Wednesday 30 August 2023

Wednesday

     Another Wednesday  comes round, I have spend today and yesterday picking blackberries and my sister is going to make jam, I have made blackberry and apple crumble,  yummy                                                  


Materials used for this care are, 
  • 16 x 16 cm  deckle edge card and envelope. 
  • 13 x 11 cm white card stock, 
  • Vintage Sepia Versafine ink pad, 
  • Carlio clear stamps, 
  • Dog and bird clear stamps, 
  • Tan, putty, & orchid promarkers,                                                     

Challenges I will enter this card for are,
  1. Stamping Sensations, August Challenge, Mood board,
  2. 613 Avenue Create. Anything Goes Optional Twist , Clean and simple 
  3. Penny Black Saturday  Challenge anything goes optional one layer card, 


Thursday 24 August 2023

Weekend

This post was set for Wednesday  but life got in the way lol, so its weekend, finished another blanket  picture at end of the post. Am getting a lot of cards ready to go to a charity shop as told them whatever you get for them put in the charity. 
                                                                   

  
 
Materials used for this card are,
  • 20 x 20 cm card and envelope.
  • 20 x 20 cm pattered paper,
  • 13 x 13 white card stock,
  • sunflower stencil, 
  • Bee clear stamp.
  • Summer sun. Tan promarkers 


Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
  1. Triple B,August Challenge Inspirational Board, 
  2. Lets Craft and create Challenge #198 Polka dot and /or strips 
  3.  Creative knockouts,  Anything goes, 



                                                        inspiration board Triple B 
                                                                                      
Another blanket finished, 40 x 40 inches, 

Wednesday 16 August 2023

Middle of the month,

Today thought I would give making an ATC . Its been a little while but love making them. 
weather has been a bit silly here hot one day and rain the next, This is England what should we expect. 
                                                      
Materials used for this ATC are.
  • 9 x 6 cm white card stock,
  • stencil.
  • flower clear stamp.
  • Vintage sepia Versafine ink pad,
  • Mustard seed Destress ink
  • Grass, Magenta summer sun Promarkers.  

Challenges I will enter this ATC for are, 
  1. Colourful Options, August 2023. Yellow & Green, 
  2. Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers A is for ATC 
  3. A gem of a Crafty Challenge WK 16 Anything goes, 





 
                                                                                      
 

Wednesday 9 August 2023

WOYWDW

  Its been a long time since I put my work desk on my blog,, but thought I would try ro remember this week lol.  Also have lots of  dies and got some  out is week as have so many as lots of us crafter do and want to try to start to use the dies I seem to have never used, , 
                                               
                                                   

 
   Materials used for this card are,    
  • 15 x 15 cm deckled edge card, 
  • 6 x 4.5 cm white card stock,
  • Tattered lace die, 
  • 15 x 15 stencil,
  • clear sentiment stamp. 
  • Tea Dye Destress ink 
  • Vintage Sepia Vesafine ink.
  • Lime green, green, tan, pink carnation, summer sun, satin, promarkers  

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
  1.  colourful options August 2023,    Yellow - green,  
  2. The paper Shelter, Anything goes, 
  3. I love promarkers, Challenge #240 use a die.
  4. Creative Inspiration Challenge #5 Anything goes 
                                                             



Materials use for this card are, 
  •  20 x 20 cm card blank and envelope. 
  • 20 x 20 pattered card. 
  • 19 cm triangle pattered  card. 
  • 18 .5 cm triangle card, 
  • Fairy die. 
  • Stencil,
  • Tea Dyed Distress ink
  • Vintage Sepia Versafine ink pad, 
  •  Yellow. Tan, Magenta, Satin, orchid. Promarkers. 


Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
  1. Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #552Anything goes using paper, 
  2. Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2    August Sketch.
  3. Wednesday Creative inspiration Fairies, 
  4. Creative Fingers Challenge #259 Anything goes,      
   
                                                              


 

                                                                        
Ready to start crafting again. The 
clock in turned the wrong way as it 
needs a new battery. 

Wednesday 2 August 2023

New Month,

  Another new month starts, I know everyone says don't talk about it BUT Christmas will soon be here the rate this year is going,   

I have even started to plan the [ hopefully ] next holiday, My mate and I are planning another cruise  but not till 2025 unless something great turns up.  

Try to stay dry as they are saying we are going to get a lot more rain very soon,                                             



Materials used for this card are,
  • 18 x 12 .5 cm what card and envelope. 
  • small piece of white card stock,[ for butterfly ]
  • Flower & butterfly clear stamps, 
  • Canary , gold, sky blue, icicle Ivory, pine, tan, cerise, amethyst & red promarkers.  

 Challenges I will enter this card for are, 
  1. Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge Anything Goes, -July 2023, 
  2.  Monday Greetings Challenge  Anything goes, 
  3. The Cutie Pie Challenge  # 185  Simple Cutie (CAS ) '
  4. Butterfly Challenge #185, Flowers with your Butterfly. 


Well really chuffed  now, when I was young worked in a nursery for awhile and went into a greenhouse and at the end was the most amazing flower I have seen, it was a Hoya Bella or wax plant. I have wanted one for years and at last have one, its in flower as well, Also have what is called a Cottage Eucomis Bicolour Pineapple Lily Flower Plant  and that's in flower so really pleased 


This is the Hoya Bella. 



This is the Cottage Eucomis Bicolour Pineapple Lily Flower Plant The little 
flower grows along the stem. 








                                                    

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...