Soon be Christmas,

  Its impossible there is only 5 days to Christmas where did the year go. Its right what they say the older you  get the faster time goes. so I have been told lol 

Making a blanket for my granddaughter. I am making it in the colours of Santorini as she has been there and wants this as a memory, Its a lovely place and the colour's are three shades of blue white and burnt orange. its looking good, l love crocheting  blankets and this will be 40 x 40 inches, a very late Christmas present lol 

                                                      

Materials used for this card are, 

•  15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
•  13 x 8 cm dark blue craft card,
•  11.5 x 7 cm light blue craft card, 
• Verafine ink pad, 
• stamped image.soft peach, canary. dusky pink, lipstick red cyan, grass promarkers,

Challenges I will enter this card for are,

1. Patties Creations Design Challenge. #225. Digital or stamped image,
2. Simply Clean and simple, Dec 2004 Challenge 
3. Festive Friday Challenge 6 December - 6 January 2025,
4.  Pammie's inky Pinkies Challenge #2450

                                                                              

weekend again

I really love this little house and would love to live somewhere like this.This stamp it a nice stamp and made lots of card with it ,

                               Hope everyone is ready for Christmas it will soon be here, 

                             

                                            

Materials Used for this card are,

• 15 x10.5 cm card Blank and envelope, 
• Crafters Companion Woodland Cottage,
• Vintage Sepia Vesafine ink,
• Tan & Canary Yellow, Promarkers, 
•  Ice White. Nuvo Pure Sheen Glitter,

Challenges I will enter  this card for are,

1. NBUS. Challenge #89 
2. Crafty Calendars  December Challenge 
3. Penny Black Saturday Challenge. Anything goes Optional. Winter wonderland ,
4. Aloha Friday Challenge #17 Christmas/ Winter. 

back again.

Well its been awhile since I have posted on my blog, as we all know life gets in the way and we just do not have time for doing all the things we love to do,Life it still not right but have to get back to doing things as hope it will help.

I have some good friends who have been taking my places and a couple of weeks ago we went to Stourhead its a national trust garden and its amazing, There are some lovely things to see, I have put some pictures at the end of the post. 

I hope this finds you all well . 

Materials used for this card are,

• 20 x20 cm deckle edged card blank and envelope.
• 4 small pieces of Silver  card,
• 13 x 10 cm white card stock,
• 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 white card stock,
• Stencil.
• Soft peach Distress ink 
• Lime green, Sky blue, Soft Grey, Lipstick red,  Promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are,

1. Creative Inspirations , November Challenge Christmas Animals,
2. Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2,  Sketch #289 
3. Crazy is our Fame-Stencils  November 2024 Stencil
4. Unicorn Challenge Blog, Challenge #104. Christmas and/or winter

                                                                                    

                                                           

 

Last post for awhile.

This will be my last post for awhile. Life is getting in the way and some things have to give , This year has not been a good year so going to give this a rest till I sort thing out, 

                                         Take care all and I will be back later in the year, 

                                                  

Materials used for his card are, 

• 15 x15 cm card blank and envelope. 
• 12.5 x 12.5 cm brown card, 
• 12 x 12 cm white card stock,
• small round of white card stock.
• Vintage Sepia, Vesafine  ink pad, 
• Tumbled glass & Squeezed Lemonade Distress ink pad, 
• Clear stamps,Free with a magazine, 
• canary,tan,almond,baby pink, orange promarkers.

Challenge I will enter this card for are,. 

1. Craft Rocket. Challenges #116 Summer  time. 
2. Ellibelle's Corner June ,July Challenge .Anything goes, 
3. Polkadoodle Cardmaking craft Challenge Anything goes, 
4. Festive Friday Challenge , 5 July - to 1st August 

WOYWDW

                                                    

Strange week this week. ups and downs and trying to get things finished That I started a long time ago. I have said that I was going to do this for a lot of years BUT I am determined that this is going to happen, Watch this space lol  

                                                                       

                                                                          

Materials used for this card are, 

• 17 x 12 deckle edge card.
• 15 x 10  white card stock,
• 15 x 10 stencil
• two small pieces of white card stock, 
• Vintage Sepia Vesafine ink pad, 
• Esmeralda green. Nuvo glimmer paste,  
• Picture of air balloon,
• Happy birthday sentiment.                                              

Challenges I will enter this card for are. 

