Saturday looms

Well have started thinking about holidays as have not got anything booked for this year,A friend asked me if i wanted to go to the Southern wool show in Newbury and thought why not lol. not that i need any wool so all booked up for that and also a cruise to Norway for next June,so looking forward to both,

                                                               Take care and stay safe, 

                                                        

Materials used for this card are, 

• 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope. 
• Embossing folder.
• Rubber dog stamp. 
• Clear  sentiment stamp,
• Cerise, canary .cyan, sunflower, Promarkers. 

Challenges I will enter this card for are,

1. Creatalicious Challenges # 240 Anything goes Optional embossing 
2. LTCCB #69 Anything goes,  
3. Country View Challenges  August 2022 -Happy Birthday, 
4. A gem of a Challenge, Wk 16   Anything Goes,

     

Have a good weekend

At last its got a lot cooler and boy and I pleased, I know they have said we could get more hot weather but here is one who hopes they are wrong, 

Spent a lovely day yesterday with family and could not believe how my great grand children are growing up, They seem so much more advanced to what even my grandchildren where.

                                                 Have a great weekend and stay safe all. 

                                                      

Materials used for this card are, 

•  15 x 15 cm deckle edge card blank and envelope. 
• 9 x 9 cm white card stock,
• Vintage Sepia Versafine ink pad, 
• Crafters Companion Woodland cottage stamps, 
• Tan, pear green, lipstick red, promarkkes 
• Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Jewels, 
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Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Alphabet Challenge Blog, H is for Holidays, 
2. Merry little Christmas Challenge #45  anything Christmas Goes, 
3. My  time to Craft, # 486 Christmas in July, 
4. Sweet Stampers Challenge # 70 Christmas in July, 

weekends come so soon,

Another weekend and hope with the lovely weather everyone has something lovely to do, 

I have a lovely day yesterday with family, Daughter has a garden and we spent a lot of time out there three of my granddaughters both daughters were there as well and  my great grandchildren. who are growing up so fast, There are pictures of Isabelle  who is 9 months and Noah who is 2 years old, at the end of the post,                                                            

                                                  

Materials used on this card are,

• 21 x 15 cm cream card blank and envelope, 
• Sepia versafine ink pad, 
•  clear flower stamp,
• yellow, cerise, grass promarkers 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Creations in pink  Challenge # 46 Anything goes Mainly in Pink,
2.  TTCRD Anything goes Challenge# -May 24th 2022 
3. PIP Challenge # 2221,
4. International Art & soul CH #134 Say it with flowers 

                                                                  

Middle of the month

Another wet day yesterday and it really makes staying it a lot easier but having said that I still like to go out for a walk just to get out, When I was young   [ yes I remember ]   we used to go out and play in the rain and all sorts of bad weather, and home time was when the street light came on. 

                                                    Take care all and stay safe.                                                             

                                                      
     

Materials used for his card are,

• 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelopes,
•  Vintage Sepia Versafine  ink pad, 
• Clear stamps ( free with a magazine, )
• Ice white Nuvo pure white glitter, 
• Iced snow, cosmic shimmer glitter jewels 

Challenges I will enter his card for are, 

1. ABC Christmas Challenge, W & X are for, Winter wonderland & Extra,
2. Twofer Card Challenge #33 Stars 
3. TTCRD Week beginning 20 November 
4. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge Anything Christmas Goes, 

                                                               

                                

                                                                         

Materials used for this card are, 

• 21 x15 cm card blank and envelope, 
• 20.5 x 14.5 cm pattered paper, 
• 6 x 6 cm white card stock  x 2
• Branch  die cut,
• 2 winter house scene's, 
• Ice white Nuvo pure white glitter, 
• Iced snow, cosmic shimmer glitter jewels 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Polkadoodles Craft Challenge, Wk 47 anything  goes card & craft making 
2. Tuesday Morning Sketches #581,
3. Crafty Sentiment Designs Anything goes Challenge, 
4. Unicorn Challenge Blog, Challenge #60 Anything goes, 

Another weekend is here !!!!

Well we had a small amount of rain  last night BUT not really as much as the gardens and farmers need, I know we should not moan about the weather and have enjoyed it but the earth needs some water,  

Took these two pictures in my garden and they really made me smile, The first picture they are looking at each other as if to say this is my bath Lol and have to say the blackbird won, The second is the blackbird having a bath and it does not look like a bird at all, 

Close up on the wording 

Materials used for this care are;

• 15 x15 cm card blank and envelope,
• 11 x 8 cm white card stock,
• 11.5 x 8.5 gold card stock,
• Art Impressions clear stamps,
• Magenta, rose pink, honeycomb, mink green, satin, sky blue, & oatmeal promarkers,

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Fab 'N' Funky Challenge #402 ~ Make it funny, 
2. TTCRD Anything goes Challenge 17 - 24 
3. A Snowflakes promise. Challenge # 53 Anything goes, 
4. ATSM Challenge # 301 Anything goes, 

Materials used for this card are, 

• 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope, 
• spellbinder 3D rubber stamp,
• Hobbycraft blank pigment ink pad, 
• Holly, mistletoe & sentiment clear stamp.

