Option of love

I thought it was about time I blogged a card so here goes,

a card made for the Uniko challenge ~ Anything goes with an option of Love

I die cut a heart and 'stuck' it onto a die cut piece of white card then stamped around with the Uniko background builders ~ vines then removed the heart.

Stamped a SU stamp in the middle.

Thanks for stopping by,

have a lovely weekend,

Susan.x

Autumn....

The weather has certainly changed this last week

 - I'm sorry though but I enjoy the bright, cold days - just not the wet grey ones.

I love wrapping up in loads of layers and going for walks.

The challenge over at LIM - Autumn encouraged me to dig out a SU stamp set 

which I haven't used before but was so lovely to stamp with.

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Susan xx

CASology ~ Blossom

Just dropping by today with my card for the 

CASology challenge ~ Blossom

For today's card I have simply used a Stampin up Set - Painted Petals

Don't you just love this time of year when all 

the tulips, daffodils and crocus' are out 

and you can see blossom trying to burst to life on trees.......

oh I do hope we have a good summer.

Thanks for stopping by

Little Ones at Less is More

Just dropping by today with my card for

Less is More challenge

For today's card I have used SU Gorgeous Grunge stamp set 

and added Martha Stewart little butterflies punched on a First Edition DP, the sentiment is 

from a Clearly Besotted set.

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Less is More ~ Starry starry night

Just dropping by today with my card for

Less is More ~ OLC Starry, starry night

I used a new SU set - White Christmas and added a Clearly Besotted sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Susan xx

and a gift wallet too

Happy Sunday everyone!

Today's card was an order - the lady wanted lilac and purple flowers and a matching gift wallet.

I was very pleased with the outcome and believe Karen loved it.

The digital stamp is from LCI (which I believe hasn't quite closed it's doors just yet - so be quick and grab yourself that bargain.)

the gift wallet.

Thank you for stopping by

Hugs

Susan x

All Dressed Up 1st birthday party

Hi all!

My card today is for the ADU 1st birthday party celebrations

Wendy, the designer at ADU, kindly gave the image free along with the hop...

how cute is she??

Short and sweet today.

Thanks for stopping by

Susan xx

What's your favourite colour??

Mine is any shade of purple!

My card today is for the 

All Dressed Up Challenge - Your Favourite Colour

The Sailing Pineapple ~ Christmas

I created my own sentiment on the computer and then added the ultra gorgeous ADU image ~

added a ribbon and liquid applique and then matted it to a piece of purple card.

Thank you for stopping by ~

hope you are having a great weekend

Hugs

Susan xx

Burlap Bea

Hi there!!

Today's card is so simple but perfect for what I needed.

The image is a Teddy Bea one but I printed it onto Kraft card and added LOTS of Wink of Stella which irl is fantabulous!!

The burlap ribbon is from Stampin Up.

Thank you for stopping by

Hugs

Susan xx

New Challenge at LCI - Babies

Happy New Challenge Day !!!

Hope you have had a nosy over at our challenge blog to see if you are 

one of our lucky winners from our Anything Goes challenge and new release giveaway

 - Congratulations if you are ;0)

Today's challenge has been set by me and I have chosen

'Babies'

(Birth, Christening, 1st Birthday etc)

The ladybugs have all used images from 'Baby Baby'

- my image is called 'Sleeping Baby' which I coloured using Spectrum Noir pencils.

Thank you for stopping by....

Hugs

Susan x

Easel Card Challenge at LCI

Happy New Challenge Day !!!

Hope you have had a nosy over at our challenge blog to see if you are 

one of our lucky winners from our WOW challenge - Congratulations if you are ;0)

Today's challenge has been set by the lovely Kath and she has chosen

'Easel Cards'

I have to admit I went cold when I first read the challenge but once

 I began I really enjoyed making it - 

thank you Kath for taking me out of my comfort zone.

The ladybugs have all used a Magnum image -

 I have used 'Magnum Add-on' and 'Champagne Add-On'

added a sentiment, a few wooden stars and button - easy Male card !!

Please do go over to the other ladybugs and give them some love.

Take Care

Hugs

Susan xx

Happy Birthday Isabelle

Happy 17th Birthday to my friend's daughter Isabelle - 

I remember when I was holding her hand to cross the road - now I'm picking her up from all night parties!!

Loved this image as soon as I saw it I knew it had Isabelle's name on it.......together with a Stampin Up DP  - I think it looks stunning.

a closer view

 a sneaky peek at the inside

Wishing you all a fantabulous weekend.

Hugs

Susan xx

Nothing lasts forever.....

I love this image from Stampin Bella and more so I love the sentiment....

I sent it to John yesterday for our wedding anniversary - cute isn't it.

I paper pieced the umbrella and added a little bit of bling

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Susan xx

Rugby Dad

Happy Friday !!

I was asked  to make a Rugby card for one of my friends but the difficulty was for the past three years she has asked for the same thing so I'm running out of images.

This time I came up with something totally different........

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Susan xx

All Wrapped Up.....

Hi - Jonas arrived, Lewis' French exchange student and he is lovely.

I was a complete stress head before he arrived but why do we do it to ourselves ?

Anyway onto my card - I have used a gorgeous image 

from All Dressed Up and put together another CAS card....and to enter into the 

challenge I added a couple of  buttons !!

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Susan xx

Happy 1st Birthday Jude

Today is my nephew Jude's 1st birthday - how time flies......

I used LCI Through the Ages Billie and a digi paper that I purchased from Etsy, 

finished off with a couple of Stampin Up buttons.

a closer view

Jude one day old......

and now one year on......isn't he just adorable.....

Thanks for dropping by

Hugs Susan xx

New Release New Challenge Midway Reminder....

Happy Tuesday !!

How gorgeous is the new release - I want them all.

This fortnight Kerry is feeling very generous and plus our normal winner and top 3 

she is giving you the chance to win 4 images from the new release
 by commenting on the Challenge blog which is YOUR favourite image from the new release
 - simples !!!

The challenge for this fortnight is 

'FLOWERS GALORE'

and my beautiful image from the release is Birdhouse Tree.

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Susan xx

Simply Stars

A clean and simple card made in two different colours....

I needed a couple of quick cards for two men and my new stamps had just arrived from Clearly Besotted so I decided to ink them up. Cards do look much better irl.

The sentiment stamp is also a new one from Paper Smooches.

A touch of blue.....

and green.....

Thank you for stopping by...

Hugs Susan xx

50th Birthday Wishes

A card I was asked to make for a Hedgehog lover !!

I had purchased this image from Digistamp Boutique a long time ago 

and was perfect for this request. I married it up with Nitwits papers 

and a ribbon from my stash.

a closer view

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Susan xx