining room.

Going to have to get the hose out this evening, as the garden

is looking a bit dry!! The bird bath needs a refill too!!

Got to keep the birds happy!

Hope you are all having a lovely long weekend.

Must make a card for Hubby!! His birthday is on Thursday!!

Thanks for taking the time to pop in and will leave 

you a message on your blog too.

Big hugs,

Carol

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Thanks Kath!

Firstly I must welcome my new follower, Christine.

I hope you like what you see on my blog. 

I would love to join your blog but I cannot find a link.

Thank you Kath for this amazing Hunkydory kit!!

I just had to put aside all my projects on my desk,

that I have just prepped with Gesso,  

ready to be decorated.

As I just had to make at least one card from this kit.

Here it is!!

I was very good and followed the instructions!! Lol!!

I even used the acetate thet was in the kit too!

I can make around 200 cards with this kit!!

Perfect for my Charity Care Homes too.

However, I had to put a ribbon bow on it,

rather than the paper one supplied.

I also added a silver edge around all the elements,

using a Pilot silver pen.

I also added 3 butterflies from the 'waste card'

and added Nuvo Crystal Drops on their bodies. 

I saved one piece of the Decoupage flowers 

and put it on the envelope.

I also added some Stickles on the butterflies 

and the centres of the flowers.

As usual, not visible in the pictures!!

I think these few days of hot weather we are

having is our Summer!!

The thunder storm we had on Tuesday night was

amazing!! It woke both of us at around 4am!!

Just loved watching the lightning.

Keep cool and safe in this weather, if you

cannot take it.

Thank you for popping into my blog and 

leaving me, your much appreciated comments.

I will always visit your blogs and message you too.

Big hugs,

Carol

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Whimsy

Morning all!! 

Yes another post in one week!!

And not a piece of clay anywhere!!

I couldn't resist this very cute Whimsy Fairy at the

Thetford Craft Show and she was a bargain!

I stamped her onto watercolour card and used

Distress Inks to colour her with.

Just a quick, simple design and you can't

even see the glitter on her wings!

A few dotted Nuvo Crystal Drops around her.

Thank you for taking the time to pop in and 

thank you for the lovely comments you leave me.

They are all read and treasured.

Big hugs,

Carol 

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Oldies

Thank you for your lovely messages on my last post.

Hope you joined our challenge at Winter Wonderland.

I have so many rubber stamps, that have 

never even seen an ink pad, so I decided 

I must make an effort to use some of them.

So, these cards are from an A4 size set of stamps, 

from Kay Carley.

She used to come to the Craft Barn where I was a Tutor 

and I loved her stamps.

They are all hand drawn by Kay.

They are coloured with Copics.

The background of the first one is made

from shaving foam, mixed with my very old bottles of 

Ranger Alcohol Inks.

The butterfly was one of Kay's stamps from the set 

and stamped onto the backing paper.

I fussy cut it out, as I don't like white edges around my images.

The papers on the next 2 were free with a magazine.

Three cards of the many I have made over the last few weeks.

The weather is supposed to be getting warmer 

this week. Dare I say it's rain we need!!

I am even thinking we might have to get the hose out.

We haven't seen any rain for ages.

Could I put an order in for rain over night

and lovely warm sunshine all day!!Lol!!

Thanks for taking the time for popping in 

and than you for your lovely messages.

They are all read and treasured.

Big Hugs

Carol

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A Touch Of Gold

Just a quick simple card.

As always it looks better in RL.

The bauble was a stamp I picked up at Thetford Craft Show.

 I stamped the bauble twice and 3D it and

coloured it with Copics.

It's a shame that pictures don't look anything like they

do in real life.

I don't know if it's the camera, daylight or position

of where you take the photos.

Never mind and I won't moan anymore!!Lol!!

Thanks for stopping by and I do enjoy reading your comments.

Big hugs

Carol 

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Here Comes The Bride!!

Hi to my lovely followers.

First a big 'Thank You' to the loyal followers that
leave me such lovely messages.
It makes my day to read them. 

I do so love visiting your blogs and always leave a message.
I thought that's what blogs were for and I am lucky enough
to have made such great friends across the miles too.

I am selling quite a lot of wedding cards at the moment.
I do love making them, as they are for such a special day
for the lovely couples.

This is just a very simple one and mainly using dies.
Very different for me, not having an image!!

The colour I added is Cosmic Shimmer Metallic Shimmer Polish.

Love this product, as it dries very quickly and the colours are gorgeous.

I bought mine at The Craft Barn. 
I started with a couple and now have loads!!

Did you visit The Craft Barn Sale?!!!
They had hundreds of orders in one day, that made part of the stock control
program crash!!

They are now finishing all the picking and packing from those orders.
They still have quite a lot of stock in some areas.

