Happy Christmas

 this will be my last blog post for 2020....

and I want to wish you all ....

a Happy Christmas and a better year for 2021.....

I found these crafters companion  dies on e bay and as I missed them when they first came out I was delighted...especially at the price! I was the only person to bid on them so I got them sooo cheap...

the boxes are filled with chocolate coins for the children over the road....

thank you for your support over the last year and all the lovely comments on my creations ...

See you in 2021....take care 

christmas card club challenge 25...use die cuts

 this weeks challenge was chosen by Shaz....and as a predominantly die cutter this challenge was just perfect....

 oh I have had such fun...this is a mixture of cutting on my scan and cut and carnation crafts christmas eve dies...the only trouble is I now need to make a box to put it in ....a really big card....

This is the last challenge of the year and I hope you will pop round all the other girls in the club and look at their lovely cards...the blog links are on my side bar...

take care out there in blog land ...stay safe....

keeping in touch card....

 a little card for a friends Aunt who has had a very lonely time during lockdown...I have been sending here cards to try to cheer her up...

the frame is from the tattered lace collection Picture decoupage.Daisy Hill...the background papers and flowers are from carnations crafts USB...carnations blooms and cut out on my scan and cut...a bit of blue and navy card from my stash....sadly the clear glass beads I used on the flower centre don't show up but they give a lovely texture...

Thank you for popping by today...I seem to have a few new followers on bloglovin so thank you for visiting me...take care 

an anniversary card

 our friends got married this time last year and we had a wonderful day...what a year they have had...a new baby as well....

the background die is from Heartfelt creations...as is the sentiment....the flowers are tattered lace...

I hope you are keeping safe and well,the new tiers start today we are on 2 so not too bad for us...not that we go out unless we need food shopping we are just keeping going and staying busy...

still using up bits.....

 determined to finish all of the projects that I have cut all the bits out for and just not finished...and try and find the top of my desk!

I am really naughty I have a day die cutting and flower making and then slip them into cello bags and put them into a box tobe made up later  ....that later is now...

Heartfelt creations background die and tattered lace flowers..gems for the flower centres...made up at last!

thanks for popping by today I hope you are staying safe and well...we are about to go into level 2 covid tier on wednesday...the rates here are dropping and people are being ultra careful....staying at home and looking forward to making it through to our vaccinations.....

making some foam flowers...

 having a little play I haven't done many flowers with the foam so after my niece gave me some heartfelt creations to try I had a little go....

I used a trifold heartfelt card blank and the round eyelet window die...cover with paper from one of the paper pads...and then made the flowers using oakberry lane blossom dies...a few other little die cuts and a sentiment inside....the hardest part was positioning the magnet to keep the clasp closed...will I remember to do that first next time ...probably not....

hope you are all well out there and staying safe.

Christmas card club challenge 24...Deer

 this weeks challenge was set by Gwen....

I have been using my carnation crafts christmas eve collection again....using monochrome ..

please pop round the other members of the club and see their fabulous cards...the links are on my side bar

Thanks for popping by today I hope you are having a good one,staying safe and well.

using my scan and cut...

 having a day using my scan and cut and the Carnation crafts USB...Carnation Blooms....

I have cut shoes and handbags and base cards using the image shapes...

I have to finish doing the shoe to match this little bag...but I am having great fun.

Ihope you are all safe and well in blogland...thank you for popping by today and to those of you leaving a comment  i really appreciate it...take care.

a shaker card....

 I don't often do shaker cards I find the acetate static often makes the elements stick even after a good dusting with an anti static bag...but this one worked...

made with my recently rediscovered tattered lace dies...Symphony Home for Christmas....this one was still not opened...how naughty...but not alone in my die collection....

thanks for popping by today and keep safe....

cheeky penguins

 I have been playing with my Heartfelt creations Candy Cane Cottage collection....

I do love this cute images....

Well week 1 of lockdown completed...back to online shopping for my Hotel chocolat and Lindt...but apart from that life is not a lot different to the rest of the year....rather safe than sorry...

I hope you are keeping well and enjoying your crafting....thanks for popping by today.

a birthday card....

 with a masculine twist....

my friend John is a very keen chrysanthemum grower and even has a special greenhouse to move them into in the autumn to make sure he has blooms for christmas...so i made this card for his birthday...the dies are from a tattered lace collection Chrysanthemum glow...

