weekend again

Well its another weekend and I hope you all have something nice planned. I have a friend coming to see me today lunchtime and  going out with  two  other friends  for a  Greek meal this  evening  so a good day for sure. They have great menu and lots are Gluten free. So if ever in Eastleigh try out

Katarina's Authentic Greek Restaurant in the evening which is a café during the day,  Lovely staff and great food. 

                                                                   Take care all and stay safe,                                   

                                                                 

Materials used for this tag are,

• 14.5 x 6 cm white card stock.
• Beautiful moments Clear stamps
•  Sepia Archival ink pad, 
•  Nuvo Ice white  Glitter, 
• Flower soft Glitter frosting
• white rib

Challenges I will enter this tag for are,

1. Winter wonderland Anything but a card,
2. Crafty Calendar  September Challenge Anything goes. 
3. Less Is More Challenge #451 Sparkle 
4. colour Crazy Craft Challenge Week 35 Anything colour goes 

Nearly another month gone.

Out tomorrow I am  meeting up with friends, I know there are going to be three of us and there might be another lady will not find out until I get to Gloucester.  Not sure what we are going to get up to BUT I think it might mean a trip to hobbycraft, I have something I want to get as part as a friends Christmas present, 

Materials used for this card are;

• 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
• Hobby craft blank ink pad,
•  House snowdrop Skater & sentiment  clear stamps, 
• Green, powder blue, Promarkers, ,
• Duck egg blue Nuvo pearl drops, 
• Ice white Nuvo pure sheen glitter, 

    Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge and a goodbye, 
2. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #41 Anything Christmas goes, 
3. Simon Wednesday Challenge Baby its cold outside, 
4. That's Crafty! Challenge Blog, Winter wonderland Challenge 

         

Materials used for this tag are, 

• 18 x 8.5 cm white card stock,
• Stamps By Me, flower clear stamp,
• Abondoned coral Distress ink, 
• Magenta & lime green promarkers,
• Sentiment  clear stamp.

Challenges I will enter this Tag for are,

1. Seize the birthday, #155 tags. 
2. TTCRD Anything goes Week 20 November, 
3. Lemon Shortbread Challenge blog, Challenge #81 Anything goes, 
4. PBSC November, Anything but a card, 

Thursday

Been a very busy week and really not sure where the week is going. Its strange how sometime I do nothing and other weeks like this one out every day, it is nice though I hate not to have something to do.  

Materials used for this card are,

• 18 x 12 cm card blank and envelope,
• 9.5 x 3.5 cm white card stock,
• Clear flower & sentiment  stamp from a magazine, 
• Nuvo Clear mark embossing pad,
• Red  & blue Embossing powder
•  Nuvo Blue oydessy embossing powder.  

Challenges I will enter this card for are,

1. PP # 408, A theme Challenge for Joanne,
2. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, challenge #89,
3. Pixie's crafty friends, challenge #334,
4.  Crafting by Design, September Anything goes,   

                             

Materials used for this tag are,

• 16 x5 cm white card stock,
• hobbycraft black ink pad, 
• Clear stamps
• Nuvo pale gold pearl drops,
• hint of violet glitter frosting,
• Satin, lilac, lime green, honeycomb, lemon, promarkers, 
• small piece ribbon, 

The challenge I will enter this card for are,

1. The Holly and Ivy Christmas challenge #35 Anything goes Christmas. 
2. Christmas Crafts All Year Round, Anything but a card, 
3. Winter Wonderland, Christmas Joy, 
4. Cute N Crafty Challenge Challenge Anything goes,  

A new month.

                                              WOW 1st August, 

I am glad I have started my Christmas cards as it will be Christmas before we know it. Its been a lot cooler but its set to get hot again, not to hot I hope, 

Entering my work desk over on Julia's Stamping ground When we get to pop over to other work desks all over the world and see what others are up to, See it HERE 
                            
                                         Its LLJ's Birthday today Have a splendid day. 

