Lexi's Creations.....Back to school or college

Hi Susan here....

Time is passing by so quickly school and college is about to start again. Exciting times for our children. To start them off on the right track how about sending them a card to wish them well in their first few weeks, or even for their teachers to say hello to the start of the new year.

Over at Lexi's Creations Challenge Blog we are starting a new challenge today relevant to this time of year.

For full details of the challenge and fabulous sponsor, please call across to Lexi's Creations and join in the fun with us, there's lots of inspiration from my design team to help you with this challenge.

So the theme is 'Back to School or College'.

Now onto my card...

I chose some beautiful textured card from Paper Mill Direct, I tried out an idea using some chipboard letters and embossed the card by putting them through my big shot machine, I then rubbed them down gently with sandpaper and used distressing ink to highlight them and the edge of the card..

The ticket has been designed by Lexi Lee and is available from Fairy Dust Crafts Store, I altered it by blanking out the centre of the ticket and putting in my own computer generated sentiment, I used distressing inks around the outer edge. 

The side strip is the negative of some letters that I die cut using a sizzix die, I edge distressed the strip with inks and put a dark brown strip of card at the back to show through.

This very cute digi image has been designed by Lexi Lee and available from Fairy Dust Crafts Store, it is called Baby Giraffe. I coloured the image with chalks, the topper has been edged with distressing inks.

Thank you for taking the time to look around and for leaving me your wonderful comments

Love and hugs

Susan xxx

Lexi's Creations.....Sparkle and shine

Hi Susan here....

Twelve months ago I was asked was I interested in taking over the ownership of Lexi's Creations. I had loved being on the design team since the beginning and would have been devastated to see the blog close so naturally I said yes. It is sometimes hard work but I love it and get really excited when I see the entries for the challenges.

Today at Lexi's Creations Challenge Blog we are starting our new challenge to celebrate this with a theme that reflects how important this is to me....

'Sparkle and Shine'

For full details of this challenge and our fabulous sponsor please call across to LC's Challenge Blog and join in with us. We have some amazing inspiration from my design team they have truly outdone themselves, I feel very lucky to have such a talented group of ladies who never let me down and really make some outstanding creations for each challenge.

Now onto my card...

I have used some gorgeous paper lace behind my ribbon, I have had this for ages and slightly distressed it with inks. The ribbon is from our local market. The little butterflies, that I love putting on my cards are made using a punch, inks, glitter and pearls.

The backing paper is from my stash, this is so gorgeous with flowers and leaves and butterflies all over the paper, the colour is a beautiful brown with hints of pink and green, with silvery text here and there and a sheen all over the finish.

I recently bought a new flower swirl die and have used this behind my flowers.

Gems and glitter has been used throughout my card.

I love making flowers and often get inspiration from the flowers that grow in my garden, this one has been made after looking at the rambling rose I have at the bottom of my garden. 

I made this using white card that I slightly coloured with  two shades of pink distressing ink. I have added a gem in centre and glitter on the petal edges.

The smaller roses and buds are from Hobby Craft. 

The leaves again have been hand made from white card and coloured using inks.

This beautiful sentiment designed by Lexi Lee and available from Fairy Dust Crafts Store, it is called 'Special Friend'.

I have used a die for the topper and distressed the edges with inks and glitter.

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my creation and for your wonderful comments.

Love and hugs

Susan xxx

My fun-time card....

Hi Susan here....

Where does your spare time come from, well we all know that we have to make it ourselves and use it to the best of our abilities. To make it work for us, and to get the most out of it.

I know a lot of us in blogland are involved in lots of design teams, I was myself at one time and loved it, but, somewhere along the way I lost something that made making my craftwork special to me. Now I am an independent crafter, I run and own Lexi's Creations as you all know and love every minute, but my spare time now is special and means that I can delve into many of the crafts that I have had to leave on one side because I was committed elsewhere.

Which leads me to show you what I have done this week.....I was totally inspired by an 'arty' article in a magazine I was looking through and decided that I would give the techniques involved a go...I am pleased with my final result. This wasn't of course my first effort, many tries went into the bin before I came up with this one. I hope you like it. It's totally different for me, very simple and clean (in a way).

