Hit and Miss

 Good morning all,

I have a small apology to make to all... not been able to keep up with your blogs or my cards as we have recently had a new addition to our family. This is Nikita and she is a 7 week old Siberian Husky... So please forgive me if I am a little hit and miss for a couple of weeks... I do promise I will catch up with you all.

Vic x

Fuchsia Explosion

Good Morning,

What a day, rain, rain, rain. Todays card was one I made for my friends Mother-In-Law.

The image is a Creative Expressions Fuchsia. I have coloured the image with my spectrum noir. The patterned papers are First Edition Daydream and they have been layered onto core'diniations. I borrowed one of my mums layouts as was unsure how to mount the picture. I really like this card. To finish I have put some Kanban bling in the corners.

Hope you like it and pop back soon.

Vic x

Christmas Blessing

Good morning all,

Today we have another Christmas Card. The image today is another LOTV image "Christmas Angle Praying". I have used a spellbinder lables die to cut the picture and sentiment out. The white backing paper is from First Edition Christmas Village backed onto green core'dinations. I have used sequins from Teresa at My Crafty Heart and a MB snowflake corner die. I used stickles on the corner die and pearls in the corner.

Hope you like todays creation.

Vic x

Sweet baby girl

Good afternoon, hope you are all well. I think I have just about dried off after watching Aaron play football this morning.

Well todays card is another baby card... seems like everyone I know are having babies at the moment, but today we have a little girl card.

I have used the LOTV stamp and coloured it in with my spectrum noir pens. The patterned backing paper is Papermania Back to Basic III and this is layered onto core'dinations. The button has been made using the epiphany punch and I used the MB Bow die. The flowers are paper mania.

I am going to enter this card into "In the Pink"  Buttons and Bow challenge 6

Hope you like the card and pop back soon to see more creations.

Vic x

Christmas Across the Miles

Good afternoon. Its a cold dull day hear in Suffolk, perfect day to craft especially when the men of the house are out.

Todays we have another christmas card... not long to go now... the image is a Wild Rose Studio Stamp, "Posting Letters." I really love this stamp. The parcel backing paper is Pepper's Christmas Party and they are backed onto red card from my stash. I have used the MB Holly die just to give it a bit more decoration and the sentiment is from a Mulberry Wood stamp.

I hope you like todays creation and pop back again soon.

Vic x

Wouldn't It Be Lovely

Good morning,

No a nice day here in Suffolk, so a great day to say in keep warm and do some crafting.

Todays card is one I made for my Aunties 70th Birthday. The stamp is Sheena Douglass, "Wouldn't It Be Lovely 1". I coloured the image using my spectrum noir pens. The backing paper is papermania Lucy Cromwell and this is punched using my Woodware Crafty Edger punch with some ribbon weaved through and then layered onto the dark purple core'dinations. The hard in the corner came from Teresa at My Crafty Heart.

I hope you like todays card and pop back soon to see more.

Vic x

Babies Are All Our Dreams Rolled Into One

Morning,

It is good to be back crafting again... been a bit manic here but hopefully that is the manic period over and I can now settle down to my cards.

Todays card is a LOTV image "Babies are all our dreams rolled into one". The image is coloured with my specturm noir pens and the layout was the sketch & stash challenge 97 but I didn't manage to get it in on time.
The patterned papers are the blue papermania capsule and the plain blues are from core'dinations.

I hope you like the card. Will be back tomorrow with another card... watch this space :-)

Vic x x

In The Lane The Snow Is Glistening

Good afternoon everyone,

It is a lovely day here today in Suffolk.

Here is todays creation. The image is a Sheena Douglass stamp and coloured with spectrum noirs. I have also put some glitter on the picture to make it glisten.

The backing paper is from First Edition Christmas Village and layered onto core'dinations. To finish the picture I have cut the MB Corner Bow out of a green core'dinations.

Hope you like todays creation. Please pop back soon.