I hope you are keeping well where ever you are ...take care and stay safe...

a christmas easel card....

 using a mixture of dies and charisma....

the background die is a paper boutique one from last year and the rest of the die cuts are carnation crafts from the christmas eve collection....some of my favorite images...christmas pudding,sherry and crackers 

I hope you are staying safe and well...we are having a busy time getting lots of jobs done...take care and thanks for popping by today...

a mixture of dies....

 these die cuts were all left from other projects and put in a box...so its time to use them....

the background die is a heartfelt creations one...Royal Elegance frames...the flowers are tattered lace and the sentiment tonic....to make a pretty card....

I hope you are all safe and well...we are staying home and enjoying our time doing lots of things we love...take care and thanks for popping by today

christmas card club challenge 23....Stencils

 this weeks challenge was set by Rachel..

this one was fun..made using a sweet poppy stencil and a very old stamp from Katy Sue designs...my goodness  how many years have I had them....

I hope you will pop round the other girls in the club and see their lovely creations...the blog links are on my side bar...  

thanks for popping by today and please stay safe and well....

A bit of knitting

 I went up into the loft and found some red wool so I decided to make a poppy wreath for Remembrance Day.....

And I have to say I really enjoyed making it apart from burning my fingers with hot glue....

I hope you are keeping safe and well and thanks for popping by today

pink carnations....

 some while ago I treated myself to the carnation crafts usb Carnation blooms but haven't really got round to using it...so today I got it out and made a flower or two up....

I used a tattered lace die for the base of the card..easy easel archway...and then made up several carnations using my scan and cut...the sentiment is from an old tonic die...

Day 2 of lockdown and plenty of crafting going on here...I hope you are keeping busy and staying safe and well....

Nutcracker for Christmas

 well we are back to lockdown from tomorrow so I will be keeping busy crafting again...

I have used a mixture of tattered lace dies and charisma to make this DL card...the image was much larger than I thought when I bought it in July...having just got it out to use....the back ground paper is from the usb staying home for christmas and had the nutcracker image on it ...I embossed it with Sue Wilsons falling snow folder...

stay safe and well and thank you for popping by today....

a sweet bouquet....

 cheering myself up on a wet day by making flowers.....

the flowers are from the tatteredl ace usb 46..3D decoupage....and one of my favorite old stamps from hero arts...taken off its wooden block so I can use it in my stamp press ....

I hope you are all safe and well out in blog land...takecare 

using a bit of Kraft card for Christmas..

 I love this John next door die....

its last years Sams star but I just love it....

The weather here has been dreadful for the last 2 days the rain and wind just lashing at the house soI have been staying safe and warm in my craft room...Ihope you are keeping busy in these uncertain time...thank goodness for crafting and DVD box sets....

take care and thank you for popping by today.

a flowery card

 I have been playing with my scan and cut using the tattered lace floral decoupage usb....

this one is called large purity....the pretty frame is from the picture postcards die set...and the sentiment is from tonic.....

I hope you are staying safe and well in blogland....thank goodness for crafting in these awful times...

thanks for popping by today I much appreciate it .

Halloween

 the second of my Halloween cards....

again using a backing paper from the crafting consortium usb...Halloween...the mice are and embellishments are from carnation crafts "the enchanters"die set and the sentiment is an old Tonic one...

fun to make...I hope you are staying safe and well and thank you for popping by my blog today

christmas card club challenge 22...snowman

 this week it is my turn to choose the theme....

I do love the way Santa is tying the snow mans scarf ...made using Carnations crafts die from the christmas eve collection....

please pop round the blogs of the other club members and see their lovely creations...the links are on my side bar....

Thank you for your visit today I much appreciate it...stay safe out there. 

Halloween...

 how different this is going to be this year....I have just made a couple of cards this year...

the backing paper is off an old cutting craftorium cd...Haunted house...and the mice are from carnations crafts enchanters collection..with a tonic sentiment....

my visit to the hospital went as well as could be expected...I hope I never have to have one of those procedures again..still its done and biopsies have been taken so just now waiting for a follow up appointment....

stay safe and well and thank you for popping by today....

all white christmas card...

 I do love doing single colour cards and I think all white is my favorite....

made using John next door...Sam's circles the rest of the dies are all from Sue Wilson...

I hope you are staying safe and well...I will be at the hospital all day today having a Gastro-intestinal Endoscopy...not looking forward to that but may be just maybe there will be a reason found for all my discomfort....lets hope

thanks for popping by today....

old dies...

 my goodness I don't know when I bought these but I am naughty this set was unopened.....must be several years ago....

