Trains, Planes ad Automobile for MAWTT Challenge

Good morning. It is time for another challenge at MAWTT and it is Trains, Planes and Automobiles.

My Card 

 I used stamps and co-ordinating dies from Just Right Stampers. It is not easy to see but I stamped the car image onto the black card and heat embossed it. The cogs are from an old Papermania die set.

Why not pop over to the blog and check out my team mates cards and you may decide to join in with the challenge.

MAWTT - Girl/Female

 Good morning and hope you are all well.  I haven't started the new year very well I'm afraid.  This should have been posted on January 1st and I totally forgot about it!  I apologise to Diane Louise and the rest of the DT.

My Card

showing inside of card

 

I added the paper to the card front and then diecut a circle to show the inside. I cut the paper for the inside twice and decoupaged the daisies before stamping the two sentiments  from JustRite stamps.

Take care.

 

 

No Image for MAWTT Challenge # 115

Good morning. It's time for another card for MAWTT. This month it was my turn to choose the theme and I didn't want to see an image on the cards.  So if you are thinking about joining in the challenge you need to remember that.  You can us die cuts or sentiments, quotes etc but no image.

My Card

Recipe

6"square white base card

silver mirri  to matt

embossing folder - Dainty Dots Spellbinders

corner dies - Joy!crafts

label die - Vintage Labels 4 JustRite

stamps - birthday Vintage  Labels 4

My card is basically white on white with a touch of silver. I love this matching stamp and die set from JustRite and I really should use them more often.  We buy so many new products and forget the beautiful stuff we already possess. The oval sentiment sits inside the shaped flourish so I stamped them together with Versamark and detail silver embossing powder.  I think this sentiment could be used for other occasions than just birthdays.

Please pop across to the blog and see what the rest of the DT have made for this challenge and maybe you will feel inspired to join in.

Take care and have a good day.

Sketch Challenge at MAWTT

Good morning and another challenge at MAWTT and it is my turn to host the challenge. Like many of us my mojo sometimes goes walkabout and at these times I find sketches ideal to give me a few ideas.  I thought it might be fun to follow a sketch for this challenge but that means everything else is down to you and you can make the theme whatever you want it to be eg Christmas, Birthday, Get Well etc etc.

The Sketch

My Card

Recipe

7" x 5" white base card

pink card - Hobbycraft

papers - "Whimsical Pastels" The Works

stitched flags dies - Sue Wilson

sentiment stamp - JustRite

pearls - from stash

I love the soft colours and patterns in these papers and at £3 for a 12" pad they are such good value.I have quite a number of these pads now. I managed to incorporate four of the papers onto my card. 

Why not pop across to the blog and take a look at the cards from Team B?  Perhaps they will inspire you to use the sketch in a card of your own.

Take care and happy crafting.

Autumnal Colours

Good morning.  I hope you are well and enjoying the milder weather; I'm sure it will change pretty soon.

It's time for my DT card at MAWTT.  Zoe is hosting this challenge and her remit is "Autumn/Fall Cards - Anything with an autumnal feel whether it be autumn colours or autumn images".

My Card

 

 

Recipe

6" square base card - cardstock from stash

paper - First Edition "Falling Leaves"

Sentiment - JustRite stamps

Die set - The Works

pearls - The Hobby House

 

 

 I have gone with autumn colours and kept it quite CAS as you can see.  I just loved the paper so much that I didn't want to cover it all up.  There are some beautiful designs in this pad and as you can see parts of this one are pearlescent. The die set is one I bought from The Works.  I have had a few from there and they cut and emboss beautifully and are very reasonably priced - ie cheap!

Please pop over to the blog and see the inspiration from my team mates.

