I have joined a Facebook page group to make me get on with my Christmas cards now that the Christmas card club has closed they put up a list to follow if you wish but anything goes is also an option…so this week is red and gold…
Made using a very old 3D embossing folder and sentiment from tattered lace a bit of gilding wax and a couple of gems I am pleased with the look….
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Yes it’s all done and dusted for this year just got a few leftovers to eat up then all back to normal I have even been in my craft room….
This is the card I made for my Richard this year…
Thought it was appropriate as we have several hedgehogs that we feed …
It’s blowing a hooley out there tonight and raining hard let’s hope for a better day tomorrow
well its the big day and I wish you all a Happy and healthy Christmas and new Year...I hope your stocking was full and you enjoy your Christmas dinner
I hope you join me next year in another year of crafting and thank you to all those who have visited my blog and commented...bless you...see you next year.
I have lots of crystals left from my projects so I bought a couple of stamps to help me use them up
I use a sheet of very old Dawn Bibby backing paper to mount the images on….
Are you all ready for Christmas?…I just have my cranberry topped pork pie to get and then I am all finished…I hope you have a lovely time over the holidays whatever you are doing .
well its just one week away from Christmas and i hope you are all ready....we seem to have only the desert to buy and we are all there so i can relax and play in my craft room again...
this is a creative expressions stamp Festive Trail....lots of glittery snow but nice and flat for posting...
its a glorious sunny day here so i might spend some time clearing up leaves after last weeks wind....
take care and keep warm.
a quick card made...
made using Spellbinders shopping spree die set I thought it would be useful for christmas as well...
thanks for popping by today and I hope you are staying dry ...we in York are used to the floods every year but it seems a bit worse at the moment.
our very last challenge.....
a bit of crystal art with the man himself.....
I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas .....I will still be making Christmas and other cards every week so I hope you will still follow my blog.....
well this week is putting up the tree and decorating for christmas as we get older we have to pace ourselves and it takes us nearly a week to do the inside and out...and i have been making gift baskets....
he has a great sweety container attached so I can fill him with chocolate coins...
stay warm and cosy....
oh my how cold has it been this week...just perfect for staying in and crafting
I finally managed to get my hands on the Greetery Bid Beautiful bow die...and i have been having fun making lots of cards both for Christmas and birthdays....
I hope you are keeping warm take care
These plaques have been great fun to make ….lots of music listened too and coffee and biscuits….what a perfect way to spend the day …..
Thanks for popping by today and keep warm …
I just cannot believe the year has fled by so quickly...just one more challenge left....
This is one of the Francoise Reed stamps coloured with water colours….fun to do…
I hope you are all keeping warm in this chilly week…at least the sun is shining….take care xxxx
Thank you for popping by my blog today….as you can see I have been playing
These really have been fun to make all tonic dies…
Hope you are having a good day
thanks for popping by today I hope your Sunday is fun I am making boxes all day today....
my favourite Rudolph die from tattered lace a few years old now...the backing is just from an old my craft studio cd...always a good source of backing scenes....
looks like we are in for a dryer week which will be lovely a chance to get all the leaves swept up and the garden tidy....take care
love this image....
its a hunkydory one from the winter wonderland little square book....
I hope you are all okay out in blog land....take care
only 2 more challenges left....
a crystal art card....really enjoyed doing this and listening to music....
Hope you are having a great Sunday and thanks for popping by....
just doing a bit of recycling......
its a really lovely sunny morning here so I am multi tasking...washing a bit of crystal art and listening to music I hope you are having a great day and thanks for popping by.....
its a lovely sunny Sunday morning here Richard has gone off car booting and I am just starting the washing...oh joy!
made with an old tattered lace set of dies....all decoupaged up.
I hope you have a lovely Sunday take care
simple card...
hope you are having a good day...I am still trying to work out why my blog is not visible when I comment but I hope it is now fixed...fingers crossed.
Thanks for popping by today.
and I went for Rudolph
made with carnation crafts dies...
only 3 more challenges left and the club closes, its such a shame
thanks for popping by today and I hope you are having a good Sunday.
I really enjoyed making this one
made using Sue Wilson dies...
hope you all stayed safe during storm Babet....didn't affect us much apart from being wet and windy back to normal today....
hope you are well and keeping warm I have given in and put the heating on!
love this die set...by Lene
cut in white and coloured with copics....
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well I have gone for Robin .....
made using Lisa Hortons Robin and the sentiment is Marianne Designs....
only 4 more challenges until the club closes ....
it was my niece Elizabeth's birthday this week so i made her a pretty card....
my favourite Tattered lace dies.....
hope you are well and enjoying your crafting.
