A Cotton Anniversary

Evening, I know once again I'm sat here at an odd time with some time on my hands and I dont know what to do other than drop you gusy a line - I should be crafting away as it is word cardmaking day - but if im honest I dont know were to start!!

 

 Im so sorry its been a bit quiet - Im kind of on count down till Friday with going in to have my wisdom teeth out :( not looking forward to it at all - but I do have lots to come in the next week!

 

So I'm here to share with you today a creation I made that was really out of my comfort zone, I ad someone ask if I could make a 2nd wedding anniversary card with a photo and cotton..... yep I accepted the challenge - and here is what I created!

 

Ok so I did ask question till they came out of my ears, colours, themes ect and all in all im very impressed in how this creation turned out - and I know the recipent was somewhat impressed!!!

 

I had so much fun creating this card!  working with photos is something I have only ever done in scrapbooks and SMASH*ing - but to put a memory on a card like this for someone was on another level!  Well I do hope you like my creation - if you have a moment I would love to know what you think! Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you again soon :)

 

Hugs

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Creative Creations Challenges - Weddings

Ding dong ding dong, ding dong ding dong, 

Nope I haven't lost it - well maybe I have - ice has been hectic and Im so sorry I'm late with posting this - time is so not on my side at the moment! 

Im here today with the challenge over at Creative Creations Challenges we have a fantastic challenge lined up for you this week - we are looking for all your 

Wedding Creations

So yes you now get the whole ding dong thing?  OK moving along! we have a fantastic sponsor this week 

Digital Delights

They have offered the prize of a $5 to the store! 

So onto my creation for this week…. well as I have said time has not been with me recently so everything is getting done at a lighting speed! So this week I have a very simple card I have made using a very special toy I now proudly own! 

Im so in love with my cameo - this is one of the files from the store.  I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by, I do hope you like my creation! Hope you will join us at Creative Creations Challenges this week - see you again soon 

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Love is All Around

Good Morning, how are you all today? its turning so cold here at the moment - all the summer clothes are packed away and layers upon layers are being put on!

Anyway thank you to everyone that joined in with us last week at My Mums Craft Shop - Some lovely entries - you can pop over and see the lucky winners here.  So onto this weeks challenge! We are sponsored by

The Paper Shelter

And the prize is
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So the theme this week…

Love is All Around

I have decided to share with you a very simple card I made for my friends wedding back in August.  They had a black and white theme and I really wanted to keep that going with my card to them. 

I was chuffed to bits when I finished it.  The image was a free printable from a google searh.  I die cut it  along with the scolloped edge and them printed the details onto the card. 

I would like to enter this card to the following challenges; 

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The DT have made some amazing creations this week so I hope you will pop over and take a look! Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon! 

Hugs

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Mr and Mrs

Quack Quack, yes I'm learning duck as I feel its only appropriate for this weather, at least if I were a duck I would enjoy this dam rain! I was hoping to take Nancy out today to celebrate the last day before she starts nursery tomorrow but I'm going nowhere in this weather! so I think I will have to try and get crafty and get her involved today! 

Anyway I'm here with a commission on a wedding card, I couldn't believe it when my friend asked me to make another Cadburys purple wedding card just like the one I did a few weeks ago.  I said I would make it but it would be different to her one.  Then I stumped my-self, how was I going to do this on? I had to spend some time searching the internet for sketch ideas as I wanted this to be different... and then I cam across this sketch at Mojo Monday 

It took me a while to think about it as the design looks more 6x4 or 5x7 and I was working on an 8x8... but I did it!

Yes I think I managed to do it - It took me a few hours of moving stuff and thinking but I did It! (Slightly annoyed that i have missed linking this up :( Oh well!) The image is from Mo Manning - I love this one for weddings - so elegant!  The image was coloured using copics, the flourish is from the hobby house and the circular sentiment is from Lili of The Valley. 

Well I hope you like my creation, I would like to enter this card to the following challenges; 

The Ribbon Girl - Use Ribbon or Lace

Craft Punked - Celebrations

Fussy and Fancy - Flourishes

Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes

Bronte And Bellas Challenge - Anything Goes with a Mo Image

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon 

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Things Going Wrong...

Isn't always a bad sign... 

I have been feeling really down recently with my creations, even thought about selling all my stash.  I have decided to take a couple of weeks out to find the bug again, just take the pressure away and find the 'inner crafter' again.  

