Mountain Border Card

Good morning and welcome. Wasn't that sky incredible on Monday?  I had been out walking and on the way back it was getting darker and darker and the sun was getting redder and redder.  When I got into the house I had to switch all the lights on - it was like night time! Spooky!

My Card

 

 

Recipe

7" x 5"  base card - kraft cardstock from Hobbycraft

natural linen cardstock -  Pink petticoat digi paper

embossing folder Argyle- Die'sire  Embossalicious

mountain border digi - Eureka stamps

spruce die - unknown ( lost the packet lol)

sentiment - computer generated

 

It was my brother in law's birthday a couple of days ago. It is the first one since he lost his wife (my sister)and I needed to make sure it got there in time. Our local post is not the most reliable. I tend to give my cards etc to our postman who then puts it straight into the sorting office and it gets there the next day without fail.  I just have to be sure to have them ready when he comes.



 

I only partly coloured the image because I didn't want it to look too busy and overpowering. I think it works a treat.  And my nephew let me know that, sure enough, it got there next day. Thanks Postman Tony!

 

Well that's it from me today. I need to get baking. It's my turn to provide cake for our WI Craft and Laugh group to morrow.

 

Take care!

 

 

 

 

Sentiment As The Focus

Good morning to all my friends and fellow bloggers.  I have been away for a few days back home in the north east for a family funeral so have not been able to visit any blogs. However, I'm back now so I shall get stuck in and start visiting you.

I really do hope everybody is well and have not been affected too badly by the hurricanes overseas and the storm here in the UK.  We have been okay really with just a small tree down but that will probably give us  a week's worth of wood for the wood burner.  Always a bonus.

My card today is for Moving Along With The Times.  It is time for team A to post their cards/projects and I am hosting the challenge. As many of you know I love to use quotes on my cards and so I have asked the team to make the sentiment the focal point of their project.  I don't want to see any images at all but naturally embellishments etc are fine.

My Card

 

 

Recipe

5" x 7"  tent fold card - Hobbycraft cardstock

Blue card - Jellybean Crafts

Elegant Labels 4 - Spellbinders

Labels 4 - Spellbinders

Large and Medium rose dies - Brittania

Rose leaf die - Britannia

Seasonal Music e/f - Die'sire Embossalicious

Sentiment stamp - Quietfire Designs

Pearls - Hobby House

 

If you need some inspiration why not pop over to the blog and see what the rest of the team have come up with.  We would love you to join in the challenge. 

 

Take care and stay safe and dry.

 

 

 

 



 



Anything Goes With Wings at OSAAT

Good morning. I really hope that you are all well. Thank you for your visit today.  It is much appreciated.

The theme this week is Anything Goes With Wings at OSAAT and I have chosen this gorgeous pre-coloured image from Coosty Creations called Kingfisher.

(Please scroll down if you are looking for my CCC card)

My Card

Recipe

5" x 7" base card - from Rymans

turquoise card - Limetree Crafts

backing paper - digital download

Argyle embossing folder - Embossalicious

This card is absolutely nothing like I imagined it was going to be when I started out, but I like the result anyway.  I 've had the papers and cardstock a while and as soon as I saw this image I knew they would be perfect.

We would love you to join in with our challenge and wings can cover so much (oops - pun not intended) - birds, angels, fairies, butterflies, dragonflies.  So what are you waiting for. You could win a coupon to spend in the store and there is so much choice there.

Well that's all from me today.  

Climb Every Mountain

Well good morning to you.  I had a super time on Sunday with Ang at Stoneleigh.  We had a very long lunch break.  Didn't have a great deal to eat - we were too busy chatting!  I did buy some things but not enough to break the bank luckily.

My Card

Ingredients

White pearlescent  card - Jelly Bean Crafts

Platinum pearlescent card - Jelly Bean Crafts

Image - from internet diecut with Spellbinders Labels 1

Matting die cut - Spellbinders Decorative Label 1

Argyle embossing folder - Die'sire Embossalicious

Sentiment - Computer generated.

Pearls - from stash

I made a 6" x 6" card base from the white pearlescent card.  I decided to split the quote by starting it on the front of the card and then continuing it on the inside. Another card that was extremely quick to put together which was just as well.  I needed it on Monday morning but I was looking for a mountain stamp at the craft show since I have now used all three of the mountain images I have.  Unfortunately I was out of luck but I had found this image previously - just in case! So I had to make this card quickly on Sunday evening.

Well I hope you are all well.  We have been promised rain for a few days but so far it hasn't materialised.  My water barrels are all empty now so I will have to do my rain dance!!!

