Best moments!

Our new challenge theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

has been chosen by Valerie and she wants us

to use spots and/or stripes.

I found some scraps which worked perfectly.

They have been layered up then I added the die cut

butterflies. The sentiment was stamped onto white card,

punched out and layered onto black card.

I finished with some cord.

Quick and easy theme this fortnight for sure

so I hope you get time to have a play.

I am entering this into

Tag Tuesday - spots and/or stripes

 

Something magical!

Our new challenge for August over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

is ANYTHING STAMPED option make it magical.

We have a great prize for one lucky winner!!

For my card I printed out a Lavinia background then using

Lavinia stamps I stamped the toadstools and fairy along with the little stars.

Using gel pens I added some texture to the toadstools

and the fairy's wings and stars.

I then stamped the sentiment to finish.

The edges where all inked up before sticking to my base card.

I hope you get time to join us!

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Arty Divas - anything goes

Retro Rubber - anything goes (stamp is a good few years old)

Krafty Chicks - stamp act

Moving Along with the Times - anything goes

 

Here comes the sun

I have another tag for Michele's theme

Here comes the sun over at

Tag Tuesday.

I have used Lisa Horton aperture circles to create the sunshine.

I then stamped over it using Cracked Bark Texture stamp.

I added the rays of sunshine using bumblebee ink (SU)

and inked around the whole thing using misty moonlight ink (SU).

The sentiments are from Stampendous tropical trees,

stamped in black and inked up in bumblebee.

I finished with a stapled matching ribbon.

I'm a bit late posting as I have been away for a

wee break in Bundoran, County Donegal,  with hubby.

Very relaxing, just lots of walking and our hotel room had the most

gorgeous sea view!

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - Here comes the sun

Aud Sentiments - summer + a sentiment

CRAFT - summer

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Four Seasons - summer (August)

 

Carved wood technique!

So I had a little play on Sunday past as the weather

was atrocious with thunder, lightening and torrential rain!

What's a girl to do other than craft??

Anyway I decided to have a go at the carved wood technique.

I used items from Lisa Horton:

Poinsettia & Holly embossing folder

Painted Stripes texture stamps

Nested stitched bubble squares.

The inks I used are soft suede and bermuda bay (SU)

and matching ribbon and card from SU as well.

I did make a mistake when putting it into the embossing folder 🙈

should have been indented!!

But I still like the finished effect.

Another excuse to try again lol.

I would like to enter this into

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Simon Says Wednesday challenge - anything goes 

Little Red Wagon - add some stitching

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky - anything goes

 

Here come the sun!

Our new challenge over at

TAG TUESDAY

is Here come the sun (option add a sun).

For my tag I went with a beach scene. I tried to add waves coming

into the shore lol and a cloudy sky with a big sun setting.

I did my best 👀.

I used Lisa Horton double aperture circles to create the sun,

the sand was made using blends and the sea and sky with my stencils.

I then stamped the man and child from a set called A Good Man (SU)

and coloured them with my markers.

The sentiment came from a Stampendous Tropical Treetops set.

I hope you can come and join us.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - Here come the sun

The Paper Funday challenges - anything option a day at the beach

Use your stuff - sunshine

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Allsorts - summer

Creative Crafting Uncles - anything but a card

Welcome to my newest follower Pauline!

Thanks so much for following my blog!!

 

Christmas in July cards

I took a bit of time out to start on my Christmas card stash.

Both these cards were made using Lisa Horton's

Poinsettia and Holly stencil/emboss/diecut set.

One has been stencilled then embossed

the other has been embossed then stencilled.

There are subtle differences to the finished look and

I'm not sure which I prefer. More practise needed!

The sentiment is from an SU set called Itty Bitty christmas.

The ink colours I used are

Garden green, old olive, early expresso, poppy parade

and cherry cobbler. All from Stampin' Up!

I would like to enter these into

Christmas Card Throwdown - Christmas florals

Allsorts - Christmas in July

Crafty Catz - anything option Christmas in July

Creatalicious - anything otpion Christmas in July

Papercraft challenge - Christmas in July

Unicorn challenge - Christmas in July

 

Believe!

I spent a nice 15 minutes making another tag for my challenge

over at Tag Tuesday which is

Christmas in July.

I inked up my background using misty moonlight and bumblebee inks (SU).

I then stamped the images using my new  stamp from Creative Expressions

called Above the Roof Tops in black memento ink.

I added some light to the houses using gel pens

and added some snowflakes using  a chalk pen (SU).

I finished by stapling some spotty ribbon to the top.

I hope you get time to join me. Not a lot of entries this time round!!

Did I scare you all???

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - Christmas in July

Simon Wednesday challenge - make your own background

ABC Christmas - New or Old I went new stamp

Craftyhazelnut's challenge - anything Christmas option die cut or punch

Update on Ruth (DIL's Mum).

