Henry the mouse!

Meet Henry the mouse!

This is my very first needle felted piece.

I hadn't a clue what I was doing and got many bloody

fingers from stabbing myself lol,

but I absolutely became addicted right away.

I made a little box to keep him in with an acetate window

and printed his name using my label maker.

Hopefully I will get to make another one soon!

I would like to enter this into

The Outlawz - no cards option try something new

Little Red Wagon - a is for anything goes

In the post!

I have another tag for Sandie's

Use a Postage Stamp challenge over at

TAG TUESDAY.

For this one I stamped the background using  a Woodware stamp called

Vintage Swallow tail. 

The papers are scraps from my scrap box

and I also used the scraps to make some mini

envelopes.

The stamp is from the pile I saved over Christmas.

It has been finished with a die cut tag top.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - use a postage stamp

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Double angled pillar card!

I was inspired to make this card when I saw a lovely card my crafty friend

Carol made recently. Carol had followed a tutorial from Iced Images

for a right angled pillar card.

So I went to check it out and as I watched the tutorial this designed

popped into my head so I went about making a double angled

pillar card.

The first one I made is a 2" x 2" panel but I thought it stuck out too much

so I went back to the drawing board and came up with this one.

See how my pillar is half the depth of the previous one?

It also still folds flat even with the two angles

and fits into a 6" envelope.

I have a tutorial you can watch to make this particular one

with the double angles and smaller pillar

Measurements needed to make one

Card Base

One by 5 1/2" x 4 1/2"

Score short side at 4" 

One by 5 1/2" x 6 1/2"

Score long side at 1/2", 2 1/2"

One for pillar by 5 1/2" x 4 1/2"

Score short side at 1", 3", 4"

DSP to decorate

four pieces at 3/4" x 5 1/4"

two pieces at 3 3/4" x 5 1/4"

two pieces at 1 3/4" x 5 1/4"

Items used from old stash

Papers - delightfully eclectic (SU)

Stamps - Daisy Lane (SU)

Daisy punches,

Bumblebee card and ink (SU)

Glossy dots (SU)

I would like to enter this into

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral + option mood board

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky - all things bright and beautiful

cardz 4 Galz - anything but square

Flower Box Card

My only living Aunt's birthday is coming up next month

and I like to make her a special card so I went with a

Flower Box card.

The tulips and leaves have all be stamped and fussy cut

and the stems were cut from green card.

I stamped and coloured a little butterfly

and added ribbon, gems and a circle sentiment.

It folds flat for posting and fits into an 8" x 8" envelope.

I even had room for a nice verse on the back.

I used Flower Box Card dies from Cardmaking Magic,

Timeless Tulips stamp set (SU),

Highland Heather, Garden Green, Sweet Sorbet and Bubble Bath inks (SU),

Garden Green and lilac card from my stash, organza ribbon

and gems and the papers are called

Delightfully Eclectic (SU).

I would like to enter this into

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral + option mood board

Love to Craft - anything goes

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Unicorn challenge - birthdays

Cardz 4 Galz - anything but square

Allsorts - close to nature

We are sitting in the eye of the storm at the minute.

The lights are flickering so expecting the electric to go soon.

So far we have lost some cladding from the side of the house

and the chimney is struggling.

My son has a tree down, my other son has fence down

and their neighbour's roof has started to come down!

So scary and dangerous. I hope everyone is keeping

indoors and away from falling debris! 

 

Time well spent!

I made this card for a friend to give to her son.

He is a Grandad now himself and one of his youngest

Granddaughter's is just like this little girl lol.

The image is from Mo's Digital Pencil called Love you Daddy,

and the papers are from Nitwit's called

Manpants.

I have coloured the image with my markers.

I would like to enter this into

Digi Choosday - anything goes

Passion for Markers - favourite colours (pinks & blues)

I 💓 ProMarkers - anything goes or Springtime

Crafter's Cafe - anything goes option birthdays

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Creative Crafting Uncles - Happy birthday

First class post!

It's time for a new challenge over at

TAG TUESDAY

and this time Sandie wants to see you use

a postage stamp!

I had collected some stamps over Christmas to keep

for this theme and make my background tag with them.

