I have been having fun with this stencil and die set from last year...
from the Greetery...Floral arches...and I made a base card using Daisy Mae stitched nesting die set...
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I have been having fun with this stencil and die set from last year...
from the Greetery...Floral arches...and I made a base card using Daisy Mae stitched nesting die set...
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a week of birthdays so lots of cards to get off...thank goodness for my stash
this is a Lisa Horton stencil and embossing folder and I have decoupaged up one of the flowers....
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for a friend who sews....
this is a very old tonic set that has been languishing on my shelf for years and so dusting it off and making a card and gift box...
thanks for popping by today ...the sun is shining here so out in the garden shortly after breakfast...
I didn't stick to the theme this week and just made a card using up old Dawn Bibby stuff....
I loved the soft colours in this kit from 2011...yes I still have stuff that old to use up!I bought a set of Tonic dies a while back and have just got round to having a go.....
Hope you are keeping well and enjoying some crafting...I am doing a bit each morning before the Tennis begins...
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a card for my stash....
made using an image from the Hunkydory winter wonderland little square book with a Lisa Horton die cut and a Sue Wilson sentiment.
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I bought this set of crystal art gnomes to make for my great niece for Christmas...a nice change of pace...listen to some music and just do the gems...
very relaxing....
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well to start off I had to google the colours of the rainbow...so I decided to use the colours for my baubles.....
tree is a Tim Holtz colourise die....
I hope you have been having better weather than us only 1 day in the week when it hasn't rained at some time I did manage a couple of hours in the garden Thursday doing a bit of weeding and tidying up
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I am slowly making my Christmas baubles up...they do take a while to make so I do them every so often
I am going to put a Terrys Chocolate orange in each of them for the family...
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a very old tonic set....
cream and black one of my favourite colour combos...a few sparkly embellishments....
I am being good and using very old dies again to make cards its such a shame to let them just sit on the shelf....
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I bought a pack of the Katy Sue Pretty Petals and picket fence and thought that I would add my own embellishments
so instead of flowers I added some carnation craft pots ,wellies ,hat and a spade...as my friend is a keen gardener....
its fun changing things up....makes me use my imagination a bit.
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my take is to use poinsettia in the background...
and a lovely shinny bow....
the BP is from Tim Holtz and so is the bow, the sentiment is tonic
I hope you are having a great weekend despite the weather it seems to have rained every day this last week....
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another card for my stash....
made using Sue Wilson Heart panels....
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I have been watching C&C and the new Sue Wilson dies and it inspired me to get out some of my old art deco dies to make a card.....
again I have had these dies for years and if I am honest the character ones have never been used...so now is the time....all Tattered Lace
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using some old dies....
these tonic dies have been in my stash for more years than I can remember....so I am revisiting lots of them rather than buy any new ones....wonder how long I can keep it up....
I hope you had a good Easter and the weather was better for you than here!...
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I bought a collection from Fays studio back in 2019 and only used it to make 2 cards…how naughty so out it has come and I am working my way through all the images…
I think I was a bit heavy handed with the snowy glitter in the shaker element…I never get it right
Hope you are having a lovely Easter Sunday we are over at my niece Elizabeth’s for dinner with the family…
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a card for my stash...
background scene from two red robins usb...fence die from heartfelt creations and decoupage from katy sue designs....
hope you are having fun crafting and getting ready for the easter weekend...lots of chocolate
take care xxxx
I just love the garden at this time of the year full of bulbs ...
just love this stamp set from the greetery.....
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a couple of little easter egg containers for my neighbours...
I just love this Elizabeth Crafts die...he really is cute
I made the containers using crafters companion sweet treats embossing board and the sentiment is a Sue Wilson die...
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trying to keep up with the weekly themes
a lovely Francoise Reed stamp coloured with water colours...the frame is a Lisa Horton die and I have decoupaged up some gingerbread men....
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busy filling up baskets with chocolate eggs for Sunday....
the first card is carnation craft dies and the second Tattered lace and carnation crafts
I hope you have a lovely Easter.
a masculine card ...
Tim Holtz dies and a tattered lace sentiment...the embossing folder is a very old crafters companion one....
