Happy Everything

A very good evening, it's been a while since I posted as life has been hectic.

My mum is back in hospital and now 

her partner has also been admitted.

They are in different wards but thankfully the same hospital. 

Life is very hard at present to say the least......

Anyhoo I have something to share with you.......

I have used Embossalicious Rococo Frame being launched 

tomorrow night on Ideal World at 9pm as a Pick of the Day

I stamped my Clearly Besotted Stamp Happy Everything rose using versamark

then heat embossed using white embossing powder.

I coloured the Rose using a mixture of my prisma and polychromos pencils

I love this effect...

Hope you like... i have another to share tomorrow....

Thanks for stopping by....much appreciated!

 Ali x

Clearly Besotted ~ Thinking of You

....Good afternoon.....

I was having a play this morning....I'm stocking up my card basket for 2014

I like to have cards available if I need them....

I love these colours together....

 ~ Supplies ~

Clearly Besotted Stamps ~ Leafy Accents, Thinking of You, Butterfly Wishes, Background Builder

Dies ~ Clearly Besotted Butterfly Wishes Die

Stampin Up Ink ~ Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade, Basic Grey

 Stampin Up Card ~ Whisper white, Rich Razzleberry

I'm entering this into ~ 

LESS IS MORE ~ Choose a theme (Week 16 Butterly/Butterflies)

As my card basket is just about empty I have lots of creations to make...catch up soon

Thanks for stopping by....much appreciated! 

 Ali x

White Christmas

I’m back with another post today.

CAS this time…..

I love this Darice Reindeer in Corner embossing folder

This is a one layer card

I embossed Reindeer in Corner to the inner half of the card

and embossed Embossalicious Petite Dot to the outer

I added Glamour dust to the antlers

The tag is Diesire Scalloped Tags

I have stamped stars from Clearly Besotted Stamps

Signature Christmas Additions stamp set, added red gingham and voila!

I’m entering this into ~

CAS on Sunday ~ Christmas

Hope you like

Thanks for stopping by….much appreciated

~ Ali ~

Ruldolf The Red Nose Reindeer

Morning folks...today I am starting some sneak peaks of the new DARICE embossing folders from Crafter's Companion

This has to be my new favourite embossing folder now I just love Reindeer in Corner

I have used pearl card to make my base card.

After embossing my Reindeer I scored 3 lines at the edge of the white card using my Ultimate Pro  and

my boxer board

I stamped my sentiment onto a DIESIRE Scalloped Tag and attached it to my delish gingham ribbon and finished by adding a red gem to the Reindeer's nose

See you again tomorrow with something a little bit different for me ;)

Thanks for stopping by....much appreciated! 

 Ali x

Snowflakes

A very good morning....last night we were at my youngest daughters for our dinner..was fab as my son and his partner were also there... love family get togethers. 

I have made a lot of cards recently so I have lots to share with you over the coming weeks...plus I have also been working on Design Team work for DIESIRE...I was delighted to be ask if I wanted to join the team by the lovely Sharon...thank you lovely lady its an honour. 

So today's card...

This really is a very simple card and quick to make if you are making quite a few

Cuttlebug snowflake and DIESIRE Scalloped Tags...I computer generated the sentiment and stamped Clearly Besotted Stamps stars using Real Red SU ink

I love Red for Christmas and decided to team it up with cream this time. 

My favourite red gingham ribbon and red and white bakers twine.

Love this design is my new favourite for this year lol

I'm entering this into ~

Make it Monday

Less is More ~ Sparkle

CAS on Sunday ~ Winter theme

Right I'm off to the post office now to start posting my Crimbo cards

Thanks for stopping by....much appreciated!

 Ali x

Gingerbread Yummyness

A very good morning folks...Happy 1st December Wow this really has been a quick year! I just don't know where it has gone. This morning I have a card to share with you for a special little dude...my grandson Jack

Jack loves decorating gingerbread men at Christmas and we had such fun last year doing it I wanted to make his card this year with a gingerbread man. I don't have the sizzix die unfortunately so I bought cookie cutters from Wilkinsons and drew around them and then cut them out...simples.

Sentiment is computer generated and I stamped stars from Clearly Besotted Stamps onto a Diesire Scalloped Tag. I scored lines using my Ultimate Pro

I'm entering this into ~

ABC ~ A is for Almost Christmas 

Here Comes The Boys ~ Anything Goes for Boys

A Little Bit Crafty ~ Christmas Cheer

Well thats it from me today I'm off to do some cleaning and put the decorations up..so excited I {Heart} Christmas 

Thanks for stopping by....much appreciated! 

 Ali x

Silent Night

A very good afternoon folks....today I have another Crimbo card to share with you 

using my Clearly Besotted Stamps

I have used my Signature Christmas Additions stamps this time I {Heart} these

I have used Diesire Embossalicious Petite Dot 6 x 6 folder to create some snow and then I built a little scene

Popped up for dimension...I love the look of raised elements on my cards.

Martha Stewart branch punch and added a cuttlebug snowflake.

I added Glitter Glue around the edge for some sparkle

I used Stampin Up old olive ink for the tree and chocolate chip for the trunk.

