Friday, 20 December 2024

Soon be Christmas,

  Its impossible there is only 5 days to Christmas where did the year go. Its right what they say the older you  get the faster time goes. so I have been told lol 
Making a blanket for my granddaughter. I am making it in the colours of Santorini as she has been there and wants this as a memory, Its a lovely place and the colour's are three shades of blue white and burnt orange. its looking good, l love crocheting  blankets and this will be 40 x 40 inches, a very late Christmas present lol 

                                                      


Materials used for this card are, 
  •  15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
  •  13 x 8 cm dark blue craft card,
  •  11.5 x 7 cm light blue craft card, 
  • Verafine ink pad, 
  • stamped image.soft peach, canary. dusky pink, lipstick red cyan, grass promarkers,

Challenges I will enter this card for are,
  1. Patties Creations Design Challenge. #225. Digital or stamped image,
  2. Simply Clean and simple, Dec 2004 Challenge 
  3. Festive Friday Challenge 6 December - 6 January 2025,
  4.  Pammie's inky Pinkies Challenge #2450

                                                                              

Friday, 13 December 2024

weekend again

I really love this little house and would love to live somewhere like this.This stamp it a nice stamp and made lots of card with it ,
                               Hope everyone is ready for Christmas it will soon be here, 
                             


                                            

Materials Used for this card are,
  • 15 x10.5 cm card Blank and envelope, 
  • Crafters Companion Woodland Cottage,
  • Vintage Sepia Vesafine ink,
  • Tan & Canary Yellow, Promarkers, 
  •  Ice White. Nuvo Pure Sheen Glitter,

Challenges I will enter  this card for are,

Friday, 29 November 2024

back again.

Well its been awhile since I have posted on my blog, as we all know life gets in the way and we just do not have time for doing all the things we love to do,Life it still not right but have to get back to doing things as hope it will help.

I have some good friends who have been taking my places and a couple of weeks ago we went to Stourhead its a national trust garden and its amazing, There are some lovely things to see, I have put some pictures at the end of the post. 
I hope this finds you all well . 







Materials used for this card are,
  • 20 x20 cm deckle edged card blank and envelope.
  • 4 small pieces of Silver  card,
  • 13 x 10 cm white card stock,
  • 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 white card stock,
  • Stencil.
  • Soft peach Distress ink 
  • Lime green, Sky blue, Soft Grey, Lipstick red,  Promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are,
  1. Creative Inspirations , November Challenge Christmas Animals,
  2. Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2,  Sketch #289 
  3. Crazy is our Fame-Stencils  November 2024 Stencil
  4. Unicorn Challenge Blog, Challenge #104. Christmas and/or winter
                                                                                    



                                                           

Tuesday, 16 July 2024

Last post for awhile.

This will be my last post for awhile. Life is getting in the way and some things have to give , This year has not been a good year so going to give this a rest till I sort thing out, 

                                         Take care all and I will be back later in the year, 
                                                  

Materials used for his card are, 
  • 15 x15 cm card blank and envelope. 
  • 12.5 x 12.5 cm brown card, 
  • 12 x 12 cm white card stock,
  • small round of white card stock.
  • Vintage Sepia, Vesafine  ink pad, 
  • Tumbled glass & Squeezed Lemonade Distress ink pad, 
  • Clear stamps,Free with a magazine, 
  • canary,tan,almond,baby pink, orange promarkers.
Challenge I will enter this card for are,. 
  1. Craft Rocket. Challenges #116 Summer  time. 
  2. Ellibelle's Corner June ,July Challenge .Anything goes, 
  3. Polkadoodle Cardmaking craft Challenge Anything goes, 
  4. Festive Friday Challenge , 5 July - to 1st August 

Wednesday, 10 July 2024

WOYWDW

                                                    
Strange week this week. ups and downs and trying to get things finished That I started a long time ago. I have said that I was going to do this for a lot of years BUT I am determined that this is going to happen, Watch this space lol  

                                                                       

                                                                          




Materials used for this card are, 
  • 17 x 12 deckle edge card.
  • 15 x 10  white card stock,
  • 15 x 10 stencil
  • two small pieces of white card stock, 
  • Vintage Sepia Vesafine ink pad, 
  • Esmeralda green. Nuvo glimmer paste,  
  • Picture of air balloon,
  • Happy birthday sentiment.                                              
Challenges I will enter this card for are. 
  1. Inkspirational Challenge # 319 Use a Stencil. 
  2. Creative Fingers Challenge 281 Anything goes, 
  3. The  Flower Challenge #93 Make a birthday card. 
  4. Creative Inspiration Challenge #16 Anything goes, 
                                                                                  

                                                                                    


Wednesday, 3 July 2024

WOYWDW

     Well a lot cooler this week I am glad to say, and yet another new month starts, well it will soon be Christmas. 
I have a lovely Plant that I have wanted for a lot of years, Its called a Hoya Bella or wax plant, its got so many flowers on it this year, I will put some pictures the end of the post if you would like to see them, 
                                                       


Materials used for this card are,
  • NBUS, Sentimentally Yours butterfly stamps, 
  • Vintage Sepia Versafine ink pad, 
  • Clear flower stamp.
  • Canary, pink carnation,orchid, dusky pink, baby pink, lime green, grass promarkers 

Blogs I will enter this card for are, 
  1. The creative crafters, Challenge  #77 Anything goes. 
  2. Creation in Pink : Challenge #71 Anything goes Mainly Pink, 
  3. Girlz Creative Crafts, # 45 Butterflies, 
  4. NBUS Challenge #63

                                                             
Top picture is a close up of the flowers, the other
one is the plant, its 28 inches 71 cm wide


Wednesday, 26 June 2024

Last post of June,

lovely weather is still here and hope it doesn't result in a thunder storm as this weather does.   I am loving making the Christmas cards and think I will have to make some more over the weekend.                                                         

Materials used for this card are, 
  • 24 x 17 cm card blank and envelope. 
  • 9 x 7 cm shaving foam card stock,
  • Sentiment Die 
  • Gingerbread  village stamp,
  • Globe land  clear stamp, 
  • My paper world stamps,
  • Vintage Sepia Versafine ink. 
  • Nova pure sheen Glitter, 
  • Canary, tan, coral, grass, orange, ice grey 2. promarkers.

Challenges I will enter this card for are,
  1. My time to Craft #536. Winter,  
  2. Sparkling Christmas Challenge #161 Use Dies
  3. Mirtillamente Challenge #32  Anything goes. 
  4. 52 Christmas card Throwdown,  Winter wonderland.
 


 


                                                                              

Soon be Christmas,

  Its impossible there is only 5 days to Christmas where did the year go. Its right what they say the older you  get the faster time goes. s...