I hope you

Christmas Bells

Good morning.  It's time for our Christmas Card Club challenge once again.  I have missed the last two challenges.  I really want to get back into crafting but haven't had the heart really but this seemed like a good time to make the effort.  Margaret chose "Jingle Bells".  I hope she feels my Christmas Bells is okay.                                      

My Card

Recipe

7" square card - Anna Marie Crafts

Green pearlescent card - from stash

Ring Out Those Bells die - Crafters Companion Die'sire

Classic Oval dies - Spellbinders

Sentiment - JustRite

I haven't used this Create A Card die for a few years and I thought it would make a very easy starting point for me. I stamped the sentiment and die cut it then rubbed some green ink over to tie in with the ink used on the large die.  A wooden embellishment and some red pearls were all it took.

This is not actually due until tomorrow but I will be posting a card for another DT then (what I call a "Blue Peter card!" you'll understand what I mean if you look in again tomorrow!))

Take care and enjoy your weekend.

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12 Months of Christmas

Buttons and Bows at OSAAT

Good morning to you all.  I'm a day late with my DT card for OSAAT. I was so busy with all the stuff for the WI events over the last 10 days or so that I very quickly had to make a card for the Christmas Card Club and OSAAT.  I was a bit too quick for my own good ... lol!  I looked at the wrong week on both challenges and actually made a card for each challenge using the wrong image and theme!  What a dork!!   At least I am prepared for two weeks time.

My Card

Recipe

5" x 7" base card from pearlescent card stock

blue pearlescent card for matting

backing paper - Summer Harvest from Panda Bear Designs

Floral Ovals die - Spellbinders

sentiment stamp - JustRite

ribbon and buttons from stash

This paper was ideal to make a very quick card!  I stamped the sentiment onto another paper from the pack which I had printed onto card stock. The grosgrain ribbon bow looks a totally different colour to the strip across the centre whereas in real life it is almost exactly the same.  I was congratulating myself on matching real ribbon to the paper ribbon strip and then I saw the photo! Weird!

Please hop across to the blog to see what my teamies have made.  If you decide to join the challenge you could win $10 to spend in store.

We had a very good night at our Craft Fayre on Thursday evening but I was pretty exhausted at the end of the evening. I spent the morning baking mince pies and Victoria sponges to sell on our WI produce stall.  We had about 25 other stall holders as well as my own stand and the WI produce stand and we had to set everything up in advance and then put the hall to rights afterwards. Phew!  But we had a very good night and made quite a profit, which will be going to our centenary fund.

Then Friday was  our trip out to Worcester Victorian Christmas Market.  What a fabulous day!! The weather was very cold but bright and sunny and the market was wonderful.  I will definitely be making the trip again next year.

Well that's all from for today.  Hope you are all well.

Take care.

Borrowed Dies

Good morning to all my friends and fellow bloggers, and many thanks for dropping by today. Well we are having some glorious weather again, what we used to call an Indian Summer, but I think it is only due to last a few days.

 A couple of days ago I admired the die that my friend Jenny - Cardsarus - had used on her card that day. She very kindly loaned me the dies and wow!  I have really fallen in love with this Tonic Twisting Veranda Layering die set and I have used it on my card today.  This is definitely at the top of my "must have" list!

My Card

Recipe

White card stock - Hobbycraft

Lilac card stock - Core'dinations

Twisting Veranda dies - Tonic
Maidenhair fern - Sue Wilson

Sentiment stamp - JustRite Birthday Vintage Labels 4

 Purple/White Tone Bloom Set flowers - Wild Orchid Craft

Ribbon - stash

Pearls - The Hobby House

I used the largest die to make an easel card and then just took it fom there.  As you can see I used quite a lot of the eleven dies from the set ... lol!I can't wait to make another card - possibly using fewer dies, but I got carried away!Thank you so much Jenny!!!

Well that's all from me today.  Hope everybody is well and if not I hope you feel better soon.

Take care!

OSAAT Challenge # 245 Anything goes .... With Gratitude

Good afternoon dear friends.  It's time for another challenge at One Stitch At A Time.  I am using My Best Friend from the designer Alipeeps Art  and you can find it here.

