Sunday 27 January 2019

Out for the day tomorrow

Promised myself  I  would have an early night BUT here I am still finishing my blog its 11 15 PM and I am still sitting here  but I am going out in the morning and wanted to get this done so I would not have to tomorrow, 

                                     




     Materials used for this card are;
  • 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
  • Canary, sandstone, royal blue, promarkers. 
  •  foliage, bird sentiment & butterfly clear stamps                                              


Challenges I will enter this card for are,


  1. Butterfly Challenge, #115 Spin the wheel with the letter Y 
  2. Everybody-Art- challenge, Anything goes,
  3. The Paper Funday Challenge #1  Anything goes, 
  4. Penny's Paper- Crafty Challenge #414 Anything goes, 

                                   
                          


                                                                   
                                                            


Materials used for this card are,;

  • 20 x 20 cm white card stock and envelope,
  • 20 x 20 cm  yellow card stock,
  • 19 x19 cm patterned paper. 
  • 19 x4 cm patterned paper.
  •   9 x  8 cm & 9 x 3.5 cm white card stock,
  •   8 diamonds gems, 
  •   Song bird Blossom clear stamps.
  •  Cinnamon & pine promarkers, 
  •  Pickled raspberry distress ink pad,
  •  Tuxedo black Memento ink pad,



Challenges I will enter this card for are,
  1. Sweet sketch Wednesday 2  Sketch #152, 
  2. The Sisterhood Of Crafters,  Diamonds,
  3. Dragonfly Dreams Anything goes, 
  4. Cards TV Anything goes Challenge #81. 

Friday 25 January 2019

Hope the weekend is good

WOW weekend again I really wonder how these weeks are going so fast, Hope all you weekend goes well 

                                          



                                                  

                                                   

                                                   

Materials used for this card are, 

  • 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
  • 6 x 6 cm card stock,
  • 8 x 5 cm patterned paper. 
  • Wooden rose stamp,
  • Happy birthday clear sentiment stamp
  • poppy, green teal Promarkers,  


 Challenges I will enter this card for are. 
  1.  Aud Sentiment Challenge Blog, ATG Sentiment, 
  2. STAMPlorations blog January Challenge Theme and Sketch, 
  3. Addicted to CAS,  Challenge #151  Friends
  4.  Pixie's Crafty Workshop. Challenge #334. 

                                                       
   
                                               
                                                   


Close up on the patterned paper.


Materials used for this card are, 
  • 19.5 cm square card blank and envelope, 
  • 19.5 cm Patterned paper,
  • 9 x 6 cm , 9 x 5cm . 9,5 x 7.5 cm white card stock, 
  • Green borough, festive berries, Distress ink, 
  • Teddy Angel clear stamp,
  • Sandstone, green, lipstick red, bright orange, sky blue, apricot Promarkers, 


Challenges I will enter this card for are'
  1. Fab 'n' Funky Challenge # 424 Creating for Christmas, 
  2. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge # 43 Anything Christmas goes,
  3. Cute N' Crafty Christmas challenge 5 
  4. Crafting by Design, Layer it Up, 

Wednesday 23 January 2019

Wednesday



I hope everyone who pops into my blog is keeping well and warm in this cold weather, Another heavy frost last night so if you go out take care.  I am lucky and have a log burner and its lovely and cosy when alight, 




                                          



                                               



Materials used for this card, 

  • 14.5 cm square card blank and envelope,
  • Hobby craft black ink pad,
  •  foliage, banner & sentiment clear stamp,

Challenges I will enter this card for are;
           
                                     


Materials used for this  card are, 

  • 14.5 cm square white card blank and envelope,
  •  Beautiful moments clear stamps,
  • Vintage sepia Versafine ink pad,
  • Black hobby craft ink pad,
  • morning dew nuvo  pearl drops,
  • ice white Nuvo pure sheen glitter,
  • honeycomb, apricot, tan, poppy, ocean teal, promarkers 
Challenges I will enter this card for are.;

  1. CHNC Challenge # 421 
  2. The Fairy and Unicorn Challenge Blog, January Challenge Frosty, 
  3. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #98
  4. The Paper Players 425, Clean and Simple from Claire, 
                                             

Monday 21 January 2019

A thank you

I just  would like to say thank you for all your lovely comments for my last post and to also say that the gas leak is all sorted although it did take them 12 hours, 

Out for coffee with a friend this morning not seen here for awhile so a lot of catching up to do.  
  


