seasons Greetings

 just bought this papers collection from stamps by me...Snowy Trails...

a simple gate fold card with the same image inside...

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carol singers

 I bought this John next door set a good while back 

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week 48 ...hat scarfs mittens and boots

 well this one fits the bill....

a bit of Wallace and Gromit....

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Happy Birthday

 just topping up my stash...

made using wildflower sunset stamps from stamps by me...

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Santa

 

I just love this Simon Hurley set of stamps and dies....

I have just about finished all my christmas crafting ....and some for the old peoples home near me..

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cheers

 those difficult mens cards....

made using stamps by me...stencils and dies...

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week 46....Church as the main image

 this one was step back in time and get out the cd rom....from the cd best of La Pashe 2012....and thank goodness for my trusty scan and cut to cut out the decoupage....

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HO HO HO.....

 a bit of a fun card...

Lisa Horton christmas ornaments and stamping up alphabet with spellbinders 3D embossing folder...

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using an embossing folder

 playing about with inks...

red card with a white ink pad dragged across and splatters...and a white wax seal...

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week 45 a sleigh full of presents

this gorgeous carnation crafts die really filled the bill...

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Anniversary card

 

I love this stamp set from Andy Skinner...lets go fly a kite...

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garden Christmas

 I bought these Francoise Reed stamps some time ago and am just getting round to using them...

a coloured background and a white embossed stamp....

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Betterpress

 well I have just treated myself to a betterpress to go with my big shot switch...and this is the plate that came with it...my first attempt

coloured with water colour inks and some gold splatter...

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happy anniversary

 doing a bit of recycling

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week 44...Christmas silhouettes

 out with some very old Sharyn Sowell dies

with a pretty snowflake backing paper from an old cd....

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Happy Birthday Vicky

 its my crafty friends birthday this week so I have been making her 

the pumpkins are from carnation crafts and a lovely spellbinders wax seal....

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a Christmas Robin

 I have lots of Robins using my feeders at the moment.....

I am using some papers from a few years ago from Fays designs...with lots of glitter..

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week 43...use an embossing folder

 I just love using embossing folders and this spellbinder 3D one is a dream

I have dragged a black ink pad over the debossed side and mounted on gold and black card and added a gold wax seal the sentiment is in gold although taking a photo of it is so difficult...but you get the idea....

Thanks for popping by today is blowing an absolute gale outside so staying in and crafting today.

Wallace and Gromit Christmas

 I bought this set a few years ago and try to make a couple of cards every year...

this one is one of my favourite images....its all decoupaged up and very 3D...

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merry Christmas cups

 playing with the Nichol Spohr set of dies from last year

they really are such fun....

I hope you are having a good start to your Wednesday its dull dank and donk here ie raining....but at least I can play in my craft room

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autumn Happy Birthday card

 it was my nieces birthday this week....

having fun with my spellbinders 3D embossing folder and wax seals...

Thanks for popping round today its a glorious sunny day and I have just watched the Shanghai tennis final...Janick Sinner won....what a great win....

Happy Birthday

 playing with brusho's to make a background

and a very old set of tonic dies ....

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week 42...decorate the tree...

 looks like the animals have had fun...

very old spellbinders dies....thanks for popping by today.

berries and bows...

 its pouring down here this morning....

the Greetery beautiful bow die and some tattered lace berries

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a bit of decoupage

 every so often I like to have a bit of decoupage peace and quiet and relax...

design fron Katy Sue designs....lots of layers and masses of glitter....

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Merry Christmoose

 playing with my dancing spellbinder dies

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Read that Book...

 I fell in love with this set of stamps from Elizabeth craft designs and my lovely niece lent them to me ....

so I stamped up the background with lots of the individual stamps and then embossed it with a scrip embossing folder.. the stack of books are from Carnation Crafts and then I water coloured the girl reading the book...

Its a glorious sunny morning here and a busy day, car in for service, a visit from my big brother and then Covid and Flu jabs this afternoon...so no crafting for me today

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week 41 baubles

 

the dies are from spellbinder the Nichol Spohr collection from last year...and yes I have just got round to playing with them 

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tis the season

 I bought these dies a while back time for them to make a card!

all from John nest door...silver and white I know it looks black because of the reflection of the light on the mirri

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Making backgrounds…

 I had a day yesterday making backgrounds and decided to make up a card for a friends birthday next week

Thanks for popping by today it’s cold and wet here so I am on the sofa watching the tennis in Tokyo where it is 28c…

a bit of magic

 looking through my unused stamps! and determined to use them

the background is really old inkylicious stamp...spatter circle and the fairy is from stamps by me...

wild flower sunset...had fun with my distress inks...

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Week 40…Rudolph and Friends

 Stepping back a few years to tattered lace making memories a really lovely collection

Thanks for popping by today it’s pouring down here so the house looks like a laundry….

Tennis at 12 so doing all the house work this morning….take care.

a touch of Autumn

 its really feeling very back end ish as they say here in Yorkshire...the leaves are turning and falling and the nights drawing in...so my crafting is beginning to turn autumnal....

a spellbinders 3D embossing folder...some carnation craft leaves and a lovely spellbinders wax seal

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Christmas Pudding week 39

 

another of the spellbinders dancing dies...they are just so much fun to make...

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wax seals

 

I treated myself to the wax seals kit and have been having a lovely time playing...

using my Tim Holtz wild flowers ....

Merry Christmas

 I have been looking through some of my old collections and just loved this image from Fays Studio I added some tattered lace winter roses...lots of glitter and some glossy accents...

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a Sunday Christmas Card....

 Richard has gone off car booting so I am playing in my craft room...making Christmas cards....

made using Craft Consortiums Christmas Market collection....

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having fun in my craft room...

 

using the Simon Hurley sketched Santa's and Sketched Christmas stamps...the background embossing folder is from Nellie Sneddon

I hope you are enjoying your crafting, its really cold here this morning 6C but lovely and sunny....

week 39...single word focal point

 I love these old tattered lave monumental dies

I cut the extra base mat on my scan cut and added the cheeky tattered lace robin....

Thanks for popping by today,its another wet and miserable day just perfect for crafting 

Santa....

 

love this Tim Holtz Santa....all the dies and embossing folders are from Tim...

Monday morning wash day here and it doesn't look like I will get the sheets out still the day may brighten up...thanks for popping by today.

week 38 something gingerbread

 

these spellbinder dies are such fun their bodies swing...

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Mr Snowman.....

 been doing a bit of crystal art....

I find doing this very calming as I listen to some music...the world is so mad at the moment I find I need to immerse myself  in something I enjoy....

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beleive in the magic....

 

spellbinders decorative holly die with a bit of ink stencilled through and a really old tattered lace sentiment die...

thanks for popping by today its glorious this morning and my first lot of washing is already out! 

playing....

 a card that might get used for my husband this Christmas....

Sue Wilson frame and a penny black image...tonic sentiment

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snowy Red Squirrel

 

this image is from the Hunkydory little square book Winter Wonderland with John Next Door flowers

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week 37 Christmas angel

 

I used a Katy Sue 3D decoupage for this card on a paper boutique die that I made into a card base.....lots of glitter

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wrapped with a bow

 

the bow is from the Greetery...the embellishments are stamping up the embossed background is a Tim Holtz embossing folder.

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Season Greetings Robin

 using Sue Wilsons dies.....

and yes I did paper piece all of this ...patience needed

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Festive Trail....

 a lovely rubber stamp from creative expressions...

and combining lots of small stamps on the sign....

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let it snow

 

looks simple enough but paper piecing makes me loose the will to craft...still only 2 colours on this one ... its actually navy blue but it looks black ....

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