Teenage Kicks!!

I had a request for a birthday card for a mad teenager

(their words, not mine lol).

So I went very bright with lots of 

Autumn colours in there.

The papers are a download from Nitwits Beep Beep collection,

the image is LOTV, coloured with markers,

and cut and set it place.

The teenage badge is from google and

everything else is computer generated.

I would like to enter this into

The Paper Funday - anything option Autumn colours

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Let's Craft and Create - anything option just purple

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Cardz 4 Guyz - T is for TEENAGER

Make My Monday - kid friendly card

PINspirational - shapes

The rain we had last night was crazy.

The noise alone was enough to keep me awake

and it got unseasonably warm!

What's going on! I want warm cosy fires, 

blankets and a good book or movie lol.

Haunted house!

 

It was my turn to choose the theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

and I have gone with Halloween!

I had a few tags to make for the Grandkids albums and goodie bags

so it was a good incentive for me lol.

This one has been made with making an inky background

to which I stamped bats and cobwebs from a stamp set called

Tricks & Treats. I stamped the house separately

and added colour to the windows and door.

It was cut out and stuck in place.

I backed it onto some black card and added

some string for a spooky feel.

My next tag was a bit less colourful but I did use the house

again. I stamped it directly onto the tag

and then stamped the trick or treat sentiment.

It was inked lightly in purple ink and the windows and doors

where coloured in with a fluorescent yellow gel pen.

I finished with some string and bakers twine.

I hope you get time to join in my challenge this fortnight.

I would like to enter these into

Dream Factory - Halloween

Two Old Bats Halloween - anything Halloween

Unicorn Challenge - Autumn and/or Halloween

Try it on Tuesday - Halloween

Simply Create  Too - Halloween or Halloween colours

Creative  Crafting Uncles - Halloween

Allsorts - anything goes or magical, myth and or legend

It's my Mother-in-law's 85th birthday today

so we off to visit and give her some presents.

Enjoy your day!

Stash Buster 1

As some of you know, I am in the process of using up a lot of

my stash making mini albums, cards and boxes.

So this weekend I decided I would hunt down

some very old tutorials by various artists,

which I will give credit to of course,

and remake them with my stash!

So my first one is from The Crafty Thinker from way back

in 2017. It had no video tutorial so I thought I would do one.

As you can see this makes up into a cute gift package for

some kit kat bars.

It uses one sheet of card and a strip of fancy paper.

You can watch my video here

Measurements needed

Card - a4 x 11"

Score long side - 3", 3 1/2", 7 1/2", 8"

Score short side - 2 1/2", 3", 5 3/4", 6 1/4"

DSP - 1 3/4" x 8"

White paper for inside - 2 1/4" x 3 3/4"

I used old olive card, Love this Moment stamp set (SU)

and papers are called Delightfully Eclectic (SU).

Image has been coloured using markers.

I would like to enter these into

Mix it Up - anything goes option smooshing

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes option Autumn colours

Dragonfly Dreams - anything but a card

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Lovely fresh morning here. Washing is on

and a bit of crafting maybe then hopefully

a trip to Omeath!!

Have a great week.

And relax!!

Another family birthday card for another brother-in-law.

This one is in to golf but I've done golf for a few years now

so I went with his other hobby, watching the telly

and having a beer lol.

This image from Mo's Digital pencil was perfect

and to cut back on the colouring I paper pieced the sofa.

The rest has been coloured with my markers

and the papers have come from a Nitwits download

called Pocake masculine set.

I would like to enter this into

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Passion for Markers - anything but square

I Love ProMarkers - anything goes/witchy

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Spooky Memories!

So last week I showed you a quick walk through of the larger

of the Halloween Folios but this week I did a

tutorial showing how to make the smaller version.

I had two more to make so thought I would do

the tutorial so I will always have it lol.

Stamp sets I used

Tricks & Treats, Banner Year and Labels to Love

all Stampin' Up!

Papers are from The Works.

You can watch the tutorial here

or you can watch a quick walk through of finished folio here

Measurements needed to make one

Light weight card - two pieces at 11 1/4" x 3 1/2"

Score long side at 3 3/4", 7 1/2"

DSP to decorate

10 pieces at 3 1/2" x 3 1/4"

2 pieces in different pattern at 3 1/2" x 3 1/4"

Inner page is 4" x 3 1/2"

score on 4" side at 1/4"

Two side pockets

2" x 4 1/2"

score at 1/2" on three sides

Slanted pocket

card at 4 1/2" x 2 3/4"

score at 1/2" on three sides.

Follow video for cutting instructions.

I would like to enter this into

Pearly Sparkles - fantasy

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Daisy Chain - Autumn and/or Halloween

Two Old Bats - anything Halloween

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Simply Create Too - Halloween or Halloween colours

The Outlawz - something with your first name letter

P - purple, pumpkin, photos. pompoms

Fall Y'all!

