Friday 28 February 2020

Friday

  Another week is nearly over and I am sure there are lots of people who are looking forward to the weekend, Have a great one everyone.

                                                                           
my latest knitting red  hats for prem
babies also cannular mitts  
                                                 
Materials used for this card are, 
  • 15 x 15 cm card and envelope, 
  • Stencil 
  • 5 x 5 cm what card stock, x 4 
  •   Miel Ilink ink pad, [ free with a magazine, ]
  •  bird, Bee, leaf, flower  &  sentiment, Clear stamps.
  • Worn lipstick Distress ink 
  • Vintage Sepia, Versafine ink pad, 
  •  Lilac,lipstick red, green, tan cyan, winter berry Promarkers.

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
  1. Colour Crazy Craft Challenge anything colouring goes, 
  2. Pixie's crafty Workshop challenge #375 
  3. I love promarkers, Challenge # 404 
  4. Ellibelle's Corner   February Challenge add a sentiment, 

Wednesday 26 February 2020

WOYWDW

After all the rain on Monday just could not believe the sky in the evening and as I love a good sunset had to get out there with my camera. I was surprised at what it was like, 

We are at Wednesday again and time to look around the desks of other have a nose at what they are all up to, Thanks to Julia over on the stamping ground, 

  Weather is still bad so hope you are all safe, 

This was round the back of my place and it makes the trees look lovely 
                                        
This is either a pair of wings but I love to see it as a tree under a sunset.








                                                              
Materials used for this card are, 

  • 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
  • 15 x 15 & 6 x 15 cm patterned paper,
  •  Vintage sepia Versafine ink pad, 
  • 15 x 6.6 white card stock,
  • Gems and pearls, 
  • Poppy clear stamp,
  • Grass & cerise promarkers, 
  • Sentiment Clear stamp, 



Materials used for this card are;
  1. The paper players challenge #479 
  2. Crafty Friend's Challenge blog, #129, gemstones/ pearls 
  3. Cardz TV Anything goes, 
  4. Ellibelle's corner  Add A sentiment,
                                 
My desk this week has some plants on it, There all babies from the kalendehoe,
it was in flower when I brought it back last year and then have had 20 babies from it lol 

This is a close up of them and they are now in their new home, 
also on my desk is some new Glue I have been trying recommended
by KathyK Thanks Kathy, love it. Tombow mono liquid glue,  

Someone last week they try to look out the window to imagine
whats there so thought I would show you, sad to say the owl is not real lol 

Monday 24 February 2020

another week ,

 The start of another week and boy are the weeks flying by, Hope everyone affected by the floods is okay and safe.                                                                 
                                                                          

                                                                  

Materials used for this card are, 

  • 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
  • Stencil, 
  • Angel wings yellow rose paint, 
  • Green, bough, Spiced Marmalade,  twisted citron, abandoned coral. distress ink
  •  Clear stamp Sentiment  
                                                  

      Challenges I will enter this card for are,
  1. CAS(E) this Sketch #360 
  2. Addicted to Stamps and More,  # 377 Make you Mark. 
  3. Home - Simon Wednesday Challenge Add a Sentiment, 
  4. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge  # 126, 

Friday 21 February 2020

Weekend again,

Weekend again and it really has been a terrible week weather wise, I have looked at the the weather for the week and it does not look good,  hope everyone stays safe. 

                                                                   
                                                                 

                                                       



Materials used for this card are, 

  1. 21 x  15 cm card blank and envelope, 
  2. Vintage sepia Versafine ink pad, 
  3. poppy clear stamp,
  4. cocktail pink, pink carnation, tan,grass, mint green, promarkers

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

Wednesday 19 February 2020

WOYWDW

I really would love to know when this rain and wind is going to stop. I am lucky where I live and am up high, As a child I remember asking how all the rain  is staying in the clouds . Now wish it had stayed there, lol  Honest the cards are white. lights been terrible all day so the cards look blue, 
Wednesday has come round again and time to head over to the Stamping ground and look round all the desks and see what everyone is up to, don't know about it head over HERE and all will become clear,   

