weekend

Morning,

Had a lovely day on Wednesday, A friend came over and we went out for something to eat and then when we returned we sorted out the craft room. Its all ready now for the sofa bed just got to order it. I know what I want and have seen it just have to find out where to buy it.  

Spotted another great sketch and regular reades know I love a good sketch, This on is from 
                                                       MFT Card Challenges, 

To show the gate fold  card, 

Materials used for this card are,

• 13.5 x 13.5 cm gate fold card blank and envelope,
• 13.5 x 13.5 pattered mirri card,
• 11.5 x 11.5 white card stock,
•  Black Shadow Nuvo Hybrid ink pad,
• Festive berries & Fossilised Amber Distress ink pad, 
• Fairy, fairy dust & Sentiment clear stamp. [ free with a magazine,]

Challenges I will enter this card for are,

1. * Pause Dream Enjoy *  Challenge #13 Fun Fold Cards.
2. Double D Challenge, Just" Wing " it ,
3. Inspirational Destination, Anything goes,  No 147, 

Sorry about the picture bad light, Background is pink, 

Materials used for this card are;

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
• 21 x 15 cm pattered paper,
• 8,5 x 7.5 cm white card stock,
• Black Shadow Nuvo Hybrid ink pad,
• Spell binders 3D rubber stamp
• Sentiment stamp, [free with magazine, ] 

Challenges I will enter this card for are;

1.  Christmas at Sweet Stampin, March Anything goes,
2. Muse, Christmas Challenges     Vision, 96,
3. The Merry Christmas Challenge, #13 Always Anything goes + Christmas. 
4. MFT Card Challenge,  Sketch Challenge  #378, 

                                             

                                                     

woywdw,

Morning,

Real April  weather yesterday, Sun and rain but it turned out bright, I hope this means that spring is here and we do not get snow, 

Had the craft room changes round and have the computer in the lounge now and will be getting a sofa bed for the craft room, Handy if I want to stay and craft all night Lol 

As its Wednesday its time to share my desk at Julia's stamping ground, I love to be nosy and look at other desks,  desk at the end of post. 

Materials used for this card are, 

• 21 x 15 cm card and envelope,
• 6 x 5 cm gold mirri card,  4 cm white card stock,
• 14.5 x5 cm white card stock 
• Art Impressions clear stamps, 
• Happy bithday and heart clear stamp,
• Satin,apricot, lipstick red, cool grey 4, sandstone, almond, magenta, poweder blue, bright orange Promarkers 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. International Art and soul. ADD HUMOR to your card/ creation,
2. Sketch Saturday, Week #506 with the paper nest Dolls.
3. Crafty Friends, Challenge #80 Anything goes, 

                                                  

Julia's Stamping ground 

                                                           

Hope your weekend was good ,

Morning 

         Just like to welcome my new follower, Sue from Oregon, Hope you will pop back soon.

What lovely day it was yesterday and so nice I went out for a walk, I was out for hour and a half and the sun was lovely and warm, If it was not for the fact I needed to sit I would have stayed out walking for a lot longer.  I Just walk and never thing about the fact I have to walk then  home again Lol. at the end of Streamside where I walk people have put out squirrel feeder and I stop and watch them it was really interesting, 

Sorry to bore you all but more pictures today, Some years ago Hubby brought me this camera and I love it, its a fujifilm HS20. 

I know there is food in here just got to find it 

Found it 

This food is good 

Looks like spring is here. 