Tattered lace Lavender twilight die and Charisma....the back ground die is from the picture postcard collection...again years old and the stamp is a very old Hero arts stamp that I have had for at least 20 years....very satisfying using old stash...

I hope you are keeping safe and well....thank you for popping by today.

merry Christmas

 I do love a round card.....

a simple card using an LOTV image and some very old spellbinder shaped dies.....the poinsettia are Sue Wilson dies and the sentiment is an unbranded die off ebay...lots of glitter.....

thanks for popping by today and stay safe and well....

just for you...

 well the tennis has finished and what an enjoyable two weeks for me...gave me a chance to rest up a bit as well and try and get my Sjogrens under a bit of control...not easy still now its back to a bit of crafting....

made using Tattered lace Tasar background die and the strawberry crescent embellishment die and Charisma...I have not renewed my create and craft club membership this year and already find I am saving a fortune...none of those impulse buys....this was the last collection I bought ...

I hope you are staying safe and well out in blog land and thank you for popping by today.

Christmas card club challenge 21.....Santa

 this week it is Kates turn to choose the theme....

I really love this Santa from tattered lace...

Please pop round the other girls blogs and see their lovely creations...the links are on my side bar...

Thank you for visiting my blog today...stay safe.

Happy Birthday Julie

its our friend in Hay on wye birthday ...her 60th and weare so sad that we cant be with her to celebrate...

made using lots of different tattered lace dies and usb's.....

I hope you are keeping well out there in blogland...I have spent the week watching the tennis which has been on from 10am till nearly midnight most day....

Thanks for popping by today and stay safe....

a Sunday Christmas card....

 Not doing a lot of crafting at the moment but keeping up with the christmas cards from old stash.....

a paper boutique die for the card shape and the lantern and embellishments are all tattered lace from various collections....

I hope you are staying safe and keeping well...the infection rate in our area has dropped a fair bit this week so we are no longer on the watch list for extra measures....

Thanks for popping by today....

Happy Birthday John...

our friend John is a keen gardener and has just finished his course with the RHS  at Harlow Carr....

I thought these carnation craft dies and charisma would be just right....

I am having a week watching the tennis on the TV..10am to 9pm and thoroughly enjoying it so far....

keep safe and well....and thanks for popping by today.

christmas card club challenge 20...gifts...ribbons and bows

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

made using Carnation Crafts dies from the Christmas eve collection...

please pop by the other girls blogs ...the link is on my side bar...we are all getting our cards done nice and early especially with lockdown keeping us in and crafting...

Thanks for popping by my blog today...keep safe.

Happy birthday Alfie

 its the boy over the roads birthday today...I look after his fish when they go away and was looking through my stash and nerry a fish die or stamp in my collection...so he

has cheeky mice instead...Carnation crafts dies and the banner is a very old tattered lace one..

I hope you are staying safe out there...since the new restrictions have gone inplace I honestly feel safer as everyone has to legally wear a face mask ...even the shop assistant...

take care.

James the bear at christmas....

 I just love this LOTV image.....

made using a couple of layers of the tattered lace die essential holly circle...a very old die that I use a lot ..the sentiment is tonic and the image LOTV....some Nuvo drop and a lot of fun making it....

thanks for popping by today I am waiting eagerly by for postie to bring me a new book today...since the library has been closed I have been ordering books online again at least its not craft supplies...

take care and stay safe.

a birthday card...

 Richard asked me to make a card for one of his friends...difficult when you dont know them so something very generic...

made using Honeydoo stamps and stencils...a tattered lace sentiment and coloured with copics...golssy accents and Nuvo drops...

I hope you are keeping safe and well out in blogland....thanks for popping by today.

Christmas on Sunday

 thank you to all those people who were thinking of me on Friday when I was at the hospital...I was certainly given a good going over and the good news is that its not the big C but my Sjogren Syndrome flaring back up after 9 years in remission...apparently trigger by a viral infection...its something I will have to manage carefully for the rest of my life and hopefully it will go back into remission again...

on to happier things...yes Christmas what will it be like this year....

it doesn't look good does it but at least we will be able to send a card...

I used my bargain Kanban set of  Winter friends and a paper boutique frame to make this card....and a Sue Wilson sentiment....