I then stamped Charlie the Postman from Whiff of Joy

and coloured him up with markers.

I added a sentiment using my label maker

and finished the tag off with some ribbon.

I hope you get time to play along this fortnight.

I would like to enter this into

Everybody Art - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

CRAFT - anything goes2

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

 

Stash Buster 11

Happy Monday!

I'm getting prepared early for a load of birthdays in April.

These are handy little gift bags, big enough to hold a voucher/

money and some chocolate.

Great for using up some dsp and you get two from a

12" x 12" sheet.

You can watch my video tutorial here

Measurements needed to make one

DSP - 9 1/2" x 6"

Score long side - 1/2", 4", 5", 8 1/2"

Score short side - 1"

Card for handle

Use any shape die or cut a rectangle

2 3/4" x 5" and shape to suit.

Items used

Free as a Bird stamp set

Stitched Nested Labels dies

Delightfully Ecclectic papers

Bumblebee card and ink

Daisy punches, butterfly punch, glossy dots

I would like to enter these into

Crafty Calendar - add a die cut

Love to craft - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Alphabet Challenge - T is for thank you

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Welcome to my newest follower Hilary!

 

Double Up!

It's time for my midway post for

Stamping Sensations

and the theme is

anything goes option hand colour your image.

Just remember to add some stamping!!

We have a great prize up for grabs too!!

For my card I used a piece of designer paper and added a

vellum overlay and then ran it through my sewing machine.

I then stamped the bird and leaves and coloured them

with markers and cut them out.

I arranged along the bottom of the card then

stamped the sentiment and punched it out with

a postage stamp punch and added some red dot detail.

I tucked it behind the leaves and finished with a ribbon.

Items used:

Stamp set - Free as a bird (SU)

Postage Stamp Punch (SU), markers,

vellum, sewing machine, retired papers (SU),

ribbon, enamel effect dots (SU).

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Critter Crazy - feature a creature

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Creative Knockouts - something to say

Allsorts - close to nature/anything goes

Inspiration Station - photo inspiration

(bird and leaves)

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I also have my midway post for our

anything but square over at

We Love Stamping.

We also have a great prize on offer there too

so be sure and join us!

For my card I went with a Teepee shape.

I have a quick tutorial for this card here.

I went with a Velcro closure for this one.

The flowers have been stamped using a set called

Floral Essence. I punched the leaves

and the sentiment is from another stamp set called

Sweet Ice Cream.

The papers are called Country Lace.

I finished off the card with some gold sequence

and a piece of lemon lolly ribbon.

I would like to enter this into

Love Those Pretty Papers - anything goes option fun fold

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral optional mood board

Creative Crafting Uncles - Happy Birthday

My Time to Craft - use a sentiment

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Coffee time!

Sharing a birthday card I made recently.

It's unbelievable  how close this image looks like the recipient lol.

It is from Bugaboo and came with the sentiment.

She has been coloured up with markers

and the papers are from Nitwits called

Coffee Talk.

I would like to enter this into

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Unicorn Challenge - birthday

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - anything goes

Digi Choosday - anything goes

Crafter's Cafe - anything goes option birthdays

Keep in touch!

I have another tag for Valerie's theme

New Beginnings over at

Tag Tuesday.

This week I went with the theme 'keep in touch'.

How many of us say we will keep in touch

but don't? And at this age it usually ends up too late :(

I found this Lili of the Valley image and thought it

would work perfectly with my triangular shaped tag.

The shape came about as I had some scraps left over

from a previous project lol.

So this little bear actually comes with a large sunflower

so I cut that away and coloured him up with markers

and wrote 'keep in touch' on his little envelope.

I hope you get time to join us this week.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - new beginnings

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Critter Crazy - feature a creature

 

Hey Cupcake!

Happy Monday!

I have another birthday card for a little girl turning 6!

I thought this cute image from Mo's Digital Pencil

would suit here perfectly.

The image has been coloured up with markers

and the papers are from Nitwits called

Hey Cupcake. 

I would like to enter this into

2 Sisters on the blog - anything goes

Let's Craft and Create - anything goes + use a sentiment

Unicorn Challenge - birthday

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

CRAFT - anything goes

Welcome to my newest follower Terri!

