Fabulous Chick

 

Hello

What a gorgeous weekend we had, in fact it was far too hot on Sunday, so I watched England ( I always find this stressful) play Croatia.

 

I have a big hole in the garden…lol we didn’t expect to get as far as we did and hubby hadn’t ordered the pond lining and now that’s going to be 5-7 working days which is a pain so if it rains, I want it just over the flower bed!

 

My little card today was for a WW friend, the stamps are AI (Art Impression) coloured with Zig Clean colour Real Brush pens.

Thanks for your visit, it's really appreciated!

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!

 

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!

 

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!

Flippin Woman

Hello

Still no news from work, so I'm still furloughed, I won't want to go back I can tell you!

Sharing a fun card I made for a good friend.

I've used the Flippin Woman range of rubber stamps, coloured with Zig Clean Colour Real brush pens.

I built a scene on the inside like she is sitting in the kitchen with the window behind her eating cake,

 I mean who doesn't!

And on to my doodles that I've been doing with Barbara.

As always thanks for your visit, much appreicated!

65th

Hello All

I hope your're hanging in there, when I go out for shopping which is once a week, I can't wait to get back home. I could turn into a hermit at this rate.....

So my card today was for my big sister, I never thought I would have an OAP as a sister...lol

I used a Daisy B stamp coloured with distress inks, the background was created with a stencil.

I'd aslo like to share some doodles that I've been doing with Barbara Gray after I saw
  Jackie's  blog I'm really enjoying them. I was a bit late to the show, so I decided to start at the very beginning ( there is a song like that!)

Here are my first three, who'd of thought I could draw birdies...

My  hubby was impressed!

Daisy B

Hello

Sharing another Daisy B card this one was for my sister in law, who alsways looks immaculate and would look good in a black bag...lol

Stamped and coloured with distress inks, inked through a stencil for the background and the sentiment was a freebie from a mag.

I would greatly appreicate some recommendations on printers, really need a new one!

Thanks for visiting, really do appreciat it x

Rock & Roll

Hello

I made this card for my nephew back in December, just copied from a mag.

Stamps and distress inks and stencils.

Thanks for your visit x

50th

Hello

My good friend Julie was the big 50 last week, I had bought some new stamps at the NEC in november and made her card with one of them. I've made a batch of these because I loved the stamps so I will share the others at a later date.

The stamp is Daisy B, I coloured her with Distress inks and mounted her for dimention, then the same ink stenciled for the background and a matching inner.

Thanks for your visit!

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!

Remember

Hello

These were the cards I made for Rememberance Sunday. 

One went over the pond to a dear friend.

I used some Altnew Poppy stamps that came free with a mag, I've seen some gorgeous cards made with Altnew Stamps but I find them a pain in the rear too much faffing for me. 

I've tried several times with different stamps and thought the Poppies might make a difference as I love Poppies but it didn't.

They came with a stencil as well and that was even worse, the second card I had about 3 attempts

because each section is a seperate piece and I kept getting ink where I didnt want it, so I won'e be using that again...lol

Well that's my little moan for day.

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Thanks for your visit, Much appreicated x

ATC's

Hello

            Where has the week gone, I missed my weekly blog, I think it because I'm working full         time for the next 3 weeks to cover holidays and it's only week one and I'm all over the place...lol

Anyway on to my post, these are some ATC's for a Facebook swap I'm in.

The theme for these was cosmo and it was colour themed. 

I used my distress inks and stamps by Inkylicious.

The theme for this one was Grungy Summer or the letter J.

 I went for the letter J and did Jelly fish because I just don't get Grunge at all.......rofl

There were 4 all basically the same but I forgot to take a photo and this is no 4 which

 is the one I keep.

I used distress inks, a stencil and the Jelly fish were hand drawn, 

as you can probably tell  :)

The theme here was time, so I went for  "Time for Change" and I used butterflies to represent change.

Distress Oxide, Inkylicious and I printed some free clip art for the caterpillar 

As always thanks for the visit I really do appreciate it!

ATC's

Hello

I've been off work for the last 2 weeks and have lost track of the days, so here is this weeks offering.

More ATC's made for a Facebook group. 

The theme was from the body, good job I have some lovely crafty friends because I had to borrow again.

Distress inks, stencils, Pink Ink stamp (borrowed), Indigo Blu.

Thanks for visiting!

Sister

Hello All

Sharing another fun card I made for my sister.

Free stamps and stencil, coloured with Prisma Pencils and distress inked background. 

Thanks for your visit, it's much appreciated.

ATC's

Hello

Sharing some more ATC's, the theme for these was one colour. So as you can see I made 4 in different colours.

The stamps and words (which were very small word stamps) were free with a mag and the backgrounds were created with stencils and distress inks

Thanks for your visit, really do appreciate it x

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.

Thanks for visiting!

Reach for the Moon

Hi All

This weather is gorgeous as long as I'm not at work.... lol

This little card was for my niece, she has just started her first job. She did a bit of travelling after uni finished but has now joined the real the world...lol 

Love her to bits!

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

Birthday

Hi All

Another card using the Presscut and Spellbinder dies, woodware stamps, stencils and inks.

This was for a work colleague and it was just a copy of the card that 

Maxine from maximumcrafts did to demonstrate the die.

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Hydrangea

Hello All

Hope you're enjoying the rain! Monday was beautiful here, which made up for the rain all day Sunday.

While out shopping on Friday I brought Simply cards and Papercraft, been umming and ahhing whether to buy it for a week because I tend to buy and never use the freebies but so glad I did.

I had a lovely day playing Sunday, well I couldn't do anything else with all that rain...lol and there are a few more to come!

I've been admiring the die on the second card for a while, as I keep seeing Janice make some gorgeous cards, which you can see an example here, so thanks Janice for helping me spend my pennies...lol

I used my trustee distress inks and prisma pencils on the butterflies.

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