Christmas .....

 a bright and cheery card....

made with NitWits  Nutcracker collection....great fun decoupaging up.....

hope you are having fun with your crafting and thanks for popping by today.....and if you like my card how about leaving me a ❤️ in the comments

thinking of you...

 just a little cheer up card...

made using the spellbinders" I've got you covered "by Vicky Papaioannou stamp and die sets...which I thought was just perfect for those cards to let people know you care....

Hope you are having a lovely day and doing some crafting, thanks for popping by.

party time.....

 I bought these dies in the sale some time ago and thought they were just perfect for my cousins birthday card....

Carnation crafts cheers to you collection...and a very old embossing folder....

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

Happy Birthday Shoe card...

 out with some of my old Heartfelt stamps and dies...

with the addition of a carnation crafts flower or two....

thanks for popping by today and enjoy your crafting.

Christmas .....Nutcraker

 I have found my NitWit collections and now that I have a new PC I am finding using them so much easier...and with the help of a wonderful lady called Lisa Shaw who has put so much inspiration on Pinterest I am having a play....

this is the collection called Nutcracker and I have done lots of decoupage and layering...and I have even foiled the buttons on his tunic...

thanks for popping by today and I hope you are having fun crafting.

Christmas card club challenge 11...CAS

 well those of you who know me will not expect anything CAS from me I just dont know where to stop so this is as CAS as I get!

I have used the Tim Holt bow die and cut the bold text sentiments out of the kraft card...

Not many of us left in the club these days seem that blogging in general is diminishing even more so commenting on post..so sad I met so many lovely crafter that way ...

I hope you are enjoying your crafting ...take care  

wishing you a bee-utiful day....

 I found this lovely die in my stash I must have had it years unused....

its  a sunflower from Tattered Lace all decoupaged up...with Bees.....and I got to use my carnation crafts die cut into the background....

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

Happy birthday

 I missed out on this die when it came out but my lovely niece Elizabeth  let me borrow hers...

it really is a lovely frame,the only problem is it makes an enormous card and so now I have to make an  envelope for it....still at least I used up flowers I had made for another project....

thanks for popping by today enjoy your crafting.

christmas card challenge 10...Bells

 I decided to use a very old Anna Griffin kit to make this card as I am trying to use stuff up...

I have boxes of Anna's kits and I really must use them up....

thanks for popping by today I hope you are having a great weekend.

Happy Anniversary

 I need a few cards for my stash so I thought I needed to make an anniversary card or two.....

made using Marianne designs Owls , a Sue Wilson sentiment and some very old Heartfelt creations papers and corner dies....

Thanks for popping by today....

Holly Jolly.....

 another christmas card using my sale bargains....

hope you are having fun crafting and thanks for popping by today....

Christmas card club challenge 9...stencils

 I have gone for anything goes this week

its been a really busy week with a new boiler, car service and MOT I really hadn't had much time

hope you are all fit and well out there   take care 

a fun card.....

 I needed to make some fun cards for birthdays

made using dies by Lene....

I hope you are enjoying your crafting....take care.

Christmas....

 another Christmas cars made this week...

and a bit of recycling...the robin image is from an old Christmas card...the flowers are Tim Holtz dies and the card shape is Studio light 

Thanks for popping by today and I hope the sun is shinning where you are.

Santa Claus is coming to town

 having a play with my stamping up set from last year...

hope you are having a crafty day and enjoying yourself....

christmas card challenge 8 ...dogs or Cats

this one has taken me back to some very old stash....

made with tonic festive friends stamps and dies.....these must be at least 10 years old and un opened..... one of each for the challenge....

thanks for popping by today.....take care 

easter cards for my neighbours

 I made lots of cards for easter but somehow I only used 3 of them...these two went to my neighbours

made using carnation crafts dies,,,,

i hope you had a lovely time over Easter and got lots of chocolate....

candy canes for Christmas

 love these stamps from stamping up....

its really frosty here this morning so I don't feel bad about making Christmas cards....

thank you for popping by today I hope you are having a good one.

thoughts of you today

 a card for my friend who lost her mother last year....

Thanks for popping by today and take care....

Happy easter

 another of my cards to send....

i hope you all have a happy Easter looks like the weather is set fair...take care 

Christmas card club challenge 7....winter animals

 I thought I would do a bit of recycling as well....

the background is made from a last years Christmas card and I have added a family of foxes....

the dies are carnation crafts.....

Please pop round and see the cards from the other girls in the club, the links to their blogs are on my side bar....

Happy Birthday card...

 I managed to buy this lovely tattered lace back ground die off facebook....I had the others in the set but this one I have been after for years!

Tattered Lace Velvet lace ruffled rectangles and Tattered lace large 3D decoupage Purity a few dew drops and a carnation crafts sentiment stamp...

Thank you for visiting my blog today and take care.

Easter Daffodils....

 I still have a few Easter cards to make...

a really old spellbinder die for the background and Carnation Crafts spring daffodils with a Sue Wilson sentiment...

Thanks for visiting my blog today ....

Christmas is coming.....

 I try to make at least one Christmas card each week ....

this is made using the decoupage from Craft Consortium Candy Christmas...I just love the images and colours....