                                                       

                         

                                               
                                         

Materials used for this card are, 

  • 20 x20 cm white card blank and envelope,
  • 20 x 20 patterned paper. 
  • 10 x 5 cm pattened paper. 
  • 12 x 9 cm oval white card stock,
  •  Black Hobbycraft  ink pad, 
  • For the love of stamps clear stamps, 
  • Green, cinnamon, cadet blue, Promarkers,


Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
  1. Crazy Catz Challenge  ATG With optional Extra, Blue, Green and one other Colour. 
  2. Alphabet Challenge, V is for vehicle
  3. Colour Crazy Craft Challenge Week 2 ATG 
  4. Allsorts challenge blog, Week #503, Make it Masculine, 
  5. Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 
                              







Materials used for this card are;
  • 20 x 20 cm white card and envelope. 
  • Vintage Sepia, VersaFine ink pad, 
  • Black Hobbycraft ink pad, 
  • Tattered lace seat and lamp post clear stamps, 
  • House tree & sentiment, Free with a magazine, 
  • Ice white Nuvo pure sheen glitter, 
  • Hint of Violet glitter frosting.
  • Autumn red Nuvo pearl drops, 
  • Canary, poppy, tan, Aegean Promarkrs, 


Challenges I will enter this card for are,
  1. Christmas at Sweet Stamping  January Challenge,
  2. Christmas Card Throwdown, January Theme, Silent night 
  3. Patties Creation Design Challenge #154 , Snowy days /frosty nights
  4. Crafting with Attitude, Challenge #421                            

Friday 18 January 2019

Friday again



Well here was me thinking that this year was going to be different but who was I kidding, Lol I know I have been away and had a lovely time then Wednesday evening I went to my cupboard under the stairs only  to discover I have a gas leak, so called the gas people and they came out Wednesday evening   ( or should I say in the early hours)  and said it was only a small leak and could wait till the morning, Men have been here all day yesterday and I know have my electric box outside . Such is life have to laugh of I would cry. 

for the first card  I have gone with a sketch which you will find at the end of the post, 





Materials used for this card are, 

  • 19.5 x19.5 cm cream card blank and envelope. 
  • 19.5x 4.5, 10 x 6 and 10 x.6 cm patterned paper. 
  • 12 x 10 cm oval white card stock,
  • hobbycraft black pigment ink, 
  • Nuvo Clear marker embossing pad, 
  • Dream catcher clear stamps,
  • Purple promarker,  
  • Nuvo, Blue odyssey embossing power. 

Challenges that I will enter this card for are;
  1. Tuesday Morning Sketches # 486
  2. TTCRD Anything goes Week 15 Jan, 
  3. Crafty Hazelnut's Pattered Paper January 2019 Challenge, 
  4. The Creative Crafters, Challenge #12. 


Materials I used for this card are,
  • 19.5 x 19.5 cream card blank and envelope,
  • 11.5 x 9.5 white card stock,
  •  Vintage sepia Versafine ink pad,
  • Scarlet red, green meadow, ice white, Nuvo pure sheen glitter, 
  • Tattered lace holly & bauble Clear stamp,
  • Beautiful Moments snowman clear stamp ,
  • Forest green, green, poppy red, voilet, apricot, promarkers. 


Challenges I will enter this card for are. 
  1. Cute ' N' Crafty Christmas, Challenge # 4,
  2. Sparkle Christmas Challenge # 96 Add some Sparkle, 
  3. Winter Wonderland Its Snowtime, 

                                                

Wednesday 16 January 2019

Middle of the week



Middle of the week again already and how time is flying, the weather is really strange, rain in the morning and then sun and wind, must be winter Lol, It lovely and sunny today but still very windy. 






Materials used for this card are, 

  • 20 x 20 cm card blank and envelope,
  • 15 x 15 cm black card stock,
  • 14,5 x 14.5 cm white card stock,
  • 10 x 5 cm patterned paper,
  • 10 x5 white card stock,
  • The ton couture Cling stamp,
  • bee clear stamp,
  • Canary, green, forest green, grass, salmon pink, cardinal red, promarkers. 
  • Mustard seed distress ink,
  • Acorn brown Nuvvo Hybrid ink pad, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
  1. Pixie's Crafty Workshop, -Challenge #343 
  2. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge Anything goes,
  3. Sketch Saturday #546 By Kel. 

                                          



                                                  

Monday 14 January 2019

Another new Year,

Well it seems that this year is going as fast as he last, I cannot believe it the middle of January,
Went to see Andra Rieu in Antwerp and it was a wonderful night and really would like to go again,  I could not take my big camera in and used my mobile but there was far to much light for the Mobile but I have the memories ,


Another Sketch today, CAS(E) This sketch, You will find the sketch at the end of the post. 


                                                         


Materials used for this card are, 
  • 21 x 15 card blank and envelope, 
  • 4 strips of Washi tape. 
  • Tonic Happy Birthday die, 
  • Green, gold & cool grey 4 promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are,


  1. CAS(E) this Sketch!! #304 
  2. Penny Paper-Crafty Challenge # 412
  3. Creative Moments, Challenge #160. 
  4. Crafting With Attitude. Challenge #47 

                                                  

End of the month,

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