the last challenge of the year and I would like to wish all my teamies a very Happy Christmas and a Crafty New Year
this card is made using Sweet Designs Christmas collection....
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Thank you for popping by today and may I wish you a Happy Christmas and I hope you will call round on 2023....
this week Rachel would like to see Deer on our cards....
made using an old Tattered lace collection Magical Memories which has to be one of my favourites....
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had to have a break this week as I have not been well so its been binge watching the Coroner series 3...
at least I did manage 1 card this week...
made using Craft consortium candy cane Christmas 3 d decoupage....a few matts and layers from my stash and glossy accents and glitter....
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this week Rita would like to see a cracker on our cards....
I bought this Sue Wilson die a while back and haven't really had much inspiration so I popped on to Sue's blog for some....
I had only bought the one die with the holly on so the matts and layers are just plain and the poinsettia are from Heartfelt creations with a tonic sentiment and Nuvo drops...
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I have been doing a few cards for my stash...
this lovely die is a really old cuttlebug cut and emboss die ..Flower Bramble that I have had for years and the sentiment is from Tonic...
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a nice bright coloured card.....
made with Lisa Horton Balloon Hight stencils and distress inks an LOTV sentiment...
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but unused until now...I have no idea how long I have had it!
the images are from a stampendous set of stamps and dies I bought in 2018...yes honestly and not use how naughty is that....the let it snow die is a new Marianne Designs and the sentiment from Stamps by me
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I treated myself to the Hunkydory advent calendar die....
I thought they would be fun for my friends grandchildren....
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this week Elizabeth wants to see Winter Animals
I love these images from sweet designs and I found a nice snowy background from and old Dawn Bibby kit...some glitter and a Hobby Art sentiment ....
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yes I am playing with my Lavinia stamps again
I used a clarity stamps stencil for the background and a selection of Lavinia stamps...it was good to play
I hope you are keeping well the weather is so good at the moment it seems a shame to be inside perhaps we will venture out later this week....
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I do love the elegant shape of a DL card....
really had a hard time taking the photo though...white on white is so difficult...
I have used Lisa Hortons 3D embossing folder ..Poinsettia...
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I just love the effect stencils can give....
this is the Lisa Horton Poinsettia and Holly layering stencils...I used distressed inks as I wanted a really vibrant pop of colour.
Its a glorious sunny morning here in N Yorkshire I hope you have a lovely day too.
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another recycled background....
this time I added a couple of carnation craft die cut deer....lots and lots of glitter....
We have had my sister in law up staying for a few days so out and about doing the town....thank goodness the weather held as its pouring today with thunder and lighting
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this week Gwen wants to see a snow globe on our card....
I have had this stamp for years and not used it so this is its first outing...Stampendous snow globe....
coloured with copics and fussy cut twice so I could decoupage the image...a snowflake embossing folder background and a few little nuvo drops....
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again much too nice an image to just bin....
so added a new card base...matts and layers a Lisa Horton sentiment and lots of glitter...
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just playing with last years Tim Holtz stamp September set....
I just love this set of stamps....cost the earth to get them from the USA so I must use them!
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just having some fun playing with my Lavinia stamps again.....
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I do love black and white together....
the background embossing folder is from Sue Wilson...swirling Holly...and the wreath and sentiment are from Lisa Horton...Christmas Wreath....and festive banner sentiments....
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sometimes cards are just too nice to throw away so I have been recycling some of last years
I absolutely loved this image so I made a new card out of it with matts and a new sentiment
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another shaped card
I love these word dies from crafters companion...I made an extra matt layer in gold on my scan and cut and the decoupage and dies are part of the set but really could be used on anything....
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having a play today....
the stamp is a creative expressions one...Nordic winter...going to do one in dark blue this afternoon after my flu jab...
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Well I certainly did a lot of die cutting Sylvie.....
Made with Tonics new Christmas tree die…all the baubles are from carnation crafts as I thought the ones from tonic were too large…I added bows to the bigger baubles and then blue glitter Nuevo drops…sadly the colour doesn't show very well.
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I am at last in my craft room just playing....
made using Debbie Moore's USB all I want for Christmas is Gnomes I printed off one of the Z card concept card pages and fussy cut out all the characters very therapeutic.. took my mind off my side effects of my 3rd lot of antibiotics for an infection that just will not clear up...fingers crossed for this course....
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I bought this lovely Lisa Horton embossing folder and die a while back and have just got round to using it...
makes a lovely DL card....the sentiment is from stamps by me...
cold mornings this week but lovely bright sunny days....just my kind of autumn....