Challenges I will enter this card for are;

1. Christmas at Sweet Stampin July Challenge, 
2. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #32  Anything Christmas Goes, 
3. Papercraft Challenge #16  Christmas in July, 
4. Lemon Shortbread Challenge #72 Anything goes, 

Weekend again

 Morning ..

                           Thank you for your comments I love to read them all, 

How does that saying got " The best laid  plans on mouse and men" I think I might give up planning things as really they always seem to go astray lol. I was going to post yesterday but again life got in the way yet again. 

I went to a craft club on Friday and we meet once a month it a little church hall not far from here. This month we were painting pebbles and it took me back to when I was a child. we also painted clay plant pots and made a pebble look like a cactus it was fun. This is what I made. 

Another sketch today from Freshly Made Sketches 290, 

Now onto the challenges . 

Materials used for this card are;

• 18.5 x 13.5 cm card blank and envelope,
• 16.5 x 12.5 cm red card stock,
• 5 x 5 cm cream card stock,
• 16 x 12 cm black card stock,
• Tonic die cut frame.
• Clear sentiment stamps [free with a magazine,]
• Onyx black VersaFine ink,

Challenges I will enter this card for are;

1. 4 C C  # 353 Birthdays,
2. TTCRD   Anything goes Week of 5-30 ,  
3. SOS305 You Are Sweet

Materials used for this card are;

• 18.5 x 13.5 blank card and envelope,
• 18 x 13 cm black card stock,
• 17.5 x 12.5 cm cream card stock,
• 13 x 6 cm Gold mirri card ,Although it looks silver in the picture,
• 8 x 4 cm blue mirri card,
•  Clear stamp Sentiment [ free with magazine,,

Challenges I will enter this card for are;

1.   Creative Moments, Challenge #119 Anything goes, Birthdays,                             
2.   Freshly Made Sketch, #290 -A sketch by Kim,  
3.   Penny's  Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog, Challenge #331 Anything goes, 

Freshly Made Sketches

Saturday challenges.

Morning all.

Not a normal day to post from me but I had a lot going on yesterday and just posted some pictures of my holiday in America. So today I am going to let you catch up on my challenge makes, starting with a Christmas make. 

Materials used

• 21 x 15cm cream  card blank and envelope,
• Gold gilding flakes
• Marianne Design clear stamp
• Pro markers; powdered blue, ocean teal, cinnamon, tan.
• Stickers glitter glue.
• Martha Stewart glitter.

Challenges I will enter this card for are:

1. HLS November CAS Challenge Gilding. 
2. Craft your passion challenge 284 Winner and redraw
3. Fan-Tastic Tuesday fantastic Challenge 210 anything goes with a twist sparkle sky 

And then another Christmas make:-

Who doesn't love a Santa and sleigh?

Materials used,

• 13 x 13 cm deckle edged card and envelope,
• Tree die cut
• Santa stamp
• VersaFine onyx black ink

Challenges I will enter this card for are;

1. Cuttlebug  Mania  Trees,
2. Crafting by Design, Anything goes November addition 
3. The Crafty Addicts, Anything goes. use die cuts 
4. Moving along with the times. Leaves and/ or Trees 

And then another Christmas make ..

                                     

Materials used. 

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope
• 17 x 13 cm and 6 x 9 cm green mirri card. 
• Two 13 x 8 cm music backing paper,
• 8½ x  5 cm white card,
• Sleigh and holly stamps.
• VersaFine Onyx black ink

Challenges I will enter this card for are;

1. I love Promarkers Challenge # 293 Music,
2. Christmas at Sweet Stamping , Travel or transport  

Weekend blog

Morning all.

                    Life has just caught up with me and I have not been able to blog a much as I wanted to. I have had a couple of friends round for the past couple of days and last night went to help another friend who was have a problem with her computer which was funny when you think I don't know a lot about computers myself. It turned out she only wanted to ask about logging into craft forums, I helped her with that and then we had a chat and a good laugh  for the rest on the evening.

Materials used,

• 8 x 6 card blank with a decorated edge and envelope
• Rose stamp
• small piece of ribbon
• Snippets of  red and white card.
• pro markers...pink carnation...lime green

  

I'll be entering this make for the following challenges .....

1. Brown Sugar - challenge #158 - Anything goes
2. Sister Act - challenge #118 - Anything goes
3. Simply Create Too - challenge #91 - Anything goes

Wish me luck!