just because...

 a pretty card made using carnation crafts flowers and arched dies...

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Holly Jolly

 my fun swinging gnome.....

I just think this die set is such fun...

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Its your day to sparkle

 this is the other card I made for Edie's birthday...which will now go in my card stash...

made using a stamps by me embossing folder and white sparkle ink....

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Happy Birthday Edie

 its Richards great nieces 10th birthday....

 made using All & Create card ...Andy Skinner stamp....white acrylic paint and black ink splatters I really enjoyed getting messy with this one

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week 36 christmas wishes

 a Christmas bear...cute I thought....

thanks for popping by today its bank holiday weekend so of course the weather is abysmal so I am crafting instead

Merry

 just playing today...

jolly penguins from spellbinder, My favorite things Merry die cut a spellbinders embossing folder and gold pigment ink....just having fun

Happy Birthday

 

using a lovely spellbinders embossing folder and some silver gilding wax

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week 35 ..... frost or snow

 

I have been having so much fun with this digital download from Highlight crafts,,, Merriment and Yuletide

 its full of fun scenes and gnome images to create in my craft studio...its been a long time since I used it so it took me a while to get back to creating and making sure that I copied and pasted the characters to cut out on my scan and cut and decoupage...on this one I forgot I could also add text so I ended up with a creative expressions wordies ...traditional christmas sheet

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week 34 Christmas Drinks

 I am a bit behind with my weekly christmas posts....

made using Altenew stamps and dies...

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nostalgic birthday card

 playing with Andy Skinner stamps

trying the drip technique...a bit murky for my liking maybe practice will bring better results

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snow globe

 

a lovely stamp and stencil from Inkylicious 

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Happy Birthday

 

using a set of dies from John Next Door...going for a more masculine look I think the kraft card and the embossing sets off the dies...

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gnome Tree

 

the background was made using a very old stencil and white cosmic shimmer dimensional paste splatter with white acrylic paste

I cut the gnomes out several times in different colours and paper pieced them.. adding nuvo drops to give dimension to the strings of lights

took a while to make...

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fun Santa

 another of my sale dies...

I used lots of things to create the background a stamp which I embossed and then used and embossing folder and some inks...

the Santa is spell binders St Nick which I have cut using Lawn Fawn wooden card stock in white and coloured using promarkers and the parcels are made from another set of dies...

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Christmas shops

 

saw these on a craft buddy show and thought they were a bit different, lots of decoupage layers and  I really enjoyed this for a change

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Santa

 warming his behind....

loving these images from Dutch Doobadoo Merry and Bright from last year just a bit of fun

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let it snow

 I have had a week off social media this week but here I am back

playing with my spellbinders dies a bit fiddly but well worth it in the end...

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a couple of quick christmas cards

 

made using stamps by me seasons tweeting which I got a half price in the sale...

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candy cane season

 having some fun with embossing folders today as its much cooler

this has to be one of my favourite embossing folders from spellbinders...

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merry christmas

 

well thats Wimbledon and the word cup finished and its cooled down enough to get back in my craft room

this one is made with Carnation crafts dies

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week 29...humour

 struggled a bit with this as its been far too hot to craft...so I made some dancing ginger bread cuties

made using spellbinder dies and embossing folder

I shell be watching the men's final at Wimbledon this afternoon sat Infront of a fan to keep cool...hope you are enjoying your weekend

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on your special day

 

clean and simple Bellflower Blooms from carnation crafts

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happy birthday

 

 

a new set of stamps and stencils from Alex Syberia... peony's one of my favourite flowers...

