Winter Animals for Christmas Card Club

 Good morning . Our challenge this month is Winter Animals and was chosen by Elizabeth.

 My Card

My aim is to make as many of my cards as I can flat enough for the cheaper postal rate. Obviously I have made exceptions for family and close friends. To that end I used a digital image and added the mats digitally then printed it out and added it to a kraft card base card. I just added a few peel off snowflakes and I was done.  Easy peasy.

Take care and enjoy your day.

Let it Snow for Christmas Card Club

 Time once again for our Christmas Card Club to show our cards and the theme is "Let it Snow" chosen by Rachel. These two weeks pass so quickly.

I hope this finds you all well.

My Card

I printed an image from my Card Factory Deluxe programme and put it into the inside of a 6" square base card. I then die cut a square aperture from the front using SB Classic Squares Large  and added some Snowstorm Acetate from my stash. I added red poinsettias in the corners with leaves from the Leaf Flourish Strip, which I think is a Britannia die.  I stamped the snowflakes around the borders from Hero Arts "Fluttering Snowflakes" with Versamark and embossed with WOW Opaque Bright White embossing powder. The "Let It Snow" wording I found in my box of die cuts and I have a feeling it is from Brittania dies too.

Card #2

 

This is a 6" square base card matted with red card  and patterned paper from LOTV. The sheep is from a recycled Christmas card a few years ago but it makes me smile. A few diecut snowflakes and a Sue Wilson sentiment  and job done.

Take care and enjoy your day.

Cats/Dogs for Christmas Card Club

Good morning and it's time once again for another card for our little club.  Sylvie chose the theme of cats/dogs this time. 

My Card

 

This is a 5" x 7" red base card matted with cardstock embossed with a Sue Wilson folder. The cute image of the kitten in the Christmas tree is from my Greeting Card Factory Deluxe and matted with a red oval. The sentiment die is also Sue Wilson. Hope you have been enjoying the lovely spring weather, although I understand it is not the same around the country unfortunately. Ah well, that's Britain for you!

Take care and enjoy the rest of the Easter long weekend.

Easter Chicks or Rabbits at IAAS

 Good morning.  Time for another challenge at International Art and Soul and the theme is Easter Chicks or Rabbits.

My Card

I cut back the front of a 6" square card and matted the front and inside with lemon cardsyock and an embossed card with Spellbinders Dainty Dots.

The image is from Greeting Cards Factory Deluxe and matted with the same lemon card. I liked the freshness of the spring flowers and the lemon and white cardstock. A cute rabbit family and look great on a card - not so great when they eat my bedding plants 😀

Why not pop over to the blog and see what the rest of the DT have made for Easter?

Have a good day.

Early St Patrick's Day at IAAS

 Good morning. It's nice to see the sun shining yesterday and again this morning - even though it is extremely cold!  At least the winds have died down .

It's time for another card at International Art and Soul and the theme is St Patrick's DAy.

My Card

I used  images from Greeting Card Factory Deluxe and put them together digitally to make a large topper.  I really like the Celtic knots border.

Please pop over to the blog and take a look at the other cards from my team mates.

Just a quick post this morning because I have a busy day ahead.

Take care.

All About Love/Hearts at IAAS

 Good morning.  It's time for another challenge at IAAS.  This time the theme is All About Love/Hearts. You can make your project a card/ album page/ mixed media etc as long it features hearts or love.

My Card

I found this image in my Greeting Card Factory Deluxe and I couldn't resist it.  We have never sent each other Valentine cards but I thought it would be very amusing to give to John. He will chuckle at the sentiment too.

Why not pop over to the blog and check out the projects from the rest of the DT.

I hope none of you suffered too badly from the storm yesterday or the one due today. We had very high winds yesterday but it is a beautiful sunny morning right now.

Take care.

Furry Friends at Internatonal Art and Soul

 Good morning.  We have a new challenge at IAAS which is Furry Friends.

My Card

I found this cute cat couple in my Greeting Card Deluxe set and I couldn't resist using it. They look really cool in their sunglasses so I just added the sentiment digitally to fit in. It was matted with an animal print paper, orange card and and then onto a black 6 inch square base card.  Easy but cute.

Hope this finds you all well.

Take care.

Under The Sea at MAWTT

 It's time for another challenge at Moving Along With the Times and Zoe has chosen the theme which is Under the Sea.

This theme almost caught me out because I only have one set of stamps and papers with this theme and I used it last year.  I felt I had no other option - but then I found this image in my Greeting Card Factory programme so I was saved. My brother is Pisces so I was going to go with a male theme and pick out the blue/green colours but the lilac in the fishes and in the border called to me so I just had to go with it. When I added lilac glitter to the fishes it just looked so much like scales.

Why not pop over to the blog and see what the rest of the DT have come up with?

Take care and have a good day.

