Wednesday 30 December 2020

Birthday Girl

 Hello to you all

I thought I would share some Shabby Chic today I have made the flower
using a Sharon Callis Climbing Rose die, The sentiments are from Personal
Impressions,
xxx







Monday 28 December 2020

Just to Say

 Hello to you all

I do hope you have had as good a Christmas as you can in these times, I know I haven't
blogged for a couple of weeks, I have lots to blog in January from Crafters Companion
so watch this space.....
I am sharing a PanPastel Background and Inkylicous stamps  today.


If I don't get to blog again

I do wish you all a Very Happy 
New Year

Lets hope we can put this year behind us.

xxx






Saturday 12 December 2020

Love Joy and Peace

 I have been pretty busy this past two weeks making lots of 
samples for Crafters Companion... I can't show them till  January.

But in the meantime

I have made my last Christmas card of the year and this is for
Tommy. It has a Panpastel background and stamps from
Inkylicious and  Lavinia.

I am entering this into
Allsorts "Got to be Christmas"





Thursday 26 November 2020

Just to Say

Hello to you all

 I have a stamp from Chocolate Baroque to share today
I have stamped this onto a background made 
with Distress Oxides and coloured the image with Water Markers.

Happy Thanks Giving to all my American Friends

xxx

I am entering this into




 

Sunday 22 November 2020

Hello

Hello to you all
 The card I am sharing today uses some scraps from an old Paper Pad 
from Stamperia It is called Blue Land....It has the most gorgeous papers
and includes tags,postcards and all sorts of ephemera....

I bought it to decorate an album some time ago.
This is what I came up with today.
xxx 







Saturday 21 November 2020

Penny Black Saturday Guest Designer


My card today is for the 
Penny Black Saturday Challenge 
I am a guest Designer for this month.
As always the challenge is 
Anything Goes with the option
of a Bingo/tic tac/toe


I have used
Daisy Fields and the Middle Line
The  stamp has been clear embossed my background
has been made with layers of ink oxides.
xxx




Thursday 19 November 2020

Christmas Magic

 Hello to you all

 My card share today comes from a card I saw
on Lorrains  blog. I  have put my  own
stance on it but the main concept
is there. 

I have used the  Gemini Foliage Die  which
I coloured with Spectrum Noir markers and
Natures Garden Christmas Magic for the sentiment.

xxx










Wednesday 18 November 2020

Just to say

 Hello
I have another card to share today I stamps are from Inkylicious
I have used Black Soot distress ink for the background
and coloured the image with water markers.

xxx

I am entering this into
Mix it Up "ATG make your own Background"
The Flower Challenge "Use a Sentiment"





Tuesday 17 November 2020

Shabby Chic

 Hello to you all

A bit of Shabby  Chic to share today, the
backing paper is from Kaisercraft  just a piece of scrap
No stamped image just a sentiment, a couple of diecut hearts and 
some flowers.

xxx

I am entering this into
Dream Valley "Lots of Layers"





Sunday 15 November 2020

Happy Birthday

 Hello to you all

My card share today uses Indigo Blu and Lavinia stamps
today I have stamped these over a Distress Oxide
background.

xxx







Tuesday 10 November 2020

Sweet Poppy Take two

 Hello to you all

I am back with the Sweet Poppy stamp again but this time
in my favorite colour... I love blue poppies but unfortunately
the plant doesn't live very long.







