happy Birthday

 both my brother and I have birthdays at the beginning of the year so I have been busy starting my birthday cards....

made using Waffle flower stencils and dies

hope you had a great christmas and wishing you all the best for the new year....

week 52 ...celebrate

 

a couple of lovey images from Dutch Doobado  merry and bright

the last challenge for this year...

Wishing you all a Happy Christmas and New Year

week 51....Santa claus is coming to town

 

just love this Simon Hurley set of stamps and dies....

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week 50...a birthday at christmas

 well its my brothers birthday on the 28th so I made him this card

made using Elizabeth craft designs dies....

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HoHoHo

 doing a bit of a grungy design....

using Elizabeth craft designs dies and stamps with a bit of Tonic as well.....

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christmas baking....

 

takes me back to baking with my dear old Mum the joy of licking the bowl clean....

made with Sue Wilson frame and stamperia image from a few years ago....

thanks for popping by today its just gorgeous here today bright sunshine but a cold wind hope you enjoy your day

week 49 ...gingerbread

 

this cottage cutz set of dies is a few years old now but its still one of my go toos....

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merry and bright

 

made with Dutch Doobadoo merry and bright and an old embossing folder...

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Happy birthday

 

been playing with my Andy Skinner stamps

its a glorious sunny day here today but chilly so a good day for the craft room

merry christmouse....week 48

 

out with the Elizabeth craft designs dies...

not much warmer here today so watching a christmas film this afternoon...I hope you are enjoying your weekend 

deck the halls

 its snowing here this morning...so I am in my craft room playing....

had a bit of a inky background creating this morning and this lovely cottage cutz die cut...

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week 47...merry and bright

 well merry anyway...

made using spellbinder dies...

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Christmas bells

 

I have used a frame from studio light and the rest are carnation crafts

It has been raining here so lots of time in my craft room having fun...

Santa

  I love collecting Santa dies...this one is from Spellbinders

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week 46...Gnomes for Christmas

 

I saw these fabulous Avago -Ink designs  stamps and dies on the stamps by me facebook page and a lovely card made by one of the design team...so this is my version...

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Christmas Baubles

 

Love these dies from Lisa Horton....

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a toast to you

 a card for a friends birthday

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week 45 poinsettia

 

had a play with my waffle flower stencils and postage dies...

thanks for popping by today its a glorious sunny day here...I have been out for a walk and getting ready to watch the tennis this afternoon

Bugs and Kisses

 just having a bit of fun making these adorable ladybirds up...

though they would make a fun birthday card using dies from Marianne designs

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week 44...tis the season

 

I used a background image from stamps by me and embossed it with Sue Wilsons snow folder and rubbed it back...the deer are from Carnation crafts...the sentiment is Sue Wilson

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Nutcracker

 I love this little Nutcracker die from Concord and 9th

thanks for popping by today...I am having a play day now that the storm has passed over ,it wasn't as bad as predicted here just very wet and a bit windy...the suns out now ....

Believe

 and you may get presents...

lots of different dies here...crafters companion edger ,,,Marianne Designs tree  parcels and baubles, spellbinders Santa...and yes it took forever to make....

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Christmas cupcakes

 I have been playing again....

these dies from cottage cutz are just so much fun I spent the afternoon yesterday cutting and colouring and making this card...listening to music in my happy place

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cosy toes....

 

made with spellbinders large die of the month...a very old Tim Holtz stamp for the patterned pyjama legs and a spellbinders sentiment....

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happy Christmouse

 

having fun with the Elizabeth craft designs mouse die set...

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week 42....snow and a bow

 

made using a background and die from stamps by me...and a very old stamp 

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winter Hare

 I just love this beautiful image 

from a very old cd that I found in my stash....Christmas friends by bree Meryn

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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...

thanks for popping by today I hope your weather is better than ours its just pouring down,,,

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…

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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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