Wednesday 30 December 2009

cards made using my new sewing machine

Heres 2 cards made using my new sewing machine that i got for christmas,i love it,ive seen loads of crafters using them on their cards and just HAD to have 1 to try and i LOVE it lol im still not that great at sewing in a straight line as i havnt used a sewing machine since high school so if any of you have any tips i would really love to hear them....





my 1st card tilda is coloured with my usual distress inks (cant wait to get the new colours) lilac paper is K&Co and dont know what the other 1 is as it was in the bottom of my scrap box,all the other bits n pieces are from my stash

my next card is image by high hopes coloured with watercolours,stitched with my sewing machine,papers are MME and basic grey sentiment stamp is penny black,all the other bits are are from my stash
hope you like my attempts using my sewing machine lol and thankyou for looking....

I would also like to wish everyone a Happy New Year!!!

love n hugs
liza
xox

Tuesday 29 December 2009

Just Magnolia



Afternoon Everyone,
Hope Everyone had a lovely christmas,christmas was very busy time in our house,presents and toys everywhere lol

This is my entry for Just Magnolia and my last christmas card woo hoo lol
i think the papers are MME and co-ordinations,tilda is coloured with distress inks and flowers,stickles,ribbon,flat back gems etc are all from my stash....

Check back later as i have another card for simon says challenge to post on

Take care and thankyou for looking
love n hugs
liza
xox

Monday 21 December 2009

Motivet


Afternoon All,
Is everyone ready for santa coming yet? I'm STILL not sorted yet,dont even have a turkey yet lol i will get there tho eventually lol..
Heres another stamp ive had for a while now and havnt inked up yet,awful bad of me aint it!?!
I'm entering this card into this weeks Motivet challenge which is a fab sketch,love their stamps but im not very good at colouring animals but had a go,need more practice tho i think,ive coloured it with distress inks and papers are MME from their oh la la collection,plain cardstock is dovecraft,pearl pin is one of the lovely gifts sent to me by my good friend Mina,(thankyou so much,i love them) ive added a few other beads to it ,everything else from my stash,really missed using my stickles on this card lol

hope you like and thankyou all sooo much for looking,really sorry i havnt had the chance to comment on any of your stunning creations over the past few days but it has been all go here as you can imagine..i hope to get caught up in the new year

love n hugs
liza
xox

Sunday 20 December 2009

papercraft weekly



heres my entry for this weeks papercraft weekly,which is a fab sketch,ive used a sugar nellie stamp that ive had for AGES and it hasnt even been inked (poor thing) its coloured with distress inks,snowflakes are from an old punch i found and i punched it on glitter board,papers are K&Co and MME,brown cardstock is dovecraft,clear dewdrops,lace and ribbon and roses are all from my stash,ms frond branch,sentiment is WOJ,thankyou for looking

love n hugs
liza
xox

Saturday 19 December 2009



Evening All,
So is everyone ready for christmas then? Well i am defo not lol,i am so unorganised this year,but i hve told myself that it will be different next year!
This card was ment to be for friday sketchers but of course me being me,forgot to upload it,im not sure who the paper is by,lace i got from tabbycrafts,buttons from hobbycrafts,pearls from bunny zoes,ms snowflake punch covered with twinklets,image magnolia coloured with distress inks and stickles,plain cardstock is dovecraft (i think)! hope you like and thanks for looking...

love n hugs
liza
xox

Thursday 17 December 2009

Sketch Saturday and Just Magnolia



Evening All,
Well heres my entry for this weeks Sketch Saturday and Just Magnolia,papers are from K&Co,dcwv is the green card,ribbon ,roses and gems are from my stash,pearl spray from orchard crafts! Tilda is coloured with distress inks and ive also used stickles,sentiment circle from stash also..thanks for looking

love n hugs
liza
xox

Monday 14 December 2009

colour create 33

afternoon everyone,
sorry bout the terrible photo,but its so dark here today...this card is for colour create which is lilac or purple,aqua,black and white,i must say it was a tough one but i gave it a shot lol
paper is k & co,ms snowflake punched on glitter card,ribbon from my stash had a go at pleating it as ive seen mina doing it so thought id give it a go,black brads,papermania sentiment,star gems,stickles and magnoia image coloured with distress inks.gotta go....waiting for doctor to ring as think zara has a throat infection from getting her tonsils out...take care and be back soon with another card...hopefully

love n hugs
liza
xox

Tuesday 8 December 2009

Hi Everyone (UPDATED!!!)


Dunno what shes doing with her face in this pic lol
Hi All,
Just a quick post to let you all know that i wont be about for a few days AT LEAST,as my little 3yr old daughter Zara is going into hospital to get her tonsils and adnoids removed and also vents in her ears, so as you can imagine i wont have time to make any cards and i have LOADS to make still for christmas as with 4 kids i can only make them in the evenings and i aint the quickest card maker in the world lol.....I will keep yous updated on how she is..take care and be back soon

JUST A QUICK NOTE TO LET YOU KNOW ZARA IS HOME FROM HOSPITAL AND DOING WELL,SHEZ A LITTLE SORE BUT ALMOST BACK TO HER LITTLE SELF.....
....
love n hugs
liza
xox

Thursday 3 December 2009

Just Magnolia



Evening Everyone,
Well heres my card for this weeks Just Magnolia,and as per usual im getting it in just in the nick of time lol
ive used another one of my new stamps,im so in love with these new christmas magnolias and dont seem to be able to colour anything else at the moment so i do apologise for it being all tidas and edwins lately,ive coloured her with distress inks and added stickles to her wings and halo,ive distress the background with antique linen and tea dye,papers are all MME and ive hand stitched around them all with brown embroidery thread (very time consuming),ive spritzed roses with pearl tattered angels glimmer mist and added stickles,added some beads to pins,lace,ribbon,brass brads are all from my stash,sentiment is magnolia and again i added some distress inks to it and i also have distressed around all the papaers with a metal ruler....hope you like as i really enjoyed making it and im actually quite pleased with how it has turned out even tho it did take me two days to make lol

thankyou all for looking

love n hugs
liza
xox

Tuesday 1 December 2009

Friday sketchers


Afternoon Everyone,
WHAT AN AWFUL DAY it is in Northern Ireland today,had to take my little man to the doctors for his MMR injections,he was great bless him not even a tear,well decided afterwards i would go on into town and low and behold i got soaked threw....so im now home and dryed out and warm thank goodness.....well enough about me lol this is my entry into this weeks friday sketchers which is a fab sketch and 1 i will use again,i have used edwin and coloured him with distress inks,papers are MME and used twinklets on the image(love these!),a mix of snowflakes punched out of glitter board and the sentiment is from the MME pak also,hope you like it and thankyou for stopping by

love n hugs
liza
xox