Rudolph day challenge April 2016

time for this months challenge over at scrappymo's.....

I saw a card made by Sue Wilson when her christmas collection came out last year....not having any of the ingredients except the silent night die I did some searching through my stash, printed off some music paper from the internet.....used a heartfelt creation die and stamp and this is my version....
Do pop over to scrappymo's .......and how about joining in...there are always great prizes....

Jazz it up

I decided to play with the goodies bought at Ally Pally....and after watching a show featuring visible image stamps on C&C I got inspired!

see I Can do messy!...the stamps are all visible image and the colours are the imagination craft sprays I bought ,applied with the tim holtz round blender tool....that was fun.....
I Hope you are having a good weekend and the weather is kind....

an Anniversary card

lucky I had one as my neighbour came in for one for next week a couples 70th ......

made using the tattered lace melded church die....cut out 3 times and decoupaged up.....
I am up in Scotland this week visiting my dear old Aunt who has had to move into a nursing home after her stroke...she is loving it!....
hope you are enjoying a crafty day......

christmas card club challenge 8.....Red berries

thank you Valery I so enjoyed making my card for this challenge.....

I used a tattered lace die...Holly Branch cut out from sheena stamping card and coloured with copics...a touch of glossy accents on those Red Berries ....the embossing folder is the crafters companion texture folder "snow"...the sentiment is Justrite grand christmas sentiments....and made  a red bow from recycled ribbon from a parcel.....
Please pop round the other girls blogs...there links are on my side bar...and see their lovely creations....

Ally Pally

I had a great time on saturday meeting up with Liz and her daughter and Ann who haven't seen for 3 years....lovely to catch up over coffee.....I really enjoyed the demos and chatting to the wonderful crafting ladies.....
so did I buy..... much,not really

as you can see I was very restrained.....I had mainly gone to see the stuff in action before I bought...I had great fun at the Imaginations craft stall and Sue was so helpful with advice about sparkle medium.....the only downside to the show is the length if all the queue's .....I loose the will to buy when it takes 20 minutes to get to the till!......still I got all I went for and had great fun
Hope your day is going well and that you too are crafting today.....a big hug to you all....

a sympathy card...

I Know these are the cards we don't want to have to make or send but I know how appreciated a handmade card is at a time of sorrow...just to know someone is thinking about you....

I have used the spellbinders heirloom oval to create an easel card with centura pearl .the sentiment is a Tonic die,the flowers are from my stash and will have come from Wild Orchid crafts....
As this goes live I will be heading back home from my visit to Harrow to stay with friends...oh an go to Ally Pally!...oh no you groan...not more crafty stash.......

doing some water colouring......

a bit of move out of my comfort zone...I have been following Mimi A le Carte on facebook and  she some amazing work on the penny black design team..... I was lucky enough to win one of her beautiful cards....so  I thought I have some AlteNew stamps ...so here is my attempt...

and my second

I think I maybe hooked!....it was so relaxing and fun...I did end up with ink all over...and my hands...well....
I am going to Ally Pally this weekend so heaven knows what I will come home with!
hope you are having a lovely crafty day.....

a baby card.....

just getting into the swing of making a few ready for August ...doing boy ones first....

the backing papers are from a DWCV pad Nana's nursery bought a good 10 years ago...the lovely aqua card is from papermill direct....the dies are tonic and the heart edge is a Martha Stewart punch..Nuvo drops for the eyes ...
Hope you are having a fun day crafting.....

christmas card club challenge 7 use a stencil.....

I have used a stencil I bought some time back...but always forget about them so thank you Carol for challenging me to use one....

I have used the Imaginations crafts sparkle medium through the stencil...the poinsettia have been 3d with the small spellbinder dies cut out of card and covered in the same sparkle medium...the embossing folder is a crafters companion one again from some years ago....
Hope you are having a lovely crafty Sunday......