Now onto the challenges, 

Materials used for this card are,

• 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope. 
• Tonic stencil,
• Vintage photo Virsafine ink pad, 
• Lili of the valley baby Christening rubber stamp
• Fossilised amber Distress ink pad,
• Small piece of white card stock,
• Silver lining, satin, lipstick red, gold, canary Promarkers,

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. QKR Stampede, #288 anything goes, 
2. Colour Crazy Craft Challenge,  Anything goes, 
3. Kitty Bee Designs. Challenge #114 Baby, 
4. Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge. Wk #12  Anything Goes Crafting Challenge, 

Materials used for this card are,

• 21 x 15 cm  card blank and envelope,
• 21 x 15 cm pattered paper,
• 13.2 round doilies
• 9 x7 & 7 x 4 cm white card stock,
• fireplace and Sentiment clear stamp,
• Peach, coral, yellow, Ruby, almond Promarkers,

Challenges I will enter this card for are;

1. CHNC Challenge #378. Anything Christmas,
2. jingle belles  Spirit of Christmas past, 
3. The Merry Christmas Challenge. Always anything goes + Christmas, 

Weekend starts here,

Morning,

Not such a nice look to the weather today, just hope what they are saying does not happen. Have heard that the "beast from the east " is set to return at Easter so here's hoping not, Have a great weekend everyone whatever the weather and stay safe and warm ..

Materials used for this card are;

• 15 x 15 cm deckle edged card blank and envelope,
• Corner & butterfly clear stamp,
• Lime Green, ice grey &Marine promarkers.

Challenges I will enter this card for are;

1. Addicted to Stamps and More,  Challenge #364. clean and Simple, 
2. Create and makes Challenge #19 Anything goes,
3. SIP Challenge #142 Colour,  Grey Aqua & Lime, 

Materials used for the card are;

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
• Stampingbella, Father Christmas and sentiment rubber stamp,
• Poinsettia clear stamp. [  Free with a card making & papercraft ] 
• Satin,canary, lipstick red, black, leaf green, & crimson Promarkers 
• Ice white Nuvo glitter, 
• Hint of green Glitter frosting.

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. CHNC Challenge #337 
2.  Sweet Stampin Christmas, Anything goes as long as it Christmas, 
3. Christmas card Throwdown, Santa, 
4. Christmas crafts All year round, Flowers 

                                                       

WOYWDW

Morning,

Well what a change in the weather, I went out for a walk yesterday and it was a joy to get out with my camera, i was walking for an hour and it was good to be out, 

 I took this picture when we had the snow, Its  a lovely dunock it a relative of the sparrow.

 he/, She is standing on a soya block that the birds had no interest in till I put them on the garden and now all the birds feed from them, I know that lots cannot eat from things hanging so thought I would just put them on the garden and all birds like them now, 

Will be entering my work desk over are Julia's stamping ground HERE  Desk at end of post 

 These are some of the pictures I took   on my walk yesterday, 

Now onto the challenges 

Materials used for this card are, 

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
• Sheena Douglass  embossing folder,
• Vintage Sepia versafine ink pad,
• Holly & flower clear stamp,
• Happy Christmas ribbon, 
• cream lace, 
• Dusky , salmon & rose pink. lipstick red, burnt orange. gold, forest &, pear green, Promarkers 

Challenges I will enter this card for are;

1. Crafter Castle Ch#3/ DT call/ Winners. favourite technique,
2. TGIF  # 151  Be Inspired,
3. Christmas Cards All Year Round, Use Flowers  

                                                     

Materials used for this card are;

• 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, '
• 8 x 8 cm blue card stock,
• 15 x 3 cm mirri card;
• die cut,
• spellbinders rubber cat stamp. 
• black shadow Nuvo ink pad, 

Challenge I will enter this card for are,

1. Always Fun Challenges, Challenge 50, Cats or Dogs 
2. ***PIP*** Challenge 1181 Anything goes, 
3. Penny Black and more, Feature a creature,     

                                               Entered  at Julia's stamping ground 

where is this year going,

Morning,

 Well when is this weather going to show signs of spring. Another bad snow fall yesterday and hope everyone is safe and warm. Here's hoping it will be the last but who knows, 

Must have been the snow as decided to do another Christmas card Lol. Still it will keep Me up with all the cards I have to make. 