Vic x

Twas The Night Before Christmas

Evening,

I am back. Been busy sorting out my craft room and selling on items that I no longer use. On the plus side it has allowed me to buy in things that I have wanted for ages and not been able to afford.

Here is the first of my creations with my new stuff. The stamp is one of the 10 Twas The Night Before Christmas, been wanting these stamps for ages. I coloured the image with my spectrum noir pens. I then added one of my new memory box dies, The Flowering Christmas Tree. I did two one green and one red and then cut the red flowers off the tree and add them to the green christmas tree. To finish the christmas tree off I added Kanban bling.
The Grey and Green backing paper are Core'dinations and then I stamped Sheena Douglass A little bit scenic "Ornate Snowflake" on to the grey with versa marker and then embossed white Wow embossing powder.
Hope you like this new creation. I promise that there are going to be much more over the coming weeks.

Hope to see you soon

Vic x

Best Pals

Well its another lovely day today. Hope everyone is well.

Today's card I have used the S.W.A.L.K stamp 'Best Pals' and coloured with my spectrum noir. The star backing paper is from Back to Basics and the plain paper is Core'dinations.

Hope you like this card and pop back soon.

Vic x

Sweet Pea

Good Evening

Hope you have all had a good day. My boys went back to school today and it was my youngest Aaron's first day of High school. They grow up fast.

Well todays card is for my friends mum's 80th Birthday. I have  used the Creative Expressions stamp 'Sweet Pea'. I have coloured the images with my Spectrum Noir pens. I used Viva Pearls in the top right hand corner and a Spellbinder butterfly in the bottom left hand corner.

I am going to enter this Card into the Sunday Sketch and Stamp Challenge 122.

I hope you like todays card and pop back soon.

Vic x

Happy Belated Birthday

Good Afternoon,

I haven't been on for a few days as I've had and ear infection and not been feeling good.... but feeling much better now.

Todays card is a LOTV stamp Thomas with birthday cake and coloured in with spectrum noirs. I have layered the card with Lavender and pink card stash and backed onto gray core'dinations. I have decorated the card with Viva Pearls, roses from Wild Orchid Crafts and the heart is from Teresa at My Crafty Heart.

I hope you like todays card and pop back soon.

Vic x

Flower

Good Afternoon everyone,

Here is my addition to my blog today. I am entering this card into this weeks Sketch N Stash challenge 95. I have used the Clarity set of stamps to create the centre image. Used coloured Adirondack ink to stamp the images. I then re stamped the Flower and cut out the O and stuck it on top of the original image.

The yellow and red paper is from First Edition Family Ties and the red backing paper is core'dinations. I found some ribbon to go across the centre, the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the pearls are Kanban.

Hope you like todays post and pop back soon to see more creations.

Vic x

Mr. Kingfisher

Good afternoon.

As promised here is my card for today... It nearly didn't happen as I did 4 or 5 different ones that I wasn't happy with.

So, todays creation is more Clarity Stamps... This time I have used the Kingfisher Set. I stamped the kingfisher, branches and leaves in Adirondack - Expresso then coloured the leaves and the Kingfisher in my Spectrum Noir pens. I then brushed Adirondack- Lettice, Pesto and Juniper over the stamped images.

I cut the image into 3 to make the window effect. The brown and orange backing papers are from my stash and used core donations with the spellbinders in the corners, for the sentiment and to line the brown and picture.

I am entering this card into the Sunday Sketch and Stamp Challenge.

I hope you like it and pop back soon for more creations.

Vic x

Finally Sorted

 Good afternoon,

Well there are no pictures of cards today.... However, I am showing off my finished craft room. Thanks to Mum, who has kindly bought a few things and donated her craft table to my sons. I now have my own space big enough to do my crafting.

I could not be without my paper and pen organiser which mum got from Vixx Craft Storage.

I hope you are having a great day and pop back tomorrow, where hopefully there will be a new card for you to see.

Thanks for stopping by Vic x

Fairy Post

Good morning,

A very quick post today as we are off up to Manchester to collect our youngest son.

