ATC's

Hello

Well, I’ve been AWOL and don’t know why, I seem to be losing track of days and doing a few extra days at work hasn’t helped, how will I manage when things are supposed to return to normal!

 

So, I’d like to share some ATC’s with you, made using a variety ot themes and  products.

Botanical

                                           Fairy Land

                                New Technique – Black Ice 

                                            The letter "J" 

                                                                              Art

Thanks for your visit much appreciated, I’m off now to catch up!

 

ATC's

Hello

 

I’ve remembered!

Roof is still work in progress, weather hasn't been great to be up on a roof, they worked Sunday and got drenched but should be finished next week.

I have some ATC's to share with you today.

These have been made for a direct swap; we take it in turns to pick a theme and these were the first three months.

A variety of techniques used, lots of distress inks and Lavinia stamps on the first, zig real Colour and Stamps from a mag on the second and papers for the third with Hero Arts stamps.

Fairies

 The Sea 

( may have already shared this one)

                                                                             1920’s

Thanks for your visit, I really do appreciate it!

ATC's

Hello

Well, the weather is still a bit strange isn’t it, I’m sure this time last year we were having a heatwave!

The last couple of days have been ok and I’ve ben able to get outside for a couple of hours.

Sharing some more ATC’s with you, most of these were for swaps but the doodles ones were sent as RAK’s.

 

Lots of different mediums used, with lots of inkiness and stamps.

Thanks for your visit I really do appreciate!

 

Sister

Hello

 Another week gone by and its nearly April, I don't know where the weeks are going!

We've moved our holiday again to June next year, will we ever get it and really hoping that the September holiday can go ahead because I haven't seen my sister in two years now.

 Talking about said sister who lives on Kos, these are the cards I've sent over to them. I really hope they get there it's very hit and miss and was even before Covid!

My first card for my BIL followed one of layout challenges, image is SU and the greeting Phill Martin with some DP, stamped and coloured with distress inks.

Sister’s card was made awhile ago and not sure if I’ve shared but I created the background by inking through a stencil and then created a frame and stamped an image that came with Simply Cards and Papercraft and a little bee, with some JND butterflies, using distress inks and Zig Real Colour.

  

Thanks for your visit it is very much appreciated!

 

ATC's

 

Hello

 How are you? I’ve been making the most of the weather to start tiding the garden up, really enjoying being out in the fresh air!

 

I thought I’d share some more ATC’s with you from a Facebook swap.

Various techniques and products used.

 

Thanks for your visit, I really do appreciate it!

Beautiful Rose

 Hello

I hope you are all keeping well? Tuesday was such a nice morning here in Walsall that I thought I would hang the sheets on the line; however, I couldn’t find the hole that the line stands in so I had to dry them indoors instead, which saddened me because I do love the smell of washing that’s been on the line!

Anyway, enough of my chores…. I’ve been playing with stencils and masks to create these cards. Also using stamps, distress inks and Zig Real colour Brushes.

Valentine card for hubby.

Anniversary Card.

Thanks for your visit I really do appreciate it!

Happy Mistake!

Hello

Well, this not so little card turned out to be a labour of love.... my first attempt at stamping the greeting straight on to the card was not successful as it was upside down, so I then turned it over and started again, first stamp impression not so good so stamped again and the paper moved so got a blurry image.

Time to give up I said but I'd already shared with our what's App group and someone suggested stamping the happy again on a piece of scrap and mounting it but I'd already cut the card so I could use the back!

So, it was saved and altered and I'm very pleased with it......

Woodware stamp, distress inks, stencils, greeting stamp was gift with mag.

  

Thanks for your visit I really do appreciate it!

 

Christmas

 Hello

I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and say a big thank you for all your visits!

Some more Christmas cards to share.

Top one taken from a mag using the free gift and stencilled background, 2nd one very basic just cut out a spellbinders bauble die and put a backing paper behind

Thanks for your visit much appreicated!

Christmas

 Hello All

Jut sharing Hubby's Anniversary card from October, not sure who the stamp belongs to as I got it half price last November at the NEC. I used distress inks for the background.

And my first batch of Christmas cards, these are for the grown up nieces and nephews. 

Design was with from a mag which came the die to cut the cracker.

I used patterned papers for the boys and distress inks/oxides for the girls.

Thanks for your visit I really do appreciated it!

Lest We Forget

 Hello

Well I've started back at work one day a week and I'm quite enjoying it, it's given me a bit of a routine. it's still very quiet but plenty of stuff to catch up on.

I'm sharing  some Remembrance cards I've made.

The stamps are by Hobby Art and I really like them, I got them last November at the NEC.

Hobby Art stamps, distress inks and Zig Clean Colour Real Brushes.

Thanks for dropping by, I really do appreciate it!

ATC's

 Hello

Sharing  some ATC's I've made for swap on Facebook. 