I hope you are all safe and well....

wedding anniversary

 its our 27th wedding anniversary today and I will be spending it in the hospital at the head and neck clinic trying to find out what is wrong with my throat...keep your fingers crossed for me...

I have used Carnations craft dies and Charisma...keeping it simple...

Thanks for popping by today and take care out in blogland and stay safe....

mid week christmas card

 still trying to make at least one card per week from my old stash....

this one is from last years Heartfelt creations collection...cute little penguins...

Thanks for popping by today and stay safe out there...

Violets

 this weeks card to cheer up Aunty Audrey.....

made using tattered lace velvet viola....I found it cheap on ebay....

Thanks for popping by today and I hope you are staying safe and well....

christmas card club challenge 19.....christmas sentiment

 this week it is Rita's choice of theme ......

I made this using last years tattered lace "Over the mantle "collection....hope that ticks the box Rita...

Please pop round the other girls blogs and see their lovely creations the links are on my sidebar...

Thanks for popping by today...stay safe out there....

sympathy card....

 what a year....my neighbour asked me to make a card for her....

tattered lace picture decoupage...daisy Hill collection to the rescue....

Ihope you are all fit and well and keeping safe out in blog land...I have a face to face appointment with a consultant at last but not till the 18th...but at last I feel as if something will get sorted....

thanks for popping by today....

the workman...

 one of our friends is a keen carpenter and I thought this image would be perfect....

the image is LOTV and the frame is a paper boutique....

I hope you are safe and well and enjoying your Sunday...thanks for popping by today...

Nutcracker......

I have always wanted a Nutcracker die after visiting America some years ago and seeing the gorgeous christmas decorations over there....well I found several this year and have been having a play 

I cut all the bits out of white card and coloured them with promarker....great fun to do.....Die is by Lene.

thanks for popping by today...I am feeling a lot happier now I have had my telephone call with the consultant and they are getting me into the clinic for a full assessment....

take care everyone....

Driving Home for Christmas...

 all the time I was making this card I was singing the Chris Rea song to myself.....

the base card is made from Tattered lace rectangle labels...the image is His Christmas from tattered lace Heartfelt creations poinsettia...and a recent successful bid on ebay for the sentiment...a whole £2.00 including postage for an amazing set of stamps and dies and an embossing folder....I know it was a magazine freebie a while back but I have been trying to get that stamp....

Hope you are all keeping safe and well out in blog land ...I am still waiting for my hospital appointment to come through....take care 

Christmas card club challenge 18...use mainly red...

 this week it is Lorraine's choice of theme...and what could be more christmassy than red....

made using Tonics celestial star die set...and jingle bells strip sentiment...the image is an LOTV digi coloured with pro markers....

Do pop round the other girls blogs and see their lovely creations...the blog links are on my side bar...

thank you for popping by my blog today...stay safe and well...

going for pretty...

 I am sending a card every so often to my friends Aunt who has been poorly...so I thought a pretty flowery card would be perfect.....

the background die is another of my old spellbinder dies...Chantilly lace...and the flowers another old favorite...tattered lace Baroness...some Nuvo drops just for embellishment....

I hope you are all keeping well out in blogland....thank you for visiting my blog today...

white and blue Christmas card....

 one of my favorite colour combinations as I always think the two colours look so clean....

the die is a tattered lace one from several years ago...Symphony Christmas Stag...a set of dies that I bought and then somehow misplaced in my stash...there were 4 in the set and they are now going to be used!

Thank you for popping by today,take care and stay safe....

a modern looking Happy Birthday

 I thought this would be right for one of my husbands nephews....

made using a stencil I have forgotten the brand...tonic parcel dies and a crafters companion edger die...and the sentiment is tattered lace...but I had fun being a bit inky...

I hope you are safe and well out in blog land and thank you for popping by my blog today.

A Golden wedding anniversary card

 

trying to keep it subtle and not too blingy I have used gold brushed sating card...the crafters companion double sided rose die and the embellishment die that went with the set....

I hope you are having crafty fun today...stay safe and well and thanks for popping by today

pine cone swag....

 one of those dies I thought could be used both for winter and Christmas cards.....

went for a vintage look with this card...the background die is a very old spellbinder die...Holiday..the pine cones are tattered lace and the sentiment Tonic.

I am waiting for a hospital appointment after a return visit to the DRs...more test which again came back normal but I still have a terrible sore throat so off to ear,nose and throat for investigation....fingers crossed.....

take care out there in blog land...and thanks for popping by today.