I got this lovely image via Mo's Patreon group

and thought she would be perfect for Valerie's theme

of Seasons over at

TAG TUESDAY.

She has been coloured up using my markers,

the background clouds have been stencilled

and I stamped and punched some smaller leaves

as her base.

The leaves at the top were stamped using Stylish Sketches (SU)

and coloured with markers,

but they do look a bit out of proportion lol.

The sentiment came with the image

which is called Fall Yall!

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - seasons

Daisy Chain - Autumn and/or Halloween

Four Seasons - anything goes Fall

We Love Stamping - Autumn/anything goes

Creative  Inspirations - the season of Autumn

Aud Sentiments - embossing and/or Fall + sentiment

Craft Rocket - Autumn and/or Halloween

Birthday boy!

I had a card to make for a little boy turning 3 this month

so picked this lovely image from

Mo's Digital Pencil.

He has been coloured up with markers

and the background papers are all from

Nitwits.  I stencilled some clouds and grass for the background.

I would like to enter this into

Make My Monday - kid friendly card

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Passion for Markers - make it masculine

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Alphabet challenge - N is for numbers

Crafty Catz - anything goes option use a stencil

CD Sunday - anything goes using CD, USB or digital download

We had a lovely day at Aimee's Christening yesterday.

She was so good, even being past from post to pillar

and loads of strange faces. Not a cheep out of her.

The big moment and she took it in her stride.

Proud Mummy and Daddy.

Hubby and me stealing a moment.

Autumn has arrived!

It's time for our October challenge over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

and the theme is anything goes with the option of Autumn Colours.

We have a great prize from

STAMP ADDICTS

with a £25 gift voucher!!

For my card I used a set I won from AAll & Create called

Sent with Love.

I inked up the background around the flower with yellow ink,(SU)

then stamped the flower on top.

I stamped the smaller flower beside it and then stamped

both flower heads again, coloured with markers and

cut out so I could 3d them on top.

I added some faux stitching and some scribbles

(lost the run of myself there lol).

I finished with a thinking of you sentiment

shaded in the same markers.

I hope you get a chance to join us this month!

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

The Paper Funday - anything option colours of Autumn

Colorful Options - orange

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral optional mood board

Krafty Chicks - stamps

Moving Along with the Times - Autumnal colours

Sweet song!

I had a card to make for my brother-in-laws birthday.

He loves his garden but also plays the guitar so

I tried to incorporate both in this card.

The image is from Bugaboo and I thought it would give

him a laugh. The song words are from Maggie by the Foster & Allen

which he sings regularly for his Mum who is called Margaret.

I coloured it up using my markers.

The papers are from Nitwits Melodious.

I would like to enter this into

Passion for Markers - make it masculine

Cardz 4 Guyz - wheels (on his lawnmower)

Addicted to Stamps and More - birthdays

Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

CD Sunday Plus - anything goes using USB, CD or digital download

Dragonfly Dreams - Happy Birthday

We have Aimee's Christening on Sunday so

great excitement in the air!

Enjoy your weekend and thanks for the lovely comments!

Spooky Folio

I have a bit of spooky fun today with this mini Halloween folio.

It will hold 12 photos and I also included some

little booklets to record the Halloween fun games etc.

I did loads of stamping inside, creating some spooky scenes

and tags.

I didn't come up with this myself, it is from a tutorial

I found on YouTube which you can watch HERE.

I used papers from The Works, some Tutti Designs dies

and stamp sets from SU.

You can watch a quick walk through here

I would like to enter this into

Two Old Bats Halloween challenge - anything Halloween

Kreativtanten - ghosts

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Double D Challenges - to spook or not

Allsorts - anything goes

Seasons

Our new theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

has been chosen by the lovely Valerie and she

has gone with SEASONS!

For my tag I went with Autumn.

I used scrap paper for the background and some little leaf

cut outs for the bottom. The leaf has been stamped using

a set called Gather Together (SU) and coloured with a paint brush

using pumpkin pie and cinnamon cider inks (SU).

The sentiment is from the same set.

I finished the tag with some twine.

I hope you get time to join us this fortnight!

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - seasons

Four Seasons - Fall

Incy Wincy - Autumn/more than one fold

Try it on Tuesday - Autumn magic

PINspirational - shapes (I used squares and rectangles

Papercraft challenges - fabulous Fall

 

Hang an Ornament

I have another Christmas card for my small pile!!

For this one I used poppy parade card and some retired

Christmas papers. The front panel was embossed using a

Tattered Lace embossing folder to which I wrapped

some bakers twine and tied in a bow.

The bauble is stamped from a set called

Hang an Ornament Bundle and I die cut

the holly leaves from the same set.

For the berries I used pearlised enamel effects

and I cut the top of the bauble in gold card.

