Happy Birthday

 I really had lost my mojo this last week so I had a look on Pinterest and saw a lovely card by one of the design team at Elizabeth craft designs so I made my version of it....

I think it will do nicely for either sex so I am please to get crafting again

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week 42...hot chocolate

 

treated myself to spellbinders small dies of the month cocoa greetings they are such fun to make up...

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christmas stockings

 not been up to much this week as I had my Covid and Flu jabs and have been absolutely wiped out I slept for a full 24 hours after them and am just beginning to surface...

doing a bit of recycling here...

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Week 41…Nutcracker

 

Thoroughly enjoyed playing with this set of dies from concord and 9th….that I bought on 2023 …yes they were in my stash hiding…

Thanks for popping by today I am watching the tennis this morning as it’s raining here….

Happy Anniversary

 It was our 32nd anniversary this week…goodness where have the years gone they have been so happy together 

Made using Lavinia stamps…

let it snow

 

using a snowy background from stamps by me  which I embossed with Sue Wilsons snow embossing folder and then sanded back....and some die cuts from Tattered lace... with a Sue Wilson sentiment

Thanks for popping by today...its turned colder here and I have just put the heating on for an hour to take the chill off...

week 40 Mystical Christmas

 this is as mystical as I get.....

I just loved the images in the Dutch Doobadoo winter wonderland set of images to fussy cut I don't normally do cute images but this was okay for me...

the sentiment is a really old crafters companion one...

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using my embossing folder....

 and smooching over the debossed side with ink

I absolutely love this technique and have had lots of fun this year doing this...

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a christmas scene...

 

I really enjoyed doing this bit of decoupage and sitting fussy cutting helped me to unwind...

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week 39...Polar Friends

 

I treated myself to the new Simon Hurley polar Pals collection and it has been great fun to play with 

goodness its Sunday again how this week has flown...no tennis for me to watch so I have been crafting nearly every day

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candles for Christmas

 

made using Tim Holtz candles and embossing folder....

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week 38...christmas music

 

the baubles are Lisa Horton dies...

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Cheers

 a birthday card for one of my very old friends I hope he likes it....

stamps by me products

thanks for popping by today its a lovely day here and my washing is out blowing in the wind....

Merry Christmas

 I have been playing with embossing folders and inks this week...

the lovely bow is from Stamps by Me and the embossing folder from Spellbinders...with distress ink smooched over the surface I do love this effect

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tis the season

 

made using stamps By Me enchanted forest paper pad and a tonic die for the bauble...

Thanks for popping by today at last we are getting a bit of rain each day and the garden is beginning to recover we may even have to mow the lawn....

week 36...candy cane background

 

I used a Hero Arts stencil for the background and sentiment ...the seal is one I bought of Amazon...I just love a wax seal....

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snowmen....

 

I just love these Simon Hurley stamps they are just so cute and at last I have managed to get the matching dies from a store I have just found here in the UK...

Thanks for popping by today ...at last a little bit of rain not enough to do much good but at least damped the surface....fingers crossed for more

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...

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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...

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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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