Take care.

OSAAT Challenge # 243 Anything Goes with ... Sweet Treats

Good afternoon to you on my second day's post in a row.   It's time for another challenge at One Stitch At A Time and this time you need to make something that depicts "Sweet Treats".  I automatically thought sweets, chocolate, cakes - anything scrummy!   However, I could not find any food related images from my designer this time so I chose Sax Hamster from Sentimental Susan. I'm not a lover of these sort of creatures and I've never seen one up close so it was a bit of guess work when it came to colouring it. I decide to generate my own sentiment and make it fit the theme.  Well, lots of people find music sweet don't they!!!

My Card

Ingredients

6" x 6" pearlescent card made into easel card

Other cardstock - Bazill Basics

Seasonal Music e/f- DieSire Embossalicious

Music Melody stamp - Inkylicious

pearls from stash

I  realised after I had taken the picture that there is a pearl missing from the corner.  Since I actually glued them on and they never fall off I think I must have had a senior moment and forgot to add it!  But it's there now.

We would love you to join us in our challenge this time and I think it is a pretty easy theme so what are you waiting for?

Here is the winner's prize pack.

By the time this is published I will probably have spent a lot of money because I'm at the Great British Craft Festival at Stoneleigh, Kenilworth.  In fact I'm probably having lunch with Mrs Duck as we speak!!!

Take care and hope you are all well.

OSAAT Challenge # 239 Anything Goes ..... Men

Good day to you all and I hope you are all enjoying your weekend.  I love weekends because it is a time when I truly relax.  All housework and shopping done in the week and we never go out on trips etc - save all that for during the week when it is quieter.

The challenge at One Stitch At A Time this time is to make a project for the male of the species.   I used to be filled with horror when it came to making male cards but I'm fine with it now, although I still prefer to make for females as most of us do I think.  My image is "Oh Boy" from My Hearts Pieces and you can find it here.

My Card

Ingredients

6" sqare card from Papermania card stock

DP - "Father Knows Best" from Lili Of The Valley

Blue Sapphire pearlised ard - Brothersleep 

Embossing Folder - Seasonal Music Diesire Embossalicious

Virtuoso Music die - Memory Box

Promarkers

Candi - Craftwork Cards

Sentiment - Computer generated.


June Prize Pack for winner

It's always nice to add some male cards to my box.

Well that's all for me for today.  Take care.

Entered into :
Crafty Boots Challenge
Creative Corner Challenges
Suzy Bees Bloomin' Challenge

Simple Male Birthday Card

Good morning and I apologise for my absence. I really don't know where the time goes I'm sure.

We've had a few problems over the last few days because somebody crashed their car on Thursday night on the road - right at the entrance to the bridle path which leads to our house and totally blocked it meaning we couldn't get in or out.  I discovered it early on Friday morning when I set out to do my shopping.  I had to reverse all the way back up the very narrow lane, a few hundred yards. Not ideal!  We then had to get hold of the police who then tried to contact the owner.  We managed to get it shifted so that we were able to squeeze in and out with difficulty until it was eventually towed away late this afternoon. You can't say we don't see life living in the depths of the country.  Needless to say it was Saturday before I was able to get out to shop.

I hope this finds you all keeping well. We are having a mixed bag of weather in different parts of the country but today has been like a beautiful spring day here - I'm scheduling this for morning, so I'm talking about today being Tuesday.

This is a very quick card because I had forgotten a cousin's birthday.  Well, I remembered just in time which is why it had to be an extremely quick card.

My Cards

The base card is 5" x 7 " cut from my black card. I embossed a piece of matt silver card stock with Crafters Companion Embossalicious "Argyle".  The sentiment is from JustRite "Grand Sentiments" which I stamped with Versamark onto black card and embossed with Detail Silver embossing powder and matted onto offcuts of silver and black card.  The cogs from Papermania Chronology collection were again all die cut from scraps.  The black dots and silver dots in the corners were the leftover bits from some of the dies.

Well that's it from today.  Take care!

Angels - CCC - Challenge # 14

Good morning.  Well in true English fashion the weather changed for Glastonbury and they are partying in the mud. So, no change there!

Today it is time for another card from our friendly little group who just want to get ahead with our cards so we don't have a mad panic in November.  If you are interested in joining us then just drop me a line. You will find the names of my fellow club members on my right side bar if you would like to see their Christmas cards.  Maureen has chosen our topic this week.  I know that she loves angels so I wasn't surprised to see her choice.