Again I have found a great sketch and its from Saturday Sketch See it HERE or at the bottom of the post, 

Materials used for this card are;

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
• 21 x 15 cm green card stock,
• 15 cm lace trimming,
• 12,5 x 10 white card stock,
• Lace Die cut,
• Vintage sepia Versafine ink pad,
• Visible Image White rabbit & sentiment clear stamp,
• Cadet blue, cardinal red, honeycomb, silver lining, bright orange, rose pink, lilac promarkers,

Challenges I will enter this card for are;

1. Simply Create Too, Challenge #166 Use Green, 
2. Pattie's Creation Design.  Challenge #144 Lots of Green. 
3. Sketch Saturday, Week #505 With Odd Ball Art Co,
4. CAC # 195 Going green,  

Materials used for the card are;

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
• My paper world  house and tree clear stamp. 
• Lindsay Mason Design Snowman, 
• Sledge clear stamp,
• Hint of green glitter frosting, 
• Ice white nuvo glitter, 
• Coral, gold,plum, ginger, cloud blue, sandstone, apricot, rose pink, green, promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Winter Wonderland, Outdoor Fun
2.  CHNC Challenge 377 Anything as long as it Christmas, 
3. Allsorts Challenge Blog   Week 549 ****Bring on the Bling ****
4. Colour Crazy Craft Challenge, Anything Craft Goes.

                                                     

                                                       

Weekend starts here

 Morning,

Had a lovely day on Wednesday. Went to Gloucester Keys with my friend. Found a clothes shop with a sale on and brought a  skirt, cardigan and three tops for under £40 bonus or what Lol 

Garden is really looking good now and hoping that we do not get the snow they say we might, I love it when things start to show their heads it make me thing spring is on the way, 

                                                 Took these yesterday in my small garden, 

This tree is not in my garden but love the clouds behind it .

Materials used for this card are, 

• 21 x17 cm card blank and envelope,
• Clear stamps [ free with a magazine ]
• Cool grey, apricot, sandstone, leaf green, poppy red, silver lining, saffron promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are,

1. Penny Black and More. Feature a creature. 
2. Stamping Sensations. March Challenge   Forest friends,
3. SOS #304, Put a bird on it, 

 Materials used for the card are,

• 21x15 cm card blank and envelope,
• 10 x 10 cm, 9.5 x 5 cm & 6 x 3 craft card, 
• 9 x 9 cm white card stock,
• Christmas clear stamps [ free with a magazine, ] 
• Cardinal red, Gold, bright Orange, ivory, vanilla, cinnamon, oatmeal, honeycomb, lilac Promakers.

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Crimbo Crackers, Challengee #151 Anything goes, 
2. CHNC Challenge 376, anything goes as long as its Christmas, 
3. 52 Christmas card Throwdown,  Colour Kraft & red,

WOYWDW.

Morning 

What a lovely day yesterday, I had a great day with a friend and it was lovely to be able to go out without a rain coat on, Had a lovely meal out and treated myself to some flowers, I always used to have flowers but have not brought any for ages,     

I sometimes wish I had not put all the dies onto magnetic sheets as now I do not know who produced them,  The same with the embossing folders I have them all in a box and not kept them in the packages so again no idea who produced them,     

                                                      

Materials used for this card are, 

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
• 10.5 x 10 x5 cm white card stock,
• Embossing folder, 
• Two cutting dies, 
• clear stamp sentiment, [Free with a magazine, 
• Bright orange, honeycomb, salmon pink, rose pink, Cinnamon, mint green Promakers,

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Iinternational Art & soul. #28  Emboss and use a die, 
2. HIMCR #343 Super Scrap Saturday, 
3. Pixie's Crafty Workshop, Challenge  # 320, 
4. Use your Stuff  Challenge #303 - Use a die cut, 

                                                           

Monday

 Morning ,

So looking forward to seeing signs of spring, There are a few flowers out in the garden and are trying to stand up again after being beaten down by all the snow, it shows though that they are trying to brighten the garden up. Every year I have a daffodil that is coming from very near the shed and it grows very tall looking for the light, Its protected by the rosemary bush and is why it grows so tall.

