Wedding card made for a commission..

Good afternoon my lovelies,

well I have finally got around to blogging the wedding card I was commissioned to make!

I've been busy doing design team work and a project that I can't share just yet, all I will say is I have really enjoyed making what I did!LOL

Anyhoo, the wedding card I have made is an easel card, and I have used the

Polkadoodles Love & Cherish CD

I wanted to keep the embellishments simple as the card is being taken abroad.

I hope you like the card and thanks for looking,

happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



DT Card for Crafty Blogger's Network...

Happy  Monday my lovelies,

well I hope you have had a lovely week-end.

Of course it's Monday so that mean's it's time for a new challenge over at the

Crafty Bloggers Network

The theme this week is

Retro

Here's what I made.....

I used the Papermania Retro Floral Colossal paper pack to make this card. The Chipboard embellishment I have used in the centre of the paper rosette I have made is from the Papermania Retro Floral Scrapbook kit.

The get well chipboard greeting is from my crafty stash.

I embellished with a large button and self-adhesive pearls.

Hope you like this 'Retro' card, thanks for looking.

We would love to see your creations for this challenge.

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

A Tour Of My Tidy Craft Room.....

Good evening everyone,

well I hope you are all having a nice week-end so far!

I have been crafting in the dining room since my op just for ease really, but after a few complaints from my hubby about when am I moving back into my craft room....I decided to this afternoon.

So everything I moved into the dining room I have now put back in its rightful place lol.

I think my craft room looks nice and tidy and is ready for action!

So, I thought I would take you on a little tour of my craft room. I love it in here, it's a happy place to be!LOL

Sit back, relax and enjoy the view ...hehehe

I love love love it in here.......

Notice the pink apron hanging up....I've only worn it once lol ...

I love notebooks, lists and more lists! The bits of pink paper hanging up with the clips are the projects I am on with making next lol. I like to be organised!

I love writing notes and scribbling away in my Boofle project book. I scribble my ideas in it so randomly sometimes I can't always read my writing hehehe...

It feels really cozy in here, I just love working in my craft room...

The memory board on the wall I made using some of my Dad's photo's. My beautiful Dad fell asleep and went to the angel's on the 10th May 2010. How time flies! I get great comfort from having my Dad's photo's around....over the month's it has helped me deal with the pain somewhat!

The gift bag is from Christmas and it is a boofle one. My lovely hubby gave it to me with lots of crafty goodies in it. The pink box on the shelf is stuffed full of ribbons!

The pink box on the floor has all my Christmas Crafting in it. In front of that is all my printing from the Polkadoodles CD Roms.

As any crafter knows storage is always important for our crafty goodies. I thought the shoe hanger was a great idea for storing some tools. The two pink bags on the door handle are also stuffed full of ribbons! I'm also a Take That fan and Gary Barlow is my favourite so you can see him on the wall. I won't turn over now for the other  months lol.

The bags on the curtain holder are stuffed full of yes you've guessed it ribbons again and some lace lol .....

I absolutely love buttterflies and the hanging butterfly garland is important to me as my Mum and Dad bought me it knowing how much I love them.

The wooden trunks in the corner store all my acrylic paints, gesso, gilding flakes and so on. I call them my messy crafting boxes...there is clay in them, waxes for encaustic art. All things to get dirty and messy with lol.

My hubby bought me this sign for Christmas...do you think he was trying to tell me something heehehe.....

I just love storage, I love boxes and jars and little containers. Sometimes I buy something just because it's a nice box! LOL The spice rack I emptied and gave it a good wash out and then filled it with brads, flowers, buttons etc. The Thornton's Toffee Jar I use for small flowers...it was my Dad's I used to buy him toffee every year for Christmas and Birthdays.

The small jar on the second shelf up to the left has brads in, and the larger jar to the right has flowers in too. The small one is a sweet jar and the larger one a biscuit jar. I think they both belonged to my Grandma!

The pink box on the very top shelf contains....yet again....yes you've guessed lol....more ribbons! I think you can tell by now that I have a thing about them!

I also love Card Candi, the jam jar and the sugar bowl are full of them. I also have some in other containers too.I have tins of buttons dotted about as well as boxes of lace dotted about.

It is so handy having my stamps and inks laid out like this as everything is within easy reach. All my clear stamps are in storage drawers under my desk.

I just had to show you this, as you can tell I love pink, it's my favourite colour. I also love fairies....these two larger fairies actually have names lol...they are called 'Finola' and 'Finella' again, more keepsakes that my Mum and Dad bought me. You can also see another notepad, the spotted covered one! I told you I love notes.

The basket to the left is my random basket, I have another one under my desk in the corner. These are used for shoving things in when Im not quite sure where else to put them lol. I love my pink drawers so handy!

I absolutely love working here...as I think you can tell by now, my craft room isnt just for looking pretty...it is a working craft room and I spend hour after hour in here. I am passionate about my crafting and I am fortunate enough, even though I work full-time lol...to be able to spend most of my home life crafting! I have a very understanding husband..lol...but then he has a very understanding wife...especially when fishing and golfing starts to come along!

That's the other basket I was telling you about earlier. I have allsorts in it. I have quite a lot of items in it waiting to be altered, I just haven't had time to do them yet.