It has been made using basic white card available from Paper Mill Direct.

I have used a beautiful stamp which is part of a set from Chocolate Baroque using Staz-on ink.

The background I made myself using Promarkers and Tim Holtz distressing inks, blending the two together using some sandpaper and then distressing it all over again. It's a shame but the photograph doesn't show the finished result in the texture of the background, but it is so different to look at than it was at the beginning.

The washy tape I made myself using a stamp from Tim Holtz and some microporous surgical tape.

The crystals are from our local maket.

I tried to be a little arty with this card, never tried anything like this before I hope you like it, I really enjoyed making it and trying out the new techniques during the making up process.

Thank you for looking, please let me know what you think, your comments are always welcome.

Love and hugs

Susan xxx

Lexi's Creations....Christmas in July

Hi Susan here....

Today over at Lexi's Creations we are starting a new challenge....the theme for this new challenge is

'Christmas in July'

A really nice easy challenge for this time of the year when we are all thinking of making cards for family, friends and to sell.....you can make anything for this challenge not just cards, but ATC's, bookmarks, tags, 3D item, scrapbook pages, altered items, you decide it's quite an open challenge as long as the Christmas theme is carried on your project. You can find full details on the challenge blog, plus some fabulous inspiration from my design team.

Here is my card....

I love making Christmas cards, great fun!

My backing papers for this were from Nitwits, all the edges have been distressed with inks and glittered with stickles.

The large gingerbreadman is a bigz die from Sizzix. Don't you just love gingerbreadmen, they are such jolly little fellas!

The gorgeous ribbon is from our local market.

The calendar is one of my own designs

This is such a cute digi image, designed by our own Lexi Lee called 'Gingerbread House' and available from Fairy Dust Crafts

I have used promarkers for the colouring and distress inks for the edging. Stickles here there and everywhere to make it glitter.

Thank you for taking the time to look and for your wonderful comments

Love and hugs

Susan xxx

Love at Christmas Time

Hi Susan here....

I had some spare time on my hands this last week and decided to make a Christmas card that was different than anything I usually make.

Hope you like it!.....

I had some gorgeous brown silk finish card from Paper Mill Direct, this is a lovely weight of card and has a gorgeous sheen that makes it feel and look very special.

I used a new stamp set from Chocolate Baroque these beautiful trees are so different and I found my mind working in overtime with ideas of how to use them. I stamped them using Tim Holtz Distress Inks, I used the ink in different colours for the shading and then I added glitter to the tops.

I used an edge die from .....for the pale green card and added distress inks and glitter to make it extra special.

The sentiment is one of my own, and cut out using a Nestabilitie Die, then distressed with inks.

The brown satin ribbon is from our local market.

I used a stamp for the leaves, I stamped the design onto a brown card then used distress inks after I had embossed the veins, the little red berries are from Hobby Craft.

The paper lace down the side I have had in my stash for ages, I only use it every so often because I love it and I only have a small amount.

Hope you like the effect as much as I do!

Thank you for taking the time to look and for all your lovely comments

Love and hugs

Susan xxx

Lexi's Creations....For a friend

Hi Susan here...

We are having a lovely challenge starting today at Lexi's Creations...the theme is

'For a Friend'

I love making cards for my friends and seeing their faces when they open up the card box.
You can see full details of the challenge and our wonderful sponsor at Lexi's Creations Challenge Blog.
If you're in need of some inspiration for this challenge then look no further than the display of talent from my design team...amazing work as always.

Now onto my card....

You always need Birthday cards I think, and I love to make them special for my family and friends, I got this design in my head just as I was falling asleep a few nights ago and I just had to make it to see how it looked!

The background papers are from my stash, these were loose 12x12 papers I bought one year on holiday in USA. I only have a few small pieces left now but I love them, the designs were really nice.

I have aged all the edges using Tim Holtz distress inks.

