Looooong time no blog!

*Blows off dust" Well hello, it's been a while *cough*. As some of you will know we have had a lot going on at Domestic Goddess HQ this past few months. My hubby has been rather ill and had an extended(11 week) stay in hospital, I am delighted to say he is now home and is doing well on his long road to recovery. While he relaxes and catches up with all his recorded shows, I am going to try and dabble in crafting and blogging again, wish us luck lol!

I haven't been crafting the past few months, but didn't blog cards I made before things got rather chaotic. Here is the first, it was for a special friends granddaughters Christening, and the brief was pink, butterflies and bird cage! 

I used my trusty Cameo to make a large birdcage, I just love the versatility you get with the ability to change the size of the cut and look how amazingly it cut through really thick mirri card! I am totally loving my Stix2 Pick Up Pencil for adding wee gems and pearls to my cards, it was something I avoided as I was never able to get the precision I wanted. The pencil makes it so easy to get them exactly where you want!

Ingredients

Bird Cage from Silhouette Store

Pick Up Pencil, DST, 1mm 3d Foam Pads, 2mm Foam Pads, PVA Glue from Stix2

Martha Stewart Punch

Marianne Dies

Craftwork Card Papers

Paper and Ribbon from Stash

I will be gradually adding some more cards and creating new ones. Thanks for popping by today!

I would like to enter the following challenges;

A Gem Of A Challenge - One for the girls.

Sister Act - Anything goes.

Hello!

Hello from a very rainy and cold Glasgow, my friend has now received this card so I can blog it lol!

Her favourite things are butterflies and anything dotty, and the colour purple so I made this card using the delicious Butterfly Thinlits from Stampin Up, and some of their gorgeous 12x12 papers.

Ingredients

Butterfly Thinlits & 12x12 Papers from Stampin Up

Hello Die

Double Sided Tape & 3d Foam Pads from Stix2

Papers & Ribbons from Stash

Thanks for popping by today.

New week, new challenge over at Digi Sketch Challenges

And the theme this time is Butterflies and or roses, as always there is a sketch to follow, but you don't have to use it to join in with the challenge.

 

This time we are sponsored by the fab The Cutting Cafe, and the prize is 3 sets. I opted to make a card with a sentiment as the main focus, the first time I have ever done this.

 

Ingredients

Social Butterfly Digi from The Cutting Cafe

Rose Garden paper

Butterfly embossing folder

Nesties

butterfly punch

pearls and paper from stash.

 

I haven't followed the sketch, but my creation features butterflies and my paper has pretty little roses on it.

I hope you can join us this time.

I would like to enter the following challenges;
Great Impressions - Pastel colours
Hobby Cutz - Clean and Simple
Opus Gluei - Pastel
Scrappy Frogs - Think spring
Broken Box Stock - Think Spring
Brown Sugar - Spring
DigiHaven - Spring
Divas by Design - Spring Colours