On the wings of a......

We have a new challenge over at

TAG TUESDAY

where the lovely Sandie has chosen the theme of

WINGS.

I used a stamp set called Happy Hedgehogs and used the little bird

and flower as well as the grass stamp.

I added some clouds to the background, water coloured the bird

and finished with a sentiment.

Instead of ribbon I just went with a little brad as

I found a good pile of them when shifting my room about!

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - wings

Triple B - bird, butterflies, blooms

Crafting Happiness - anything goes

It's our youngest Grandson Finbar's 5th birthday today so we

will be popping next door for cake and coffee this afternoon.

Miserable day with a rain storm right over us at the minute!

Enjoy your weekend and

Happy New Year to you all.

Hope it's a healthy and happy one for the most part anyway.

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Very Best Trio Punch

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A new year is coming!

The new year is looming!!

I don't make a lot of new year cards but I had recently

bought this lovely set called Beautiful Balloons and thought it

would work well for adding the year!

A quick and easy card and I toned it in with the matching papers

called Bright and beautiful!

This may go into one of my scrapbooks if it doesn't get given out.

You can watch my video tutorial HERE.

I would like to enter this into

Simon Says Wednesday - party time

Krafty Chicks - all occasions

Miserable day here and more rain expected over night.

I had a bit of a clear out in my craft room and added another table

to the mix but thankfully it works well!!

 

Beautiful Balloons Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

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Bright & Beautiful 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

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Heartfelt Hellos!

I had another wee play with my new stencils,

this time I went with shades of pinks/red and greens.

I cut the stencilled area off a bit to fit my card,

tore the edge and layered on top of some

matching bubble bath pink which I embossed with a dotty folder.

I then stamped the sentiment from a free set called

Heartfelt Hellos (free with a £45 spend from 4/1/24),

in the deep pink and lay some silver twine beneath it.

I added some gems to the flower centres.

Really quick and easy.

I would like to enter this into

Creations in Pink - anything mostly pink

Beautiful Blossoms - optional moodboard

Triple B - birds, butterflies and blooms

Can you handle the pressure - embossing folder option theme Winter

It's very quiet now after all the buzz of Christmas.

We had a great get together as a family on the Friday before Christmas.

Then on Christmas Eve we went to a beautiful Mass with an

amazing folk choir.

On Christmas morning the whole family was here for breakfast,

15 in total and it was the loveliest start to Christmas.

We spent the afternoon with my Mother-in-law

then came home and cooked a small Christmas dinner

for me and Brian (hubby).

I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas too.

 

Gift bags with felt trim

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas!

Now it's the build up to 2024!!

I have a tutorial I made before Christmas to share today

and it's suitable for any occasion.

So if you have a bit of felt lying around then why

not make some little gift bags and use it up!

You can watch my video here

Measurements needed to make one

DSP - two pieces - 6" x 6"

Score 1" on 3 sides

Felt - 3/4" x 10 1/4"

Ribbon for handles - two by 7"

Card for sides - 3" x 1 1/16"

Two candi dots or small punched circles or gems.

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Shining Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

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Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

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Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

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Some pretty stencils!

With Christmas being just around the corner I thought

I would do something different for my Friday tutorial.

We have a new mini catalogue and Sale-a-bration! starting in January

and being a demo I got to treat myself early with a few

items from the catalogue.

This video tutorial shows off the brand new stencils

that will be available and they are lovely.

This set comes with stamps and dies but I just went for the stencils

to try them out first.

The sentiment I have used is from the free set I earned with

my spend and it is called Heartfelt Hellos!!

It's full of lovely sentiments of a good size and you can

grab it for free with a £45 spend from January 4th!

If you need a catalogue sent out just comment below.

(UK/Ireland only).

You can check out my video here.

I would like to enter this into

Beautiful Blossoms - flowers/optional mood board

Crazy is our fame - STENCILS option theme Christmas

Triple B - Birds, butterflies, blooms option mood board

I hope you all have a wonderful

Christmas/Winter break!

