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This is an 8" by 8" LO of Jess with her new pink keyboard on her 2nd birthday. There's not a piece of patterned paper to be seen as I used these gorgeous "Frips" from The Ribbonrie as an alternative to paper. I used: DCWV cardstock, "Frips" fabric strips, Nestabilities die-cuts, Heidi Grace stickers, CraftWork adhesive lace, buttons and pink and white Signo gel pens.

IACW - Fairy mini canvas

This is my post from It's A Creative World yesterday:

While out shopping I came across these cute canvasses and mini easels:

To give you an idea of size the canvasses are 7cm square. I wanted to make something to go in my 2 year old daughter's room so decided to go for a pretty pink and green theme. I started by dry-brushing the canvas with pink acrylic paint then when it was dry I stuck a piece of lace across the bottom using glue dots. The fairy image was one I cut out of a HOTP creative images book and I mounted it on the canvas with foam. I then cut the back off a star shaped button before adding this and some rhinestones to the canvas and then stamping with tiny alphabet stamps. The final touch was to adhere ribbon all around the edges of the canvas and then add a bow in the corner:

I'm happy to report that my daughter loves it and has requested more "pwetty tings" for her bedroom!!

I used: Anita's acrylic paint, HOTP image, vintage lace, silver-edged pink ribbon from The Ribbonrie, Studio G alphabet stamps, Brilliance ink, Dress Me Up star button, rhinestones.

Life's Little Treasures

Jess with the first daisy she picked during one of our walks: I used: American Crafts cardstock, pink lace, white lace and crystal beaded string and ribbon bow all from The Ribbonrie, Creative Cafe rub-on title, Anna Griffin rub-on, Green Tara blossoms, vintage glass button, HOTP brad, Shimmerz paint and a black fine pen.

Help or hindrance?

Bless her!! My OH was building cupboards in the living room and she managed to get right in the way! I used: Paper Reflections cardstock, K&Co paper, Sizzlits Night and Day alphabet die-cuts, raspberry tartan ribbon and fibres from the Ribbonrie, My Mind's Eye rub-on flourish, Brenda Walton stamp, Colorbox chalk ink, Marvy pen, Dress me up button, K&Co stickers, paper lace ribbon.

Another Christmas card

Another made using some of the Cuttlebug embossing from MIL!

I used: Papermill card, Dovecraft paper, Fancy Pants stamp ("Holiday Magic" from Christmas set), Creative Beginnings embossing powder, silver edged ribbon from The Ribbonrie, Mill Hill sead beads and a rhinestone.

A Christmas card

Here's a card I made using a Cuttlebug embossed tree. I don't actually have this particular embossing folder but my MIL does and brought it with her when she visited a couple of weeks ago - yay for MILs who also craft!!

I used: Papermill card, DCWV paper, Versamagic chalk ink, Colorbox chalk ink, Fancy Pants stamp, American Crafts rub-on, rhinestones and finally crystal string from The Ribbonrie.

Cutey or cutie?!

Well, I finished this LO last night but the more I look at it the more it looks wrong - I had to spell "cutey" with a "y" due to the amount of rub-on letters I had but it doesn't look right to me!

I used: My Mind's Eye papers, lace from The Ribbonrie, Making Memories tiny alphabet stickers, Creative Imaginations Karen Russell alphabet rub-ons, flourish rub-ons, chipboard sticker and epoxy sticker, K&Co stickers, Prima and unknown flowers, vintage buttons, beads and sequins.

Darling daughter

Today's LO is one of Jess - our darling daughter. The photo was taken on April 25th this year. I started the LO wanting to use the beading from The Ribbonrie and then just took it from there LOL.

I used: Bazzill cardstock, Fontwerks paper, Papermania paper, Ribbonrie beading, My Mind's Eye Bohemia and Magnolia rub-ons, Prima flowers, various vintage buttons, Dovecraft brads, various beads and Stickles.

Lunchtime nap

This LO is of Jess asleep on our living room floor. I'd been out in the kitchen for about 5 minutes to get her lunch (back on April 25th) and came back to find her out cold!

I used: Provocraft cardstock, DCWV paper, Sizzlets ROund-a-bout die-cut alphabet in funky foam, DCWV green adhesive ribbon, Craft Work chipboard tag, Deja Views sticker, flower brad, Marvy pen, HOTP large brad and American Crafts rub-on

and: Doodlebug buttons, white lace, white fibres and pink craft cord (made into flower) from The Ribbonrie

More pink baby cards

Using some more of the pretty pink ribbons that Heather from The Ribbonrie sent me:

I used: Papermill card (Cuttlebug embossed), K&Co Brenda Walton sticker, Quickutz Metro skinni mini alphabt die-cuts and pink heart ribbon from The Ribbonrie. I used: Papermill card, K&Co Brenda Walton paper, K&Co Brenda Walton sticker, Nestabilities die-cuts, Cuttlbeug Olivia alphabet and Quickutz Olivia alphabet die-cuts. Pink gingham ribbon from The Ribbonrie

To Have and To Hold

This is the first of the layouts I made using bits from The Ribbonrie and is my Great Aunt and Uncle (Grandma's brother) on their wedding day back in 1955. The youngest of the bridesmaids is my aunty and the bridesmaid on the right is my Mum. I used: Bazzill cardstock, My Mind's Eye Wild Asparagus papers, 7Gypsies chipboard label, Quickutz Blossom mini die-cut alphabet, Quickutz Daisy skinni-mini die-cut alphabet, various Prima flowers, Heidi Grace flourish stamp, Versamagic in, beads, sequins, pearl stones, Making Memories safety pin, MM jump ring, charm, Inkadinkado flourish stamp, Marcella metal embellishment.

Also used: wide pink Nottingham lace, thinner white lace, pearl beading and oyster shell buttons from The Ribbonrie.

Di's card sketch October #1

Yep! It's October already - so that's Matthew's birthday next week, Jamie's a couple of weeks after that followed by mine a couple of weeks later and then 6 weks after that it's Christmas! eek! Anyway, yesterday was Di's card sketch day so here's my card:

I used: Papermill card, DCWV glitter stack paper, K&Co Brenda Walton sticker, Quickutz Metro mini alphabet die-cuts, ribbon and ribbon bows from The Ribbonrie and Kaiser rhinestones.

Heather and her shop!

My fab friend Heather (cutnpaste) has today opened her fab new shop: The Ribbonrie selling loads of gorgeous ribbons and bits and pieces - go check it out!

I was fortunate enough to have been asked by Heather to create some bits for her site gallery so have been happily playing with some gorgeous stash and will hopefully be able to share with you soon.

If you do go shopping make sure you read the front page of Heather's site to see how she is raising money for Cancer Research UK - a charity close to my heart.