Happy New Year

well christmas has flown by and here we are on new years eve and I hope you all have a very peaceful and healthy 2018.....

I have finally got back into my craft room after a good 2 week break and its just as messy!....I did bag a couple of bargains in the sales to play with this coming year and can feel my crafty mojo coming back.....

I have used some heartfelt creations stuff that I had completely forgotten I had bought..the winters eve and Festive Holly collections...lots of glitter...coloured with copics....oh and a poinsettia made using the new flower moulds which I am finding very useful as my arthritis makes flower shaping painful these day....especially after making 3 dozen mince pies yesterday...we ran out, and that last scrap of pastry....a treacle tart.
thank you for popping by my blog today and I hope you enjoy your new years eve whatever you do....

wishing you a peaceful christmas

to all my blogger friends 

hubbys birthday card

first time with this die.....

I think I may be using it a lot this year.....he really enjoyed his day,lunch at Bettys in Harrogate and then a trip to a new record shop.....what more could a boy ask for,well yes he demanded fish and chips for his birthday tea.....it takes all sorts....
I hope you are all keeping warm and looking forward to the festive season.....
thanks for popping by my blog today....

my die has arrived!

I have been after this die for ...ever.....it has just been re released by TH and so determined was I that I ordered it from the USA......its still not available here.....

so at last I have my victorian carolers....also the new TH lamppost....which comes with the wreath and bow...the backing paper is a really old TH pad of kraft resist card and this is a music sheet....dry embossed with Sue Wilsons falling snow embossing folder....the flowers are tattered lace and the other embellishments are from TH winter greens set....
I do hope you are all safe and warm and if you have snow that it clears soon....we are snow free here
Thanks for popping by my blog today.

christmas card club challenge 25 Christmas Gifts

the last challenge of this year....where has it gone well I don't know about you but I have had lots of fun creating my christmas cards and getting lots of support and inspiration from the other girls in the club....so my last card for the years challenge

I really liked the silhouette image and the vintage feel I achieved with this card....I used sparkle pens on the parcels...sadly once again the glitter edging on the letters has proved to be a photographic challenge but you get the idea don't you.....
I hope like me the other girls have achieved their target of christmas cards for the year...as that's why we do this..... so we are ahead and all done by December when the pressure comes to us all.....
And come the new year we start again.....
Please pop round the other girls blogs...their links are on my side bar....thank you for popping round to my blog today.

doing a bit of fussy cutting...

a card made using craftwork cards winter forest collection.....so relaxing just doing a bit of cutting out!

a Sunday Christmas card

all my cards done now ....so time just to play

a crafters companion create a card and heartfelt creations poinsettia.....
I hope that you have finished your christmas cards and are ready to write and post.....thats job my hubby does with a bottle of sherry and christmas carols playing ...bless
thanks for popping by my blog today.....

its wednesday.....

I know I dont usually post christmas cards on a wednesday but I am all out of kilter at the moment ...

just playing with embossing folders....sara Davis....die cuts ...Sue Wilson...and just having fun in my craft room....
thanks for popping by my blog today and I hope you too are having fun doing some crafting

christmas card challenge 24... mixed media....

well you all know I dont do messy....but I have had a go....watched a shenna youtube and Mary this is especially for your challenge

the background is sparkle pens washed with water...faux bleaching....and lots of glitter....the sentiment is from Sheena Douglas
Do pop round the other girls blogs and see their lovely creations their links are on my side bar....
I hope you are enjoying your weekend and thank you for popping by my blog.I really appreciate it .

having fun with some new dies...

I have been playing with some of my new Tim Holtz sizzix dies.....

and I was so pleased with this one...I even posted it on the Tim Holtz face book page....it seem to go down well and Tim himself commented "one of my favorite bigz dies ever...absolutely love this card...."well you could have knocked me down with a feather....how kind of him.
I hope you are having fun crafting...and thanks for popping by my blog today.

trying out some texture paste

as you know I am not one for getting messy but in a fit of madness I ordered the Phil Martin set of stencils....so what to do with them ....

okay a very simple card...

then I decided to do another one with a bit of matting and layering...I thought it popped a bit better...
so the experiment goes on....
Hope you are having fun in your craft room and thanks for popping by my blog today...

