Peace to you

I made a few CAS cards for Christmas

Thankfully these were quick and easy!!

I even took time to do the insides, so they are ready to

address and post and super flat to keep costs down.

For these cards I have used the little notecards and envelopes.

The stamp comes from a beautiful set called

Peace to You

and I have gone with night of navy ink and card with a little bit

of bumblebee ink for the cross inside.

I also added a little line of glamour dust along the edge of the image,

but hard to see in my photo.

Video tutorial available for my VIP Customers.

I would like to enter these into

Creative Fingers - anything goes

The Holly and Ivy - anything Christmas

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge - anything Christmas option someone special 

Winter Wonderland - snow

 

Peace To You Cling Stamp Set (English)

[159776]

£22.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

£8.75

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[147110]

£7.50

Basic White Note Cards & Envelopes

[159232]

£6.75

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Be cool * be chill * be merry

I made a video for this cute pair over in my Facebook

VIP Group showing a simple masking technique.

This little pair come from a stamp set called

Penguin Place and I teamed it up with balmy blue card and ink.

I would like to enter this into

The Holly  and Ivy Christmas - anything Christmas

ABC Christmas - s for snow

Peace on Earth Christmas - anything Christmas

Crafty Catz - anything goes option add blue

Krafty Chicks - stamp act

Addicted to stamps and more - any occasion

My day has been busy already. Two new shelves put up

in my craft room by Hubby and his assistant (me).

He will be busy bringing his Mum to hairdresser/shops

so I will get stuck in to a bit of re-organising my craft room

Wish me luck!

Penguin Place Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[156410]

£17.00

Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock

[147007]

£8.75

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

[147105]

£7.50

Pastel Pearls

[154571]

£6.25

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

[147115]

£7.50

Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes

[131527]

£6.50

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You've got a friend in me

As some of you know I signed up to

Stampin' Up! again yesterday.

I had a lapse of 2 months due to circumstances beyond

my control but greatly missed the buzz, inspiration

and get up and go that I had when I was a demo.

Soooooo, I'm back again to torture you.

My little card today was inspired by a challenge over at

Less is More where the theme is friendship.

I made a video as I went along and you can watch it here

I would like to enter this into

Less is More - friendship

Sweet Stampers - add a sentiment

Creatalicious  - anything option for a friend

Critter Crazy - anything goes with a featured critter

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Heavy rain here this morning so I will catch up

on some orders in my craft room.

Enjoy your day!

 

Happy Hedgehogs Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[157983]

£17.00

Stitched With Whimsy Dies

[155314]

£27.00

Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

[121681]

£8.75

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

[147083]

£7.50

Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154880]

£8.50

Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154906]

£8.50

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154882]

£8.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

£9.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

£5.75

Spooky things!!

The lovely Michele has chosen the theme at

TAG TUESDAY

and she wants to see

SPOOKY THINGS!!!

I dug out an old die I had from Tutti Designs called

Grumpy Frankie!

I cut him out a few times and paper pieced the colours,

added some black ink here and there and then

backed him onto black card so I could cut him out.

The tag itself is purple card, stamped with the word BOO!

in black ink (Banner Year stamp set SU).

I used the same stamp set for the sentiment, this time in

granny apple green. I punched it and sliced the bottom off

and added some black ink.

I stamped a few bats here and there too for that extra

spooky effect!!

The tag was finished with a piece of black ribbon

stapled in place with a yellow staple.

I hope you can come and spook us out with your tags

this fortnight!!

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - spooky things

Dragonfly Dreams - Halloween/Autumn

Crafting Happiness - Halloween

Pearly Sparkles - Autumn and/or Halloween

Crafty Calendar - Halloween

Two Old Bats - Halloween

 

Accordion Fold Card

Front of card

inside for verse

last fold for more play.

I made this card for my VIP group to show how to make an easy

accordion fold card.

It gave me lots of space to play around with my stamp set

Happy Hedgehogs

but I also added elements from

One Happy Family and Forever Fern.

The tiny leaves were punched and inked to add interest.

I would like to enter this into

Critter Crazy - feature a creature

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Do-Al(l) Kreatives - multiple folds

Use your stuff - autumn or fall

Double Trouble - twist one

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Make My Monday - Autumn flora and/or fauna

Had a lovely morning out to Ikea.

I know sad lol, but I wanted to get a few shelves for my craft room.

We did have a lovely meal in their restaurant though

and free tea/coffee!

Have a great week and thanks for stopping by.

 

Happy Hedgehogs Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[157983]

£17.00

One Happy Family Cling Stamp Set (English)

[155474]

£20.00

Forever Fern Cling Stamp Set (English)

[152559]

£23.00

Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock

[155575]

£8.75

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All things Autumn!

Our October challenge at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

has a theme of All Things Autumn!

We have two lovely prizes up for grabs this month!

We also have two lovely new team members

so be sure and check out Carol and Dora!!

For my card I started with a tan base card and I stamped

the corns using soft suede ink (SU).

