Another post,

                                 Wow another Christmas card, trying to get more ready for Christmas. 

Spent a lovely weekend looking after my  daughter dog while she and a friend went to see Coldplay. They have a great time and said it was amazing. 

                                                    

Materials used for this card are. 

• 20 x 20 cm card blank and envelope. 
• 10,5 x 10 cm gold card. 
• 8.5 x 8 cm white card, 
•  2 different washi tape, 
• 2 die cut holly, 
• Father Christmas clear stamp,
• Vintage sepia Vesafine ink, 
• Forest green, lipstick red, promarkers,  

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Christmas Kickstart Challenge #102 Santa in September, 
2. Megan's Artworld, Anything goes, 
3.  The neglected Stuff  September 25 challenge 
4. A cut above, Use a die cut, 

                                                     

Bless him he is 15 years old 
and a Japanese hairless. 
he was no trouble, 

                                               

                                           

A new month,

A new Month 

                                                        

Materials used for this card are, 

• 20 x 20 cm card blank and envelope, 
•  Vintage sepia, Versafine ink pad,
• Clear stamps [ free with a magazine,] 
• Baby pink promarker,
• Cyan, magenta, bright green, grass, pumpkin, yellow violet, promarker brush, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Ellibelle's Corner, # 29 Warm and sunny colours, 
2. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, #260 Anything goes,  
3. Everybody-Art-Challenge #583 Anything goes, 

Wednesday

Making a Christmas card with all this sun seems really strange but despite the weather Christmas will arrive 

                                                  

Materials used for this card are. 

• 20 x 20 cm square card and envelope,
• 17 x 10.5 cm sliver card, 
• 15 x 8 cm white card, 
• Vintage Sepia, Verafine ink pad, 
• Clear stamps , NBUS snow stamp,
• Diamond Nuvo pure sheen glitter.
• Yellow, pumpkin, rouge, magenta lush green, cocoa. cyan, Promarker brush, 
• Tan promaker.

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. C.R.A.F.T Challenge.  #762 Christmas, 
2. Ellibelle's Corner, Anything goes.                  
3. Festive Friday Challenge  Christmas, 
4. The Creative Crafters Challenge #91 
5. NBUS Challenge #77 

WOYWDW

                                                         

                       

                                                               
Materials used for this card are, 

• 20 x 20 cm card blank and envelope.  
• Flower Stencil.
• Bird, bees & butterfly Clear stamps, Free with a magazine, 
•  Abandoned coral,Mowed Lawn Distress ink, 
• Vintage Sepia VeraFine ink 

                                                              

Challenges I will enter this card for are,

1. Creative Inspirations Anything goes,
2. Stamping Sensations, Birds Bees & butterflies, 
3. We love Stamping, Flowers,
4. A cut Above, Stencils,   

Wedneday again,

     Its strange when you  you see a challenge and then remember that you have a stamp that you brought over a year ago, its a lovely stamp and feel sure I will be using it more now,                                                                    

Materials used for this card are,

• 20 x 20 cm Square card blank and envelope, 
• 15 x 14.5 cm gold card,
• 14,5 x 14 cm white card, 
• Vintage Sepia Vesafine ink pad, 
• Pink Ink Design clear Dragon. at least a year or more old. 
• Dusky Rose, pink carnation, gold, saddle brown, ivory, walnut, &  bright green, Promarkers 

                                              

Challenges I will enter his card for are, 

1. Hearts Quest Fantasy Challenge #8 Dragons,
2. A gem of a challenge #9 Anything card making goes, 
3. The Neglected Stuff Challenge. ( 8 /25 ) 
4. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, # 259
5. NBUS #77, Dragon stamp  

Wednesday

Another Wednesday comes round, and its August already, as a friend said yesterday it will soon be Christmas. This card is very different as there is no stamping and no promarkers colouring, 

                                                       

Materials used for this card are, 

• 18 x 12.5 cm kraft card,
• 12 x 9 cm pattered paper 
• 11.5 x2.5 pattered paper, & white card,
• 10 x2.5  pattered paper, & white card, 
• Oval die cut, 
•  Cut out Sentiment. 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, Sketch,
2. Love Those Pretty Papers, Optional summertime, 
3.  Polkadoodle Cardmaking Craft, Anything Card Making goes, 
4. Creative Fingers Challenge #305  

                                                        

Wednesday

Been a busy time and really trying to spring clean, { I know its not spring } but they do say better late than never, I think  its because it was to hot. My excuse anyway, 