Sundays christmas card....

I have decided to hoick out all my snowman stamps and stamp and colour them while I am on sofa rest with my leg up....I had a fall and my leg and knees are black turning a wonderful shade of purple....which inspired the colouring of this card.....

this is an old Molly Bloom stamp...shame none of the sparkle show but I do find it difficult to get to photograph well....
I hope you are having a lovely weekend and thank you for dropping by my blog xxx

christmas card club challenge 23...shimmer and sparkle

this week it is Lorraine's choice for the challenge...

my biggest challenge has been to get the glitter and sparkle to show on my photo....
I have used sparkle pens for the colouring...and lots and lots of glitter to look like snow...
I hope you will pop round the other girls blog...their links are on my side bar...and see their lovely creations.....only 2 more challenges left for the year and I Am so please that I have made over 70 christmas cards this year...no need to buy any and a few left for my favorite charity meet the elderly...
thank you for popping by my blog today I really appreciate it .

a couple of keep in touch cards....

I have some old friends that I like to send the occasional how are you card too so I have been making a couple from Hot of the press kit I must have bought 10 years ago and forgotten....

 a couple of bright cheerful cards.....

thanks for popping by my blog today I really appreciate your visit.....

a christening card

We were invited down to a christening last weekend and this is the card I made...I knew that the cake was going to be sheep shaped so I thought I would go along with the theme....

as you can see his name was George...bless he was the most serene baby ever and only gurgled with laughter as his head was dipped in the font....
A bit of a fun card.....
Hope you are having a great day today whatever you are doing and thank you for popping by my blog.

a sunday christmas card

doing a bit of experimenting this week...just playing and seeing what happens...

I have used Sheena Douglas's christmas lights embossing folder and dies for the lights and the sentiment...gilding wax and stickles for the sparkle......
Hope you are having a happy weekend and enjoying your crafting ....thanks for popping by my blog today I really appreciate it .

a quick christmas card today

Imade this card for this months rudolph day but we were away and out of wifi reach so sadly I didnt get it entered....never mind

a fun christmas stocking....spellbinders die....the merry christmas embossing folder is from craftstash....
We had a fabulous weekend away down in Hay at a family christening..such lovely occasions,even if I did forget to take the christening card I made down with me...senior moment.....
thanks for popping by my blog today ...its lovely to see you...

Christmas card club challenge 22...Sentiment as the focal point

this week it is Sylvie's choice of theme for the challenge.....and inspired by a card made by Sandy Hendle.....

made in cream and gold.....with Impression obsession stitched holly and a crafters companion sentiment die....I think,I take them out of the packets and put them on magnetic sheets and I am afraid the packaging gets tossed....the embossing folder is Sue Wilsons Swirling Holly rubbed over with enchanted gold gilding wax....
Hope you are enjoying your weekend ...do pop round the other girls blogs and see their lovely cards....the links are on my sidebar.
thanks for popping by my blog today...

I have needed too many of these cards this year....

the dreaded sympathy card.........made using Anna Griffin dies for the first two cards and tonic for the last one....

 and a bit of Hickory smoke distress ink....

this one has dusty concord distress ink as well as the hickory smoke distress ink.....

falling snow....men

I really needed to cheer myself up this week after more sad news,our dear friend of 54 years was diagnosed with cancer two weeks ago, two days before his 40th wedding anniversary....the prognosis was very poor and on Tuesday this week he sadly but mercifully passed away ...so I took myself off to my craft room and made this card....its bound to make you smile......

I finally took the cellophane off the oxides and made one of those messy backgrounds.....sprinkled it with stampendous chunky embossing powder ...heated from behind and was quite pleased with the result...the stamps are snowman trio from stampendous ...colored with sparkle pens..I thought they were great fun when I saw them and despite my pledge not to buy anything in october gave in to these little beauties....
Its a really horrible wet and windy day here in Yorkshire and the heating is on and I am going to craft!
I hope you are all well out there and not affected too much by storm Brian....thanks for popping by today I really appreciate it ....

a quick card.....