Bunnies at International Art and Soul

 Good morning. Time for another challenge at IAAS. The theme this time is Bunnies and I have chosen to make a Christmas Card because this image is so sweet. Although I can tell you I don't think they are sweet when they are eating my plants!! 😉😊

My Card

I used an image from my Greeting Card Factory Deluxe. The base card is 6" square and the gold card is Anne Marie Designs. I then just added  peel off greetings (remember them?) and a couple of pearls.

That's it from me today - two posts in one day is unheard of!

Take care.

 

 

Landscapes for International Art and Soul

 Good afternoon and hope you are all well and keeping warm - unless of course you are in the southern hemisphere! Our first post at IAAS this year is to show landscapes.

My Card

This is an image from my Greeting Card Factory Deluxe programme and seems to work well. 

The trees are from Memory Box and the sentiment is an Inkylicious stamp. Please pop across to the blog and check out my teamies  work.  There are some great projects.

Take care.

 

 

Animals for International Art and Soul

Good morning. The theme for today's card at IAAS is to feature an animal.

Please scroll down to previous post if you are looking for 

my CCC card.

My Card

Recipe

5" x 7" white base card

image - Greeting Card Factory Deluxe

blue and white card for matting

sentiment - computer generated

I'm not particularly a cat person but when I saw this image I couldn't resist it. I just love the expression on his face as if he's just realised he's been caught out.

Why not pop across to the blog and see what my teamies have come up with for this challenge which was chosen by Chriss.

I'm sorry but this is a very quick post but hope you are all okay.

Take care.

Winter Scene at Christmas Card Club

Good morning from a very murky, misty Oxfordshire. Mrs A chose the theme for our little club today and she wants to see a winter scene.

Card # 1

This beautiful scene is an image from Greeting Card Factory Deluxe.  I printed it onto linen card stock and mounted it onto a 5" x 7" base card. Lashings of glitter just put the finishing touch to a lovely scene.  It looks so lovely on the linen card stock that I am tempted to print a larger copy and mount it as a picture to use as part of my Christmas decorations.

Card # 2 

6" square white base card. I mounted navy paper onto the base card and dotted it with glitter for snow. The Memory Box die was cut from linen card stock (it was still sitting on my desk so I decided to make use of it). I then cut a wavy line for the foreground. The trees are again from Memory Box and the Father Christmas and his reindeer is a Sue Wilson die.

Hope all is well with you.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Take care.

Nativity for CCC

Hello and hope all is well with you all. I can't really believe this that having not posted for a fortnight this is now my fourth in a row.  Unfortunately I am two days late with this so I must apologise to my friends in our little Christmas Card Club.

Card # 1

Card # 2

I have gone to extremes with these cards.  The first one is 4" x 6" and the second is 7" square. Nothing like variety. The first one uses an image from my Greeting Card Factory and I computer generated the sentiment before adding a blue mat and mounting onto a C6 card base.

The second one uses a Crafter's Companion Create a Card die, gold glitter card to resemble the desert sand and an mounted onto the base card. They were both quick and easy - and flat.

I found another watermark signature which I haven't used for a while so I used one on each card but I o prefer my original one because the font is better so I'll be sticking with it I think.

This is a quick post but I'll be back later in the week with another DT card.

Take care.

At The Beach with MAWTT

Good morning and I hope this finds you all well.  It's lashing with rain at the moment but I'm not too concerned since it saves the hassle of watering the garden,

Today is challenge 120 at MAWTT and the theme is At The Beach.

My Card

I have no beach images but I managed to find three different images in my graphics programme so I merged them into one and added a sentiment before printing it off.  I then mounted it onto blue card stock and a white base card.  Easy peasy.

Please pop over to the blog and check out the cards from the rest of the team.

Take care and stay safe.

Christmas Wreath or Garland for Christmas Card Club

Good morning. Another two weeks have passed and it's time for another challenge for our Christmas Card Club. The theme is "Christmas Wreath or Garland" and was chosen by Lorraine. It's not actually due until tomorrow so teh rest of teh girls will be showing their cards then.

My Card

A very simple traditional card with just one layer added to a 6" square base card using Sue Wilson's Noble Pierced Squares.. The image is from my Greeting Card Factory programme and I managed to apply the stripes at the top of the image digitally too.  The problem is I play around with things and forget to write down the steps I took to achieve something. I then can't for the life of me remember how I did it and when I want to try it again I have to re-invent the wheel!

Well that's it from me today.  Take care and enjoy your weekend.

Autumn Colours For MAWTT

Good morning. Time for another challenge at MAWTT. Donna has chosen our theme which is Autumn Colours.

We have had quite a week already so far.  First something nice - went up north to spend  few days with my family and had a super time.

Then the other things - John's car broke down and is in the garage waiting to hear the bad news. We had no internet for more than 12 hours - amazing how much you rely on it!  Then our friend  (John's very close friend) was admitted to A&E in the night with chest pain and shortness of breath.  They don't think it was a heart attack but not totally sure so he has had a lot more tests and he's now at home awaiting results.  He looks very unwell though and still extremely breathless.  And a very dear friend of mine died a few days ago. I'm hoping that is the last of the bad stuff! Anyway, back to business.