                                                                      

Materials used for this card are,

• 20 x 20 cm card and envelope, 
• 14 x 14 white card stock,
• 14 x 14 die cut, 
•  Vintage sepia, Verafine ink pad, 
•  Flower, and bird clear stamps,
• Grass, praline, tan, canary, oink carnation, orchid, orange, Promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Creative Moments   # 272 Use a die cut,  
2. Patties Creations Design Challenge .Digi or stamped image. 
3. I love Promarkers. Anything goes, or Super heroes,
4. Penny's Paper -crafty Challenge #601, Anything goes,         

WOYWDW

At last we have a bit of rain but really not sure for how long it will last and we really need it, 

                                                           

                                                                

 

Materials used for this card are, 

•  20 x 20 cm white card and envelope,
• Vintage sepia Vesafine ink, 
• watercolour wonders clear stamps.
• Plum, cinnamon. lipstick red, canary, pear green, lush green, forest green, lime green, promarkers,

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Daisy Chain Challenge #98 Christmas in July, 
2. Jingle bells . Poinsettia                     
3. LieghSBDesigns Christmas in July 
4.  Creative knockout, Christmas in July  

WOYWDW

   Wow it does not seem as thought this how weather is going away any time soon, Not a fan of hot weather  .                                                 

                                                         

    

Materials used for this card are, 

• 18 x 12.5 cm card blank and envelope
• 12.5 x 8.5 cm coloured card, 
• .12 x 8  cm shaving foam card, 
• Plane  clear stamps, 
• Happy birthday sentiment, 
• cloud,Cut out
• Cinnamon &burnt orange promakers 

Challenges I will enter this card for are,

1. Creative Fingers Challenge #304 Anything goes,
2. Creative Inspiration, Challenge #28 Anything goes, 
3. Paper Rocks Scissors  Anything goes using paper and / or scissors.
4. NBUS  # 76 new   
   

      

New month

Well another new Month and really as someone said the other day where is this year going soon be Christmas, lol

                                              

Materials used for this postcard ,

• 15 x 10.5 cm white card ,
• 15 x 10 x cm shaving foam background, 
• Vintage Sepia Versafine ink 
• Father Christmas and holly and sentiment stamp,
• Almond, bright green, & Lipstick red, Promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. C.R.A.F.T Challenge  787  Christmas, 
2. Ellibelles Corner Anything goes, 
3. Crafty Catz  #697 Anything goes, 
4. Anything goes I a Card free Zone, 

Wednesday again

Never thought people would be wanting rain but really we need some, not like most years when we all want sun lol 

                                                                       

Materials used for this card are.

• 20 x20 cm card blank and  envelope,,
• 15 x 9.5 white card 
• Silver, nephrite, & haute  glitter paste.
• stencil.  

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Allys Angels #95 Anything goes, 
2. Craft Rocket Challenge #126 No design paper, 
3. Beautiful  Blossom Challenge #30 Anything floral goes, 
4. Polkadoodles Cardmaking Challenge #7 Anything goes, 

                                        

                                                        

Two Trauma teddy ready to be set away. 
Now crocheting blankets too put with them.   

                  

middle of the Week

   I hope everyone is enjoying the sun. I know a lot of people are going to say no but we really do need some rain, Why can it not rain at night and sun during the day.

    Its a long time since I have made a card with this fold but thought lets do something different                                                                   

Materials used for this card are, 

• 14 .5 x 10 .5cm card blank and envelope. 
• 15 x 10.5 cm white card stock,
• Clear stamps free with a magazine,
• Stencil.
• Vintage Sepia Versafine ink, 
• Distress ink Pickled raspberry  
• Orange amethyst, soft peach, coral, & soft green, promarkers.

Challenges I all enter this card for are .

1. Aud Sentiment Challenge #326 Fun fold./ and or Summer and sentiment,  
2. Try it On A Tuesday, In the garden,  
3. Patties Creation Design Challenge # 231  Anything goes, 
4. Creative Inspiration. Challenge #27 Anything goes, 

                                                      

Weekend

Its Strange how life has a way of getting thing in the way of what you want to do, I planned this post for Wednesday but somehow its now Friday, I suppose I got it done in the end lol

                                                    Hope all is well with look at this post, 

                                                                

materials used for this card are, 

• 20 x 20 cm card blank and envelope. 
• 20 x 20 cm pattered card, 
• 8.5 x 6 cm white card stock,
• Merry Christmas die cut, 
• Orange ,gold, amethyst sky blue.soft green promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are. 