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This seems to have become a bit of an obsession at the moment…
Santa took me a week to make…he is huge!
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I treated myself to a Lisa Horton embossing folder....
the backing papers are from a very old Dreemies cd...Simply Christmas that I find very useful the sentiment is by stamps by me...Special wishes which I got in the sale....always love a bargain...
Hope you are all well out in blog land its much cooler here this week and very autumnal....
this weeks challenge was set by Zoe....
I have used carnations craft dies from last year the tree and all the baubles and the parcels...the sentiment is an old tattered lace stamp...it was hard to find something small enough to fit in the door panel...but its amazing what I find in my craft room when I start looking...
I am away in Hay at the moment so keep your fingers crossed for the weather...
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yes I was naughty and bought myself another set of dies....
the dies and decoupage are from Crafters companion I made and extra mat on my scan and cut.
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I am keeping myself busy at this sad time knitting and doing a bit of crafting...watching the coverage on TV as this is a momentous period in history....
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I think this art work from Eleanor Tomlinson sums up everything for me….
I am sat here this morning watching the progression of the coffin down to Edinburgh feeling bereft it’s just like loosing my Mum again…the constant in my life and the only Queen ever in my life…..
not the ones you want to be making but always appreciated...
all the dies are from tonic and really old ...thank goodness I have stuff in my stash....
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we had a great time down in Hay on Wye and the weather was kind.....so now back to crafting for christmas....
I have been after this die for the base card for ages and gave in and bought it from the Netherlands and much to my surprise it came super quick...Studio light essentialsSL370...
decorated with Carnation crafts dies and a couple of Sue Wilson trees and a tonic sentiment...
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this week it is my turn to choose the theme for the challenge...hope you enjoyed it ladies
the circle sentiment and flower dies and papers are from Anna Marie Designs...the trees and ivy are Sue Wilson dies....
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yes how the years fly by 30 years together I have no idea how he puts up with me still....this is the card I have made for Richard
a really old crafters companion die loving frame...the image is a pink ink stamp Love Mice and the sentiment from tonic...
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I have had so much fun knitting this
It’s a door stop for Christmas…..he is huge and has taken me a while
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with misty mornings and the leaves already turning brown....
loving this carnations craft set from last year....Colour of Autumn collection which I bought but this is the first time I have used it...naughty me
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I have been playing with bits ... backgrounds and die cuts all left over from previous projects...
Tim Holtz carollers die and lamp post...a music embossing folder and some splats...
its good to get playing again after the heat...I have been knitting again as well a bit of a bigger project this time a doorstop photo when its finished...
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well it cheered me up making it and I hope that it gives a friend a smile....
made using carnation crafts dies....
We had rain all night last night and its a warm and muggy morning but the garden looks less parched and the water butts are full again....happy days...
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it really is a case of just following the instructions for the browser you use
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this weeks challenge is set by GranMargaret and she wants to see a blue Christmas...
I have been playing with my Tim Holtz stamps....
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with a more masculine twist....
made using the Heartfelt Creations French courtyard die thought the craft looked good with the white....
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oh how I wish...its still very warm here but a change has been forecast.....
made using the new crafters companion dies and decoupage...I did have some of the original Tattered Lave monumental dies but these are much small...fit into a 5x7 envelope so I think Iwill use them a lot more...my excuse for buying them...
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its already 28C here this morning and I am longing for the forecast thunder storms to cool things down.....
I have made this for one of my bird watching friends its so hard to find images for men at christmas and I thought this one perfect...Sweet designs dies....
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made using one of the carnation craft Friday freebie vignettes and my scan and cut...
and one of my really old sentiments...
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I needed a box and a card to put a birthday gift in so I made one of these drawer easel cards..no idea if its the correct name...
not the best photo .....made with the carnation crafts book die and a crafters companion box and draw stencil...the draw will be filled with my friends favourite dunking biscuits....
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this week Mrs A wants to see Christmas Roses...
for this card I have used Carnation Crafts dies.....and lots of glitter....
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I have been doing a bit of colouring today ....
the stamp set is MFT ...Santas Elves...such fun to colour but note to self if you are going to glitter use alcohol markers not water colour to reduce bleeding into the glitter....
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hello how are you?.....its been too hot to craft but at last we have rain and I am back in my craft room
mixing up some of last years carnation craft Christmas dies...
I have bought myself one of those 5inch fans that plug into my computer oh what a difference it makes....
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