New forever home

Thank you to you all for bearing with me, it's been a hell of a year, moving house, getting married and a new baby but I have built a forever home for my blog over at www.hedgehoghollow.co.uk, I hope you will join me there as I post the daily crafting of our prickle

Thanks

Mummy, Minnie and the new Tilly

Broken resolutions and new space

Hello!

Ok so the resolution of posting regularly hasn't exactly worked out...I missed the whole of February! That doesn't mean I haven't been productive there are a quite a few rooms to I need to blog about and I have been applying for some per enact jobs at work as well as shipping over 40,000 parts to China...I mean who knew that airbags had to be in bomb proof containers in case they explode in the middle of the ocean and that screws are the hardest thing to import into china? Anyway, I digress!

The big news in the sewing room is my new space.....

Some of you may remember my lovely lounge that was an old library, here is a picture when I moved in

This is an amazing room that we had been using as a formal lounge if you like, my craft room has slowly been becoming a family room with Greg moving in his work laptop, Maddison all her homework things, which added to all my crafty stuff and workspace we were bursting at the seams!

We took the decisions to have a mega trip to IKEA (which involves a very funny story about getting the wrong size van and taking up an entire row of parking at IKEA Coventry!) we then had some fab friends over who helped us build said IKEA mega trip and move everything upstairs (thanks guys) they were graciously paid in ales, curry, a bed for the night and a big English fry up breakfast.

So here is the fruits of their labour, I couldn't be more thrilled and feel a very lucky girl to have such an amazing sewing space.....

The new cutting and basting area...

The new working space including Greg laptop area....

Behind the desk is a wall of shelving for frequently used items...

The library shelves now hold fabric, card making items and some whisky, I am starting yo see how the DSLR urgently needs fixing as some of the amazing colours are lost...

Finally, Maddi's little sewing and homework station, she is soooo pleased and eecially loves having mummy's old machine.....

I'm not quite sure how the amazing sunshine we had today has come out so dark but I think my iPhone did its best, hope you enjoyed looking around and I plan on being back soon with some more pics on the detail and the projects I have been delinquent in blogging

Happy stitching

Alex

Too long

Hello Everyone,

Well between doing two degrees a full time job and three boys plus Maddi I have been a little busy!!

Just a quickie to let you know Maddi and I have taken up sewing over the summer as well as getting back into card making!  

We have our own shared blog at SewMummyAndMinnie.blogspot.com

We would love you stop by and promise to get better at posting!

She is now such a big girl!

Alex 

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I've been busy!!

Hi All

I haven't posted in a few weeks as we are back to school tomorrow and been preparing....however, I have been busy!!

I have a few cards to share with you.......

This was made for a birthday party Maddi went to last weekend, the letter is from a foam set by Tim Holtz, the silhotte is hero arts set and the alphabet is a penny black set that I use all the time:

This one is the final birthday card, as I car nut I thought is was very apt; and he did love it! I'd like to think it is me sitting so stylishly on the car!!!!! :-)

All stamps except the sentiment are magnolia; the setiment is an old stampin up set. The paper is from the stash!!

 

 

Inside is the same papers, I used kraft card with the Martha Stewart XO border punch 

Next is a congratulations card for a good friend at work (Hi Trace!), she got a fab promotion and there is a very funny story about her trying her DH's motorbike so thought of her with this stamp, again all coloured with Copics, penny black alphabet and an EK Success Buckle Punch, SU Ribbon.

I'd like to enter the above in these challenges:

http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.co.uk/

I just love Riley sitting in the bath and thought she deserved the bubbly to celebrate! There is some sitckles on the bubbles, the rest is all copics......

I'd like to enter the above for:

http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/

Finally I needed a card to send some photos of Minnie in.......

All coloured in copics......

 

I didn't really want to put anything inside so I thought this was a nice way to decorate the inside....from SU with the matching framelets set.

I love this stamp been waiting to use it for sooooooo long, I have glossy accented her wellies although this doesnt show up and glitter on the rain drops.

