Coffee time!

Sharing a birthday card I made recently.

It's unbelievable  how close this image looks like the recipient lol.

It is from Bugaboo and came with the sentiment.

She has been coloured up with markers

and the papers are from Nitwits called

Coffee Talk.

I would like to enter this into

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Unicorn Challenge - birthday

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - anything goes

Digi Choosday - anything goes

Crafter's Cafe - anything goes option birthdays

Keep in touch!

I have another tag for Valerie's theme

New Beginnings over at

Tag Tuesday.

This week I went with the theme 'keep in touch'.

How many of us say we will keep in touch

but don't? And at this age it usually ends up too late :(

I found this Lili of the Valley image and thought it

would work perfectly with my triangular shaped tag.

The shape came about as I had some scraps left over

from a previous project lol.

So this little bear actually comes with a large sunflower

so I cut that away and coloured him up with markers

and wrote 'keep in touch' on his little envelope.

I hope you get time to join us this week.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - new beginnings

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Critter Crazy - feature a creature

 

Hey Cupcake!

Happy Monday!

I have another birthday card for a little girl turning 6!

I thought this cute image from Mo's Digital Pencil

would suit here perfectly.

The image has been coloured up with markers

and the papers are from Nitwits called

Hey Cupcake. 

I would like to enter this into

2 Sisters on the blog - anything goes

Let's Craft and Create - anything goes + use a sentiment

Unicorn Challenge - birthday

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

CRAFT - anything goes

Welcome to my newest follower Terri!

Thanks for the follow Terri.

Have a great week and thanks for stopping by.

Sweet little cupcake!

I had a birthday card to make recently for one of my

Mother-in-law's Great Granddaughters.

This one is for Zara who is turning 3.

I have used an image from Mo's Digital Pencil

along with papers from Nitwits.

She has been coloured up using markers

and I generated the sentiment and name on my computer.

I would like to enter this into

2 Sisters on the blog - anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Love to Craft - anything goes

Unicorn Challenge - birthday

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

First walk of the week today! Thankfully the sun was warm

enough to melt down most of the frosty pathways!

Fingers crossed for a milder weekend.

 

Little book of inspiration!

I made this little book for a little girl I don't see very often,

maybe just 3 times a year but she absolutely

loves to drop by and do some crafting with me.

So I thought this little book would be nice for her.

She is ten years old.

It is full of little quotes, butterflies and tags

with space to write little notes, some paper clips,

sticky notes and some cute page markers.

All tied up with some ribbon.

You can watch a quick run through here

Items used

Stamps: butterfly gala, yay you (SU)

Punches: butterfly punch, tag punch

Inks: memento, bubblebath 

Papers: Delightfully Eclectic (SU)

I would like to enter this into

The Outlawz - anything but a card option try something new

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Love Those Pretty Papers - anything goes option fun fold

Another cold and frosty day. Minus 4 here today and a heavy

fog to top it all off!

Missing my walks!!!

My happy place!

Our new challenge theme at

TAG TUESDAY

has been chosen by Valerie and she has gone with

NEW BEGINNINGS!

This year I have started doing some needle felting.

It is very addictive and so far I have made a little mouse

and a rabbit.

So I decided to needle felt a little heart for my tag

to represent my new beginnings in my crafty world!

I embossed the background with a heart folder

and punched with my tag punch.

I needle felted a heart in yellow

and then added my sentiments in yellow ink.

The tag was finished with some gold ribbon.

Stamp set used was Alphabest (SU).

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - new beginnings

Daisy Chain - no designer paper

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Little Red Wagon - new beginnings

Creative Inspirations - something old or new

old embossing folder, new felt craft

Aud Sentiments - mostly white or new beginnings + sentiment

We had a lot of snow today but thankfully some sleet afterwards

and it's disappeared again. Freezing cold though!

Be careful out there.

Double up!

Our new challenge over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

is anything goes with the option of hand coloured image.

We have some lovely prizes up for grabs

from Grafton crafts so be sure and join us!!

For my card I have used a PB stamp called Soft spoken.

I stamped the flower and coloured it up using markers in shades

of purple and green.

I stamped the sentiment in black from a stamp set called

Latte Love (SU).

I then used a stencil called Four Square (SU) and added

some colour around the area of the flower.

I matted it onto some purple card and finished it

off with a bakers twine bow.

I hope you get time to join us this month!