My Card

Recipe

White card stock - The Range

Backing papers - First Edition "Love Letters"

Sentiment - JustRite Stamps Grand Sentiments

Flowers - Prima (ancient stash)

Pearls - from stash

Promarkers to colour.

6" x 6" base card made from The Range card stock. Otherwise I think it speaks for itself.  The Prima flowers are actually a deeper green than the photo show.

We would love you to join us for our challenge and this is what you could win, so don't hang around.

Hope you are all well.  Take care.

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Crafty Friends - Use A Sentiment

Di's Digis - Include A Sentiment
Crafting With An Attitude

Christmas Card Club # 18 - Christmas Carols

Good morning.  I hope you are all well.  It's been pretty cold here and I must confess that we have lit the woodburner a couple of evenings!!  I don't like being cold!  Here I am with my card for the Christmas Card Club - a day early again because I will be posting again tomorrow.  Rita is our hostess this time and she has specified Christmas Carols.

My Card

Recipe

Cardstock - The Range

Midnight Clear stamp - JustRite Stamps

Poinsettia - Marianne dies

Frosty Border - Memory Box

Leaf sprigs - Spellbinders Foliage

A2 Curved Borders One - Spellbinders 

I used white card stock from The Range and formed a 7" x 5" card base and I die cut the bottom of both front and back edges with SB Curved Borders One.  Whilst still in the die I inked across the bottom with Brilliance Pearlescent Ice Blue ink pad.  I used the same ink pad to stamp the beautiful image.  I really love this stamp and it barely needs anything adding to it to make a lovely card, so it makes for nice fairly quick and easy cards.   In order to have the same blue throughout I also inked up some white card before die cutting the foliage sprigs.  I then added Twinklets Diamond Dust to the Poinsettia and Crystal Glamour Dust to the snowflake border to give the feeling of iciness .

If you would like to see what other members of the CCC have made then if you pop back tomorrow you will find their details on my sidebar. My Christmas cards are mounting up but I really need to get a move on because I do send lots and lots of cards!  I keep saying I will cut back but never do.

Well I will leave you now.   Take care.

Celebrate In Style

Good morning to all my friends and fellow bloggers.  Thank you for dropping by today.  If anybody has arrived by chance then I hope you like what you see and leave a comment for me.

My Card

Ingredients

5" x 7" tent fold card made from Papermania cardstock

Aqua pearlescent card from stash

DP - "Promises" from Lili Of The Valley

 Die cuts - Heirloom Legacy from Spellbinders

Die cut leaves - Marianne Dies

Sentiment - Grand Sentiments from JustRite Stampers

Silk flowers - very old stash

Ribbon and pearls - from stash

I ended up by covering up most of the DP so I used it inside too together with teh aqua pearlescent card.

I love the Heirloom Legacy Card Creator and I don't use it nearly often enough so I'm hoping to remedy that.  I even have an idea at the back of my mind for a male card - but whether that works out is anybody's guess.  I saw something that gave me the idea on Pinterest but I'm blowed if I can find it again. Watch this space.

We have had a mixed bag of weather these past few days but at least it has been dry which is something.  I just wish it would get warmer - and stay warmer!

Hope this finds you all well.

Take care.

OSAAT Challenge # 231 - "Anything Goes ..... Birthdays"

Good afternoon to you all.  Sorry I'm being such a bad blogger right now.  Life seems to be a bit hectic at the moment and I am also involved with a project with our WI group which has a deadline.

