SOUS DT Reveal - M&M Store

Hello again dear blogging friends.

Time for the newest sketch reveal over at

Stuck On U Sketches.

 

These great photo's were taken at the fabulous

 M & M Store in London.

 

 

The great sketch from our own

Sandi Clarkson

And not a piece of Portobello Road

 paper in sight...lol



The papers I have used are

Basic Grey "Urban Prairie"

which have been in my stash forever,

but the colours were perfect

for these photo's.

 

The title alpha's are American Crafts

Thickers "Rockabye" white

and "Darling" lipgloss.

 

Flowers are a mixture of stash

 and handmade from the papers.



The leaf branches are a Sizzix die.

Twine from the Twinery "Honeydew"

and buttons from my stash.

Daughter and I had an amazing

 couple of hours in this store,

 which has four storeys

and M&Ms in every conceivable costume!

 

Including four M&Ms emulating

the Beatles "Abbey Road" album,

you know the one.

Where they are crossing the

road on the Zebra Crossing.

 

I bought my three Granddaughters

 M&M pyjamas from the store

 - too cute. Will have to scrap the

photo's of them wearing them - one day....lol.

Now you must head over to

Stuck On U Sketches,

see what my fellow DT members

have done with the sketch

and have a go yourself.

 

You have two weeks to get

 your entries in and maybe be

 chosen as Top 3.

 

See you over there.

 

Hugs

SOUS DT Card Reveal 5

Hello again. It's Wednesday, again.

 

Card Sketch reveal day at

Stuck On U Sketches

again.

 

Love it....

The great sketch by our own Leah,

love it.

I have used papers from

 Papermania "Midnight Fairytale"

The image is from a sheet of

toppers by JEJE Produkt.nl

 

You didn't think for a minute

 that I coloured in a stamp did you?

 

I don't do colouring.

 I have enough stuff without

going down that road.

 

But, I do love these images,

and to buy them ready made

is a dream for a scrapbooker that

likes to dabble in cards.....KWIM!!!!



I have layered the image,

 which I cut with Nesties

 Standard Circles sm, onto

Nesties Heart Circles cut from

black Bazzill cardstock

The flowers are also by Bazzill

 and the sentiment has been floating

about my stash for, well,

I don't know how long....lol.

The black pearl is from FWAB

 

Too easy....

 

Now, head over to

 Stuck On U Sketches,

 soak up the talent of my fellow

 DT members and have a go at

the sketch yourself,

 you know you want to....

 

Hugs for now

SOUS DT Reveal - Hever Castle

Good Friday everyone

 

It's reveal day over at

 Stuck On U Sketches

 

With an interesting sketch from our Sandi

 

Lots of circles.....

Sandi's Sketch....

Now, I have a confession to make

 

I am starting to get a bit fed up

 with these papers now (can you tell?)

 

And, I bet you all saw it coming...lol

 

And that damn coat I'm wearing

- it's in every photo!!!

 

Anyway....

 

These photos are from a day trip

we took out of London to the beautiful

County of Kent,

about an hour from London

 

Hever Castle was the

childhood home of Anne Boleyn

- second wife of Henry VIII

and mother of Queen Elizabeth I

 

Papers are the "Portobello Road"

Collection from Papermania

(as if you didn't know)



I made the paper rosette

with the Tim Holtz die "Paper Rosette"



The flowers, little roses

and leaves are from my stash

The large flower centre is a

Prima centre "Monarch Red"

Around the edge of the papers

I have used the Martha Stewart

 PATP "Layered Arches"

The title is computer generated

onto a Spellbinders "Fancy Tags Two"

 die and a wee bit Tim Holtz

 Distress Ink "Weathered Wood"

I cut the various circles

using Spellbinders "Classsic Circles" small.

Done and dusted.

 

It might be a wee while

before you see these papers again,

but I do have quite a few left,

so, we'll see...lol

 

Now, you must head over to

 Stuck On U Sketches

 and see what my fellow DT girls

have done with this sketch

 

They are all super talented girls,

 and there is a lot of inspiration there

 

Then why not join us and 

upload your interpretation of the sketch

 

Looking forward to seeing you there

 

Hugs for now 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Patricia



Yes, it's that time of year again

 

My BFFs birthday...

 

Special request from oldest Granddaughter

 

A photo with Blue Nose Giraffe...

Happy Birthday Patricia

 

 

Hugs

Golden Wedding

Two very special people celebrate

 a very special day today

My Aunt Carol & Uncle Jim

Aunt Carol is also my Godmother

Their 50th Wedding Anniversary

They were married the year I was born

So, I set to and made them this

12 x 12 frame with one of their

wedding photo's and a recent photo

Lots of special things on this project....

Papers are Blae & Ivy Collection from Kaiser

There's Prima, Zva, Spellbinders, American Crafts,

ribbon, lace, roses, KindyGlitz,

gorgeous crochet doily, trinkets

and two precious photo's

The theme continues with the card,

also using Blae & Ivy

The numbers at the top of card

and frame are American Thickers,

 which were originally pink!

I sanded them back and heat embossed them

with gold embossing powder

I stamped and embossed the word

celebrate at card bottom also

Martha Stewart "Layered Arches" PATP

And, of course, a box for the card!

Simply decorated with some paper, ribbon

and a few wee roses.

I have added the punched edge inside

 the acetate window and finished

with a wee bit ribbon trim

A money wallet, which is also

 Blae & Ivy,

 though you wouldn't

 know it (the back of this paper is blue!)

Martha Stewart "Lace Doily" punch

Some more ribbon trim, beautiful wee roses,

including one yellow rose, a couple of Prima

 leaves and some gold sprigs

Now, what to put it in?

 

Pizza box of course!!

 Average box 12 x 12. Frame 14 x 14! *#!**

 

So, beautiful Daughter headed round to

 the local take away for me and asked to buy

 a big (16x16) pizza box. No food, just the box! 

 

She got a few funny looks,

not least from the customers waiting

 for their orders, and duly arrived home

 with this beauty 

A couple of sheets of wrapping paper,

 and duly transformed

Loving the title frame

Nestabilities "Floral Ovals"

and gold card - perfect

A few sheets of gold tissue paper

Wrapped and ready to go

 

 

So, dear Aunt Carol & Uncle Jim,

Congratulations on your

Golden Wedding Anniversary,

 you are an inspiration to all of us