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Sunday 12 June 2011

Oooo yummy - Addicted To Stamps DT Card

Hello peeps,
I'm back yaaaaayyyyyy, well sort of anyway! Yesterday afternoon that lovely green light started flickering on and off on the router, oh what a lovely sight that was after not seeing it since we lost the internet connection on Monday. It isn't working as it should as the connection keeps going & it's taking ages to leave comments and write my post because of this, but anything is better than nothing and I can eat muffins and drink coffee while writing my post on a nice clean computer lol. My poor neighbours still have no sign of theirs coming back yet but fingers crossed it all gets back to normal soon.

OMG I have trawled through hundreds of emails, thank god I ordered & paid for my Magnolia Summer stamp club weeks ago or I'd have missed the last chance to order & wouldn't have been a happy bunny at all, I did miss the 25% off Magnolia stamps sale at The Glitterpot though grrrrrr, probably just as well really lol.

Today is new challenge day at
& this fortnight our challenge is
a perfect excuse to ink up a new Maggie, as if I ever need one lol.
Ingredients -
Image - Magnolia
Medium - distressed inks
Papers - Raspberry Road
Flowers - Kort & Godt, Prima & Wild Orchid
Lace - The Ribbon Girl
Sentiment - Wild Rose Studio

I've distressed all the paper edges with Picket Fence crackle paint & added a couple of Magnolia Doo Hickey butterflies, I do love these in case you hadn't noticed lol. The leaf branch thingy die was a birthday present from my lovely friend Liz, and the pin I've made using a Whiff Of Joy pin head and some pearl beads.

I haven't a clue what challenges I will enter yet as I don't know what any are, I'll pop back and enter when I've had a chance to take a peek at some.
Edited - I've checked loads out and am entering my card in the following challenges -
CPL - fab sketch, Sweet Stampin - food glorious food, Magnolia Stamp Lovers - anything goes, If The Shoe Fits Scrap It - pearls, Stamp Something - something punched, Totally Papercrafts - Summer, Crafts 4 Eternity - strawberry & cream colours, Aud's Sentiments - Summertime, Cute Card Thursday - pins & pearls, Fairy Fun Fridays - Summer fun, A Spoon Full Of Sugar - here comes Summer

Thankfully I did managed to make some use of the time without any internet and got a couple of DT cards made and most importantly dodged the showers and got my summer flowers all planted up as I'm so late planting them this year.
I've a busy day ahead today, my nephew, his girlfriend and baby Ollie are all visiting this morning and then I'm off to a craft show with Ali later :) We have both done the usual and said we only want to buy card! Hmmm I wonder if we'll manage a first and actually stick to that once we get there lol.
Thanks for stopping by & for all your lovely comments in my absence

62 comments:

  1. Hi Mandy
    Glad to have you back and your card is stunning,gorgeous paper's ,love the Tilda,
    Hugs Dianne xx :)

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  2. Welcome back Mandy,that must off been awful with no internet,did you get the shakes!cause i would off!!!Your card is stunning,your colouring is out of this world,i`d love to be able to colour like that!Really love the butterflies too.Enjoy the craft show,let us know what you got,cause i`m nosey!
    Take care Kelly.

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  3. That is a real beauty Mandy!! Love it!!
    Hugs Kristel

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  4. Happy Sunday Mandy, Your card is delish, your new little Maggie is adorable & coloured beautifully as always. I love love love your gorgeous flowers & your papers are a perfect match. So glad your internet is back up & running. Have a great weekend. Hugs Jodie from Oz

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  5. nice to have you back and of course you did not need an excuse to ink up a new maggie and wow this is a stunner of a card, love all the layers and detail - inspirational as always
    Hugs Kate xx

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  6. Beautiful card, loving this new image and your layout is super.
    hugs
    Elly P
    x x

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  7. Hi Mandy,
    It's great to have you back...Gorgeous card,I really love the way you do the border and Tilda looks amazing,fabulous colouring too...Have a great time at the show....I'll e-mail you tomorrow,didn't last week as I knew you would be up to your neck in them once you were back...Hope your sweet little cat is ok haven't had chance to ask you really worried me ...
    Mandy x

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  8. A gorgeous card Mandy! Lovely details and I love your colouring!
    Have a nice weekend.
    hugs, Marlies

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  9. Morning Mandy, Love your card, that image is the sweetest and love the colours, so fresh....hope all is soon back to normal for you and enjoy your shopping..lol..xxxx

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  10. Wow Stunning creation dear.