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I make a couple of cards for my neighbours more important than ever this year as they are both very poorly
both are made with Carnation craft dies....I hope they cheer them up....
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I made these to match my easter cards this year....
the grown ups are getting the bunnies and the children the eggs....
I used the basket from the craft Buddy Gnome Basket die set it was just perfect....
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I just make a few as the postage has gone up so much
this is made with Carnation crafts dies...
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this week I have gone with the anything goes theme.....
both cards are made using the crafters companion die and decoupage sets...
I hope you are having a good weekend I have the tennis in Indian Wells to watch so one happy bunny...
another of my Nitwit nutcrackers....
I have had so much fun decoupaging up on this card...
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the daffodils are looking wonderful here on the bar walls ....so cheerful I thought I would make a card ...
made using Lisa Hortons stencils and die....distress inks and a tattered lace sentiment..
Hope you are enjoying the spring flowers...take care
another of my crystal art cards....
I must say that I really enjoyed doing these cards for a little bit of a change from my normal crafting....
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its my great nieces birthday and she is mad about mushrooms and fungi I even had to buy a quilt cover for her with them on for Christmas .....
made using Lisa Horton stencils and embossing folder....
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Easter is early this year so I have started making a few cards...I don't send many these days but I have been making matching easter baskets which I will show you when I get them filled and photographed
made with Carnation crafts dies and very old stamp for the sentiment....
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my favourite at Christmas is Christmas cake and cheese...ours was never iced like this one....
this is from Katy Sue Designs grey scale collection and all decoupaged up...glossy accents and glitter
I hope you are getting on with your christmas cards so you are not in a rush at the end of the year....
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for my stash....
made with lisa horton dies....and a very old embossing folder....
Its so cold here today I am keeping the heating on and watching the tennis...thanks for popping by today and take care
I have used Lavinia stamps for this one...
Hope you are having a good weekend ...Rich has gone off to a record fair in Birmingham so I have the day to myself to watch all the tennis finals.....oh and maybe a bit of crafting
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making some birthday cards this week for my stash with is very depleted.....lots of birthdays these last 2 months...
made using the Greetery beautiful big bow and spellbinders Be Bold Blooms with a Sue Wilson sentiment
Its very mild here at the moment and the daffs and snowdrops are looking lovely ....
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out with my ooh la la yuletide wishes papercraft cd.....
this decoupage had to be reprinted at 65% so that it would fit into the die frame but it worked well...
hope you are enjoying your crafting and having fun.....
this is the card I have made for Richard....
made using Lisa Hortons stencils and embossing folder a bit of cold foiling ....
hope you have a lovely day today whatever you are doing
another masculine themed card....
hope you are all keeping well and enjoying your crafting out in blogland....
having fun with my new graphics program as well as my die cuts....
made with cottageCutz best friends die,,,,and the sentiment is from Marianne designs ....
hope you are having a lovely weekend and if you had snow its gone!
using the lovely bow die again...
a more masculine look....its difficult making cards for men who have no hobbies at all...doesn't even like gardening ....
Hope you are having a crafty happy day and take care
oh i had to go hunting to find something for this challenge
I found a Katy Sue grey scale pad ..cut a frame with a really old die ...no idea who made it ..lots of glossy accents and nuvo drops ...
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I managed at last to get hold of the Christmas bauble die set...yes its from China but Tonic are out of stock and will not say when or if it is coming back
yes it was definitely fiddly to do but the first one is always a learning curve...its a really big bauble and will be great for Christmas filled with sweets...
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I dont do clean and simple so this is the best I can do....
made using a Sue Wilson die set...lots of paper piecing and a tonic studio sentiment .....
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a spring birthday card...something to look forward to....
I used carnation craft dies with a tonic sentiment....
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I got out some very old tattered lace dies for this
I decoupaged up the lady and dog to give a bit of dimension..added lots of glitter and a few red gems for the berries….
Thanks for popping by today at last the frost has gone…take care ……
One of the Christmas card club ladies has recently lost her husband after a long hard battle with long covid
Made using Lisa Hortons embossing folder….
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Baby’s first Christmas
We don’t have any new baby’s so I made one that can be sent to any younger family member
My favourite things stamps and dies coloured with promarkers and the sentiment die is from Marianne designs and bit of glitter….
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