Today's card was and accident was playing around with the backing papers to come up with the design. The stamp is a LOTV stamp 'Winter Fairy' and coloured using Stickles for the wings and skirt, Spectrum Noir for the rest of the fairy and parcels and I finished off the parcels with papermania Fluid Metallic Brush Markers. The papers today are from Wild Rose Studio 'Xmas Bella' and layered on to green from my card stash which I have also used for the MB Die Holly Vine.

I have entered this card in to the In The Pink challenge 'Things With Wings'.

I hope you like todays post and call back soon.

Vic x

Appology

I need to say sorry to my son Kienan at Vic's Boys Corner... as I got the Idea for the Oranges and Lemons layout from him and forgot to mention it..... Sorry Kienan x x

Poppy Meadow

Good Morning All,

Nearly time for that extended weekend...

I have tried to do something a little different with today' s card... Ok I know its another poppy card...but this time I have used the Indigo Blu Poppy Meadow stamps.

I started off by stamping the sentiment in the middle of the card and then masking it off. I then stamped the 2 larger poppies in black ink... once stamped I carefully used a Versamark pen on the poppies  and enbossed Wow embossing powder on to the poppies... On the large poppy I embossed black in the middle, red on the outside and green for the stem... On the smaller poppy I used the green embossing powder... once the large poppies were embossed I then masked them off and stamped the field at the bottom using Versamark ink and embossed the black wow embossing powder.

To finish the card I backed the image onto black paper and then complemented the embossing by matching the colours with card from my stash... I used the MB Madera Corner die in the bottom left corner and added black Kanban bling to make it ping...

Hope you like the card and pop back soon.

Vic x

Oranges and Lemons

Good Morning,

Well I did this card to see if I could bring back the sun, so far it's not working as it is quit dull today... but we still have time for it to improve.

Todays card is Humphrey.... coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and backed onto First Edition BOHO Chic. The Yellow and Orange paper are from Papercutz, the roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I have finished off the card with 2 butterflies cut with Martha Stuart Monarch Butterfly. I have popped a little Stickles  on the roses and butterflies to add a little something special.

Hope you like the card and stop by soon.

Vic x                                                              

Follow Your Dreams

Good morning fellow bloggers.

I have been missing for a couple of days. I took my youngest son up to the Manchester United Soccer school in Uttoxeter on Sunday will collect him on Friday, then yesterday it took me 5hrs to get to mums.

Todays image is from the Adorables Summer Collection 'Follow Your Dreams' and coloured with Spectrum Noir pens. I have used papers from First Edition Daydream pad and as always layered onto Core'dinations. I have used the MB die Lorelai Outline Leaf and the button is paper mania to add a little something special.

Thank you for stopping by hope to see you again soon.

Vic x

Dippy Toe Lady

Afternoon, what a lovely day it is today.

Well I thought it was about time I did another pink card as I've not done one for a while.

The image is that of the Dippy Toe Lady with the Perspective Trees and then the Cherry Blossom stamp has been coloured with mica powder. All the stamps are from Clarity.

The honey blossom die is from memory box and been done along with the patterned backing paper using papers from the paper mania  pad Lucy Cromwell. The pink paper is Core'dinations.

The sequins on the Cherry blossom are from Teresa at My Crafty Heart and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I hope you stop by soon.

Vic x

Let it Snow

Afternoon all, It is a lovely day in Ipswich hope its the same where you are.

Well today is the first of my Christmas cards. The image is Adorables 'Caring' and coloured using spectrum noir pens. The sentiment is from S.W.A.L.K.

The snowflake paper is craft creations snowflakes on blue and the strip paper is Forever Friends Best of British, both papers are layered onto Core'dinations.

I have used cosmic shimmer liquid pearls for the snowflakes and Stickles for the ground on the picture.

I hope you like it, I really enjoyed doing this card. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you pop back soon.

Vic

Wee Florist

Good morning all,

I know its not like me to post twice in two days but here is todays post.

