happy Birthday Richard

it was my husbands birthday the same day as the wedding....bless the bride and groom they had a cake made for him and all sang him happy birthday in english and portuguese....he took over 300 photos for them thank goodness for digital photography all he had to do was copy them onto a USB.....
this is the card I made for him....

all decoupaged up....
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A sunday Christmas card....

going through my files of photos I realise I have lots that I haven't posted.....

so from now till Christmas I am going to do some posts...
made using MFT coco Mugs.die....Heartfelt creations mittens....Tim Holtz lightly baked gingerbread man and a snowflake punch I have had since I first started crafting.....
Hope all your cards are finished and posted.....

going to the wedding....

we are off on our way to Wales and our friends wedding....I made a card and box for it to go in....

lots of glitter.....
we are keeping our fingers crossed for the weather and taking lots of warm clothes...
thanks for popping by today hope your Christmas preparations are going well.......

challenge 25...Humor...

the last challenge this year and Rachels choice......

well I hope you are all finished making your card......ready to post and then get ahead with all that christmas wrapping...we are going away for the very first time this year so all our cards are posted,presents wrapped and decoration up and ready for a wedding this coming week and then off ......
I hope you all have a very happy peaceful and healthy christmas and all joy for the new year.

only 24 days to Christmas

I hope you are nearly ready...all your cards done?...my husband is just sitting down to start writing the cards...accompanied by a bottle of sherry,mince pies and carols.....

this card is made using tattered lace dies...the poinsettia is from last year and the baubles from this.....
nice to be able to mix them up.....
a beautiful day here today and such a joy after all the rain...hope you are having a great Sunday .....

christmas card club challenge 24....forest scene

this weeks theme is chosen by Kate and my card is a bit of a loose interpretation...well the car is driving through the forest and snow....

there really is lots of glitter!
please pop round the other girls blogs and see their cards...the links are on my sidebar...
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Red and White candy cane.....

just fancied making an A6 card in red and white....

the background die is called candy cane from Altenew...I have paper pieced in the white layer....the poinsettia is from John Next Door and the white foliage id Tim Holtz wintergreens.....the sentiment is a Sue Wilson die....
It has been another busy week,having the chimney swept,buying a new PC monitor,visiting my brother and his wife and going round a lovely garden centre at Wentworth Woodhouse after lunch looking at the christmas decorations....shame it is so bitterly cold but at least we can use the fire again.
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oldies but goodies.....

I was rummaging through some old cd's and found this one from the card hut....Fabulous Christmas by the house of Zandra.....so out it came and a decoupage card made......

my trusty scan and cut did all the hard work of cutting out the layers for me....lots of glitter and 3d snow.....
this company seems to have sold the right to their art work to Dolly Dimples who are charging stupid money for the stamps ect.....caught a glimpse of a program on Hochanda and went HOW MUCH!....
Hope you are having a lovely day today...its dry here and I am busy making a wedding card and box....
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back to Christmas.....

just lots of fun crafting.....

again using tattered lace ..over the mantle collection...I really am having fun with this collection...
thanks for popping by my blog today...hope you are having fun crafting

a quick anniversary card.....

just when you think you have one in your stash and no the last one has gone....

I used a tattered lace die and charisma .....Sundance...nice and bright and cheerful...a Sue Wilson sentiment and job done...
lets hope the weather stays dry.......thanks for popping by my blog today

challenge 23 Anything goes

this week it is Zoe's turn to choose the challenge theme.....

you will recognise the images Zoe....I really do use the stuff I buy......this was one of my favorite  stamping Up collections  from last year.....the merry christmas is a really old Memory Box die and the snowy background is a Sue Wilson embossing folder..................................................................

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thanks for dropping by my blog today I really appreciate the visit.

a fun new die to play with....

I treated myself to Tim Holtz snowman..another of these colourise type of dies but once I had made the first one as a test  I found the second much easier.....

