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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sketch Saturday

Morning Everyone,Hope you are all having a nice day,todays card is for sketch saturday ,ive used a belles n whistles stamp called 'sisters',this is the 1st time ive used it and loved colouring it,i will have to start using all my un-inked stamps,the poor things need to be inked up lol ive coloured it with distress inks and papers are K&Co,MS frond branch punch,a mixture of different sized cream roses which i have used distress inks on them and stickles,pearl pins,green and cream lace,green ribbon and sentiment stamp i think is HOTP,thanks for looking and hopefully i will have another card on tomoz all going well..

love n hugs
liza
xox

Friday Sketchers and Just Magnolia

morning everyone,
today my card is for two challenges Friday Sketchers (sketch) and Just Magnolia (masking),ive used one of my new xmas tildas and masked her onto a bench which is from cc designs(coloured with distress inks),the background text is using a papermania stamp which i then covered with twinklets.papers are co-ordinations,xmas tree paper is MME and the blue glittery one is K&Co,tulle is from tabbycrafts,charm bunny zoes,snowflake is MS punch and then covered with twinklets and a card candy thingy in the centre lol,thankyou so much for looking and please leave me a comment to let me know you have been,hope you like my card today.

love n hugs
liza
xox

Papercraft Weekly

heres a card i have made for this weeks Papercraft Weekly which is a fabulous sketch by Dawny P,i love this sketch and well defo use it again,i have used my new and 1st stamp that i have purchased from motivet isnt it adorable and so great to colour it is coloured with distress inks and papers are by K&Co,again i have made a ponsettia using the fab tutorial by Dawn (all pink girl) which you can find on the woj tutorial blog,flatback gems are from bunny zoes,pins and brad are from my stash,hope you like and thankyou all for visiting .

love n hugs
liza xox

Just Magnolia - by the skin of my teeth

have to be really really quick so i can meet the entry deadline lol coloured with distress inks papers are MME and everything else from my stash lol soz gotta go get it uploaded on just magnolia challenge blog which this week was a fantastic sketch by MINA

love n hugs
liza
xox

whiff of joy challenge

Evening Ladies,
heres my card for the WOJ challenge which is a lovely sketch,will use this again as really enjoyed it ive coloured my image with distress inks,ive been trying different things with my distress inks ive been trying to use an aqua brush,papers are basic grey - eskimo kisses,tulle is from tabbycrafts,charm and flat backed pearls are from bunny zoes,snowflakes punched and pearls added and checkout the ponsettia which i made with the fabulous tutorial by dawn (all pink girl)i love it and im pleased with my attempt,hope you like my card have to go quick and TRY to get a card made for this weeks just magnolia challenge lol im late as usual hehe

love n hugs
liza
xox

Sketch Saturday

Morning Everyone,

Hope you have all had a fab weekend,well mine was fantastic as my best friend gave birth to a beautiful baby girl on saturday morning at 6.45am and i was her birthing partner and it was amazing seeing her come into the world her name is Anya Emily and she weighed in at 8lb6ozs,so well done Denise and congratulations (will add photos later)...i also went to the craft show at the kings hall which was fab but i was very tired from being up all night at the hospital with denise,while at the craft show i was able to meet up with my good friend Mina which was brill.....


Anyway here is my card i have made for sketch saturday and of course i had to use one of my new tildas coloured her with distress inks and then spritzed her with peal tattered angels sprayflowers are punched using retro punches(also spritzed),papers are MME,frond branch and doil lace punch MS,roses,ribbon and brad are from my stash and nestie dietcuts were sent to me ,hope you like what i have done and thankyou all for visiting and please leave me a comment to let me know youve been here

love n hugs
liza
xox

morning peeps

Morning Everyone,

No card today,havnt had the chance as my little one hasnt been well and weve been back and forth to the hospital with him,fingers crossed he is on the mend now tho...gonna try and get a card made tonight tho as there are some challenges out there that i want to do.

Gina sent me this so thought while i had a minute i would do it..so here goes lol

For this award, you have to answer each question with one word only.(so hard for me lol)

Here are my answers:

1. Where is your cell phone? On Mantlepiece
2. Your hair? Blonde
3. Your mother? Works to hard
4. Your father? Dunno
5. Your favorite food? Chicken Jalfrazi
6. Your dream last night? Cant remember
7. Your favorite drink? Rosy wine
8. Your dream/goal? To be on a DT team
9. What room are you in? Living room
10. Your hobby? Crafting
11. Your fear? Broken glass
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Here
13. Where were you last night? At home
14. Something that you aren't? Organized
15. Muffins? Chocolate chip
16. Wish list item? Sewing machine
17. Where did you grow up? Lisburn and Cyprus
18. Last thing you did? Had a coffee
19. What are you wearing? Pj's
21. Your Pets? Cat (bosco)
22. Friends? Love them
23. Your life? stressful ( at the mo)
24. Your mood? Happy
25. Missing Someone? No
26. Vehicle? Dont drive
27. Something your not wearing? Shoes
28. Your favorite store? B&M
29. Your favorite color? Pink
30. When was the last time you laughed? This morning
31. Last time you cried? Last week
32. Your best friend? Pregnant (baby was due on saturday past)
33. One place that I go to over and over? Online craft shops
34. Facebook? Yes
35. Favorite place to eat? Anywhere

I am ment to send it on to 5 people but cant think which people to send it to that havnt done it yet....

