Champagne Ted .........

Hi everyone,

apologies for lack of posts, still having puter issues,

This card is one I made yesterday,

I used one of the glitter girls boards to do the frame with, added peel off's,

The image I coloured, then distressed around it with chalks,

I have used blues, browns, and creams for this card,

with the added gold of the peel offs.

I am entering this into the challenge over at THE CRAFTY PAD,

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Angie

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Louis The Lamb ........

Hello everyone,

As you know I have been having internet problems,

So while not on the computer, I just had to do something,

Here is one of the results,

It is Louis the Lamb,

Hand knitted soft toy,

Turned out better than I expected, as was not that keen on the pattern.

A very fiddly one to knit this, as it has linings as well as the out parts of the body,

the sewing together was the worst part,

But just thought I would share him with you all.

Thanks for popping by,

hoping to be back a little later today with a card.

Hugs

Angie

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Blog Hop Winner & There is a great tutorial over at ........ Character Cafe using Digi Images

Good Morning All,

I have a busy day today,

Need to go see my oldest sons tutor, for his parents evening meeting,

nice long walk to and back from school this morning,

hope it doesn't rain or snow.

BUT

I just had to tell you about this fantastic tutorial over at

THE CHARACTER CAFE

today explaining all about how to resize and do other things with digi images,

Just to see the finished image is worth the visit.

Please take a moment to pop over and have a look.

Apologies for being late announcing the winner, but computer problems are a pain in the batookie,

The winner of the Lovely Lillies Digi Image from the Character Cafe Blog Hop,

picked by my son is

PEET

Congratulations Peet,

Please email me so I can get your lillies image to you,

Back Later hopefully,

Hugs

Angie

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3d Floral Mothers Day A4 Card

This gorgeous card is A4 in size,

and I 3d decoupaged the lovely pansy panel at the top left corner,

This is a commissioned card for a lady I know, and I know it's safe to publish the card as they do not use computers.

Here you can see the inside of the card.

I am entering this into the following challenges,

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Spring Time

Creative Belli - Butterflies or Dragonflies

Saturday Challenge - Mothers Day

The Corrosive Challenge - Things With Wings

Magical Crafts - Something for Mum

Thanks for stopping by,

means a lot to me,

Hugs

Angie

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Kaboodle Doodles New Challenge - Fancy Folds

First of all, sorry for being MIA, have got terrible computer problems,

so if I disappear totally you all will know why,

Here is my DT post for the New Challenge Over at Kaboodle Doodles this week,

It is FANCY FOLDS, and if you pop over to Kaboodles you can see its just not cards,

can be what you wish, I chose to do this little favour boxes,

I used these for the table for my Dad's 80th Birthday Meal.

We have some new rules over at Kaboodle Doodles as well,

as well as a Blinkie for the top 3.

Look forward to seeing all your lovely creations,

but, please forgive me if I can't get on to comment with my computer problems.

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Angie

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Boxed Hearts

This is what I made yesterday,

It is a heart bookatrix card, in lilac, white with a hint of green stems on the lavender,

Sorry for the photo's but it didn't stop raining yesterday so could not get a decent piccy,

and today it is sunny and this card has already gone, so no chance to take more.

It is really pretty in real life.

The lavender is enhanced with lilac flower soft, and has a lavender ribbon down the spine,

It has two pages and you can see the lower pages in the photo below.

I made a white box for it, and decorated it with two matching patterned hearts.

I am entering this into the following challenges -

Digital Tuesday - Girly

Die Cuts R Us - No D/P

Treehouse - Love

Sassy Designs - Hearts & Flowers

Cute Card Thursday - Love

Fun With Shapes - Lilac, Green and White

Penny's Challenge - Birthday

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment,

they are much appreciated,

Hugs

Angie

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My Tutorial for The Character Cafe..............

Happy Tuesday to you all,

Here is today's tutorial for the Character Cafe.

You will need -

a piece of card measuring 296mm long x 121mm wide, and a matching 62mm square.

Character Cafe Images of your choice.

Fold length ways down the middle,

like in the photo below.

Mark on both ends at the edges at 58mm and 103mm,

mark on the centre fold at both ends 78mm (just a dot will do for this)

Score straight across the width of the card at the 58mm marks,

then from the dot in the centre of the card diagonally up to the 103mm marks on the edges,

Score straight across the width of the card at the 58mm marks,

then from the dot in the centre of the card diagonally up to the 103mm marks on the edges,

With the back of the card facing you fold along the 58mm score line towards you.