I always do a set of treat holders each christmas for on the table...this year I have used tonic characters
each of the characters has a chocolate orange in the base and chocolate coins in the heads...great fun as place markers....
thanks for popping by today enjoy your crafting.
I made this card as an alternative one for the christmas card club challenge a couple of weeks back using some old crafters companion dies...
I have absolutely smothered it in glitter and it is so sparkly....
hope you are having a good day its pouring down here...and thanks for dropping by.
I have gone with anything goes this week as I have been poorly and not able to craft for a couple of weeks...
made using Nitwits Nutcracker collection....
I went for my Covid jab yesterday and that has made me feel even worse so I am staying in bed and keeping warm....
Thanks for popping by today.
well I am back in the land of the living just having had one of the worst colds in a very long time..kept testing negative for covid although the rest of the family have had it....
a fun little card made with Tattered lace dies
I hope you are all well out in blogland and thanks for popping by today
I just love this stamping up set.....
I hope you are managing some crafting in this hot weather....thanks for popping by today.
well that has been a glorious week hasn't it...not a lot of crafting has been done as its been a bit warm
just a quick card using a Sue Wilson die....
hope you are keeping well and enjoying your crafting....
I hope you are all doing well in this lovely spell of warm weather take care
Hi everyone....had fun making this one...
made using Lisa Hortons 3D embossing folder and her sentiment die...
thanks for popping round today pop over and see the other girls cards the links to their blogs are on my side bar....
I bought myself the latest Francoise Reed set of stamps...oh yes they are such fun....
great fun to colour with water colour inks....
thanks for popping by today.
all the wet weather in July had me in my craft room trying something new to me....
a set of 4 nutcrackers and a three D tree....well I certainly enjoy doing these...lots of my favourite music played and a very relaxing project...I will certainly be doing more....
thanks for popping by today...
I have been playing with some Carnation Crafts dies...
this just took forever to make ...using the Santa's grotto collection and a lot of patience...and glitter now all I have to do is make an envelope its nearly A4 in size....
thanks for popping by today.
playing with my Heartfelt Creations stamps and dies...
just love these stamps and dies...the flowers are tattered lace....
thanks for popping by today and take care
not a colour I would normally use but lucky for me Heartfelt creations did a whole collection based on blue and purple...
used the Holiday star collection backing papers and dies...a bit of glitter....
please pop and see the other girls cards the links to their blogs are on my side bar....
a very simple CAS card
made using Tim Holtz bow.....so difficult to get a good photo but the background is embossed with an old happy birthday folder....
take care....
another lovely old Nitwits collection....
just love the
santa...I am so glad I found my USB with all these collections on...
I hope you are having a lovely Sunday....
playing with my dies...
I have used some very old Phil Martin papers and the Marianne Designs Daisy dies and the Bees set...
the sentiment is from the crafters companion set Bee-tiful Bees ...love a DL card...
hope you are enjoying your crafting out in blog land...
Hope it makes you smile....
made using NitWits Mooey Christmas collection....all decoupaged up and lots of sparkle...
do pop round to see the other girls in the club the links to their blogs are on my side bar...
thanks for popping by please let me know if it made you smile....
I hope you are all well out in blogland .....
its rained just about every day this last week so I have managed a bit of crafting....
this is a die from cottage cutz called Happy Reindeer and snowman. .cut out in white card and coloured with my copics...the sentiment is from Marianne Designs
Hope your Sunday is a bit brighter than mine.....
I treated myself to the new Lisa Horton stencils and have been having a play....
I used a variety of distress inks, Lisa 's Merry Christmas sentiment and her new acetate....
hope you are having a good start to your day...I shall be helping my husband cut our back hedge by supplying tea every hour!....take care
a winter village.....
for this card I used my heartfelt creations coming home for Christmas and Holiday snowflake frame...lots of glitter and a few poinsettia.
thanks for popping by today I hope you are having a lovely Sunday.
I have been playing this morning with my stamping up candy canes....
I decided to do them in holly green...
thanks for popping by today.
its been Wimbldon this last 2 weeks so only a very little bit of crafting done in the mornings...
I have been playing with my Nitwit collection again....just loving the Nutcracker...
Thanks for popping by today.
this time I have used a craft consortium decoupage....
the frame is made using creative world of crafts die and a sue Wilson sentiment....not a very good photo trying not to get glare of the silver mirri but at least the glitter shows up...
thanks for popping by today.
out with dies, embossing folders and gilding wax....
creative expressions 3d folder which gave a lovely deep emboss...no idea of the brand for the die packaging long gone....
if you go to my side bar the links to the other girls in the club are there ...
thanks for popping by today.
