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!!