I mixed him up with the crafters companion edger Merry die and a Sue Wilson sentiment....the trees are also Tim Holtz....yes I will use him again it was really good fun....
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having fun in my craft room.....

this is me cheering myself up....I saw a picture of these little box cards on Pinterest and thought I want to have a go at making them...several youtubes later and several tries I finally managed to make them.....

once I had got the hang of it I really enjoyed making them...the boxes take 2 Lint chocs and I thought they would be great as a change from crackers....
Thank you for poppingby my blogtoday and I hope you are having fun with your crafting.

this weeks Christmas card...

well just when I thought things were getting better....my tooth broke off...still if that's all I have to worry about......I have managed a bit of crafting and found it very relaxing....

a star easel card made using the tattered lace Starry night die and charisma...the poinsettia are heartfelt creations.....
I hope you are enjoying your weekend and thank you for popping by my blog today....

Happy Halloween

What a week I have had...my Instagram account hacked by some very nasty people...Why I ask myself but there we are it took nearly a whole day to get the account closed....the fridge went on the blink and just as my weekend visitors arrived my oven stopped getting hot...oh joy....well at least I have had my 3 disasters.....
I did get time to make a couple of Halloween candy containers for the kids over the road....

they were very relaxing to make using the Tonic die set.....
I hope to be back to normal next week and I am sorry that I Haven't been round all your blogs this week, it really has been a horrid one......

christmas card club challenge 22....penguins or Polar Bears

this week itis Shaz who has chosen the theme..I decided on the polar bear.....

using a very old set of stamps from Inkydoodles....
please visit the other girls in the club and see their lovely creations...the links to their blogs are over on my side bar...
Thanks for visiting today....

this weeks christmas card

I really haven't been well this last week,an ear infection and my arthritis has kicked off big time with all the damp weather so its been a really slow week for crafting....

this card is made using John Next Doors  Sams Star die...some backing paper from my stash...and last years 3D poinsettia from Tattered Lace....lots and lots of glitter behind the die cuts....a really pretty christmas card....
I hope you are having fun doing some crafting today and thanks for popping by my blog...

making Halloween cards....

this year everyone is getting the same card design ......

the background paper is from a tattered lace CD Haunted House....the witch and cat are both Tim Holtz dies and the cauldron is from Tonic.....just the sweetie boxes to make now,only 3 to make this year..........
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christmas card club challenge 21....Nativity

this weeks theme is set by Rita.....

I have got out my crafters companion create a card for this one...a real good old standby....the sentiment is from tonic....
Please pop round the other girls blogs and see their beautiful creations...the links to their blogs are on my side bar.....
Thanks for popping by today and Ihope you are having a lovely day......

making boxes...

its my friends birthday on Saturday and I needed a smallish box for the napkin rings I have bought for her ......

I really had lots of fun making these using the simply made dies....so easy...the flower is the Tim Holtz poinsettia but I think it works great for any type of flower in different papers....
just back from my away weekend ...we were so lucky with the weather again although the heating has gone on now we are home and the next weight duvet ......
and back to a bit of crafting.....
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this weeks christmas card....

I am just about done with my christmas cards now....It has been a fun year with lots of new stuff to craft with....

I think my favorite is definitely the tattered lace over the mantle collection ....I have had so much fun making all the different cards with it....I know it takes ages to make all the individual 3D elements but when it comes to putting them on a card they really are great....
I am away again for a few days Richard had booked to go to a couple of music concerts so we thought we would make a weekend of it and get spoilt.....
Thanks for popping by today I hope you're having a lovely weekend.......

happy birthday in pink....

one of my friend loves pink......so for her birthday you guessed it a pink card....

out with my favorite Sue Wilson die Ivy Garden...the base pink mat is cuton my scan and cut using a Tattered Lace USB and the sentiment is a creative expressions die...Lisa Horton I think...
its been a nightmare week this week...the dishwasher didn't work and we have had the man back twice...at last today they listened to what we were saying and now its working...whee....
The rain has been pretty awful and the river has topped its banks a couple of roads have been flooded...and our back garden just became a pond....ah well the sun is shining today so all is well with the world again.....
Thanks for popping by my blog your visit is much appreciated....

christmas card club challenge 20...icicles

it is Lorraine's choice of theme this week.....and I knew straight away what I wanted to make.....

this lovely candy cane cottage from Heartfelt creations...I just love the icicles falling down from the eves and the tops of the window....lots of glitter ....
Please pop round all the other girls blogs and see their gorgeous creations...the links are on my sidebar....
Thank you visiting today...I really appreciate it...

purple christmas....

there are a few folk that I always try to send a card that matches their decor...you know who you are.....

made with paper and element from the tattered lace over the mantle collection.....it willmatch perfectly....
Thank you for visiting my blog today...we are at last getting our new dishwasher delivered and installed today....fingers crossed its the right one this time....

christmas tags.....