I bought these new overlays for the crafters companion kinetic cards so I thought I had better have a play with them....

they are much easier to cut than the old create a card dies....the image is from Katy Sue designs greyscale christmas collection...
having a day getting all the ingredients ready for my 3rd and last christmas cake...which I make for my brother and his wife....the house is going to smell wonderful....
I hope you are having a great day today and like here the sun is shinning for you
thanks for popping by my blog.

Christmas card club challenge #21....non traditional colours

this week it is Carols turn to choose the theme for the challenge.....which is non traditional colours....and this week I have made 2 cards

I have been having fun with my Penny Black snowy stamps.....and sparkle pens...and lots of glitter...
and then.....some decoupage

using up all my old stuff.....this is Dawn Bibby Merry christmas from 2011....love the bright colours....so two card in non traditional colours...
Hope you like them they have been fun to make.
Do pop round the other girls blogs and see there lovely cards...their links are on my side bar...
thanks for popping by today and enjoy the rest of the weekend.

with love...

just a little card to cheer a friend up.
hope you are having a lovely day today and thanks for popping by my blog.....

the last of my Halloween makes...

I found a couple of freebie papers from Bearly mine designs that I Had downloaded and they were just perfect for my card....

its the most amazing image for backing paper...sadly I dont think that the firm exists anymore she had to close because of the new VAT rules...a great shame as she did some fabulous papers...many of which I purchased as digi sets and often use...
the paper only needed a couple of die cut additions ...Tim Holtz Witchcraft...and Fright...the bats and treat boxes are Tonic...
I am finished now ...I think....
hope you are enjoying your day and thankyou for popping by my blog today...

a Sunday Christmas Card

I really have fallen in love with this die...I have previously made it in red and white but had a few bits of printed blue paper from another project so made this up....

the die cut is tattered lace glistening snow from the Wonderful in White collection...the papers are from the cd....the poinsettia are also from the same collection and the sentiment is Marianne designs...I cant claim the design as I saw a similar design on pinterest but this is my take on it....
I hope you are having a great day...and thank you for popping by my blog...

More Halloween Makes...

the second set I have made are not scary....the children these are for are only 4 and 5 so I thought these would be perfect....with chocolate of course

the cards are made using the Tim Holtz Pumpkinhead stamps...spiders web die and the spiders are tonic...
and the treat boxes I cut on my scan and cut

I hope they aren't too scary...anyway they will be more interested in the chocolates...
I hope you are enjoying your day today and thank you for stopping by my blog....

sending love and best wishes...

to a friend who is not so well....

made using the tattered lace Blue Hydrangea die set...
I hope it cheers her up a bit ...and I hope you are having a good day today...thanks for popping by my blog today.

starting my Halloween makes

I dont really do Halloween but I like to make things for my great nieces...the children across the road and this year we will be with friends in Hay for Halloween so a couple more children to do treat boxes for....
this is the first set....

the card is one cut on my scan and cut ...with Tim Holtz Haunted house and the cats from the witchcraft die set....spiders and sentiments are from Tonic
and then the matching treat boxes

these are made using the tonic halloween treat box die set...
Its a beautiful sunny day here but very windy so I started the day off baking muffins to use up some rather ripe bananas...the house smells lovely...hope you are enjoying your day whatever you are doing.....
thanks for popping by my blog today I would love it if you would say hello....

christmas card club challenge 20...make it round...

its Valery's turn to choose the challenge this week......

and I thought I would make a fun.shaker card with Pickle and Podge images from La Pashe the best of 2012..
I do enjoy making shaker cards and I have used the Annamarie snow foam balls for the snow...the sentiment is a tonic die.....
I hope you will pop round the other girls blogs...their links areon my side bar and see their lovely creations....thanks for popping by my blog today and I hope you enjoy your Sunday.