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  11. gorgeous card, enjoy the show x

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  12. Another stunning card from you Mandy, love this it's all the elements of summer!
    Teresa xx

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  13. oh know what its like without our,internet hun so glad you are back just love that tilda she is stuning love the layout brilliant hugs cheryl xxxxx

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  14. What a beautiful card you made. You have the Magnolia also very beautiful color.

    Greetings Astrid.

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  15. Oh this is a beautiful card! I love the pin and the butterflies are gorgeous :-) Love 'n' hugs, Mel xx

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  16. absolutely adorable, beautiful colouring.

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  17. Hi Mandy gorgeous I love the deep and vibrant colouring, the papers and card design is just stunning. hugs Shirleyxxxxxx

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  18. Glad to see that your back. Love your card, fabulous colors.
    Have fun tomorrow.
    Hugs,
    Babette

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  19. Hi Mandy, good to see you back !! When I saw the challenge at Addicted to Stamps I immediately thought strawberries well ...... two minds think alike !!!! lol lol Stunning card hun, love all the details !!

    Hugs, Sandra xx

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  20. AnonymousJune 12, 2011

    Just gorgeous!

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  21. This is so pretty, Mandy!!!!!

    HUGS SUSY

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  22. Was beginning to wonder where you were Mandy!! Glad to heqr it was just that you had no internet - where in the world would we be without it now eh? Gorgeous card using such a cute wee image and fabulous colour combo! Take care, Sheila:)X

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  23. This is absolutely gorgeous Mandy, love the image and colours and your card is just brimming with beautiful details, can you tell I love it... ;-) So glad your router is behaving better xxx

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  24. Woowww Mandy, your card is awesome!!!! Looks really like summertime!!

    gr. arjette.

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  25. Hi ya hun
    oh the nets a pain when it goes of, totally gorgeous card as always, awesome colouring, beautiful embelies & design, sue,x

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  26. Just the sweetest card Mandy. Love the embellishments and pretty papers!
    Clairex

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  27. Absolutely gorgeous! as always Mandy.
    Pop Over to my blog to see what you have won in my candy giveaway! http://hazelshandmadecrafts.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-birthday-candy-winner.html
    Hugs Hazel xx

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  28. Hi baby girl awww you been missed..hope you got lots of work done?? as to the glitter pot sale..there couldnt be ANY Maggie stamps you DONT have!! sick of waiting for the club ones..onto your awesome creation STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL.. well you are my baby girl..LOL..have a good evening..

    smiles blogging mummy xx

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  29. Gorgeous card Mandy.
    I won some Magnolia stamps from Anne Vento's blog sooo I can now take part in some challenges.

    hugs sally x
    sallysbitz.blogspot.com

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  30. Gosh Mandy I had no idea you were missing as I have been on hols all this wk I also had net problems last wk I hope all yours are on the mend now. This is such a cute card and such a sweet stamp! Hugs Rebekah xx

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  31. Wow Mandy, this is so beautiful!

    Hugs
    Thea

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  32. Gorgeously gorgeous Mrs!!
    A truly beautiful and deliciously detailed card.
    Love it all.

    Hugs Elaine xx

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  33. Wow Mandy this is totally, absolutely amazing what a beautiful image of Tilda, the colours and design are superb.
    Hugs
    Lorraine x

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  34. Wow Mandy! This card is stunning. I love the border so much and your coloring is amazing.
    Thanks for joining us at Aud Sentiments.

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  35. Beautiful creation. Thanks for joining us at Magnolia Stamp Lovers. Hope to see you again on 6/19 for our button challenge.

    hugs,
    Stephanie

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  36. OMG, this card is so gorgeous. I'm speekless!!!
    Great compliment for you.
    Hugs
    Melodie

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  37. hi Mandy,
    OMG this is such a yummmyyyyyy joyful card.
    Amazing layout.

