Miss April Showers ...

I've been trying to post on here for nearly a week - but  blogger is refusing to upload pictures for me !!
Apparently its something to do with the broadband , its so slow . The good news is that virgin is going to give me some sort of refund !- Maybe i can catch up on some crafty spending with that !

Since i can't post one of my new cards and fimo - i thought i would show you an old one .. if you have'nt dug deep into my blog you will have missed this one !
This is from a few years ago - Blogger does not want to upload but seems to be happy for me to copy paste thank goodness !

Anyway - Let me introduce Miss April Showers !

Card , box and Fairy set .

Well its April and what happens in April ?

Showers ofcourse !

 I love this blue and white combo , not one i can say ive really used before.

I cant remember what the papers are called (sorry) as they 

were some scraps  I had.

tilda is coloured with copics and ive used my martha stewart punch from 

charmed cards .

The flowers i made from fimo.

Inside the card is decorated also 

Now shall we meet Little Miss Fairy Showers ?

She aint happy is she ? Its still raining and her wings are getting wet ! hee hee !

Good job she has her raincoat , hat and wellies on ! 

I made her from Fimo , a polymer clay that bakes in the oven. I dont use

moulds , just model with my hands .

Its Dripping here , dripping there ... however is she going to fly home ?

I have to say i really really had fun doing her little wellies ! 

 

Winner of the Stamp give Away is.....

Well ive finally managed to get into blogger ... what a nightmare ! I've had a lovely week , ive been spending some time tracing my roots ! Looking for lost Uncles and Great Aunts ! Its been rather facinating i have to say ! Its amazing what family stories are handed down - some rather sad ones too ... from workhouses to hospitals its surprising where your ancestors ended up .. Well enough of my waffling ! Its time to announce the winner .......... and the winner of the stamp Give a way is
                                                                         Wendy L .
Congratuations Wendy !  PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDY X

Blog Candy Givaway !

While rooting in the craft room yesterday to find some fimo for my card set - i found an unused , unopened Joanna Sheen Stamp ! I thought maybe one of my lovely followers might like it - So if you do then please just add your name on the comments box  below and il shall draw a comment at random  to win it .. 

I shall draw a winner on Sunday x

love Maddy 

Gorjuss Cards and fimo Teddy set.

Well i very nearly fainted today when i delved into my fimo box - there was hardly any fimo left ! I had planned on making a fimo dolly to match my Gorjuss Girl card , but had to settle making a teddy instead !

This set is just adorable and comes complete with card box.

I can't keep calling her Teddy - so ive named her Mabel ! I think it suits her ! .. She has a little jacket on with roses on the top of the sleeves and roses for buttons - very cute and comes with fabric doily too.

The card stamp is a Gorjuss Girl called Forget me Not  and the papers are from the 6 x 6 pad from Bo Bunny  Ambrosia collection  and Bo Bunny pearls all from Charmed Cards.The card is embellished with a metal clip , lace, blooms , pearls and gorgeous glittery brads that i had left over from another Bo Bunny collection.

This set is for sale - £14.50 plus 3.00 postage costs .. paypal accepted.

if you live outside the UK please contact me for postage costs xx 

maddy.hill@hotmail.co.uk

The set will be available to post from this Thursday onwards.

I'd like to enter this into these challenges
Inspire me Fridays -Anything goes
moving along with the times - cute and cuddly
Stamping for the weekend - anything goes

Love Maddy xx

Felt keyrings and pins !

Over the last few weeks Sophia , my daughter and me have been making some felt keyrings and broaches or brooches ( as some people spell them ) . There are loads of craft fairs and stalls near where i live and ive been itching to get Sophia making things ... so we have been having a good play with some felt -

The flower shape was from a chipboard flower that we just used as a template and the circles were cut from a sizzix die cutter . I love these they are so funky !

These are the cupcake keyrings ...

These ones i adore - Heart broaches ( pins if you live in US !) 

We had great fun using the bigshot and dies - 

Very relaxing sitting there sewing - and nice change actually for me from card making - 

I shall be getting the old fimo out in the next of so too - i do miss it ! 

love Maddy xxx

Easter Gift Card set.

Its that time off year were we all seem to be buying chocolate for loved ones for Easter - well a little alternative gift is these cute little pots , complete with a little bag of compost and seeds  ! Very easy to make too. All you need is two expesso desposable cups - the kind you get from starbucks !

                                                                 Card and Pots.

The card image is a gorgeous little clear stamp called  Eline's flowergirls 2 -  card paper and the paper for the pots  is from the Bo Bunny Country Garden Pad , the beautiful butterfly on the card is made from a Bo Bunny stamp - Ambrosia and ive just trimmed around it and glittered it with stickles.Paper, Stamp , flowers are all available from Charmed Cards and Crafts.  
Charmed Cards also have a  Spring Competiton you could win  £30 to spend it the shop , see Karens blog for details . HERE

The gorgeous metalic glitter ribbon from charmed is so soft and flexable - not like you find other types of glitter ribbon , i was really pleased with it and used it for the bottom edge of the pots - theses are so simple to make and the exspesso cups are ideal as they are made for using with liquid .See below for a short tutorial.
I am entering this into these challenges
Cute Card thursday- Easter
Paper play - Easter

 

Tutorial .
Easter Gift.
2 x Expesso cups - (save them from a coffee shop or buy from ebay like me !)
Round stick - i used 6" popcake sticks.
cellophane bag
rustic twine /string
Extras
crop-a-dile ( only for using with stick )
strong glue ( i use crafters pick - )
paper, flowers and adornments .
small envelope for seeds.

1. First you need a template of your cup - Cut down the seam and trim around the folded bit of the top and also cut out the bottom so your left with this .

2. Using this as your template ,place on the back of your patterned paper and draw around it - add a couple of mm on the seam side - just to over lap it slightly .Cut out . Glue using strong glue to the cup.

3. Glue  a length of glittery ribbon to the bottom edge.

4 , Trim down a cellaphane bag , so it just fits neatly inside , fill with a couple of tablespoons of compost and tie at the top with rustic looking string.
Extras
5.I used the Bo Bunny notelets from country garden collection and trimmed around them on the stick , using my cropadile for the holes to slide the stick through and added some ribbon at the top and glued flowers around each cropadile hole.

The butterflies are again from Bo Bunny notelets and the little envelope for the seeds  is a punch i have - but you can find an envelope template on the internet and reduce it to the size you want.

                                                                     love Maddy xxx


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