Monday 9 November 2020

Tis the Season

Hello

My card share today uses a Chocolate Baroque stamp this is 
one of a set called "Snowy Scenes"  I inked this up
with Versafine Claire Twilight then using a glue pen
added some glitter to the sky, unfortunately it is not easy
to photograph glitter.I used Wow glitter embossing powder
for the sentiment too.

xxx

I am entering this into
Allsorts "Lace real or faux"




Saturday 7 November 2020

Penny Black Saturday Guest Designer

 Hello to you all

My card today is for the
Penny Black Saturday Challenge 
I am a guest Designer for this month.
As always the challenge is
Anything Goes with the option
of a Bingo/tic tac/toe

I have done the top row
Using the Penny Black stamp Wind Caressed



I am entering this into
Fab n Funky "Anything but Christmas"






Friday 6 November 2020

Sweet Poppies

Hello to you all

I am sharing a card with you using one of the stamps
from a stamp set I won from the Chocolate Baroque
facebook group This is called "Sweet Poppies" just one
of a number of stamps in the set, 

I have coloured this with distress markers and added some
stenciling to the background.

xxx






Wednesday 4 November 2020

Thank you

Hello

My card share today uses a pre-coloured image from LOTV
I thought I would use it to make a quick Thank you card.

Such a pretty image, the papers are from Pink Petticoat
now The Lovely Studio.

xxx

I am entering this into
Crafty Sentiments "ATG"
Dream Valley "Dies and or Punches"



 

Tuesday 3 November 2020

Wonderful time

Hello to you all

I have another Christmas card to share 
Similar style to my last one but different stamps
used. I am liking the masking off.

I am entering this into






Sunday 1 November 2020

Happy Christmas

 Hello to you all
I am back with another Christmas card

The Holly and tree stamps are from Lavinia and an Inkylicious
sentiment...The background is made with PanPastels
after masking off the top and bottom.

xxx

I am entering this into
Stamping Sensations "Garlands wreaths and Christmas Flowers"





Saturday 31 October 2020

For Immy

Hello to you all

This is my  Christmas card  to my Granddaughter Imogen
 I have made  it into a 4 drawer easel card.....I used to make
these all the time and it is ages since I made
one... 

The image is an old Penny Black stamp
and the papers I used are from Stampin Up.

xxx

I am entering this into
Allsorts "For children or teens"
Crafty Catz "All dressed up winter"





Friday 30 October 2020

Peace on Earth

 Hello

I am sharing a Christmas card today. I have used stamps from Inkylicious
and Lavinia, the background is PanPastels. 

 I am well up  on my Christmas cards this year (It must be the lockdown)

xxx





Thursday 29 October 2020

Briar Rose

 Hello to you all

I am sharing a card today which uses the Briar Rose stamp
from Chocolate Baroque... I stamped this onto watercolour card
and coloured with distress inks 

I am entering this into
Allsorts "Celebration Time"





Wednesday 28 October 2020

With Love

Hello to you all
I have gone a bit Shabby Chic today. The  image
I have used is a Penny Black stamp and the 
sentiment is from Woodware......The backing
paper is one of my Gelli prints

I am entering this into
Simon Says Wednesday "Layer it up"




 

Tuesday 27 October 2020

Just to Say

Hello to you all

I have a CAS card today.... I have masked off the two sides and then used some distress
oxides through a stencil for my background I then stamped the image and
sentiment using black Versafine ink,I backed it onto some 
green card and mounted it onto a white cardbase.

xxx

I am entering this into

Friday 23 October 2020

A Little Note

Hello to you all

My card share today uses this gorgeous  
Inkylicious stamp. Coloured with Brush Markers
and splattered  ink on the background, the sentiment
is from The Lovely Studio(Pink Petticoat) which I have printed off and
added the bird stamp

xxx

I am entering this into





Thursday 22 October 2020

Simplicity

Hello to you all
My card today uses a Poppy stamp from Indigo Blu
I have stamped this over the top
of a PanPastel background and coloured with
Distress inks. The grass is an
Inkylicious stamp and sentiment is from Tim Holtz.

xxx




 

Tuesday 20 October 2020

Little Deer and Some News

Hello to you all

I am Sharing another Christmas card today
 the image is again from Cuddly Buddly Coloured 
up with Promarkers. The papers are
from Nitwits.


I am entering this into
C.R.A.F.T. "ATG with the option of Christmas"