week 17...holly

 

another of my half price bargain dies from spellbinders...with a couple of wax seals and a rub on...

the embossing folder is one of my favourites from spellbinders

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week 16....contemporary christmas tree

 

this is an old spellbinders set of dies that I thought were great fun called gnome christmas tree.....

I used sweet poppy stencil paste through a very old stencil to make the backgtound

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Christmas wishes

 

made using katy Sue Christmas garden picket fence collection ....

thanks for popping by today its been a busy week here clearing up in the garden when it stops raining!

Happy Birthday

 

playing with my stamps by Me stencils and dies

and a Lisa Horton embossing folder....

thanks for popping by today its bright and breezy here and I am hoping to get my washing out....

week 15...christmas pudding

 

I enjoyed making this one...it was a great opportunity to get out some old dies and stamps from carnation crafts and lili of the valley....

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christmas

 

I had been after this set of Simon Hurley dies since they came out but they were so expensive...I picked them up in the 50% off spellbinder clearance....now thats how I like to shop....

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a Christmas week....

 last week i spent making birthday cards so I have shifted back to christmas this week...

made using carnation crafts dies...I have to say I found these dies frustrating as they didn't come with a backing die to cut out a card shape and I had to resort to using my scan and cut....

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Week 14 Tic Tac Toe

 I have to admit that I have never used one before so had to look on the internet to find out

This was the board we were given

so having established that the inspiration should follow a live either vertical horizontal or diagonal I chose 

ornament

red

christmas sentiment

made using spellbinders cocoa wonderland dies...

at least I know how it works now!

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together forever

 an anniversary card...

using Carnation crafts dies from several collections...

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make a wish.....

 another birthday card for my stash....

I really love playing with these postage card dies and stencils

its a glorious day here today and my washing is out blowing in the wind...at last spring seems to be here ....fingers crossed

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Week 13....…jingle all the way

 I made this one over Christmas and took the photo with my decorations on the mantle piece...

made using Lisa Horton stencils and embossing folder...

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birthday card....

 having fun in my craft room this week....

making for cards for my stash...

made using Katy Sue designs....

thanks for popping by today, its been lovely this week and I have been having a clear up in the garden as well....

week 12....anything goes

 

spellbinders embossing folder.. rub ons..Tim Holts greenery and heartfelt creations poinsettia...a real play day

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birthday card....

 I am making some birthday cards for my stash this week...this one is from Katy Sues garden Gnomes 

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week 11....festive fireplace

 

fun but fiddly...made with cottage cutz dies...

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Happy birthday

 

definitely my favourite spellbinders embossing folder so easy to use the debossed side to colour and then smooch over with black ink...

a Lisa Horton sentiment and postage stamp die 

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its your day to sparkle

 my great niece is 25 this year...oh how the years pass 

made using stamps by me embossing folder, stamps 

she has just opened it so I can post it .....

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Week 10….a DL card…..

 This was an easy challenge as I love a DL card

made using Dutch Doobadoo merry and bright papers and ephemera and a bit of ink splatter...

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happy Birthday

 just love these nostalgic stamps from Andy Skinner

and a lot of spray inks and splatters...

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week 9 …..Christmas post

 using my Waffle Flower postage stamp stencils and die

these stencils are pretty easy to use once I had got used to them ....

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Happy Birthday

 having a play with some metallic inks

from Lisa Horton...and an embossing folder from spellbinders

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Week 8 ….turkey

 

Just love the quirky turkey image from HobbyArt….such a shame they are closing I shall miss Jennys demos 

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Happy Bee-day

 

paying with some old Marianne Design dies thought they went well with the waffle Flower stamp die....

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with love

 

made using Carnation crafts dies....

thanks for popping by today...the sun is shinning at last !

week 7...musical christmas

 

just love these dies from cottage cutz...they make such a fun card....

Thanks for dropping by today I am off to a craft fair at York Racecourse...and of course I will be good...

from me to you

 I just love doing this little card it was so much fun

made using waffle flower dies and sentiment

This one went off to my friend Claudia in  Herefordshire....

week 6 modern Christmas wreath

 back to the vaults with Tim Holtz...

bought this set when there was a sale on last year  I knew it would come in useful one day!

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Happy Borthday

 using a balloon stamp and die set from Honey Doo Crafts

with an old embossing folder in the background...

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Week 5 Burgundy and Gold

 My I had to search to find burgundy card in my stash....

this one was awful to take a photo of as I kept getting flare from the mirri .....

made using Lisa Hortons baubles and a Sue Wilson sentiment on a spellbinders embossed background

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Valentine for Richard

 I thought I better get on with making a card…

still no light box so taking photos with my phone on the mantle piece again

made using spellbinders say cheese dies...and Lisa Horton...

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Week 4…Happy Woofmas

 I really had to search back in my stash for dog images…

out with a cupcake crafting CD Magical Christmas Moments which must be 20 years old but it still works....

my light box is playing up so my photo are being taken on the mantle piece which is not ideal...

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week 3 traditional Santa

 

I just love this Honeybee layered Santa and I have combined it with Tim Holtz toy sack and an old stencil for the background with a Lisa Horton sentiment a sprinkle of frosty snow to complete...

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Week 2…snowflake background

 

Made using Lisa Horton embossing folder and snowflake die

I took the photo while I still had my Christmas decorations up….I always miss them when they are taken down the house looks so bare for a while

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week 1 winter wonderland

 

made using spellbinders window wonderland and snow day friends dies...

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