I found a strip of the tartan paper in my scraps and laid

it across the centre of my stamped area.

Next I stamped and water coloured two large leaves using

bumblebee and pumpkin pie ink pads, colouring them in

by dipping my old wink of stella brush in some ink and water.

The pumpkin was done the same way, all cut out and matted

on to my tartan paper.

The sentiment is from the same set as the leaves and is called

Gather Together (SU).

I punched the sentiment and mat out in the tan card

using the oval punch (SU),

and finished with a little bow in twine.

I hope you get time to join us.

Let's light up blogland with some gorgeous Autumnal colours!!

I would like to enter this into

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

2 Sisters on the blog - autumn card with tag/label

Pearly Sparkles - Autumn or Halloween

Four Seasons - anything goes Fall

We Love Stamping - Autumn colours

Love to Craft - anything goes

 

Handmade flowers and embellishments

It's the second week of my theme books/book pages over at

TAG TUESDAY.

This week I made some flowers using the dictionary.

I inked up a sheet of dictionary using granny apple green ink

and punched out the leaves.

I made a larger layered butterfly using the pages and some

plain white card. I finished it with some gems.

The background of my tag has been inked up then I added

some greenery stamps from Enjoy Life stamp set (SU).

The sentiment, from the same set, has been

stamped in the centre.

I arranged everything around the sentiment to finish.

I would like to enter this into

613 Avenue Create - anything option leaves

Crafting Happiness - not a card

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

I hope you get time to join in this week!!

I have been pretty busy at home, decorating, baby minding,

helping out the family in general and trying to keep up

with card orders so have had less time to spend on my blog.

But I will rectify that very soon!!

Thanks for sticking by me.

 

Page turner!

It's my turn to choose the theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

and I want to see you include books or book pages this fortnight.

For my tag I have used a very old dictionary belonging to my late Mum.

I decided to use it rather than hold on to something

I know my kids will throw out when I'm gone lol.

I cut the tag shape out then stamped the flower from 

Penny Black - sunbursts.

I didn't use ink but did use some watercolour markers to

add colour to the stamp, then filled the image in where I wanted

extra colour.

The butterflies have been punched and layered up using the

double butterfly punch from SU.

It has been layered onto some garden green card (SU)

and finished with some ribbon and a sentiment strip

from Hunkydory.

I would like to enter this into

Kreativtanten Challenge - anything goes

The Paper Funday - anything goes option thinking of you

Double Trouble - thing 1 punch it out

Crafting Happiness - not a card

 

Coming up roses!

It's the second week of Wendy's theme ROSES over at

TAG TUESDAY.

This time I used an image of a rose and added the lovely

quote which I had stored in my quote file for years.

I also had some stripes of vellum left over from some

wedding invitations I had been working on,

so decided to put it to use.

Don't you just hate waste!!

So I put the stripe through my printer and printed off

the word roses in red and then ripped the edges and wrapped

them around my tag.

The edges had been distressed with my scissors and I

then mounted onto my black tag base

and finished off with a satin bow.

I hope you get time to share some roses with us.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - roses

Classic Design challenge - anything September

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Ally's angels - anything goes

Crafting Happiness - not a card

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

 

Coming up roses!

Our new challenge theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

has been chosen by Wendy and she wants to see ROSES!

For my tag I have used a Lisa Horton set of

stencils, stamps and die cut.

The colours I used are poppy parade, garden green and misty moonlight (SU).

I added some blue around my rose, mounted onto some

garden green card and finished with some cord.

The sentiment is from the same set, inked and then

mounted onto some garden green card.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - roses

A Perfect Time to craft - September challenge

Arty Divas - anything goes

Everybody Art - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Crafting Happiness - not a card

 

September -Feminine

Our new challenge theme over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS is

Make it Feminine!

We have a lovely prize up for grabs from

Stamp Addicts is a family run business based in Bedfordshire and have been in business since 1992. We have watched the popularity of rubber stamping and all papercrafts steadily increase over time and now manufacture our own branded rubber stamps which frequently feature on Hochanda TV as well as exhibiting at craft shows across the UK.

For my card I dug out an old stamp set from Woodware called

Bubble Bloom. I stamped the flower, coloured it in

and then filled the flower with card candi and gems.

The butterfly stamp is from a set from Paper Artsy called

Tops and Tails 3. The butterfly has been colours cut and layered.

I added an embossed line around the edge of the flower image.

The sentiment has been stamped and punched out using my

oval punch (SU).

The background paper is from Oh So Ombre from Stampin' Up.

I hope you can come and join us this month!

I would like to enter this into

Crafts Galore Encore - September anything goes

Craftyhazelnut's PP challenge - September challenge

Creations in Pink - anything goes mainly pink

Crafting Happiness - Card: flowers

Simon Says Wednesday challenge - anything goes

Krafty Chicks - stamp act

It's our 43rd Wedding Anniversary today so hoping

to get away later and have some chips by the sea 💓