I used my scan and cut to cut out the stamp and 3D it up with glue gel and splattered with white paint

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week 28.....winter stroll

 

I am having so much trouble with my light box and computer at the moment so please forgive the photo which had to be taken on my mantle piece on my phone!

made using a frame from Sue Wilson and the image is from stamps by me...

a lot cooler this week thank goodness...

have a paw some birthday

 

my niece Elizabeth was kind enough to lend me this set for Elizabeth craft designs  Dog Days   and I cut a few extra for future cards

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Happy Birthday

 

absolutely loving this set from Alex Syberia...I have use the foil plate,stencil and embossing folder

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week 27....childrens christmas

 

this is a card I have made for my friends children for christmas using spellbinders say cheese collection

its still too warm to craft but it looks like next week is going to be much more bearable

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gnome christmas

 

made using bits from Dutch Doobadoo Merry and Bright collection from last year

still too hot for me today so another day sitting in the cool and watching the tennis

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hot chocolate

 not really the weather for it today...

at least we still have a bit of breeze...sitting in the cool watching the tennis

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week 26... wrap up warm

 doing a bit of recycling

thought these sheep deserved a second use so some matts and layers and splatterers

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santa claus is coming to town

 

I have so many Santa dies now ,this one is from Simon Hurley "the Clauses "    with a spellbinders embossing folder

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Christmas Elves

 

this is a lovely set of dies from Simon Hurley from last year....and I have been playing with some new paper snow ...its call frosty snow and goes on after you spray with water I thought it would be more environmentally friendly...

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week 25..cracker shaped card

 

using very old craftwork cards base and papers....and going for a vintage look

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Nativity

 

my first play with The Greetery lovely linocuts from last year...stamps and dies to match and fun to make...I remember doing lino cuts at school 65 years ago and loving it....

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christmas....

 still making christmas cards this week...

playing with my spellbinders "say cheese " set of dies they are just so much fun

Thanks for popping by today..getting my new glasses this morning ...

week 24...christmas green things

 

I had been after this  spellbinders die set for ages and tried to order it from America...it got to the airport and then returned and my money refunded...bitterly disappointed and some 3 months later I found it here in a sale ... its such fun with the  swinging gnome...

damp and drizzly today so doing some washing as Richard is off down to Birmingham to his record fair for the day...maybe a little crafting this afternoon

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Happy Anniversary

 for our friends Hannah and Nick 

made using Alex Syberia Magical Fuchsia hot foil plates in silver and stencils using Distress oxides ..spellbinders A little message sentiment foil plate and dies... I am having so much more fun foiling now I have bought the platinum 6 machine ..no more over foiling just pristine every time...

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Richards Christmas card

 for this year 

I bought myself some new matting and layering aperture dies from John Next Door which were supposed to fit A6...but sadly my cards must be a bit smaller so a bit of trimming had to be done

the image is Penny Black

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Dear Santa

 this week I am going to be doing lots of christmas cards.....

I made this one using waffle flower dies, stencils and stamps....

The weather has broken here and we have rain this week which is good for the garden and filling up my water butts....

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Week 23 a single candle

 I have been going back to some of my old heartfelt collections for this one

using papers stamps and dies from some very old collections...

what a hot week it has been I hope you have been enjoying it 

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happy birthday

 

this set of Katy Sue decoupage images reminded me so much of my dear Dad...he spent most of his life in his greenhouse it made him so happy to be growing grapes and tomatoes....such fond memories

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snowy christmas

 

loving these picket fence cards from the Katy Sue christmas kit...

thanks for popping by today its summer here today the sun is shinning and its going to get to 25C today so yes washing will be going out.

let it snow

 

made using Simon Hurleys set of dies from last year they seemed so cheerful I just had to give in and buy them....

It has been a really hot week so far and the bonus is getting all the extra washing dried...everything in my airing cupboard given a freshen up....and all the bed throws....

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week 22 ...sentiment as a focal point

 

thought that this certainly fits the bill...spellbinders dies

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Christmas drinks

 

love this set of spellbinders coco greetings with a spellbinders embossing folder

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happy Birthday

 

made using Hunkydory a year of flowers and wonderful wreaths with a simon Hurley sentiment

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week 21...we three kings

 doing a bit of recycling....

once again the gold mirri doesn't come out well on the photo....

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happy birthday

 

using some of my older spellbinder dies...and lots of scrap pieces of card...and a spellbinders embossing folder

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Happy Birthday

 a fun card

made using Simon Hurleys  Darling Dog dies...great fun to play with

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