I have made a few and a matching card.....

and the negative bits

made using the tattered lace Seasonal gift set of dies....lots of glossy accents....
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a monochrome christmas card.....

another gorgeous image from Fay's studio

such a shame all the sparkle doesn't show....
I was wondering why my post didnt go live this morning at 7am...silly me had forgotten to schedule it...mind you I have been doing some daft stuff since returning from holiday.....
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home from our holidays.....

and what a glorious time we have had...on the whole the weather has been glorious and warm only 1 day of rain in the whole time...and now back to the washing....oh and a bit of crafting......

a bit of fun christmas card making using the craft consortium Snome time collection....3D decoupage...and lots and lots of glitter.....
The snowflake frame is one of last years paper boutique frames and the sentiment is a tonic die....
going tobe a bit slow getting back into the swing of things at home but I have missed my crafting...
Thanks for popping by today and I hope you are enjoying your weekend.

Mr Robin.......

I just love the Robins that visit my garden they are so cheeky...they come and sit on the back step and just about tap on the window when their food bowl is empty...we have had 2 successful broods this year and its been such a joy watching them all ....so my christmas card was inspired by them....

the card is made using the tattered lace large Robin.....all decoupaged up for some added dimension...
as this card goes live we will be coming towards the end of our holidays and heading home over the weekend...depending on the weather....
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a birthdaycard

I am still away on my holidays in Wales and there is no internet at the cottage so all my post for this week will be scheduled.....unless I go to the OK Diner and indulge in all day breakfast....what a good excuse!

I just loved this Sunflower stamp and die set from Julie Hickey and thought it went well with the paper boutique Bee Happy frame set....the papers are heartfelt creations.
I hope you are having a lovely day what ever you are doing today and thank you for visiting my blog.

christmas card club challenge 19.....

as I leave for my holidays Maureen still hasn't chosen a theme for this weeks challenge so I am going to post an anything goes card.....

I have been playing with my Tim Holtz  Jolly St Nick again....its such a fun die....I have added the sack....(witches cauldron)and lots of parcels....I thought the red and kraft went well together...
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a thank you card...

back to my tim Holtz flowers for this one....

I just love them cut out of white and them mounted on an embossed wood looking background...a bit of kraft card enhanced with some gilding wax....the sentiment is from a tonic die and a few prills in the centre of one flower for a pop of gold....
Thank you for popping by my blog today your visit is much appreciated.

a fun birthday card.....

I have been playing with my Tim Holtz crazy dogs stamps again......

the background is made using Tim Holtz snowy stars cut into the white card...the ballons and parcels are from the crazy things stamp and dies set and I have coloured with spectrum noir sparkle pens...they are such vibrant colours.....the sentiment is from a Tonic die...
Thanks for popping by my blog today your visit is much appreciated...

Christmas card....what more......

I am having a great deal of fun making my cards this year ....

I didn't buy this stag die...instead I decided to buy 6 of the die cuts from e bay as it certainly works out cheaper....the rest of the embellishments are from the tattered lace  over the mantle collection which is proving to be very versatile....although I did spend a whole day cutting out and 3D'ing them all up...
Thank you for popping by my blog today ...your visit is much appreciated.

Happy Birthday...

for one of my old friends from work....a man who loves his cakes....

the cupcakes are heartfelt Creations stamps and dies and the sentiment is from Sue Wilson....lots of glitter and a pop of red on the cherry....
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an Anniversary card....

a lot of anniversaries this month......

I have used the Tattered lace delicate and detailed collection...using the Echinecea 3 D die....and the backing die is Heartfelt creations diamonds and lace die....on a stepper card...made using a tattered lace die....
Hope you are having a lovely day today...I am on my way to my holidays in Hay on Wye...sono internet for a week......
Thanks for popping by my blog today Ireally appreciate your visit.