For the second challenge I have gone for a sketch from TGIF challenges Find them Here  The sketch is at the bottom of the post, 

Materials used for this card are,

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
• 11.5 x 5.5 white card stock,
• Small piece of green card stock,
• Vintage sepia VersFine ink pad,
• Black Shadow Nuvo Hybrid ink pad,
• Twisted Citron Distress ink pad,
• Penny Black slapstick . Rubber cling stamps, 
• Spring days stamp set, [ free with Crafts Beautiful ] 
• Yellow, Rose pink, lime green, & sky blue, Promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are,

1. Brown sugar challenge, #276 Spring /Easter, 
2. Crafty Calender Girls, Add a Tag or make one 
3. PBSC Anything goes or  Easter / Chocolate brown,

Materials used for this card are.

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
• 21 x 15 cm patterned paper. 
• 21 x 3 cm card stock
• 7.5 cm white card stock,
• 9.5 x 3 cm white card stock, 
• Clear bird stamp, [ from the works ]
• sentiment clear stamp,
• black shadow Nuvo ink pad, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are;

1. Catch the bug Challenge, Natures Wonders -All creatures big and small, 
2. Crafting with Dragonflies, #99 Birds / feathers.
3. Crafting With Friends, Challenge 62, Anything goes, 
4.  TGIF Challenges ! #150 Sketch, 

                                     

One week gone already

Morning .

Well the weather is trying hard to brighten up. Is it not just the way the place looks a mess and sorting out and that day two friends visit Lol but as they said they come to see me not where I live. 

Regulars to my block will know how I love to take pictures,some say I will take pictures of anything that moves and quite often things that do not,, I have taken a few off late and will put some here for you to see, Not them all promise Lol

This robin was looking for food when we had all the snow,

This was taken this morning. it looks like he is saying " who do you think you are taking pictures off " .

This blackbird sat on the roof looking very elegant 

                                      

Materials used for this card are,

• 14.5 x 14.5 cm card blank and envelope.
•  Vintage Sepia VersaFine ink pad
• Sweet Dixi sentiment stamp,
• Lavinia Tree stamp, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are.

1. CRAFT ROCKET  challenge,# 42 Something new, 
2. Alphabet Challenge Blog    Y is your Choice,
3. "Less Is More," Challenge #336  Monochrome
4. QKR Stampede Challenge #826 Anything goes, 

WOYWDW

 Morning all, 

What a change in the weather and so glad all the snow has gone, I know it looks pretty but hate not to be able to get out, Went out and have done some gardening yesterday. Started to sweep leaves up.  Not easy as they are still very wet but it looks better than it did so that's a bonus. 

Been a long time since i have entered my craft table into The stamping ground as I thought it was time I got back to it as I love looking at others desks and leaving comments, My table is at the end of the post, 

  Materials used for this card are,

• 21 x15 cm card blank and envelope,
• 21 x 9 cm white card stock,
• Vintage Sepia, VersaFine ink stamp,
• Jayne Nestorenko clear stamp.
• My Paper world clear star stamp,
• Pear green, forest green, lipstick red, saddle brown, sandstone,  promarkers,
• Faux stitching die  

Challenges I will enter this card for are;

1. Christmas crafts all year round,  Use flowers on your project 
2. Sparkle Christmas Challenge, #86 Twinkle, Twinkle. Stars 
3. CHNC Challenge #375, Anything goes as long as its Christmas, 
4. Winter Wonderland, Stitching Real of Faux.

Entering my table at the Stamping ground, 

Another week starts,

 Morning.

Well at last it looks like we might soon have some better weather but who can tell.  