1. Krafty Chicks Challenge #772 Christmas.  
2. A place to start Anything goes Optional Recycle 
3. A Cut Above. Anything goes With a die cut, , 
4. PIP Challenge #2523 Anything goes,

                                                                        

Welcome to June,

    At last we have has some rain everywhere is so dry,  I am sure that we will get more, as one rain starts it does not know when to stop. lol        

                                       

Materials used for this card are,

• 18 x 13 cm card blank and envelope,
• 18 x 13 cm pattern paper. 
• 15 x 10.5 cm green card Embossed.
• two butterfly stamps,
• small piece of white card with sentiment, 
• Dusky pink, amethyst, lipstick red, mustard orange, promakers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are .

1. Ellibelle's Corner. I spy at least one butterfly, 
2. Time out Challenges. Favourite winged things,
3.  NBUS Challenge  #75 new embossing folder. 
4. Pammie's Inky Pinkies, Challenge 2522 

                                                                       

 

last Wednesday of may,

Started to knit for a different charity now as they want baby cardigans, I have made one and number two started, 

Today we had some welcome rain, I know lots of people do not want rain but we need it for all things to survive, 

                                                            

       Materials used for this card are, 

• 17.5 x 12.5 cm  blank card and envelope,
• 11 x 9 cm cold card, 
• 10.5 x 8.5 white card, 
• Dreamweaver Matallic  embossing paste, 
• Stencil.
• Grass, forest green, canary, gold orange Promarkers 

        Challenges I will enter this card for 

1. Sparkles Monthly Challenge #188 Flowers.   
2. The Paper Funday Challenge #26 Anything goes optional something new, 
3. The creative Crafters . Challenge #88  Anything goes, 
4. Sisterhood of Crafters. flowers,

                                                        I really do not know why this has come out 

                                                        blue when it is fact Mauve, Just waiting for 

                                                        the buttons. All I have but not the right colour, 

            

Middle of the month.

   I was wondering where the year is going, it seems to be going so fast, but there is nothing we can do just enjoy what we have and make the most of it. 

Had a lovely chat with a friend tonight and we worked it out that w have known each other over 40 years. Its really nice when you have friends who stick with you through life. 

                             

                                                         Hope you all have friend like this, 

                                             

                               

                                                                  

Materials used for this card are,

• 20x 20 cm card blank and envelope.
• 19.5 x 19.5 cm white card, 
• 19 .5 x 19.5cm  stencil.
• 10.5 x10.5cm gold card. 
• 10 10 cm white card, 
• Indigoblu Stage stamp. Free with a magazine,
• Nuvo shooing stars shimmer paste. 
• Praline , soft peach, coral, tan, lipstick red, dusky pink, pink carnation, & canary yellow promakers 
• letraset silver & gold makers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Crazy is our fame - stencil are our game, Stencil Fun Challenge. 
2. Ellibelle's Corner, Anything goes, 
3. Ally's Angels #94 Anything goes,
4. The Crafters Cafe, May #319 Anything goes, optional twist no squares. 

Wednesday again.

I really like to work with flowers and colouring them so they seem to come alive,Like every other crafter we all have lots of things that we say I will get rid of this as I do not use it put it back and its still there a long time after. As was said sometime ago crafters are not hoarders we are collectors.

                                                         

Materials used for this card are,

• 17.5 x 13 cm white card and envelope. 
• 13 x11 silver card,
• 12.5 x 10 cm white card, 
• 2 small pieces of white and silver card, 
• Flower die cut, 
• Happy birthday clear stamp,
• Grass & baby pink promakers  

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. A cut Above, Anything goes with a Die cut, 
2. Neglected Stuff, Must use one neglected stuff, 
3. Lets Craft ans Create. Anything goes, No patterned paper.
4.  613 Avenue Create,  May 2025, Anything goes+ optional Twist floral delight, 

A new Month

Wow where is this year going, now into  May as someone said the other day soon be Christmas, wonder if this lovely weather will last till then, 

 

Materials used for this card are, 

•  18 x12.5 cm card blank and envelope.
• 11 x 6 cm white card stock, x 2 small pieces,
•  Vintage sepia Vesafine ink. 
• Country dairy of an Edwardian lady, sentiment, 
• Dreamy Daffodils
• Sunshine spring florals 
• Mustard, canary, orange, black, grass, tan, sky blue, baby pink Promarkers. 