Thanks for the follow Terri.

Have a great week and thanks for stopping by.

Sweet little cupcake!

I had a birthday card to make recently for one of my

Mother-in-law's Great Granddaughters.

This one is for Zara who is turning 3.

I have used an image from Mo's Digital Pencil

along with papers from Nitwits.

She has been coloured up using markers

and I generated the sentiment and name on my computer.

I would like to enter this into

2 Sisters on the blog - anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Love to Craft - anything goes

Unicorn Challenge - birthday

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

First walk of the week today! Thankfully the sun was warm

enough to melt down most of the frosty pathways!

Fingers crossed for a milder weekend.

 

Little book of inspiration!

I made this little book for a little girl I don't see very often,

maybe just 3 times a year but she absolutely

loves to drop by and do some crafting with me.

So I thought this little book would be nice for her.

She is ten years old.

It is full of little quotes, butterflies and tags

with space to write little notes, some paper clips,

sticky notes and some cute page markers.

All tied up with some ribbon.

You can watch a quick run through here

Items used

Stamps: butterfly gala, yay you (SU)

Punches: butterfly punch, tag punch

Inks: memento, bubblebath 

Papers: Delightfully Eclectic (SU)

I would like to enter this into

The Outlawz - anything but a card option try something new

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Love Those Pretty Papers - anything goes option fun fold

Another cold and frosty day. Minus 4 here today and a heavy

fog to top it all off!

Missing my walks!!!

My happy place!

Our new challenge theme at

TAG TUESDAY

has been chosen by Valerie and she has gone with

NEW BEGINNINGS!

This year I have started doing some needle felting.

It is very addictive and so far I have made a little mouse

and a rabbit.

So I decided to needle felt a little heart for my tag

to represent my new beginnings in my crafty world!

I embossed the background with a heart folder

and punched with my tag punch.

I needle felted a heart in yellow

and then added my sentiments in yellow ink.

The tag was finished with some gold ribbon.

Stamp set used was Alphabest (SU).

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - new beginnings

Daisy Chain - no designer paper

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Little Red Wagon - new beginnings

Creative Inspirations - something old or new

old embossing folder, new felt craft

Aud Sentiments - mostly white or new beginnings + sentiment

We had a lot of snow today but thankfully some sleet afterwards

and it's disappeared again. Freezing cold though!

Be careful out there.

Double up!

Our new challenge over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

is anything goes with the option of hand coloured image.

We have some lovely prizes up for grabs

from Grafton crafts so be sure and join us!!

For my card I have used a PB stamp called Soft spoken.

I stamped the flower and coloured it up using markers in shades

of purple and green.

I stamped the sentiment in black from a stamp set called

Latte Love (SU).

I then used a stencil called Four Square (SU) and added

some colour around the area of the flower.

I matted it onto some purple card and finished it

off with a bakers twine bow.

I hope you get time to join us this month!

I would like to enter this into

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral optional mood board

A Perfect time to craft - anything goes

Love to craft - anything goes

Pearly Sparkles - something old and/or new

(used old stamp and stencil)

Crafts Galore - anything goes

2 sisters on the blog - anything goes

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It's also time for a new challenge over at

WE LOVE STAMPING

and the theme this month is anything but square!

We have a lovely prize up for grabs so be sure and join us!

For my card I decided to make a circle easel card.

As it's my eldest son's birthday this month

I kept him in mind when making it.

I had treated myself to stamps, stencils and masks from

Sheena Douglas and for this card I used

Howling at the Moon.

I absolutely love these sets and know it will be well used.

I went with shades of green and blue and created

a scene inside the stencil using the matching stamps.

The circle dies are from a Tattered Lace set.

Other stamp set used are

Country Birdhouse, Artistically Inked and Alphabest (SU).

I hope you get time to join us this month.

I would like to enter this into

Craft Rocket - something new

Krafty Chicks - birthday

Sweet Stampin' - new

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Critter Crazy - include an animal

Pearly Sparkles - something old and/or new

used new stamps and stencil

2 Sisters on the blog - anything goes