The paper is all SU, the shapes are spellbinders, the sentiment is SU, the butterfly is from the EK Success three step punch and all glittered.

I'd like to enter this last card in the Just Magnolia Pretty In Pink http://justmagnolia.blogspot.co.uk/

7 Kids Anything Goes http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.co.uk/

http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/

 Thanks for stopping by....

Birthday Bonanza & Totally Tilda DT Call

Afternoon All!!

**NEWSFLASH**
Can't believe I passed my first year of my Mechancial Engineering Batchelors!! Sooooo happy!!

Well its birthday time around here again and I started making a manly card with some meaning, we have both recently taken up cycling (except im on rest with my broken ankle!!) anyway it turned out a bit igrly for my liking so I have started another....however, he loved it and wished I'd kept it!

Anyway....I though I would share and enter ti for some challenges. I have been practicing with the familys digital SLR and my trial of photoship, think it makes a difference :-)

Here is the outside:

Paper: Stampin Up Mini Catalog
Stamps: Alota Well and Tilda from Magnolia
Die: Stampin Up Framelets
Colouring:Copics
Ribbon: Stampin Up
Flowers: Made from SU Paper

Here is a close up of Tilda:

And inside all SU Paper:

I had an order fromSU come in this week in case you hadn't guessed - I also used spellbinders for the black and white scalloped circles and the flower is a new SU punch.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

http://justmagnolia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/week-167-pearls-and-swirls.html
http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/august-challenge.html
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/simon-says-lets-play-bingo.html
http://totallytilda.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/totally-tilda-dt-call.html
http://totallytilda.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/challenge-53-tilda-using-kraft-card.html
http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/going-grey-with-scrap-creations.html

Thanks for stopping by

Sorry April.....Got sidetracked!!

Hi Everyone,

I saw this frame on my shelf that I bought from IKEA ages ago with very good intentions of making something for Maddi's bedroom; well now I have.......

It is to go in Maddi's bedroom which is due to be decorated soon, here are some close ups:
I used the Tim Holtz Alterations for the concertina flowers and the other hand made flower is using the Paper Artsy Dies; all other are flowers from my stash:

 

I coloured Tilda with Copics, but th sky and grass I used distress inks.....the sky went very wrong and the more I coloured the worse it got :-)

The frame is blended with distress inks and I used masks to layer up swirls, butterflies, dragonflies and clouds.

I have to say overall im quite pleased with it, I dont think the pictures show it the way I see it but some of that might be rose tinted glases ;-)

Thanks for stopping by,

I would like to enter it for the following challenges:

7 Kids - http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
Anything Goes - http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/going-grey-with-scrap-creations_30.html
Handmade Flowers - http://justmagnolia.blogspot.co.uk/
Fly away August - http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
Inspiration - http://magnolia-liciouschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/magnolia-licious-challenge-inspiration.html
Simon Says Stamp - http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Hugs

 

Long Time.....No Post!

Afternoon All!!
A sneak peak of Baby Evie's Album:

I have been terrible recently, I started a new job at Jaguar Land Rover, absolutely fantastic - I get to drive all the very fast cars :-)

Anyway.....I have been working on a porject which I will share soon but it needs some finishing touches and I think the recipient should she it first-she has waited quite a while for it, I think Evie is at least two months old now (Sorry April!!).

However, I had some duplicate maggies that I sent to a very good friend to boost her maggie collection.....I made her this card to go with it- hope you enjoy the stamps and card Denise!

The stamp is an inkadinkadoo, with some papers I found at Sir Stampalot, and the bottom right is the flipped side just to be different :-)

It is coloured with copics and topped with stickles.

Here is the inside:

I used the new Tim Holtz inspirations die to make the paper rosette........

Finally I used the new maggie stamp on the back:

Also, Maddi had her birthday party last weeekend, she is now a big 5 year old...who doesnt cry!! I have put a pic below, we had Princess Lucy come and paint their faces and do party games, my little Princess had sooooo much fun:

Thanks for stopping by