Birthday card .....

I needed a quick card for a 3 year old.....hope she likes Care Bears...

made using Splash crafts USB and fussy cut the image out.....love all the papers on this usb....
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christmas card club challenge 18....snowman/men

this week it is Valerys choice of theme for the challenge....

I haven't used my penny black stamp "snowy" for a while so out he has come for the challenge....the stars is last years Tim Holtz snowy stars die...and the sentiment is Marianne designs....
Please pop round and see the other girls cards...the links to their blogs are in my side bar....
thanks for popping by today and I hope you are enjoying your weekend.

more Christmas

I had never heard of Fays Studio until by chance I turned on C&C and saw this collection...you just know when you like and want to play with some images don't you....naughty step for me ....

I just think the paintings are gorgeous.....I have covered everything in glitter and it looks so sparkly ...I think I may be using this set for lots of cards...
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a fun day crafting.....

I have had a fun day crafting with my Heartfelt creations Candy cane collection....

I just decided to stamp all of the bits in white embossing ...cut them out and make a card....they are so cute these little houses,i thought they looked good on the kraft card....a bit like a gingerbread cottage.....the background is a Sue Wilson embossing folder....
I hope you are having fun getting your christmas cards done....and thank you for popping by today ....

looking through my stamps...

I was just having a look through some of my older stamps and came across a whole box of  Molly Bloom stamps I had forgotten ...so they are coming out to play....

such a fun stamp...and easy to colour....the bp is LOTV frosty blue....and I have added Anna Marie snow foam balls for a bit of dimension...some glossy accents and a really fun play day...
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some christmas crackers....

I need to make a few this year but find them very fiddly to do so I just do 2 at a time.....

these are made using the 2017 Tonic cracker die...using heartfelt creations papers and heartfelt creations large poinsettia stamp and die...I like to make my own crackers and have to admit to buying this years tonic cracker die which is on pre order  and doesn't arrive till september so I thought I would get on with these..... they are filled with chocolates nearer the time.....
Thanks for popping by today...I hope your christmas crafting is going well.....

is it really only 18 more weeks to christmas.....

how the year is flying by...at least I am getting on with my cards.....just the crackers and labels...boxes...oh and place settings to do......

I think you will all recognise the LOTV image ..the frame is one of this years paper boutique ...Season Greetings...but I am so disappointed in the quality of the new dies...they are so flimsy and bend when you try to remove them from the packaging....shall not be buying any more of them.....so glad I didn't buy the whole collection just 3 of them from craftstash....they were £8 cheaper per die....the sentiment is from tonic....lots of glitter and bling.
Thanks for popping by today and I hope you are getting on with your christmas cards...its sooner than you think.....

an anniversary card.....

just for a change...you must be fed up with seeing my christmas cards.....

a pretty flowery card using tattered lace delicate and detailed gardenia.....and the tattered lace hexagon stepper die...these were such fun to play with...
Thank you for popping by today and I hope you are having a happy day.

christmas card club challenge 17

this week Granmargaret would like to see us have 2 or more pattern papers on our card.....

this is made using the Heartfelt creations Candlelit collection....and has 3 different papers ....
lots of glitter ....
Please pop round the other girls blogs and see their beautiful cards...the links to their blogs are on my side bar.....
thanks for popping by today.

a christmas shaker card....

good morning ....its a dull cool morning this morning...very sepetemberish.....and we are forecast torrential rain by 11....another crafting day?....
today's card is one that has been on my desk a few days...you know the one...does it need a flower...well this is how it ended up.....

its made using John next doors Sams starz ...I did watch him on Hochanda but the die was much cheaper at craft stash.....the flowers and bow are from the tattered lace over the mantle collection the ivy is Sue Wilson trailing ivy ..a couple of years old...the BP is LOTV frosty blue collection....afew micro beads and snowy acetate and that's how it ended up....not what was in my head but there we go.....
I do hope you are going to have a fun day crafting but whatever you are doing enjoy...and thank you for popping by today.