Last night I decided to go through the DP's I have on the computer and started playing around with a few, just shrinking the design and repeating it across the page, just cause well... no reason at all really!  Anyway,  I purchased some lovely papers from Sassy Designs last week (They have a sale!!) one of the sets I purchased was the Absinthe Digital Paper Pack (I got the solids too!).  So I shrunk the design down and decided to print... and WHAM.... the ink went half was though printing, it went from the lovely deep colours, to washed out browns... I cried, at that point I could have thrown it all out! 

But I walked away and I thought, and I remembered the digs that I brought from Tiddly Inks... Now they have been following me for ages, not something that I would normally colour but these we shouting 'Buy me, Buy me' and so I did....  and then this fell together... 

Yes it all just fell into place, including the paper that I was printing.  I couldn't believe it when I looked at it this morning.... 

Everything looked so good, so nice and as I want all my cards to look. 

I have had to sit and admire for a while before I have been able to post this.... just realising that I put far too much pressure on myself sometimes, I am still taking a break and if the creativity flows... well so be it, I'm not going to push myself.  Ok so a bit more info on the card for you! 

6x6 Scalloped Card blank

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Image - Tiddly Inks 

Papers - Digital- Sassy Designs  and Kraft card stok

Tim Holtz Ink Pad - Tattered Rose (distressed the edges of the Kraft card stock)

Medium - Copics; E000, E00, E02, R20, E04, E08, E31, E33, E35, E39, E37 C4, W5, W7 

I didn't know what occasion to make this card for, so I have added a small sentiment to the inside of the card from Stampin Up, it says 'Wishing You Love and Laughter forever after' (I would have decorated the inside but no guarantee that the paper will turn out the same!).  I will be adding this card to my Facebook page under the category or 'Love, Engagement and Wedding'. 

Well I hope you like my card, I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;

Hooked on Crafts - Flowers

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Stamps + Fun = Creativity - Anything Goes

Wild Orchid Challenge - Anything Goes

Tiddly Inks - Flowers

Thanks fro stopping by, can't wait to read what you think! See you soon! 

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More Weddings!

Evening! I finally have the computer back and remembered that I forgot to share this one with you! Yes I have been on another wedding mission! I love weddings, I can't wait I have a friends in August and Im so looking forward to it! I can't say much more cause... well cause! 

So it is the season, so many people planning and trying to find that date! We have set a date for our church blessing, I can't wait, but lots to sort out... but I have a long time, over a year to arrange it all! Any way I have been working on a card for a friend, I made it once, wasn't happy and so made it again... as you do! 

This is the beautiful Bride and Groom from mo's digital pencil, I have to say this is one of my all time favourite wedding stamps, so easy and can be done in so many colours! as you can see the thee here was the Purple! 

The image was coloured with Copics; 

Skin; E000, E00, E02

Purple and Leaves; V15, V17, YG17

Hair; E51, E53, E79, E77

Dress and Suit; C2, C5, C7

I thought I would give you a few little close ups of the detail around the image, all the flowers were from my stash, Im working through them slowly.  The sentiment stamp is from LOTV and the bell was from my embellishments.  The flourish is from The Hobby House.  I hope the Bride and Groom like it.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

Inspire Me Fridays - As Always Anything Goes

The Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes

Stampin for The Weekend - Four or More Layers

Crafty Ribbons - Flowers

Do you Stack up - Use a Flower

Little Miss Muffet - Flowers

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon! 

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Thank You Bridesmaid

Afternoon! Well this is one of thos un-planned posting sessions, right now I cant sit in my lounge at the computer as my longe is a tip! But its all for a good cause, the holes for the spotlights are being drilled and everything is covered in dust sheets! I cant believe how the ball is rolling on it all again at the moment, I dont think it will be too long before we get to move the girls back to their room and get our room done too!

What a beautiful day this has turned out to be, I know the weather report said it was going to be a nice day but I didnt believe them.  So im sat in the conservertory watching Mark cut the grass, he has just told me that I can do some gardening if I want.. mmm no I think just enjoying the heat is enough for me today!

Any way I was hopeful to share the wedding invitations I did last week with you but I havent got a couple of bits that I need before posting and so I thought I would share something else.  This is one of the cards I have made for the bride to give one of her bridesmaids. 

I  admit that I was a bit stumped with this one, but it all fell into place, I spent alot of time on the internet looking at other ideas and sentiments and if im honest nothing was too inspiring.  I ended up going to the craft shop and this dress just jumpped out at me.  It was perfect, I didnt want to make the cards too but but the embelishment is 6'' high so the card had to be 8x8.

So yes I do feel like I cheeted a bit, I would have like to have made them my-self, but I didnt know where to start.  I am going to try again in the future though, especially as if I can make them I could do them  a bit smaller, and in other colours.

