Saturday

 The weather is lovely and set to be so for the next week allowing  [those who have one] to get out in the garden.and go for a bit of exercise in the sun,    

                                                       Stay safe and well everyone,                                                   

                                                                 

Materials used for this card are, 

• 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
• Abandoned Coral & pickled raspberry distress inks
• Bee die cut, 
• dot stencil, 
• Black, sandstone, warm grey, &summer sun Promerkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. " Less is More "   OLC  going dotty 
2. A Gem of A Craft  Challenge Week 11 Anything craft and Card making goes, 
3. Polkadoodle Craft Challenge . Anything card and craft making goes,
4. Crafter's Castle May Challenge #29 and April winners'

WOYWDW

 Lovely weather again, its been a long while since we have had such a long sunny time, 

As today is Wednesday its WOYWDW and a time to look round other desks of friends all over the world,  don't know about it pop over to the Stamping ground HERE where all will become clear. 

I have had a fun time making  birthday card for my five granddaughters, and was surprised but some of the things they liked, Not seeing them I lose track of what they like but wanted to put something on the so asked their mums,           

                                                                   

Top card two dragons from " how to train your Dragon "

second card And the sign that Billie Eilish uses 

                                                One likes Shopping and the other sunflowers

                                                   and last one she likes dumbo or cute animals   
Now onto today's make, 

                                 

Close up of the Glitter,

Material used for this card are, 

• 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope. 
• 8 .5 x 7.5  & 5 x 3.5 cm white card stock, 
• Fairy and sentiment clear stamp.
• Mirror ball Nuvo glitter, 
• Cerise, baby pink, satin, purple & bright orange, promarkers 

Challenges I will enter his card for are, 

1. The Fairy and Unicorn May Challenge, anything goes as long as its a fantasy creation, 
2. Lemon Shortbread Challenge #120, Anything goes, 
3. Pixie's Crafty Workshop, Challenge #378  snippets
4. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge # 132 Anything goes, 

                                                                

Have two more cards to make today and as you can see the front right  all is ready,
I have all the glues and I like to have kitchen roll on there, The lillies are still in full bloom
and have another four blooms just popping up. 

                                                        

Have a safe weekend

 What a wild wet and windy night but know the gardens can do with it, saves me watering it that's for sure,  
                       Have a good weekend and stay well and safe everyone,                                                                     


                                                                             

                                                     

   Materials used for this card are, 

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,  
• 11 x 8 cm white card stock.
• Hobbycraft black ink pad, 
• Heart felt creations Rubber stamps,
• leaf green, pink carnation, & baby pink, Promarkers,   

                                                           

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. The corrosive Challenge #5 Anything Goes + winners & top picks,  
2. Crafters Castle, May Challenges #29 & April winners,
3. Angie.s Digital Stamps, ATG /no twist, & winner of CH # 41 
4. AAA Cards Game # 165 

WOYWDW

WOW Wednesday again and who would have thought that having a look round other peoples work desks would last 11 years. I have not been part of it for all this time but sure have loved it for the time I have been, A huge thanks you to Julia for setting this up and if you do not know whats its about pop over to the STAMPING GROUND  HERE  whee all will become clear, 

                                                   

                                                 

Materials used for this card are, 

• 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
• Vintage sepia, Versafine ink pad, 
• Vintage Rose, clear stamp, [Free with a magazine,]
• Lime green, mint green, duck egg, cadet blue, Aegean powder blue, promarkers

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Winter Wonderland, Your Favourite, Colour Combination, 
2. Simply Create Too Challenge blog.  Flowers 
3. Moving along With The times,  Flowers. 
4. Crafty Creation  May Challenge, #409 Anything goes

                                                                               

Tidied the desk today ready for the next crafting day, 

These are four cards I made with back grounds that I did over a year ago,
Was only going to do one but once I started could not stop lol 

                      

Weekend.

Sitting here in my lounge and thinking how quite it is, one thing about the lock down there is not as much traffic or people about, I live on a bus route and even the busses are not so frequent. Strange times indeed.  

 Just finished two blankets for my great grandson and they are the colours that she asked me to do, 

                                                    STAY WELL AND SAFE  ALL   

                                                                             

They are folded in half and both measure 30 inches square,
that's four I have knitted for her,  

                                        

                                                                           

                                                     

Materials used for this card are,

• 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
• Hobbycraft black ink pad, 
• Clarity bird and flower stamps,
• Dovecraft Flower Garden clear stamps,
• Tan, Yellow sky blue, bluebell. cyan, bright orange, cerise promarkers.  

