Gnome

Hello

I hope you are keeping well?

 

A good friend and the mother of one of my nieces was 50 over the weekend, these are what I created.

The first card is from me and hubby, the various stamps were from AI (Art Impression) and creative stamping mag, coloured with Zig Real Colour Brush pens.

The second little card was made for my great niece to give to her nanny, they love to spend time in the garden together (just copied from the mag as I wasn't given a lot of notice), I couldn't resist to add the little 50 in the wellies. Stamps from creative stamping and again coloured with Zig Real colour Brush Pens and the papers were also from the mag.

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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

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..!

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Well Done!

 Hello

 Well I’m glad to say my week didn’t get any worse after the washing fiasco.

 So, we are just preparing the living room to be skimmed, we have been renovating our bungalow for what seems like ages, the living room is the last room that needs any major work doing and the two bedrooms are only cosmetic. Then it will be onto the back garden and I’ve been wondering how do you get on that garden rescue programme…lol

So, my little cards are for my niece and my good friends twin daughters who all passed their exams.

I’ve used Stampin Up Giggles Greetings coloured with Zig Real Colour Brush Pens, with dies and patterned papers.

  

I'm still working on my colouring in of Kelly Hortons Steampunk sisters, I've now done the hair.

As always thanks for your visit, I really do appreicate it!

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!

ATC's

Hello

I'm a bit late with my post as only just got the internet back on.

These ATC's are for a montly swap I in on facebook, Septembers theme was Halloween or Harvest Festival.

I chose

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Friends

Hello All

Sharing a couple of cards for a brother and sister with birthdays in January.

You know I hate male cards especial teens...lol so I had to look on Pinterest for some inspiration and used some SU stamps that have never been used (so bad)

The female was easier just used a Lavinia fairy.

Distress inks and stamps as mentioned above.

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and finally

Hello All

My last Christmas cards, made for brothers and sisters and my very special friend Lis.

I have to say I found the design on pinterest and emailed the lady concerned you can find her here and asked if I could copy her design because I'd fell in love with it 

AND didn't need to buy anything to recreate it which was an added bonus...lol

Stampin Up, gilding flakes, Inkylicious .

 I'd like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and to say thanks for your visits over the last 12 months

Christmas

Hello All

More Christmas cards for you, these are flat for posting.

The snowy scene was created with a circle stencil, used distress inks for the background, the scene was a stamp (not 100% on the make) and coloured with promarkers and lots of glitter.

The large tree was SU and various verses.

Thanks for visiting!

Brushos and Gilding Flakes

Helloooo

Well I had a day off yesterday (instead of my usual Monday).

On Sunday I'd been creating some backgrounds with Brushos and Pixie powders and wanted to see the effect gilding flakes had on it.  

I love my Brushos but find them a little flat so I have 3 pixie powders I use to lift them a little may add some more if I find the colours I want. Or should I try my Mica Powders?

I used French Foliage by SU, the Hello was a free stamp from Creative Stamping and Gilding Flakes, I found using the Honey Doo mixed media glue easier to use, I loved the self cleaning lid!

(Question: Does anyone know where to buy the self cleaning plastic bottles/lids from?)

Silver Gilding Flakes

Gold Gilding Flakes

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

  

Another Flippin Women.....

Hello

I'm really enjoying this weather, spending plenty of time in the garden, it's helped by me dropping my hours at work, I'm now on a 3 day week and I love it!

So my card for today was for my sister, another Flippin women card, my sister loved it. It actually arrived safely in Kos Greece.

Flippin Woman Stamps, SU papers and distress inks

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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.

Friend

Hello 

The weather is still awful, looking out of our window you would think it was November not April......

My card today was for a crafty friend at craft club.

The die is Crafters Companion, the flower stamp was a freebie, the butterflies are Inkylicious and the greeting is a SU stamp.

I apologies if my blog visits are a bit intermittent but I have problems with my laptop and waiting for a replacement.

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

It's a long post (for me)

Hi Everyone 

It's been awhile since I've posted, I just haven't felt much like crafting.

We've had Gypsies in the park at the back of us and the children (I'm being polite here) have caused havoc in our garden.

Long story but please bear with me, fistly they kicked the back fence down completely, the neighbour heard them and called the police. They came round but only checked the house out and made sure the house was secure which it was. 

Tuesday evening Andrew went down the garden and collected the eggs from the girls (chickens), went back up about an hour later and they had stolen two of the chickens. A bit later we actually caught them in the garden and asked them to leave, then I was threatened with having my face smashed in. Phoned the police (101) twice.

Wednesday came and went with no problems, Thursday evening I got home from work (hubby was late home that night) went up the garden to see if everything was ok and collected the eggs

(amazingly the chickens still there) . I got changed and went for a run. Got back an hour later and hubby met me at the door and I could see he wasn't happy, they'd been back and taken the other chickens and the extension on the coop. Phoned the police (101)

Friday hubby gets home and they'd taken the nesting box and the feed and water butts. So another call to the police 101 by this time I'm so bloody angry.

They said they would get someone out to us but I told them I was going to a funeral so I wouldn't be in, ok, we'll get someone to your tomorrow. No One came.

Saturday came and went with no problems but Sunday we had ask them to leave the garden again but all they did was wait a bit and then started throwing apples at the house.

Another call to 101, I said this time I know the police aren't really interested but what are my options here. They eventually got moved on on Monday (haven't gone very far) and the police finally came round on Tuesday morning, I couldn't believe it and told them they were too late, if they'd have come round earlier we may have got the chickens back, we found out later in the week they'd also taken the neighbour's pet rabbit.

 I'm only just starting to relax again

Sorry for such a long post.... shall I share my card with you now, this was for my good friend from school.

As always thanks for your visit, it is much appreciated!

Sister in-law

Hello All

I've forgotten again, the weeks are just running away....

I made this card for my sister-in-law, who likes the odd glass of red wine...lol

It's an art impression stamp and the floor was created with a SU stamp, coloured with Prismas pencils distress inks.

Thanks always for your visit!

Lest we forget

Hello All

Boxes of Poppies!

These have been made a few weeks but I couldn't share, I had to wait till the recipients had received them.

Both have gone to good friends with husbands who were in the services and my way to say thank you for their service.

One travelled all the way to Florida to a penpal the other more local to a work colleague.

Thanks for your visit, much appreciated.

A little bit of inking

Hi all

Hope the weather is being good to you, it's been rather cold here.

I've been playing with inks again and a little resist with some SU stamps.

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

Hi all

Hope you are well?

Today's cards were made with no one particular in mind, I just wanted to try and use some papers that I've had for what seems like ever, they were from Costco a whole load of 12 x 12 and I've not even put a dent in them yet.

The first one I stamped with a SU script stamp to add something extra to the paper, the others I left as they were.

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Butterflies

Hiya

Still naff weather I see, I think we have had our summer but I suppose it let's us craft and the weeds grow...lol

This weeks card has no recipient at the moment, I used Chloe's' Butterfly stamp again, with distress inks and glitter, added some ribbon and a few gems.

As always thanks for your visit......

Hello 

Hope everyone is well, today cards is using Chloe's butterfly stamp again. Stamped on to acetate (again) and this time I used shabby pink embossing enamel. The flowers are delicate aster by Spellbinders and the greeting is Stampin Up.

Not got a recipient for it yet.

As always thanks for your visit.