This is Wee florist coloured with spectrum noirs. The patterned paper is from the Isabelle first edition papers and layered onto core'dinations and the bow with roses is from my stash.

I hope you like my card, I am planning on posting again tomorrow so watch this space.

Hope you stop by soon.

Vic x

fields of poppies

Well you will be pleased to know that this is the last card today...

It is another card using Clarity stamps... I really enjoy working with Clarity stamps and making scenes. The stamps tall and short poppy stamps and field mice. The sentiment is also a clarity stamp.

The red paper is from paper cutz and the black and white is from paper mania.

I hope you have enjoyed all the cards today... please stop by again to see some more.

Vic x

Juliet

Here is my second to last card today,

This is Juliet in the field of nasturtiums coloured using spectrum noirs. The rust backing paper and swirl have been made using core'dinationsl and the flower backing paper is from first edition family ties paper pad. The swirl is Elegant Scrollwork from memory box and the flower in the bottom left hand corner was given to me by my mum, who in turn was given to her by Teresa at My Crafty Heart.

I hope you will stop by soon.

Vic x

I am the music man

Well nearly there,

I made this card for my brother's birthday. The stamp is Boy with Guitar by LOTV. The teal backing paper is again Core'dinations and the music backing paper I made myself using a stamp I got free with a magazine and the Waterfall big juicy ink pad. My mum gave me the charms and she got them from Teresa at My Crafty Heart.

I hope you like the card and stop by soon.

Vic x

Puck

Hello again,

This card has been made using Puck and Toadstool stamps from Clarity. The tree in the background is a memory box die. The brown backing paper is cord'dinations and the plaid background paper is from the papermania capsule collection.

I hope you like this card and stop by soon.

Vic x

Vroom.....

Well here is number 2.

I have done this card for my Nephew in Northern Ireland as he  passed his driving test today, Well done Mart.

The image is a Penny black stamp (sorry not sure which one) and coloured in using my Spectrum Noir pens. The backing papers are Core'dinations and I have used my mums epiphany tool to do the dots on the right side of the card.

Hope you like the card and stop by soon.

Vic x

I like to ride my bicycle

Good afternoon all,

This card is going to be the first of many that I post today.

This card has been made using Clarity Stamps and coloured in Spectrum Noir pens. The hills, grass and sky have been done by dabbing ink on using a cotton wool ball.

The blue backing paper is core'dinations and the green paper is from the Up, Up and Away first addition pad.

I hope you like it and stop by soon to see some more.

Vic x

A rose for a hundred years

Hi All,

Well I finally have a day to do a card after a busy weekend at the Olympics and World Super Bikes with the family.

Today's card I made for Robs Gran, she will be 100 years old on Sunday.

The images and sentiment are by creative expressions. The backing papers are glitter paper from my stash.

I hope you like it, I'm hoping to have a few more to show over the next couple of weeks.

Thank you for stopping by.

Vic x

Happy Birthday from a big fan

Hi All,

Its great to be back again. Been a hectic few months with judo and end of school performances and work. I have another busy week next week as I am fortunate to be going to the Olympics with Rob and the boys and then to Silverstone for the Weekend. But after next week I have 3 weeks of my time that I can dedicate to doing cards... Can't wait.

Todays card is one I have done for Hubby Rob's birthday. It is a House-Mouse Stamp. I love this image and have been dying to use it. I coloured the image with my Spectrum Noir pens... Other than the image I'm just not sure its my best... out of practice which means I will need to practice more...

Hope you like my latest card and hope you pop back again soon as I am hoping to have a lot more for you.

Vic x

Dancing Girl

Hi

As promised here is my second card of the weekend. This card is for my niece's 21st birthday next week.

The image is paintbox poppets, the backing papers are from the Dreamcatcher collection. I have borrowed the layout from one of my mums cards Jacqui's little piece of England sorry not sure where she has got it from.

I hope you like this card, it got a WOW from my eldest son which really means something.

Thank you for popping in and hope to see you again soon.

