Happy Birthday

 for a dear friend who is 80 this week....

carnation craft dies...

thank you for popping by today not been up to much just the usual cleaning washing a food shopping, not a lot of crafting I seem to be lacking a bit of inspiration...

week 35 Rudolph and friends

 

having a bit of fun with these Spellbinder dies...

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in the meadow we can build a snowman....

 are you singing along?

cottage cutz dies and a Tim Holtz sentiment...with an old Sue Wilson embossing folder...

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happy Birthday

 

My niece lent me these ECD dies to play with...so I used inspiration from the design team to make this masculine looking birthday card...

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Peace

 just playing today its cooled down now and I can get into my craft room

I used lot of different Tim Holtz dies....

I have been out for a walk this morning as its cooled down and I feel better for some fresh air...

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week 34 ...Dove of Peace

 a bit of recycling

one of last years card matted onto gold mirri and a cream base looks much better in real life as its all gold embossing but as usual rubbish for taking a photo of...

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deck the Halls

 this is one of last years favourite die sets

Nichol Spohr  spellbinders merry mugs....just great fun..

thanks for popping by today, yesterday was an absolute stonking hot day a bit cooler today thank goodness

white and gold Christmas

 I always think this is an elegant combination of colours

made with Stamping up embossing folder  stamps and dies with a few Nuvo drops as embellishments

Thanks for popping by today its really hot here today so no more crafting for me...

week 33...a star shaped card

 another very old tattered lace die....

Santa on the roof tops ....I really am trying hard to revisit some of my old dies rather than buy new ones not so hard when they are fun to use...

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Winter Wishes

 

this lovely stamp from Francoise Reed makes such a great card to colour 

another card for the Christmas stash....Thanks for popping by today I hope you are having a good one

happy birthday

 

I needed a masculine card this week for my cousins birthday so this Lisa Horton stencil and die came in usefull...

The weather here has changed to much less settled and we have had a little bit of rain but not enough to get our drought order removed....

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Week 32….little donkey

 A very old tattered lace die….

Well it’s actually raining this morning just a bit ….Richard has still gone off car booting and I am still in bed…the day ahead well maybe a bit of crafting and then the tennis later it’s  in Montreal this week so starts at 4pm  our time 

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dreaming of a white christmas

 

another of Francoise Read's wonderful stamps....coloured with pro markers and a smattering of chunky white embossing powder....

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snowflake wishes

 

a bit of decoupage from Katy Sue designs...I do find doing this very relaxing and I can just listen to some music and forget the world outside.....

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week 31...Decorate the tree

 out with my old Disney dies bought in 2019….which I thought just perfect for this challenge

i love getting these out they are just such fun to make...

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gingerbread house.......

 I bought this die so long ago...Paper Cuts festive collection from creative expressions....

I used Sue Wilsons square dies to make the frame and paper pieced all the house...lots of glitter and a sentiment from a set so old I have no idea who made it....

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navy and white....Christmas card

 

while I had the set out I thought I would make another card....

stamping up embossing folder...die and stamp...

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week 30...snow Angel

 I knew that I had an image somewhere...but could I find it...must have taken me a whole morning going through cd's and usb's and eventually found it....

James the bear from LOTV.....and one of my favourite card shape dies from Paper Boutique

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birthday card...

 my cousin and I are both avid readers so I thought I would make her a book themed card....

made using a mixture of Elizabeth craft design stamps and carnation craft dies....

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joyful Christmas

 

a very old stamping up set...stamps dies and embossing folder....bought second hand years ago and of course forgotten about until I was searching for something else...found this and played and forgot what I was searching for...senior moment ?

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week 29...snowman

 oh how I love this old Penny black stamp...just perfect

and I found this lovely studio light frame as well...the stuff we have in our craft rooms...

thanks for popping by today...Mens finals day at Wimbledon so I will be settling in for the afternoon....

Joy and Light

 a new set of dies ...how naughty I have been so good using old one but I gave in when these came out....

sadly the set didn't include an outside die to make a base card so out with my trusty scan and cut....

any way I thoroughly enjoyed playing even though I had forgotten how to do a few things it soon came back.....

thanks for popping by today ...hot weather for us again

happy Anniversary

 I have run out of anniversary cards so got to it and made one for my stash...

with carnation crafts dies...

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week 28....post.....

