trick or treat...

we don't get a lot of callers here as we are in a tiny little close of 9 houses and the trend these days seems to be to have Halloween parties either at the school or at friends houses.....I just do a couple of treat boxes for the children over the road....

I made these with the Tonic treat box...Tonic haunted house insert and tonic sentiments....
a bit of fun and chocolate.....
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feeling frustrated.....

I have had a fall and cracked a rib so am on light duties...so card making is restricted to colouring and cutting by hand......still its made me get out some super Hobby Art stamps I have had for years and not inked up yet...I have used inspiration from their pinterest page and made a couple of cards....

the first image is from Christmas Robins and the second from Berries and birds    .......all coloured with copics....
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christmas card club challenge...22....winter wonderland

this weeks challenge was set by Christine

this is a card made using the magic windows slide and reveal set by Angela Poole..yes I got sucked into the selly telly when it was on and bought the set ....so both images are on the one card and the little tabis to slide to the next picture....and I thought both images were just right for the challenge
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an autumnal card for uncle Mark....

my dear old uncle is now very poorly and so I thought this my just cheer him up.....

this is one of the paper Boutique dies which I cut out in cream and then coloured all the individual elements with copic pens... and then use nuvo drops for the berries....the sentiment is a tonic die....
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found my brusho's......

having a tidy up in my room and lo and behold I found my missing brusho's so I have been having a play......

so i spritzed bit of card and did a bit of shaking.....that emerald green goes such lovely shades....when it was dry I embossed the card and added a few die cuts....Sharyn Sowell...holiday...matted and layered...the sentiment is a tonic die....
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having fun...

I have never tried making one of these bow cards before so I thought I would give it a go...so my first attempt after watching several youtube videos....

I have a box of papers I have printed out to test colours and so I thought I would use some of these as a try out....all from pink pettycoat....a few heartfelt die cuts and some pre made flowers.....next time I will remember to distress all the edges before I make it up!.....but not bad for a first attempt...now to make a box to send it in.....
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Robins at christmas

I have to admit that Robins are my favorite bird and I do tend to feature them a lot in my cards....

on this card I have used a paper boutique die ...with nuvo drops for berries and the Robin and backing papers are craftwork cards.....the foliage dies are tattered lace and Tim Holtz....a bit of distress ink and another card made....
I hope you have nearly finished making your christmas cards....I have had so much fun this year...
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Happy Birthday Julie...

I can post this card now that it has been received by my friend Julie in Hay on Wye....she collects Royal Doulton ladies and this just seemed appropriate....

made using the tattered lace Country Manor die Ida (another set I had forgotten I had bought) and a Sue wilson die behind it....the sentiment is from Tonic.....
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christmas card challenge 21....christmas in mono colours......

this weeks challenge is set by Kate...and I hope this fits the bill......

I have used the John next door holly frame....chloe's holly flowers and I have no idea about the sentiment as I have taken it out of the packaging....a few gems from my stash.....
If you would like to see what the other girls have made the links to their blogs are on my side bar...
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out with the embossing folders....

I am still being good and not buying from selly telly....so using some of the stuff in my room is proving interesting...how you forget what you have!....

a crafters companion embossing folder...and the carol singer and lamp post are Tim Holtz...the sentiment is from Tonic.....a bit of gilding wax to enhance the emboss....its such a pretty folder....
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth

I can post this card now that the card has been received...it was my nieces birthday Thursday ..its difficult making a card for a fellow crafter don't you think.......

so I cut into my Graphic 45  .....gilded lily collection and did lots of fussy cutting.....

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Sunday christmas cards.....

I have been keeping up with my makes of at least one christmas card each week.....and having lots of fun.....

this one was inspired by a tutorial on the heartfelt creations blog....I do find that when I am lacking inspiration this is a good way to get me going again.....

made using the gorgeous merry and bright collection.....
I can see me making a few cards out of this ....
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messing with inks...

I have just been playing...creating a background for this lovely Lavinia stamp......

a nice simple birthday card....in gold and green with black matts ....the sentiment is Lawn Fawn...
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having fun in my craft room

this no buying has really made me look at all the stuff I have bought and not used yet.....I am going to continue through October ...yes really I am!

as you will guess I watched Sue Wilson when she was on Hochanda last weekend and as I had already bought most of the stuff I thought I would have a go and make a couple of cards based on the samples on the show...made by Beverley Fuchs a really talented lady over in America that is on Sue's design team...so thank you Beverley for the inspiration to get the embossing folders and dies out and make some cards!
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using up scraps on my desk.....

I had a day making lots of poinsettia for a project and decided that I had better use up the left overs....

so outcame the embossing folder and an LOTV image from one of the art pads......lots of glitter and another card done
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