Happy Thursday!

Hey lovelies, hope your doing well!

Thought that I would pop on and share another Magnolia card with you…….loving this new Crazy Love Collection…..so many stamps that can be used for so many occasions……fab when its like that :o)….this one I have used is called Tilda Sending Love Letters.

I have gone for the narrower card again today…..I have a funny feeling that this shape is my new fave, as just knocking those 2cm off the width makes it some much easier for me to fill with all my embellies……and you know me Tab loves her embellies :oD LOL……

………so then, do you like the papers that I have used {that's if you can see them under the sea of embellies LOL} I found them when I was on one of my Pinterest sprees, and they are from Here……and do you know what the best bit is…..they were freebies :oD….there are a few others in different colour ways too, so go check out the rest….but I have to say they printed out beautifully and found them very true to colour too {on my printer that is, remember different printers can vary}

The colours I have used tie in with the challenge over at the Ribbon Girl blog…..its Blue and Pink….not long left to join in so hop on over and take a peak :o)….whilst you are there, have a look at the Giveaway that is on offer too……..little felt mice pincushions made by Gail…..tooooooooo cute for words!

I stamped and coloured the image on Kraft card, ….I find when colouring on Kraft card you have to keep going, as to be honest when you start it doesn’t look great but as you add further colour all of a sudden it starts to pull together and look half decent LOL……I very nearly threw this away, but I carried on and it came out not too bad in the end.

Do you like the Pleated Satin Ribbon……I {HEART} it so much, and if you want any its from the Ribbon Girl, as is the lovely White Cotton Lace, Heart Charm, Crown Pin, Crazy White Mesh {love this stuff so much {its poking out of the flowers}, so need to get some more in other colours}, and the mini Rose Buds.

The rest of the flowers are from Wild Orchid Craft and the Doily is from The Hobby House.

The sentiment and  butterflies inside are by Magnolia, and the Carte Postal Stamps and all the border stamps are by Stempelglade. 

I have coloured Tilda with Prismacolor Pencils, blended with Sansodor.

The inside has been decorated very very simply using some of the Stempelglade stamps and my fave Magnolia Butterflies.

Well that’s all from me today, thanks for stopping by and I shall see you all soon! 

For anyone interested, this card will be listed in my Etsy Shop later today :o)

Have a great day, lovelies!

Hugs Tab xxx

Happy Tuesday!

Good morning, lovelies!  How are we all today…..did ya have a good weekend?!?  Mine was good, little bit of yarn shopping, lots of hooky and a little bit of relaxing…….all fitted in between the usual weekend chores of cleaning and food shopping…..so all in all, not a bad one :o)…..one thing I can be sure of it certainly went super duper fast!

I realised yesterday evening that it has been a whole week since I blogged last…….OMW, how bad of me….not sure why I have not been on to post really, cos I have tons of things to share…….actually that is a lie, I do know why I have not posted LOL……..I have developed a terrible addiction to Pinterest LOL……and my trouble is that I get so engrossed in it, that I just plain old forget about what is going on around me and before I now it there is no decent light to take any pics and the evening is upon us……..I must strive to work harder at getting my blog more organised and sort things out in advanced when there is good light :o)…….and leave the darn Pinterest alone LOL………I have had my account for absolutely ages and ages now, so its not a new thing to me….but each day I get more addicted to looking at all the wonderful things.  Plus I then find a new blog or pattern for something and off I go again on another trail LOL……no hope for me!! 

Here are a link to My Pinterest Boards, if anyone want so to follow me on there…….I will apologise now if you get addicted to it LOL.

Anyway, enough jabbering on…..as it will be bedtime before I get this post finished LOL

I have gone for a slightly different shape card…..I fancied a change from square LOL……this one is 13 x 15cm and I have to say I really like them this size.  The sweet image is by Magnolia and from the New Crazy Love Collection…..Pie Tilda, she looks deep in thoughts………

How gorgeous is that Blue Stripy Ribbon……utterly delish, me thinks and if you want some its from the Ribbon Girl……along with the Crown Pins, Rose Buds, Large Button {this was from one of the mixed bags}, Button Twin and not sure if you can see it but behind the flowers there is this totally fabulous White Mesh, just sprouting out {its hard to see it as its against a white background……but it is gorge stuff, deffo recommend you all getting some :o)

The papers are a mix of Craft Creations and I think the stars one is out of a multi-pack….perhaps Forever Friends of something like that….I got it from my local craft shop and they split the packs up and then forget who makes them LOL….

The Die Cut border is by Magnolia as is the Star Border Stamp.

Tilda has been coloured using Prismacolor Pencils, blended with Sansodor.

I have very lightly decorated the inside to compliment the front……I have using one of the Mini Magnolia stamps inside too….they are so perfect for decorating the inside of cards.

