Wednesday 29 April 2020

WOYWDW

Another Wednesday swings round and another day to have a look round all the others desks of friends and see what they are all up to, Thanks to Julia over at the Stamping ground, Not sure whats going on pop over to the STAMPING GROUND and all will become clear, 
                                               

Materials used for this card are,
  •  21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
  • 10 x 7 cm yellow card stock,
  • 9 x 6 cm white card stock,
  • Rabbit digi stamp,
  • butterflies  & sentiment clear stamp, [ Free with a magazine, ]
  • Lime green, yellow, promarkers, 

Challenges I  will enter This card card for are,
  1. Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #206 Easter Spring, 
  2. CARDZ TV Anything goes Challenge #113 
  3. The paper Funday Challenge. #16  April 2020 ATG optional twist Easter, 
  4. Craft Rocket, Challenges # 69 Furry Friends. 

                                                                 
Had a tidy up of the desk  as thought it was about time, in front on the seat you can see a box of Christmas cards
and that's just one box, I have another and that's got all the birthday and all sorts of cards, inks glue and other things
on the desk ready for me to craft later, 

Monday 27 April 2020

another week of lock down begins

As another week on lock down begins I hope you are all coping, I am lucky have plenty to do, what every you do 
                                             Stay safe and well Everyone, 
                                                

Got the water men working over the road [ well as the letter said  lol] getting the supply better here but to be honest its always been okay. its just a wait and see. So lots of noise out there today, 
                                                        Stay safe and well Everyone, 
                                                   

Materials used for this card are, 
  • 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
  •  Reindeer,circle,sentiment and flower Beautiful moments clear stamps, [ free with a magazine,] 
  • Vintage sepia, VersaFine ink pad, 
  • Champagne  Nuvo glitter, 
  • Pear green, herb green, tan, spice, lipstick red, sandstone promarkers, 

         


Challenges I will enter this card fro are ,
  1. C.R.A.F.T Challenge # 553 Christmas, 23rd April, 
  2.  Crimbo Crackers Challenge #209 Use  your old stash 
  3. Crafty Catz. Challenge #503 Anything goes, optional twist Add a sentiment, 
  4. Krafty Chicks Challenge # 504  All occasions 

Friday 24 April 2020

The weekend ahead,

More nice weather for the weekend  and it lovely to see.  its nice to  be able to sit out in the garden  or at least go for a walk, and not get wet lol  Here's  hoping  you are all managing to find lots of things to do and are all staying safe and well,   

Have had some wonderful new, My granddaughter and her partner  became  parents to a lovely son on Wednesday. so feeling a bit sad as cannot get to see them at this time.                                                                     
                                                                       
                                                   
Materials used for this card are, 

  • 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
  • 15 x 15 c, patterned paper, 
  • 7 x 5 cm white card stock, x 2
  • Bobby craft black in pad, 
  • Mouse clear stamp. 
  • Izink dye ink pad, 
  • Cardinal red, tan, pear green, promarkers. 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
  1. Christmas craft  Creations April Challenge  Use a stamp, 
  2. Sparkles Christmas Challenge  # 111 Christmas Critters,
  3. Christmas Crafts All Year Round Snow buddies or anything Christmas/Holiday 
  4. Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2  Sketch 

Wednesday 22 April 2020

WOYWDW

 Just sat outside and watches the satellites while on a video chat with my daughter, I lost count chatting [ on video call ] but know there was at least 30, 


Wow its Wednesday again so that means a good time to have a look around others work desks and if you do not know what I am on about pop over to the stamping ground and all will become clear, 

                                                                     

                                                        

    Materials  used for this card are,   
  • 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
  • 9 x 8 cm white card stock, 
  • Lilly of the Valley Rubber stamp, 
  • Lime & mink green, rose pink, cocoa, spice, saffron promarkers                                         

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
  1. Double D Challenges,  Showers and Flowers, 
  2. I love promarkers Challenge # 408 
  3. Winter wonderland Angels/ Things with wings,
  4. Sweet Stampers, Challenge # 43  Clean & Simple.
  5. PIP Challenge # 2016 Anything goes, 
                                         

Materials used for this card are,

21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
  • 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
  • Hobby craft blank ink pad,
  • Mustard seed & tumbles glass Distress ink pad, , 
  • Spice, yellow, purple, ice grey  4 silver lining promarkers.    