                                                                                    
    


                                                           
Materials used for this card are, 

  • 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope. 
  • 12 x 12 cm white card stock, 
  • Victorian Christmas clear stamps,
  • Creative expression stencil. 
  • Wilted Violet Distress ink 
  •  Nuvo Champagne  glitter, 
  •  Gold, Guiding flakes, 
  • Warm grey, primrose, orchid, cocktail pink, promarkers, 

  Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
  1. Polkadoodles Craft Challenge Wk 7 Anything craft & card making Challenge. 
  2. HLS February Christmas Challenge,+ optional Xmas wings, 
  3. CHNC Challenge  #477 ATG as long as its Christmas optional use some green, 
  4. Simon Monday  Challenge  Frame it, 

                                                      
                                      

                                                              

Materials used for this card are, 




  • 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope. 
  • 21 x 2,5 patterned card, 
  • 6,5 x 6.5 three pieces of  white card stock,
  • Old paper Distress ink, 
  • Dovecraft clear stamps, 
  • Gold, powder blue, lilac, purple, grass. tan, pink carnation, promarkers, 



  • Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

    1. Crazy 4 Challenges, C4C#522 
    2. Christmas at Sweet Stampin February Challenge Feature a Sentiment, 
    3. A Bit More Time to Craft Anything goes, 
                                                                     
    Fairly tidy desk today lol. The card on the desk is the on on my blog, 
    Guiding flakes 



    Pure sheen Glitter, 
                                                                                    
                                                                                       

    Monday 17 February 2020

    Monday

    Wow what a horrid weekend. I hope everyone is okay and any flooding is not to bad.  Two weekends in a row so lets hope all the storms will decide they need to go elsewhere , and we have some better weather, Take care out there x 

                                                            

    Materials used for this card are, 

    • 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope. 
    • 13 x 10.5 cm white card stock
    • 21 x 2.5 cm pattered card.
    • Vintage sepia versafine ink pad, 
    • Gold Guiding flakes 
    • couple, Flowers and sentiment clear stamps,
    • pale pink, cerise sunflower, mint green, purple. sandstone, denim blue tan, promarkers.
                                                         
                                                            
    Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
    1. CAS on Sunday Challenge #173 Love 
    2. Crafty Card Makers, # 250 Love is All you need, 
    3.  Angie's digital Stamps, CH #39  ATG optional twist of Love. 
    4. Dragonfly dreams, Its a love thing. 
                                                                             

    close up of the sentiment. 
         
                                                           

    Material used for this card are, 




  • 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope. 
  • 10 cm circle & 6 cm die,
  • 10 cm , 6 cm   & 10 x 3 cm white card stock,
  • sunflower. pot, and sentiment clear stamps,
  • Sunflower, grass, promarkers.


  • Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
    1. Crafty Sentiment Design's Anything goes, 
    2. Pixie's Crafty Workshop, Challenge # 317,
    3.  Just Add Ink # 492 Sketch, 
    4. HLS February Anything goes With Dies Challenge

         Just spotted I have won the ATC challenge over at Happy Little Stamper, Thanks for picking my ATC                                                                       

                                                                              
                                                                       My winning ATC 
                                            


                                                                        

    Friday 14 February 2020

    Friday .

    Would like to welcome my new followers, Mary McMillan & Megan Flynn, Hope you will pop back soon.

                                                                


      
    Materials used for this card are ,


    • 21 x 17 cm card blank and envelope,
    • Hobbycraft black ink pad,
    •  Butterfly, piglets & bird clear stamps 
    • Blush, sandstone, tan, baby pink, orchid, magenta, poppy, summer sun  grass , pastel green, gold peach promarkers, 
    • 9 x 5 cm, 10,5 x 6 cm 7.5 x 7 cm white card stock,
    • Enchanted gold, Embossing powder, 
    • Two red hearts 
                           

    Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
    1. My Time to craft, Challenge #  425. Love me do, 
    2. Fab 'N' Funky Challenge #468 Love Love Love 
    3. Penny black and More, Animals Birds and Butterflies.

