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...

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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....

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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...

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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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week 19...to a special couple

 I have turned to a very old LOTV image for this one...

the frame is from John next door the poinsettia are tattered lave and the sentiment LOTV

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have a cosy Christmas

 playing with some woodware stamps

great fun to colour ....

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week 18...sugar and spice

 

these were such fun to make...dies from cottage cutz from a few years ago and yes discovered unused in my stash...

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christmas crafting...

 getting a good head start on my christmas cards this year

this one is made with a stamping up set I bought off e bay...its a few years old so it was cheap...

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Happy Birthday

 

really enjoying using these stencils and dies from Lisa Horton to make my masculine cards

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New felt makes…

 Over Easter I decided to do Christmas…sewing while watching tennis…perfect

Nichol Sphor dies that I couldn’t afford when they first came out but definitely bought during the sale at less than half price….I did enjoy making them 

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Happy Easter

 I hope you enjoyed the weekend and got lots of chocolate 

These are the cards I made for my family

Made using carnation craft dies….they were so easy to make thank goodness….

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week 17...not on theme this week....

 I just could not think of anything for the theme of christmas entertainment....

so I have used my Lisa Horton stencils and dies to make a cheeky snowman card...

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Merry Christmas

 I love these Nichol Sphor dies they are just so much fun...

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happy Birthday....

 a card for my friend..she and I swap books on a regular basis

made with  Elizabeth craft design stamps....

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week 16 contemporary Robin

 

stamps are from Hobby Art....a cheeky robin isn't he...

I have been having a few days off from crafting as the Monte Carlo tennis tournament is ongoing and I just love my tennis...

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using my embossing folders...

 I dont use them enough so today I told myself to pick one and make a card....

I bet you can guess what this one is called...yep ...Poinsettia and it come with a die to cut one out...

a bit of gilding wax and a Sue Wilson sentiment...

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Birthday Card....

 a more masculine one 

I love these stencils from stamps by me they are great for those difficult masculine cards....

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wk 15...12 days of christmas

 I have decided to do a bit of recycling again...

I cut this lovely image of a partridge in a pear tree out of a card I received last year ..matted and layered and added Nuvo drops and glossy accents

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a holiday cardinal

 I loved seeing these beautiful birds when I visited the USA...

I have used a stamping up die for the background trees and the cardinal is a tattered lace die

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Happy Birthday

 doing some stencilling...

using a Lisa Horton stencil ...one for my stash...

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week 14...snow globe

 well I got every set of snow globes out and surprised myself by how many I had....I ended up using a very old Tattered lave one as my characters fitted in best....

I made it in to a shaker card with some glitter trying not to overfill it this time....

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Easter Wishes

 I don't make many Easter cards these days but I bought this lovely collection from craft Consortium

called let spring begin its just so pretty...so thats one card made!

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getting on with Christmas

 I am busy getting my Christmas cards on the go and I have to say this is the kind of crafting I enjoy the most....

I just love this beautiful bow from the Greetery with some added seasonal greenery, a tag and a snowflake embossing folder ....

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week 13...Christmas stockings

 a quick bit of recycling...

a nice flat card for posting....

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Happy Birthday

 at this time of the year I always start to look out for the violets growing in my garden...and make a card in memory of my lovely Mum who was called Violet and whose birthday was in April...

this card is made with some very old Tattered lace dies....and an equally old embossing folder....

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Happy Anniversary....

 

a clean and simple card for my stash using Andy Skinner stamps....

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week 12....let it snow

 for this card I have used "In the Studio" Baby its cold outside collection from Highlight crafts

and the sentiment is a LOTV digital download...lots of sparkly glitter....

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Happy Birthday

 

some very old tattered lace dies to make a pretty birthday card...

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winter wolf

 

I think this image from hunkydory "winter Wonderland" little square book is just gorgeous..I have added lots of glitter splatters 

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week 11....poinsettia

 

I just love this set of dies from Sue Wilson cut out and paper pieced and lots of glitter in the background I am sorry that Sue has retired and I sha;; miss her lovely inspiration.

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jolly santa

 

just love this Tim Holtz Santa  and I found some very very old card from somewhere...added lots of glitter and made a couple of parcel...

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week 10....happy Christmouse

 a bit of a fun card this week as I couldn't join in the theme of a pop up card...I really just don't like making them

fun little images from John Next Door....

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