Meant to Be Forty Shades of Green!

Happy Monday!

I have been making St. Patrick's Day cards

for my family who all live

in England and Wales.

So I like to remind them where they came from 😁

This one is for my oldest Brother.

It's called a Corner Fold card and a first for me!

I have used

Meant to Be

to create the shamrocks as I do not have a shamrock stamp!

The papers are from the

Ice Cream Corner pack.

The sentiment is computer generated

and has been punched out using

Oval Occasions Bundle punch.

The ink I used is called

Granny Apple Green

and I finished it with a little bit of gold thread.

I would like to enter this into

We Love Chocolate Baroque - I love....shamrocks!

The Paper Funday challenges - anything goes option green

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Alphabet Challenge - X is for extra folds

So the noise is back in our area yet again.

From lockdown we have had Virgin Media

digging up the pathways then

we had the water board digging up the roads.

They then had to come back because they made a

mistake and now we have the gas people

digging up the roads again!

Seriously, I understand they have a job to do

but why does it have to start at 6am

and even go through the weekends as well!

The roads are in a total mess,

like a patchwork quilt and the noise!!😡😱

 

 

Ice Cream Corner Monochromatic

Our challenge for March, over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

has started and the theme is

Monochromatic!

We are sponsored by

This months lucky winner will receive a

£25 store voucher from Stamp Addicts.

For my card I have used the lovely papers from the

Ice Cream Corner pack

along with some from the Oh So Ombre pack.

I added some blackberry bliss ribbon across the centre.

The centre panel has been made using

blackberry bliss card.

You can see in the photo I made it so it

sits out from the card, kinda pops up when you take

out of the envelope.

I stamped the lollipops using the 

Sweet Ice Cream stamp set

and blackberry bliss ink pad.

I added some wink of stella to the lollipops.

The sentiment was stamped then punched

using the classic label punch.

I finally stamped the Happy Birthday,

cut it out and added to top of card.

The white dots were leftover from one

of my Stampin' Up! kits.

I hope you get time to join us this month!

I would like to enter this into

Creative Moments - anything goes

613 Avenue - anything goes option slider card

Classic Design Challenge - anything goes

A Perfect  Time to Craft - anything goes

 

 

Two versions, same stamp set

Clean and simple version

My card today started out to be clean and simple

but I just felt it lacked something today

so I made two versions.

I have used the Forever Fern stamp set for both.

Stepped up version

I have used Bumblebee card, ink and ribbon

and a little bit of colour in the dots using

Flirty Flamingo ink.

The circles were punched using the 1 3/4" and

2" circle punches.

I have a video in my VIP group for beginners.

I would like to enter this into

A Perfect Time to Craft - March challenge

Classic Design Challenge - anything goes March

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

Definitly a cold Spring morning here

but hope to venture out later and maybe tidy up

around the garden a bit.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

 

 

Butterfly Gala Birthday

I'm sharing another one of my commissioned card.

This one for an older lady's birthday.

Think she is in her 90's.

I used another pre printed Lili of the Valley flower pot.

I used papers from the paper blooms paper set

and added some lace.

The butterflies have been stamped in rococo rose ink

using Butterfly Gala stamp set and matching punch.

The Happy Birthday is from Sweet Ice cream stamp set.

Her name was stamped using

Make a difference stamp set.

I would like to enter this into

Cardz 4 Galz - Mother's Day or special lady

CRAFT - anything goes

The Crafter's Cafe - anything goes

Crafty Creations - anything goes

 

 

St. Patrick's Day Chocolate Coins Gift Bag

My tutorial today shows how I made

these cute little packages to hold

some chocolate coins for my Grandsons

for St. Patrick's Day.

It definitely won't be a 'get together' day again,

unless they allow us to meet outside!!

So I wanted to start making some little sweet gifts

for them which can be easily delivered to the doorstep.

You can watch my video here

Measurements needed to follow along

Designer paper - 8" x 4 1/2"

Score long side - 1 1/2", 3", 4 1/2", 6", 7 1/2"

Score short side - 1 1/2", 3"

Items used:

Ice cream corner dsp

Meant to Be stamp set

Garden Green ink pad

garden green bakers twine (retired)

but you could used linen thread

I would like to enter these into

Crafting Happiness - anything goes option green

Double Trouble Paper crafting - thing 1

The Paper Funday challenge - anything goes option green

Nothing much happening here other than crafting

at the minute. Got a new lampshade for my hall,

still have another few bits to finish but not sure

what to get and don't want to be dithering around

the shops!!

