It's "Archie" (Elaine) Maisey's Birthday today !!!

Hello

It's my mates Birthday today Elaine Maisey but we call her "Archie" after her little "Oodle" Dog who is a bundle of mischief and keeps her on her toes. always .....

So come on let's sing her the Happy Birthday song .....

Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday Dear Elaine "Archie" Maisey
Happy Birthday to You.
From good friends and true,
From old friends and new,
May good luck go with you,
And happiness too ......

Repeat,  lol .....

Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday Dear Elaine "Archie" Maisey
Happy Birthday to You.
From good friends and true,
From old friends and new,
May good luck go with you,
And happiness too......

..... and we hope you have many, many more Happy Days Elaine ......

Here is the Card and Canvas I made for her ..... Just praying she likes it ..... :0)

Loads of Love Elaine .....

Love from Me of course, Steve and all of my Furry Babies xxx

Welcome to Lavinia Stamps new range of Stamps and Scenescapes…

Morning .....

Oh boy how exciting is today ..... not only is it my 60th Birthday but Tracey Dutton of Lavinia Stamps has been working for the last 6 months designing 27 new Stamps and they seriously are so gorgeous ......

There are Foxes, Badgers, Squirrels and a Snail..... Moon, Mermaids, Fishes, Seaweeds and Sea Anemones..... Fairies, Fairy Houses, Trees, Toadstools and more and more .....

There are also some new Scenescapes that have been made using Alcohol Inks, they really are so beautiful and will work so nicely with the new stamps .....

Here is the link that will take you through to the newsletter and also where you will find inspiration from all the Design Team ..... There are also little pictures of all the new Stamps .....

www.laviniastamps.com/new-stamps

I can tell you this we all have adored working with the new stamps and I hope that the samples show you this .....

Below are my latest two cards using some of the new Stamps ..... I hope you like them and I hope they inspire you to maybe buy a couple and have a go at creating your own beautiful work of Art .....

I'm off now to start again on making some new samples .....

Thanks for popping by and see you all again soon .....

Lots of love

Marianne xxx

New Lavinia Stamps Challenge for September ..... Autumnal Hues ....

Hello .....

It's been an age since my last Blog but I am back and hopefully won't be going too far for a while.....

Today is the start of a New Lavinia Challenge and for September the Challenge Theme is "Autumnal Hues" ...... Oh how I loved creating my Samples this month just my kind of colours and one of the best times of the years too ..... Just look around you at the fantastic colours we are given to inspire us. just gorgeous .....

You could have the chance of winning a Voucher for £40.00 to spend in the Lavinia Webshop where you will find lots of beautiful goodies to tempt you ..... so come on start today and enter the Challenge and who knows it really could be your chance to win this months Challenge ......

This month I have created 2 cards using the beautiful colours of Autumn ......

Here is the link to the Lavinia Stamps Webshop ..... www.laviniastamps.com so go along and have a browse ...... there really are some gorgeous products on there along with inspiration from the Lavinia Design Team

My first card I have used the following Stamps and a Stencil from Sweet Poppy Stencils which were designed by Tracey Dutton of Lavinia Stamps ,,,,, They really are just so beautiful too !!!

Here is my first samples.....

and the Stamps I used for my card are:

Spring Trees
Maple Leaf
Midnight Meandering
Bugs
Fairy Web
and the Stencil I used is called Maple Leaf .....

My second sample is

and the Stamps I used are

Spring Trees

Bats

Three Field Mice

Tree Scene

Autumn Scene

Sky

So come on get out your Crafting Stash and start creating today ..... I'm off to get another couple of samples done so I can share them later in the month hopefully to inspire you further .....

Happy Crafting !!!

Loads of love

Marianne xxx