Materials used for this tag are;

• 11 x 6.5 cm white card stock,
• Izink ink pad,
• Shaded lilac distress ink.
•  Black Hobbycraft pigment ink pad, 
• Spellbinder 3D rubber stamp,
• green white bakers twine, 

Challenges I will enter this Tag for are;

1. CAS on Friday, #138 Tag It, 
2. Allsorts Challenge Blog,  Week 289/9  Tags, 
3. QKR Stampede Challenge, #306 Anything goes, 

Another sketch for this card, The sketch is at the bottom of the post, 

Materials used for this card are,

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope.
• 21 x 8 ac red card stock,
• The ton sentiment stamp,
• wreath clear stamp [free with a magazine ],
• Scarlet red nuvo pure sheen glitter,
• Black shadow & poppy red Nuvo hybrid ink,
• Ruby pear green & ocean teal promarkers. 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Tuesday Morning Sketch  #464 
2. CHNC Challenge #396,
3. International Art & Soul, CH # 38, Christmas Tradition,
4. Dragonfly Journeys, Christmas in July.

                                        

WOYWDW

 Morning all, 

What a change in the weather and so glad all the snow has gone, I know it looks pretty but hate not to be able to get out, Went out and have done some gardening yesterday. Started to sweep leaves up.  Not easy as they are still very wet but it looks better than it did so that's a bonus. 

Been a long time since i have entered my craft table into The stamping ground as I thought it was time I got back to it as I love looking at others desks and leaving comments, My table is at the end of the post, 

  Materials used for this card are,

• 21 x15 cm card blank and envelope,
• 21 x 9 cm white card stock,
• Vintage Sepia, VersaFine ink stamp,
• Jayne Nestorenko clear stamp.
• My Paper world clear star stamp,
• Pear green, forest green, lipstick red, saddle brown, sandstone,  promarkers,
• Faux stitching die  

Challenges I will enter this card for are;

1. Christmas crafts all year round,  Use flowers on your project 
2. Sparkle Christmas Challenge, #86 Twinkle, Twinkle. Stars 
3. CHNC Challenge #375, Anything goes as long as its Christmas, 
4. Winter Wonderland, Stitching Real of Faux.

Entering my table at the Stamping ground, 

March already.

Morning 

                           Thank you all for stopping by, I love reading your comments 

Had a bit of a strange week so did not get round to posting Wednesday as I normally do..My mojo went on holiday but glad to say he/ She is back.

What lovely weather we had yesterday almost like spring has sprung. 

Still dark here so not sure what the weather is going to be like today is going to be like. Lets hope of more of the same as yesterday,  



I have also been doing some knitting for my sister and they are for the boxes at Christmas, This is a 
child set, 

Materials used for this card are;

• 21 x 15 cm blank card and envelope,
• 6 different sized white card, 
• 16 x 12 black card stock,
•  Clear flower head stamps, [from the works] 
• Rural Spring time clear stamps, 
• Shabby shutter, twisted citron, mowed lawn Distress ink

Challenges I will enter this card for are;

1. Pixie's Crafty Workshop, Week 269-270,
2. Bitten by the Bug,  2 Think Green, Use three shades of green, 
3.  Addicted to stamps and More, Challenge 215 Anything goes, 
4.  The Paper Shelter Challenge #293 Animal Magic. 

Materials used for this tag are;

• 13 x 7 white card stock,
• Stencil ,[  Balzer Design ] 
• vintage photo,wilted violet , pickled raspberry mustard seed, mowed lawn, Distress ink,
• Red piece of cord 

Challenges I will enter this tag for are;

1. Home- Simon Wednesday, Tag your It,
2. Dies R us Challenge #62 Something new,
3. Go Tag Thursday Tag #37 Butterflies 

Another busy week,

 Morning,

I have a busy week ahead, I have a plummer coming to fit a radiator in my lounge at some point this week and have my Twin ( yes there is two on me lol ) coming up from Devon on Thursday, She is bringing her friend Karen  looking forward to seeing them both,

Treated myself to some storage for my Promarkers and last night I sorted the markers out into colours and now they are going to be easy  to get to instead of trying of looking through a box for the colour I needed,  They are"Forever Moments "  storage by Tonic. There is four of them. They hold 39 markers in each. This the top of the unit.

Now onto the challenges. 