So watch for the next discount as it will be 70% off!!!

Yes I did say 70% off!!!!!!

Thank you for stopping by and you know
I will always return the compliment.

Big hugs,

Carol 
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Pretty In Pink

Hope you are all snow free!

Just a quick post of an adorable Stamping Bella stamp,

called Waterlily.

Loving the Flower Girl Stamps.

For a change, I coloured her with my Inktense Pencils.

They give a much softer look.

 The sentiments are Die cut from Funky Foam and I heated them

a little with my heat gun. Just makes them a little smaller.

Have a lovely week, wherever you are and keep warm!!

Don't forget that there are bargains to get

from The Craft Barn Sale.

New products have been added.

Thanks for popping in and hope you have time

to leave a lovely message. 

They are all read and treasured.

Big Hugs,

Carol

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Tribute Challenge at Winter Wonderland

Hi Everyone and welcome to a very special challenge at

Winter Wonderland.

All the members of our Design Team are joining together,

as a tribute to a lovely lady, that sadly is no longer with us.

Eileen was the last lady, that up until this time last year,

was running the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog.

She is certainly missed and as a DT group, we all agreed that

we would like to get together, to keep the blog running.

So this challenge is with Eileen in mind.

The theme is

Anything Goes

But please remember we are a Christmas card only challenge.

We have  a new Sponsor joining us,

that is Imagine That Digistamp. 

                              

They have very generously given all the DT members,
a set of their fabulous Digi Stamps.

The set I chose is called Poinsettia and you get an amazing

selection of images in this set.

To see all the fabulous Digi sets click on
Imagine That Digistamp

                                          

If you need more inspiration, pop over to the 

Winter Wonderland challenge blog

and see all the amazing cards on there!!

I am looking forward to seeing your Christmas cards.

We will visit you blogs and leave a comment,

if we are able.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you leave me a 

message, so I can return the compliment.

They are always appreciated and lovely to read.

Have a lovely weekend and get making those cards.

Don't forget that The Craft Barn have added

even more products in their half price sale!!!

Don't miss out on the bargains!!!

Big hugs,

Carol

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Winter Wonderland Challenge

If you have been trying to get on 
our Winter Wonderland new
challenge today, we had a problem
with blogger.
I have now managed to get the post
back and it's working.
Thanks to Helen!
Carol 


Today we have a new challenge at Winter Wonderland.

I am the host for this challenge and I chose the theme as

Christmas Flowers.

It would be a good time to join us and

a great incentive to get you started on making your 

Christmas cards. Especially if you have been putting it off!

The challenge lasts for 2 weeks, so plenty of time to enter.

The closing date is Thursday 26th October at 5pm.

You can enter 3 cards but to go into the draw they must

be Christmas cards only and have Christmas Flowers, 

somewhere in your design.

Our Sponsor for this challenge is 

Little Claire Designs and they very kindly gave us

a couple of Digis to use.

I chose Christmas Candle and it can be seen Here

I coloured it with Copics for a change.

It was very easy and enjoyable to colour.

A little bit of Stickles of course!

The prize for the winner, from our very generous 

Sponsor Little Claire is,

3 Digis of your choice!

If you would like even more inspiration, pop over to 

see my Icicles Teamies at the Winter Wonderland blog

Thank you for visiting my little corner, in the beautiful

County of Suffolk. 

The sun is shining as I am writing this, so it will have

to be a walk on the beach this afternoon!

Thank you for the lovely messages on my last post.

I appreciate them all so very much.

Big hugs,

Carol

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OMG!! She's Gorgeous!!!

Another Winter Wonderland challenge starts today.

Our host for this challenge is the lovely Judith and

she chose the theme as 

Use a Digi Image.

Please remember it has to be a Christmas card

to be entered into the draw.

We were given a choice of images, from our very

generous Sponsor for this challenge,

All Dressed Up.

I chose this adorable Christmas Deer.

It was so easy to colour with a mixture of

Copics Pens and Marvy Water Colour Pens.

She is so gorgeous and I think I will have 

to make a few more cards and gift tags with her.

That's the beauty of using Digi images, 

as you can make them any size you wish.

The photos are not doing this justice, as they were taken 

on a very grey day. I had brightened them

up in my photo program, but on my laptop.

I still can't add pictures onto my blog from

our main computer.

At least you can see the Stickles I have used

but not the snow glitter!!

Our Sponsor is

All Dressed Up

They are giving the lucky winner 2 free digis.

So get making your Christmas cards and

I will be visiting your blogs along with my 

brilliant DT Teamies.

You can visit the Winter Wonderland blog

and see all the fabulous cards from the talented DT.

Just might give you some inspiration!

Thank you for dropping in and thank you in advance,

 for leaving me such lovely comments.

Hugs,

Carol

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