                                                     

    Materials used for this card are, 



    • 21 x 17 cm card blank and envelope,
    • Holly & ornament Clear stamps,
    • Heart Die, 
    • 9 x 3.5 cm  rose gold wave card, 
    • 8.5 x 3 cm white card stock,
    • 8 x 8 cm rose gold wave card, 
    •  Love Sentiment 
    • Sunflower, lime green, green,ginger, apricot, peach, amethyst, poppy, pink carnation promarkers, 




    • Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
      1. Spark les Christmas Challenge, Ornaments 
      2. Christmas Crafts All Year Round February Challenge Hearts or Love. 
      3. Winter Wonderland, Anything Christmas Goes,
      4. Creative Moments, ATG Challenge 184  optional love, 

      Wednesday 12 February 2020

      WOYWDW

                                                                Happy WOYWDW 

      Another Wednesday and a day when we can all pop over to others desks and see what they are all up to. If you would like to know more take a look over at The STAMPING GROUND and all will become clear, I am out all day tomorrow so will get round to  your desks but it might be a later in the day or Thursday. 
                                                                                 

                                                         

      Materials used for this card are, 

      • 17 x 17 cm card blank and envelope, 
      • 8 x 10 cm white card stock,
      •  Hobbycraft blank ink pad, 
      • Broken China distress ink, 
      • Ocean teal, cyan promarkers
      • Class Act rubber stamp. 

      Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
      1. Christmas Card Thowdown February Colour challenge 3 shades of blue, 
      2. LeAnns World 101 Challenge  # 23 
      3. Crafter Castle, February Challenge, # 26 and January winners,
      4. Unicorn Challenge Blog, Challenge #51 anything goes.
                                                     
      Cards I have made waiting to be sorted as I need to take some to someone who wants some, 

                                                                         
      Printed this off for a card then plan B and did not use it 
      Glue, misty bottle, Stamp cleaner. glossy accents cosmic shimmer glue, and Glitter, 



      Monday 10 February 2020

      Hope your week is a good one,

        Every time I do a new post cannot think that the date is right but sad to say it always is .What terrible weather we had yesterday and hope everyone is safe and warm, Still very wet and windy here art the moment, Wind keeping me awake so thought I would get this posted  

                                                                       

      Mareiasl used for this card are, 

      • 15 x 15 deckle edged card blank and envelope, 
      •  Vintage sepia Vesafine ink pad, 
      • Heart and  sentiment  clear stamp.[ Free with paper crafter.  ]
      • Two heart templates 
      • Orchid, poppy, oceal teal, cocktail pink, cyan   promarkers .   

      Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
      1. Home -Simon Wednesday Challenge, With Love, 
      2. Double D Challenge Hearts Challenge, 
      3. I love promarkers, Challenge #403 
      4. Try it on Tuesday, Share the Love, 
      5. Allsorts Challenge Blog, Week 558 -Add a Heart,
                                                                   




                                            
              
         Materials used for this card are, 

      • 17 x 17 card blank and envelope, 
      • Ivy and sentiment clear stamps [Free with a magazine,]
      • watermark Versamark, pad, 
      • Grass promarker,  
      •  Red and Green rubber stampede  embossing power                                              

      Challenges I will enter this card for are,
      1. Crafty Catz ATG optional twist, Embossing wet or dry,  
      2. CAS Christmas card Challenge Use Joy 
      3. Creative Inspirations  anything goes, 
      4. CHNC Challenge # 475  

      Friday 7 February 2020

      Weekend looms,

              Firstly would like to say a huge welcome to Joy Wilson,  hope you pop back soon,        
       
      Well what a day its been already, Planned to have this post  ready last night and fell asleep watching tv while having a cuppa. Then got up early to get this done and its 10 15 and still trying, wanted to give up but decided I am no quiter lol, This was going to be a sketch but that went wrong so plan B 