Challenges I will enter this card for are,
  1. Crafting Happiness Challenges #45 optional purple,
  2. Heart 2 Heart, Challenge, Life a Beach,
  3. Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends Challenge, #130 Anything goes, 

Still as messy but a card  in front not finished as yet, 


Have been having fun with different shape cards as found a blog with loads of different shapes on
Its Beccy's A-Z of folded cards if you want to have a look , 


Monday 20 April 2020

stay safe

Well another lovely day here, and looks like its going to last the week, so get out in the sun if you can but mostly stay well and safe , 


                                                 

Materials used for this card are, 
  • 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
  • Hobby craft black ink pad, 
  • Magical Unicorns Dawn Bibby collection  clear stamps, 
  • Satin, tan, sandstone. green, cerise Promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
  1. Krafty Chicks Challenge # 503 Clean and Simple
  2. The creative Crafters Challenge #27 Anything goes. 
  3. A bit more time to craft Challenge # 114 Anything goes, 

Saturday 18 April 2020

weekend again


Woke this morning to rain, I am glad I did not water the garden last night. guess there is nothing else to do but stay in lol. 
Think I am going mad, could have sworn I had posted this yesterday but nothing  there lol need to get out more, [ i wish, ] 
                                              
    

                                       
                                       

Materials used for this card are, 

  • 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
  • 13.5 x 13.5 cm patterned paper,
  • 15 x 3 cm patterned paper. 
  • Hobby craft black ink pad, 
  • Clear stamp Sentiment, 

   Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
  1. Freshly made Sketches, #431 A sketch by Lee Anne
  2.   Fab 'N' Funky Challenge,  # 477  Spots and dots
  3. TTCRD  Anything goes challenge  Beginning 14 April,  
  4. The Paper Shelter.#432 A birthday card.  
                                                             

Wednesday 15 April 2020

WOYWDW

I would like to welcome a new follower Shaz in oz as a new follower find her blog HERE, welcome and hope you pop back soon, 

Chilly start to the day with a slight frost on the cars. Hope you are all finding lots to keep you busy at the time, 

Another WOYWDW and hope this finds you all safe and well. If you do not know anything about WOYWDW then pop over to Julia's STAMPING GROUND and all will become clear,                                                                            
                                                                
Materials used for this card are,
  • 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope
  • 6 x 3 cm white card stock,
  •  Vintage sepia, Versafine ink pad, 
  • Tumbled glass, & tea dye Distress ink pad,
  • lipstick red, bright orange, apricot, spice ,canary, sunflower, grass, duck egg, pale pink satin promarkers, 
  • Enchanted corner clear stamps, 


Challenges I will enter this card for are,
  1. Gem of  a  Challenge Week 8 Anything craft goes and card making Challenge
  2. colour Crazy Craft Challenge Anything colour goes, 
  3. CHNC Challenge #485 Anything goes as long as it Christmas, 
  4. QKR Stampede Challenge #393 Anything goes, 

                                                               


                                                              
Materials used for this card are, 
  • 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope.
  • 21 x 15 cm Satin wave card, 
  • Sizzix dies, 
  • Purple, &orchid, promarkers.