1. Inkspirational Challenge # 319 Use a Stencil. 
2. Creative Fingers Challenge 281 Anything goes, 
3. The  Flower Challenge #93 Make a birthday card. 
4. Creative Inspiration Challenge #16 Anything goes, 

                                                                                  

                                                                                    

WOYWDW

     Well a lot cooler this week I am glad to say, and yet another new month starts, well it will soon be Christmas. 

I have a lovely Plant that I have wanted for a lot of years, Its called a Hoya Bella or wax plant, its got so many flowers on it this year, I will put some pictures the end of the post if you would like to see them, 

                                                       

Materials used for this card are,

• NBUS, Sentimentally Yours butterfly stamps, 
• Vintage Sepia Versafine ink pad, 
• Clear flower stamp.
• Canary, pink carnation,orchid, dusky pink, baby pink, lime green, grass promarkers 

Blogs I will enter this card for are, 

1. The creative crafters, Challenge  #77 Anything goes. 
2. Creation in Pink : Challenge #71 Anything goes Mainly Pink, 
3. Girlz Creative Crafts, # 45 Butterflies, 
4. NBUS Challenge #63

                                                             

Top picture is a close up of the flowers, the other
one is the plant, its 28 inches 71 cm wide

Last post of June,

lovely weather is still here and hope it doesn't result in a thunder storm as this weather does.   I am loving making the Christmas cards and think I will have to make some more over the weekend.                                                         

Materials used for this card are, 

• 24 x 17 cm card blank and envelope. 
• 9 x 7 cm shaving foam card stock,
• Sentiment Die 
• Gingerbread  village stamp,
• Globe land  clear stamp, 
• My paper world stamps,
• Vintage Sepia Versafine ink. 
• Nova pure sheen Glitter, 
• Canary, tan, coral, grass, orange, ice grey 2. promarkers.

Challenges I will enter this card for are,

1. My time to Craft #536. Winter,  
2. Sparkling Christmas Challenge #161 Use Dies
3. Mirtillamente Challenge #32  Anything goes. 
4. 52 Christmas card Throwdown,  Winter wonderland.

 

 

                                                                              

WOYWDW

 We are having a good week of weather and I think we have to make the most of it as this just might be our summer, Hoping for some mild weather in November as might go away for a few days with a mate,                                                          

Materials used for this card are, 

• 15 x 15 cm card and envelope.
• Vintage sepia Vesafine ink ,
• Sentimentally Yours Stamps,
• Grass, lime green, sky blue, purple, tan, &orange promarkers

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Pattie's Creation Design Challenge  #219 stamped or digital 
2. Creative Fingers Challenge #280 Anything Goes, 
3. ALLY's Angels, Challenge #83 
4.  Simply Clean and simple, Anything goes Optional Tropical 

 

                                                               

Another blanket finished, This blanket is 20 x20 inches, 

WOYWDW

Had a great day yesterday. went out with friends and had a great catch up. We are going to have a catch up every week when we can,                                                          

Materials used for this card are ,

•  17.5  x 12 cm deckle card blank and envelope,
• 16.5 x 11 cm patterned paper,
• 2 small pieces white card stock,
• 9 cm oval die,  
• NBUS Wooden scene stamp. 
• NBUS Clear stamp sentiments, 
• Orchid. coral, sky blue, grass, lime green, orange,& pink carnation, promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1.  NBUS Challenge  #63  
2. Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #251 D is for Die cut, 
3. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #124. Anything goes. 
4.  SheepSki Design Challenge #87   Anything Goes. 

                                                                  

Another 40 x40 blanket finished 
this one is for my mate, 

New Month

Last weekend a friend phoned and and asked if I wanted to go out for a drive and I said I would love to,we went to the new Forest and it was lovely, We stopped and had a cream tea, [as one should lol] there we lots of foals there and could not resist taking pictures lol. I will post some at the end of the blog if you want to like a look,

                                                                      

Materials used for this card are, 

• 18 x 12.5 cm card blank and envelope,
• 18 x 12.5 cm patterned paper
• 12 x 9 cm white card stock,
• Flower and dragonfly die, 
• Icicle, coral, purple, grass promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1.  Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #580,  
2.  Crafty Catz, # 673 Anything goes,
3. Creative Fingers Challenge  #279, Anything goes. 
4. ,Polkadoodle Cardmaking, WK # 22 Anything goes.  

                                                                   

                                                                                     

Not only ponies there either, 

                                                                                       

This is the post box near where I live. 

Last post of the month.