Well im off to dress the rugrats,enjoy your day

love n hugs
liza
xox

Just Magnolia monthly challenge - Distressing

Afternoon all,hope you are all enjoying your weekend,this week on Just Magnolia there is a tutorial by Christine Dark (sketching Stamper) which is fabulous,her work is amazing.....i dont do distressing but thought i would give it a go and i really enjoyed it BUT it took me HOURS as i hand stitched around the edges with embroidery thread,i just adore this new stamp from magnolia she is so cute and could be used not just for Christmas....i used my metal ruler to distress the edges of the paper and then went over them with antique linen distress ink and i also used distress inks to colour the image,papers are mme,i didnt have and ponsettias so just used primas instead and put a flat backed pearl in the centre,ribbon and lace are from my stash...then to finish off i added stickles around the edges thought this would make it look a little more chrismasy.....hope ihavnt went a little OTT but think im happy with the result..thankyou all for looking and hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend

love n hugs
liza
xox

papercraft weekly challenge

how excited was i yesterday when my new magnolias landed on my doorstep,i couldnt wait to get them inked up,and boy did i fall in love with this santa image,isnt he the cutest,cuddliest looking santa ever!?!
I found a fab sketch on this weeks papercraft weekly challenge that suited him perfectly so had to make it a card for it...

image - distress inks
Papers - K&Co and co-ordinations
Kars fine glitter
Twinklets
red gems - bunny zoes
sentiment and ribbon from my stash

thankyou so much for looking and hope you all have a fab weekend

love n hugs
liza
xox

a soonfull of sugar

Evening all,
This week over at a spoonfull of sugar its a fabulous sketch,and i just had to use one of my winter woj stamp club stamps think this one is my favourite,ive coloured her with my usual distress inks,papers are a mix of k&co and mme (i think) lol, tulle and white fabric snowflake are from tabbycrafts and the acetate snowflake i found hidden away, in amongest my stash and covered it with twinklets,sentiment stamp is from my stash also,hope you like it and thanks again for looking and leaving such lovely comments

love n hugs
liza
xox

mo's digital challenge blog

Good Morning Everyone,
Heres my entry into this weeks challenge at Mo's Digital,this week you had to make a card which wasnt a normal square card,so i had a go and made an easel card,must say it wasnt as hard as it looked and i really enjoyed making it,image is coloured with distress inks and papers are a download but cant remember were i got them from (ooopz soz),i also used a large paper rose wich i got from Tabbycrafts,MS frond branch,MS doily lace ,purple fabric flowers and ribbon from my stash,sentiment stamp is from hotp,hope you like my card and thankyou for visiting my blog,enjoy the rest of your day

love n hugs
liza
xox

Just Magnolia & Simon says Challenge Blog

Well look at me,posting 2 days in a row lol,hope you are all well,so this time my card is for Just Magnolia(which is a sketch)& Simon says challenge(sparkle),ive used distress inks to colour tilda and added some snow writer and glitter to her hat and gloves,papers are MME and blue co-ordinations cardstock,snowflakes embossing folder distressed with nail file,snowflakes are punched with twinklets put on them,i really love the effect the give and they are nice and chunky,brads,pearls,ribbons and sentiment are all from my stash.

thankyou for looking

love n hugs
liza
xox

Mo's challenge blog

Evening All,
Hope you are all keeping well,so here is my entry for this weeks challenge over at Mo,s challenge blog,i'm sooo hoping ive got it in on time and i have to apologise for the bad foto but i have just taken it and as you can imagine the light is awful so after about 20 pics this 1 is the best of the bunch lol
ive used mo's image called 'Patience' which just reminds me of my daughter and our kitten to a tee and i have made a pillow box door hanger which i got the template for on papercraft planet in the templates section, ive used a mix of MME and Basic Grey papers,MS doily punch,nesties oval and circle,distress inks to colour image and ribbon from my stash.....Hope you like it as i really enjoyed making it and i soo loved coloureing the image....

thankyou for looking

love n hugs
liza
xox

a spoonfull of sugar

Hi Everyone,hope you have all had a fab day,and are getting loads of crafting done....here my entry for a spoonfull of sugar which this week is a fab sketch by Debbie,ive used my new kraftin' Kimmie stamp which i got from Quixotic Paperie,the image is coloured with distress inks and papers,flowers,ribbon and sentiment stamp are all from my stash and cant rembember what they are are were they from SOZ! ive used nesties ribbon tag and nestie labels die

Hope you like it!!!

love n hugs
liza xox

Just Magnolia - Bright and Zingy

morning everyone,
Hope you are all well,heres my card for this weeks Just Magnolia which this week is Bright & Zingy,ive coloured tilda with distress inks i love this one with her ice-lolly makes me want the warm weather back instead of the rain lol this is the 1st i have stamped this image out as have loads of stamps at the moment that havent even been inked,a sin i know!!! lol i just kept buying and buying even tho i knew i was moving house and wouldnt be able to make anything but sure i will work my way through them lol papers are MME cant remember the name of it tho SORRY,used my oval nesties,punched out some flowers and added prima flowers and brads and used MS frond branch punchand also MS lace heart edger punch,sentiment stamp is from penny black and ribbons,brads and orange paper are from my stash...

thankyou for looking and enjoy the rest of your day

love n hugs
liza
xox

Just Magnolia

Evening Everyone,

Well ive actually managed to get a challenge card uploaded before the deadline JUST lol
This one is for Just Magnolia which this week is a sketch by the super fabulous Mina,ive coloured the image with my usual distress inks which i would be lost without,and it was actually Mina that got me into using them and gave me a quick lesson while sitting outside the craft fair waiting on my lift home lol anyway ive used a mix of my minds eye and k&co papers which i adore at the moment,circle nesties.....snowflakes,ribbon,lace and flat backed pearls are all from my stash,i have also added a diecut with sentiment on it on top of the lace and ribbon,hope you like it as im happy with this one,thanks for looking,

love n hugs
liza
xox