Hello Everyone

The weather isn’t improving is it! I did manage to get a few plants planted out but still a few to do.

Glad to say the roof is finished and looks really nice.

 

My little card this week is for a friend from craft class who will be celebrating her 50th Wedding Anniversay at the end of May.

I've used Linen Card, Along with Spellbinders and Heartfelt Creation dies. 

Thanks for your visit I really do appreciate it!

Over the pond.

 Hello

How are you doing?

It’s turned rather cold again, we had a couple of BBQs the weekend and now it’s freezing again.

I’ve got plants waiting to go in but waiting for the frost to disappear and roof to be repaired before I put them out.

So my little card went over the pond to my friend Lis.

I used some new papers from Craft Clearance, spellbinders ovals and JNB butterfly, the stamps came with a magazine.

Thanks for your visit I really do appreciate the support!

Sketches

Hello

I had my first jab yesterday, didn’t feel a thing, I haven’t got many side effects, just my joints feel a little stiffer than usual and perhaps a headache that comes and goes.

 

My cards today are from our WhatsApp group, we haven’t met since last March so we’ve kept in touch via WhatsApp with weekly sketches. Here is some of them.

Thanks for your visit, I really do appreciate it!

 

Good Friend

 

Hello

I seem to be getting later with my posts, I get so engrossed in my craft room!

Hope you are keeping well; our snow is starting to melt but still very cold.

Bogger seems to be doing it's own thing again as my layout has changed and I don't know how to get it back.......

My card today was made for my good friend Julie, who's birthday was in January.

5 x 7" Card Blank

I used Card Making Magic , Spellbinder and  JND Flower Dies and the verse was a Phill Martin stamp that came with a magazine.

As you can see Mr Pickle wanted to join in with this card!

Thank you for your visit, it’s very much appreciated!

Christmas

 Hello

Well first thing is to wish you all a Happy New Year and hope it's an improvement on the last one!

These are my last Christmas cards for this year, lots of mats and layers on the first one and the second one was an embossing folder I've had for ages and not used and I love how it turned out it and may make some more for family next year in different colour ways as this one went over the pond.

Thanks for your visit 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

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.

Thanks for visiting!

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.

Thanks for your visit, I really do appreciate it!

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.

Thanks for visiting x

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.

Thanks for visiting, really do appreciate it x

ATC's

Hello

Happy New Year!

Sharing the last of my ATC's for 2019.

The theme for the first set was weather, so I chose wellies and an umberella.

Coloured with distress inks and some glossy accents added.

The theme for the second set was Christmas, I chose a Christmas Tree.

Distress inks and die cut baubles.

Thanks for popping by!

Christmas

Hello

So these are the last of my Christmas makes, I really enjoyed my MDF makes, the globe was a bit trickery than I thought but I got there in the end.

Lis I hope yours has turned up by the time this goes live?

The cards are the last for 2019 and the stamp used is an old ones and again I can't remember the make.

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.

Thanks for your visit, really do appreicate it!

Atc's

Hello 

These are this months ATC's for the the face book group I'm on.

The theme was In the Garden with a textured background.

So I used paste through a stone wall effect stencil, I die cut some Ivy and stamped and fussy cut the herb pots.

I used  distress inks, Lili of the Valley stamps, Joanna Sheen Ivy die and the butterflies were a gift from a friend.

Thanks for your visit much appreciated x

Girly mode

Hello

I think I've gone all girly mode...lol

This little card was for my old school friend, we like a good boogie!

Spellbinder,HFC, coloured with Prisma Pencils and sorry can't the remember 

then name of the stamp again.

Thanks for visiting I really appreciate it x

Poppies

Hello

Some poppy cards to share today. Had a play with some stamp backgrounds to add some texture.

Bee Crafty Poppy, Lyra Aquacolor Crayons, Inkylicious backgrounds. 

Mat and layered with Christina Griffiths.

Thanks for your visit, lovely to see you!

Niece

Hello All

Sharing the card I made for my niece. 

She has just gone away for her first family holiday with her 15 month old daughter. Told her to make loads of memories and send me lots of photos on the beach.

I had a wonderful surprise last week, I won some fantastic dies by Christina Griffiths, I will share them with you next week.

Spellbinders, Christina Griffiths, Prisma Pencils and sorry I can't remember what make the stamp was.

Thanks for your visit x

Hello my lovelies

Just sharing a little card I made for a crafty friend her for February birthday.

The stamp was a magazine freebie and I've used a selection of dies here, spellbinders, Heartfelt Creations and a new one from Christina Griffiths, it's the 5 x 7 one which gives you your layers for the 5 x 7 card but also a die for the box.

Now I know post peeps will say it's easy to make a box bit I always struggle and I like that it can be made in several designs.

Thanks for visiting x

Christmas

Hello All

Hope you are well?

Thought it about time I shared some Christmas cards. 

Very basic using backing papers, ribbon and Tonic snowman on Kraft card.

As always thanks for your visit.

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