Quick and easy!!

I would like to enter this into

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Krafty Chicks - all occasions

52 Christmas card Throwdown - flower/flourish

Christmas Kickstart - embossing folders

ABC Christmas - T for traditional Christmas Colours

Merry Little Christmas - anything Christmas

Peace on Earth - moodboard

I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Final School Year

My Grandson Sean is now in his final year in primary school

so I thought I would make a mini album to store

precious photos of his final year.

This little album only measures 4" x 4" x 1" and will

hold 16 photos.

The paper pack was called Paper Pazazz School Days

and I have had it for years.

It comes with lots of little cut outs to decorate so the only

stamp set I used was called Alphabest (SU).

The base is all black card stock.

You can watch a quick walk through here

I would like to enter this into

Daisy Chain - more than 1 fold

Mix It Up - anything goes/option smooshing

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Little Red Wagon - numbers

Moving Along with the Times - not a card

The Outlawz - no cards option digital world

As we both have our travel passes now we had planned to

go to Dublin on the train today but we slept in

and missed the early train 😂

We will try again next week!!

Numbers

I have been away from my blog this past week as

we sadly lost a very dear uncle.

But today is a new day and I am back with a tag

for Sandie's theme NUMBERS

over at TAG TUESDAY.

Why don't you come and join us!

For my tag I stamped a ticket in the background.

It's from a set I got free with a magazine years ago

and it full of vintage type stamps with trains, air balloons,

etc. Does anyone know the name of the company??

The other stamp set is from Chronology. I used the clock

and cogs. I inked up my background in pumpkin pie ink.

The sentiment is from a set from AALL & CREATE and it says

life is short, smile while you still have teeth!! So funny lol.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - numbers

The Paper Funday - anything/create your own background

Simon Says - Monochrome

Make My Monday - create your own background

Moving Along With the Times - not a card

Girlie Birthday

Still sharing my September birthday cards.

This one was for a niece of ours from her Granny.

Martina has the loveliest red hair and it is curly but

she always blows it out!

As she is a nurse and I have done her a nurse card many times,

I went with a relax card with a little cup cake.

This image is from Digi Stamp Boutique, sadly

no longer selling.

It has been coloured using my markers and then

framed using Nitwits papers.

The sentiments are all computer generated.

I would like to enter this into

Dragonfly Dreams - Happy Birthday

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Gem of a challenge - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Cardz 4 Galz - any colouring medium

Digi Choose Day - anything goes

 

All about Mum

I finally finished my biggest album yet!

I started this way last year and it was so big I had

to keep taking breaks and go back with fresh eyes

every month and now it's finally finished.

It is all about my Mum and her family and life

with whatever photos I had.

I decided to use some beads again along the spine

and I went with a snap closure as it is so jam packed!!

I also reinforced the corners with some metal corner edges.

The papers are really really old and the front even

faded over the year while I was working on it lol.

You can watch a quick walk through below

You will see some of my previously made tags throughout the album,

and one from my lovely friend Brenda too.

I thought they added a nice splash of colour here and there.

I also used a stamp set called Flourishing Phrases (SU), flowers, leaves etc throughout

and the album and some rub ons too.

 

It's your birthday!

I have a card for our midway post over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

where the theme of September's challenge is

anything goes with the option of animal magic!

We do of course, have a lovely prize up for grabs,

in fact two lovely prizes from

AALL AND CREATE

so come and join us!!

For my card today I pulled out an old stamp set called

Counting Sheep (SU).

I inked up my background paper in granny apple green ink

then stamped, cut and coloured the sheep and hats

from that set, using markers.

I stamped some sparkles in the background then

added my sheep and hats along with a few

stamped blades of grass.

The sentiment was stamped along the bottom.

I layered it all onto matching green card and then

onto my card base.

I searched through my stamp sets and found the little cake

from Tabs for Everything (SU) which fitted perfectly

in the sheep's foot!

I would like to enter this into

 

Bear necessities!!

It's time for a new theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

and this time Sandie wants to see NUMBERS!

I was searching for a different stamp entirely when I came

across some of my old wooden stamps from

Forever Friends.

I have a handful of these which I kept for the

Grandkids when they spent the day here.

I made my tag base from a lilac card then added some scraps

from HOTP birthday pack along with a paper ribbon.

I stamped some numbers into each circle using

Alphabest and Make a Difference stamp sets (SU).

I coloured up the bear with my markers and cut him out.

I finished with  some ribbon and a sentiment and cut out

from the paper back.

Come and join us and use up some of your table scraps!!

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - numbers

Crafter's Cafe - anything/option include an animal

Make my Monday - National Teddy Bear day

Stamps & fun=CREATIVITY - tag

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Critter Crazy - feature a creature

Dream Factory - B is for balloon

So hot out there already I am feeling like it should

be July and not September!!

Enjoy your day!