February Rudolph day challenge...

I love the Rudolph day challenge over at scrappymo's as its always anything goes so long as its christmas......so I thought I would play with my Heartfelt creations sparkling poinsettia collection.....

this incorporates the stamps,dies and paper pad in the collection...just distress inks,viva decor 3d stamp paint....tonic red berry crystal drops....and white aqua tint ink....I do love this collection....
Hope you are having a fun day crafting

those pesky men.......

I really do struggle to make cards for men...at least this one is for a friend who likes to garden....

the images,papers and sentiment are all from the Craftwork cards Pocket full of papers USB...thank you Karen.......I went onto the craftwork cards blog and Neil Burley had done a really helpful blog on how to resize the papers...fantastic saving on ink.....the images are cut out on my scan and cut... after resizing and printing ....brilliant!
Hope you are having a lovely crafty day......

christmas card club challenge 4 Kates choice....Icicles

my card this week was inspired by the photo I took of our porch ...such beautiful icicles

so this is my card

the house die is one of my favorite Marianne dies.....it gets used for every new home card but it is fabulous for Christmas too....the trees are Sue Wilson dies....the fence is Doohickey....the icicles cheery Lynn designs.......the snow is cosmic shimmer Diamond snow on Dovecraft dries white glue....I tried dries clear and it didn't look snowy enough.....the background is white aqua tint splattered onto Kraft card.....my first attempt at this.... and getting the right brush seems to be the key to nice splatt...the sentiment is a really old LOTV stamp embossed with white embossing powder
Kate I Had a ball making this card...thank you for such a fun challenge.....

a quick card......

I needed to make a card for a young girl...a neighbours daughter who is 6...really difficult to know where to pitch the card....

the die cuts are....Spellbinders Heirloom rectangle...several layers in white backed onto blue....cut on my scan and cut....as is the lattice ....the image is a tonic one...fairy wishes..... Cerys...the flowers are all from wild orchid....a bit of glitter,the sentiment is an Anna Griffin from the birthday sentiment set....the wings have been sparkled up with spectum sparkle crystal clear....
hope you are having a love;ly crafty day......

Sunday Christmas Card......

I Have never made a shaker card before so this is my first attempt...I saw John Lockwood on Hochanda doing a demo and thought I can do that!   so this is my attempt......

most of the products used are Sue Wilson...Twinkle Twinkle embossing folder....Silent  Night die....double pierced squares set A& B...a bit of gilding wax on the embossing background and cosmic shimmer iced snow....my first attempt leaked....and the silent night didn't show...so a quick remake with more clears dry glue round the foam tape......and a white shadow for the sentiment....success!
Today will be spent cleaning and ironing bedding as I have visitors arriving tomorrow for a few days, really looking forward to maybe...weather permitting going to Burton Agnes to see the snowdrops....
Hope you are having a good weekend and the weather is being kind.....

a Valentine card.....

I know I am safe posting my card before Sunday as Hubby Never looks at my blog...although it's been difficult making it as bless him he is always popping into my room with lovely cups of coffee.....a real treasure.....

I Have had these house mouse stamps for years and never used them but having seen a design by American girl on pinterest I thought I should....I have used lots of die cuts...tonic...martha stewart edger punches and punches,Sue Wilson embossing folders and a cuttlebug folder,my Zutter bow it all to make the bow.. and had a lot of fun doing some colouring in.....
Hope you are having a day when you can craft and enjoy too......

christmas card club challenge 3..Rachel's choice...texture

so I decided to use texture paste and a stencil.....

I used imaginations craft sparkle medium texture paste...black stars ... and their stencil...winter forest...with just a little bit of black glitter for extra sparkle....the sentiment is from LOTV....matts embossed with Sue Wilsons frosty swirls embossing folder.....and the die cut santa and sleigh is also a Sue Wilson die....
Hope you're having a crafty Sunday....

back on track.....

goodness its wednesday again...where do the days go when you are having fun.....

I saw Emma Lou demo a card when create and craft were over at CHA and yes I bought the Sugar Hollow heartfelt creations collection....so using Emma inspiration I made this little card....
stamps and paper are from this collection and the flowers and leaves are from the birds and bloom collection....lots of glitter and sparkle....
Hope you are having a lovely day today and maybe you are crafting too.....