Thanks for all your lovely comments throughout

the year and thanks to those who have shopped with me,

followed me and joined in my challenges!

I appreciate you all!

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Cocoa packs!

More cocoa packs today!

This one is for the baby of the house with cute fluffy socks

and lots of little treats.

I added one of my pre made tags to the top and paper

from Shining Christmas in the back and finished with a wool bow.

This one is for the oldest boy Oliver who is 15.

He still enjoys the treats but instead of socks

I put a fleece neck warmer in there.

And the final bunch are for the adults of the family.

I had nice adult flavour cocoa drinks so decided to add

the meringue bars, candy cane and a chocolate coin for good luck!

Plus it was great to get using up some of my leftover

Christmas papers!

I would like to enter this into

Tuesday Morning Sketches - anything goes

Little Red Wagon - under pressure

Oh not long to go now!

I hope you are all set and ready to relax and enjoy the celebrations.

I have one more post tomorrow then I shall relax

until next week.

Too exciting to wait any longer as Sale-a-bration starts on

the 4th of January so I will save any Christmas money I get!!

 

Night in at the movies!

My tutorial this week shows how I made these 

Cocoa packs for the Grandkids.

They contain  warm socks, cocoa drink, candy cane and various

chocolate bars and milk drink.

Perfect for a movie night, or maybe day time,

so they can burn off all the sugar 😂

You can watch my video here

Measurements needed to make one

Card Base 1 - 4 1/2" x 11 5/8"

Score long side at - 3", 5 6/8"

Card Base 2 - 33/4" x 10 1/2"

Score long side at - 3", 7 1/2" turn

and score at 1/2" on both sides

DSP to cover Box

Back - 5 6/8" x 4 2/8"

Front - 4 2/8" x 2 6/8"

Sides - 2 4/8" x 2 6/8"

I would like to enter these into

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Classic Design Challenge - December challenge

The Outlawz challenge - it's a wrap (no cards)

I would like to welcome another new follower to my blog!

Thanks so much for taking time to follow Anke!!

Gift Of Giving Cling Stamp Set (English)

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Shining Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

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Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock

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Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad

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Sparkling Snowflakes Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

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Snow, snow, snow!

It's the second week of Valerie's challenge theme SNOW

over at

TAG TUESDAY.

I'm hoping Valerie is now on the mend as she was quite ill

with COVID.

If you get time please pop over and add a tag,

which I am sure will cheer her up.

This tag was made using some older die sets for the deer, tree

and snowflake.

I tore some paper for the snow and inked it up.

The deer was coloured with my blends.

I stamped the sentiment from the Peaceful Deer set

and finished with some dots of snow and a yellow gem.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - snow

Dream Factory - anything goes with colour blue

Critter Crazy - feature a critter

Simon Says Monday - let it snow

Simon says Wednesday - Christmas critters

I had a little visitor come to play in my craft room over the weekend.

This is Aoife, my husband's cousin's daughter.

She is only 9 years old and came all the way from Liverpool

to visit us. She made loads of stuff including

the card above which she was very proud of!

A budding card maker for sure and I think her Santa

list has now greatly expanded 😂

 

Night in Bethlehem

Happy Monday!

It's time to share my midway post for

STAMPING SENSATIONS

where the theme is at least one thing stamped plus option 'favourite colour.'

We have a two lovely prizes up for grabs so I hope

you get time during this busy month to join us.

I have gone with a traditional theme but not in traditional colours!

The name of this type of card is called an Eclipse card

and it's been a few years from my last one!

I used a stamp set called Night in Bethlehem

and the colour is called Fresh Freesia.

As this card is for my Mother-in-law I went ahead

and finished the inside using the same colours and stamps.

I would like to enter this into

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Papercraft Challenges - Christmas

Crafty Gals Corner -  Tis the Season 

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Christmas

Cardz 4 Galz - a Christmas card

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Welcome to my newest follower Cherie!

Thanks for taking time to follow my wee blog!

Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad

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Fresh Freesia A4 Cardstock

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