I am trying to get back to blogging three times a week and enjoying crafting, Also trying to get my rooms changes round and have a man in mind to help as I need some electrics and other bits sorted that I would not try myself, 

A sketch again today and this one is from Try Stampin' on Tuesday 

Materials used for this card are,

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
• Three 7 cm round circles, 
• Twisted citron Distress ink,
• Heartfelt creations Rose rubber stamp,
• Pansy and wheel barrow clear stamp,
• Lime green, pink carnation, canary, rose pink, Forest green saffron, lipstick red, sandstone,ivory, sky blue promarkers 

Challenges I will enter this card for are ;

1. Crafty Friends Challenge,  78 Springtime,
2. Try Stampin' On  Tuesday  Challenge #358 Flower Power ,
3. Crafty Creation Challenge #361 Anything goes, 
4. Kitty Bee Design Challenge #113 In the Garden, 

                                             

Snow Snow and even more snow

Morning 

What horrid weather and just when we think it should be spring , Cannot even see my Flowers now and I had steps in the garden but not sure where they are now lol. Its been a hard few days and hope the weather picks up soon.  
Woke this morning and it at last it thawing. hope it continues, and we do not get the freezing rain. 

blackbird  waiting to get the food i put out this morning 

There should be three steps there don't think I will be getting coal out of the shed any time soon lol 

Materials used for this card are;

• 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
• 11.5 x 8 cm white card stock,
• Black shadow Nuvo ink pad 
• Leanne Creatief Owl stamp,
• Flower clear stamp,
• Tonic Stencil,
• Canary, lime green, saffron, cadet blue, sandstone, sky blue,& rose pink Promarkers. 
• Poweder blue nuvo enbellishment mousse 

Challenges I will enter this card for are ,

1. Shopping Our Stash  #343 Stashed Stencils,
2. Create a smile.   We Dare you to Create a Smile,
3. Lemon Shortbread Challenge # 62 Anything goes,
4. Pause, Dream Enjoy Challenge # 9 Stamped image, 

Materials used for this card are, 

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
• 14.5 x 10 cm white card stock,
• Embossing folder [ free from Paper craft inspirational ],
• Holly Clear stamp,
• Black Shadow Nuvo ink pad,
• Canary henna, forest green, gold, lipstick red, Ivory, lime green, sky blue, pink carnation, Saffron  promakers,
• Ice white & Scarlet red Nuvo pure sheen Glitter,  

Challenges I will enter this card for, 

1. The Merry Christmas Challenge # 9 Always anything goes + Christmas. 
2.  I love promarkers, Challenge #353 Anything goes, 
3. Christmas at Sweet Stamping,  Anything Christmas goes, 

March again . .

Morning, 

Well March is here and so will be looking for the mad March hare.What terrible weather we have been having, Right now not to bad in the Bristol area but who knows what the next day of to will bring,  I think most of the country seems to be suffering , and some other countries are having bad weather as well.  I hope that the weather where you are is not to bad, Stay warm and wrap up if you have to go out, 

Had a lovely few days in Oxford with a good friend, It was very cold but at least dry and we walked a lot and  here  are a few pictures for you to see.

This is the copy of the rialto bridge in Italy Below is the bridge in Italy

I could not believe this when I spotted this but this shark is through the roof of a house Lol 

Snow drops showing spring is trying to break though 

The Ashmolean Museum

Oxford sky line,

Botanical garden entrance

I have gone for another sketch this week   It is from  Atlantic Heart Sketch

Materials used for this card are,

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
• 21 x 15 cm pattered card stock,
• 20 x 14 cm pattered paper,
• 7 x 7cm  & 5 x 5 cm white card stock,
• Black Shadow Nuvo hybrid ink pad,
• Salty Ocean Distress ink,
• Birds of a feather clear stamps  [ free with a magazine ] 
• lace borders, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Atlantic Hearts Sketch #253 
2. Dream Valley Challenge,  Challenge #173 Things with Wings 
3. International Art & soul  Ch #27 Use Stuff You Already own, 
4. Crafting From the Heart, Challenge #196 Anything goes,