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. 

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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 

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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, 

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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           

                                                         

               

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     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. 

                                          

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 Been quite a busy week trying to catch up on things I have not got round to, catching up with people I have not seen for awhile. I think I am winning, Nothing on my desk this week try harder next week lol 

                 

Materials used for this card are, 

• 20 x 20 cm card blank and envelope,
• 14.5 x 7cm gold card stock,
• Daffodil die cut,
• Yellow and green card stock,
• Heart. clear stamps. 
• Orange grass promarkers,

Challenges I will enter his card for are, 

1. Pammie's Inky Pinkies, Challenge 2407 Anything goes.
2. The Paper Players 
3. The paper  players, Clean and Simple,
4. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #224.  

                                                                    

                                                                         

weekend

I just love these humming bird stamps and always a joy when you get it right and have the bird drinking into the flower, Masking is something I always see to forget what you stamp first, perhaps I should do masking more often 

                                                      

Materials used for this card are, 

• 20 x 20 cm card blank and envelope, 
• 12.5 x 10.5 cm pink card,
• 11.5 x 9.5 cm white card, 
•   Onyz black versafine ink 
• Sentimentally Yours clear stamps. 
• Orange, violet, canary,  amethyst lime green, winter berry, cyan, &grass, promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Penny Black Saturday Challenge Anything Goes Optional Wings,
2. Daisy Chain Challenge # 82 Flowers, 
3. Stamping Sensational Animals Birds And Creatures,
4.  Triple B February Challenge. Birds Butterflies blooms. 

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Trying to get all the cards made for this month and it seems easy till I start then have a blank as to what I want to do lol. I know all crafters go through this but as we all know its not easy to get out off and start crafting again 

                                                   

Materials used for this card are, 

• 20 x 20 cm card blank and envelope. 
• 11.5 x 10 cm white card,
• 10 x 8 cm gold card,
• Clear stamps. Free with a magazine, 
•  Onyx Black Versafine ink ,
• Purple organza Nuvo pure sheen glitter, 
• Scarlet red, Nuvo pure sheen glitter, 
• Ice grey 4, Ice grey 1,  orange,Violet, & canary Promarkers 

Challenge I will enter this card for are, 

1. Girlz creative Christmas Challenge #58  Christmas baubles  
2. Christmas Craft Creations, Glitter and Sparkle. 
3. ABC Christmas Challenge A- Anything Christmas, B -Berries, 
4. Digi Choosday ,Cardmaking and crafting Challenge, WK #5 

                                                                     

First time for a long time i have put my work desk. 

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   Now I know this year is going faster than last year, Already the end of January. This is the same set of stamps that I have been using a lot. A new set but love them, The last three card on my blog are from this set, Sometimes is great what you can get with a magazine,                                                           

                                                         

Materials used for this card are,

1. 18 x 12 cm  Kraft card and envelope,
2. 12.5 x11 white care stock,
3. Vintage Sepia Vesafine ink pad, 
4. Clear stamps [free with a magazine,
5. Coral, soft peach, Grass Promarkers, 
6. Cosmic shimmer glitter jewels.
7. Background shaving foam, 
8. Red & Mauve distress oxide spray,

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

• Scraps of Life by Scrappymo! Jan 24,
• Ellbelle's Corner; Anything goes, 
• The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #155 Anything Christmas Goes, 
• Digi Choosday Card making Wk 3 Anything goes, 

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Another week ends and its a strange week,  Two storms in one week. before that so cold thought we were going to have another ice age but that's British weather, 

                                                         

Materials used for this card are, 

• 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope. 
• 12 x 9 cm white card stock, 
• Vintage Sepia, Vintage Sepia, 
• Grass, Tan, coral, almond promarkers,
• Red berry Nuvo crystal drops,
• Clear stamp [free with a magazine, ]

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Crafty Catz , #663 Anything goes, 
2. Creative Fingers Challenge #269 Anything goes,
3. My Time to craft, #525, Something new from your stash,
4. Patties Creations, Challenge #214  . Anything goes, Use a stamped or digital image.   

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Had this background in my box for ages and decided it was time to use them, love using shaving foam and once I start cannot stop. 

                                                         

Materials use for this card are, 

1. 20 x 18 cam card blank and envelope
2. 11x 9 cm white card stock,
3. Background  made with shaving foam,
4. Red & Mauve distress oxide spray,
5. NBUS Clear stamps [ free with a magazine,] 
6. Coral, tan. & almond promarkers. 
7. Vintage Sepia, Vesafine ink pad,

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. NBUS Challenge # 58,
2. Ally's Angels Challenge #78 anything goes 
3. Polkadoodle Wk #2  Card Making anything Creative goes,
4. Allsorts Challenge Blog, Wk 763 Make your own background,    

                                                         

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  Welcome to my new follower. hope you will pop in again soon, Have tried to pop over to your blog but cannot find it, tried others as well with no success.

My new things today is Iris folding, I used to do it a long time ago and decided to give it a go again, I find it rather rewarding. I have put a video of how to do it just in case you have never heard of it, I brought some sets that have the aperture ready cut out for the folding. 

                                                   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSiGUdpiwtE

    

Materials used for this card are, 

1. 21 x 15 cm iris folding card set and envelope,
2.  Two different colour paper, Cut into strips, 
3. Clear mouse Stamp for the middle. 
4. coral. soft green, &cardinal promarkers. 

Challengers I will enter this card for are. 

• A perfect time to craft, January 1st 2024
• Crazy Critters Challenge blog, Challenge #82 Anything goes with a critter, 
• 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, December Technique Challenge,
• Gem of a craft Challenge Wk 26 Anything paper and card making goes,