Hope you like :)

I'm entering this into ~

Clearly Besotted Stamps ~ Christmas

Thanks for stopping by....much appreciated!

 Ali x

Like A Knife Though Butter.......

Good afternoon, firstly thank you for the lovely comments you have left me regarding my op...i'm still doing really well and I'm behaving myself by not doing anything I shouldn't be and I'm being well looked after too. i did manage to get a wee bit crafty the other day and yesterday, however I do have to rest in between which is fine to be honest as I am for once enjoying my creativity again :) 

So the results......

I wanted to try out my new Clearly Besotted Stamps Signature Christmas Die Collection now I have had a thing for felt most of my life lol and I will share that passion with you tomorrow...but back to the card for now.

I used a cream deckled edge card base and with matching card I stamped the music stamp from Background Builder stamp set using Memento ink. Setting this aside I cut out my felt embellishment

and added some green stickles for a touch of bling. These Clearly Besotted Stamps Dies cut felt like a knife through butter...very impressed indeed I have to say. I used felt from Sew Sweet

I added a thin bit of black ribbon and then attached to the card using foam pads for depth

I attached the Fely embellishment to the card using Collall 3d Gel Glue

So there we have it......hope ya like.

I'm entering this into ~ 

Let's Craft and Create ~ Colour Me Happy (I love Christmas colours)

Totally Gorjuss ~ Traditional Colours
Christmas at Sweet Stampin ~ Here Comes Santa

That's me for today, see you tomorrow

Thanks for stopping by....much appreciated!

 Ali x

Clearly Besotted Stamps Challenge #3

Today I have a card to share for Stephanies new challenge for Clearly Besotted Stamps

It is a Colour Inspiration challenge this time using delish colours.

I have used Leafy Accents and Butterfly Wishes stamp sets from Clearly Besotted Stamps

I have used Stampin Up card and inks...I embossed a panel of card using Diesire Embossalicious Embossing folder  and added some doodling.

That's it from me today hope you have a good day whatever your plans

Thanks for stopping by....much appreciated!

 Ali x

Flower Arrangement

I love this Clearly Besotted Stamps set called Flower Arrangement it is so versatile and fits perfectly

into the Seeing Spots challenge being run by Stephanie.

I'm loving Black and Cream just now...

I've used a cream deckled edge card A6 card

which i stamped directly onto using Flower Arrangement stamps and memento ink

 I added a black shelf using SU card and punch using a Fiskars border punch

The small Butterflies are from Framed Sentiments stamp set also from Clearly Besotted Stamps

Loved making this wee card, thanks for stopping by

Ali x

Less is More ~ Happy Birthday Jen

Morning Folks.....3 days in a row...its kinda good to be back I have to say however not sure for how long I'm just taking things slowly at the moment as i am extremely busy still with life ;) between work, watching my adorable grandson and Drama (yip I'm into Amateur Dramatics too) Friday night was our opening night for "Calendar Girls" it went fabulously...I'm Ruth yip meet Miss November lol anyhoo todays card is for LESS IS MORE challenge which this week is celebrating Jens birthday. Happy Birthday Jen.

Cream look today with Cream Linen card

I scored lines using my Hougie board (not used this in ages :/)

Freebie papers again and Clearly Besotted Stamps Butterfly die

Whatever your plans today...enjoy!

Thanks for dropping by

Ali x

Clearly CAS

I'm back..... yip with another CAS card for you today!

this time for this weeks challenge over on CAS-ual Fridays which is "Over the Edge"

Again I have used Leafy Accents by Clearly Besotted Stamps

I stamped the leaves using Stampin Ups Pool Party ink

I cut out 2 Butterflies using Butterfly Wishes Die Collection

The sentiment is from Butterfly Wishes stamp set

I added pierced holes around the edge for effect

Thank you for your lovely comments yesterday they are very much appreciated.

Thanks for dropping by

Ali x

Clearly Besotted Stamps

Hello.........it's been a while!!

I haven't created anything in a  while as my mojo seemed to go on holiday.

After stepping down from my Crafters Companion DT position I needed a break

to be honest as i wasn't enjoying card making at all..

in fact just recently i was thinking of giving it all up.....

however the lovely Stephanie from Clearly Besotted Stamps convinced me not to make any rash decisions

.....thank you Steph mwah....so today I have a card to share with you

I have used Butterfly Wishes dies and Leafy Accents stamps

I stamped the leaves using Sage Shadow and then cut them out (must invest in the dies now :))

The papers are freebies i got in a mag earlier in the year...delish

I'm entering this into the first Clearly Besotted Stamps challenge

how exciting a new fabby CBS challenge...squeal!

Hey you know what... its kinda good to be back...

not promising a card every day...just taking baby steps

Much love

Ali x

Clearly Besotted Stamps ~ Ahoy Matey

I have been itching to ink this set up for a very long time now and just didn't have the time. It been a very busy couple of months lately. I LOVE this Ahoy Matey set from CLEARLY BESOTTED STAMPS  it is perfect for little boys, friends cards however it is also for the older kid at heart....I will show you this another day ;)

This card was a joy to make as I haven't got inky in ages. That needs to change lol

I stamp the swirls from Framed Sentiments using Bashful blue ink to make them look like waves!

then I turned to Ahoy Matey 

I stamped the base of the boat using Close to Cocoa ink and I cut this out and chocolate chip for the masts

I stamped the masts twice and cut out the sails and popped them up for effect.