Vic x x

Cookies and milk

Hi All

Been really busy with judo for the past few weeks but I have managed to find 10 minutes to do a card. This card is for my neighbours as it is there 10th Anniversary.

The image is LOTV and the backing papers are from my card stash. This is my first attempt at a 6x6 card. I hope you like it. I am hoping to do a few more over this next week.

Thank you for popping by and hope to see you again soon.

Vic x x

Somewhere over the Rainbow

Hi All

Long time no blog, but here I am again. This is my first attempted at  the resist technique using versamark ink pad, stamps, a rainbow ink pad and a brayer.
My mum went on a Barbara Gray  course and really enjoyed it, so she is now trying to teach me some of the tricks.

I hope you like it and pop back soon. Vic x

Enchanted

Good afternoon,

Here is the second of 3 for my weekend. This card is for St Luke's Charity Card Challenge - One Layer Month. 

Well I really struggled on this card with everything. I have been following Barbara Gray this morning and was trying out some techniques. Think I could have done better.

I used Katy Sue Silhouette Stamps for the fairies and the branches at the top of the square and IndigoBlu - Anenome Corner for the corner stamp.

How I put the card together was I cut a piece of Neenah card 7 1/4 in square, and then measured a border of 3/4 in. I then placed paper over the border. I stamped the fairy first and then made a mask for it. I then stamped the IndigoBlu corner over the fairy. The last stamps I did were the branches at the top and the fairy in the left hand corner. Once it was all stamped I distressed the edge of the smaller square with blue and purple papermania ink using cotton wool balls. When I was happy with the disstressed inking I coloured the flowers using my Spectrum Noir pens. Next I embossed the fairies wings and the daisy chain with silver WOW embossing powder. I then did a 1/4 in border around the whole card and masked it off. I then embossed the edge of the card with Cosmic Shimmer Steel Blue Aurora embossing powder. The last thing to finish the card was to sprinkle some fairy dust (glitter) over the card.

Well after all that I am pooped.

Thank you for popping by and hope you pop back soon. Vic x

Flower Girl

Good afternoon.

Well as promised here is the first of 3 cards for this weekend. I have decided to do a challenge weekend and today's card is for the Whoopsi Dasiy Challenge - Pile on the flowers.

Well I designed the backing paper using the Digital Designer CD. The backing paper was made up of paper and embellishments from Me to You Spring Chick CD 1. I uploaded the flower backing paper and then added the flowers and blue ribbon embellishments. The digi stamp is the Whoopsi Dasiy and I have used 2 different oval dies. I then added the tulip Marianne dies and then 2 flower toppers from Artwork. I hope you like my card thank you for popping by. Vic x

Bank holiday

Well hi to all. I hope you are enjoying my blog. Thank you to all that are following and to all for your lovely comments on my cards.

Well bank holiday is upon us again and as some of you will have notice this weeks entries have been a bit sparse. I intend to play, play, play this weekend. I have spring cleaned the house today so it can survive a couple of days of neglect.

Please keep an eye out for my new posts over the next couple of days.  I am on my own tomorrow afternoon as all the boys are out at Judo so time for My Time.

I wish everyone a lovely bank holiday.

Vic x

New Delivery

Good Evening all.

I have been a bit busy with Judo and work for the last week and have missed My Time.

I managed to have some my time tonight. I have done a baby card for one of my mums. Right here we go, Backing papers and Embellishments are from Boofle CD, the sentiment is a Verse from Docrafts Digital Designer CD, the is a most fantastic cd because you can design your card and then print everything seperate so that you can give a bit of hight to the card. And last but not least the image is a digi stamp is a pachela image from Cuddly Duddly and coloured with Flex and Pro Markers.

I hope you like the card and pop back soon as I do intend to do one more before the end of the week.

Vic x

A friend in Need

Hi all,

Here is my entry for today.

The picture is a digi stamp is from Karens Doddles 'A friend in Need' and coloured in with spectrum noir pens to match the purpose bought backing papers. The backing papers are new stash especally for the card.I have embossed the orange coordinations paper with thinking of you and used a sander to remove some of the orange. I am entering this card into http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/sketch-n-stash-challenge-86doreens.html.

