Another Week looms

Its been a lot cooler this last couple of day I am pleased to say, Some days [and  yesterday was one of them ] I could not  seem to get the cards right tried four BUT in never turns out right so onto plan B if I can think of one lol  And last evening plan B worked.  

                                                                   

Close up of the glitter frosting snow . have applied more glitter, 

Materials used for this card are, 

• 17 x 17 cm card blank and envelope,
•  Vintage sepia Versafine ink pad, 
•  Hint of green Glitter frosting,
• Mirrorball, & ice white, Nuvo pure sheen, 
• Raw sienna & Tan, promarkers, 
• Snow stencil 
• Silver glitter forsting paste, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. QKR Stampede. ATG Challenge #358 
2. Lil patch of Crafty Friends  Challenge # 110 ATG 
3. Winter Wonderland, Winter or Christmas building,
4. CHNC Challenge  # 448 

Friday.

As regular readers know I love taking photo and really am chuffed with these today. I have a setting on my camera for moving things and it works a treat. The first two were taken the evening that we had the storm,[ as you can see from the sky,]  Love the one of the bee I have never manages to got one in flight  also these  swifts are nesting under the tiles of a roof  and with great patients  manages to get them going into the nest  as well so two things of my bucket list of pictures I want to take.  

                                                               

                                            

Materials used for this card are,

• 17 x17 cm card blank and envelope, 
• Archival ink pad, 
• Stencil, 
• lipstick red , grass. icicle promarkers. 
•  white card stock,

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Lemon Shortbread Challenge. #97 ATG 
2. CARDS TV  ATG # 94,
3. Freshly made Sketches, #398 A sketch made by Cecile  
4.  Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #351 ATG 

                   

    Materials used for this card are,

• 17 x17 cm card blank and envelope, .
•  Black  Archival ink pad,
• Nuvo safari green ink pad, 
• small yellow ink pad, 
• Clear stamps. [free with a magazine, ]
• Cardinal gold, canary, rose pink, pine, sky blue, dusky pink, primrose, promarkers,  

                                   

    Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Crafting By design, Get ready for Christmas,  
2.   I love Promarkers   Challenge #389 Christmas in July, 
3.   Sparkles Christmas Challenge #102 Include a tree, 
4. Shopping  our Stash   # 400 Christmas in July,   
5. ABC Christmas Challenge    N& O are for, No peeking and ornaments                                                

WOYWDW

What a horrid night thunder lighning and me hiding lol. mind it does feel fresher this morning but still very warm. How can we have a very hot day, then at night so much rain and a big storm and then a lovely day again whats all that about.

Wednesday again and time to be nosy and look round all the other desk thanks to Julia's Stamping ground If you do not know about it have a look HERE and all will be explained, 

                           

         


Materials used for this card are, 

• 17 x 17 cm card blank and envelope, 
• Tonic Dies, 
• Texrures Matallic card,
• Gold  & white card stock.
• Poppy, summer sun, grass, magenta, tan,  promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. CHNC Challenge #447. Use a punch or Die,
2. Di's Digi Challange       Christmas in July, 
3. Crafty Calender July Challenge,  Christmas, 
4. Crafty Catz,  Challenge # 471 Christmas in July. 

 Materials used for this card are, 

• 17 x17 card blank and envelope, 
•  Tuxedo Black Mementto ink pad, 
• Abandoed Coral. spiced apricot, wilted violet Distress ink,
• Ronda Palazzari Slencil.
• Sunflower, mint green,tan. raw senna, peach, silver lining, mint green, & green, promarkers. 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Pixie's Crafty Workshop. Challenge #357 Snippets. 
2. CRAFT ROCKET CHALLENGE #61 July -Amimals, 
3. PIP  Challenge #1929  ATG  
4. Colour Crazy Craft Challenge,  Week #28 ATG Must colour, 

                              

As always an untidy desk on the glass mat are a coulpe of cut outs waiting to be made into a card, 

                                                       

Busy weekend

I used to think it was only when I worked that the weekends were busy how wrong can one be lol I really must try to do things during the week and not leave it all till the weekend lol 

I have a lovely picture of my late husband and myself on the Cruise ship  Costa fortuna and we are sat on a bench with the name of the ship on the bench, I said to a friend who can drawer and paint. (wish I could cannot even get a stick man right lol ) would it be possible to draw just our hands and last night she came round with this lovely picture, Such talent. 

