A Royal Wedding Blog Hop!!

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Thank you to all of you for making this hop so special! 

Today's the day!!!!

We are delighted to bring you a one-off blog hop in honour of William and Kate's wedding.

This is the brain-child of our dear friend Heidi, (DT Sistah at Peachy Keen).

This is the task she set us......

Create a card, scrapbook page, or altered item with the theme...

Wedding

Love

Romance

Royal

Fairy tale

or

Prince/Princess

(Considering I live 'over here', I actually struggled to come up with something)!

I didn't want to go down the red/white/blue route, so had to put my thinking cap on.

Here's what I finally came up with....

William and Kate, a Word Book.

Front cover

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

Page 5

Page 6

It's my first word book and I had no idea really how to decorate it, so kept it simple(ish).

It's a bit rough round the edges, but I've let myself off as it's my first, (and probably my last)! LOL

Stuff:

Wedding cake is a stamped image I had in a drawer!
(Think it's a Magnolia image, but can't be sure).
 Groom Edwin
  'Wedding Carriage'
 Tilda as Bride
'I Do' Wedding Word book is from Funky Hand
Stamped images coloured with Copics
Other images from Heidi and Google
Flowers. pearls and metal corners are all from my stash.

Now if you've arrived at me via Heidi, then you are on the right track. If not, please go back and start there. 

There are some fabulous projects to keep you entertained on this special day.

Just in case you get a little lost, here is a list of all the blogs in the hop...

    Heidi
    Me
      Lorie
     Janice
       Samantha 
      Kim 
       Ruthie
      Joanna 
        Kathy
        Angelica
       Glora
                  Theresa          

      Erin
  
AND!!! There's candy too! 

Leave me a comment telling me which page you like best and why for a chance to win THIS puppy!.......

PK-496 Everyday character face parts and MORE!

Please, remember, you need to tell me which page and why, to be included in a random draw for this totally cute Peachy Keen set!

(I will draw one winner on Sunday evening).

I have decided to enter this book into a couple of challenges...
Whimsical Wednesday
Stampin' for the Weekend
A Gem Of A Challenge
Crafty Cardmakers
Creative Belli Blog

Have a fabulous Royal Wedding and an equally fabulous Royal Blog Hop!!! 
(It's getting quite exciting over here now)!

Golden wedding and 100th birthday

 Nope, I haven't emigrated, I've been a busy bee! I did my Cards for Men sample card, a Golden Wedding Anniversary card and a 100th Birthday card up to now this week and it's only Tuesday!! Wow!
I've gone from famine to feast in one fell swoop. Dunno how long it will last, so I'd better make hay while the sun (nearly) shines.

This is a card I made for hubby's brother and wife for their golden wedding annivesary....

I was tinkering with it for ages, when the postman arrived with a package from the US. It was my latest JustRite stamping set. Whoo hoo! Talk about in the nick of time!
It was a bit of a faff slotting  the little letters in the grooves. (It reminded me of my brother's old John Bull printing set). Once I got the hang of it, it was easy peasy and I love the results. So personal.
I embossed the white card with a Sizzix embossing plate. The letters and numbers and border, were stamped using Versamark and embossed with Detail Gold embossing powder.
The two scrolls are from a (I think), Quickutz die, cut out of gold mirri card.

This next card has been commissioned for a friend of ours for a lady on her 100th birthday.

 It's pretty self-explanatory. I'll put the ingredients in the labels box.
(The flower centre is a JustRite one and the butterfly is a peel-off stuck to vellum and cut out).

Thanks for calling by
Viv xxx

SASSC22

Hya peeps! It's Thursday and that means that a new SAS sketch for you to play with.
Pop on over to the The Fresh Batch blog for all the details and see the gorgeous samples created by the DT.
Play along and you could win a SAS goodie bag!

If you upload to SCS or similar, please include the keyword 'stampsandsmiles' so we can find you.

Here's your sketch.......

And here's my sample card.......



I used Cuppy from the set 'Cuppy Love', coloured with Copics,
Sentiment from the set 'You warm my Heart',
Bazzil 'Dotted Swiss' CS,
SU Designer series paper,
Papermania flowers inked with Copics to match the CS colours
Pearls from my stash.

I hope you enjoy this challenge just as much as I did!
Lovely to see you and if you leave me a comment, I will be a happy bunny.

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