The beautiful woven ribbon is from East of India collection, love this range, I can never resist buying something from it everytime we go to John Lewis's Craft Department.

The sentiment is a rubber stamp.

This is such a gorgeous little digi image, designed by Lexi Lee and available from Fairy Dust Crafts Store, it is called 'Ladybug Flower'.

I have used promarkers to colour and shade the image, then I decoupaged the flower head cutting out different layers of petals and glued micro beads to the centre of the flower head. Up close and personal it is quite effective. I have aged the plaque with distress inks.

This is one of the gorgeous fimo birds that I made a while ago using Emma's cake decorating moulds, I love them. I have slightly inked it using distress inks to take away the starkness of the white fimo, I'm going to try making some more using different colours of fimo.

Thank you so much for taking the time to look and for your wonderful comments

Love and hugs

Susan xxx

A fun commission.....

Hi Susan here.....

Just recently I was asked to make a notebook by my boss at work....she was giving it to a friend for her birthday, it was to be a kind of diary that her friend would keep and write what happened to her each day going one way in the book, then at Christmas she would give it back to my boss, who would turn the book over and put six months of her own diary keeping into it. My boss is then going to give it back to her friend for her to have as a keepsake about what happened to each of them over the last 12 months. They will be able to put all sorts of memorabilia into the book including photos over the time each of them has the book. It all sounded very intriguing, and fun, and knowing how funny my boss is there will be some funny reading at the end.....

Anyway here it is....

This view is just to show you how thick the book ended up. There is a lot of writing to be done in this!!

I decided that as her friends birthday is in the summer her front cover should represent summer so I made it using bright cheery colours with butterflies and flowers and birthday bunting.

The initial of her friends name was made the main thing on the cover, overstamped with text, and adding lots of glitter. I tried to keep the book as flat as I could.

The butterflies are made using a punch with pearls and glitter added. The flowers are Prima. The background papers are from my stash.

This is to show you how the two 'fronts' were finished.....so that the front for each person was the right side up I had to put one upsidedown when making the book up.

This is the front for my boss, as she was being given the book back at Christmas I decided that her front had to represent Christmas and winter.

Both were very pleased with the book....I can't wait to see what's been written at the end of the 12 months.

Thank you all for looking and for your wonderful comments

Love and hugs

Susan xxx

Lexi's Creations....At the beach

Hi Susan here...

Today a new challenge has started at Lexi's Creations and the theme this time is...

'At the Beach'

You can interpret this challenge as a summer birthday card, a scrapbook page for a visit to the seaside or a fun going on holiday wish you were here card......the choice is yours as long as it is a beach themed creation that will be fine.
For full details of the challenge and our sponsor this time please visit Lexi's Creations and check out the inspiration from my very talented design team.

Now onto my card....

This was such a fun card to make...I don't make many summer cards but I was pleased with the finished result of this one!

The background papers are from a CD Rom from Joanna Sheen called 'Messy Rabbit', it's brimming with the most fabulous papers and toppers. I added glossy accents to the drink in the glass. Then I glittered the sun so that it shone down nice and sparkly!

The sentiment is from a Daisy Hill vellum swatch book called 'Travel', it's full of summer time themed sentiments.

This fabulous image has been designed by Lexi Lee, called 'Fun Time Ollie' and is available from Fairy Dust Crafts Store.

I used chalks to colour and shade the image, then used a nestabilities die to make the topper. I have glued it to the backing papers over the top of the image that was from the CD Rom. I used distress inks to colour the edge of the topper. I also added some glitter to the splashes of water, the palm leaves on the trees and the ocean. I also added glossy accents to the glasses.

Thank you for looking at my design and for all your wonderful comments

Love and hugs

Susan xxx

Lexi's Creations....Happy Birthday

Hi Susan here...

Can you believe how fast this year is moving along.....we are now starting the second week in June yikes!!

Over at Lexi's Creations this is the start of a new challenge today and we have chosen a nice easy one this time, the theme is 

'Happy Birthday'

Yes it's as simple as that....it can be for male or female, child or adult as long as its a birthday themed creation that will be fine.