Choose your images from the Character Cafe shop.

and colour, I have cut my chosen images out.

Apply these to the two squares at either end of the card.

I made a 3rd square with Happy 80th Birthday Dad on.

and then put name under this in the centre, as I used these for table place settings for

his birthday meal.

Below you can see the finished project.

This can be used as cards, place settings anything you wish.

Hope you enjoyed todays tutorial,

and look forward to seeing them used in the Character Cafe Friday Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Angie

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Dad's 80th Birthday Card

Hello Everyone,

Have you missed me? it feels like month's not just a week since I have been crafting and blogging.

Well I have been doing some crafting, it was good to after so long not being able to,

I made this wonderful wheelbarrow for my Dad's 80th Birthday yesterday,

I used a template I had in my stash, printed out the papers from a cd, as they remind me of the canal boat items, made the box, and I actually used sandwich bags (as I could not find my acetate) for the windows. The flowers where from a blog friend when I bought some stamps of her on ebay.

On top of the lid, in peel off's was

'Happy 80th Birthday to a Special Dad - with love'

We had a great meal at a local pub restaurant, and then back to mum and dad's for a birthday tea as well. I also made him favour boxes, and place settings for the table which you can see a tutorial on Tuesday.

so please pop back for them.

Above is a close up of the wheelbarrow.

I am entering this into the following challenges -

Saturday Spotlight - Use a household item (sandwich bags)

Saturday Challenge - Multi Folds

CraftyAngelsOnline - Fantastic Flowers

Paperplay - Birthday for someone special (can't get no more special than my dad)

Charisma Cardz - Male

Thanks for looking,

Hugs

Angie

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BLOG CANDY WINNER IS .........

THE WINNER OF MY BLOG CANDY

IS NUMBER 10

THAT WORKS OUT TO BE ...........

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MERRY.

MY HUBBY PICKED OUT THE NUMBER.

PLEASE EMAIL ME WITH ADDRESS.

I AM NOT ABOUT OVER THE WEEKEND BUT WILL GET IT IN POST TO YOU ON MONDAY.

HUGS

ANGIE

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Blog Candy while I rest .........

THIS CANDY IS NOW CLOSED.

WINNER IS ANNOUNCED SHORTLY.

As most of you know,

I am meant to be resting under doctor's orders, (don't they realise I have kids!!!)

Well can't forget about my blog so while I am away on the sofa for a couple of days,

I am offering this mini candy,

There is 6 sets of little stamps, that are new and I won't be using so thought why not offer it as a blog candy.

They fit nicely into the little box I made as a tutorial the other Tuesday for the Character Cafe.

All I ask you to do is put a comment on this post,

You do not have to be a follower,

you can if you choose to either post on your blog or put a link in side bar for me.

The winner will be pulled out of hat by one of my sons on Friday 12th Feb. at 6pm uk time.

Hugs

Angie

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Hello Everyone .........

Hi Everyone,

My swollen feet and ankles are on their way down,

nearly back to normal, a lot less painful,

I will be back crafting again next week,

This weekend is my dear ole Dad's 80th Birthday

on Valentine's Day.

We are going out for a surprise dinner (at lunch time) that he does not know about,

which is him, Mum, my brother and his wife, and myself and my hubby,

Then after the meal we are getting my 3 boys and going round to mum and dad's house for a joint party for him and also my eldest son Kieran who is 14 on the 15th Feb, and my youngest who will be 9 on the 19th Feb.

I am very busy today making place cards, favour boxes, and banners for my dad,

as well as his two cards, and then two cards for my eldest son.

I am also working on a tutorial.

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend,

and stay safe and warm.

Hugs

Angie

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FOR SALE - Hand Knitted Patchwork Bag Brand New

While I have been sitting resting as doctor told me to,

I have been knitting away like a good un,

I made this lovely patchwork bag out of double knit wool (has some acrylic in it)

in pink, purple, and white patches, has bamboo handles.

Measures approx 10" wide, and 9" depth, without the handles,

inclusive of the handles it is 13.5" long.

This would be £7.50 plus postage and packing,

Postage and packing price depends on where you live.