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  38. Hi Mandy, wow hun great card. I love that strawberry Tilda! And I love the punched eadge around yours card! Hugs, Frea

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  39. Stunning hun - great layout - fab image
    Hugs
    Sarah x

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  40. What a sweet, sweet card. Thanks for joining us at Aud Sentiments
    Hugs,
    julie

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  41. Oh wow, this is just gorgeous! :) Stunning card, just so pretty and full of fabulous details. Beautiful image, prettily coloured and a great layout.

    Thanks so much for joining us at Sweet Stampin this week,

    hugs

    xxalisonxx

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  42. Wow hun am I at the end of a queue, lovely card, gorgeous Tilda and I see you've used some of those gorgeous papers that I've been eyeing up,
    glad to see you back, glad you like your leaf thingy present lol, hugs Liz xx

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  43. awww! that's absolutely gorgeous :-)

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  44. oH WOW Mandy this is absolutely stunning, beautiful colouring, gorgeous embellishments (I need that butterfly die now) amazing card. Thanks so much for sharing with us at C4E. Hugs
    Pinky

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  45. thanks for the great tips on my blog x x

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  46. WOW another stunning card love the image and colouring simply is beautiful..........:) Sandra H

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  47. oowww awesome card love it hugs christa

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  48. Hiya Mandy
    Wow fantastic card. So beautiful xxx
    love debbie xxx

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  49. Oh hun, your card is gorgeous! I love this Tilda, deffo one of me faves! Love how you do the punching around the edge....I had a go on my wall hanging, loved doing it :o)

    Glad that you have your internet back, we lost ours the other week and had to have the man out, thankfully it was all done in 24hrs, but its like losing your right arm.....and left and both legs for that matter LOL. Never apologise for not visiting babe, I totally understand folks have stuff going on.....I do all the time and I am sod for the old commenting lack LOL, so don't you ever feel bad, chick!

    Have a great day!

    Hugs Tab xxx

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  50. Awww how cute this is, gorgeous the layered papers, love it xxx

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  51. This is truly lovely. Thanks so much for sharing your talent at the MSL 'anything goes' challenge and we hope to see you again soon.

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  52. Beautifully executed piece of
    Very nicely painted stamp
    and wonderfully matched all the trimmings
    a card looks pretty

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  53. you and me both with the internet problems, it must be the season for them Mandy lol...wow your card is amazing, I love the colours, colouring well just everything
    Mina xxx

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  54. Oh my gosh Mandy! This is so freakin' YUMMMY!!!!! I love this color combo .. totally strawberriesh!!! (Is that a word?! Nope! I made it up myself! lol!) Of course I love your magical border around your card .. always adds the most beautiful touch! Gorgeously colored with your beautiful butterflies fluttering around Tilda! Lucky Tilda! :)

    ps.. Hope your internet connection starts kicking back on FULL SWING! :)

    Big Hugs,
    Elise

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  55. Wow Mandy another stunner!!!!! i LOVE the butterflies!

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  56. Fabulous card!! It's soooo pretty!! I love every detail of it!! :) Thank you so much for playing along with us at the CLP challenge blog and the sketch for June!! :D

    Hugs, Hege

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  57. beautiful!! I love the image and colors you`ve used:) Thanks for joining us at Cute Card Thursday Challenge.
    Hugs,Minna

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  58. Beautiful card Mandy! Thanks for joining us at C4E this week hugs x

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  59. Mandy,

    Another stunning and beautiful card! I love all of the layers, the colors, and Maggie is GORGEOUS! Thanks for playing along with us at the Shoe!

    Hugs,

    Lesley

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  60. Just beautiful Mandy, so much detail & sooo much work in this card. Thanks so much for playing along with our Sweet Stampin X

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  61. gorgeous Mandy!
    Thanks for playing along at Aud Sentiments!
    hugs

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  62. Hi Mandy, Yummy is right! Your card is full of sweet details. I love it and I love her red boots! So glad to see you at CLP Sketch challenge, thanks and hope to see you back.

    Hugs and Love.

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Thanks so much for hopping over to visit & taking the time to leave a comment
Mandy xx

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