Christmas card club Challenge 3...Bells

 this weeks challenge is set by Mrs A (Valery) and she wants to see bells....

I had lots of fun making this card...the backing paper is a free printable that I changed the colour of in my craft studio and embossed with a crafter companion folder with bells on it......I have no idea what make the bells are they are so old ...the sentiment is from Penny Black...a bit of ribbon from my stash....

Thank you for visiting my blog today and please pop round the other girls in the club...the links to their blogs can be found on my side bar....take care everyone.... 

a Happy Birthday card....

 for my great niece who I have just bought a bicycle for.....she at uni now and says she needs the exercise

this is a really old tattered lace set...picture postcard but it has a lovely lace background die and this great decoupage topper....and now that I have discovered pro paper my prints are now so much more vibrant...I am even printing out from some of my old cd's again!

I hope you are keeping well out there in blog land...its a strange time we live in staying home and staying safe....and crafting away...take care and thanks for popping by my blog today 

using my stash....

 I am determined this year to use up stash so out with some of those paper pads and dies,

the image and backing paper are from the heartfelt creations Christmas card collection...this must be one of the very first collections I bought so many years ago....the flowers are from the sparkling poinsettia stamp and die set coloured with distress ink and then glittered....the swirls are from the holly berry stamp and die set...

I really am determined and even resisted re-joining create and craft when they sent me a promotional £10 offer....this lockdown certainly helps as staying at home takes away all those tempting shops....

I hope you are staying safe and well and thank you for popping by my blog

this Sundays Christmas card.

 I have been keeping myself busy again this week making cards...the weather has been so awful with storm Christof that even going for a walk has been a struggle....

I have used Spellbinders Sunday Drive with Santa dies....and crafters companion Santa is coming to town stamps and dies....and a crafters companion embossing folder...merry Christmas.

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

partridge in a pear tree.....

 I bought this die on a whim last year and as I am on a mission to use every die again this year...and NOT buy anything new I got it out ....

another one that was difficult to take a photo of....Paper Panda die...cut several times to give dimension but it will lay flat for posting....

I hope you are doing lots of crafting during this lockdown...looks like us over 70's will be getting our vaccine very soon here in York as we have one of the national hubs set up from this Monday...I will begin to feel a lot safer when I have had it...not that we will be going out but just feel safer!

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

Foxy Happy Birthday

 I made this card for a friend who has a fox visit her garden regularly....she doesn't feed it but it seems to like going to sleep under one of her bushes....

the card is made using elements from the carnation crafts collection Garden Friends...all decoupaged up...

I am definitely getting back into the crafty swing now and it really helps to get through these lockdown days....I hope you are staying safe and well and thank you for popping by my blog today.

Christmas card club challenge 2...Nativity

 this weeks challenge is set by Grandmargaret.....

I turned to a very old Heartfelt creations  collection for this one...Sparkling Poinsettia....the flowers are also from Heartfelt creations but are from the Christmas Poinsettia collection...coloured with distress inks.....

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

thank you for popping by today and I hope you are keeping safe and well in these troubled times.

a fairy house...

 its our friends daughters birthday this week so I have made her a fairy house...with lights to turn on...she will be 5 and has a fairy garden ....

I have to admit this was great fun to make using Carnations crafts USB into the woods...but it took ages....

I hope you are all safe and well out in blogland ....we are keeping busy at home and staying safe..

thanks for popping by today....

a bauble shaped card......

 its a slow start to the new year.....

a facebook friend Susan sent me a couple of die cuts and so with the help of my scan and cut I have created a shaped card base and matts and layers for the bauble shape she sent me...the image is from LOTV 

I hope you are keeping safe and well...we are only going out once a week for essential shopping...and waiting patiently for our vaccination to make us feel safer.

Happy Birthday....

 it was my brothers birthday on the 28th December....so I made him this card...he loves his books....

we have the same taste in books so we pass them on to each other to read...well except for this chemistry books!...

made using carnation craft dies and charisma and all decoupaged up...

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

christmas card club challenge 1 2021....use some Kraft....

 good to be back and lets hope this new year is a better one

Its Kate's turn to choose the theme and she wants to see some Kraft card used....

I have made a small tent card using an LOTV topper and papers...with the Sue Wilson poinsettia die and a sentiment from MFT Die -Namics......

please pop round the other girls blogs and check out their makes...the links are on my side bar...and if you would like to join our friendly group and get ahead with your christmas card making...just contact any of us and we will be happy to get you going.....

I hope your Christmas and New Year were happy, peaceful and safe...Rich and I celebrated on our own and stayed safe.....take care everyone....