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  

                                                        

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,

                                                                        

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.

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.   

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. 

Last month of 2023

Have had a strange week waiting for my third great grandchild to arrive, ans after  difficult birth Freya arrived safely and is now home with her big brother and sister, 

                                                              

Materials used for this card are, 

• 15 x 15 cm deckle edge card blank and envelope. 
• 9 x9 cm white card stock,
• Holly & Snowman clear stamps,
•  Ice white Nuvo glitter, 
• Green & Sky blue promarkers, 

 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Creative inspiration, Happy Christmas/Happy new year,
2. Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #585 Snowmen 
3.  The Paper Funday Challenges, December #60 anything goes optional Snowmen, 
4. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge, Anything Christmas goes, 

  

                               

                              

What a little angel, the first picture

                                                        Freya is laying on a blanket I knitted

                                                                              for her

 

Another weekend

Another Christmas card I have so many now need to get more friends to send them yo lol. A friend has asked to look at them so I hope some will go to her, 

had a lovely day yesterday with a friend, we went to town for a coffee and then back to hers for the rest of the day,   

                                                              Take care and stay safe, 

                                                    

Materials usd for this card are, 

• 21 x 15 cm card clank and envelope. lime green, magenta, 
• 16 x 11 cm patterned paper, 
• Versafine ink pad, 
• 12 x7.5 cm white card stock,
• Teddys in a sleigh  clear stamp,
• Tan, satin, champagne, ice grey 2, orchid, buttercup Promarkers. 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. LTCCB Anything goes 
2. Christmas Crafts All year Round  Winter Sports,/ recreation  
3. Poolkadoodle Cardmaking Week 40, Anything goes,  

New Month

I know they said things were going to get expensive but this is stupid, went to Waitrose for some Gluten free pastry and while there brought two Gluten free custard tarts and got £1 20 change from £10. Guess who will not be getting them any more, Rant over 

Today made a card with not colouring at all and Like it lol do not often do that as love to colour, 

                              

                                                               Take care and stay safe 

                                  

Materials used for this card are, 

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope. 
• Vintage sepia Versafine ink pad, 
• Crafty individuals clear tree stamp,
• snowflakes  and sentiment clear stamps, 
• Ice white Nuvo Glitter. 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. Christmas kickstart  Challenge #66 
2. ABC Christmas Challenge S or T 
3. Merry Little Christmas Challenge  #46 Anything Christmas Goes, 
4. Patties Creation Design  Challenge #198 

weekend

                                             Looks like another nice weekend.

Having a trip to hobbycraft this morning and would you just know it; I have nearly finished another blanket [only got to crochet round the edge to give it a nice edge ] and have not got the colour I need lol, 

                                               

                                  

Materials used for this card are, 

• 15 x 15  Kraft card and envelops
• 15 x 15 green paper.
• Fairy Die cut, 
• Heart ribbon. 
• Bright orange canary, cerise promarkers 

Challenges I will enter this car for are, 

1. The Fairy and the unicorn,September 2022 Challenge, Fantasy  
2. Through the purple haze. challenge  #196, Use ribbon /or and bow,
3. Stamping Sensation, Feminine,
4. We Love Stamping, Anything Goes with Stamping. 

A new month

  Posting this on Friday evening as out tomorrow early. meeting up with a friend and we are going to Newbury race course  as the Southern  wool show it there, [not that I need any more wool lol ] Watch this  space. 

                                                            Take care and stay safe,                                                    

Materials used for this card are.

• 21 x15 cm card blank and envelope. 
• 14.5 x7 cm white card stock,
• twisted citron Distress ink,
• Vintage Sepia Versafine ink
• Crafters Companion clear stamp,
• Ice grey 2,  Tan, burnt orange soft green promarkers 

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1.  Crazy 4 Guyz #303 use a stencil 
2. Colour crazy Craft Challenge,  Week # 34 anything colour Challenge,
3. Paper Babe Stamp Challenge #175 Anything goes,  
4. creative Fingers Challenge blog, Challenge #237 Anything goes,  

            

weekend again

                                            Weekend again and another warm on 

 Going to hobby craft today with my sister as knitting more hearts for my daughters palliative care hospital where they give one to the patient  and one each to members of the family.[in the same colour ]  and I was honored to be asked to knit them, I have run out of the colours I need to use so  hobbycraft it is lol They are 7cm across and there will be 12 on each colour as some families are quite big. 

                                                                                  

                                                                  Take care and stay safe, 

 

                                                          

   Materials used for this card are, 

1. 15 x15 cm deckles edged
2. 9.5 x 6 cm white card stock
3. Vintage sepia Versafine ink pad,
4. Ice white Nuvo glitter,
5. Ices snow Glitter jewels.
6. Flower  & Scene clear stamps,
7.  Forest green, & Yellow  Promarkers.
8. Magenta  Promaker brush,                                                      

                                                             

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. HLS August Christmas Challenge, Optional Flowers
2.  The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #121 , anything Christmas goes, 
3. World Wide Open Design team. Challenge #8 Anything goes.
4. Make My Monday, Challenge #181 Christmas in August, 

                                                                    

Have a good weekend

I was really chuffed with myself making the background, its only a narrow stencil and I lined up the dots and hoped for the best lol. It worked must have been my day , 

                                                      

                                                   Stay will in this heat and stay hydrated 

                                                           

Materials used for this card are, 

• 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope. 
• 10.5 x 8 cm white card stock, 
• Tonic stencil.,[ back ground,]
• Sentimentally yours fairy, clear stamp.
• Shaded lilac distress ink,
•  clear stamp sentiment [ free with a magazine,]
• Canary, sunflower,champagne,oatmeal &cerise promarkers,  

Challenge I will enter this card for for.