For full details of our challenge and our fabulous sponsor please call across to Lexi's Creations and take a look at the fabulous inspiration from my design team.

Now for my card....

My favourite kind of card is a birthday card...it is something special for whoever you give it to and can be part of the present as well!

My background papers are from my stash it is originally from a 12x12 Japanese pad, can't remember who's make, I only have a few pieces left and I love it to bits, they are such delicate patterns and colours.

The sentiment is from Fairy Dust Crafts designed by our very own Lexi Lee and appropriately called 'Happy Birthday'.

The die I used for the sentiment is from Tickled Pink Stamps designed by Ann Vento.

The ribbon is is from Ribbon Box, beautiful woven ribbon, I loved using it.

The flowers and leaves are a mixture....The small roses and buds are from Hobby Craft. 

The leaves and the blue pansies I made myself. I used a punch for the shape then coloured the flowers with distress inks and a fine liner, the pearls in the centre are from our local market. I love making my own flowers and often get my inspiration from the flowers growing in my garden. These little blue pansies were originally planted in one part of my garden and have now over the years infiltrated almost every part of the garden, all different sizes and different shades, I love these little flowers.

The beautiful laser cut butterfly is from a collection called Craft for Occasions.

Thank you so much for looking at my work and for your wonderful comments

Love and hugs

Susan xxx

A bit of fun.....

Hi Susan here....

It is nice to have some time to make cards just for fun....and I really enjoyed making this one....it is for no special reason other than I have not used a Sara Kay image on a card for ages and I love this particular one very much!

The main background paper is from Bo Bunny, wonderful paper, loved using it. It is a 6x6 pad with some of the most amazing papers.

I used two of Tim Holtz stamps for the text paper and the butterflies, and I stamped them using Tim Holtz Distress inks and then aged the edges again with some distress inks.l

The ribbon is from East of India collection of ribbon, this is such a beautiful range of ribbons and accessories, I drool over this collection everytime we go to John Lewis's craft department.

The flower I made up using about four or five layers of flowers from Prima, then put a brad in the centre to hold them together.

I love this little stamp from Sarah Kay, it always reminds me of my daughters when they were little and makes me smile.

I have used chalks to colour the image and distress inks for the edge of the topper.

That beautiful little butterfly that I have fell in love with is from a collection from Craft for Occasions it is laser cut with an embossed design that looks like it is layered on the front.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my work and for all your wonderful comments

Love and hugs

Susan xxx

Lexi's Creations....For the man/boy in your life

Hi Susan here....

Today at Lexi's Creations we are starting a new challenge...how time flies! The theme for the new challenge is
'For the Man/Boy in your Life'
This can be tricky for some, but have a go, Fathers Day is coming up for us here in England and there is always birthdays to make cards for, give it a try it can be fun to work outside of your comfort zone.
The fabulous design team over at LC's have worked wonders and given you lots of inspiration.
Call across to Lexi's Creations for the full details of the challenge and the sponsor.

Now onto my card....

For me, I decided to make a birthday card for my Grandson Liam, who will be 16 in June. How time flies indeed, he is all grown up, leaving school and going to college this year. It has been an exciting year for him in many ways, he is just coming to the end of all his exams, and done really well, and the best thing as far as he is concerned his football team 'Manchester City' became the Champions for which there was no end to the celebrations. 

We bought a couple of new tops from the City Store and they were placed into a really nice black bag with a silver emblem on both sides...I promptly cut the emblems out when we got home and put them on one side so that they didn't get any harm to them.

I have used one of them on his birthday card.

My backing paper is from my stash, it comes from an old scrapbooking pad full of male orientated papers. Just right for what I wanted. I added the birthday sentiment in the shape of a star and matted it onto a piece of mirri card.

This image is available from Fairy Dust Crafts designed by Lexi Lee our designer for LC's. It is called Footie Ali, I have coloured it with chalks.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my card and for all your fabulous comments.

Love and hugs

Susan xxx

Lexi's Creations....Black and White plus 1 more colour

Hi Susan here....