Hope you enjoy my card and pop back soon

Vic x

The mouse in the shoe

Hi All, here is my post for today and I have to say a big thank you to jules-alwayswithaheart.blogspot.co.uk for letting me copy one of her layouts. I had all the materials but no inspiration as to what to do.

Thanks Jules, this is a card made from toppers and backing paper to Bertricx Potter- Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes. I have a jewellery party for an 11 year old girl who likes blue, Yes sorry its blue again. It seems that I am doing blue a lot at the moment.

Hope you enjoy and you pop back soon.

Vic x

5 Little ducks went swimming one day

Hi All, here is my latest creation. I have made this card for one of my little swimmers who was one this week.

The duck backing paper and topper are from Jemima Puddle duck CD. The other is from my card stock.

I got the idea of doing the ribbon circle on the top left from the Beatrice Potter papercraft CD.

Hope you like it, thank you for popping in and hope to see you again soon.

Vic x

Pretty in Pink

Afternoon all. Here is a card that I did for my friend yesterday.

My best friend Lynne has just got a new job so I thought I would put the skills I have learnt from my mum Jacqui to the test. It was lonely carding without mum as she went home yesterday, but I am proud at what I have produced.

The backing paper is from Zoo and the stamps are ones that I got free with the creative stamping magazine.

Hope you enjoy, please pop in again soon.

Vic x

Footie Mad!

Good afternoon. Mum and I have been busy again :-)

Here is my post for today. Great for those of you like myself that have a house full of football addicts. The stamps are by Chloe and card from stash.

 I have had a go at mica powder for the blue balls and the shirt and red ball are embossed with red Wow embossing powder.

Thank you for popping in, hope to see you again soon.

Vic x

Flower Power

Morning, as promised here is the card I did yesterday.

The backing paper is New Leaf, the stamp is Woodware Clear Magic stamp and as with before coloured with spectrum noir pens. I have finished the stamp with clear glitter to match the backing paper.

Hope you all have a lovely Easter Sunday, Aaron has already eaten half his Easter Egg and its not 9.30am yet.

Thank you for popping in. Hope to see you again soon.

Vic xx

Thank you

Thank you to everyone for your kind comments and your warm welcome. I have done a card today but have not photographed it yet, so keep an eye out tomorrow. Hope everyone has a lovely Easter Sunday. Not too much chocolate girls!

Vic x

Teddy Love

This is my latest design. I have made this card for my husband Rob. Its our 16th Wedding Anniversary on 13th April. The backing paper is from papermania capsule. The stamps are crafters companion popcorn. I have coloured in the pictures with spectrum noir pens. Hope you enjoy, thanks for poping in.

Hope to see you again soon. Vic x

Flowers all round

Hi again today my eldest son Kienan has been busy doing a thank you card for his great Auntie Jean and Great Uncle John. He stamped the rectangle with stamps by Chloe, the bees, butterflies and sentiment are Dawn Bibby stamps and the circle of flowers is Woodware clear magic stamps. All coloured in with Spectrum Noir pens. I am really proud of him I think this is a really lovely card.

Well done Kienan. Thank you for popping in. Vic x

Golden Rose

Hello again. I did this card last night. It took a lot of re-gigging to get the right look. This card is for my Auntie Jean and Uncle John's 50th wedding Anniversary.  The rose is a woodware clear magic single stamp coloured with spectrum noir pens and gold embossed vellum on top. The backing paper is from the Forever Friends black and gold CD with Kanban bling. Thank you for dropping in hope to see you again soon. Vic x

Dragonfly

This was my first attempt at card making under the watchful eye of my mum, Jacqui. I love purples and pinks and really love dragonflies. I made the card using Dawn Bibby stamps and the backing paper is from Dreamcatcher. The dragonflies are embossed onto vellum. Thank you for dropping in Vic x