Next month and we are half way through the year, I really feel the year is going really fast. 

                                        

Materials used for this card are, 

• 21 x 21 deckle edge card and envelope,
• NBUS 20 x 20 stencil,
• Vintage sepia, Vesafine ink, 
• Carved Pumpkin  Distress ink. 
• Lime green, soft green, orange Promarkers. 
  
  

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. DragonFly Dreams May Challenge . use a stencil, 
2. My Bestie Spanish  May, Challenge #118 2024,
3.  PBSC Anything goes Optional Pastel Colours,
4. NBUS Challenge #62  

WOYWDW

Another week goes by this years is going so fast, Went out yesterday with friends and today and had a great time,   

                                                                          

                                                     

Materials used for this card are, 

• 25 x 17.5 cm blank card and envelope. 
• 16 x 13 cm silver card ,
• 13.5 x 10.5 cm white card,
• Daffodil Digi,
• Vintage sepia Vesafine ink pad,
• Canary, orange, orchid promarkers, 
• die cut flowers, 
• Sentiment stamp, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Aloha Friday Challenge #10 Flowers, 
2. Simple Clean & Simple, 2024, Flowers, 
3. Patties Creation Design ATG,
4. Craft Rocket #114 Flowers  

                                                               

WOYWDW

I have just found out I have not as many cards as I thought I had so its back to Christmas card lol although I have to say I love making them, 

                                                       Hope everyone is well and happy 

                                                     

Materials used for this card are, 

• 13 x 7.5 cm deckle card and envelope. 
• Clear  mountain and deer stamps [free with a magazine, ]
• Vintage sepia, Versafine ink pad, 
• Cosmic shimmer Glitter jewels 

Challenges I  will enter this card for are, 

1. My Time To Craft Christmas, Winter scene,
2. Merry Little Christmas Challenge #55 Anything Christmas, 
3. Word Power, # 5 Sentiment, 
4. Creative Inspiration, 14 Anything goes, 

                                             

May arrives

A friend rang up Saturday and asked if I wanted to go to Monkey world I said oh yes please,. It was a lovely sunny day and had a lot of fun watching all the monkeys, Pictures at the end of the blog if you would like to see them. . 

                                                             

Material I used for this card are,

• 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope. 
• 15 x 15 cm shaving foam background, 
• Vintage Sepia, Vesafine ink 
• bird  and flower die,
• Violet, sky blue, cyan, orange, primrose, canary, purple. lime green promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Creative Fingers, Anything Goes,
2. My Time To Craft, Friendship. 
3.  Art Impression Birds of a feather,,
4. Crafty Catz, Anything goes,   #671 

                                                                  

Myself standing by a memorial to the

 late  Jim Cronin MBE and the first Monkey 

This one is playing ET lol 

Not sure that looks relaxing 

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 spring like but with a wild wind, and its pretty nippy.

                                                 Hope everyone is happy and well Take care. 

                                               

Materials used for this card are.

• 12 x 12 cm card blank and envelope.,
• Embossing folder.
• Versafine ink,
• Best on British clear stamps, 
• small piece of white card,
• Ice grey 1, ice grey 2cool grey 4,

Challenges I will enter his card for are, 

1. Crafty Calendar Challenge, Wet /dry embossing, 
2.  The Male room. Challenge 185 Embossing,
3. The Crafty Gals Corner #254 Anything goes
4.  Creative Inspirations Challenge # 13 Anything goes, 

 

Mid week

Well we have had some strange weather here his week, got out early morning and its raining hard, an hour later the sun is shinning but its been really windy. if the wind would drop it would be lovely and warm,

                                                  

Materials used for this card are, 

1.  20 x20 cm deckle edged care and envelope,
2. Flower clear stamps,
3. Odd pieces of white card stock,
4. three small sizzix insect dies, 
5. Pink carnation, lime green, grass Tan, Mauve,  Promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for is.

1. My Time To Craft,  #531 Dragonflies and or / Butterflies.
2.  Triple B.  April Challenge, Birds, Butterflies, blooms
3.  Creative Inspiration Challenge, #  13 Anything goes.
4. The Flower Challenge # Add layers  

                                                              

    

Tiny teddies, and three different size blankets

in pairs for memory boxes, 

Another week gone,

Hope you are all staying safe and well with all this rain and flooding, I sometimes wonder when its going to stop. 

Went away last week for a couple of day to Lymington, A mate took me away for my birthday. Had a lovely couple of days, 

                                                               

Materials used for this card are.