We have started a new challenge over at Lexi's Creations today and the theme is

'Black and White plus 1 more colour'

Please try this challenge, it's lots of fun to do....the effects can be quite spectacular, if you are unsure what to do check out the inspiration from the design team over at Lexi's Creations Challenge Blog. You will get all the information you need about the challenge and our sponsor.

Now onto my card....

I have chosen PINK as my other colour to add to the black and white, at the moment I am so into butterflies, I couldn't resist using the DIY butterfly from Fairy Dust Crafts. I used promarkers to colour and shade then I added stickles all over the wings before attaching pearls for the bodies. The pearls as always come from our local market.

My backing papers are from a 6x6 paper pad from Kaiser Craft called 'Black and white timeless collection'. I used black card to back the stripes to help them to stand out. They are such beautiful papers and all have the look of being distressed both with the printing and the edges. The main backing card is from Paper Mill Direct.

The ticket and sentiment are from Fairy Dust Crafts, I blanked out the centre of the ticket and then fitted the sentiment 'The Gift' to it. I coloured around the edge with promarkers and then added stickles.

Thank you for taking the time to look and for your wonderful comments

Love and hugs

Susan xxx

Lexi's Creations.....Lace and Ribbon

Hi Susan here....

Over at Lexi's Creations today we have started a new challenge and the theme is

  'Lace and Ribbon'

I am sure everyone will find this an easy challenge to join in with as we all like to use one or the other on our creations.

Please call across to Lexi's Creations and check out the fabulous inspiration from the design team, and further details of the challenge and our amazing sponsor.

Now onto my card....

My backing paper is from a 12x12 pad I bought years ago in USA, it is from Kurio by K&Co.

The beautiful ribbon is from the 'East of India' collection. The ribbon as always from our local market...this one was just the right colour for my card.

The flower is from Prima. The berries are from Hobby Craft.

I have used this image so many times, I love it, it is from Fairy Dust Crafts Store and is called 'Christmas Shopping Phoebe'. I have used chalks to colour and shade the image, inked around the outside edge before putting it onto a punched backing.

What do you think of this, it is made using one of Emma's cake decorating moulds, I used an off white fimo and then used Tim Holtz distressing inks to colour the embossed part and the edges. I love it, I will definitely be making more of these.....she has lots of moulds and now I know how to use them and what they look like.... WOW!!!!

The sentiment was made on our computer and part of our own design collection.

Thank you for taking the time to look and for all your wonderful comments

Love and hugs

Susan xxx

Lexi's Creations.....Use your punches and dies

Hi Susan here....

I hope you all had a fabulous Easter, with family and friends and made lots of special memories.

Our holiday started sadly, my youngest daughter lost her mum-in-law after a long very painful time in the hospital. Then we discovered to our delight some blackbird nests in our back garden....the joy of watching the parents bring food down for them and then to see the little ones hopping about our garden has been amazing!!

Take a look at this little one, having a rest after hopping about the garden all afternoon, this was taken just after the daddy blackbird had fed it!!

Over at Lexi's Creations we have started a new challenge today and the theme is 'Use your punches and dies'. We have some new design team members joining us this time and their work is outstanding, please call across to Lexi's Creations and check out all the inspiration for this challenge the details of how to join and our sponsor.

Now onto my card....

My backing papers are from My Minds Eye it is a pad called Blush, and another pad from Simple Stories called Fabulous.

The papers are amazing from these two little 6x6 pads I loved using them.

The ribbon is from Ribbonbox.co.uk, it is a beautiful grosgrain, pink with brown dots, it matched my backing paper perfectly.

I used an edge die from Tim Holtz called Butterflies, and the other butterflies were made using various punches. I used Tim Holtz distress inks to colour all the butterflies. and added stickles to them.

My flowers were from Hobby Craft, the leaves I made myself from white card, ink and deckle scissors.

The pearls as usual were from our local market.

Thank you for taking the time to look and for all your fabulous comments

Love and hugs

Susan xxx

Fussy and Fancy.....Anything but a square

Hi Susan here....