Ron and I on the Costa fortuna ( and it did LOl ) 

This is the picture Emma gave me last night 

                                                    
                                                                        

Materials used for this card are. 

• 20 x 10 cm card blank and envelope. 
• Small piece of white card stock,
• Hobbycraft black ink pad, 
• Nuvo Embellishment mousse,
• Tonic stencil. 
• Two strips of washi tape, 
• Thinking of you sentiment, [ free with a magazine, ]
• Gold Promarker, 

Challenges I will enter this card fore are,

1. CAS(E) this sketch! # 331
2. CCEE Stampers, 1929 Stencils,
3. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #439 ATG

                                                  

                                                            

wow another weekend

                                                 

Wow cooler today with light rain and that's one job I will not have to do . Water the garden, it is nice to see the rain and it is needed on so many different levels,

                                                   

Materials used for this card are, 

• 21 x17 cm card blank and envelope, 
• 21 x 7  cm patterned paper. 
• Snowman and sentiment clear stamps [Free with Crafts Beautiful, ]
• Two snowflake die cuts, 
• Silver lining promarker,
• Ice white Nuvo glitter, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Crafty Gals Corner challenge #196. Christmas in July, 
2. The Male room, Challenge #115 Christmas in July. 
3. Crafty Sentiment Designs. Christmas in July, 
4. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #52 Anything Christmas goes, 

WOYWDW

Missed looking round all the desks last week but was away and had a great time, its hard to think I have been home a week So pop over to Julia's Stamping ground and if you don't know about it check it out HERE 

                                       

                                                                           

                                                            

Materials used for this card are, 

• 17 x17 cm card blank and envelope, 
• 12.5 x3 cm card stock,
• 7 x2 cm white card stock,
• Archival ink pad,
• Bakers twine, 
• Hand made bow, 
• Printed Thank you,
• Clear Flower Stamps. [free with a magazine,]

Challeneges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Global Design Projects Challenge #198, Sketch 
2. Make My Monday Challenge #100 Thank you,
3. A bit more time to craft, Challenge 96 ATG,

                                                       

Not a lot on my work desk today some nuvo glitter and a couple of promarkers and some glue, 

                                                           

Another week starts

                                   

Its a lot cooler today although they say its going to get hot again later I the week I hope not,

I know everyone has been there but this card was the tried try lol  somehow the head was not in it so just left it and went back later and then started something completely different .

           

Materials used for this card are, 

• 17 x 17 cm  card blank and envelope. 
• 9 x 6 cm white card stock.
• Versafine blank ink pad, 
• Victorian Christmas clear stamps, 
• Papermania tinsel red glitter,
• Hint of violet glitter frosting,
• pure white Nuvo glitter, 
• Mink green,tan, poppy, gold, silver lining Promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are,

1. KCC  #463 Christmas in July,
2. little red wagon, Challenge #505. Its beginning to look at lot like  Christmas,
3. Christmas at sweet Stampin July Challenge, ATG optional Christmas in the sun, 
4. CHNC Challenge  # 446 optional use some red. 

Had a great time

                                                    Sorry a lot of photos today 

 Had a most fantastic time at my granddaughters prom, Stephanie looked stunning and set myself and my daughter off  into a flood of tears, Stephanie was born 12 weeks early and was only 2 lb 6 oz so to see her a lovely healthy 16 year old is so special,

                                                                         

New born Stephanie 

                                                                     

   Stephanie age 16 

With her mum Kerry, My daughter, 

With Auntie Kirsty My other daughter, 

     

With her school friends, 

                                                

Materials used for this card are, 

• 21 x 17 cm card blank and envelope,
• Hobbycraft blank ink pad 
• Orange washi tape. 
• Two lengths of ribbon,
• clear stamp, [free with a magazine,]
• lime green. gold, yellow, cyan, poppy, tan, dusky pink, pink carnation promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. ATSM challenge  # 349 - Clean and simple,
2. I love promarkes. Challenge #388. ATG optional one for the girls, 
3. CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge329, 
4. Wednesdays Creative Inspirations ATG