Thanks for stopping by today…..much appreciated!

For anyone interested this card is will be For Sale in my Etsy Shop later today :o)

Have a great day and see you all soon!

Hugs Tab xxx

Stamp Sale!!!!!

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Hi my lovelies!

Just wanted to let you know that I have added tons of BRAND NEW Penny Black, Greetings Farm and Doodle Bug Stamps to my For Sale Page.  They are all left over stock from when I ran Tabby Crafts last year.

I have reduced them considerably in price and even with postage they are still way under RRP prices.  Some of the stamps have now been discontinued and are hard to find in the UK.

It is a first come first served basis, so use the email link on the For Sale Page to email me what you want.  I will combine postage where I can, and only charge you actually postage costs too. 

Thanks for looking!

Hugs Tab xxx

My All Your Wishes Come True………

Good Morning, lovelies!

Hope I find you all well today on this rather damp and drizzly day.  Thankfully it is not as cold as yesterday, but I have to say I much preferred the dry crispness of the air yesterday…plus as well the sun was shining and that really does help with the old mood…doesn’t it?

Well today I thought that I would share with you another Magnolia card that I have been working on :o)……Now I have used one of the Sweet Dreams Christmas images, Tilda with Winter Flowers…….I have to admit that she is my fave from the Christmas Collection……I absolutely {HEART} her….such a gorgeous image, totally and utterly love her little cardy….tooooo cute!

Anyway, I thought that I would go all pink for this one and have teamed her up with some gorge Raspberry Road Digi Papers…..these are from Fight Like a Girl Collection and it is deffo one of my fave collections, such a delish shade of PINKNESS!!!!

 

My pics have a slight darkness to them today, cos the light is totally and utterly PANTS!

Anyway, the delish Vintage Cluny Lace, and Seam Binding are from the Ribbon Girl.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, The fence die cut is by Magnolia.  The sentiment is by Elzybells {sadly no longer trading}  The cheesecloth is from my stash.

 

I have coloured lovely Tilda with Prismacolor Pencils, blended with Sansodor.

All the papers have had their edges distressed with Walnut Stain and I have stitched them all with my sewing machine.

For the inside, I just kept it plain simple by just adding a little Mini Magnolia image…….I love the mini’s they are perfect for adding detail to the insides :o)

Well that is all from me today, I am off now to bake a Giant Cupcake for an order, and then later this afternoon I must get on with some hooky work.  I have a number of orders to plough through and plus a few things to finish off.  I did over Christmas finish a big granny blanket that I was working on last year…….I MADE myself finish it off as I was determined to not start the new year with last years WIPS still not finished LOL…….even all the weaving in of ends has been done…..I loathe that job LOL, and one of my New Years Ressie’s was to make sure I did it as I went along and not leave them all till the end…..so far I have stuck to it too :o)  I will get some pictures taken of it soon and share them :o)

For anyone interested this card will be listed in my Etsy Shop later today :o)

Anyway, I will love you and leave you, thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs Tab xxx

Ribbon Girl Challenge #15 – Blue and Pink

 

Good Morning, my lovelies….Happy Happy Sunday to you all!  Hope that you are all doing well and enjoying the weekend!  Its rather cold and frosting here today, but I kinda like it when we have had a frost looks soooooo very pretty outside :o)

Anyway, today sees the start of a new challenge over at the Ribbon Girl and this time we want to see your creations following the theme of Blue and Pink :o)

and this is what you lovelies can win :oD…..ooooh how gorge is that kit…love it!

and also……..

For my project this month, I decided to get hooky again, and make a bear :o)…….been a little neglectfully of the old bears of late as I think I made that many last year….and I find with my bears that I work so much better when I just randomly make one, ……..they flow so much better than work to specific requirements……. I have to say that thoroughly enjoyed working on this little beauty…….

Her name is Rose, and she is a taller bear to what I normally do……she measures about 10ish inches or so. 

{if you click the picture it will enlarge for you}

All the embellies are from the Ribbon Girl and they are as follows :-

Pretty Blossom Flowers
Pink Rose Buds
Small Pink Spotty Button
Sparkly Flower Button
Tiny Pink Pom Pom Trim
15mm Blue Satin Ribbon

She has been crocheted in soft DK and 4 Ply Yarn, her eyes are made of glass and she has been stuffed using high quality super soft fibre stuffing.  I crocheted her using a 1.75mm and 2mm hooks.

Now she was suppose to have a pair of shoes too…….I still need to add those, but dozy here, broken her 2mm hook and only managed to get a replacement yesterday.  I have soooooooooo many hooks, and many in the same size, except a 2mm, I only had one of those LOL…….and it was not a particularly good one either cos it snapped LOL…so I replaced it with better ones :o)…….my fave hooks at the moment are the Clover Soft Touch ones…..sadly they are a horrible goldy colour, and so not very nice to look at, but they are super nice to use.  I can not understand what made them make them in that awful colour…..I reckon anything would have been better :o)……….LOL….now if they had been red spotty then I would have been as happy as a pig in poop!