My Card

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Unfortunately it is not a very good picture because it is matted with silver mirri card and the backing paper is also  impregnated with a silver foil pattern.  The paper is from First Edition Silent Night and it really does look fabulous in real life but the picture certainly does not do it justice.  Silver always seems to come up almost black doesn't it?

My card is 7" x 7" from Anna Marie Designs.  The image is an LOTV stamp Angelic Candle coloured with Flexmarkers and Promarkers, matted onto core'dinations then silver mirri.  I embossed a piece of the core'dinations with Die'sire Seasonal Music and also used the same card to die cut the Cheery Lynn Holly Corner.  The sentiment is from Little Claire Christmas Sentiments and matted onto SB Lacy Circle .The flowers are WOC and the silver bead sprays are very old stash but I have no idea where they came from. Finally some ribbon and gems from my stash to finish - and the obligatory Christmas glitter of course!

I actually made a couple of other cards because although this was the card I wanted to make I couldn't find the stamp and I had to have something to show.  Anyway, it turns out I had misfiled the stamp and instead of it being in my Christmas box it was in the sentiments box.  Note to self - take more care when putting things away!  I will show those later.

Well that's it from me. We are going to the Bloxham Steam Rally this morning which has more things than steam engines, I hasten to add!  After the terrible rain on Friday and Saturday I think I might need Flora's flowered wellies because I guess the field will be pretty water logged.

Hope this finds you all well.  Take care.

Entered into:
http://suzysmarty1.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/completely-christmas-challenge-18.html

http://www.addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/challenge-101-anything-goes.html

http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/challenge-21.html

http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.pt/2014/06/christmas-card-challenges-31-anything.html

Christmas Card Club # 8 - Christmas Lights

Hello to you all.  Well the weather has been much better over the past few days, thank goodness.  Everybody is much happier when the sun shines - well I know I am!

Another two weeks have passed and it is time to post another card for our friendly little Christmas Card Club. This time it was the lovely Asha's turn to choose and she asked us to make a card showing Christmas Light.  She was kind enough to be pretty open so that we could use candles, fairy lights, lamps or lanterns.  As you can see I have chosen a candle, although it was a difficult choice because I have a few other digi images and toppers which would also have fit the bill.  It is actually not due till tomorrow  but decided to do this rather than post two cards tomorrow as I have another which needs posting then . If you would like to see the cards made by the rest of the girls you will find their contacts in my sidebar.

My Card

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I have used a 7"x7" card from Anna-Marie Designs.  The backing papers are Silent Night from First Edition and are lovely shades of green which don't show too well.  I used Die'Sire Embossalicious embossing folder Seasonal Music on a small piece of the backing paper and all the papers are matted onto green pearlescent paper.  The LOTV stamp is Angelic Candle coloured with Flexmarkers.  The carnations are WOC and I liked the dark green colour which tones well with everything else.  The sentiment is from Little Claires Designs and amtted onto SB Lacy Circles.The holly is Cheery Lynne's Holly Corner, a couple used whole and the rest chopped up.   The lovely ribbon is some that I won from Patricia (Summerhouse Crafts)and it seems a long time ago!  The lace and pearls are from my stash. And of course I just had to add some glitter to my angel's wings!

I hope this finds everybody well.  So many of you have been under the weather - or your partners have - so here's hoping the better weather will kill off all these bugs that are around.  Enjoy your weekend!

Entered into :

http://suzysmarty1.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/completely-christmas-challenge-7.html

http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/challenge-254-10th-of-april-christmas.html
http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/chnc-challenge-172-make-it-square-or.html

http://littleclairesdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/little-claire-monthly-challenge-44-lots.html
http://ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/april-lovely-lili-challenge.html

Strength

Hello dear friends and fellow bloggers.  Hope this finds you well but my love and thoughts if you are feeling under the weather.

My Card

A very CAS style card today.  It is for a man so I have kept it very simple and let the wonderful sentiment and the embossing do the talking. The sentiment is from Quietfire Designs, and the embossing folder is "Ornate Corner" from Die'sire Embossalicious.  The card stock I used is actually Papermania white canvas effect textured card but I changed the colour digitally with Pink Petticoat "Natural Neutrals - Mushroom".  I used SB Classic Squares large to cut the sentiment which was stamped with Memento  Cocoa Brown. The darker brown that I used to mat with SB Labels One  is from my bit box so not sure what it is from although I have a feeling it is Gemstones Jewelled Cardstock. A few Hobby House pearls finished it.

Well I must be off.  John has a hospital appointment at a different hospital and we have never been before so we need to leave a little earlier.

Take care and see you soon.

Entered into:
http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/challenge-124-anything-goes.html
http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/march-challenge-monochrome.html