                                        

       Materials used for this card are, 

      • 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
      • 6.5 x 6.5 cm white card stock x 3
      • vintage sepia Versafine ink pad
      • Crafters Companion sentiment 
      • Tattered lace house seat, stag clear stamps,  
      • Poppy, tan,grass promarkers. 
      • Scarlet Red, & ice white Nuvo pure glitter,                                     

      Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
      1. TTCRD Anything goes Challenge february 4th 
      2. Christmas at Sweet Stampin, Add some sparkle.  
      3. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge, Anything Christmas goes
      4. Crafty Creations Challenge, #406 Anything goes, 
      5. Ellibelle's Corner Add a Sentiment, 
      6. Creafty Sentiments design Anything goes 

      Wednesday 5 February 2020

      WOYWDW

                                                       HAPPY    WOYWDW 
      Wednesday and another chance to look round other crafters work desks Thanks to Julia over at the Stamping ground if you want to know all about it head over to The stamping ground HERE 

      , How time flies when you are having fun, Thing is I find time flies even when I am not lol                                                      



         

      Materials used for this card are 
      • 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
      • Vintage Sepia, Versafine ink pad, 
      • Bird & sentiment clear stamps, 
      • cerise , sandstone, lime green, summer sun, tan promarkers. 

                                                          
      Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
      1. "Less is More " Less ( Tiny and few, ) 
      2. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge # 125 ATG 
      3. PIP Challenge #205 ATG  
      4. Stamps & fun = CREATIVITY # 360 ATG,

                                                                               

                                                       

      Materials used for this card are, 
      • 21 x15 cm card blank and envelope, 
      • Washi tape, 
      • Bird and sentiment clear stamp. 
      • Cerise , sandstone, lime green, summer sun, tan, pink Carnation, ice Gray 2  promarkers.                                                 
      Challenges I will enter this card for are,
      1. Atlantic Sketch Challenge Sketch 354,
      2. The paper Girls, Challenge #192 Birthdays,
      3.  Always Fun Challenge # 148,  ATG 
      4.  Dream Valley Days, Challenge #218 Love, 
      5. Crafting Happiness Challenge # 34 ATG twist hearts, 
                                                      
      Stamps ready to put away after finishing cards, 

      Monday 3 February 2020

      New month

      I hope February is a bit longer than January seemed to be, but as its a short month I don't think so just have to make the most of it . At this rate it will soon be Christmas again lol , Before that we have a lovely spring and summer to hope for. 


                                                                       

      Materials used for this card are, 

      • 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
      •  2 pieces of 15 x 3 cm patterned card, 
      • 15 x  4 1/2  cm patterned card, 
      • 7 cm white card stock,
      • personal impressions clear holly stamp,
      • Poppy, ocean teal & Tan,  promarkers,                     

      Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
      1. CAS(E) this Sketch, #357.
      2. C.R.A.F.T Challenges. # 452  30 January -Christmas, 
      3. Krafty Chicks Challenge, #495 week 5 ATG
      4.  Addicted to stamps and more, #374 CAS,

                                                                    

                                                                   
      Materials used for this card are, 


    • 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
    • 21 x 4. 5 cm A crafty Place  rose gold satin wave card, 
    • 13 x 6 cm white card stock
    • Mustard seed, festive berries & wilted violet distress ink, 
    • Stamp & Layer Sentiment, 
    • Stamp By Me Flower Clear stamp,
    • Dot stencil
    • mint green, pastel green.bright orange, cocktail pink, pink carnation, ice great 2 promarkers. 


    • challenges I will enter this card for are, 
      1. Colour Crazy Craft Challenge. Week 4 anything coloured goes,
      2. Wednesday  Sketch, Sketch  #474, 
      3. CARDZ TV Anything goes Challenge  #107, 
      4. Creative knockouts #255 Birthday wishes Hetty Clare. 

      End of the month,

          Last post of the month and it does not seem like it should be, We still have no sign of what should be spring, although some days its sp...