Promarker Giveaway

Hi all,
Just a quick post to share a great opportunity with you all...

Handy Hippo are giving away 20 promarkers of your choice to celebrate the fact that they now stock single promarkers!
The brilliant thing about this prize is that you get the choose your own 20 colours, how fab is that?

Head over to...
http://jules-alwayswithaheart.blogspot.com/
to find out more and be in with a chance of winning.

Laura x

Sentiments

Whoops, should have posted these earlier with my other post!
Here are a couple of freebies for you, as always if you use these please let me know so that I know what I am making is going to good use :)
Thanks,
Laura x

Guess what Santa bought me!?

Hi all,
Just thought I would post up as it is our unofficial 'boxing day' at my house today. We opened our pressies yesterday and had a lovely Christmas dinner together. I was extremely lucky and was bought.....

... a Big Shot!!!!

I am so pleased and cannot wait to start using it! The only problem now is that I would like to buy some Promarkers/copics so that I can colour my images after they have been die cut... but I do not know where to start!
I have had a look at LOTV's useful colours chart:

http://www.liliofthevalley.co.uk/acatalog/Marker_Pen_Colour_Suggestions.html

(really helpful) so have a small idea of the colours I will need, but would like to start with a few basics.
If any of you know where I can start and which company's do the best deals I would be very grateful. I will also need to buy some dies now too! How exciting!!

Hope you are all well
:-)

Laura x

Merry Christmas everyone!

Merry Christmas everyone!
Hope you are all having a lovely time with your families and friends.
I have spent Christmas with my partner and his family so will be going home tomorrow to see my family and have our 'second Christmas', how exciting!
I was very lucky and I got some stickles glitter glues in various colours, some sticky pads (which I was in desperate need of) and some scalloped edge sizzix dies! I will be purchasing a die cutting machine in the new year so will make good use of those.
It was my 21st Birthday last weekend and I had the most amazing weekend and was very spoilt, everything goes so quickly though when you have been looking forward to it for so long :(
Enjoy the rest of the festive period and I look forward to blogging some more in the New Year!

Laura x

Nanas Christmas card

Similar to Mum and Dads Christmas card I made for them (all the ingredients are the same) just a different decoupage picture. X

Mum and Dads Christmas card

Hi everyone, I have just made my Mum and Dads Christmas card. I am seeing them on Friday and can't wait as I haven't seen them in 3 months now! It is my 21st Birthday and we are going to London for the weekend which will be wonderful.
I made the card using the scalloped edged cards I bought from hobbycraft, alongside the Forever Friends Christmas decoupage set. The papers are from the free downloads at summertimedesigns.blogspot.com.
Hope you are all getting ready for Christmas :-)
Thanks for looking!
Laura x

Free sentiment download!

Here is another free sentiment for you download.
Enjoy :-)

Laura x

50th Birthday Card

Hi everyone, hope you are well.

I have made a 50th Birthday card today for my best friends Mum.
I took a trip to Hobbycraft at the weekend and purchased some cards and found these beauties for £4.99! (thanks Di!)
I had to stop myself from buying too much (not easy) but came home with a packet of these Tulip die cut toppers for 99p! She is so cute and there are various designs (see pic below) and I am very pleased with how the card turned out and hope she likes it :-) thanks for stopping by.

Scalloped cards - Hobbycraft
Tulip Birthday Diecut topper - Hobbycraft
Pink spotty paper - Free download from summertimedesigns.blogspot.com
Cream paper - Paper Mill Shop
50 and butterfly topper - Express Yourself DIY Cards
Flower 'confetti' - Hobbycraft
Ribbon and heart gems - From my stash :-)

A forever friends Christmas

I was just in the middle of writing this card to a family member when it suddenly dawned on me that I hadn't taken a photo of it yet! I made it a few months ago using forever friends backing papers from the Christmas pad, ribbon from my stash as well as punched snowflakes from my stash. The forever friends bear is a clear sticker layered onto backing paper. :-)
Thanks for looking!
Laura x

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Hi all, hope you are all well. I am suffering from a bit of a cold at the moment :(
I have just changed my blog layout and now it is looking very festive!
I have been making more sentiments and bits and pieces for you to download so will be posting those up.
As I said before, if you take any of these or use them on your cards, well number one, I would be so pleased!! But number two, could you just let me know (so that I know I'm doing good and that you like them) either through a comment or becoming a follower.

Thank you so much and have a good day!

Laura x

Free sentiment download!

I have just been fiddling around on publisher and made a Birthday sentiment so thought I would post it on here to see what you guys think and you may download it for FREE too :)
If you do take it, please could you leave a comment or become a follower so I know it is going to good use and then I may make some more!
Thanks for popping by.

Laura x

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