• 18 x 13 cm card blank and envelope. 
• 12 x 10 cm mauve card stock,
• 11 x 9 cm white card stock. 
• Bottle digi 
• Ice grey 2 #, grass, cocoa, pink carnation, purple.Almond Promarkers.

Challenges I will enter his card for are, 

1. Patties Creation Design Blog, Challenge #275  Bottle digi. 
2. Creative Fingers Challenge #275. Anything goes.   
3. Daisy Chain Challenges, #84 Not Square, 
4.  NBUS, Challenge # 61                                             
5. 

WOYWDW

Wow its sunny and I have to go out. How long it will last who knows, Looking forward to a night away next week. and hope the weathers good to my mate and myself for time in Lymington, 

                                                     

Materials used for this card are, 

• 18 x12.5 cm card blank and envelope.
• 9 x 8 cm white card stock,
•  Happy St Patricks day Sentiment Free with a magazine, 
• digi beer glasses and clover. 
• Tan,almond soft peach,  grass, promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Patties Creations Design Challenge #216 Beer Mugs 
2. Simply Clean & Simple. March 2024 Challenge.
3. Creative Inspiration Challenge #12 Anything goes. 
4. Crafty Gils Corner  Challenge  #253 

WOYWDW

                                                

Materials used for this card are,

• 20 x 20 cm deckle card blank and envelope,
• 11 x 6 cm white card stock,
• Clear stamp sentiment [free with a magazine,]
• Canary yellow, grass.  lime green, orange, promarkers

Challenges I will enter this card for are,

1. Creative Fingers Challenge  #273 Anything goes,
2. Craft Rocket Challenge For the girls. 
3.  Polkadoodles  Cardmaking and Craft Challenge wk 10 Anything goes,
4. The Cutie Pie Challenge #192 Easter/Mothers day, 

WOYWDW

                                                                    

Materials used for this card are .

• 18 x 13 cm card blank and envelope. 
• 10 x 9.5  & 5.5 x4.5 green card, 
• 9 x  8.5 &  4.5 x4 cm white card, 
• Vintage Sepia VeraFine ink,
• Penny black wooden stamp. 
• Soft lilac embossing powder, 
• Sentiment free with a magazine,  

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Cards 4 Girlz # 220  Use some green, 
2. Creative Friday #354 Reliefo Embossing ,
3. Krafty Chicks Challenge : #746 Stamps,
4. Creative knockout. #516 Anything goes,  
   

   
   

weekend

Went out again yesterday with friends for a look at a lovely place where there were lots of daffodil's its a lovely place called Kingston Lacy. its in Wimborne, The weather was kind as well and that was a bonus,   

          I want to say Huge  welcome to two new followers Alicia O'Bryant  and Helen Nile.

                                                     

                                                             

Materials used for this card are,

1. 11. 5 x 11.5 cm kraft card and envelope,
2. 11. 5 x 11.5 cm pink card, 
3. 10 x10 cm white card stock,
4. wooden rubber stamp, 
5. Vintage Sepia Versafine ink pad. 
6. Tan, grass & canary  Promarkers,
7. Sentiment [ free with a magazine,]
8. die cut number, 

Challenges I will enter his card for are, 

• Polkadoodle Cardmaking Challenge Wk 8 Anything goes,
• Merry Little Christmas Challenge #54  
• 2 Sisters on the blog. Add number, 
• Simon says Wednesday Challenge Add a sentiment           

                                                         

               

WOYWDW

     thins is the second card I made for this challenge, as the first just did not work for me. they are both similar, but this one seems to have a bit more, 

Hope to go out for a few hours with friends as long as the weather is good, 

                                                        Take care all and stay safe,  
                                           

       

Materials used for this card are, 

• 20 x 20 cm blank card and envelope.
•  12 x 10.5 cm pink card stock,
• 11.5 x 9.5 cm white card stock,
• Bird and flower clear stamps, 
• Butterfly clear stamp,
• Orange, lime green, grass, violet, ice grey 4, purple, cyan promarkers. 

Challenges I will enter his card for are, 

1. Word Power #2 Sentiment, 
2. Ellibelle's Corner I spy with my little eye something beginning with B,
3. Creative Inspirations, for someone special.
4. Creative Fingers, Challenge  #272   Anything goes, 

                                                                                  

                                                        

Another blanket and two cardigans for my friend
grandson due in July.