Materials used to make this care are;

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
• 7.5 x 7.5 black card stock x 2,
• 7 x 7 white card stock x 1,
• Vintage sepia & deep lagoon VersaFine ink,
• Watering can & flower Apple blossom  clear stamps,
• Get well sentiment by Hunky dory,
• butterfly clear stamp,
• Ice grey, pink carnation , salmon pink & lime green promakers

Challenges I will enter this card for are,

1. Home- ModSquadChallenge Get Well Soon ( Please) 
2. CREATIVE INSPIRATION Challenge#266 Fabulous flowers,

Not a good picture of the tag so this is the sentiment 

Materials I used for this tag are;

• 12.5 x 7.5 cm white card stock,
• Lucky clover Distress ink,
• Onyx black VersaFine ink
• Clear Hunkydory clear stamps,

Challenges I will enter this tag for are,

• Go Tag Thursday # 31 Feathers,
• Crafty catz Challenge  # 354- Anything goes,
• Pattie's Creations design Challenge 130 

Monday

Morning.

Had a nice weekend staying with a friend and we talked a lot and put the world to right.

 It really is getting a lot colder now, to be expected really as it is November, 

I went to a craft club held once a month in a small chapel and we have a great time. Clare {the lady how runs it } supplies everything we need and this month we made tags. These are the tags I made.

Now onto the challenge [,A tag made at home]
 

Materials used for this tag are;

• 12 .8 x 8 cm white card stock
• Cracked pistachio , Squeezed Lemon, Distress ink,
• Katzelkraft  rubber stamps,
• Cherish moments sentiment,
• Small piece White ribbon,

Challenges I will enter this card for are,

1. Go Tag Thursday Tag #21  Birds/birdhouses,
2. Cute Card Thursday Challenge #450- Anything but a card,
3. Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #96 - Anything but a card, 
4. PBSC Anything but a card, 

Friday.

Morning 

Well I think I must be feeling a lot better as I have made a card and a tag for today's post, I think I have felt under par for a long time but seem to be on the mend now and long may it continue. I was really pleased with the card and tag I made and have not been pleased about my work for awhile. 

Materials used;

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
• Pollyanna Pickering clear stamp set
• Forest green promarker,
• Archival sepia ink,
• post it note for masking 

 Challenges I will enter this card for are;

1. Addicted to Stamps and more Challenge #206 - Anything goes,
2. Simon Wednesday challenge  Lets go wild,,
3. Craft your passion  Challenge #324 ~ Always Anything Goes,

Number two for today A tag,

Materials used;

• 21 x 6 cm white tag,
• festive berries & mowed lawn. distress ink.
• Jet black StazOn ink.
• Anita's Christmas wooden stamp 

Challenges I will enter this Tag for are.

1. Crafting Musketeers Challenge #40 Anything but a card.,
2. Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge Anything but a card,
3. Penny's Paper- Crafty Challenge #290 Anything goes,  

Another week starts.

Morning all.

Well it looks like we might have some nice weather for a change. Although now I have said that it will more than likely change. I have a lovely meal out on Friday evening to celebrate my friends Angela birthday, We went to Vincenzo's Its an Italian restaurant in Bristol and have been open 47 years good company and a very good night, Its the second time i have been there and its a lovely place with GREAT meals. 

Karen [Angela's Daughter] Myself, Angela's friend and last but to least Angela.

Now onto the challenge, 

TIC TAG TOE from  Crafty Creation 

Materials used. 

• 12 x 8 cm tag,
• "We love music" clear stamps, 
• Pickles raspberry, abandoned coral distress ink,
• StaZon jet black ink,

Challenges I will enter this tag for are;

1. Crafty Creations Challenge, TIC TAC TOE, 
2. Ruby's Rainbow Ch# 131  Anything but a card, 
3. little red wagon, Challenge# 345- Tag you're it,
4. creative Ladybird challenge 16 Anything goes.  

Bank Holiday Monday

Morning all.

Hope everyone has a lovely bank holiday and the weather is better than here, 

Had a bad couple of days and I never thought I would get this post done for today but feeling a whole lot better so getting to started and see how I get on,  Not sure when the spring is going to arrive but now its May we should not have any more April showers.

I looked at a couple of challenges and they wanted heat embossing and it is something I have not done a lot of so thought I would give it a go hope you like the tag I have come up with, 

Materials used.

