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!

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

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

Sweet Stampin' - for a child

CRAFT - baby/family/kids

Alley's Angels - anything goes

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

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!!

Off to school we go.....

I have another tag for Michele's theme

school days

over at TAG TUESDAY.

This time I used an old stamp from Paper Pretties and some

papers and embellishments from a paper pack by HOTP.

She has been coloured up using markers

and finished off with some ribbon.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - school days

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

We Love Stamping - hand coloured image/anything goes

Moving Along with the Times - not a card

Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Sweet Stampin' - for a child

The beach is my happy place!

Friday the 13th! 🙄 I'm too long in the tooth now to worry lol.

I have another card I made before going on holidays.

This was for a boy who loves to surf and lives in Australia.

The image is from Mo's Digital Pencil and the papers are from

Nitwits. I used a few cut outs from an old paper pack

to embellish.

He has been coloured using my markers.

I would like to enter this into

Dragonfly Dreams - Happy Birthday

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Digi Choosday - anything goes

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Love to Craft - anything goes

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

School Days!

We got back from our holidays last night!

Ten days away was long for us but we had

such a great time and even the weather was kind

to us!!

We hit Galway, Limerick, Killarney, Cork and then home.

Luckily I had my tag made as I am knee deep in washing,

changing to a warmer duvet and a general clean up!

I'll need another holiday after it lol.

The lovely Michele has chosen the theme 'school days' this

fortnight over at

Tag Tuesday,

so I dug out a paper pack from HOTP and stamped

this little Lili of the Valley image and coloured him up with my markers.

He is such a cute little boy!

I hope you get time to join in with the theme this fortnight.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - school days

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Crafting Happiness - back to school

CRAFT - baby/family/for the kids

Aud Sentiments - tags and/or holidays + sentiment

Creative Crafting Uncles - anything goes

Last of the summer.....

Happy Monday!

I wanted to squeeze this birthday card I made recently

as it is a summer theme and we are now in

Autumn!!!! Why do I still feel like summer will

be arriving soon lol.

Anyway, I used one of Mo's Digital Pencil images

and the papers are all from Nitwits.

She has been coloured up with markers.

I would like to enter this into

Love to Craft - anything goes

Crafts Galore - anything goes

Creations in pink - anything mostly pink

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

A Place to Start - anything goes

Creative Inspirations - summer fun

Cardz 4 Galz - pretty in pink

Dragonfly Dreams - Happy Birthday

Well that's me for about 8 or 9 days!!

Have a great week and be good till I return!!

Animal antics!

Our September challenge over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS 

is anything goes with the option animal antics.

We have two lovely prizes from AALL & Create up for grabs so be sure and

get your stamps out and join us!

For my card I went with a stamp set called Stylish Sketches (SU).

I made my card base in garden green and then added some

torn papers from a pack called Pretty Prints (SU).

I then stamped the fox and the greenery around him

and coloured them with my markers.

I matted him onto some green card and added him to the card.

I finished with a sentiment stamped in garden green

from a set called Country Flowers (SU)

and added a bow made of garden green twine.

It's our 45th wedding anniversary today!

Nothing planned for today but hope to be

celebrating away with a short break soon.

I would like to enter this into

Crafts Galore - anything goes

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Four Seasons - Fall with optional mood board

We Love Stamping - hand coloured image or anything goes

Critter Crazy - feature a creature

A ME mini album!

I finished another mini album this week and this time

I used very old photos of myself!

Look at that hair!!

On the front of the album I made a mini shaker then decorated

with some sticker words and flowers.

As you know, I am working my way through my stash

and one of the things I found was a box of beads.

So I used some for the side panel.

You can watch a quick walk through here.

You will even see me with the then Prime Minister at

my work place!!

My 5 minutes of fame lol.

Hole in one!

I had a male birthday card to make for a man who loves golf.

I pulled out some left over paper from a set called Country Club (SU)

and I also had a large embossing folder that had the same pattern

so did a piece of white in that. It is from CraftWell.

I layered up all my papers on green card then I cut

a circle of designer paper from the same pack.

This time it was a black and white scene image which

I coloured up with my markers.

I then stamped the golfer from the Club House bundle (SU),

coloured him up and die cut him.

The sentiment is from the same set and the SON came from

a stamp set called Family Party (SU).

I finished off the card by die cutting some tiny golf balls

and adding them to the corners.

I would like to enter this into

Dream Valley - anything goes

PINspirational - die cuts

Creative Inspiration - summer fun

Cut It Up - anything with dies

creative Crafting  Uncles - anything goes

Seaside Fun

Today I am sharing my second tag for my challenge theme

at the seaside over at

TAG TUESDAY.

I used a piece of dp for the background then stamped the girl

from a stamp set from Scrapberry's Best Friends set.

She has been coloured up with markers and cut out.

As she has a camera I wanted her to have something to look at

so stamped, coloured and cut the bird from a stamp set

from Whiff of Joy called Fun in the sun.

I backed it all onto some dp and finished it off with

some yellow ribbon and a staple.

I hope you get time to join us this week.

I would like to enter this into

The Outlawz - anything but a card option photography

Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Make My Monday - on the beach

Simon Monday - tag it

Dream Valley - anything goes

Everybody Art - anything goes

Another wet day here but I'm sure I will find

something to do with my time!

Enjoy your day!!

Wedding Memories

Another album and another pack of paper used up!

This time I made an album of our courtship and wedding.

The photos were in another album but it had become a bit

mouldy and weather beaten so thought it could do with a new one.

The papers I used are from K & Company called Scrap to Go.

It had been used so the album looks a bit scrappy near the

last few papers lol but happy enough.

I decorated the front with some flowers and brads

and added a metal frame to the side which I might need

to add some metal effect enamel to fill that annoying gap showing!!

You can watch a quick run through here

I used various stamps throughout when needed but luckily

the pack had lots of pre printed quotes and sentiments.

I would like to enter this into

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral option mood board

Kreativtanten Challenge - anything goes

Love those pretty papers - use papers option summertime

Make My Monday - something metallic

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - anything goes

Babysitting duties today again.

It's so cold here, even when we get a few minutes sunshine

so no coffee in the garden again!

I'm off to plunder in my paper box for my next project!

Enjoy your weekend!!