Hugs in 2 pairs of 2 pairs

This is for a friend having a difficult time with her health, we have a standing joke between us regarding polar bears so this is perfect for her.......well who wouldn't love this adorable image anyway lol. It's by Delicious Doodles and I won it at ATC's & Cards with Attitude. 

As you can see it's a twisted easel, and for a change I stayed fairly simple with it instead of my usual trying to fill up every tiny space -felt the image was enough.

Beneath the base layer I have a flip out section for my message...having already written on it I've not desplayed it fully. Its a matching page from a notelet pad sent to me by my friend Ulina...I already had the  paper pad, one of my favorites. My brad was plain and I added spots with sakura glaze black.

A little close up. 

Receipe 

DP - Perisimon Pad

Spotted Ribbon - Marianne Designs

Checked ribbon - Stash

Brad - Stash 

Sakura Glaze Black 

I'd like to enter this for 

The Crafty Pad 2 pairs of 2 pairs challenge. 

Simon Says Tag It.

Yes, I'm still making tags lol. This is one of two made for a recent swap, on a Vintage theme. 

Below  my handmade crochet lace.

Tied with crocheted 'ribbon', finished with beads. 

 DP ... Kay & Co.

Ink ... Tim Holtz distress

Fan & Vintage Image ... Crafts U Print

Beads... Stash

Domed & Corner Stickers ... Stash

Dew Drops .... Ribbon Girl

I'm entering this in

Simon Says Stamp - Tag It Challenge

Blog Hop For Dorcas

Welcome to this little blog hop we are having today for our dear friend Dorcas, who a week ago lost one of her fur-babies. Many of us know how hard it is to lose a beloved pet and we wanted her to know that we are all thinking of her at this distressing time.

Dorcas, this is for you, a little something to say I care about you, as do so many others. I know you will get the support you need, but as I can't actually be there to hug you I'm going to have to send you a virtual hug.....can you feel it.

 I tried to use a few things that I know Dorcas likes, blue and yellow, a ADFD image, buttons of course. I added a few things I like, crocheted lace, a tag and a hand made fimo rose, and spots.

Well, if you came from BABS blog you came to the right place. Next you need to hop to Lauras.  

If anyone gets lost along the way or has started in the middle, you may want to go to Stacey's blog and start from the beginning.

Blog hop order...

Stacey

Kelly

Dionne

Debbie

Tracy

Tine

Babs

Linda  You are here. 

Laura

Yenni

Uli

Jen

Gwen

Pearl

Natasha

Google Friends connect Closing

Copied and pasted from Glitterbabes post, thanks Stef.   EDITIED According to Sneeky Momma Blog....GFC is 
only being lost from none blogger blogs such as WordPress. 

so, in case you're wondering what the LINKY follower thingy is on the top right of my sidebar.....  in case you haven't heard, GOOGLE FRIENDS CONNECT is ending next month.  anyway, here's what i found about it....

As you’ve probably heard (and in case you haven't), the popular Google Friend Connect (“GFC”) is going away March 1st for non-Google blog platforms like WordPress, and rumor has it that it will be eventually phased out completely to be replaced by Google+.  YES you read that right. It has been on national news reports –all about how Google is phasing it out and not providing a service to move our followers–even saying the new Google+ will not be what the GFC was.  

anyway, a friend of mine (thank you dawn) found this link and i checked it out.  it's easy, it's FREE and i decided to "jump on the bandwagon" before the you-know-what hits the fan and we're all running around like chickens without our heads.

 Introducing LINKY FOLLOWERS (www.linkyfollowers.com)

so.  check it out.  you've got absolutely NOTHING to lose!
ok.  that's my good deed for the day

40's ATC with Attitude

 

For my ATC base I used a piece of gold card. I stamp a few scrollie bits (using just elements of a Tim Holtz Stamp)  on it and embossed them in gold, and then inked over the ATC edges and embossed that. The corners started to lift a little, and I liked it so I heated one corner until it melted right back. My pictures (in case you don't already know) are of Shirley Temple, at different ages through the 40's. I used to love watching her films as a child (not that I was alive in the fourties I hasten to add lol). I just have a little gold chiffon bow and a futterby to finish off the glitz, all from stash. 