Hope you like it,

and thank you for taking the time to stop by,

My feet and ankles feel a lot better today and the swelling is going down.

so hopefully will be back to card making real soon.

If you would like to buy this bag or order one in different colours please email me.

you can find my details in the profile bit.

Back to the sofa and more knitting.

Hugs

Angie

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Blog Hop from the Character Cafe ...... New Images and freebie

Happy Friday,

Welcome to the Character Cafe February Release Blog Hop,

You should have come here from Diane's great blog.

If you have started with me, please go to the start at Character Cafe Shop.

I have used the wonderful Lilly image, I adore colouring flowers so went a bit mad and made a set of 6 notlets.

We're offering up a FREEBIE for you again and an opportunity to win the ENTIRE release, which includes 9 TCC digi images!!!
All you have to do is create something with any TCC image and enter your name in Mr. Linky located on The Cafe Blog at the end of the hop... however, if that's not going to happen this time, there's still chances to win some digis don't worry.

Our fabulous DT girlies are going to be offering up the image they worked with to one lucky commenter on each of their blogs so be sure to leave some love (it is February after all right?)

You can also leave a comment at The Cafe Blog in order to have a chance at winning 4 Feb. Release images of the winner's choice.

So if you do all the hop and see all the wonderful cards, you can find a free digi image somewhere along the hop, and more if you enter our Friday Challenges.

The next step is to hop on over to see the wonderful Billie's blog.

All of these cards are made with the one image, just different colours,

lillies do not have be to white, they can be whatever colour you wish.

I used water colours, and whisper pens, sakura pens, to do all the different ones.

HAVE FUN HOPPING,

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR ENTRIES IN THE FRIDAY CHALLENGE AS WELL,

GOOD LUCK FOR THE FEBRUARY RELEASE PRIZE DRAW.

AND DON'T FORGET A LITTLE LOVE LEFT ON THE HOP BLOGS GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO WIN A IMAGE THAT THEY SHOW ON THEIR BLOG.

MINE IS THIS FANTASTIC LILLY IMAGE

BE SURE TO HOP TROUGH THEM ALL,

HUGS

ANGIE

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Quick Update on me if your interested......

I went to see the doctors this morning about my swollen lower legs, ankles, and feet,

He has given me water tablets, and anti biotic's

and the wonderful advice to rest as much as possible with feet up.

Does he realise that I have 3 boys to look after,

and lots of crafting to be done, obviously not.

But I have to try and get the swelling down, as if it does not go it could be

thrombosis, and that worries me, as I do not know what it is properly.

so when the courage comes I will search it on internet.

Please pop back tomorrow for the Character Cafe Blog Hop,

and Monday for the new Kaboodle Doodle Challenge,

Apart from those I am going to be quiet for a few days as can't sit at puter for long.

Hugs

Angie

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There is a great tutorial over at ........

Good Morning All,

I am not about today as got to rest my ankles they are giving me a lot of pain,

but hopefully will be sorted on Thursday when I see Doctor.

I just had to share this great tutorial for a SWING CARD

by Meredith, over at The Character Cafe Blog.

So pop over and have a look, we would love to see your results.

Hugs

Angie

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Oh My One Card - Tons of challenges.

I hope you all had a great weekend,

Isn't surprising what a bit of sunshine does to you,

It made me feel good this morning, even tho it was still cold,

I made this card following the sketch over at Lili of The Valley,

and when finished it and going to type this post, realised it fitted in with a few more challenges as well, see the list at end of post.

The gorgeous dog is stamped onto acetate and glittered in gold on the back,

The pretty butterflies are done by parchment craft.

All of this was from my stash apart from the paper which I printed from the V.Funky CD.

The challenges I am entering this into are -

Lili Of Valley - Sketch

Get Funky - Anything

Pile It On - Non Winter Colours

Cute Card Thursday - Flowers

Flutterby Wednesday - open theme including a butterfly, angel or fairy.

Treehouse - Butterfly & Flower

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - Anything

Lily Boo Too - 1 Tag, 1 Ribbon

Cupcake Crafts - 4 legged Friend and furry.

Thank You for stopping by today,

I am of to the doctors on Thursday morning to sort out my swollen ankles, and bad indigestion.

Hopefully they will sort me out so I can spend more time card making.

Hugs

Angie

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