I always find them challenging but I really enjoyed the Halloween ones, I even doodled the pumpkins...go me..!

Thanks for stopping by!

For those Pesky Males

 Hello

Hope you are all well and liking the rain...not. 

Hubby had to  clean the drains out over the weekend not a pleasant Job at the best of times but it tipped down all Saturday he was drenched through  but he did finish the painting as well. You would not believe how many samples I had painted on the walls only to find that Magnolia was the colour I actually wanted.

So these cards are for the pesky males in our lives and I sent one to my brother, who really liked it, the verse said "hope your birthday starts with a great kick off"  and it did because the Villa beat Liverpool 7-2 I think Villa fans have waited a long time to see that!

Thanks for your visit I really do appreciate it!

Time to Relax

 Hello

How are you all?

I had one of those days on Tuesday, where nothing went right. According to the weather it was going to be a reasonable day so I put all the towels in the washing machine, the machine finished so I put the sheets in only to find I hadn’t added the washing powder to the towels but the sheets had already started. Then the machine seemed to get stuck on spin managed to stop that only to find the sheets looked dirtier than when I put them in, ever had one of those days…lol

 

Anyway, on to my card, this was for my BIL using distress inks, Sue Wilson dies and Inkylicious stamps.

Thanks for your visit, it is much appreicated! 

Daisy B

 

Hello

 Hope you are keeping well, I'm doing OK!

So, while I'm trying to get to grips with blogger changes, Facebook is now at it and that will change September and I really don't like that setup! Hubby always says I don't like change and he isn't wrong.

 Sharing some more Dasiy B, more elegant ladies as you can tell I do like this stamp.

Coloured with distress inks.

 

Some colouring I've been doing with Kelly Horton Images. Only done the skin so far so still a lot of work to do. I'm really pleased with the outcome with Kelly's help I've actually created something realistic and at last got some real use out of my prisma pencils.

Thanks for your visit I really do appreciate it!

Hubby

Hello

Hope you are all well?

I'm not feeling this new blogger at all, I know it's probably user error!

I love a good storm as long I’m in the house looking out.

 Today’s card was for my husband, inspiration from Creative Stamping but wow did I have trouble doing some heat embossing, I gave up in the end, it just wouldn’t work! So, I left the image just back and coloured with my Zig Real Brushes. The background was created with JND media plate and distress inks.

Colouring with Barbara!

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Claret and Blue all the way through....

Hello

I hope you are all OK?

Sharing one of those pesky male cards,  this one was for my brother in law, who is claret and blue all the way through…lol

I’ve used a Sue Wilson die and the football stamp was a bargain I picked up from the last show at the National Motor Cycle Museum before lockdown with a mixture of other stamps and coloured with distress inks.

Thanks for your visit, I really do appreciate it.

A special ATC

Hello

Hope you are all well.

Just sharing some ATC's that I've made for a Facebook Swap but before that I just want to share a beautifully doodled ATC I received from Emily aged 4 who is Alison59's granddaughter. 

I'd decided to send her the ATC (which I was hoping would be her first) because she has been doodling along with Alison (and Barbara).

It's taken pride of place!

I will share some more doodled ATC's at later date, I just really needed to share Emily's with you!

The theme here was rainbows, I used distress inks and Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Pens and die cut some clouds.

The theme here was best thing about lockdown. I chose more time to craft. The background was created with Brushos and a very old free stamp.

Here was our trip to Africa with Barbara Gray.

Thanks for your visit I really do appreicate it!

Hello

How's everyone doing!

Sharing another Daisy B card, this was sent to my husband's aunty, I posted it 2nd class on Thursday and it only arrived Tuesday, her birthday was Sunday!

Coloured with distress inks. Hat was mounted with foam tape.

Our colouring session with Barbara Grey.

Thanks for your visit, I really appreciate it!

Daisy B

Hello

This card was made for my friend at WW whom I haven't seen for a while, hate to think how much we will have put on by the time we go back!

Daisy B stamps stamped directly on to a 6 x 6 card blank, with the hat 3d'd and coloured with distress inks.

Colouring session with Barbara Grey using Prisma Pencils.

Thanks for your visit!

Daisy B

Hello

How are you all?, the weather is beautiful at the moment if not a tad too hot!

Well we should have been flying sunny Skitathos on Friday but that has been cancelled I'm glad to say, who would want to fly anywhere at the moment, I'm just praying that the holiday to visit my other sister in September also gets cancelled. 

Even if we were to celebrate their two special birthdays!

I'm sharing another elegant card that I made for my sisters 60th. I've had two sisters celebrating special birthdays. I will be visiting one of them on Saturday for a social distancing cup of tea and a cake to celebrate!

I used a Daisy B stamp and the greeting was a freebie. I've coloured with distress inks and used a stencil for the background

Here is my  doodle from Barbaras Shac-Shack, who'd have thought it!

Thanks for your visit, it's much appreicated!