 

i have used waffle flower stencils and dies for this card and a few old stamps....

I am afraid not much crafting is getting done while Wimbledon is on I sit down at 11am and am there watching till the tennis finishes and I go off to bed...

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a snowy scene

 

made with stamps by me enchanted forest papers...a very old sizzix die...and a Sue Wilson sentiment die...

thanks for popping by today...watching the tennis this afternoon....

Happy Birthday balloons...

 

made using Simon Hurleys stencil and die...lots of distress oxides in pink and coral....

well thankfully its a bit cooler this morning but still dry so out with the next batch of washing....

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week 27

 I am not following the suggested theme in the Facebook group this week as its a sketch so I am going for a bit of fun

an older woodware stamp from Fancoise Reed....coloured with watercolours and some white embossing powder for the snow...

thanks for popping by today...a cooler day here...finals at Eastbourne and the Wimbledon next week....so not a lot of crafting will be getting done....

warm winter wishes

 

these cuties are from Craft Consortiums Christmas market collection on a paper boutique die cut to make a card base...

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christmas door....

 doing a bit of decoupage again today

another from the set of Katy Sue Designs I bought last year...I see they are selling the same images on Hobbymaker again this year...

lots of glitter on this one...

thanks for popping by today much cooler and breezy today so back in my craft room.

week 26....

 

a nice simple card made with Carnation craft dies...

thanks for popping by today I hope you are enjoying this glorious weather.

all white....for Christmas

 back to using some very old dies....

a mixture of Sue Wilson, John next door and spellbinders...just having a play in my room.

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Christmas Nutcracker

 I love a nutcracker at Christmas ever since I had Christmas in America and they were everywhere

this one is from Katy Sue designs and is a 3D decoupage...

Thanks for popping by today I hope you are enjoying this glorious weather ...my washing is blowing on the line.

week 25...christmas gift as the focal point

 back to some lovely old dies...

Tim Holtz dies......

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week 24...coming home for christmas

 

with his parcel and overnight bag....

made using Two Red Robins Christmas tails....

Thanks for popping by today its bright and breezy here so my washing is out...

christmas...

 just having a day doing a bit of decoupage...

this one is from Katy Sue designs and is for my brother in law who is just mad about trains

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Happy Birthday

 another inky card...

just loving playing with this embossing folder from spellbinders....

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week 23...patchwork background

 I had to dig deep in my stash to find anything patchwork...but found my patchwork pals from over 10 years ago...

and I even made myself a little stepper card....

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snowmen....

 I love this set of stamps from Simon Hurley

I think they are just fun...

thanks for popping by today,its dull and wet here today so I am enjoying crafting 

singing carols.....

 this is another card I made for the christmas critters challenge...

this card took absolutely ages to make...the background was created in my craft studio....using the Two red robin collection the Crooners...I printed it off and then stencilled  in the bricks...decoupaged up the wreath and the mice and covered it in snowy glitter...

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week 22...Christmas critters

 I have search for so long to get these dies and at last e bay came good.....

cottage cutz from a few years ago....and they are such fun...

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lady birds flying.....

 I love making these pull up cards 

and then flying

made with Elizabeth craft design dies 

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Happy Birthday card

 

I have been playing with spellbinders embossing folders and ink...and having a lovely messy time....

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week 21...

 I am not on theme this week which was a twisted easel card and I really don't enjoy the finished look of them so I just got out some dies and made this card...

instead of making a felt ornament I just cut them out in paper...and was pleased with the result....

spell binder Nichol Sphor reindeer die...

a snow globe

 I bought some stuff in the spellbinders sale this set is from Simon Hurley...

the globe is tattered lace but all the other bits are from the new set...

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post card die cut...

 this is new to me ...saw these dies and stencils at a craft fair at Lincoln 2 weeks ago and thought I would have a play...

they certainly are fun to do....

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week 20...black and gold

 a bit of a difficult one as these are not my idea of christmas colour but still here goes

this is a die I discovered in my stash unused ...spellbinders....must have bought it and just put it to one side as I am afraid I often do but then the delight when I discover them

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Christmas

 I am making at least 1 Christmas card each week but this week I got into the groove and did a couple of extras

the dies are from carnation crafts...

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Happy Bee-day

 I have had these dies since they were first released by Elizabeth craft designs and have only just got to use them

they are so much fun...I used a pull tab die to make them fly up the page...

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