My Brother in Law's Birthday card

well he is mad on trains so I know I said I wasnt buying any more stamps this year but when I saw this Shenna Douglas set I just thought perfect!

Kept it simple.....stamped with walnut distress ink....background....mustard seed and scattered straw distress ink.....a bit of faux bleaching.....mattedonto softgold and a cream base card....yeh all done.....its a lovely stamp set....a little bit scenic...all aboard....I just love the sentiment stamp...anyway I hope he likes it.

finding old stash....

Just been watching the crafters companion snowman and father christmas release ....I was shure I had bought some of it last year...but no it was the year before! and yes when I finally found the unopened papercrafting kit that came with the CD it was very familiar....so determined as I am to use up stash this year,this is what I made

the backing paper is from the Snowman CD....the snow flake punch is a Martha Stewart circle edge punch....and the decoupage is from the paper kit....the sentiment is a Kanban one coloured up with dusty concord distress ink.....something used up from my stash.....wheeeee

Christmas card club challenge #18 Mary's choice...a cardinal or another christmas bird....

well up untill this week I didnt have a picture or stamps of a cardinal....but the release of the crafters companion Vintage christmas CD came to my rescue ....

I printed the topper 3 times....using the snap shot tool as this is a cd that just will not go into craft artist.....so I layer up the topper and decoupaged the Cardinal and gave him a bit of shine with glossy accents....a few die cuts....and some machine stitching....
Looking forward to going round all your blogs and seeing your lovely creations girls....

Needing inspiration!....

well I havnt posted for some days as I have to admit I have just not had the umph toget going ...so I have been looking at some of my favorite blogs ....and I found a lovely card on Kittiecraft that I though I could do my version of ...mainly because I didnt have all the dies Ellen used but I had something similar.....so my homage to Ellen......

its made using Sue Wilsons Granada background die.....with a spellbinder D-lites die...windows 3 that Ihave had for a couple of years now....and sad to say never used!the flowersare of course my favorite spellbinder poinsettia...the smallest,the folige is memory box holly branch and Martha Stewart fern branch punch.....with lots of teeny red berries punched with my rotating hole punch...Maun industries...the best hole punch in the world!

so here it is in centura pearl and green......

I used the Tattered lace tiny blossoms this time.....
Hope you are having a crafty day....its cool here in North Yorkshire today.....come back summer!

New Shenna Douglas Christmas stamps...

yes I know I said I wasnt going to buy any new stamps but I just had too......

I used the embossalicious snowflake A4 folder for the background inked with walnut stain distress ink.....the images are from the little bit festive...City Christmas just stamped with the same distress ink and the colour pulled out a bit with water....a bit of mustard seed ink round the moon and on the roof top and window a bit of cosmic shimmer iced snow on the roof....matted onto soft gold card...the sentiment is a Kanban one inked with walnut stain again.....fun playing!

little lanterns....

I bought my self these little lantern box dies from tonic and have only just got round to making a few up..they look nice with a tea light in them...an LED one.....

with the light out!......
Hant decorated them up with bows on the handles yet ....

Feeling green.....and white....

one of my favorite memeory box dies from last year and my beloved poinsettia.....with a new memory box die...holly branch...

I love to make my own glitter paper so the white card has been sprayed with stick and spray and covered in cosmic shimmer iced snow glitter....cut out with the memory box merry christmas die and then matted onto green card embossed with the embossalicious Holly folder from last christmas's release....and the berries highlighted with detail sparkle from imaginations crafts....lots of the holly branch die cuts and the little white berries are crystal stickers elements...again bought last christmas....and of course my all time favorite   spellbinders poinsettia...the finished card is 21cm x 15cm..

Christmas card club challenge #17 Lizzie's choice.....not a card

Mummmm......what do I do....okay I have loads of templated lets make something useful....that holds chocolate pennies for the girls...they do love chocolate!

so what did I use....the CD A Winter walk in the countryside.....creative crafting world.....these lovely little gift bags come as a template.....so all Ineeded was glue....some red gems and some green ribbon...
Iam looking forward to seeing all of the rest of your creations girls.....

a cas...well nearly....card

I really never end up making CAS cards as I always get carried away with matting and layering...I wanted to use up a few white bits from a kit I had bought ....

one of those cards you can send to a neighbour that you know just chucks them away after christmas.....you have to have them in your stash!
the kit was a Kanban one.....I know why do we buy them ...impulse!...never do now just got to find ways to use some of it up......

Trying dimensional paste!

so far Ihave been very unsucessfull with this medium and having watched lots of youtube I thought I would give it another go as I had bought lots of masks over the years and sparkle medium....so this is a first attempt so be kind!

its Imaginations crafts gold shine sparkle medium which to be honest I have had for well over a year...but its fine...I did all the masking with tape and it worked fine...I am going to give it another go as I have green,red and diamond to have a go with!

Bebunni....christmas

my lovely neice had treated me to a new CD.....so it would be rude of me wouldnt it!...I can see this is going to be a bit of a favorite this year for the childrens christmas cards......

and I have even done the inside!....

I think most of you will recognise my much loved grand circle spellbinder dies and poinsettia's..the Tonic topper and die cut ....is the pansy set....and the decoupage from the cd.....
I do so love making christmas cards...they are such fun.....

a 40th wedding anniversary card

Dont you just love it when your BH says...." do you have a card sutable for M & S wedding anniversary...and you think well maybe...and then find out its for 40 years...well in my book that deserves one to be made specifically...so onto the internet to check.....40 years Ruby...okay what now.....

its only a bit glittery...and maybe a bit ruby!
crafters companion create a card Romance...adirondack inked through the embossing....matted onto dark red card...the flowers are stamping up flower shop ...  with glossy accents and micro beads in the centres...tattered lace sentiment die and a tiny 40 cut on my scan and cut....trying to be subtle about the number of years...a proud acheivement 40 years together and still laughing!