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Tuesday 15 October 2024

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.

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It's my Mother-in-law's 85th birthday today
so we off to visit and give her some presents.
Enjoy your day!

Monday 14 October 2024

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.

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Lovely fresh morning here. Washing is on
and a bit of crafting maybe then hopefully
a trip to Omeath!!
Have a great week.

Friday 11 October 2024

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.

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Wednesday 9 October 2024

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.

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P - purple, pumpkin, photos. pompoms


Tuesday 8 October 2024

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

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!

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Monday 7 October 2024

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.

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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.


Sunday 6 October 2024

Autumn has arrived!


It's time for our October challenge over at
and the theme is anything goes with the option of Autumn Colours.

We have a great prize from
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!

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Friday 4 October 2024

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.

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Cardz 4 Guyz - wheels (on his lawnmower)

We have Aimee's Christening on Sunday so
great excitement in the air!
Enjoy your weekend and thanks for the lovely comments!

Wednesday 2 October 2024

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

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Tuesday 1 October 2024

Seasons


Our new theme over at
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




 

Friday 27 September 2024

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!!

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I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Wednesday 25 September 2024

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

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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!!

Tuesday 24 September 2024

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.

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Friday 20 September 2024

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.

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Thursday 19 September 2024

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.




 

Wednesday 18 September 2024

It's your birthday!


I have a card for our midway post over at
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
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!

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Tuesday 17 September 2024

Bear necessities!!


It's time for a new theme over at
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!!

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So hot out there already I am feeling like it should
be July and not September!!
Enjoy your day!

Monday 16 September 2024

Baby Girl Joy!


Happy Monday!
I had a card to make for a new baby girl and pulled
out this lovely LOTV image.
I went all out pink for this one using papers from
Nitwits Collections along with the embellishments
and the sentiments were computer generated.
I coloured her up with markers.

I would like to enter this into

Another week begins with the promise of some
Autumn sunshine!
Enjoy your week and thanks for stopping by.
I will be playing catch up with my
commenting this week!!


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