New Sue Wilson dies

thank you for popping over to my blog ......and yes I have been a naughty girl and bought a few of the new Sue Wilson dies.....well a girl has to cheer herself  up .........

this is the Greek Island background die...trailing ivy die...heartfelt creations Delicate Asters die...LOTV sentiment tags....distress inks and a bit of matting and layering with coordinations card...I did enjoyed playing .....hope you are having a lovely time crafting!

Playing with tonic and Heartfelt dies

Lizzie has made ma feel guilty!....I have had these heartfelt stamps and dies for simply ages...so shamed I got out my tonic dies to make a card......

I have used the framed sentiment if friends were flowers die...and the Arianna Blooms stamps and die...the leaves are heartfelt classic leaf...I have used mustard seed,dusty concord,shabby shutters and pealed paint distress inks and some glitter glue for the centre of the flowers....
I enjoyed playing!

A crafter's companion create a card die....

this another of the dies I bought from the last release...determined to get using all my dies and stamps......

I have cut the die out once in cream and once in brown and just shadowed the two slightly and matted them onto a 7" soft gold card...a few brown PVA glue dots and that's it another man card done.....

Christmas card club challenge #4....Mary's choice snowy trees.....

Another of my unstamped oldies ......

the tree is a 2012 Jane Nesterenko stamp....I do find some stuff when i go through my draws!...I have glittered it up with cosmic shimmer iced snow,the paper and the images are from the adorable 's cd..that goes with the stamps....and I have done a bit of decoupage....Martha Stewart snowflakes and the tiny greeting is a whimsey stamp one from the Holiday postage stamp set.....mirri and distress inks and glossy accents from my stash.....

Hope you are all having a lovely weekend and i will be going round all your blogs to see your lovely creations later.....

a birthday card

I thought this image may evoke some memories for my cousin John who has lived in New Zealand for the last 40 odd years....memories of train spotting at York station.....

the stamp is Sheena Douglas all aboard...coloured with spectrum noir pencils.....
keeping it simple......

using an old stamp!

I found this stamp in my draw...unloved and not used so I am keeping my New Years resolution to try and stamp up all the stamps I have bought before buying new ones.....let's see how long that last.....

the stamp is called snow bird by Stampendous...coloured with spectrum noir pencils....the background stamp is also by Stampendous....cling Christmas background....this is the first time I have used the Pebeo drawing gum to mask off the bird stamp and I was so pleased with the ease of use!.....
the branches are the new Heartfelt creations birds and blooms branch stamp and die set that my lovely niece Lizzie bought me for my birthday....the white snow is the white aqua tint from the essentials set....the embossing folder is snowflakes ...crafters companion..... a few holly berries from my stash......
Hope you are having a crafty weekend....I have visitors so out and about if the weather stays good.....

A butterfly card......

this is one of the crafter's companion create a card dies.....

I cut the butterfly out twice and did a bit of inking and glittering and layered it up to give a bit of dimension....sorry about the rubbish photo I an struggling with the lighting.....
Havn't added a sentiment yet as this could be one of those cards that could be used for lots of different occasions....

Christmas card club challenge #3 Lorraine's choice....Jolly Santa...Ho Ho Ho.....

I am still resolved to try to use up existing stash.....and so when this challenge came up I thought of a kit I bought a couple of years ago.....Crafter's companion Father Christmas....

I have used one of the toppers....the embossing folders are star of wonder...crafters companion and a spellbinder tiny dots....the ivy die is a Sue Wilson one...sentiment so old no packaging is left!....this is my first attempt at bow making with my new Zutter bow it all.....the instructions are rubbish.but thankfully plenty of info on youtube............................

Looking forward to going round all the girls in the club this evening and seeing their lovely card,their names are on my side bar please go and have a look..............................................................................