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

   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   
   

      

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, 

            

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  

                                                          

                                 

                                      

weekend over

Weather a bit better this weekend. hoping to go out for a walk in the morning but have to see what the weather is like, 

                                                             

Materials used for this card are, 

• 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope.
• 14.5 x 14.5 cm  & 10.5 x 10.5 yellow pattered paper.
• 10 x 10 cm white card stock,
• 13 x13 cm blue pattered paper,
• washi tape.
• Slimline spring florals clear stamps, 
• Mauve bow.
• 4 blue gems, 
• Cyan, &grass promarkers,  

Challenges I will enter this card for are

1. CAS on Sunday # 30,Flowers , 
2. Pattie's Creation Design Challenge 226 ,
3. Crafty Catz Challenge #686 Blue and green,
4. Krafty Chicks Challenge #753 Anything goes, 
5. Sweet Sketch Wednesday  Sketch #294 

  

 

                                                                          

Weekend

 

                                                         

Materials used for this card are, 

  

•   15 x 12.5 cm card blank and envelope,
• Vintage Sepia Verafine ink pad,
• Dream catcher Die, 
• Sentiment clear stamp,
• Stencil.
• Mustard seed Destress ink pad, 
• Red, bright green, praline, almond & warm grey 5 promarkers.

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. A cut above. Its new year and anything goes Die cut,
2. My time to craft  # 551 Use a sentiment, 
3. Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #188. Lets Celebrate,
4. Lets Craft and create Challenge #215 Use a sentiment.   

Another week starts

This last couple of days have been more like the weather should be for this time of year, Frosty and cold. Well its a case of staying warm and crafting.I have a couple of things I have finished. A scarf for myself [don't normally knit for myself, lol ] and a blanket for my granddaughter she wanted in blue and burnt orange. 

                                                              

Materials used for this card are,

• 18 x 12 cm card blank and envelope,
• Vintage sepia Verafine ink,
• Rose and sentiment Clear stamps, 
• Red &bright green Promarkers 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. NBUS Challenge #70  Both sentiment and rose NBUS
2. Hearts Quest Celebrations of love,  Birthday, 
3. Craft Rocket, # 121  Something New, 
4. Ellibelle's Corner  Anything Goes, 

                                               

This Crocheted blanket is 40 x 40 inches,

                                                                                  

The scarf is 40 inches long, love the
way the wool worked out, 

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

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  

                                                               

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, 

 

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

                                                                    

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,  
   

   
   

WOYWDW

              

 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.  

                                                                    

                                                                         

WOYWDW

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.   

Last Wednesday of October

 

                                                    

Materials used for this card are,

• 17 x 17 cm card blank and envelope. 
• 16.5 x 16.5 blue card,
• 16 x 16 cm white card stock,
• 16 x16 blue ribbon.
• blue bow,
• Dreamees  basket & sentiment clear stamp,
• Yellow, orange & green Promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are,

1. Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 Sketch #264,
2.  Crazy is our fame -STENCIL are are game, 
3. Ally's Angels Challenge #75 Anything Goes, 
4. The Paper Funday Challenge, Anything goes Optional, yellow Orange Green 

Wednesday

Its strange how you do something different and really like how it turns out, I have always put squares and oblongs on cards but found that it was to large for two of the stamps, so did some different shapes and love it. know I will do it again

                                                                  

Materials used for this card are, 

• 20 x 20 cm card blank and envelope. 
• Odd bits of white card stock,
• Little Suzy's Rubber stamps, 
•  Vintage Sepia Versafine  ink pad, 
• Cardenal red,sky blue, lilac, baby pink, cerise, lime green, canary ice grey promarkers,  

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. We love Stamping, September Challenge.  A/G optional Trees and leaves.optional 
2. Stamping Sensation, Garden delights, Optional A/G
3. HLS September Birthday Challenge,.
4. Jan's Digi Stamp Challenges:  Anything goes, September Challenge 

                                                        

 

                                                                             

Back again,

Not posted for a long time, Just needed a break, and ended the time with a wonderful holiday with a mate. Went on a lovely cruise to Norway, and it was amazing, 

                                       There are picture at the end of the post, More to follow, 

                                                               If you want to look, 

                                                     

Materials used for this card are.

• 12.5 x7.5 cm card blank and envelope. 
• 12 x 11 cm what card stock,  
• Glitter frosting paste,
• Stencil,
• Flower clear stamp,
• Canary, sunflower, green, cerise, purple, duck egg, cadet blue, spice, red promarkers  

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. We love Stamping, Fabulous Flowers as always A/G optional
2.  Stamping Sensations,  Flowers as always A/G optional,
3. Crafty Calendar Challenge July Challenge anything goes, 
4. Sweet Stampin' Challenge Flowers Blooming Beautiful.

                                                       I few pictures from Norway, 

                                    

                                             

This little village  called Hellesylt has a wonderful waterfall
right in  middle of everything and its truly amazing 

Fancy living he halfway up a mountain lol 

WOYWDW

         WOW woke up today and there is a large bright thing in the sky. I think its The sun lol,

Its so nice to see the sun on a day I have to go out, When I have to go out the weather says lets get her wet, so was a surprise when The sun was out,  

Empty work desk so nothing to show, have a couple of cards to do but not for a couple of days, 

                           

                                             Hope everyone is okay and keeping warm and safe, 

                                          

Materials used for this card are, 

• 12 x 15 cm card blank and envelope. 
• 10 .5 x 10 cm cream card stock,
• Clear boat, sentiment anchor and rope stamps,
• vintage sepia Versafine ink 
• Tan & red promarkers, 

Challenges I will enter this card for are. 

1. A perfect time to Craft Challenge #1 2023,
2.  Crafty Calendar Challenge January 2023 Add A Sentiment, 
3. Ally's Angels Challenge #66 Anything Goes 

                                                                         

WOYWDW

 lots of wet and windy weather here and really wonder where it all comes from, Remember asking my Mum when I was a child .... Mum when will the clouds ever be empty and the rain stop lol. Oh if only life was that easy, 

Trying to get more little hearts knitted for the palliative care unit my where  my daughter works. They  give one to the patient  and the same colour to each of  Relatives.                                                                     

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge  #2301
2. Crafter's Cafe, Challenge #292 Anything goes,
3. The Cutie Pie, Challenge #178  
4. Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge Anything Goes, 

Materials used for this card are, 

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope. 
• 10 .5 x 9 cm cream card stock, 
• Vintage Sepia, Versafine ink. 
• Clear Stamps Free with a magazine,