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

I hope you are enjoying this wonderful sunny weather.

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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....

thanks for popping by today I hope you are having a great weekend, its wet here so a good excuse to craft.

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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spring birthday

 

I love this spellbinders set of dies...Rain Boot Bouquet...the embossing folder is spellbinder's easter egg hunt which I just love...

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week 9 Christmas lights

 
this one is made with old dies from Lawn Fawn with an embossing folder from spellbinders and the sentiment from Shenna Douglas

the light are covered in glossy accents and really shine but sadly that doesn't show up on the photo

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Easter basket

 I just got my Elizabeth Craft  designs set of bunnies so I thought I would make a basket for one to sit on

I think they are great fun..the basket is a very old tonic set called beautiful baskets which must have had in my stash for years unused….

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week 8 Penguins and Presents

 

some very old Marianne design dies...Sue Wilson embossing folder and sentiment...

not been up to scratch this week must have caught some bug and have been struggling to stay awake so in bed at 7pm...

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Happy Valentine’s Day

My husband also makes cards bless on his computer ….mine is from a collection from AnnaGriffiths…bought many years ago 

I hope you are having a lovely day no matter what 

week 7 christmas stocking

 

I really love this set of stamps and dies from Simon Hurley...

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Happy Birthday

 having some fun with stencils....

I love this arched die set of stencils and dies from the Greetery... this one I have tried to do in spring colours

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its your day

 bought this lovely die in the January sale....

thought it would make a great birthday card cut out and coloured and then a gold layer pn top...

the embossing folder is a really old one and out of its wrapping so I have no idea what it is called.

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week 6...poinsettia

 this week I have used a lovely spellbinders 3D embossing folder and wax seal....

thanks for popping by today I am having a crafty day and trying to find my mojo which is sadly lacking,,,

Merry Christmoose

 I just love this die from spellbinders...

I have used the 3D embossing folder  and stencil Christmas lights...and the cute moose legs sway from side to side...dancing.

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christmas wishes...

 I was watching Pete from spellbinders demonstrating making a similar card so I thought I would have a go...anything to get my mojo back!

hard to take a photo of as the words are white on white made with the tim Holtz out of the vault release...

Thanks for popping by today we have a lovely sunny bright day which is a real cheer up after the storms over the weekend.

week 5 pink and blue

Well we have survived  storm E0wyn with only a few plants being blown over  we were very lucky and today the sun is shining and the skys are blue at least I was able to craft…..

I just love this stamp by Francoise Read....and had a lot of fun colouring it...

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back to Christmas.....

 I have been using stamps by me Enchanter Forest papers...a very old Tim Holtz big die Tree Rings which I had forgotten I had...

I am having difficulty getting going this year but I will....slowly

thanks for popping by today its cold here so I am staying in 

Happy Birthday

 I seem to have a lot of birthdays in January....so busy making cards

this one is for my great niece who is 13 a really difficult age to make cards for I think....

thanks for popping by today I hope you are having better weather than the dark dank day we have here....

Week 4 a trio of trees…

 I am still trying to recycle this years Christmas card so many of them are just too nice to bin

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Happy Birthday

 a fun card...

hope you are all well out there in blogland...at last our snow has cleared and we are feeling a bit warmer...

this card is made with spellbinders dies...

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week 3 Mistletoe or Wine

 well i went with mistletoe for this challenge

using the lovely Greetery arched sentiment stamp set...and a few Nuvo drops for the berrys

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Happy Birthday

 I had to make a very quick birthday card for someone who loves pink...

so I used a stencil and embossing folder from Lisa Horton...

I haven't been posting much as I have been busy updating to full fibre broadband which should have been easy but proved very tricky here in the village I live in...still 2 open reach technicians a lot of digging to find junction boxes and a lot of drilling we finally got their yesterday   so now I am up and running again.

Thanks for popping by today I hope you are keeping warm in this cold frosty weather.

Week 2 Beary Merry Christmas

 For this card I went to my favourite LOTV 

I just love this sweet image….and the frame is one of my favourite paper boutique dies…

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A few felt ornaments

 I managed to get these finished in time for Christmas this year….

Made with the spellbinders Nichole Sphor dies …they were a challenge I will say that….

But they were definitely worth the effort…

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Week 1 …recycle a tag,wrapping paper or postage stamp…

 I have recycled a gift tag into the centre of my card 

I thought he was such a sweet Robin…

I hope you new year has got off to a good start…we are staying cosy and warm.

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