Times gone by......

I have been playing with the crafters companion Times gone by CD.....it has some good "mans stuff "

I used one of the card companions to make this with the addition of some of the stamps from the times flies stamp set....and stamps and dies from the Heartfelt creations Everyday Heroes collection, and the Once upon a time collection....
the second card is made using a bit of paper weaving.....

and the same stamp sets.....
Enjoyed using this CD and still have lots of ideas .......
Hope you are having a crafty day.....enjoy

Christmas card club challenge 9....Mrs A's choice....Stars

I have been busy this week organising my ribbons and putting up new storage....its amazing what you find when you start tidying up!....some lovely LOTV toppers I had forgotten I had and one was perfect for this challenge.......

I made myself a side stepper card and used the crafters companion create a card die ....stars....my scan and cut came in useful for doing all the matting and layering of the shapes and the sentiment...another LOTV stamp.
Hope you are all having a lovely Sunday and please go and have a look at all the lovely christmas cards made by the girls their blog links are on my side bar......
I am entering this in to the Rudolph Day challenge.....

fun with my scan and cut....

I bought these SVG files from myscrapchick they are just so much fun to make!

they are belly boxes...fill up their tummy with sweets....a girl really should not have so much fun in her craft room my  hubby kept telling me to stop giggling!
Hope you are having fun crafting!

Birthday Cards......and not a die in sight!

yes not a die in sight!....

I have used Phil Martins Chic Floral papers....stamped with a music stamp that is so old I don't know who made it.....the stamp is my favourite....Stampede....again really old...the butterfly's are Martha Stewart punches...a few gems and all again from my stash....
the second one is the same design using Heartfelt birds in bloom papers.....

this time I used gold embossing powder on Phil Martin's butterfly and music background stamp....the flower is stamped using the Heartfelt Botanical rose stamp....the background paper is from the heartfelt birds in bloom pad....yes I cut a sheet!....matted onto creative expressions soft gold card....
I hope you are having a lovely weekend and enjoying your crafting.....

playing with dies.....again

I saw a card on Christina's blog....and thought I am sure that I have labels 25....so off to search through my spellbinder dies....recently sorted!...and yes I did have them, so following the tutorial I actually managed to use my die....don't ask...I know I must have had it for at least 2 years...obsession....me....never!

the sentiment is a creative expressions stamp and the flowers and leaves are Heartfelt creations....daisy from the Peacock paisley collection....with the addition of stickles and micro beads for the centre of the flowers.....the lovely soft blue card is from Papermill direct....
Enjoy your crafting.....

Christmas club challenge #8 Rachel's choice ....Vintage

Lizzie let me loose with her heartfelt Christmas card paper collection and I found this image and sentiment that seemed to fit the vintage theme......

I cut the centre out from the image and raised the surround to make a frame....cosmic shimmer sparkles for the baubles on the trees and diamond sprinkles for the snow....holly berry stamp set with the matching die....coloured with distress inks and a touch of glossy accents on the berries....and of course my favourite die set the spellbinders poinsettia...I embossed them first with gold embossing powder using the matching heartfelt stamp set....the sentiment is also from the paper ser and I just grunged it up a bit with distress ink and gave it a curl....
I really enjoyed playing....and I will be popping round all the girls in the club later this evening....to see their lovely creations, their names are are on my side bar....have a look they do some stunning cards and we are all ready for christmas by December.....

A shutter card

I am back to my normal routine now posting Wednesday and Sunday after my Easter flurry of  activity......I am sitting in my craft room listening to America....a bit of nostalgia from my youth.....

made using craftwork cards paper pad cottage garden....fussy cutting the paper to decoupage up the flowers.....
This was fun to make...I hope you are having fun crafting.....

getting ready for Easter

I am planning an Easter egg hunt on Easter Sunday for my Great nieces Isabella and Caitlyn....lets hope the weather improves a bit to hide the eggs in the garden!


I thought I would show you a couple of cards that I cross stitched before my Dear old Mum died....they were for her.....

I do hope you are having a Happy Easter weekend.....

playing.....with my scan and cut

I have just been on the wonderful Bird card site and used one of her fabulous free SGV file to make these little easter cards!

I don't know where I bought the digi stamp from but it was several years ago.....sorry......

I glittered the bows on these  two....
                                             Hope you have a happy Easter

Easter cards.....

just some simple Easter cards made from some toppers I found in my stash.....

thought they were bright and cheery.....
Good Friday my Mum and I would make hot cross buns.....oh happy days......

going for a more masculine look.....

using my Tonic topper dies......

and a little bit of gilding wax....an embosalicious embossing folder ....and the clock faces are a Joy die ....backin time that I bought several years ago and just found again.....its great using stash the stuff you forget you have in your craft room!.....
I have got through the whole of March without buying anything new......
So far......