Thanks for popping by today..hope you like my card.

Happy Birthday....

 playing with my Lisa Horton stencils.....

I wanted a masculine card....think these balloons are just perfect....

Thanks for popping by today and take care .

Easter card.......

 I have been having some fun....

made using carnation crafts dies....from 3 different collections....

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

Christmas card club challenge 6....Santa

 using my newest Santa for the challenge.....

Tim Holtz retro Santa....

Do pop round the other girls in the club and see their cards...the links areon my side bar

Take care and thanks for popping by today.

Easter cards

 I have been having lots of fun with this Carnation Crafts set....

the collection is into spring and I just love the images.....

I hope you are well and thank you for popping by today and if you have left a comment I am most appreciative of  you taking the time....

using stash...

 I bought the Crafters Companion Nutcracker collection when it came out last year and I have just discovered it on my shelf naughty me it was unopened.... not anymore!

I used one of the backing papers and stamped and coloured the nutcracker and parcels....

Thanks for popping by today we have a glorious sunny morning and all the snow has gone!

Take care and keep warm.

Celebrate the season

 a quick easy card that is relatively flat for posting....

made using Lisa Hortons slim line festive check frame,Sue Wilsons slimline holly swirls the white poinsettia are from a very old spellbinder set ..some white Nuvo drops...

Hope you are keeping warm out there we only have very wet sleet here today and now we have our new boiler we are cosy and warm

Thanks for popping by today.

christmas card club challenge 5...

 this week the challenge is Carols or songs

I decided to use this lovely Victorian looking image from tattered lace...its years old but still a favourite 

Do pop round the other girls and see their cards, the links to their blogs  can be found on my side bar.

Thanks for popping by today.

stamping and embossing....

 I bought this stamp last year and only used it once so I thought I would try a different colour...

added some clear embossing powder and a few gems....

Thanks for popping by today and take care.

Easter is on its way.....

 so I have been getting ahead....

I have been using my into Spring collection from carnation crafts...such lovely colours.

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

club challenge 4.....

 this week its snow people....

I have used some very old penny black stamps and coloured them with promarkers....with a snowy embossed background

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

a Valentine card

 for my lovely Richard...

made using Tim Holtz Lovestruck die, a very old crafters companion wood embossing folder and the sentiment is from penny Black....

I hope you are having a lovely weekend and thanks for popping by.

Spring Birthday card

 I saw my first daffodil out today, the sun is shining and even though it is still a bit cold it really feels like spring is in the air....

made using Lisa Hortons stencils and embossing folder....the sentiment is a LOTV digi...

I hope your weather is good and thanks for popping by today.

Christmas card club challenge 3...

 this week we are featuring a Christmas night sky....

so I have used Tim Holtz stamp September 2021 set...distressed inks and grit paste ..snowfall for a bit of cloud texture in the sky..

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

Thanks for looking today and I really appreciate any comments you make,

Getting ready for Easter

 thought that if I set myself a bit of a challenge I may find my mojo again....

so  I have got out my carnation crafts collections and getting started....

I have used...Lily of the Valley frame, Spring Wildlife and some flowers from the arrangement maker set.

Thanks for popping by today 

Winter Birthday

 I am having real trouble getting my mojo working so thought I would do a quick and easy card to try to get back into some crafting....

made using a very old crafters companion embossing folder for the background and an image from Nancy Watts cosy Christmas which once again I don't think looks Christmassy at all...just winterly....

I am sitting watching the mens final at the Australian open at the moment and doing a bit of knitting...I hope your Sunday is a happy one and thanks for popping by today.

Christmas card club challenge 2....

 this week we have to use 2 or more patterned papers so I have turned to my Christmas present from my niece Elizabeth....

Heartfelt creations Joyous Noel collection.....dies and stamps...

Thanks for popping by today do pop round the other girls blogs the links are on my sidebar....

a bit of recycling

 I keep some of the christmas cards with an eye to doing a bit of recycling....this is a fun card I received a couple of years ago so I have matted and layered it and added googly eyes...

and some Nuvo drops for snow....

Hope you are getting back into crafting I always find it difficult in January I have just been binging on series 8&9 of the Blacklist....and doing a bit of  knitting 

Thanks for popping by today.

a jazzy colour

 a bright one for a different generation.....

made using spellbinders trucking through the season which I have just managed to purchase in the sale!

certainly will be a bright birthday card

hope you are all well out in blog land its been a wet start to the year and my mojo has certainly gone walk about but starting to get back into it...

thanks for popping by.

2023 christmas card club challenge 1....embossing folder

 the first challenge of the year!

I have used a crafters companion embossing folder for the background and the stamps and dies are from stamping up...sweet candy canes and Christmas banners....

do pop and see the other girls creations the links to their blogs are on my side bar

thanks for popping by today if you leave a comment I will be able to come and visit your blog

Happy New year

 And let’s hope that peace comes to the world…

I have been busy crafting but mainly knitting this back end of the year still making Christmas ornaments and finally finished my tree 

I am busy making an elf on the shelf but he is taking some time….

I hope you all have a healthy start to the new year and look forward to blogging again.