Anyway, I'm here with a card for One Stitch At A Time. The challenge is "Anything Goes ..... Birthdays", so this is a nice easy one.  My card features Sunflowers from Barb Jenson which can be found at our sponsor Stitchy Bears Digital Outlet

My Card

Recipe

7" square card - AnnaMarie Designs

Pearlescent cardstock - Create and Craft (bought at Wilko's)

Yellow backing paper - very old stash

Ribbon - Offray

Dies - Floral Ovals from Spellbinders

Sentiments - JustRite Grand Sentiments

Damask embossing folder - Couture Creations

Coloured with Promarkers

Pearls from stash

This card was a nice easy one to put together.  I thought the different shades of yellow suited the sunflower.The tiny yellow sunflower I found stuck to something else (as happened to me recently ... lol!) which I used months ago so I decided to pop it onto the centre of the bow.  I used the smallest die from Floral Ovals and just stamped a tiny sentiment onto each one.

I hope you decide to join us in the challenge this time.  If you pop across to OSAAT you can see some inspiration from the DT and this is the prize you could win. 

Take care and enjoy the rest of the weekend.

OSAAT # 224 - Giving Thanks

Hello to all my friends and fellow bloggers.  I hope this finds you all well.

Today I am posting another card for One Stitch at a Time challenge  "Giving Thanks". I am using "Black Eyed Susan Floral Corner" from Floppy Latte which you can find  HERE at our sponsor Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet.

My Card

I decided to make a CAS card this time to showcase the image. After colouring with Promarkers I added Glossy Accents to the centres and filled them with multi-toned brown micro beads which are not showing too well in the picture unfortunately. The sentiment is from JustRite Stampers "Grand Sentiments" stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa.  A few Hobby House pearls in the corner finished it off.  I matted it onto a lovely bronzy brown pearlescent card stock and then onto my 6" x 6" card base.

We would love you to join us for this challenge and this is the prize you can win.

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Well that's all from me today.  Take care and enjoy what's left of the weekend.

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http://cagichallenge.blogspot.ca/2014/11/thanksgiving-traditions.html

http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.ca/2014/11/november-challenge-thankful-thoughts.html

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!

Christmas Card Club # 22 - Christmas Reindeer

Hi!  I hope this finds you all well. I am posting my CCC card a day earlier, as I usually do, because my OSAAT card is due tomorrow.  I don't like posting twice on the same day. My card is fairly simple because  I have had quite a week this week with not a lot of time to spare.  John has had two hospital appointments and two dental appointments, one being an emergency.

On top of that, the treasurer of our Women's Institute group died last week and we thought it would be nice if the WI could do the catering for her funeral yesterday.  She was only a year older than me and was diagnosed with bowel cancer earlier this year.  It was quite a task because we were catering for about 120 people so lots of cooking, baking and sandwich making.  As well as preparing the village hall and all the clearing up afterwards.  Fortunately the church was right next door so we were able to slip out, attend the service and then shoot back again.  But we were all pretty exhausted at the end of the day.

I'm afraid I didn't actually get round to making my card until last night.  This time it was Rita to choose and her choice was Christmas Reindeer.

My Card 

Recipe

6" x 6" base card

Core'dinations Cardstock

Embossing Folder - Freebie from Cardmaking and Papercrafting

Reindeer - Marianne Craftables

Twiggy Tree - Memory Box

Sentiment - Elegant Christmas Swirls - JustRite

Pearls - Hobby House

I embossed the beautiful folder onto  Core'dinations card, which I believe is from the White Washed collection, and lightly sanded it.  I diecut the tree and reindeer from a scrap piece of card stock which was sitting under a pile of things on my desk.  It was patterned side up and when I moved it I discovered the other side was the perfect colour match for my card. I stamped the sentiment with silver ink and then just finished with a few Hobby House pearls.  I really like this folder  so I will be using it again.  It actually came with a reindeer stamp too but for speed I used the die cut ones.  I had to wait until this morning to photograph my card because the light wasn't very good by the time I had made it. However, the colour still doesn't show well - it is a very pale turquoise - more visible if you click on the image to enlarge it.

Well must go.  Take care.

