slimline Christmas.....

 using up some scraps left from a previous card.....

made using a paper boutique cd...the christmas one....

not much crafting going on here as the tennis starts at 1pm every day so only the mornings to get jobs done .....take care and thanks for popping by.

back to birthday.....

 

a bit of foiling  today....

hope you are keeping well...I am back to watching tennis this week so nor going to be doing much crafting or housework!

bit of stamping....

 I decided I have been neglecting my stamps again....

so I got out my Tim Holtz holiday scenes and made this....

I hope you are keeping well ...thank you for dropping by my blog today, 

another birthday card....

 I really do have to get cracking as I have about 5 more to make for this month....

and most of them are for men...always difficult ....

Thanks for popping by today and I hope you are  keeping well...blogging is becoming harder at the moment as bloglovin keeps going down I have started to use Feedly which seems easy enough but I cannot follow some blogs and cannot comment on others unless I am on my laptop...not ideal...

take care ....

back to birthday cards....

 a masculine on this time....

made using a lovely die from The Greetery with a couple of crafters companion balloons and a simple sentiment .....

Hope you are keeping well out in blogland and thanks for popping by my blog...

Christmas card club challenge 8...Cats and dogs

 this weeks challenge is set by Sylvie....

I bought this die when it came out and now I just had to use it for this challenge...

Cottage Cutz...Holiday truck with puppies .cut out in white and coloured with Copics

the easel card is made using Paper Boutiques Winter wishes die and the sentiment is from another Paper Boutique die set.

You can find the links to the other club members blogs on my side bar.

Thanks for popping by today.

Happy Birthday....

 its going to be a week of making birthday cards this week.....

this one is made using Nancy's cosy Christmas collection but there is nothing Christmassy about this image and I thought it would be perfect for a birthday card...nice and bright and cheerful.

Thank you for popping by today.

Have a wonderful day.....

 this month I have lots of birthday cards to make and send....

so I am getting going and building up my stash....

Made with dies from Carnation crafts.....

Looks like Bloglovin has finally been pulled...I have no idea how I am going to follow all your lovely blogs now or how any one is going to follow mine....

take care and thanks for popping by today.

A Christmas card and gift bag

 I have been watching youtube to see how to make these gift bags from one sheet of 12" paper....

made using /Craft Consortium Nativity collection.....

Thank you for popping by today.

Happy Anniversary....

 I needed a masculine card for my friends anniversary

made using Lavinia stamps....

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

Easter egg box card...

 I am really having fun making box cards at the moment...

the dies are from Tattered Lace and Carnation crafts with a backing paper from an old Cutting craftorium cd...Easter.... Its nice to use up some older stuff....

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

Christmas card club challenge 7...festive embossing folders

 this weeks challenge is set by Zoe...

I have used Sue Wilson's Natalie's Poinsettia 3D embossing folder and the corresponding Natalie festive frames die...with the same brand of die for the sentiment

The poinsettia corner is a tattered lace one

thanks for popping by today and if you would like to see the other club members cards the links to their blogs are on my side bar.

Easter....

 just finishing off some of my cards ready for posting off for easter...

you can hopefully tell I have been having fun with the carnation crafts last years collection called spring...its so bright and cheery....

thank you for popping by today and take care .....