I would like to enter this into

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral optional mood board

A Perfect time to craft - anything goes

Love to craft - anything goes

Pearly Sparkles - something old and/or new

(used old stamp and stencil)

Crafts Galore - anything goes

2 sisters on the blog - anything goes

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It's also time for a new challenge over at

WE LOVE STAMPING

and the theme this month is anything but square!

We have a lovely prize up for grabs so be sure and join us!

For my card I decided to make a circle easel card.

As it's my eldest son's birthday this month

I kept him in mind when making it.

I had treated myself to stamps, stencils and masks from

Sheena Douglas and for this card I used

Howling at the Moon.

I absolutely love these sets and know it will be well used.

I went with shades of green and blue and created

a scene inside the stencil using the matching stamps.

The circle dies are from a Tattered Lace set.

Other stamp set used are

Country Birdhouse, Artistically Inked and Alphabest (SU).

I hope you get time to join us this month.

I would like to enter this into

Craft Rocket - something new

Krafty Chicks - birthday

Sweet Stampin' - new

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Critter Crazy - include an animal

Pearly Sparkles - something old and/or new

used new stamps and stencil

2 Sisters on the blog - anything goes

Happy New Year

I have another tag for Michele's theme over at

TAG TUESDAY.

This time I went with New Year for her

Winter Holiday theme.

I used a piece of textured card for my base.

The glass was stamped along with the champagne.

I then inked around the glass in pink ink.

I stamped the year in the glass

then added the sentiment, leaves and strawberry,

all stamped and coloured with markers.

I finished it off with some faux stitching/doodles.

Items used:

Sip Sip Hooray, Itty Bitty Christmas, Make a Difference (SU)

Markers.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - winter holidays

Level 6!

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas!

This card is for my Grandson Finbar's 6th birthday which

is on later this week.

He absolutely loves his ipad so when I saw

this image over at Mo's Digital Pencil I had to have it.

The background papers were from a set from SU called

Just Kiddin'.

I coloured him up with markers and added some stars

and a little dinosaur (another favourite of his).

The sentiments were printed from my computer

and layered up.

I would like to enter this into

Passion for Markers - anything goes

Krafty Chicks - all occasions

I 💓 ProMarkers - anything goes or use sketch

Winter Holiday

It's Michele's turn to host the theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

and she has gone with Winter Holiday.

My tag shows my winter holiday indoors

looking out lol.

I used Peaceful Deer stamp set to create the

trees and snow layers.

The sky is a mix of colours trying to show

the gorgeous pinks, purples and blues we have

been getting recently.

I added some stamped stars and then

stamped a little deer lying peacefully on the snow.

It was inked round the edges and finished with a bit of ribbon.

I hope you get time to join us over the next two weeks.

Don't dump your scraps, turn them into tags!!

I would like to enter this into

I hope all my lovely blog friends have a very

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!

Many thanks for keeping me sane with your

lovely comments throughout 2024!

 

Snowy Christmas

Just popping on to share a card I made for one of my boys.

There is Mum, Dad and two boys so I used half

a snowman for each of the kids.

I used some wintery background paper from SU and added

some torn paper for the snow hills.

The snow people are from a Polkadoodles stamp and die set.

They have been coloured up with markers and

I stamped and coloured some parcels to set in front of the kids.

The snow has had some glamour dust sprinkled on

and I stamped the sentiment from

Itty Bitty Christmas (SU) and punched the layers out

using the double oval punch (SU).

I would like to enter this into

The Cutie Pie Challenge - cute Christmas

Digi Choosday - anything goes

Creative Moments - sparkle and shine

Creative Inspirations - let it snow

Creative Knockouts - snow much fun

Sparkles Christmas - Christmas carol or song

Frosty the snowman 

Christmas with the cuties - cute and Christmassy

I'll be back tomorrow with my tag then that's me

stuck in the kitchen for a while lol!

Christmas Angels

I finally had some time to make these little angels

which I have had on my to do list for a couple of years!!

For the beads I bought a 99p beaded ornament from

Home Bargains and took it apart.

The beads were the perfect size for the face.

I gathered up whatever material scraps I had in my drawer.

I used tulle and some gold netting.

I tied her waist with red ribbon and her arms

were made from some heavy twine.

Her hair is made with threads in brown and I cut

her wings from some white foam.

I did have to draw her face on but it didn't come

out too bad lol and I gave her a little halo

made from pearls.

You can see I plaited her hair at the back to keep it tidy.

Of course when I showed it to my daughter she wanted one.

