Floral Delights @ LCI

Good morning my lovelies hopefully this post has arrived on the scene as I should be at this momemt in time, laid on a beach soaking up some much appreciated sunshine!!

It's time for a new challenge today at

LADYBUGS CRAFT INK

and my gorgeous friend Julie would like to see 

Flowers and Embossing

Well flowers is ok with me but embossing is something I don't really do much of, so I went with a nice and simple CAS style card

As you all know these white cards are almost impossible to photograph  -in the end I just had to step away from the camera!
I've used one of the original Floral Delight images available HERE but check out the rest of the DT, along with some lovely GDT's as they all have new additions to the Floral Delight family.
I was scared of this image when Kerry first sent it to me - but now I love it and I know I will use it lots and lots!

oh hang on a minute there's no ice in my Mojito - you just can't get the staff!!
Gotta get back to my sunbathing!!!

Love 'n' Sunshine Laurie xx

Oldie But Goodie Have a Heart

Good morning to you all it's time for another challenge at

OLDIE BUT A GOODIE

I hope today finds everyone happy and well?
I've now moved into the second week of my flu bug thingy and I'm so fed up with it, I was way ahead in my card making and now that's all been wiped out and I'm just keeping up again!

My very lovely teammie Debs has chosen the theme this week and she wants us all to

HAVE A HEART

This is a card I made for my best blogging buddy on her recent engagement. The stamp is actually donkey's years old but I still love it! It's from Bang On The Door and it always makes me smile. Check out the size of Lisa's rock!!

You can find all the details of this weeks challenge over on the main challenge blog along with details of this weeks prize. We are sponsored by

http://handcraftedespeciallyforyou.blogspot.com/

and while you are there check out the fabulous inspiration from my lovely teammies and whether or not you were amongst the winners of the last challenge.

I hope you will get a chance to join in the fun and play along, remember to tell us what on your card is over 6 months old.

A short and sweet post for me as I have a thick head!
Don't forget you still have time to enter my blogaversary candies

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
Cupcake Craft - All You Need Is Love
Simply Create Too - Love Is In The Air
The Poodles Parlour - Valentine/Love

I'm a great 'Great Great Aunt!!

Good morning blogland, surprise surprise it has just stopped raining and I can see the chink of a big yellow thing in the sky! Can't remember what its called.

It's official now I am a 'Great Great Aunt' so I thought I had better make a special card to celebrate this event. Those that know me will know I'm desperate to become a Grandma and now my husbands younger sister has become a Great Grandma!!  Baby Kayden (yes that's how his mother is spelling it!) weighed in at 7lb 12oz a few days ago, I have yet to meet him.

I love White on White cards I think they are perfect for baby or weddings and I hope to make a few for Christmas this year too.

This card includes all my favourite ingredients, WOW, Magnolia image, feathers, Doo Hickey swirl die and my swiss dots embossing folder. I've just realised while I'm typing this I forgot to add any shading under the image so I'm now going to do that but I don't have time to re take the photo!

I added the baby's name a la Pinky (nobody does that better than her!) and hopefully I haven't put too much on, it's very difficult to know when to stop with embellishments!!

Thank you all for taking the time to visit my blog, don't forget to enter my Birthday candy, you have until the end of the month. I'd like to thank all those that have left comments wishing me a happy birthday and welcome my new followers, I will get around to visiting you, August is a manic month at work for us.

I hope you all have a great and dry weekend

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Pink Gem - White on White

Magnolia Mania - Special Card

Simon Says Stamps - All White

Crafty Catz - Emboss It

Sir Stampalot - Whatever You Fancy

Moving Along With A Stitchy Bear

Good mornings bloggers, hopefully I'm still tucked up in bed and this post has managed to find its way here via a schedule!
It's DT time again over at Moving Along With The Times and this week we are sponsored by Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps

Hazel is our host this week and she has chosen the theme of  'Anniversarys' Don't forget to head over to MAWTT to check out what the amazing Design Team of Hazel,  Brenda, Lisa Jane and Pami have created for your inspiration.

For my card I have used a fabulous Stitchy Bear with a sparkler image (isn't he just so cute?)