                                  

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. I Love Promarkers, Challenge #582,
2.  Polkadoodles Cardmaking Crafting  wk 6 Anything card making. 
3. fourseasons  Spring season May 25
4. Craft Rocket, Challenge 125 Flowers.                                                 

end of April

I hope everyone is enjoying the lovely weather, I have not long ago had a lovely holiday with my best mate, We went on a cruise on the Queen Victoria, it is an amazing ship, Everyone was so helpful, We went to Spain and Portugal, We went to Vigo. Porto  Lisbon and found them fascinating, I will put some picture at the end of the post if toy would like to look, 

    

                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                        Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, Challenge #252       
• Peace On Earth Christmas, #86   
• Christmas  Kickstart Challenge # 97   
• NBUS Challenge  #73          

1. 18 x 18 cm card blank and envelope.
2. Vintage Sepia, VersaFine  ink
3. Scenic Christmas Clear stamp. NBUS 
4. Sentiment [Free with A magazine, ] 

Some pictures from our cruise, 

I have never seen escalators in the street before 

but in Vigo in Spain they were everywhere. 

                                                           

The stair way on the ship, 

Below are the Easter Egg display

as we were there over Easter, 

The Queen Victoria  

An amazing ship and wonderful staff 

                       

                                                     

                                                            

                                                      

                                                     

A new Month

What lovely weather we have been having, and just like me to get a cold lol. hope the weather lasts while the children as on holiday, 

                                                           

Materials used for this challenge were

• 18 x 13 cm card blank and envelope. 
• 18 x13 cm blue card,
• 14.5 x10,5 white card, 
• small piece of card for the sentiment, 
• NBUS bird clear stamp.

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. DLART    Thursday Link up, 
2. Creative Inspiration Challenge #25 Anything goes, 
3. ,Daisy Chain Challenges. #95 Not Square, 
4. NBUS ,     Challenge #73 Must be new, 

another week end

  There was a 'stampin up craft fair' near where I live and had to go lol.   There was so much to see and buy. I did not get as much as I would have but there you are, My daughter already says I have more craft things than Hobby craft. I will put a picture  of what i brought if you want a look at the end of the post,                                                        

Materials used for this card are,

• 18 x 13.5 cm card blank and envelope, 
• 18 x 18. 5 cm green card.
• 15.5 x 12 white card,
• Owl in the hand pink ink design, NBUS

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2512 Anything goes,
2. Dream Valley Challenge #333 Any celebration Birthday, Wedding etc
3. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge ~ 250 Star Stamps,
4. Gem of A  Craft Challenge  #4 WK 1 anything goes,
5. NBUS Challenge #72  

                                                          

                                 

                                      

Sunday

Still knitting as  I have been asked  by a friend to knit some baby hats so am trying it get as many as I can done,  They are fun to make, I love knitting and happy to do things for people. if you like to see what I have bee knitting pictures at the end of the post. Thank you for looking,           

                                             

Materials used for this care are, 

• 18 x 13 cm card blank and envelope, 
• 8 .5 x 7. 5 cm white card, 
• 8 x 7 white card, 
•  2 pieces of 8 x 7 coloured card, 
• stamps spring time floras, flower and Bee NBUS,
• Vintage Sepia Versafine ink, 
• Lemon, Aegean,Lime, &grass promarkers.  

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Colour Hues Challenge  #106  Lemon & Lime. 
2. Stamping Sensations, Spring Inspiration,
3. We love Stamping.   Daffodils Tulips and so many more, 
4. Dragonfly Dreams March Challenge Gardening. 
5. NBUS Challenge # 72 

                                                                    

                                                                          

weekend

  Really had fun with this card, sorting out found a DVD that I had forgotten I had, and then spotted this and really liked it so printed it off and out came the promarkers and am really chuffed with the results. 

                                                    The DVD is called The Best of 2012,                                                              

Materials used for this card are, 

• 18 x 12.5 cm card blank and envelope, 
• 13 x 9.5 cm gold card. 
• 12.5 x8.5 cm white card stock,. 
• Print out from The best of  ink, DVD 
• Orange, Grass, Tan & coral promarkers. 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Penny Black Saturday Challenge Anything goes, Optional On the farm 
2. Polkadoodle Cardmaking, Challenge #4 WK 1,
3. Crafty Catz Challenge #698, Anything goes Optional add a sentiment,
4. Creative Fingers Challenge # 296 Anything goes.