As her hair is black and white (we call her Cruella De Vil 😂)

I had to give the angel the same hair.

This time I used wool.

They do look so sweet on my tree and I am so tempted to make more!!

I would like to enter these into

Everybody Art - begins with w (wings)

Crafting Happiness - Christmas

Little red Wagon - Merry Christmas

The Outlawz - no cards option light up the holidays

Christmas Crafts all year round - bows, gifts or decorations

Selection Pack!

As always I have made the kids some selection packs.

I think these are much better value than buying

the usual selection boxes.

For the boys I did a snowman theme using the Snowman

stamp set from Polkadoodles.

He has been die cut and coloured up using markers

then stuck to some red paper matted onto silver card.

Inside the packs I have included warm socks,

cocoa drinks, chocolate treats, candy cane and biscuits..

I also made one for a young niece who calls around

Christmas time.

I went with a Santa Claus for her from Do Crafts

coloured up with markers and matted the same as the others.

I would like to enter these into

Little Red Wagon - Merry Christmas 

Passion for Markers - anything goes

Creative Inspirations - let it snow

Moving Along with the Times - Christmas character

Digi choosday - anything goes

I hope you are all ready, craft wise at least for the big day!!

I will be back tomorrow with some little angels.

 

Snow, snow, snow!

I made this card for my midway post over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

where the theme is winter!

I hope you get time to join us as we have some

amazing prizes up for grabs!!

For my card I used a snowman stamp from Polkadoodles.

He was stamped and coloured with my markers.

I inked up some snowy hills for the background

and layered him up with a blue square die cut mat.

On the base card itself I used a Polkadoodles stencil

to create falling snow and added a die cut snowflake

from Tattered Lace.

The large sentiment is from AALL & Create set called Brum Brum.

I would like to enter this into

Four Seasons - anything option winter

a Perfect time to craft - anything goes

We Love to Create - anything mixed media/paper crafting

Everybody Art - beginning with W - Winter

Polkadoodles Cardmaking Craft & Scrapbooking - anything goes

Digi Chooseday - anything goes

Crafter's Cafe - anything goes option monochrome

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For my midmonth card over at

WE LOVE STAMPING

I have gone with an AALL & Create stamp

called Brum Brum and made an easel card.

The theme is WINTER or anything goes.

Have you joined in yet? You still have two weeks

and you don't want to miss out on a chance to

win some amazing prizes!!

I covered my card base using papers from a set called

Winter Meadows (SU), one side blues

the other foilage.

The image was stamped onto a circle, coloured up

with markers and I then stamped some snow using one of

the stamps. I added glue to the snow circles and filled

it with fake snowflakes.

The sentiment is from the same set and the holly and berries

are from Hang an Ornament set (SU).

 I finished the inside using the same size circle

and stamped an image from Evergreen Elegance stamps (SU).

I would like to enter this into

The Paper Shelter - anything goes

Little Red Wagon - Merry Christmas

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Creative Crafting Uncles - Christmas and/or New Year

Sparkles Monthly - Christmas transport

I hope you get time to join in this busy December month!

Christmas tag

I have another tag for my theme CHRISTMAS

over at

TAG TUESDAY.

This time I used scraps from my scrap box

along with a stamp and die set called

Hang an ornament (SU).

I stamped the bauble and holly and berries.

When the background papers were layered onto my tag

I ran it through my sewing machine.

I then added the bauble and holly

and finished with some ribbon and a little bow.

I would like to enter this into

Make My Monday - stitching real or faux

Pammie's inky Pinkies - anything goes

Cardz for Guyz - holiday/Christmas tag and/or card

Classic Design challenge - anything goes option Happy Holidays

Allsorts - anything/lots of white

Babysitting duties are high on the agenda this week.

So nice seeing their little excited faces at this time of year.

 

Tag Topper gift box

I have some last minute boxes to share with you today.

These are so cute and so easy to make even

if you don't have a tag topper punch.

I found a very old written tutorial from

Charming 4 You blog.

I have gone with a snowflake theme using

Sparkling Snowflakes stamp set

Scallop Tag Topper punch

Silver card

Tutti Designs Snowflake dies

Bubblebath and azure afternoon inks

and matching ribbons.

You can watch my tutorial here

Measurements needed to make one

Card - 8 1/4" x 6"

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

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

I would like to enter this into

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Creatalicious - anything option Christmas/New Year

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Creative Moments - sparkle and shine