My Grand Calibur, I wouldnt be without this little beauty! I was also a lucky girl at Christmas because my lovely hubby bless him also bought me this A3 printer. I kept saying I wanted to do 12x12 papers and he obviously listened for a change!LOL

So, this is how I love to spend my home life. I hope you have enjoyed the tour. I just wanted to share with you all another part of me and what I love to do!

It's a very happy place to be, and my husband thinks so too lol because he says it keeps me quiet!

Thank you for taking the time to follow my tour, and read my ramblings lol....

hope you all enjoy the rest of the week-end,

and a very happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog.........

Happy Friday evening my lovelies....

yes it's another challenge over at the

Polkadoodle Challenge Blog

It's a lovely theme with a fantastic prize of a £10 voucher for the winner to spend on the

Polkadoodles Website

So get crafting and we would love to see your entries for the challenge, you never know the lucky winner could be you!

Also don't forget if you haven't already pre-ordered the

Pen & Paper Circle Issue 2

you only have until the 7th March to do so!

Believe me you do not want to miss it!

So, I hope your all going to have a lovely crafty week-end,

have fun,

lots of love

NJ XXX

Glitter Geeks DT Card this weeks challenge.....

Good morning my lovelies,

wow time is flying by and here we are again. Another Friday another challenge over at the

Glitter Geeks

The theme this week is

Song Titles

for my card I have chosen

Robbie Williams - Angels

Ingredients used...

A5 card blank/First Edition 12x12 Spring Feast paper pad/Inkadinkado clear stamp set Angels/Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad/Sakura gelly roll pens/Self-adhesive clear gems/ribbons/pearl strand/pearl pins/Stickles Glitter Glue Glam Pink.

How I made this card.....

Round the two bottom corners of the card blank. I covered the base with the pink embossed and shimmery decorative paper from the pack. Stamped the angels onto white card, coloured with the pens, cut out and attached with foam pads.

Stamped 'Angel' onto card, added an 'S' with the pens. Cut this out, rounded the two bottom corners and used the stickles around the edges.

Punched holes along the bottom edge and thread the ribbons and pearls through.

Make a bow using the ribbons and pearls and attach to the base as shown and finish with the pearl pins.

I wanted my card to be sparkly and the angels to be sparkly too as I think they are special!

I would love to see your creations for this fab theme,

hop over and have a peek at what the rest of the design team have created

Glitter Geeks

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX



DT Card for Emergency Crafters 999 Brand New Challenge Blog....

Good morning my lovely crafty friends.

Welcome to my first posting for the brand new challenge blog

Emergency Crafters

I am excited to tell you all about the very first challenge that has gone live today.

The theme for this challenge is

RED/BLUE OR BOTH

and is sponsored by the fantastic

Polkadoodles

who is kindly offering the winner a prize which is a

Polkadoodles Pretty Tuff CD

For my design team card I wanted to make a congratulations card with a crafty theme....to celebrate the launch of

Emergency Crafters.....

so here is what I made.....I hope you like it...

I have made this using the

Polkadoodles Sundae of Seasons CD

I printed and cut out the elements I wanted to use.

I covered an 8x8 card blank with backing paper.

Attached the measuring tape as shown and punched holes down the side, I threaded co-ordinating ribbons through this and then tied a bow.

I cut a square of heart paper and punched two sides with a decorative border punch and stuck to the card with double sided tape.

I added the ribbons and ruffled them as shown.

I attached all the printed out elements with foam pads and used various buttons to embellish the card and show 999 with them too.

To finish I added three pins into the pin cushion as shown and added Liquid pearls in baby blue to the greeting and along the punched out border.

I would love you to hop over and see what the rest of the design team have made. We have some fabulous themes coming up and with fantastic sponsors too. So please follow us and join in, we would love to see you there.

Emergency Crafters

Have fun and happy crafting......

lots of love NJ XXXX



DT Card for Emma's Crafty Challenge

Hello lovelies,

Hope your all looking forward to spring... I know I am and the sunny weather hopefully.

So, the start of a new month see's the second challenge theme over on

Emma's Crafty Challenge Blog

which is sponsored by

Do Crafts Creativity Club

the theme this month is

Stripes

To make this card I used....

A5 card blank/Tilda Fruit Garden Paper Pad/Fizzy Moon Celebrations 8x8 paper pack/Ribbon bow/Flower embellishments.

How to make it....

Round the corners of the card blank. Cover with paper from the Tilda pack.

Cut a piece of paper from the Fizzy Moon pack, round the corners and matt to the card.

Cut out the Fizzy Moon character with balloons and add to the centre with foam pads.

Cut two strips from the striped paper from the Fizzy Moon pack and stick to the bottom of the card as shown, making loops as you go along.

Trim two more stripes and use these to make a paper bow, secure to the top of the card and add the ribbon bow and a flower embellishment as shown.

Finally add a greeting to match the character and finish with your flower embellishments at the sides.

I think this card is really cheery to look at with it's lovely floral colours!

Hope you have fun making your cards for the challenge,

we would love to see your entries...

Emma's Crafty Challenge

Have fun and happy crafting,

lots of love

NJ XXX