I'd like to join ATC's & Cards with Attitude for their Anything Goes Challenge.  

Edited 

Won 4 images from Delicious Doodles from ATCs & Cards With Attitude 

Easely Love, Love, Love.

Been A good while since I posted, I've still been crafting, bit by bit, but not had my head on straight enough to post...hopefully I'll manage to make sense!!

I made this Anniversary card for friends, a lovely couple. It had been a while since I'd made a white on white and I enjoyed making this one. Sorry the images are so fuzzy...you just can't get the staff now-a-days lol. It's a double easel card. 

 Image from a set by Penny Black. Called 'A Good Catch'. I stamped in black and embossed in clear, was a bit of a mistake as made it difficult to colour some of the tiny parts with my pencils....I used Lyca. I'm still not very good with them, but persevering. I dry embossed the backgrounds and then inked the raised edges and wet embossed those. I also went over them with mica spray.....I wanted it lovely and shimmery.

I found the sentiment online. Two great sites for verses and sentiments are Quote Garden and  Imag-n-ation. Imag-n-ation also sell great digi images amongst other things. 

My flowers are crocheted, I've put some of my lovely mother of pearl buttons as centres. 

 I have a little lift up flap for space to put my personal message, with another little quote, I quite like this one and thought it went well with the image. 

  The letters are made with pearl fimo, I used fimo cutters, and I've used a mica spray over the top. 

I'd like to enter this in the challenge at 

Hotshot Crafts Blog for Easel Cards. 

My name is Linda and I'm addicted to Tags

I'm mostly only making tags these day, just trying lots of different techniques, making lace and tassels and putting charms together, having a lot of fun. I really like this one, I cut a couple of Marianne Designs Doilies out of scrap card and used them as masks, sponging over them with watered down ink pad in blue...by whispers. I inked up stamps in the same ink...not watered down though. The Stamps are a set by Tim Holtz, fast becoming another obsession...as if I needed another one. I used bits of the same flourish stamp to decorate around the edges of the tag. Finished off with some charms (the heart says Made with Love), beads and some of my crocheted lace and a tasseled crocheted ribbon. 

 A couple of close ups of the details ...

I'd like to enter my tag in the challenge at 

Totally Paper Crafts for ~ Anything But Christmas

My Memories Suite Giveaway Winner

I have a winner for My Memories Suite Giveaway. It's Stacey G.

  Stacey's said

Congratulations Linda! Your pages came out great! Your Grandson is quite adorable! Love so many features of this software. I love the vintage pages. Lace Dream & Antique Rose are quite pretty! Thank You for the opportunity!

Congratulations Stacey, I've sent you an email with details how you can get your software. 

For those who would still love to play with this great software, you can use the code STMMMS43270, anytime to get $10 off. Remember there are lots of free kits, templates and quick pages on the My Memories site, and many others starting at only $0.99. These can be used on photoshop programs, as well as just be printed out and used as 'normal' page.  

Delight in a Tag

Another tag to show you. This is actually the first one  I made, though I've shown another in a previous post. Papers again are Kay & Co, fibre Basic Grey, Mask (bird on a branch) by Tando and stamps and distress inks by Tim Holtz. 

I'm entering this tag in the Bows and Berries Challenge ... Make a Tag

http://bowsnberries-bosenberries.blogspot.com/ 27th nov

Hey Man! Tag you're it!

You see here my first tag for a Man, pretty near my first tag too. I've been wanting to try steam punk too, and hope this qualifies. My papers are Kay & Co, the little pix are from a 12x12 of postage style images. The fibre is Basic Grey, the pocket watch, buttons charm and chain are from Beads Direct. The crocheted lace and tie are handmade. 

I hope you can read the sentiment, Travels Inspire. Thought the perfect thing for a 'luggage tag'

I want to enter this Sentimental Sundays Challenge....Tag for a Man