They have now got things under control and hoping to move

her out of ICU into a ward.

She has now been diagnosed with systemic pneumonia

and the antibiotics are hopefully doing their job well.

She is not allowed to fly home on her set date so will

hopefully be happy to stay with Rachel for a few more weeks.

They reckon the plane journey may have brought things to the fore

as she has been suffering with repeated chest infections for the last

18 months. Fingers crossed this will see her get a chance at a good recovery.

Thanks for all your kinds thoughts.

 

Cute mini tags

It's the second week of my challenge theme

Christmas in July

over at TAG TUESDAY.

I have used these cute little tags from the same kit as last week

(Brenda Pinnick Christmas card kits)

and decorated them up.

The pink one has had a piece of torn paper added for snow.

The background has been stamped using a snowflake stamp

and the little snowperson has been stamped, coloured and cut

and set in place. I finished with a piece of twine and highlighted

the snowflakes with a white chalk pen.

The stamp set used is called Spirited Snowmen (SU).

The second tag has been decorated using

Dashing Deer stamp set, some faux stitching and finished

with some bakers twine.

All very quick and easy and I have a load more of these

mini tags which I intend to use up!!

I hope you get time to join us!

I am entering these into

Allsorts - Christmas in July

Sweet Stampers - Christmas in July

crafty Gals  Corner - Christmas in July

Papercraft Challenges - Christmas in July

Creatalicious - anything goes option Christmas in July

I have not been around much lately as we had a bit of a

drama in the family.

My daughter-in-law next door had her Mum arrive last

Sunday for a 3 week visit from Wales.

Unfortunately she took very ill the day after she arrived

and had to be rushed to hospital.

She ended up in ICU with sepsis and was very poorly indeed.

We had to step in and mind the kids as Rachel has no

other family over here so hence no crafty time.

Thankfully Rachel's Mum is out of the woods and will be

transferred from ICU to a ward for a few days, then hopefully back home.

Not much of a holiday for the poor woman and a very worrying

time for her family!!

Life has a way of surprising/shocking us all at some stage.

Take care out there.

 

Midway Summer Flowers

For my midway post at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

where the theme is summer flowers

I have gone with a Lisa Horton set again.

Remember we have a great prize sponsored by

Crafty Individuals

so be sure and get your entry in.

Any project at all so long as you have a stamped item

as the focal point.

For my card I decided to do a quick video to show

the process I have gone through.

Sorry for the voice, I was knee deep in a very bad cold.

I would like to enter this into

Creations in Pink - anything mostly pink

2 Sisters on the blog - anything goes

Daisy Chain -  no designer paper

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

It is super hot here today, hard to stick

but seriously not as hot as in England.

I hope you are all keeping cool and safe!

 

Christmas at Tag Tuesday!

It's my turn to choose the challenge theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

this time and I have gone with

Christmas in July!!

I do like to torture the design team ladies lol.

For my first tag I have gone with a traditional feel.

The papers and card came from a very old kits again

(Brenda Pinnick I think) which I chopped up to make a tag.

The angled front was already cut so just use it.

The background has been stamped using cherry cobbler

and the poinsettia has been stamped and coloured using wink of stella.

The sentiment chipboard came with the kit.

The stamp set used is called Poinsettia Petals (SU).

I would like to enter this into

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Little Red Wagon - Christmas in July

Sweet Stampers - Christmas in July

Craftyhazelnuts challenge - anything Christmas

The Holly and Ivy - anything Christmas

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

 

Let's go camping!

It's the second week of Sandie's

holidays/travel challenge over at

TAG TUESDAY

and I have gone with a couple of little campers.

The stamps are very old and from a set called

Patchwork Pals from Kanban.

I coloured them up with markers and attempted to add

grass 🙈 and  stencilled some clouds.

The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps.

I hope you get time to join us.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - holidays/travel

Daisy chain - no designer paper

Love to craft - anything goes

Make My Monday - colouring any medium

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

We had a great time at the INSIDE bbq  (windy and wet) on Sunday

BUT just had a phone call from one of my sons to say he

has COVID!! Fingers crossed no one else gets it!

 

Summer Flowers

Our July challenge at

Stamping Sensations

is summer flowers.

We are sponsored by

Crafty Individuals with a £25 gift voucher!

I was lucky enough to win this beautiful stamp

from Chocolate Baroque and thought it would be perfect

for this challenge.

The image has been stamped directly onto my card,

then coloured with blends.

I then inked around the edges in matching colours

and even coloured the white ribbon with the blends

so it all tied in.

I hope you get time to play along with your

summer flower stamps!

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Calendar - add a ribbon

2 sisters on the blog - anything goes

Four Seasons - anything summer

Allsorts - flora and/or fauna

crafty Catz - anything goes option say it with flowers

Off out to a barbecue for my son Milo's birthday today.