My Card

Recipe

7" x 5" kraft base card

 image -  Greeting Card Factory Deluxe

sentiment die - Tonic

all card stock from my stash. 

I rarely use orange but I felt this card needed the brightness to pick up those lovely trees.  The image looks so much better in real life.

Why not shoot across to the blog and see what the rest of Team B have made for this challenge and maybe you will decide to join the challenge. 

Take care and have a good day.

Ecology/Environment/Conservation at IAAS

Good morning and hope this finds you all well. Sall chose our theme at IAAS this time, and I must say I struggled with this but in the end, when I found this image of a tropical rain forest, I thought it fit the theme.

If you are looking for my card for the Christmas Card Club please scroll down to the previous post.

My Card

Recipe

7" x 5" base card

image - Greetings Card Factory

Another CAS card which I completed digitally by adding the three layers, including the sentiment and  label for it. There is a fine green border round the sentiment label but it is not easy to see in the picture  I then just printed it off and mounted it onto the card base.  I decided it needed nothing else.

This reminds me so much of our trip into the rain forest in Trinidad (or it might have been Tobago).  I can almost smell it and I think I'll start perspiring soon ... lol!

Why not pop over to the blog and see what the rest of the DT have made for this "challenging" 

challenge.

Today would have been the birthdays of my mum and dad and mum's twin brother.  I think the three of them will  be celebrating their 93rd birthday together in heaven.  I still miss them all.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.  Take care and happy crafting.

Birds for Christmas Card Club

Good morning  Golly these two weeks soon fly by don't they?

As usual my card is a day early because I have a DT card to post tomorrow.

Gwen joined our happy little club this year and she has chosen the theme of birds for us this time. If you would like to get ahead with your Christmas cards so that youdon't have a mad panic in November - or even worse December!!- you are very welcome to join us.  Leave a  note in my comments and I will put you in touch with Margaret, our fearless leader who runs our little group so brilliantly!!

Card #1

Recipe

 A6 card base

LOTV image
Falling Snow e/f - Sue Wilson

large ovals  Spellbinders

sentiment die - Sue Wilson

wooden snowflakes from stash

 The blue oval looks extremely lopsided but it's perfectly square, if you see what I mean!  It is obviously the angle I took the picture that makes it look so odd.

Card #2

Recipe

zed fold base card made from Rymans red card stock

papers - LOTV Scandi Christmas

image from Greeting Card Factory

sentiment die - as above

snowflake die- The Works

nestie dies - The Works

pearls from stash

We have had a few lovely days weather-wise and yesterday was really super so we went to Draycote Water,  which is a reservoir and country park near Dunchurch in Warwickshire. There is a five mile walk round the reservoir and there is also a bird hide part way round. It made for a nice walk and of course tea and cake in the cafe afterwards.

That's all from me.  Take care and have a lovely weekend.

Halloween for MAWTT

Good morning and I hope this finds you well. Yesterday seven of us from our Craft and Laugh Group at WI went to a workshop and did some block printing and fabric decoupage.  We had a great morning and my tea towel turned out quite well.  I will show it on another post.

Anyway,  today I am showing my DT card for MAWTT.  Amy is our host and wants to see Halloween cards.  I don't usually do Halloween but I thought I would do this one and send it to my great nephew. His big sister has just gone off to Uni and he is feeling a little low so I thought this might cheer him up a little.  His sister is five years older and  has always "mothered" him a wee bit.  I'm sure he will soon get used to it but every little helps- as one of the larger supermarkets says.

My Card

 

Apart from using a 6 inch square base card from Rymans everything else is computer generated. The graveyard image is from my Greeting Card Deluxe programme and then I added the text, bats, cat and spider web. I don't have any orange card so I added the border by computer graphics too.

We have had some lovely sunshine over the last couple of days but it has been rather chilly - but it is almost the end of October so definitely to be expected.

Please go across to the blog and see what my team mates have made for this challenge.

Take care.

Christmas Card Club

Good morning.  Another two weeks have rolled around and it's time for our little club to show their cards.  This time Mrs A chose the theme and she is looking to see either polar bears or teddy bears.  I'm still not feeling 100% and I haven't done any crafting but I didn't want to miss out.

My Card

 

Recipe

5" x 7" red base card

red and white cardstock for matting and layering - stash

image - Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 

poinsettia and leaf sprays - Creative Expressions

This card is made up entirely from stuff that was already in my stash.  I must have intended to use the card at some point and didn't, so it was all ready and waiting for topper.  That too had been printed off and just waiting to be used, as were the poinsettia set.  It was a very quick move to just add the topper and flower and here it is. And of course I added the obligatory glitter to Santa's jacket.  I  really love this image.  I will probably add a sentiment at some stage.

Hope you are all well but if not get well soon.  And I have just heard that a dear blog friend has just lost her husband very suddenly so healing thoughts and prayers wing their way to her and her family.