1. Allsorts Challenge . Week 688/9. Make your own background 
2. Polkadoodle Cardmaking Craft challenge #32 anything card making and craft.
3. Colour Crazy Craft Challenge  Anything goes, 
4.  The fairy and the unicorn August 2022 Challenge. 

weekend again.

Weekend again and the last in July, I hate how this year is going to fast but what can you do but make the most of time, 

The weather is better now it cooled down and I have started to  go for a walk again,

                                                                    

Materials  used for this card are. 

• 15 x 15 cm deckle edge card blank and envelope. 
• 11 x 8.5 cm white card stock,
•  Snow is falling Crafter Companion clear stamps, 
•   Pure Sheen Nuno  ice white glitter, 
•  Cosmic shimmer Glitter Jewels
• Canary . tan, pear green, sky blue, promarkers,  

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. TTCRD,  ATG Challenge 19 July 2022,
2. Dare to 2B Artzy blog, Christmas in July,
3. Christmas Kickstart Challenge   #64  Show us your Snowfolks 
4. Get Creative Challenge #113 Red White and Blue, 
5. NBUS Challenge # 40 

                                                     

                                                                            

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, 

Saturday again

 What a lovely week we have had with all this lovely weather,  I hope everyone is enjoying it and making the most of it where you all can,  

I would like to thank all followers old and new for sticking with me through I have had times when i do not post,   Thank you xx 

                                        

 Materials used for this card are 

• 21 x 15 cm cream card blank and envelope
• 14 x 10 cm white card stock, 
• Stamp Addicts rubber flower stamp, 
• Canary, cyan, denim blue lime green grass & lipstick red, Promarkers  
•  Sentiment   [free with a magazine ]                                                  

Challenges i will enter this card for are, 

1. AAA Birthday, Game #38 Flowers 
2. We love Stamping, Anything Stamped with the option Roses
3. Taylormadecards4u. Anything goes option Red White and blue. 
4. Crafty Calendar Challenge Anything goes, 
5. NBUS Challenge #39 

                         

 

               

 

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 

                                                                  

Hope your weekend is a good one,

   Well I am not sure wether its because I am getting older but like to think its just that time goes quick, but was supposed post this on Saturday but I forgot and it posted not finished and a friend  [thank you Kathy ] let me know what had happened, must pay more attention on the days lol 

have finished another blanket for charity, I love making them, and have another one started and this is crocheting in lovely rainbow wool, 10 inch squares the blankets are  40 x 40, 

                                                            Take care and stay safe all ,

                                                 

Materials used on this card are,

• 21 x 15 cm cream card blank and envelope, 
• 6 x 6  cm cream card stock, x 3,
• 5.5 x4 cm cream card stock,
• Sepia,Versafine ink
• The stain glass collection, clear flower stamps,
• Cerise. sky blue, grass. peach, &yellow promarkers  

        

                                                    

Challenges i will enter this card for are, 

1. QKR Stampede Challenge #444, Anything goes,
2. Pammie's Inky Pinkies  Challenge 2220, anything goes, 
3. Stamping Sensations. anything stamped optional Flora and Fauna  

                                                          

latest 40 x40 inch blanket. 

Hope you weekend is a good one

More lovely weather this week and its so nice to see the sun, Went for a drive with a couple of friends and ended up at a garden center and really do not know but another rose was in my had before I knew it lol  Its a lovely rose called Fairy Rose its pale pink with a double rosette bloom, and lightly scented, 

                                                      Take care and stay safe everyone, 

                                                            

Materials used for this card are, 

• 15 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
• 10 x 7 cm white card stock,
• Tan cinnamon,sandstone, canary, orchid,sky blue, lime green promarkers,  

Challenges I will enter this card for, 

1. The Funday Challenges.  April 2022 Challenge # 40 ATG option April showers,
2. International Art & soul : Ch 132. Things with wings 
3. Cut It Up ,Challenge #250 April Showers Bring May flowers 
4.  

                                                          

Weekend again

     Another month started yesterday and at this rate it will soon be Christmas, lol Think its time I made some more Christmas cards. I have some nice new stamps so might just do that over he weekend, frosty here wonder just what the weather is going to throw at us next,                                                         

 Materials used for this card are, 

• 15 x 15 cm deckle edge card and envelope. 
• word  circle die cuts.
• flower Digi from The best of ink CD 
• washi tape,
• Grass & sky blue promarkers  

Challenges I will enter this card for are, 

1. I love Promarkers challenge #507  
2.  Seize the Birthday #325 strip it up, 
3. Cards 4 Galz # 169 Spring flowers,
4. Little Red Wagon # 645 Make it with Washi,