• White & Black card stock
• Stencil & Flower stamp
•  Vintage sepia Versafine ink,
• Carved Pumpkin. Abandoned coral distress ink,
• Woven tapestry embossing powder.
• Nuvo rhubarb crumble pearl drops .

Challenges I will enter this tag for are

1. STAMPloration blog: Stencil Sunday #44 + May mixed Media Challenge,
2. Lacy Sunshine's Color Anything goes and Pirates galore,
3. Sweetstamps Blog Anything but a card Challenge,
4. Creative Artiste Challenge 13. 

countdown to Christmas 4 days

Morning  all.

Well Christmas really is coming fast now, I just cannot think about how quickly it is getting here, Finished  all my cards, wrapped the presents and I hope I have not forgotten anyone.

I am still entering Challenges that want Christmas cards and Tags so I suppose its a start for 2016.

Materials used. 

• 12 x 6 cm white tag
• For the background, shaving foam, 
• Sail boat blue and raspberry Adirondack ink,
• Santa wooden stamp by Anita's 
• Magenta, winter berry, powder blue, grass, tan, yellow,
• Sugar Cube Glitter by Martha Stewart 

Challenges I will enter this tag in are; 

1. Crafting for all seasons, Challenge 116 - Anything but a card
2. Christmas at Sweet Stamping. December Challenge- Father Christmas 
3. Crafting with Attitude, Challenge 10 

Start to the weekend

Morning all.

Well I was hoping to see some sun this week and I was surprised when the sun came out one day . It looks to as though there  are going to get more of the same over the weekend, although at the moment  its dry here and hope it lasts at least today.

Materials used

• 17 x 13 card blank and envelope, 
• Stampin Up tree stamp,
• House and reindeer stamp,
• Martha Stewart limeade & sugar cube glitter. 
• VersaColor black pigment ink
• Post it note tree mask

challenges I will enter this card for are,

1. Merry Monday Christmas # 180 use a reindeer
2. ABC Christmas Challenge -W - wild thing- Christmas 
3. One layer Christmas cards challenge#22 
4. Sparkles Christmas challenge# 59 
5. Creative Inspiration Challenge 336 Festive fun

WEDNESDAY.

Morning all. 

     Just started playing about trying with the mixed media and really love the different effects you can get, Its really is fun getting messy. I have made the tag I am going to enter it in a challenge.

Went to Hobbycraft yesterday and pictured up some more new stash, Like all crafters I really did not need it BUT it still fell into my basket. 

                                                      and as its Wednesday my work desk 

The pennies are 10 cm across and one each for my granddaughters

Colours of the stain are:- tarnished brass, 

vintage photo, picket fence, picked raspberry.

                                                

Materials used,

• 12 x 6 cm white tag
• distress ink, squeezed lemonade,salty ocean,
• Tree  stamp
• Impress autumn leaf ink,
• Cosmic shimmer graceful mustard,
• Andy Skinner, tread carefully stencil.

Challenges I will enter this tag for are;

1. Stamping with Loll. Twelve days. Tags  
2. Allsorts challenge blog. week 337- Anything but a card
3.  HLS  November mixed  media challenge,
4. The Kraft Journal # 250  Anything goes Tags  
5. Stamping Sensations- Festive Flowers and foliage 
6. Word Art Wednesday  Challenge # 210 Anything goes , 

Friday 16th October

Morning all.

          Something a bit different for you today. I love to make tags and play with distress inks, I have also started to enjoy making back grounds and am sure I will be making a few more.





Materials used

• 12 x 6 cm tag,
• Owl stamp [ free with Craft Stamper ] 
• Small leaf background stamp,
• Distress inks, fired brick, mustard seed,

Challenges I will enter this tag for are:

1. Scrapbookstampsociety - challenge 77 - Anything goes
2. Craftingwhenwecan - challenge 105 - whimsical with wings

Materials used

• 15 x 10 cm blank card and envelope
• Christmas tree & star stamps,
• Memento black tuxedo ink,
• Martha Stewart  Cherry popsicle, sugar cube and sour apple glitters

Challenges I will enter this card for are:

1. Aurora Wings - challenge 18 - Anything goes