September Rudolph day challenge

its time for scrappymo's Rudoph day challenge...do pop over to her blog and have a look....
here is my card for the challenge

bought this memory box die some years ago...and you know what it is like....forgot all about it...found it while having a bit of a clear out and thought I would use it today....the deer are also memory box...
I have covered the trees in glitter and the card is really sparkly....
thanks for popping by my blog today I would love it if you would say hi so I can come and visit you too.....

a sunday christmas card

well I am back from my trip to Scotland and my Aunts funeral..which went off as well as these things can...we were blessed with a wonderful sunny day which helped ....our journey back was not so good taking 11 hours....oh my goodness so many road works....still home now and rested a couple of days..
I need to craft....

using my favorite LOTV image....the die is Amy designs wintertide...and the sentiment tattered lace...the paper is from the new digi download from LOTV which I took into my craft studio and played about with to get a colour match to the topper....
thanks for popping by my blog today and I hope you are having fun crafting

christmas club challenge 19...penguins and glitter

this weeks challenge is set by Kate....

I have used a mixture of tonic and Marianne design penguins...trees and sentiment and the backing paper is LOTV...
Please pop round the other girls blogs to see their lovely creations...the links are all on my side bar
and thank you for popping by my blog today I hope you are enjoying your Sunday.

using up stash

I am feeling guilty  for buying lots of new stash lately so I'm making myself use some of my old stuff up.....

I must say I enjoyed making these Kokeshi dolls into cards...they are from craft style...I bought them last year from C&C and made one card for a birthday and promptly forgot them....so now  I've made another 3 up...the last one is floating on acetate....so half way through the collection....
I hope your day is good and you are able to do a bit of crafting....and thank you for popping by my blog today.

some new dies...

I just could not resist buying these when C&C reduced the price!

I do love these Sharyn Sowell dies ....I used the inspiration on the package for the design but shadowed all the images with red to make them pop...and yes...I have bought more whenever they are reduced.....
I hope you are enjoying your day today and thank you for popping by my blog today....

A Sunday Christmas card.....

one of my favorite LOTV images.....

stamped and coloured with copics...the circle die is a tattered lace one and the sentiment Marianne designs...Lotv paper....
Hope you are having a great day and thanks for visiting my blog today.

a first birthday card....

our newest addition to the family was one this week....how the time flies....

I Love these tonic buildables...this one is Betty Bunny and the embossing folder is an apple blossom one....thought they were fun ...
We're Back from our few days away and feel refreshed and rested...my trousers are a bit tight so yes I did eat lots of lovely welsh food....the weather was good in parts but that's to be expected at this time of the year.I hope you are having a good day today and enjoying some crafting.....thanks for popping by.

christmas card club challenge 18....Magical,mystical...

this weeks challenge is set by Rachel.....and after wondering wether to do fairies....I decided on this lovely image from Josephine Wall....

I think it fits the bill for mystical and magical......
I hope you are having a great weekend ...I am down in Hay on Wye visiting friends...being spoilt rotten and no doubt gaining weight every meal!.....
Please pop round the other ladies blogs (links on my side bar) and see their lovely creations.
Thanks for popping by my blog today...please say hello if you have the time xxx

this weeks card for Aunty.....

I dont show every card I make for Aunty but I so enjoyed making this one....

this is an Apple Blossom embossing folder and I Treated myself to the wavy sentiments and the die that matches most of the embossing folders....the rose is another left over from a batch of heartfelt creation classic rose stamps and dies that I made up for a card some time ago...and like most crafters I hate to waste....Aunty is doing well at the moment and we are heading up to see her again in October...before the weather gets too bad in Scotland.
thanks for visiting my blog today  and I hope you are having fun crafting.

August Rudolph day challenge....

gosh how this month has flown by.....and its time for scrappymo's Rudolph day challenge....
I do love making a card for this challenge...

I have been having fun decoupaging this lovely fun image from Pickles and podge...best of Lapashe 2012 cd...lots of glittery snow
thanks for popping by my blog today.....

its very wet here....

we have just had the most amazing thunder storm...lightning..and the news has just said 3 weeks rain in one hour...and yes we were out in it going over to my nieces house to water her garden....the roads were flooded and closed off in some parts of York....but we got home eventually.
I have been playing with my tattered lace wonderful in white collection...

loving this bauble die....just a bit of matting and layering...Sue Wilson embossing folder and some ribbon....
Hope you are having fun crafting today,and thank you for popping by my blog.