Challenges I will enter this card for are,
  1. Sunday Stamps, Weekly Challenge. Split in two, 
  2. Polkadoodle Craft Challenge, Anything goes, 
  3.  The Corrosive Challenge #4 Anything goes, 
  4. Creative Fingers Challenge #183 anything goes,   


Well another week and still messy, The top right hand corner are cards the I have been
sorting out, I have all the make cards in a box and sorting them into what they are,
all the tools in front and my name stamp for the cards,  
  
                             

Monday 13 April 2020

Hope everyone is safe,

                                        HAPPY EASTER  MONDAY TO EVERYONE.
        What a change in the weather, very grey and windy here and maybe some rain later, 
                                                  stay well and safe everyone, 
                                                                     
                                                                               

                                                          
Materials used for this card are,


  • 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
  • Hobbycraft black ink pad, 
  • 9 x 9 cm white card stock, [ shaving foam background ] 
  •  Clear stamp Sentiment,
  • Two sizzix  feather dies, 
  • Scarlet red, Nuvo glitter, 


Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
  1. Daring Cardmakers Clean and simple with a dash of sparkle. 
  2. Alphabet Challenge, A is for Anything goes, 
  3. CAS(E) this Sketch. #36,

                                                       

Materials used for this card are, 
  • 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
  • Hobbycraft black ink pad, 
  • 13 x 14 cm &  10 x 2.5 am gold card stock,
  • Snowman & sentiment clear stamp,
  • Ice white, champagne Nuvo glitter, 
  •  Flower Soft glitter frosting, Hint of green,
  • Orchid, purple, mint green. blush, cinnamon, ivory, caramel promarkes,  


Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
  1. Crimbo Crackers, Challenge #208 Sentiment, 
  2. Christmas Crafts All year round,  Snow buddies or anything Christmas / Holiday goes,
  3. Sparklers Christmas Challenge, #111 Christmas Critters,
  4. Pixies crafty Workshop, Challenge #375'
  5. Krafty Chicks Challenge # 205 Christmas, 
So chuffed my tag won top three, 


                                 Sparkles Top 3 Badge                         

Saturday 11 April 2020

friday

It really look as though summer is here and the the weather has been lovely, its been hard staying in a but have to for health sake, I hope everyone is safe and health.

 A couple of days ago, there was a lovely red moon and I managed to get a picture, also a seagull that had just taken off from a lamp post outside my flat, 


                                                                           
                                                           



Materials used for this card are, 
  • 14 x 15 cm coloured front card blank and envelope, 
  • 10 x 9 cm white card stock,
  • Vintage sepia Versafin ink pad, 
  • flower & butterfly clear stamp, [ free with a magazine, ]
  • Purple, bright orange, lime green, red, carnation pink promatkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
  1. Crafty Calendar  April Challenge. " Add A Butterfly, 
  2. Creative Fingers Challenge #183 Anything goes,
  3. Patties Creation Design Challenge , #169  Birthdays,
  4. Poolkaoodle Craft Challenge, Anything goes, 

Wednesday 8 April 2020

WOYWDW

                                                                        HAPPY WOYWDW 

WOW Wednesday again, hope everyone is safe and finding things to do  in this troubled time, Its time once again to look over others work desk from all over the world at the stamping ground thanks to Julia

Went out last night hoping to see the moon, [no chance to much cloud] but instead saw a fox sitting on the grass just a few houses away he looked at me as if to say what are you looking at , The got up and walked away,      
 

                                                        
Materials used for this card are, 
  • 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
  • 15 x 11 cm  & 7 x 3 cm white card stock,
  • Gold gilding flakes,
  • Happy birthday clear stamp sentiment, [free with a magazine,] 
  • Flower stencil
                                                                         

Challenges I will enter this card for are,
  1. CAS Stencil Challenge  gilding & stencil  flakes'
  2. TTCRD Anything thing goes,  April 7 2020
  3. Crafty Sentiments Design,  Anything goes, 
  4. PIP Challenge 2014 Anything goes, 

                                           

Materials used for this card are,
  •  21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
  • 10 cm yellow card stock,
  • 9 cm white card stock,
  • Easter basket Digi, 
  • Hobbycraft black ink pad, 
  • Butterflies and sentiment spring days clear stamp, 
  • Satin, sandstone, ice grey , bright orange, green, summer sun, cerise, cyan promarkers, 


Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
  1. Passion for ProMarkers, Week 537 Easter, 
  2. Crafting happiness Challenge, #43 Anything goes, Optional Easter, 
  3. Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #254 Easter, 
  4. Use your Stuff, # 395 Easter, 


                                                       
been very busy this last couple of days as someone wanted 8 Easter cards
finished them so today its clear up day lol 

These are tulips from the Keukenhof  garden in Holland, 


Monday 6 April 2020

Another week starts,

Another week begins and the third week of staying in and hope all reading this and all followers are safe and healthy.    

The weather has been lovely and have got quite a few things done in the garden,  

                                                           


Materials used for this card are. 
  • 15 x 15 cm gold edged card and envelope,
  • RSPB Coastal birds clear stamps, 
  • Vintage sepia, Versafine ink pad, 
  • Black, sandstone, ice grey4, silver lining, summer sun, raw senia, cocoa, cinnamon promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter his card for are, 
  1. Less is More, Challenge #416 OLC no sentiment, 
  2. Colour Crazy Craft Challenge Week 12 Anything coloured,
  3. Catch The Bug, Challenge April Anything goes Challenge, 
  4. Sweet Stampin Challenge Things with Wings,   

Saturday 4 April 2020

weekend again,

        Love to welcome" Shaz  from Oz " as a new follower, and hope you pop back , Love to see you,
Was going to post this yesterday but life got in the way, Hope this finds everyone healthy and happy, 

                                                 Take care all and stay safe and well, 
                                                                    
Materials used for this card are, 
  • 18 x 12.5 cm gate fold card, 
  • 7.5  x 7.5 cm white card stick,
  • 18 x 12 .5 cm pattered paper, 
  • 6.5 x 18 cm pattered paper. 
  •  Vintage sepia Versafine ink 
  • Bird Clear stamp 
  • Sap green, burnt senna, orange, deep red, water colours, 

 Challenges I will enter his card for are, 
  1. Crimbo Crakers Challenge #207 Sponsored by knitty Kitty  Digis 
  2. Fezziwigs Festive Frolics, anything Festive goes,  
  3. The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #239 April 1st Anything goes, 
  4. QKR Stampede. Challenge #392 
                                                               
Materials used for this card are, 
  • 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope. 
  • 8 .5 cm circle  & 6 cm what card stock,
  • 15 cm patterned paper. 
  •  Hand made Background  with a gel plate, 
  • baby pink.pink carnation, rose pink,purple, sky blue, Promarkers. 

  1.  Polkadoodle Craft Challenge, Anything goes, 
  2. I Bit more time to Craft, Anything goes, 
  3. Colour Crazy Craft Challenge, Anything colouring goes. 

Wednesday 1 April 2020

WOYWDW

 Wednesday comes round again and time to pop over to the stamping  ground to have a look round what others have been up to this week, do't know about it pop over to the stamping ground and all will become clear,

                               Hope this finds all my followers and reader safe and well                                               
                                             Have a great week all and stay safe              

                                                  

Materials used for this card are, 

  • 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, with light brown front, 
  • 9 x 7 cm gold card stock,
  • 9 x 6 cm white card stock,
  • Hobbycraft  black ink pad, 
  • Embossing folder & Bear clear stamp. [ free with a magazine, ]
  • Lipstick red, cerise, tan, violet, amethyst, powder blue, cyan promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
  1. QKR Stampede, Challenge #391  Anything goes, 
  2. Alphabet Challenge Z in for Zoo animals, 
  3. Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #118  Cute Animals 
  4. Southern girls Challenge, March Team Lou Anything goes, 
                                                                   
Lots of odd things on my desk today but its still messy lol, Promarkers I have just finished using for this card.
a pile of card that as we all say might come in handy lol. My Gemini die cutter, to name but a few things 

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...