I stamped the skull and crossbones using black memento onto the right hand edge of the card and then popped the decorative section up for dimension which also gives depth to your card.

Thanks for stopping by

Ali x

Less is More ~ Frou Frou

A very good morning today I have a Clean and Simple card to share with you using the new upcoming range from Crafters Companion called "Frou Frou" the best way to describe this range is Ooo La La.  This range is by a lady called Kathleen Francour, her vision for the range is , girly, glitz and glamour with a 1920’s Parisienne feel.

Leann will be launching Frou Frou as a Pick of the Week on Thursday 28th March

I'll be sharing more with you over the next few days.

The challenge today over on LESS IS MORE is use beads  well that's the perfect challenge for me CAS with beads lol

I have used this fab topper and matted onto black card. For the border I have used a Diesire Border die and then matted the card. I embossed the white using Regal Damask Embossalicious folder.

This Frou Frou CD rom is veryFrench Chic and the images are just fantastic!

I added black organza ribbon and one of my Bead Pins that I love making!

The Eye pin, Bead Cap and white glass pearl bead are from Beaders Companion

Well we  eventually got home yesterday after a little mishap being that there were no ferries when we arrived at the terminal due to the weather conditions. We did get on the first one that sailed and came home to now power...at least we got home

Right I got stash to unpack from the NEC

Thanks for stopping by

Ali x

Diesire Embossalicious

A very good morning. Happy Saturday, today's card is a Die sire Sneak peek made using one of the fabulous new Diesire Embossalicious embossing folders that will be released as a Pick of the Day on Wednesday at 9pm on Ideal World....you do not want to miss this they are Totes Amazeballs!

I have used "Ornate Corner" 6" x 6" Embossalicious

I love this so versatile and can be used for many card sizes

the butterfly die is also Diesire it my new all time favourite!

I'm off on holidays tomorrow however I have scheduled posts for you to while I'm away ;)

Thanks for stopping by...much appreciated

Catch up soon!

Ali x

Clean and Simple Butterflies

A very good morning. Todays card is a Clean and Simple Butterflies CAS card made for this mornings Less is More challenge.

Its a fabulous colour challenge this week and it's delish! Its been ages since I have played along so i was uber excited when i seen the inspiration this morning. I love my Clean and Simple I do.

I have used my Martha Stewart butterflies punch and added clean and simple lines

scored using my ultimate pro. the card stock is Stampin Up.

Result equals Clean and Simple

I have a busy day today a wee game of bowls this afternoon. this evening I'm at a Ceilidh....uber excited.

thank you for stopping by to see todays Clean and Simple card....much appreciated.

Happy Saturday....whatever your plans....enjoy!

Ali x

Clearly Besotted Stamps Flutterby Dreams

I am back again with another Clearly Besotted Stamps creation for you today.  For those who know me very well know that I'm a CAS gal and its been ages since I've had  a chance to make one for you. When I think CAS I think Clearly Besotted Stamps. Quality and value for money...can't beat Stephanies clear stamps!

The challenge today over on CAS~UAL FRIDAYS is Wallpaper

Create your own background by stamping!

I have used Clearly Besotted Stamps Flutterby Dreams and stamped my background using So Saffron, Sage Shadow and Pale Plum inks from Stampin up. The Friendship is stamped using Close to Cocoa.

CAS is in the house!!

Be back tomorrow with another sneak peek and another CAS ;)

Happy Stamping

Ali x

Less is More ~ Darice Lips

As promised I am back with another creation this time using Darice Lips Embossing folder

 by Crafters Companion..... this folder is perfect for Valentines Day and Anniversaries to name a few

I have used this weeks sketch over on LESS IS MORE

I have hightlighted two of the lips using my Spectrum Noir pens

I have also scored some lines using my Ultimate Pro

That's it from me today I'll be back tomorrow with another creation for you

Thanks for stopping by....much appreciated!

Crafty hugs

 Ali x

Clearly Besotted Stamps ~ Dino~Mite

A very good afternoon from a very very wild island today......no ferries at present......and the school kids have been sent home. Firstly may I apologise for my long absence I had Flu which just floored me....I'm on the mend now and normal service has resumed LOL

Today's card is made using another new set from Clearly Besotted Stamps

DINO~MITE

I have also used LEAFY ACCENTS and stamped using old olive stampin up ink.

I stamped the Dinosaurs in memento and then 

coloured using my SPECTRUM NOIR pens

DG1, DG2, & DG4

and cut it out

The sentiment is stamped using Close to Cocoa

I'm entering this into ~ 

Make it Monday

CAS~ual Fridays  ~ Make Your Mark

See you tomorrow with another new creation....

Thanks for stopping by....much appreciated!

 Ali x