Start of another week .

                   Hope everyone is enjoying the lovely weather, It sure makes me feel good, 

                                                Hoping all is good with everyone, 

                                                   

 

Materials used for this card are, 

• 19.5 x 19.5 cm deckle card and envelope. 
• 11 .5 x 10 cm white card sock.
• Autumnal treasures. bird clear stamp,
• British garden birds  bird box clear stamp
• Flower and butterfly, & bee clear stamps free with a magazine, 
• Orange,  baby pink, coral, tan, green, purple, & canary Promarkes 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Triple B. Birds Butterflies and Blooms, 
2. Let's Craft and Create  #217 ATG + Purple & green, 
3. I love Promarkers. Challenge #578 ATG or Wings and Tails
4.  Penny's Paper-crafty Challenge #591, ATG using Paper 

                                                         

Weekend again

Its lovely to see the sun and feel that spring is here, It makes life seem a lot better when the sun is out, 

                                                

Materials Used for this card are,

• 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope. 
• Pickled Raspberry Distress ink.
• back ground Stencil  
• 11 x 10 cm white card stock.
• Heart Digi. 
• Pink carnation & lipstick red Promarkers,  

Cards I will enter this card for are, 

1. Patties Creations Design Challenge #227, 
2. Crafty Calendar February Challenge Hearts, 
3. Penny Black Saturday Challenge.  Anything goes or hearts.
4. Sisterhood of Crafters Red Or Pink, 

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Another post,

Better weather today, Nice to go out and not get wet lol. My daughter took me to see Ghost the musical and it was amazing, They must have studied the film and it was so like it, There were thing they could not do on a stage but they sure got it right, 

                                                                

Materials used for this card are, 

1. 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
2. Stencil, 
3. Oblong Die,
4. Flower die, 
5. pickle raspberry, Distress ink,
6. Orchid, grass, canary promarkers 

Challenges I will enter for this challenge, 

1. The flower Challenge # 99 feature the colour pink, 
2. Crazy Catz, 687 Challenge, 
3. Creative Fingers Challenge #294,
4. Polkadoodles  Cardmaking and craft, ATG 

weekend starts

Had a lovely surprise this week. my daughter took me out, When we went out I had no idea where I was going lol. Turned out she was taking me for an early birthday treat. We went to the Mayflower Theater to to see Ghost the musical it was amazing and so much like the film, the cast must have studied the film to get the wording so right, Well worth going to see,  

                                               

 

                 
                                            

Materials used for this card are, 

• 6 x 6 cm card blank and envelope.
• Vintage sepia VersFine ink.
• Rubber stamp, 
• two small flower die cuts,
• Violet, canary, Orange, lipstick red, lush green promarkers

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Daisy Chain Challenge #73 Layer it up, 
2. Lets Craft and Create # 215 Red Pink and white, 
3. PIP 2506 anything goes, 

Sunday again

                                                                   

Materials used for this card are,

• 18 x 13 cm  card blank and envelope #,
• 18 x 13 cm pattered paper, 
• 13 x6 cm green card, 
• 15 x 5 cm dark green card,
• 8 x 6 cm white card, 
• 8 x 2x5 cm what card,
• Vintage sepia Verafine ink,
• Squeezed lemonade Destress ink,
• Sentimentally yours clear stamps,
• canary, grass, orchid, coral,gold Promarkers,  

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. NBUS Challenge # 71
2. Hearts Quest Celebration of Love. Love,
3. Crazy is out Fame, Stencils are is our game  Pinks and /or red.
4. Inky Paws Challenge # 237 week 1  

                                             So pleased to be picked for Cupids pick 3

                                                                with this card below, 

                                                  

another post

Long time sine I have done a card for a guy but have plenty of things I could use, so thought I would give it a go, 

Went out for a walk on Sunday and it was a lovely sunny day, I have put some pictures at the end of the post, 

                                            

Materials used for this card are ,

• 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
• Vintage Sepia Vesafine ink 
• Sentimentally yours Sentiment,
• Light house cleat stamp,  
• Cyan & ice great 2 Promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Cards 4 Guys, ~ 365 Clean and simple,
2. The neglected Stuff Challenge. Kick of Challenge ( 2/25,
3.  Passion for Markers. Week 774 All about Love, 
4. Hand Stamped Sentiment, Challenge # 456.