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.

  

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18th

 Hello

Happy New year to you all back in lockdown and it looks like I'll be celebrating my birthday in lockdown which a lot of people have had to do!

This card was made for my friends son, I used papers from a Phill Martins magazine with a mixture of other dies. I also made one for his sister but I seem to have forgotten to take a photo of that, which always worries me in case I send a similar card in the future......

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Christmas!

Hello

Sharing some more Christmas cards with you, the top two are shaker cards and for the younger girls, the snowmen were for the girls in next age bracket and the stockings for my SIL mm and dad.

They were all coloured with Zig Clean Colour Real Brushes, with various dies and I'm useless at remember which stamps they are unless I blog straight away! (note to self be more organised)

When I came to use the Merry Christmas stamps I had lost the Merry (not surprising this year) and I really like it so I contacted Creative Expression and they pointed me in  Here and wow are there some bargains to be had! If you take a look I hope you find something you like.

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Baby Boy!

Hello

I hope you are all doing well?

Sharing a card for a lady who attends our craft group, she has just had a baby boy.

I used a mixture of dies.

 Presscut dies for the card base and the mat and layers, Tonic, Spellbinder oval and a embossing folder. The image was a set of stamps free with a mag.

Coloured with Zig Clean Colour Real Brushes.

Here’s my colouring attempts following along with Barbara Gray.

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Birthday

Hello

Hope you are all still coping with the lockdown, no signs yet of letting us out again..lol

Just sharing a few cards that were given out in January.

Various techniques and brands used.

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Woodware

Hello

Todays cards are all the same but just different colourways.

The stamp used was a woodware and I masked the centre section and stamped at the top and the 

bottom and added a verse in the masked space. 

They were coloured with prisma pencils.

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Niece Birthday

Hello

How time flies, my niece on hubbb's side will be 16 in a week or two, this is the card I've made her.

I love the LOTV paper packs but they don't make them anymore and I don't really like the downloadable ones that much.

The image I'm sorry to say is another one I don't know the name of!

Coloured with Prisma Pencils.

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Niece

Hello

Todays little card was for my neice.

Presscut dies, butterfly die, Happy Birthday stamp was borrowed. The inner was mad to match.

Pickle has good days where we can pick him up and others where he nips us for trying!

Short and sweet today.

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Neice

Hello

Hubby and I went to Bletchley Park on Saturday, it was a really great day.

It's amazing what went on their such clever people and the secrets they had to keep, which did make me wonder, when did the Germans actually find out that we had decoded their Enigma Machine.

I mad this little card for my niece.

Presscut , Hearlfelt Creations and Tonic dies and also some unbranded ones which were gifted to me.

Many thanks for your visit I really do appreicat it x

Niece

Hi All

Today's little card was for my niece, who was 15 but going on 20....lol

Again I can't remember the make of the stamp but she is coloured with Prisma pencils.

Thanks for the papere suggestions I will look into them.

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Poppy

Hello All

Another poppy card, this one was made for my hubbies aunt.

Bee crafty Stamp, lyra Aquacolor and Presscut shaped die.

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Eclipse

 Hello All

We're having our first bit of snow, hopefully it won't be around for long.

My card for today is for my sister-in-law, made the inner to match by just using a small part of the stamp.

Woodware stamps, JND butterflies,Brittania Number dies and Presscut Circles.

As always thanks for visiting!

80th

Hello 

I so enjoyed making this card for one of my crafty friends, we had a little tea party at our Tuesday night class.

It's what they call an eclipse card and you can the original here, I made the insert by stamping in the corners and also decorated the envelope with the same stamp but forgot to take photos.

 I've also got another on the go for my sister in law for January....lol

Brittania and Presscut dies, Woodware stamps coloured with Promarkers.

Update on BIL is no significant change, we visited on Saturday and it was heartbreaking!

As always thanks for your visit, I really do appreciate it x

25th Anniversary

Hello All

So here is my second card with virtually the same dies as the wedding card, I chose to use a picture from their wedding day. The large pinkish flower is handmade.

For some reason I didn't take a picture of the inside which I made to match the outside minus the white inner but gosh did I have trouble cutting out the  mirror card with no marks. 

I must have used at least 4 pieces of mirror card before getting a clean piece.

 My husband's brother is in a critical condition at the moment with sepsis, it's not looking good, they have him under heavy sedation.

As always thanks for your visit x

Wedding

Hello All

I'm sharing today a wedding card I made for my husbands best friends son, now that's a mouthful...lol

We had a lovely time at the wedding but couldn't believe the weather luckily the rain came later in the day so didn't affect the photo's.

Theres a good selection of dies that I've used, Presscut, Sue Wilson,Tonic and Heartfelt Creations.

Took a bit of figuring out to get my squares layered up to get the effect I wanted but got there in the end. So I repeated that on another card that I'll share later for a 25th Anniversary.

I also made a gift wallet to match.

As always thanks for your visit it is much appreciated x

One for the boys

Hello All

Hope you are all well, I hope it's going to warm up soon it's so cold.

My little card today is for a male crafty friend from craft club and I think you know by now how much I hate male cards...lol

Presscut Dies, Stampin Up stamps, I was give the lighthouse and anchor some time ago but only just got round to using them.

As always thanks for your visit, I really do appreciate it.

60th Anniversary

Hi All

How have you all fared with the snow, today was my first day out as I've been off work with a heavy cold, I went to do a little shopping and couldn't believe the drifts of snow, its going to take a while for them to disappear.  

My little card today was fairly quick for me after getting my head around doing it, I've attempted a few before I settled on this one.

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High Tops

Hello all

Quicker than normal post from me today, just to share a card I made for my niece.

Digi image, coloured with promarkers.

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Digi Image

Happy New year!

Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year?

Today's card is for my friends son, who will be 15 I think.....

Digi image coloured with Prisma Pencils, the word stamps are LOTV and Phill Martin.

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Christmas Penguins 2017

Hello All

Sharing some more Christmas cards with you, the same but different...lol

I've used Tonic and Presscut dies, Britannia word die and falling snow embossing folder, with some added distress inks ...naturally.

What do you think was your worst craft buy, mine was this........or at least

in the top 5.

I really wished I'd never taken them of the reels. I'm forever sorting it out.

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