Here's hoping the rain gives us a break!

Have a lovely week.

Welcome to my two new followers Carol W and VineArtist.

Lovely to have you here!!

 

Sunflower & Roses

I had another play with my Lisa Horton supplies,

this time making a quick birthday card to gift to a customer.

I have used the Sunflower & Roses set.

The stencilling was done first using real read, granny apple green,

lemon lime twist, poppy parade and bumblebee inks (SU).

I then embossed it using the matching folder then die cut it.

For the card base I embossed half of it using my score board,

stamped the sentiment  and added faux stitching

in the opposite area.

I would like to enter this into

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Use your Stuff - plants/flowers

Double Trouble - thing 1

Simon Says Wednesday - anything goes

Krafty Chicks - anything goes

 

Holiday season!

It's time for a new theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

and Sandie has chosen

Holidays/travel!

For my tag I have used a very old stamp set from

Whiff of Joy called fun in the sun.

The images were stamped then masked so I

could create a sandy background and some sea and clouds.

The images where then coloured with promarkers.

I used a LH stencil circle to create the sunshine

and some torn papers and cloud edges for the sea and sky.

The sentiment came from the same stamp set.

Hope you can join us this fortnight.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - holidays

Double D Challenges - Beach time

Aud Sentiments - summer + sentiment

Fab 'n' Funky - summer colours

Try  it on Tuesday - here comes summer

Cardz 4  Guyz - summer theme

Finally seemed to be recovering from my flu,

husband just a day or two behind me!

That was a full two weeks and I am hoping my energy

levels return quick haste!

Thanks for all your lovely comments,

really appreciate them.

 

Camellia get well soon

I finally got time to play with my Lisa Horton

Camellia Cluster set.

You get the stencils, dies and embossing folder

and they are just a joy to play with and experiment with.

I kept to the pink colour for this one to start me off

but will be a bit more daring the next time lol.

I added some line embossing using my score board

instead of leaving the card flat.

The flower has been chopped so I could make it fit my card

fully and I added a stamped sentiment and some pearls

to the centre border.

I would like to enter this into

Four Seasons - summer

Creations in Pink - anything mostly pink

Creatalicious - anything option stencil

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes option get well

 

Card and tag set

So, as I said yesterday, you get two of each card in the box

(see yesterdays post)

and the second one

was just lying looking at me all forlorn lol.

So I made up the card to look the same as the tag,

(Itty Bitty Christmas and From Our House to Yours stamp sets SU),

added some wrap around ribbon with a bow

and stamped the sentiment and laid it across the tree.

I even added an insert! Go me!!

They make a nice little pair I think.

I would like to enter this into

Addicted to Stamps and more - Christmas

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Christmas Craft Creations - trees

 

Celebrate with a die cut!

It's the second week of Valerie's theme

use die cuts

over at TAG TUESDAY.

I found a box kit full of Christmas card packs which

I must have bought many many many years ago.

The name on them is Brenda Pinnick and I am sure

it was from QVC!!

You get two of each design so decided to chop one

and use for a tag.

The background has been stamped with snowflake stamp from

a stamp set called From Our House to Yours (SU).

The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Christmas (SU).

I inked up the edges, added the die cut tree and star

and finished with some ribbon, stapled in place!

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - use a die cut

The Holly and Ivy - anything Christmas

Christmas craft creations - trees

Crafty Hazelnut's challenge - anything Christmas option snowflakes

 

Masculine Fun Fold

Pop Up Pillar card.

Side view.

Folds flat for posting.

Today, for my midway post at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

I have gone with a funfold birthday card for my son Milo.

He is very in to his cars so I have gone

with a car theme.

The papers I used are retired SU ones.

The stamp sets used are

Geared Up Garage  (SU) for the car and all the embellishments.

I used a Lisa Horton stamp set (Linen Texture)

for the sentiment.

I added chalk pen lines up the sides and

there is a verse on the back of the card!.

I used promarkers, silver gel pen and memento ink to colour

and alphabet dies from Helen Griffin for his name.

Took me ages lol but I do like to give a funfold

card to all my kids for their special days.

I hope you get to join us this month with your

masculine themed projects. Remember we have

a lovely prize up for grabs too!

I would like to enter this into

Sweet Stampin' - Father's Day/masculine makes

Moving Along With the Times - masculine/Father's Day

CRAFT - transport

A Perfect Time to Craft Open - June challenge

Paper Funday Challenge - anything option masculine

Creative Creases - any funfold and stamping

Thankfully I did not test positive for Covid.

Hubby now has sore throat though so he is probably

coming down with whatever this is I have!

Enjoy your day. Ours is pretty wet so bit of

housework and crafting for me.