I had to add a florish just to finish this off, as the theme for the wedding is black and pink I felt these were perfect.  I used my Bazzill Jewel template and all the pink rhinestones from my stash.  I do have another one to make and I am waiting on the rhinestones now, hope the postman brings them!

Well I hope you like my card! if you have time I would love to hear what you think! Thanks fro stopping by, hope to see you again soon!

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Wedding #2

Afternoon! AGAIN! WOW I'm getting good at this posting stuff again! Shows Im kinda keeping busy! Well not much I can do with all the brick dust floating around my house at the moment, oh and the noise! I think tonight will be the night to enjoy peace and quiet, just hope the kids come home and settle! 

Well yes I'm here with another wedding card.  My friend wanted to to make one and I have made a couple for her to choose from before I personalise them for her! 

This is the beautiful Bride and Groom from Mo's Digital Pencil, I love this image as it can be done in so many colours and can look modern and classic all at the same time! 

The theme... Cadburys purple, that makes me dream of eating a nice bar of chocolate now! Must behave, need to shift some of these calories! The image was coloured with copics; 

E000, E00, E02, R20, R83

E51, E53 (Male hair) E47, E49 (Female hair)

G07, V17, V15

 C2, C5, C7

The flourish is from The Hobby House, I had to order more, they are just so easy to use and you can make 4+ cards from a pack... and they look better than the ones I do! 

All the flowers were from my stash, I added some stickles over the top to add some sparkle!

The sentiment is from LOTV and the bell from my embellishments! I hope my friend likes it and the bride and groom! I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

Creative Mondays - Anything Goes

Fashionista Challenge - Wedding 

CRAFT Challenge - Celebration 

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon! 

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Wedding Day #1

Afternoon, oh what a day, it looked so horrible outside this morning, I had to have the lights on to take photos and then since about 3:30 the weather has been beautiful, we even got to see the sun! I know shock horror, best not get too used to it!

Anyway my friend asked me last week if I could do a card for her for a friends wedding in a few weeks, she wanted something really personal, something special and left the door open for me! So i started hunting and I came across this lovely image is from Mos Digital Pencil, I was so happy when I came across this. although I did have other plans too!!!

So yes she did set me the colour theme, Cadburys Purple, all i could think about was chocolate while making this card! I coloured the image using my copics;

E000, E00, E02, R20, R83

E51, E53 (Male hair) E47, E49 (Female hair)

G05, V17, V15

E41, C1, W2, W3, W5

I was so happy with how the image had turned out.  Thought I got Cadburys purple pretty much there! 

A wedding card wouldn't be a wedding card without flowers... so yes I raided the stash, its been a while since I added some of these beauties... I must use them more often! 

and of course I had to add a flourish from The Hobby House, I do love these and I think I will have to get some more! I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

Art With No Boundaries - Anything Goes + Fit to be tied (tying the know/getting married?)

Fashionista Challenge - Wedding 

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Mishelflos Challenge - Celebrations

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon! 

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Happy Annivessary

Evening all, well its been a busy day in the Benton household! We had 'messy church' this morning, I will have to take photos of Amelia's creations and share with you, it was really nice to see some old friends - including Paddy (the vicars dog) who acted as the donkey today!! Have also spent quite a bit of time in the garden, scraping the weeds from in-between the paving! Oh the joys! I have moved the table and chairs to the bottom of the garden as it seems much more sensible (and i can get to my craft stash while in the garden LOL!!)

Well Mum, Dad and Kathy have been over for a BBQ this evening (let dad cook the BBQ!) and mum said that she needed an anniversary card for a last minuet order that came in this evening! And so little old me decided to help... Well I didn't have much more to get on with, so after an hour on the computer we came across a beautiful decoupage that suited just what she needed (oh and me as I need to make an engagement card!)  So I purchased, downloaded, printed, cut, stuck and glittered a decoupage for the 1st time in AGES!! 

Isn't it just beautiful! I enjoyed cutting it out too.  I just had to make the pearls real on the front.  They look a lot deeper than they are, its very hard to take photos at night in the house and so I have had to take just one! 

You can see that I also added some stickles to the flowers just for added sparkle.  I have to say this one will be done again and again, I have a few reasons to use it as there seems to be a number of weddings this year as well as a few engagements! Oh 2012 has to be a good year! 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

Dream Valley Challenges - Wedding/Love

Sketchy Colours - Pink/Cream

Come And Get It - Spring (Spring colours in the flowers)

Crafting When We Can - Things with Wings (Butterflies)

Thanks for stopping by, Hope to see you again soon! 