Engagement Card

Good morning dear friends and fellow bloggers.  We have had such a bad time this year with serious illnesses and other very  bad news so it was lovely to answer the telephone the other evening.  It was my extremely excited niece ringing to say that her boyfriend had proposed to her on her birthday.  It was totally unexpected so you can imagine how excited she was.  And of course her answer was a very loud YES - or so I understand.  Ashleigh is 25 and James a year or so older so I'm hoping that it won't be too long before we are celebrating their wedding.

My Card

My card is an odd size of approximately 6.5 inches square.  6 inch was too tight for space and 7 inch was just a tad too big and left too much space between the corner die cuts and the main focal point. I made an envelobox using the Envelobox Creator from Crafters Companion. I had to put masses of bubble wrap round it so that it wouldn't get squashed in the mail because it had to go up to Co Durham. I forgot to take a picture of the envelobox and I also forgot to photograph the inside of the card! Typical!  Anyway, suffice to say both were lovely too. I started out by making the card white on white but then decided it needed just a smidgen of colour to bring it out so chose the pale pink WOC roses. I stamped the JustRite  image with Versamark and heat embossed with Detail Silver powder. Obviously the sentiment was computer generated.

Recipe

Embossing folder - Spellbinders Dainty Dots

Corner Dies - Creative Expressions "Austrian Collection "

Leaves - Creative Expressions "Faux Quilled Leaves"

Stamp - JustRite Birthday Vintage Labels 4

Die- JustRite Vintage Labels 4

Roses - Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearls - Hobby House

Well I hope everybody is feeling well and that those who have been under the weather are now on the mend.  We appear to have got back almost to normal with phone and broadband although a couple of days ago we had no phone or broadband for almost 24 hours because BT were having problems in some parts of the country, and Oxfordshire was one of those parts!  And then this morning we have been okay for broadband but had no telephone line for a few hours.  It's time BT got their act together because they really are pretty useless I think.

Well that's it from me for today.

Christmas Card Club # 17 - Anything But A Card

Good morning to all  my friends and fellow bloggers. Hope you are all doing okay and feeling well.  If not then please take care and I hope you feel better soon.

 Goodness me, I cannot believe just how quickly these two weeks fly by.  This time it was Lizzie's choice and she asked us to make anything but a card!  Well, I initially thought I would make a couple of gift tags but then decided on a Christmas candle.  So now I have one less card than I thought I would - but I have my first Christmas present instead!   Yay!!  Now that is definitely a first for me to have a Christmas present so early in the year.  I have heard that some people buy their gifts in the January sales but I'm not that organised.  I dislike shopping at the best of times so the thought of battling the sales crowds makes me shudder.  Ugh!

My Project

(It's weird because the sentiment looks very wonky in the picture but it doesn't on the actual candle!)

I bought quite a few candles a few months ago,  from Asda I think, so that I would have some available if I decided to decorate one, so that was a good thing.  I also bought the little glass stands at the same time so I am certainly well prepared.  I should have been a Boy Scout!

 I used Little Ivy stamp from LOTV and coloured the image with Promarkers.   The sentiment is from JustRite Elegant Christmas Swirls which is by my guru Becca from Amazing Paper Grace.  The gorgeous red border is from Beautiful Borders by Our Daily Bread Designs and the little poinsettias are from Wild Orchid Crafts. They were finished with green pearls from Hobby House. Last year when I made these I fastened them up with cellophane and ribbon.  This time I think I will make a box for it so watch out for that in the not too distant future.

I am off to the Great British Craft Festival at Stoneleigh Park  this morning where I will be meeting up with Ang - Mrs Duck - and hopefully John Next Door.  Should be fun!  I was going to say that if anybody else is going to be there just  follow the noise and you will find us - but I forgot that Planet Susie and Ollie's Mam will not be there and  they are  the ones that make the noise, definitely not Ang and I!  No sir! (Sorry Sue's - you know I love you really!!)

I will pop round your blogs this evening and see what everybody has been up to.

