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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week 20...anything goes

 playing with my embossing folders and wax seals

all spellbinders...love the stencil makes life so easy

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Happy Birthday

 

made using the April spellbinders club small die of the month...   I just love pansies 

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christmas baubles

 

just playing with some very old Tattered lace dies and USB....

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week 19....christmas sweater

 

stamped and coloured...using Francoise Reed stamp....

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Joy and light

 

made using carnation crafts dies....

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Happy Birthday

 our friend Hannah has a birthday this week....

dies from Carnation crafts....

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week 18...snowballing fun

 

a mixture of spellbinders dies...

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santa stuck in the chimney

 yes too many mince pies

thought this was fun ....spellbinders chimney caper...

Thanks for popping by today still wiped out from my covid jab every year I say I will give it a miss but then Richard persuades me and I end up in bed for a day...

Happy Birthday ...panda

 my friend just adores Pandas and even travelled up to Edinburgh zoo to see them before they went back to China so I thought these would remind her of the visit 

made using Simon Hurleys birthday bear set of dies

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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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