Hugs

Me

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On Your Wedding Day

Evening! Well at last the evening has come! I don't know who invented these school holidays but were not even on day one and I'm already thinking roll on them going back.... LOL! NO I love it really just been hard today as the weather has been so cold and horrible and so we have been stuck inside all day! Now I apologise for the state of one of the sentiments on this card, as its still wet so it looks pants, but it will look good once its dry! 

This is a card I have made for a friends wedding we are going to tonight, its all kind of been last minuet as to getting sitters for the kids, so I didn't manage to start this till an hour ago... and then just to top it off.... I ran out of paper, good job I managed to get it right 1st time! 

This is the beautiful Bride and Groom from Mo Manning, I have used this image a few times, its so nice to colour for a wedding card as its so simple.  The image as coloured with copics and spectrum noirs;

Copics

R24, R22, C0, C3, C5, C1, E41, G05

Spectrum Noirs

FS2, FS3

The circular sentiment is from Lili of The Valley, It looks blue at the moment for all the glitter on it, but once it dries it will look fine... I just hope it dries in time! I have added the details of todays date so they will always remember! The other sentiment (you can see on the 1st photo) is a Whiff Of Joy - Just felt this needed more then 'A Special Day' on it!

The white around the image is from a bouquets of flowers that I brought 'to me love from me' a while ago, there flowers were 30p and had loads of the material in it, so I thought it was worth it! The bunch of flowers were still alive a week later too!! 

The flowers are just from my stash and I added some glitter to them too! I couldn't match the colour too closely so the tie in more with the paper but still feel they look good! 

You may be able to see on the photo below the glitter on her dress, using the stickles I just added some down the folds just to add some dimension! I have to say for a card done in less than an hour... I don't think its too bad! 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

ATC's and cards With Attitude - Anything Goes

Patties Creations - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes

Creative Monday's - Anything Goes

Lollypop Crafts - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by just incase you don't see, I have candy here!!

 Hope to see you again soon! 

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Butterflies and Gems

Evening all, well had a very productive couple of weeks on the quiet!! My hands hurt but its all for a good cause. 

Lots of glue

1150 Rhinestones

200 Large Butterflies

50 Small Butterflies

Later... we have the finished products! 

Day Inviatation

RSVP Cards

And finally, Evening Invitations

I appologise for some of the photos, the first two were taken on my phone, hence why the colour looks a bit rubbish! They are all pink, its just the camera that makes them look funny.  I can't take them again as they have been collected and the Evening Invitations will be collected later tonight! 

I hope you like them! 

See you soon

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AHHHH An Order!

Evening all, well were home from holiday, been home a few days but been so busy with washing and two kids that have been given far too much attention last week that cant cope with the fact that mummy has stuff to do,  I have not had much time to get on here! 

I have been trying to catch up on orders that I have had, they are all for friends and so know there may be a time delay, they are all pretty cool about it - I ask them a month in advance if they want anything!  

1st of all this morning I had to complete a card for my friend, she was meant to pick it up last night but she was caught in traffic and so went strait to the party! Here is the card I made for her! 

She asked for a card for a girl who was 10 - 10... what are 10 year old girls into?!! 

She wanted it in pinks and purples, I was hoping that I had more purple card stock, but I didn't have any that would match! I did colour some of the image in purple though! I used a DL card blank and Bazzil stock - AHHH I love that pink colour! Its FAB and FUNKY!

I layered the image on black and then on pink and black again! I added stick on gems to each corner just to bling it up a bit! Every girl loves shiny things! 

Heres a close up of the image! I love and and have soo loved colouring her, i used a mix between my promarkers and my flex markers, i'm starting love love my flex markers too now, need to practice more with them thought! 

I have entered this card to the following challenges;

Sugar Nellies Facebook Challenge - Black

Stamps R Us - Anything Goes

One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything But Square

I was also over the moon that I have had another order in for 'Save The Date' cards! and I have even managed to complete them in one night! So they will be going off to the couple in the next 24 hours.  

Here is a photo of them!

So love this design, its so simple and yet has such a clout to it! I know the person that has ordered these will be over the moon when they receive them!

Well i need to hit the sack, another early start tomorrow and so hope to get a bit more time crafting, considering moving the freezer out from the cupboard and locking myself in there with a 'disturb at your own risk' sign, i have had serious withdrawal symptoms from crafting last week and need a good old session to feed the pain! 

Will see you all Tomorrow!

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