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All Crafts Challenge - anything but a card

This Special Day

Good evening.  I have just got a new computer so I have not been able to to a anything for a couple of days.  John was working at my desk and I couldn't get in to do any crafting.  Saturday was taken up by John  "tidying" things up on my other one and backing everything to the external hard drive.  Sunday morning was taken up setting up the new system and downloading all the updates required.  I am not a computer geek and find all this very boring!

When my computer went down in December last year John bought me another one to replace it but just as a stop gap to give him time to "research" the situation  and decide on the one he really wanted to get for me.  Do all men spend a great deal of time on research do you think?  (He was just the same when I needed a new mobile phone!  All I wanted was one that I could talk and text etc, and as my dear friend Planet Susie said  "it doesn't need to make toast" ... lol!  I now have an all singing, all dancing phone that is totally OTT for me!  Although I do appreciate the better camera..)  But I digress! Turns out the computer I got in December  was really great and I was very happy with it and so, even though I now have the new one, he is going to keep the other one and set it up  as well.  Now why do two people need three computers?   I know we have three desks between us but even so .........

My Card

The picture is not good I'm afraid - mirri is so difficult.

My card is 6" x 6" and matted with silver mirri then another layer of white card which has been embossed with SB Dainty Dots. The corner dies are from Joycrafts. I used two stamps from JustRite Birthday Vintage Labels 4 which I stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with Detail Silver embossing powder. The oval sentiment sits inside the shaped flourish die so they were stamped at the same time and I then die cut it using JustRite Vintage Labels 4.   Although it is actually a set of birthday stamps I decided with the silver and white it works perfectly for a wedding or engagement card.

Hope this finds you all well and enjoying life.  Take care.

Wishing You Happy

Good morning to you all. Hope everybody is fit and well.

Yesterday I went out with the WI to visit a country house  which is not normally open to the public unless by special arrangement.  The gardens are, but not the house, so it was quite an interesting visit.  The house was built a few years before the Civil War and is still in the hands of the same family.  Quite an achievement. The weather forecast said rain and sure enough in the early part of the day it certainly delivered.  But fortunately it really brightened up and we had a lovely tour of the house and walk round the garden.  We also had afternoon tea at a local hotel so it was a very pleasant day all round.

My Card

Click to enlarge

My card today is made with SB Tranquil Moments which I have not yet used. Once again I was able to use everything totally from my bits box, even the card base because it was an offcut from an A3 sheet. Mind you, it doesn't seem to be getting much less!  I also added SB Labels 16 in the dark fuchsia card so that the lacy detail showed up more. The sentiment is from JustRite Birthday Vintage Labels 4. I then just added a bow and a few pearls. Even the ribbon is very old stash which I have never got round to using. A very simple card to make yet one which looks quite special I think.

I think I'll pop over to the Snippets Playground to see if anybody is playing.  Better wear my wellies I think just in case!

Well that's all from me today.  Thank you for your visit. 

Recycling or Upcycling?

Hi to you all on this rather unpleasant day. We have just had a very pleasant weekend with a visit from John's cousins.  I will try and get around to visit your blogs soon.

This card has been either recycled or upcycled - I don't know what the difference is! Lol!   It was originally a chocolate bar wrapper from my lovely friend Sue P, aka PlanetSusie,  which she had decorated making a fairly simple, but yummy gift, much more special. 

My Card

Not a very good picture for some reason - the lower part looks blurred.

 I thought it was so nice that I just had to reuse it and so I made it into a card.  All I had to do was add some co-ordinating green pearlescent paper for matting and stamped a sentiment in the corner.  Voila!  Job done!   I'm sure you can understand why I felt this deserved better than just being stuffed  into a drawer.

The flowers are SB Die D-Lites Blooms 3 and 4 and the leaves are Die D-Lites Corner Sprigs.   I think they are so pretty.  I don't have any of these dies but they may well find themselves on my wish list now!  The sentiment is JustRite Grand Sentiments.

Well that's it for today.  Hope everybody is feeling well.