Over at Fussy and Fancy a new challenge has begun today and the theme is 

'ANYTHING BUT A SQUARE'

Is this a hard one for you, it could have been for me as that is the only shape I seem to use these days.....but my mind started working and I came up with the ideal answer to two upcoming events....

Easter cards and this challenge.

For full details of the challenge at Fussy and Fancy please call across to the challenge blog you can also set your eyes on some amazing inspiration from the design team.

This will be my final challenge as a DT member for Fussy and Fancy, I have decided that to make life fun again with my crafting I need more time, so I have dropped out now from all my DT work to give me more time for a different variety of work I want to do. Don't worry both myself and Emma will still be blogging and making cards etc. but just for the fun of it. Watch this space!!

Now for my card for this challenge.....

I needed another Easter card and what better way to make one when you need a special shape for a challenge. Wow, this shape is one I have not done in years, it's always good I think sometimes to go back and do things you haven't done for a while, as I really enjoyed making this card.

I have used Kraft card for the base and some brown paper that I cut out using scallop scissors, the check paper is from Nitwits as is the pink flowery card behind the topper.

All edges have been inked using Tim Holtz Walnut Stain.

The flowers are from Hobby Craft, the large cream one I made using a daisy die that needed rolling, I found a really old metal brad with a yellow pearl in the center in our stash that I thought looked ideal for what I wanted for the middle of the flower.

The Easter Eggs are stickers, can't tell you where these are from, we have had them for an age in our stash, but they are glittery and I thought they looked great with the colour I was using.

Marvin with Easter Egg.....he is so cute, designed by Marina Neira and available from The Stamping Bazaar Store.

I have used chalks to colour and shade the image.

Thanks for so much for looking and leaving all your fabulous comments

Love and hugs

Susan xxx

Lexi's Creations.....Easter

Hi Susan here....

We have a brand new challenge starting at Lexi's Creations today and considering the time of year the theme is really easy - 'EASTER'

You can make whatever you want as long as the theme throughout your creation is Easter.

For full details of the challenge, our sponsor and to set your eyes on some amazing inspirational creations please call across to Lexi's Creations Challenge Blog.

Now onto my card....

The backing paper is all from stash and I used a Magnolia die for the edging of the strip, I love these dies they are so quirky....especially when you want something that's not got to be uniform.

The hearts are Creatables dies/embossers from Marianne Designs, I have used inks to distress them and added stickles to the edges. These have got to be my favourite heart shapes.

My flowers are from Hobby Craft, the leaves I make myself.

I love using cutesy images and this one is no exception. It has been designed by Lexi Lee and is called 'Easter Egg Lillie' you can find this and many more from Fairy Dust Crafts.

I have used chalks for colouring and shading, I also added some stickles to add a little sparkle to the egg.

Thank you for looking and for all your wonderful comments

Love and hugs

Susan xxx

Lexi's Creations....Mother's Day

Hi Susan here...

A new challenge has started today over at Lexi's Creations and the theme for this one is 

'Mother's Day'

You will be able to find full details of the challenge and our sponsor on the challenge blog, but basically we want to see your creations with a Mother's Day theme and they can be anything from a card, bookmark, tag, 3D item the choice is yours.

The design team have come up with some fabulous inspiration for you, call across to Lexi's Creations and see for yourself.

Now onto my card...

My backing papers are from my stash.

The beautiful ribbon is from John Lewis.

The flowers are all from Hobby Craft, the leaves I made myself.

I used a sizzix die cut strip for the letters and used an antique gold card.

This gorgeous little digi image has been designed by Lexi Lee and is available from Fairy Dust Crafts, it is called Tessie Turtle.

I have used chalks to colour and shade it.

Thank you for looking and for your wonderful comments

Love and hugs

Susan xxx

Fussy and Fancy.....More than words

Hi Susan here....

Today at Fussy and Fancy we have a new challenge starting....it's one of my favourite. The theme is 'MORE THAN WORDS'. The emphasis of your creation has to be on the words, any images used must be secondary to the sentiment.