Stay safe out there, this is not over!

 

 

A bit more Steampunk!

It's the second week of Sandie's theme

Steampunk

over at

Tag Tuesday.

I got my Garage Gears dies out again

and also used a stamp set from Indigoblu,

free with a magazine a long time ago.

The cogs were cut in cinnamon cider card

and all the sentiments were stamped in

cinnamon cider ink.

I finished off everything by inking up around the edges

and filling the centre with some pacific blue ink.

Lastly I covered everything in the gold rub ons.

Of course I had to add a little bit of

cinnamon cider ribbon to finish.

I am entering this into

Tag Tuesday - Steampunk

a Perfect Time to craft - anything goes March

More Mixed Media - anything goes option add red

Classic design challenge - anything goes March

Another lovely day outside.

Have a busy day ahead but will squeeze a walk

in for sure!

Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by 😍

 

 

Home is where the heart is

I had a request for a new home card

with photos of the house which I tried to

replicate using my stamps.

The papers were free during Sale-a-bration.

The ribbon, flowers and leaves are all retired now.

But the lovely die cut frame is from Ornate Layers dies.

I used the stitched rectangle dies for the sentiments.

The house stamps came from a set called

Coming Home and the stamped sentiments are

from another set called Barn Door, both retired.

I colour the house used smoky slate, crumb cake, bermuda bay

and daffodil delight blends.

I stamped the flowers from Pop of Petals

in Bermuda Bay ink, punched them out and

made the flowers.

I would like to enter this into

Creatalicious Challenge - anything goes option blue

A Place to Start - use one or more shape (rectangles)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes March

Welcome to my newest follower

Birgit Angermann!

 

 

Furniture make over

My lovely friend Bunny asked to see my furniture make over

but unfortunately I had started already so this photo

shows the underneath grey colour.

The furniture was originally dark wood and

it got the dark grey coat.

Then you can see around the drawers,

the lovely light grey paint we put on next.

I then cut some wallpaper which is a lovely creamy colour

will silver paint like swirls going through it.

The unit looks small in this photo but it is pretty large

when you are putting 3 coats of paint, then wallpaper,

then handles and finally a coat of clear varnish.

It makes the hallway much brighter and roomier!

I do have a smaller version of this sitting opposite this one,

decorated in the exact same way.

I wanted to give you a close up look at the wallpaper

but the lighting is making it look very yellow.

You can see the swirls of grey going through it though

and we are really pleased with the finished outcome.

Down the corridor there is a hot press door which is an odd

size and we have been unable to replace it.

It was a horrible brown, flat door.

So we decided to cover it in some bookcase wallpaper!

It really brightened up the corridor and the result is just perfect!

Light is not great but I hope you get the feel.

Another view. Don't look at my old mats.

I do have a new one but have to hoover and scrub the floors

after the decorating!

Thanks for dropping by!

Dragonfly Garden CAS card

My CAS card this week uses the stamp set called

Dragonfly Garden

It comes as separately or as a bundle

which will include a dragonfly punch.

The theme over at Less is More

is asking for one layer cards with flowers

and as I hadn't used this flower stamp

I thought I'd give it a go.

There is a quick video in my VIP Group on FB,

more for beginners though, than you talented lot!!

I coloured the flowers and greenery using

daffodil delight and granny apple green blends.

Everything was stamped in memento.

I finished off with a little bit of wink of stella.

I would like to enter this into

Less is More - flowers + one layer card

 

 

Dressed to impress for Mother's Day

This is another commissioned

Mother's day Card.

I went all pinks and lots of embossing for this one.

The stamp set is called

Dressed to Impress

and it certainly owes me nothing

as I have definitely made my money back on it!

Love this set.

I embossed and inked up the first layer.

Added a layer of melon mambo card,

another embossed layer

and then I cut out the Ornate layer frame

and used the stitched rectangle dies

to cut out the centre of it.

I stamped out loads of the flowers,

the perfume bottle and shoes.

Coloured them with blends

(melon mambo, granny apple green)

and added to the frame.

I stamped the heart from

Meant to Be stamp set

and added the Mummy

stamped using Make a Difference.

Took me a while this one

but just sat listening to some nice music

and enjoyed the moment 😁

I would like to enter this into

Creations in Pink - anything mostly pink #2

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Unicorn Challenge - use flowers

Simon  Wednesday challenge - anything goes

Cardz 4 Galz - Mother's Day or special lady

I am off for my 1st jab today!

Exciting stuff!!

Have a great day everyone.