Anyways, I shall love you and leave you all.  Don’t forget to pop over to the blog and check out the rest of the DT’s creations, you won’t be disappointed I’m sure :o)

Hugs to you all!

Tab xxx

Happy Friday!!!!

Afternoon lovelies!  Hope I find you well today…….oh boy oh boy, what I wonderful feeling to know its FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!  These week seems to have been a long old week, but you can almost touch the weekend :oD

So what have you all got planned…….I have the usual chores to do tomorrow morning, but then in the afternoon I am going off to do a bit of sneaky yarn shopping, LOL can’t wait, nothing quite like touching all those lovely soft yarns and matching shades together….so exciting :o)

Anyway, I thought that I would pop on today and share a card with you all that I have made using one of the delish new stamps by Magnolia from the Sweet Crazy Love Collection.  This cutie is called Tilda with Wrapped Heart and it was a Christmas Present from the lovely peeps at Magnolia, along with some other delish goodies too {so lucky}

I have used my new camera to take these pictures, and I love how clear they have come out :o)…….for a change LOL

The gorgeous Mulberry Pretty Blossom Flowers, Mulberry Open Roses, Two Tone Mulberry Open Roses and Mulberry Rose Buds are from the Ribbon Girl, as is the beautiful Vintage Style Cluny Lace, and the Crown Pin.

The butterfly is a Martha Stewart Punch, the sentiment is by Magnolia, as is the Lovely Lace Doohicky Die

The papers are by Melissa Frances.

Tilda has been coloured using Prismacolor Pencils, blended with Sansodor.

I have very lightly decorated the inside to compliment the front.

Well that is all from me for now, thanks for stopping by and taking the time out of your day to visit :o)

For anyone interested this card will be For Sale in my Etsy Shop later today :o)

Have a great weekend all :o)

Hugs Tab xxx

Happy New Year {sorry at bit late LOL}

Afternoon my lovelies……..hope that you are all doing well and had a good Christmas and New Year…….apologies for my absence but I have had the awful lurgy last week and so the crafty workshop door never got opened, let alone me sit at the desk LOL….the most I did last week was a bit of crocheting in front of the telly and trust me that nearly wore me out.  Thankfully though now I have recovered almost to full working order, still got a little tickly cough but other than that I am good.  I worked out the other day when I last had a cold and it was nearly 4 years ago…..so that is not bad going, eh?…….I know I am a rather good when it comes to illness and so its not often I get struck down with much…..she says LOL…….

Thanks to everyone asking about my Pop and Mum, both are well……Pops has gone back to work and everything…….he is only doing a couple of days a week, but hey its a massive massive achievement in just over a month since his stroke.  To be honest once they sorted out his eyesight, this helped with his balance and it all kinda fell together with some Physio :o)…….Mum is better too, the op went well and all is good :o)….thanks for all your kind emails and comments about them.

Anyways I thought that it was about time I fired up the old blog and post something as its been awhile.  I have so many things to share that I never got round to due to illness and Christmas, so I thought that I would start with a card :o) that I made before Christmas………talking of Christmas, I was very very lucky this year as Santa bought me a new camera :oD…….I am now the proud owner of a Nikon DSLR and I am still grinning from ear to ear……I have had an DSLR before, but sadly it died before Christmas and so since then I have been using my iphone, and the pictures weren’t bad, but I could tell the difference, they were just not as crisp…………anyway, I have not took this picture with my new camera, cos its was a card I made before I had it……..but I have been having a play and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it :oD

Enough waffle, here is my card…….I have used one of the older Magnolia images, which you can only get direct from Magnolia…….but I love the image :o)

The papers are by Magnolia too, as is the Star Border and the doohicky die tag.

The Spotty Ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.  The rose ribbon is from The Hobby House and the butterfly and flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The border punch is by Martha Stewart.

The image has been coloured using Prismacolor Pencils, blended with Sansodor.

This is one of my fave colour combos, and I love this shape of card too :o)

Well that’s it from me today got to get back on!……..got so much going on in my work life too at the moment, my little Etsy Shop is doing well {needs restocking ASAP LOL} and I am also doing well with orders through my Facebook page too……..on the cake front, that is also growing from strength to strength as well, and my diary is filling up with some cake orders over the next few months too :o)…….who knew I would be able to make a little living from the things that I love………who knew….not me that’s for sure :oD…..but I can honestly say that I am very very happy and blessed :o)…….fingers crossed it works out well :o)

Anyway, see you all soon!

Hugs Tab xxx