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Crafters Castle, May Challenge #29 = April winners, Anything goes, 
2. AAA Birthday Game # 13 Things with wings. 
3.  Lemon Short bread.Challenge.# 119 Anything goes, 
4. Sweet Stampers Challenge #44 Animals/ Birds 

WOYWDW

Wednesday again and another day for looking round others work desks thanks to Julia over at the Stamping Ground, I love to see what others are doing.  Thank you Julia for setting this up, not sure what its all about pop over to te stamping ground and all will become clear, 

                                                  

                                                                 Stay well and safe everyone, 

                                               

Materials used for this card are, 

• 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope. 
• Hobby craft black ink pad, 
•  Penguin,  snowflakes, sentiment & leaf  Clear stamps, [ Free with a magazine. ]
•  9 x 9 cm & 4 x 4 cm gold card stock,
• 8 .5 cm x 8.5 cm cream card stock 
• Scarlet red & glitter mirror ball, glitter,         

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Crafts Galore Encore, Challenge # 75 Anything goes, 
2. Fezziwig Festive Frolics, Anything festive goes, 
3.  2 Crafty Critters Crazies. Challenge #38  Use a critter, 
4.  A bit more Time to craft Extra, Anything goes,

                                              

Messy desk again this week. but decided to get to get my brusho out and have a play.
not used them much but as they say must try harder to use what I have not used for ages  lol 

looking out my window the arum Lilly it doing well as are the pansies in the window box, 

slowing down,

Well something different today, A friend told me about a challenge for any sort of craft and we talked about this stitching I have done for my great grandson and thought I would enter it, 

As time goes on and we are still in lock down  I am cutting down the post  to two a week in the aim to not ending up with so many cards, [already have nearly two boxes, ] have lots of other things I can 
do to keep busy,                      STAY WELL and SAFE ALL
 . 

                                           

                                                                   

                                               
                                                   
Materials used for this Cross stitch are, 

• 20 x 18 cm white Aida, 
•  Light & dark blue, orange,light & dark grey, white  thread, 
• needle. 

Challenges I will enter this card for are,

1. The Crafters Cafe challenge # 241  Anything goes. 
2. A bit more time to craft Challenge #115 Anything goes, 
3. PIP Challenge # 2018 Anything goes, 
4. Love to craft Challenge Blog, anything crafty goes, 

WOYWDW

 Wednesday again and another week in lock down, Those who are not feeling well here's hoping that you feel better soon, 

As its Wednesday again its time time to have a nosy over at the STAMPING GROUND where we look around others thanks to Julia. If you want to know more Pop over to the Stamping ground and all will become clear. 
                                                                   

Materials l used for this card are, 

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
• Hobbycraft black in pad, 
• Tim Holtz stencil, 
• Hero Arts,  wooded corner stamp,
• mint green, bright orange Promarkers, 
• Mustard seed, wilted violet, festive berries distress inks . 

Challenges I will enter this card for are,

1. " Less is More "  Challenge #418  Scribbles. Drips/ or Splat
2. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge, # 470 Anything goes,
3. Color It Create It Show it Off May Challenge Anything goes, 
4. I love promakers Challenge # 409 

                                                     

This is my desk yesterday as it was Such a lovely day yesterday I 

thought it would lovely to see the lovely weather streaming through the window, 

Monday again ,

I am sure that the weather does not know its May as we keep having April showers, some the other day were large hail stones whats that all about, 

I was sorting out and found this stamp and not sure where it came from but love it, It is one stamp and I know I am going to get a lot of use from it, 

                                                                   

                                                         
                                                       
Materials used for this card are,

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope.
• Vintage Sepia Versafine ink pad, 
• 14 x 11 cm mirri card 
• 13 x 10 cm white card stock,
• Lady clear stamp.[its one stamp, ]
• pink carnation, cerise, orchid, satin, marine, plum, grass promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. all fun challenges, #7 ATG Optional Colours, 
2. Bitten by the Bug, 2  Flowers, 
3. Home- Simon Wednesday Challenge, Anything goes, 
4.  TTCRD Anything goes, Week beginning Tuesday 28 th April,                                  

Welcome to May,

Well Its May already and this year is flying past, in some ways I am glad but in others not so, I am just trying to work out whats going to happen to all the crafting I am doing ,lol.

  Isn't funny when you have a sort out you find things you forgot about and that's how it is with all the things I have used for a lot of the next  few blog posts. found all my wooden stamps, 

Introducing my lovely Great grandson Noah Hudson Peach weighing in at 7 lb 15 oz  and although I cannot get to see them  my granddaughter Danni has sent me lots of  Pictures, So you might have had lots on here lol
                                                                          

Materials used for this card are, 

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
• Hobby craft black ink pad, 
• Fun stamps Bow bell wooden stamp,
• Holly clear stamp,
• Hint of Violet, Glitter frosting, 
• Bright orange, grass, sky blue, lipstick red, lime green promarkers,                                            

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #387 Make your Mark, 
2. Fezzwig Festive Frolics,  Clean and simple, 
3. Fab 'n' funky Challenge # 479 Christmas, 
4. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #70 Anything Christmas goes, 

                                                              

     Materials used for this card are,                                        

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
• Hobby craft blank ink pad, 
• Tim Holtz stencil, Personal impressions kingfisher wooden stamp. 
• Hero Arts flower corner wooden stamp.
• Snippets of white card stock,
•  Sentiment Clear stamp, 
• Bright orange, grass, sky blue, lime green,  promarkers

Challenges I will enter this card for are 

1. Allsorts Challenge Week 569 add a  bow, 
2. Pixie's Crafty Workshop. Challenge #376
3. Freshly Made Sketches, #443 A sketch by Jen M,
4. Lil Patch of Crafty friends Challenge #130 Anything goes,