For full details call across to the Fussy and Fancy Challenge Blog you will also be able to see some fabulous inspiration from the Design Team, you will be so impressed it's worth a look!!

Now for my card...

I have used colours very close to my heart for this one...green is a favourite in our family.

The backing papers I have had in my stash for ages, so delicate I couldn't resist using them. The plain green textured card is from Paper Mill Direct, I love using their card and always keep a good supply in stock.

The pearls, ribbon and lace as always are from a little market stall here in Manchester, I wish they were on-line, it is like a hive of craft essentials, everywhere you turn there is something else to look at.

The flowers are all from Hobby Craft.

This gorgeous and very loving sentiment has been designed by Lexi Lee and is available from Fairy Dust Crafts.

Good sentiments are a dream to work with, and although I have kept the shape very simple for this card the design possibilities are endless.

Thank you for taking the time to look and for all your wonderful comments

Love and hugs

Susan xxx

Lexi's Creations.....Monochromatic

Hi Susan here....

Today over at Lexi's Creations we have a new challenge starting and the theme is -

'MONOCHROMATIC'

This can be such an exciting challenge, the main thing is to just use shades of one colour.

Full details of the challenge and the sponsor can be found on the Lexi's Creations Blog. Plus you will find some absolutely amazing inspiration from the Design Team for this challenge.

I hope you can join us this time...

but for now here is my card...

I have chosen shades of pink for my monochromatic card....the backing paper I have had in my stash for ages and is the most beautiful shades of dusky pinks.

The lace is from our local market, but the ribbon I actually snipped off some underwear that I had recently bought and it had two very long lengths of gorgeous deep pink ribbon, too nice to leave on the underwear.

The hearts are a die, and the little butterfly is a punch.

This gorgeous image has been designed by Lexi Lee and is available from Fairy Dust Crafts, it is called 'Molly with Lillies' I love using this image. I have used chalks to colour it and again around the edges of the topper.

This large flower I have made using a die and inks and some plain white card. The rest of the flowers are from Hobby Craft. The leaves are from a punch.

I want to thank you for looking and for all your fabulous comments.

Love and hugs

Susan xxx

Lexi's Creations.....Love

Hi Susan here....

Isn't time flying, we are in February already and something special is looming upon us all. Valentines Day!!

Today over at Lexi's Creations we are starting a new challenge and the theme is 'LOVE'.

This can be for Valentines Day, or to show a friend your love, for your parents, your partners, 

or any one you love. You can interpret the challenge anyway you want.

For full details and to get some amazing inspiration from the Design Team call across to

Lexi's Creations Challenge Blog.

Now onto my card....

This has got to be one of my simplest designs.....the card was made due to a request from my Grandson for his girlfriend....Whoo Hoo I hear you saying and yes we said the same thing. I had strict instructions, no fancy work, no flowers and definately nothing raised off the card....as if I would lol!!

This was hard!

Then I saw the image designed by Lexi Lee for Fairy Dust Crafts, and knew exactly what I was going to do.

I printed the digi image called 'Heart on a Wire', available from Fairy Dust Crafts, onto white card, then using promarkers I coloured the main heart in bright red then added tons and tons of stickles....well he didn't say it couldn't glitter!!

I found a packet of heart stickers from Paperchase in my stash, perfect size, perfect colours and stuck them onto the little hearts that are on the 'wire'. It wasn't too raised, just a little.

This was beginning to be fun!

When it was all dry, I cut around the image in the shape of a fat heart and another one in white card using scallop scissors, I used chalk to shade the edge of the main heart and glued them both together. Then I have to confess I stuck it to the card base on sponge pads to raise it just a little bit, to give interest to the card, you understand, don't you!!

The blank ticket is originally from Raindrop Echo Designs, designed by Ann Vento, I blanked the middle out myself on the computer and added the text that my Grandson wanted on the card....

Now all I have to do is show him the card and hope it's simple enough!! Hope he like's it.

Thanks for looking and leaving me such wonderful comments.

Love and hugs

Susan xxx