I have glittered his little sparkler with Art Institute iridescent glitter (I've taken another pic which shows it up better)

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the wire and crystal flowers are from e crafts a store I heard about from the lovely Rebekah (I ordered them one day and they were delivered the next morning!)
I have used Magnolia's doo hickey lace border die and swirl, a cuttlebug embossing folder and my nesties. Sentiment is a rub on and everything was from my stash.
Papertake Weekly  have a theme of 'Anything Goes' this week so I'm entering this there.

Thank you for looking and I'll see you all over at MAWTT
Love 'n' Hugs Laurie x

A Hearty Challenge

Good morning fellow bloggers I hope this dull, damp and miserable morning finds you all well and if you're only half as cheerful as I am today you'll be OK!
First I would like to thank you all for the comments you left, I've never had so many and you all make my day - everyday! And I'm so very grateful to those of you that follow me - I've started to amass some blog candy ready for when I hit a certain number.
I've been busily beavering away making 75 menu's, 150 place cards and wrapping 75 gifts with curly ribbon (it wouldn't have been so bad if I started sooner - but I was too busy blogging!!) ready for Saturday evening, and I finished last night with enough time to make a card using my favourite 'Tilda's' for the  challenge over at  Just Magnolia - Anything Goes with an option of ribbons.

Magnolia-licious  have a great 'Recipe' challenge for February - its very girly and pretty with 'Hearts, Pink, Silver & White' It was difficult to photograph with the silver reflecting everywhere but at least you can see which bits are silver!
Magnolia Down Under  want to see some 'Love' this week.
Cute Card Thursday have asked for "Hearts & Flowers' this week and this has plenty of both! I can't believe I actually used one of my precious crystal flowers for this card
This is my 2nd card this fortnight that fits into Totally Tilda 'Lots of Hearts' challenge and All That Scraps Magnolia Challenge 'Queen of Hearts'.
7 Kids College Fund  want 'I Heart You' and Fab 'n' Funky want to see 'Tempting Texture' on your cards. Over at Stamptacular Sunday  'Hearts Gone Wild' is what is required his week and Bunny Zoes Crafts still have "Love Is in the Air' and Pink Elephant are still looking for someone to 'Be My Valentine'Lets Lets Ink It Up have a 'Romance/Valentine' theme this month.


The stamp is from Magnolia's new You're So Special collection, the flowers along with the lace & seam binding from Wild Orchid Crafts and my stash, the sentiment is a rub on from Melissa Francis (it probably is 1 of a million LOL) I used 'Nesties' hearts, a cuttlebug embossing folder and 2 Martha Stewart edge punchers
Thank you for looking Laurie x

Following Corry

Hello again and thank you for visiting. I've titled this post 'Following Corry' because I was checking out out her blog Free 4 Ever the other day and she had made the most amazing card all in white and I knew I had to try that, so thank you Corry for being an inspiration!!

I had been itching to get my hands on some new Mini World Magnolia's and couldn't wait till they were released here in the UK so I ordered some from Diana at Magnolia-licious - they arrived just as quick as anything I've ordered in the UK and there was allsorts of freebies thrown in the parcel too! Many thanks to everyone there.
Now, my photography skills are rubbish! The heart at the bottom is bright red glitter but it looks at bit dull on this pic and the sun was a nightmare throwing shadows everywhere!
Magnolia Down Under are asking that we use 'Embossing' on our cards this week so out came the Cuttlebug. (Thinking of you Guys down under with the cyclone xx)
Totally Tilda want to see "Tilda With Lots Of Hearts' so I decided to make these the only colourful part of my card, apart from little Tilda that is.
All That Scraps Magnolia Challenge has a theme 'Queen Of Hearts' so we qualify for that one and the whole card was created from a sketch by Lynn for Cute Card Thursday.
Over at Simon Says Stamps this week 'Love Is In The Air'
ABC Challenge  have asked us to use 'Nesties' this week on our cards.
I used Shy Tilda from the Mini World Collection and a Doo Hickey Swirl Die, Nestabilities, 2 Cuttlebug embossing folders and everything else was from my stash.
Thanks again for looking - don't forget to leave a trace x Laurie x

I just found out that I won the challenge for my Blowing Kisses Tilda over at Sarah Hurley wayheeyy and thanks or choosing me! I could get used to this!!!